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BY HARRY FERGUSON Doited Pre* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Maestro Arthur Murray, a dreamer whose edicts determine how and when Americans shall dance, emerged from his ivory tower amid a blare of bugles; today and sounded the death march over the fox trot, the waltz, the Charleston and the Black Bottom. He is going to supplant them with two dances from Cuba—the Rumba and the Danzon—and those fortunate souls who were in the maestro’s studio for the debut saw genuine Cubans “lose themselves m the intoxication of a dance four centuries old,” as Murray phrased it. “You soon. will be dancing the Rumba,” Murray said, glaring at this correspondent, who up until that time had taken no part m the conversation. "It will sweep the country like, like—” “Wildfire,” someone suggested “That’s it, wildfire. Hot, burning, unrestrained. Just watch the little lady and the gentleman do the Rumba.” THE little lady, Senorita Alicia Parla, and the gentleman, Senor Carlos Carreras, wound their arms around each other and inquired in Spanish if someone would please start the phonograph. They were off in the Rumba. Yes, it was Cuban, utterly Cuban. The little lady twisted across the floor and the senor twisted with her. She broke away from him, whirled twice bn her heels, and slid way. The villain still pursued her, and soon they were back in each other's arms cooing, cheek-to-cheek. Quito touching. That process was repeated for eight minuted and then the Rumba was over. The atmosphere sizzled, spectators were agape and Maestro Murray beamed., “I told you so,” he cried. “It’s a triumph.” To an unesthetic reporter, whose ignorance of dancing led him to believe that Bill Robinson was the world’s greatest exp&ieOt, of the art. the Rumba resembled a tango without the castanets; and with more twisting. But here was Murray, an expert, relating how’ the Rumba was going to sweep the country and consign the fox trot, to oblivion, so we sat at. the feet of the master and drank in knowledge. n it a HE was expounding now on the Danzon. It is danced, he as-, serted. in the better homes and clubs of Havana. The lazy rhythms, “entrancing steps and intriguing time is a delight to the accomplished American dancer.” proclaimed Murray, forgetting, in the stress of his oration, that a compound plural subject takes a plural verb. “During the change of tempo in the Danzon the couples stop dancing and chat for a minute while the music plays on. In Cuba, lady opens her fan (Cuban ladies use them divinely), waves it gracefully, and then, on the second change of tempo, swings back into the dance.” The little lady and the gentleman did their Danzon. w’hich might be described as a Cuban waltz. Every one remained calm. Then it was suggested to Murray that authorities in America might not permit the Rumba to be danced in the ballrooms; that they might be blind 10 its savage beauty. The maestro waved aside the suggestion. He cares not who makes lhe nation's laws, so long as he can dance its dances. FINDS BANDIT SUSPECT IN WALK TO WORK Butcher Recognizes Alleged Holdup Man and Causes Arrest. Walking to work this morning, Charles Hall, butcher in a Kroger grocery at 1128 Central avenue, saw a man he said he recognized as a bandit who held ifp the store last week. Police under Sergeant Eugene Eldridge arrested Marion Bryant, 24. in his apartment at 1407 Broadway. and took him before Hall and Lawrence Harvey, manajger of the store, who identified him as the bandit. Police this afternoon said they will question the youth in connection with the murder of Lewis E. Davidson, Standard grocery store manager, several weeks ago. After Bryant’s arrest police said they found a revolver containing bullets similar to the one which killed Davidson, concealed in his ~partment. Police also arrested John Cullman, 21, R. R. D, Box 57, as Bryant’s accomplice in the Kroger holdup. Bryant is held on a vagrancy charge, in lieu of $3,000 bonds. Police say he came here from Kansas City a year ago in an auto with two bullet holes it in. He was unable to explain how they got in the car. PACIFIC FLIER DOWN Forced Landing Halts Hop to Manila. By United Pres* CHU CHOW. China. Jan. 23.—G. W. Brophy, former Phoenix, Ariz., flying instructor, who left Shanghai this morning on an attempted flight to Manila, made a forced landing here today. Brophy was unhurt and declared his intention of flying Saturday to Canton.

