Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1930 — Page 13

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DEMOCRATS IN TOILS OF JOB FILLING TASK Applicants Descend in Droves Upon Leaders of Victor Party. ‘ RACE FOR HOUSE GAVEL Speakership Will Be Topic Dec. 1 at Meeting of Legislators. BY BEN STERN Patronage and the fight for the speakership of the house of representatives are giving Indiana Democratic party leaders, what may be termed a headache. For fourteen years Democrats have not been able to feed at the patronage trough. Now, with the major state offices in their control, there is a rush for public jobs. Governor Harry G. Leslie's play lor Democratic support during the next legislature session, which was made Thursday when he called in Elza O. Rogers, G. O. P. state chairman, and virtually told the Republican leader that he must "get together" with Chairrhan Petefs on the latter’s plan for a bi-partisan committee on congressional reapportionment, is being regarded with suspicion in Republican circles. Peters and newspaper men were present when the edict was made. It was seen by some as an attempt by the Governor to dictate to the Republican organization and assert his control, and by others as a means for Leslie to show that he is desirous of "playing ball with the * Democrats who have a top heavy majority in the house. Leslie has been promised much embarrassment in the next legislature by his enemies and it is believed he hopes to offset this by playing with the Democrats. May Turn on Leslie Republicans, however, have control of the senate and may be urged into reprisals on the Governor by his stand. With an opposition house and an insurgent senate Leslie will not be in an enviable position. Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state-elect, and Floyd Williamson, auditor-elect, are the two who are being deluged with patronage requests. They will assume office Dec. 1. The secretary of state makes several hundred appointments, and selects the automobile license agencies in each county. Among the important posts under his control are deputy secretary of state; head of the securities commission. chief securities examiner, chief of the state police, superintendent of the bureau of criminal investigation and identification, and superintendent of the automobile license divission. Several aspirants for these posts are already in the open. Grover Garrett, Ninth district chairman and Frankfort street commisisoner, and Earl Spradley, Warrick county chairman and police chief of Boonville are seeking the position of chief of the state police. The name of Walter A. Shead, newspaperman who handled the publicity for the Marion county committee during the campaign is also mentioned. The post is now held by Robert T. Humes. The salary is $4,000 a year. Mishawaka Man Mentioned William O’Neil of Mishawaka, former lieutenant governor, is said to be receiving mention for the appointment as deputy secretary of state. O’Neil was very active in the Mayr pre-convention campaign and accompanied the new secretary everywhere during the election campaign. Consideration is being given Edward P. Brennan, state accounts board member, for the post of securities commissioner. Brennan, it is reported, was an Important figure during the campaign. Mark Rhoads is the incumbent. Will Chambers, publisher of an Indianapolis weekly paper who handled publicity for the state committee, is an aspirant for the position of chief examiner of the securities commission. This post is now held by Earl Coble of Redkey. It is known that Williamson has appointed Amos R. Wood, treasurer of the state committee during the campaign to a traveling auditorship in the gasoline tax collection division. r- Pyk Beadle, until recently editor of a Delphi paper and former president of the state Democratic press association is another applicant for a similar auditorship. Job Seekers File In Almost daily conferences have been held by Mayr with R. Earl } Peters, state chairman, over the question of patronage. Chester Montgomery, former mayor of South Bend: Mayor W. Riley Hinkle and Rudolph Ackerman, city controller of South Bend, have sat in at all of the conferences. A steady stream of i county and district chairmen has J been in audience for patronage. The speakership fight will come to the fore at the conference of legis-lators-elect called for 10 a. m„ Dec. 1. Definite announcement of candidacy was made this week by Delph McKesson of Plymouth and David H. Beyers of Vincennes. Both were members of the 1927 k and 1929 houses and McKesson was member of the board of managers Htor the Judge Clarence Dearth imgpjeachment proceedings, ggjr Announcement by these two puts Pw four men in the field for Speaker. The two others are Walter Myers. Indianapolis, Democratic candidate for mayor of Indianapolis in 1925 and aspirant for the nomination for senator in 1928, and Earl Crawford of Milton, former highway commission member and candidate for the nomination for Governor ni 1928. k These latter two are said to be the -ftaut£tanding candidates.

