Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1931 — Page 13

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No Luck Year to Live, So Clerk Steals Fortune: Now He Won’t Die.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—What would you do if you had just a year to live? Charliy Pierce knew (he answer to that. He had talked about it with his friends. He would steal a lot of money, hundreds of thousands, maybe, and have a first and last big fling at the gay high life which he never had lasted. He always* had been unlucky. It was a shock when tlu doctor told Pierce he had tuberculosis. There was small chance for him, a 27-year-old bank clerk with a small wage, a wif and child, to go to another climate for absolute rest. But he applied for a leave of absence. Solicitous officials, remem--bering his six-year rise from messenger to clerk, readily granted it. it it THIS, thought Pierce, was his chance for a grand gesture of defiance to death. He took it, along with $207,000 worth of negotiable bonds from the vaults of the National City bank, and sailed for Havana with $5,000 in cash, $70,000 in bonds, and a “system” to beat the races on a certain day at Oriental park. The remaining bonds -were cached in a rented safety deposit vault. Havana had a big hand for the smiling, personable young man of apparent wealth. Scarcely had he engaged a suite at one of the most expensive hotels before he began to get acquainted with the playboys and girls of the winter resort. He didn't hold his liquor well, but nobody guessed it was because he never had been drunk before. He lost huge sums at the races, but no one knew that he never had been to a track. Charley just smiled, and explained that he always had been unlucky. tt n tt [N the evenings, Charles T. Pierce entertained lavishly. Once he hired a -whole rumba band to come and play for his guests. None of them could have imagined that back in New York Mrs. Helen Pierce was working in a ten-cent store to buy food for herself and her 3-ycar-old son. The day came when Pierce's elaborate betting system was to be applied at the tracks. With it he had planned to win a large sum, perhaps $200,000, and redeem and replace the stolen bonds But he had such a “hangover” that he couldn't go to the races. Checking up later, he found that the method, whether by chance or science, actually would have won. Pierce's courage waned then, for he. didn't know any other systems. and he was always unlucky. n tt tt HE sailed for New York to rc- , cover the remaining $128,000 in bonds awaiting him there. Offering them as collateral, he tried to borrow as much as possible. One transaction after another was delayed as he went to various brokers and agencies. Finally, panic-stricken, he offered the bonds for a $50,000 loan, and was told to return for his check. Detectives were waiting for him when he reappeared. Pierce was held in $50,000 bail. Calmly, even a little triumphantly. he admitted the theft of the bonds. He had had his fling; he had tuberculosis; he was going to die anyway, w.asn't he? Apparently not. It appears now that he has an excellent chance of recovery. So Pierce, facing an indictment for grand larceny and perhaps a long term in prison, is sure that his luck has deserted him again. SOCIAL COMMITTEE " CHOSEN AT BUTLER Faculty Group to Have Charge of Affairs of Men Students. President Robert J. Aley of Butler university has announced appointment of six faculty members to make up a men's committee which will have charge of the social affairs of students in conjunction with the Women's council, in charge of co-cds. Members of the committee are: Dr Stanley Cain, chairman: Dr. A. B. Carlisle professor of education: Clyde Clark instructor in the romance language department: Dr. A. Campbell Garnett professor of philosophy: Professor Russell G. Weber of the loologv department, and Dr. Merwyn Bridenstine. professor of economics. OLD BLACKSMITH DIES John Lenker Engaged in Work Here Since 1873. John Lenker, 81, died Wednesday afternoon at his home, 628 East Ohio street. He was born in Germany October 10. 1849, and came to this country when he was 24. He came to Indianapolis about 1875 and was emplyoed a a blacksmith until nis retirement in 1914. He was married twice, was a member of the Trinity Evangelical church, and is survived by a widow, a brother, one son, and four daughters. Funeral services will be held at 2 Saturday afternoon at the home of his son, August Lenker, 325 Bosart avenue,