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HUNT ARNSTEIN FOR PROBE IN FARO FLEECING - Notorious Gotham Gambler Thought Involved in $50,000 Swindle By United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 23.—A .unt for Jules iNicky) Arnstein, notorious New York gambler and confidence man, was started by local police today as federal authorities opened an investigation to learn which of two prominent Chicago politicians was swindled of $50,000. Police said Arnstein was seen here Monday and that his descrip-

tion tallied with that of one of three men who Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, collector of internal revenue, insisted fleeced her in a faro game at Springfield. Although contending that she had been beaten in the gambling game, Mrs. Blacklidge admitted the money she lost

was not her own, but a loan from Edward R. Litsinger, member of the board of review. Litsinger, on the other hand, charged that it was he and he only who had lost and that Mrs. Blacklidge- had been a party to the swindle. Suspicion that Arnstein was one of the men involved increased when a cap that had been purchased in St. Jean. Quebec, was found in the Springfield hotel room from which Litsinger’s money disappeared. It was recalled that Arnstein had been reported as being in Canada just before Christmas. Promises Thorough Probe A thorough investigation of charges made by both Mrs. Blacklidge and Litsinger was ordered by Washington officials. In Sangamon county. Where the money, fifty sl.000 bills, vanished, authorities indicated they believed Mr Blacklldge's version was true, but continued their inquiries. Finding of a complete faro game equipment in the hotel strengthened their belief. Litsinger declared he would do all possible to prosecute ayery one connected with the swindle and offered a $2,000 reward for arrest of three men whom Mrs. Blacklidge met at a Springfield hotel and who disappeared at the same time Litsinger’s money vanished. “Dirty Trick," Says Woman Returning to Chicago last night, j Mrs. Blacklidge declared she had been the victim of a “dirty trick.” She charged that Litsinger had “lied" and that the whole thing was a “national plot to ruin me politically.” In a statement to newspapers, Litsinger said that Mrs. Blacklidge, whom he had known for years, went to, his office Monday and asked for a loan of $50,000. She explained, he said, that she needed the money to pay a claim against her late husband's estate in order to secure $90,000 w’hich she said was due her from a mysterious business her husband had been interested in. Litsinger denied she mentioned gambling. He obtained the money, he said, and he and his nephew, Fred Litsinger. accompanied her to Springfield. They went to the §t. Nicholas hotel, w’here she asked him to remain in the lobby while she and Fred Litsinger went to meet the men with w’hoin the transaction w’as to be made. • Explained to Litsinger A few’ minutes later, he said, his nephew returned and reported that upon entering the room three men had taken the $50,000 away from him. Mrs. Blacklidge told Springfield police she was invited into the faro game by “Roy Burgess.” whom she had known casually as a friend of her husband, who died last year. She said Burgess told her there “was easy money In the game” and advanced her a check for $50,000 to play last Sunday morning. At that time, she said, she won $207,500 “on paper.” The other men in the game, introduced to her as George Parker and Roscoe Reynolds, w’ould not pay, she said, until she showed $50,000 in cash to cover the check she had put into the game. She said she explained this to Litsinger and that he advanced her the $50,000 with the understanding she was to return it in twenty-four hours with SIO,OOO ’commission.” Continues in Office Mrs. Blacklidge said that when j she left Litsinger waiting in the hotel lobby, Fred Litsinger accompanied her to the gambling room, paid for her tokens and sat beside her while she lost the money. Then, she continued, the three men left the room and did not return. Police said her description of I “Parker” tallied with that of Arn- | stein. At her office here, where Mrs. Blacklidge has charge of almost $300,000,003 in tax money annually, j it was said she would continue in charge despite the federal inquiry. Tt w-ju said no irregularities had fccca xound in her accounts. .

Lake County’s Representative Who Gives Crown Point as His ‘Horrible Example’ Sponsors Measure; Judges’ Opinions Differ on Move to Reduce Dasning Romance to £low Crawl.

FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES for Dan Cupid arc the aim of a bill introduced by Representative Fred A Egan (Dem.. Lake), in whose bailiwick he says Danny’s agents have amassed considerable wealth from victims of hymeneal rites who have plunged and spent their leiseure in repentance. Representative Egan wuoid constrain to adequate contemplation of his act the Lochivarian swain who takes his bride for better or for worse while the ink still drips on the license to wed. In a provision he would add to the current statute governing marriage permits, on merits of which legislators and divorce court judges disagree, the dash of wild romance would be reduced to a slow motion crawl by prohibition of the wedding until two weeks after application for the license.