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Old Feud Keeps Huey Long Out of Senate Till 1932

Bu VKA Bert ice Baton rouge, La., Nov. 14. —A scat in the United States senate is a fine thing, but a good fight is a good fight and an old grudge is an old grudge. That explains *why Governor Huey P. Long will wait until his present term expires in 1932 before he goes to Washington to begin the term as senator to which the voters elevated him at the recent election. Senator Joseph E. Ransde'l’s

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Overstudy is believed responsible for a nervous breakdown suffered by Miss Evelyn Jahncke of New Orleans, niece of Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary of the navy, and one of the most brilliant members of the younger social set in New Orleans. Miss Jahncke has a growing reputation as a poet, and the New Orleans Mystic Club recently voted her the most popular debutante in society. AIDS APPOINTED FOR ROLL CALL Township Leaders Named for Red Cross Drive. Directing of the annual American Red Cross roll call in Marion county outside Indianapolis will be managed by eight township chairmen appointed today by Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, county chairman. Each of the chairmen will recruit an organization from among postmasters, county road superintendents and parent-teacher associations. Appointments are: Mrs. Alex M. Stewart. Decatur; Mrs. Elsa Huebner Olsen. Franklin; Mrs. C. G. Richie Lawrence: Mrs. Herbert T. Wagner. Perry: Mrs. Frank Haight. Pike; Mrs. A. A. Hart, Warren: Mrs. James L. Kalleen. Washington, and Mrs. Kin Hubbard, Wayne. LOS ANGELES FEARS GANGSTER INVASION Undercover Men Report Many Thugs Intending to Go West. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.—A "welcoming committee" composed of five men each from the staffs of the district attorney, sheriff and police chief, was on hand today to meet visiting gangsters headed here for the winter. Undercover operatives from the district attorney's office have been “planted" in Chicago and New York for several months to spy on the movements of gang leaders, District Attorney Buron Fitts revealed. Through them he has learned that the eastern gangsters have been forming a definite plan cf campaign to gain a foothold in Los Angeles and to perfect an organization before the Olympic games in 1932, which will bring thousands of visitors here. PIERCY CLUB SPEAKER Insincere Ads .Quickly Are Detected by Public. Professor Says. "Insincere advertising quickly is detected by the, public,” This declaration was made by Professor J. W. Piprcy t bead of the Indiana university journalism department, im a i) address Thursday before the Advertising Club of Indianapohs at the Columbia Club,

EXPERT ANALYZES PLAY OF ‘DEATH HAND’ IN ‘MURDER AT BRIDGE’ SERIAL

BY' WILLIAM E. M’KENNEY Secretary Atnericab Bridge League' PERHAPS the most difficult hand to comment on Is a hand 'where the sco-e made is more thaq normal. This is the case in the "Death Hand,” played in .The Times’ new serial, "Murder at Bridge,” which NORTH—DUMMY _ J S-A-2 -•***, ,VVKV , - * EAsV-S-J-4 <' s _ g3f , H—Q-5 - H—9-7-3 D — Q-5- D —K-9-3 C—A-K-/' _ 4-3-2 SOUTH—DEALER - - ~ ' " S—K-Q'-TO-9-7-5-S' H—J-10-6-2*-' o—None f C—lo-B^. starts Wednesday, Nov. 19. How the hand was played in the story was told yesterday. Today I give my analysis. I well recall some time ago playing in a duplicate contract contest in w}>lch my opponent opened the bidding with two hearts, his partner went 'to five, and he went to six.

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place in the senate becomes vacant next March, and Governor Long is technically due to succeed him then. But Governor Long is not going to go. He is going to stay here and finish out his term as Governor, and if that grieves Lieu-tenant-Governor Paul N. Cyr there is no help for it. Cyr draws cards in the situation for two reasons: First, because he would become Governor if Long resigned before his term