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TAXATION AND LIQUOR ISSUE OUT IN FRONT Apportionment and Utility Fight Also Among Assembly Topics of Week. PARTY MOVE ASSAILED Hoosiers in Congress Oppose Election at Large Set for 1932. BY BEN STERN Although nothing of great moment was accomplished in either house of the general assembly during the fifth week which is drawing to a close, it was made interesting to the public by four happenings of relatively major importance. These were: Introduction of the Democratic platform pledge personal and corporation income tax bills; two open hearings on prohibition which drew several hundred interested persons and threw some light on the public feeling regarding this question; decision of the Republican senators and representatives against passage of a congressional reapportionment bill; and the intensive fight of the lobbyists to kill the Moorhead utility holding company bill. 'Wets’ Bills arc Highlights Although introduced Monday afternon and immediately reported out of committee with recommendation for passage, the income tax measures were not handed down for second reading because the house ways and means committee desired to frame certain amendments to smooth rough spots. The hearings on the two so-called )“wet” bills were easily the high point of interest during the week. The first was devoted to a discussion of the Egan-Monnig bills permitting the prescription and sale of medicinal whisky and outstanding phj-sicians of the city and state testified in favor of the measure; while the “drys” deplored any weakening of the Wright actThe next night consideration was given to the Galloway-Egan bill for repeal of the Wright law, and for the first time since its passage citizens of Indiana were told how the power of D. C. Stephenson, one time Kian dragon and now in the state prison, was exerted to obtain its passage, which was celebrated “with a debauch at the Claypool hotel.” Divided Report Expected The dry contented themselves with the regular appeal to “keep us from the saloon and save the children.” Both bills are expected to be brought to the floor on divided reports. The Republican legislators’ decision not to pass a reapportiorunent act and thus cause the election ot all representatives at large in 1932 brought severe criticism from the Indiana Republican representatives in Washington. Led by Will R. Wood, Tenth district Republican veteran representative, they declared that such tactics would be a grave error. Fear State-Wide Tlan It was pointed out by observers that these men in the capital are seeing the handwriting on the wall for 1932. They realize that while running from their home districts they may have good chances of reelection, but by becoming candidates from the whole state their defeat is certain if there is a recurrence of the Democratic landslide of last year. With proponents of the Moorhead bill, which would place utility holding companies under the supervision of the public service commission, putting up a bitter battle for its passage, all of the utility lobbyists are presenting a united front in opposition. Tire bill is now ready in the senate for passage and if it wins through there will have easy sailing in the house, which has so far manifested a strong anti-utility tendency Too much credit can not be given the wily veteran senator, James J. Nejdl <Rep., Lake) for obtaining the passage of the amended old age pension bill in the senate. CON VENT lON IS SO UG H T Beekeepers Asked to Indianapolis for Next Conference. Miss Malitta Fisher, secretary of the American Honey Institute, Thursday carried letters of invitation to the National Beekeepers' Association, the American Honey Institute and the Chief Inspectors of America from Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Governor Harry G. Leslie to hold the 1932 joint convention in Indianapolis. Miss Fisher is attending the convention in Toronto, Canada.

BOOZE RAIDS CLOSE FRATERNITY HOUSES

By United Press ANN ARBOR. Mich., Feb. 13. Friday the thirteenth proved an unlucky day for 184 University of Michigan students who roamed the streets in the rain today, looking for new homes because their fraternity houses had been ordered closed after liquor was found in them. The five fraternity houses ordered closed were: Phi Delta Theta, Theta Delta Chi. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma and Delta Kappa Epsilon. The closing order was issued lat© Thursday by the university committee on student affairs. It will be effective for seven months, or un- [ 4 school reopens next September. >hen the students will be allowed

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Harry E .Rowbottom

Federal grand jurors today indicted Congressman Harry E. Rowbottom of the First Indiana district on charges of “selling” postoffice jobs. He probably will be tried in Evansville, his home, April 13.