DE VOE JURORS STILL IN DOUBT Deadlock Unbroken After Long Deliberation, By United Press LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.—Weary jurors in the Daisy De Voc grand theft case returned to Judge William C. Doran's courtroom at 9:30 a. m. today, and were locked up for further deliberation on the fate of the former secretary to Clara Bow. Tlic jurors—seven men and five women —all showed the effects of the long strain they have experienced since they received the case late Wednesday. The jury gave no indication that it was nearer to a verdict than Thursday night when .it was ordered to a hotel for the night, apparently hopelessly deadlocked. Miss De Voe is accused of thirtyfive counts of grand theft involving approximately $16,000 of Clara Bow's money, jewels and clothing. Judge Doran instructed the jury it must vote on each count separately. Three times Thursday night the jury appeared to express doubts on the possibility of reaching a decision on the thirty-five counts, each of which had to be voted on separately. Mrs. Iva B. Pratt cried when she was questioned by the judge seemed on of nervous exhaustion. WISE GUTS SUPPED Mine Worker's Head Favors Present Agreements. By United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 23.—Wage reductions as a meaas of solving the problems incident to the present business depression were denounced last night by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, speaking before the Anthracite Club. Lewis contrasted the wage cuts under way in some industries with the action of the anthracite operators last summer in signing agreements covering the next five years, continuing the same wages and working conditions as now in effect. “This action, in the midst of the most vicious and far-reaching panic in the last half century will go down in history as far sighted industrial statemanship,” he declared. STATE PAVING,GRADING CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED Projects Will Provide Work for Jobless, Starts Early. The state highway commission signed one paving and one grading project this morning, bids for which were opened Jan, 15. The paving project is state Road 15, from Goshen to the junction of U. S. 20, a total of 4.9 miles in Elkhart county, to Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Goshen, $73,285.97; and grading project is state Road 45 from Haysville to Loogootee, thirteen miles in Dubois and Martin counties, to the Foulkes Contracting Company, Terre Haute, $146,435.10. Road officials said the grading project will provide considerable employment in that section of southern Indiana and that work can start on this much earlier Than is permissible on a paving project. Hoovers Entertain Justices By United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 23—President and Mrs. Hoover Thursday night give their annual dinner to the supreme court. It was the fourth official dinner party of the White House season. All the justices of the court attended except Justices Brandeis, Holmes and Sutherland.

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KNIGHTHOOD flowered in strange soil early today when three young women awoke to find a burglar's flashlight playing around their bedroom. Simultaneously, Mrs. Eileen Beal and Misses .Opal and Faun Hale, 3009 North Illinois street, suppressed irfstinctive screams, but their movements attracted the burglar's attention. From behind the glare that flooded them with light, the young women heard a chivalrous voice in apology: “Oh, really. I'm sorry. Excuse me. I didn't know was occupied by ladies.” )

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There is, of course, an emergency clause in the proposed amendment, relegating to ears of circuit judges excuses of anxious couples for special permission to marry in a hurry. “Were old enough to know what we’re doing . . . “You see, my uncle's will says midnight . . . “He lives in Los Angeles. Your Honor, and he’s got to be back there Monday . . . “Who do you think that guy behind me is . . .?’* tt U tt THE sponsor of'the bill has no intention of curbing romance bred by a Hoosier moon, but he would like to stop adolescent pup-py-lovers, perhaps inspired by a pint or two of what passes for booze In Indiana, visiting a justice of the peace because it happened to seem like a good idea at the time. He pointed to a spot on the map of northern Indiana, official designation of which is Crown Point, but which is enshrined in memories of headline writers and many wives and ex-wives as the Gretna Green of America. “The bill represents by own view’s in the matter. The justices of the peace in our country have gotten rich on kid marriages, particularly at Crown Point. This provision I think would cut down divorces and slow up the youngsters who get a couple of drinks and decide to be married.” n n a WILLING to place even more impassable obstacles to Danny Cupid's crusaders among Hoosier is Miss Telia C. Haines (Dem., Sullivan), the only woman member of the Indiana house cf representative!-. “I’ve not formed any opinion,” she said, officially, whispering across her desk. “But if I were writing it, I’d make it two years.” Miss Haines never has been married. tt tt u OF different opinions are Marion ccjunty’s five superior judges, before whom many divorce hearings are held annually, and marriage license clerk Horace Lineback. Their views follow: John W. Kern, Room One—l don't believe judges should express an opinion on tentative legislation. It w’ould cause the marriage-mind-ed to think more seriously of what they are going into. Judge Joseph R. Williams, Room Twc—The law’ wouldn't change conditions any. It would be obeyed by our higher class of citizens, but the average man and woman would get around the law by going out of the state.” tt n tt JUDGE WILLIAM A. PICKENS, Room Three—“l don’t care to make a statement.” Judge Clarence E. Weir. Room *Four—“l'm not friendly to frequent changes in marriage application laws. It does not seem that this law’ would be very effective in reaching evils toward which it is directed.” Judge Michael Ryan, Room Five —“The plan has its advantages. It would cause the marriage-minded to think more seriously of what they are going into.” Lineback—“l don’t favor it. People get married in spite of the Taws. The present system is sufficient.” INDICT NORRIS FOES Grocery Clerk, Politician, Face Perjury Charges. By United Press LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 23.—Victor Seymour, Denver, former chairman of the western Republican senatorial committee, and George W. Ncrris, grocery clerk opponent of Senator George W. Norris in the last Republican senatorial primary, were charged with perjury in grand jury indictments returned today. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 24 10 a. m 35 7a. m 25 11 a. m 40 Ba. m 26 12 (noon).. 41 9a. m 32 Ip. m 44