FACTORY WILL PRODUCE MORE AT FT. WAYNE General Electric Announces Refrigerator Output to Be Increased. BY CHARLES C. STONE State Editor, The Times Announcement by the Ft. Wayne plant of the General Electric Company that it will soon increase production of refrigerators and that sales .for the first nine months of 1930 were larger by 30 per cent than those ol the same period last year, was outstanding in a survey of Indiana business and industry for the week ended today. Anew heating plant and power unit of the company will be placed in partial operation by Dec. 1. Gary may get the three largest plants of the Associated Apparels, Inc., Chicago. An effort will be made to raise $130,000 to move the factories, and the company has taken a ninety-day option on buildings of the National Spring Products Company. It is proposed that the money to be raised be used in buying the buildings, title to which would remain with contributors. Overtime Schedule in Effect Lathe and milling machine operators of the Claypool Machine Company at Claypool have been working overtime the last two weeks, filling orders for automobile axles and pipe cutting tools. Several miles of water mains will be laid in Noblesville this winter as a means of relieving unemployment. The Liberty theater at Peru will be closed Monday night for repairs and remodeling to cost about $40,000. It will reopen Nov. 27. For the first time since April the Vermillion coal mine in the Clinton field will be operating soon, the owner, Arch Spears, announces. At capacity production, the mine employs 170 men. Plant to Be Reopened A brick and tile plant at Clay City, owned by the Indiana Brick and Tile Corporation, which is in receivership, has resumed operations under a lease until January, 1932, by W. V. Allen, who announces that steady work is. contemplated. At Logansport the R. B. M. Manufacturing Company has added twenty persons to its force, following installation of new machinery in its plant. Construction of a $35,000 addition to the South Bend Bait Company plant has been started with completion set within four weeks. Directors of the Wayne Knitting Mills, Ft. Wayne, have voted purchase and retirement of $600,000 of $1,500,000 in 6 per cent preferred stock. 5 HURT IN CRASHES Woman, Driver in Hospital > After Accident, Five persons were suffering from injuries today as a result of auto accidents in Indianapolis Thursday night, according to reports to police. Mrs. Roy Leach, 831 North New Jersey street, is in city hospital after her auto is alleged to have struck another driven by Thomas Cummins, 545 North Beville avenue. Cummins also was hurt. Others injured: Raymond Demaree, 38, of 55 South State avenue, chest and shoulders injured, and Kirk Naylor, Negro, 43, of 2717 Eastern avenue, and Mrs. Ida Hardin, 42, Negro, 2709 Eastern avenue, cuts and bruises. Retired Engineer Dies Bu Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 14.—Dell Oder, 58, retired Big Four railroad engineer, is dead. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Grace Oder and two sons, Faris, Indianapolis, and Ralph, Anderson, survive.

I opened a trump and the declarer made six odd. He was the only one td bid and make six hearts on the hand and it was his first game of duplicate contract. The correct bidding on the hand would stop at four hearts, in which case I would have opened the jack of spades and held the contract to four odd The declarer then asked me how I would bid the hand and I quickly informed him that his method evidently w as better than mine or any I could explain, as he had arrived at a far better score than I had on the same hand. a a a SUCH is the case in the particular hand in "Murder at Bridge.” There is hardly an authority in the country who would ever open the bidding with South’s hand at contract, and surely none who would open with tw'o spades. South’s proper declaration would have been to and back in later with a spade declaration. I notice that West challenges. The cHa.il*r<Ke |s in on* of o*>r et-

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expired; second, because he and Long are the most devoted pair of enemies this state has. had in a long, long time. u on LONG and Cyr used to be good friends--very good friends, so intimate that Cyr, who is huge and muscular, used to threaten to whip people who had offended his ffiend Long. But that was some time ago. By a freak of chance, a murder trial served as the rock on which their friendship was wrecked. Ever since then they have been after each other’s windpipes, politically speaking. Governor Long doesn't mention this enmity in formally announcing his decision to stay here. He says: "My work in upbuilding Louisiana—eradicating illiteracy, reviving our domestic and foreign commerce, paving our highways, restoring the finances of our cities, together with the work I am helping to do for the Mississippi valley states, is worth more to the nation than anything I might do in the senate before May, 1932. "By reason of this fact some of my friends in the United States senate on the Republican side will, I am sure, accord me the right of a pair, at least on the vote to organize the senate until May, 1932." However, local politicians recall that Long often has announced that he never would leave the state for as much as five minutes to give Cyr the chance of being Governor. . ana ONCE Governor Long was flying across the state in an airplane. A storm came up and the pilot circled to avoid it. Long noticed that the circle was going to carry them across the state line for a few minutes. He ordered the pilot to fly right through the ‘storm. The pilot obeyed—and Long escaped the possibility of being forced down outside the state and having Lieutenant Governor Cyr take charge during his absence. Long recently refused to attend the dedication of the great Mississippi river bridge, connecting Louisiana and Mississippi at Vicksburg, because the program provided that he would have to cross the bridge and stand in Mississippi for five or ten minutes. No telling what Cyr might do in ten minutes as acting Governor. The two men used to be warm

Rod and Vilma Are Here, Bright, Early, and Happy

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Miss Frances Behrens, Rod La Rocque and Vilna Banky