HOUSE PASSES BILL TO DROP TAX PENALTY

Measure Would Relieve Delinquent Owners of 10 Per Cent Fee. PARTY LINES BROKEN Act to Aid Proprietors of Small Homes to Redeem Property. Suspending the constitutional rules, the Indiana house today passed* 78 to 3, a bill which would relieve owners of reil estate which is sold for taxation, of the 10 per cent penalty required for the property's redemption. The bill was intre iuccd by Representative Jacob Weiss (Dem., Marion) as a measure of relief to tax delinquents whose property will be sold throughout the state Feb. 9. Party lines w r ere broken. Democrats and Republicans joining in the debate on the bill which is intended to benefit the small home owrner who has been hard hit by the economic depression that he can not pay his taxes. The bill does not declare a moratorium on tax payments but simply takes off the 10 per cent penalty incurred by ow’ners of property, upon which taxes are due. Affects Only This Year The suspension would not be in force on next year's tax sales as its period of existence would terminate Dec. 31, 1931. It will not affect current 1930 taxes payable in 1931. Under provisions the ow’ner of delinquent tax property would have to pay the state interest fee of 6 per cent but w’ould not pay the tax buyer the 10 per cent. In presenting his motion, Weiss pointed out the need for speedy action in order that the law may be in force by the tax sale date, Feb. 13. Delinquencies on Increase “With evidence of the dire need for immediate relief for farmers and small property owners who are in distress facing us on every hand it becomes the duty of this body to do everything in its pow’er to provide relief for those whose property is to go under the hammer at the sheriffs sale in February,” Weiss said. He pointed out that where delinquencies in Indiana amounted to $3,706,916 in 1929 they have increased to $4,895,625.77 in 1930, and “unless some method of relief is provided the remainder of the life savings of many good, but unfortunate, citizens will be sw’ept aw r ay.” Although* Representative James M. Knapp (Wayne), Republican floor leader, voted against the motion to suspend the rules because he felt there was sufficient time to consider the bill in the ordinary course of business, he voted for its passage as did many whortelt as Knapp did. Three Against Measure Three Marion county representatives who voted against passage of the relief measure w’erc Gerritt M. Bates, Russell J. Dean and Clyde Karrer. Bates also spoke against it. Bills passed on third reading included repeal of the act authorizing sale of park lands by fourth-cJass cities, excepting Mishawj.ka and Michigan City, and amendment to the legal holidays law to validate payment and acceptance of checks or other instruments, and transactions on holidays or Saturday afternoons when banks are closed. Faculty Member Initiated By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 23. Professor Harold Zink, member of the De Pauw university faculty, has been initiated by Blue Key, honorary senior fraternity. Professor Zink is the first faculty member to be elected since the chapter was Tydings Move Blocked Heart Disease Fatal By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 23.—Funeral services will be held here Saturday for Hubert Stafford, a salesman, whose body w’as found at the wheel of his automobile near Frankfort. He W’as a victim of heart disease. Aged Man Fatally Hurt By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 23. Lafayette Burwell, 67, died in a hospital here of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile while alighting from a street car. The driver of the automobile did not stop after the accident. Co-Ed Perfect Shot GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 23. Dora Margaret Wade, De Pauw university sophomore from Lagrange, fired a perfect score of 100 in an inter-class co-ed rifle match. A perfect target in a competitive match is rare.

They saw the glint of light on a nickel-plated revolver as he replaced it in his pocket. “Here’s the money I took from purses,” he said, depositing his loot, about $4, on a table. Then, perhaps recalling the tobacco advertisements that insure ease for le moment terrible (pronounced embarrassing by discriminating burglars), he asked for a cigaret. •There are some the table,” one of the girls told him. In the match’s flare they saw the face of a handsome young man, about 19. He stepped through an open window by which he had entered, slipgtxi down to a shed, and escaped.

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Principals in the tragedy that cost the life of Mildred Meyer, 22, pretty New Albany (Ind.) girl, at Louisville, Ky., are shown above. At the left is Miss Meyer, w’ho was shot and killed during a fight between the three men. Right, top to bottom, are George W. McCasland, 42, ex-pugilist of Jeffersonville, Ind., who is charged with her murder; Donald Huck, 24, and Gordon C. Keith, 23, both of Chicago, who were held for investigation. Huck is said to be the son of Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, first congresswoman from Illinois and prominent socially in Chicago.

ARMS PARLEY DATE IS SET World Conference Will Be Held Feb. 2, 1932. By United Press GENEVA, Jan. 23.—The world disarmament conference will be convened Feb. 2, 1032, the council of the League of Nations decided today after deliberations on the most favorable date for calling the long-awaited meeting for reduction and limitation of w r ar materials. The chairman of the conference will be announced at the May sessions of the council. FIRE DAMAGES HOME Loss at Roosevelt Estate Estimated at SI,OOO. By United Press OYSTER BAY, L. 1., Jan. 23.Sagamore Hill, the home of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, and now occupied by his widow, Mrs. Edith Carow • Roosevelt, w’as damaged to the extent of SI,OOO Thursday night by fire thought to have started from chimney sparks. The blaze was discovered by Robert Gillespie, superintendent of the estate. An alarm brought firemen from Oyster Bay, who soon extinguished the flames.

HINT HOOVEH TO EXPLAIN VIEWS ON DRY REVISION Varied Interpretations of President’s Stand on Report May Be Clarified With Statement Today.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—An effort was being made in some quarters today to induce President Hoover to clarify the various “interpretations" of his stand on revision of the eighteenth amendment. At the White House it was said the President might offer an explanation later today. Unofficially there already has come from the White House informally the explanation that in standing against the possible proposed revision suggested in the Wickerham report, President Hoover did not imply he necessarily was against any revision whatever. It was insisted he has “open mind” on the question. Senator Simeon D. Fess, Republican national committee chairman, said the President had an open mind on revision of the eighteenth amendment but was against any plan which would throw prohibition back into the hands of congress in a way that would harrass it for a hundred years. Meanwhile, Senator Millard E. Tydings <Dcm„ Md.) temporarily was blocked by rules in an effort '• to bring up his resolution calling ; for a senate investigation as to whether pressure was exerted on the Wickersham commission. His j action will be the signal for opening of debate on the Wickersham report. Senator Royal S. Copeland (Dem., N. Y.), physician offered a resolution today to rescind restrictions on medicinal liquor, saying this was the only point he could find on which the commission was unanimous. Official tolerance of the sale of grape juice concentrates 'which he described as “an absolute violation of the spirit if nqt the latter of the law" was attache / in the house by

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RHOADES DRAWS LIGHT SENTENCE Policeman's Killer to Serve 2-to-21 Years. By United Press PRINCETON. Ind.. Jan. 23. Dreyfus Rhoades today was sentenced to twx> to twenty-one years in the state prison by Special Judge Charles O. Baltzell after a sealed verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter was read in Gibson circuit court this morning. The jurors returned the verdict after deliberating five hours. Rhoades, twice previously sentenced to die on a charge of murder in the slaying April 1, 1926, of Simon Carie, Vincennes policeman, cried when the verdict was read. Arrested on a charge of first degree murder w’hen Carie was shot while questioning Rhoades and Albert King after they allegedly had passed counterfeit money, Rhoades entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. King was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rhoades asked anew trial shortly before his execution date and was granted a number of execution stays before the state supreme court granted anew trial. Tried in Gibson county,® Rhoades was found guilty on the murder charge and r4in sentenced to be electrocuted. He immediately filed a motion for another trial, which w’as granted last year by the state supreme court.