IN the new language of the day, it is the early bird that gets the autograph. And two of the most considerate of the early birds are Miss Vilma Banky and Rod La Rocque. The two movie stars arrived EX-HARVARD ATHLETE HELD IN HOLDUP CASE Attorney, Under $15,000 Bond, Charged With Having Stolen SecurB\j United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Franklin Pomeroy Ferguson, lawyer and former Harvard athlete, was held in $15,000 bail today charged with attempting to dispose of securities, worth $1,250,000, representing the loot of bank holdups in Lincoln, Neb., and New York. Nov. 24 was set as a hearing date for Ferguson, who lives in a sumptuous taeroom apartment on Park avenue with his wife and 2-year-old son. Ferguson was arrested last Friday night after he had offered $15,000 worth of securities to a security house.

ern clubs, but the law-making body of the country in general has turned it down, and in tournament play today it is declared an illegal declaration. What West was trying to do was to make an informative double, but even if South had bid two spades, West should not make an informatory double. It would be better to bid three clubs. With North’s holding, if South had bid two spades, I would be tempted to go to seven no trump, for in oroer for South to make a legitimate two spade forcing bid, he would have to hold the king and queen of spades, the queen and jack of hearts, the king and queen of diamonds and the ace and king of clubs, or four and one-half high card tricks. With all of those missing cards, North easily could say seven no trump. n a THE proper bidding would have been for South to pass. West to bid one club. Nors to double showing at least three and onebolf V/ ’ - *1 " ' '

Governor Huey P. Long. Louisiana's senator-elect. Is shown here (right) with Lieutenant-Governor Paul N. Cyr (in circle), his arch political enemy, who is keeping him out of the United States senate. "I'm getting a little too fat," says Governor-Senator Long, "but I’ll soon take it off working on my big program for the development of Louisiana."

friends. They campaigned together. In the race for Governor, Cyr carried his section of southern Louisiana for Long, and Long carried his section, in the northern part of the state, for Cyr. a a a THEN came their break over a famous murder case. In 1927 Dr. Thomas E. Dreher and Mrs. Ada Leßoeuf were convicted of killing James J- Leßoeuf. the woman’s husband, and were sentenced to hang. Cyr, like many others, believed that James Beadle, Dr. Dreher’s handy man, was really the sole guilty party. Beadle had turned state’s evidence against the doc-

here at 7:58 this morning and gladly put their names to their own pictures for Miss Frances Behrens, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Behrens, 535 East Maple road. Armed with a. hlotter and a fountain pen, Miss Behrens, Roltare Eggleston, manager of English’s. where the pair will appear in "Cherries Are Ripe,” and The Times photographer landed at the Capitol street entrance of the sleeping cars. There was no sun and the presence of an unromantic railroad detective nearly ruined the autograph hunt, but as soon as Miss Banky and La Rocque appeared, everything turned into sunshine and even the guardian of the law vanished. Red Cross Drive Opens pu Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 14.—’The annual Red Cross roll call is under way in Henry county, with Mrs. S. H. Clift in charge. The drive will extend to Thanktgiving day. Mrs. Clift anticipates that memberships in the county this year will at least equal the number enrolled last year.

and South would carry the bid to two spades. This would show more than normal length in spades. West would pass, North bid three hearts, East pass, South four hearts, showing normal support in hearts, West pass, North five diamonds. South now can reason that for North to have doubled, he must hold at least the ace and king of hearts, the ace and king of diamonds, or the ace of diamonds and the ace of spades, and should therefore bid five spades. North's bid of six spades would be just a little bold. West's proper opening is the king of clubs, dummy plays the singleton nine, East should play the four of clubs and declarer the eight of clubs. West now should shift to the jack of spades. If the declarer positively knew that the queen of hearts was in the West hand, a small slam could be made almost any way. but he must provide for the worst kind of distribution. y ic try c*

tor and the woman and got off with life imprisonment. Asa member of the state pardon board Cyr fought hard to save the condemned pair, and the board finally recommended a commutation to life sentence. Long overruled this recommendation, and Dr. Dreher and Mrs. Leßoeuf were hanged. Cyr issued a statement branding the execution as "a legal murder.” Efforts to settle the quarrel failed and when Long ran for the senate Cyr fought him vigorously. tt a a OPENING his campaign in his own part of the state. Long made a bitter attack on Cyr.

LEGION TO ASK VETERANS' AID Hospital Treatment Plea to Go to Congress. National executive committee of the American Legion will ask congress to provide hospital treatment for about five thousand former service men on the waiting list, Watson B. Miller, national rehabilitation chairman, said in a report to the committee Thursday at a meeting in Indianapolis. "Veterans’ hospitals are hopelessly inadequate, other government hospitals and many private tutions have been pressed into service, and an act of congress probably will be necessary before these men can be cared for,” the report stated. Bowman Elder, Indianapolis, was re-elected national treasurer of the committee with four other officers in the nation. HOOSIER IS GASSED Retired Marion Druggist Killed at Chicago. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—Byron Wixson, 70, of Marion, Ind., a retired druggist, was found dead in his rooms today under circumstances indicating he had been asphyxiated accidentally. Wixson’s body was found on the floor, a gas stove. Told that Wixson had injured his leg recently, police believed he had reached for the stove in an attempt to avoid falling, accidentally opening the valves. Wixson sold his drug store in Marion seven years ago, a son, Dr. Lee A. Wixson of Chicago, said. The son said his father came to Chicago to be near him. Fall Causes Death Bu Times Special UNION CITY, Ind., Nov. 14.—Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Frank Lfcngnecker, 69, who died of injuries sustained six weeks ago in a fall on a stairway in her home.

tablish his diamonds and not to take the heart finesse, therefore this trick should be won in the dummy with the ace of spades. East playing the three and declarer the five. nun Dm ECLARER leads the six of dia- j monds from dummy. East fol-! lows with the three. Declarer trumps with the six of spades. West following with the deuce of diamonds. The ten of clubs is next led by Declarer, West covering with the jack. Dummy trumping with the deuce. East following with the three. The seven of diamonds is then led from dummy, East plays the nine, Declarer trumps with the seven, West following with the four. The Declarer should now take one round of trump, picking up the opponents’ remaining trump and discarding the four of hearts from dummy. Tlie jack of hearts should be led to cover, Dummy should go up with the king, East following with the three. Declarer sfould now lead the ace of diamonds from dummy. East with th king. Declarer I ■*

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When he came into Cyr’s territory, the muscular Cyr announced publicly that he would make Long jump through a window if he repeated his remarks in his—Cyr’s—presence: and then Cyr took a front seat in the first audience that Long addressed. Long's language that night was greatly modified. Nevertheless, Cyr’s fight was an utter failure. In his race for the Democratic senate nomination—which is equivalent to election in Louisiana— Long carried Cyr’s congressional district, and even Cyr's home town of Jeanerette, by a big majority.

Bandit Refunds By t nited Eress GARY, Ind., Nov. 14.—The bandit who held up the Dixie Dairy Company office and walked out with $2,600 in cash, became conscience-stricken and imformed the office in a telephone conversation, where the entire amount was hidden. Police found the money in a vacant house to which company officials had been directed.

MAPS POLICE PROBE Chicago Jury Will Conduct Gang Alliance Quiz. Bu t nited Tress CHICAGO. Nov. 14.—Charges of secret alliances between Chicago's police department its underworld are to be investigated by the November grand jury, it was learned today. In each of the chief industries of crime—liquor, gambling, racketeering and vice—trained investigators will search, it was reported, for evidence that underworld dollars have reached police pockets. So far-reaching will be the investigation, it was said, that even the most obscure patrolman will come under its scrutiny. Such a procedure was recommended by former grand jurists. CADE BURIAL SATURDAY Funeral Services to Be Held at Mor- % tuary for Druggist. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at Flanner & Buchanan mortuary for John Cade, 46, of 393S Broadway, member of the firm of Clark & Cade, retail druggists, who died Wednesday at Saranac Lake, N. Y. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. The widow, four daughters, a son and three sisters survive. RAIN FIRST SINCFOCT. 9 Los Angeles Gets Light Shower; .16-Inch Fall in Four Months. S LOS '"ANGELES, Nov. 14.-The first rain since Oct. 9 sprinkled over Los Angeles Thursday and brought the total rainfall for the city since July 1 to .16 of an inch.