Representative Cellar (Dem., N. Y.t,’ a wet leader. Celler invoked the Wicksrsham report to back up his charges. The senate today passed the agricultural appropriation bill, providing approximately $214,000,000 for the next fiscal year. While the senate was acting, House Speaker Longworth formally sent the interior department bill to the appropriations committee for hearings, in an effort to defeat cr reduce the $25,000,000 Red Cross relief fund added by the senate, j Chairman Cramton said it was his j plan to call Red Cross officials Saturday to testify. EWALD CASE CLOSED Ex-Judge, Politicians Freed of Fraud Charges. By United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 23.—The case of George F. Ewald, charged with, buying a city magistracy for $12,000, ; which proved to be the starting point of a general investigation of the whole political-judicial system of New York, was closed today with a dismissal of all indictments. The five defendants, Ewald and his wife, Martin J. Healy, Tammany district leader; Thomas T. Tommaney, his lieutenant, and Dr. Francis M. Schirp, former chairman of the political committee of the Steuben society, thus were cleared of all charges as far as ;he city and state are concerned. Ewald and Dr. Schirp, however, still are under federal indictment for mail fraud in connection with the Cotter Butte Mining Company, of which Ewald formerly was a director-

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NEW SCHOOL FOR 300 NOW IN FIRE TRAP * \ Board Acts to Construct Modern Building for No, 56 Pupils. ARCHITECTS ARE NAMED Old Broad Ripple High Structure Is Labeled Blaze Hazard. Menace to the lives of 300 pupils of School 56, Martindale avenue and Twenty-fourth street, exposed a week ago in The Times, will be removed immediately, the school board decided today. It began plans for construction of a new’, fireproof building to replace an old township structure and a cluster of one-story, frame portable buildings that now comprise the school's building equipment. That conditions in several city schools are more serious than it was learned at first, was disclosed with revelation that the old structure at Broad Ripple high school is one of the most hazardous in the system. Architects Are Named The school board named Cliarles Ammerman. engineer, and D. A. Bohlen & Sons, architects, for the new school. Before the school board more than a week ago. Mrs. Lottie Freeman, president of the Parent Teacher Association, deplored use of the old buildings at School 56. which she said was a veritable fire-trap. The Indiana bureau also branded the school a fire-trap. Corridors were blocked with coat racks and other furniture, and windows were so high no children could get out of them, she declared. The buildings w’ere heated with hot air furnaces. Broad Ripple Action Asked It is reported a group of Broad Ripple citizens already has called upon school officials and demanded measures be taken immediately to correct the situation there. Exit facilities in both buildings at Broad Ripple “are very deficient,” according to a report of the Indiana inspection bureau, which made a survey of this and other school properties for insurance purposes, and found many neglected fire hazards. “The old Broad Ripple building know’ll as East Hall is one of the most dangerous in the school system,” the report said. “Combination of wood, shingle roof, hot air furnace and a single open stairw’ay form severe life and fire hazards,” it stated. Unsafe for Pupils The inspection bureau declared, “We consider the second floor of this building unsafe for school purposes.” Such abandonment would mean the school board must erect new quarters at Broad Ripple, which, school officials declare, is impossible with funds on hand. The building was erected in 1870, is two stories high and is used for class j-ecitations. A large number of other necessary building repairs and construction, now being made by the school board, is expected to cause delay in attending to conditions outlined in the bureau’s report. Another Fire Menace Among other disclosures in the three-volume report of the inspection bureau is a situation said to present potential danger to pupils at School 39. located at 801 South State avenue. “In the cast wing of this building,” the report states, “all of which is of quick-burning construction, the single open stairway makes possible trapping of 160 children with no means of escape, if this stairway were blocked.” HOUSE REJECTS PLAN PROPOSED BY SENATE Blocks Move to Use Leslie’s Fund for Probe Group's Expenses. The Indiana senate's efforts to include payment of expenses of the law enforcement commission in reimbui sement from Govenor Harry G. Leslie's emergency contingent fund today was rejected by the house w’ith only one dissenting vote. Action was on the house concurrent resolution of Representative Delph L. McKesson (Dem., Marshall), majority floor leader, w’hich called for payment of the state shool aid and tax survey commissions’ expenses. McKesson, before the vote, attacked the senate amendment pointing out many members of the law enforcement group are on the public pay roll. •RIPPER 7 MURDERS AGAIN Finding of London Woman's Body Recalls Famous Strangler. By United Press LONDON, Jan. 23.—The body of Miss Louisa Steel, 30, was found by a lamplighter in the suburbs today, recalling the activities of a “Jack-the-Ripper,” who terrorized the East End years ago. The woman had been strangled, and her body was mutilated in a manner simila.- to that practiced by the “ripper.” Delay Death Suspect's Hearing Hearing on a technical charge of vagrancy against Alva Phillips, charged with the murder of his wife a week ago, was delayed in municipal court today until Monday, over protest of Ira Holmes, his attornf?}.