discarding the deuce of hearts, West following with the five. Another diamond is led from dummy. East discarding the deuce of clubs, Declarer trumping with the nine of spades. West following with the queen of diamonds. a a a DECLARER now leads the six of hearts. West follows with the queen. Dummy with the ace, East follows with the seven. Os course now the Declarer has more good cards than he needs. The two diamonds are good in the dummy, the ten of hearts in his own hand, and also the queen, ten of spades are good. If the queen of hearts had been in the East hand, and the Declarer had won the first spade trick in his own hand, the small slam could not have been made. Scoring at contract bridge (both sides vulnerable, rubber game), little slam bid and made, 750; rubber. 500: bonus for making contract, doubled and redoubled, vulnerable, 200 points. Below the line, tricks in spades, doubled and reJribled, 720 points. Total score. .2,1’"

BEER RETURN IS URGED BY SEN.BINGHAM Congress Should Act to Modify Volstead Law, He Declares. WOULD SPUR BUSINESS Billion a Year Would Be Put in Circulation by Brew Sanction. Bu Scrivns-Howard newspaper Affiance WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.—Movement for modification of the Volstead law to permit 4 per cent beer, gained a notable recruit today, when Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut declared that this action should be taken at the December session of congress. Senator Bingham advocates modification of the Volstead law to permit brewing of beer, first, as an economic measure, and second, because he believed legal beer will help to dissipate many of the complaints against the existing law. Although he is known as a wet, Bingham's declaration is the first expression by any senator since the recent election, that the law should be modified." His views are regarded as significant because he is a conservative Republican, a member of the senate finance committee, and has been a consistent supporter of President Hoover. Popular in Home Slate Bingham’s views, it is helieved, will prove popular in his home state, jvhich never has ratified the eighteenth amendment. In the recent campaign, both Connecticut political parties advocated repeal, "I hope congress will, at the coming session, take steps to modify the Volstead law to authorize the immediate resumption of beer manufacture," Senator Bingham said. "This should be done without delay. because legal beer will prove a mighty contributing factor toward return of better business conditions. Aside from stimulating employment in many industries, it will prove a source of additional revenue for the government at a time when a large decrease in corporate and personal income tax collections appears invitable. "States arid municipalities, also, will feel the benefits of the increased revenues when constantly increasing bond issues are making taxation burdensome in most communities." Would Help Employment Senator Bingham declared thar, legal beer greatly would stimulate the demand for grain, provide new markets for coal, automobiles, glassware, cooperage, machinery, copper products and other industries. "I have been told that beer will place an additional billion dollars a year into circulation,” he continued. “This might prove sufficient to bring about a return of prosperity.” The Connecticut senator recalled that beer and ale "have been the historic beverage of the Anglo-Sax-on the Teutonic races.” "I have believed for a long time that a law, such as the Volstead law, which will not permit a physician to prescribe good beer for his patients is unjustifiable,” he went on. “It is a well-known medical fact that people who are convalescing from illness thrive on the health-giving qualities of beer. Labor for Beer "The American Federation of Labor, striving for the best interests of the workingmen, repeatedly has gone on record in favor of beer. "The trouble with most people is that they fear that the return of legal beer would mean the return of the old saloon, controlled by brewers for unholy political purposes. This argument is fallacious. Modification of the Volstead law to permit the sale of beer under proper restrictions would not mean the return of the open saloon.” MAUSOLEUM WILL BE BUILT NORTH OF CITY $500,000 Project Will Embrace 6,000 Crypts. Construction of a $500,000 mausoleum containing 6,000 crypts will be started after Jan. 1 on Cold Springs rood just outside the north city limits, officers of the American Mausoleum Building Corporation have announced. Articles of incorporation filed Thursday with the secretary of state list, as directors, Frederick B. Schortemeier, William Small, his son, Perle Small, Orville M. Kawne and Walter B. Smith. The articles provide for issuance of $250,000 in preferred stock and 15,000 shares of common stock with no par value. Plans call for the exterior of the mausoleum to be of Indiana limestone fcnd the interior of marble. DRY CASE MAY AWAIT WICKERSHAM REPORT Attorney for Blind Muncie Veteran Asks Lenghty Trial Delay. Bu Vnited Press MUNCIE, Ind.. Nov. 14.—Rumors of what the Wickersham law enforcement commission may report to President Hoover concerning prohibition, had their effect in a trial here of Elmer Gentry, blind World war veteran, charged with liquor possession. The attorney for the defendant asked Special Judge Francis Shaw to delay trial until the report of the Wickersham body was returned. The judge said he would rule after he studied the moticn. The motion asi.ed continuance of the case "for a reasonable period of time in order that proposed political and legislative action may relieve my client, a former soldier, who lost his sight in his countrA cause, from further answering S3 charge here before him,”