SCHOOL BILL HIT BY LARGE CITIES Measure Puts Burden on Population Centers. Large Indiana cities must either help bear the burden of educationjn small communities or stand increased expenditures for penal institutions within a few years, the state senate education committee was told Thursday night by I. O. Koster of the Indiana university school of education. “Education is a matter of citizenship,” Koster said. “If you don't prevent crime through education of the state's youth, you will have to bear the burden of increased taxes, later, for criminal institutions to take care of children with insufficient education.” Roster's address was one of several made by educators at a public hearing on the Lindley senate bill recommended by the state-aid survey commission as a solution for the school finance problem. Schoolmen from all parts of the state spoke the views of their communities. * W. H. Book of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, told the committee that under terms >f the bill large cities would pay more than $2,000,000 into the school fund above the amount needed for their own schools. On the other band, he said, many school corporations would receive more than they would be asked to pay. ENTERS GUILTY PLEA Woman Admits Share in Holdup Slaying. By United Press CLEVELAND. Feb. 13.—Mrs Cecele Valore, 21, pleaded guilty in common pleas court today to first degree murder charges in the death of R. Miller Wilkinson, Princeton university student. She is likely to receive a life term in prison. Wilkinson w r as shot during a holdup of a prenuptial party in a Shaker Heights home last fall. The plea of guilty was entered abruptly after the state had completed its case against the girl, whose husband, Ross, already is under a life imprisonment sentence for the killing. ICE MEN WILL HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Large Attendance Expected From All Parts of State. Thirty-seventh annual convention of the Indiana Ice Dealers’ Association will be held at the Severin

beginning F e b. 19. The sessions will last two days, according to J. P. Seidenst icker, executive secretary. Fred Biederwolf, president of the Biederwolf Coal and Ice Company of Monticello, will be one of the principal sp e a kers. His subject will be “Winter Contract Ice.”

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Due to increased volume in the ice business, attendance at this year's convention is expected to break all previous records, according to Seidensticker.

to resume limited fraternity activities. Throughout the year 1932, however, they will be allowed few privileges except to live in their fraternity houses. No social functions will be allowed. The drastic order was issued as the result of police raids early Tuesday, when liquor was found in the five houses and seventy-nine students were taken into informal custody. Authority for the order was given by Dr. Alexander 'G. Ruthven, university president. National officers of the fraternities were notified that future discoveries £*of liquor in the houses would £irult in cancellations of charters.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931

STATE’S ROAD OFFICIALS PUT IN BAD WEEK Probe Disclosures Help Bill for Complete Change of * Highway Setup. FAILS TO GET MILLIONS; Money Borrowed by Commission While Federal Funds Were Unclaimed. “Every member of this committee must agree that wc have proved the point, in the resolution asking investigation, that the Indiana state highway commisison did fail to collect several millions in federal aid while it borrowed money and went into debt to complete their 1930 program.” This summing up of activities of the senate highway investigating committee was made today by Senator Anderson Ketchum (Dem., Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin and Union), who was in charge of the questioning of highway commissioners, division heads and Director John J. Brown. The inquisition closed Thursday afternoon with Commissioner Jess Murden on the stand. Ketchum drew from Murden the admission that the 1931 program must be speeded up more than any construction in department history if the piled up federal aid is to be collected. At present arrangements have been made to collect but $1,900,000 of the $7,000,000 available. Murden testified. * Strcy Leads Fight Senator Charles L. Strcy (Rep., Kosciusko and Wabash) is author of the resolution asking the investigation into, failure to collect federal aid and was made chairman of the investigation committe by Lieutenant-Governor Edgar D. Bush. Senator Strey is author of the resolution asking the investigation into failure to collect federal aid and was made chairman of the investigation committee by LieutenantGovernor Edgar D. BushPoints regarded proven by the testimony are as follows: 1. That the commission completed enough mileage on the federal aid system in 1930 to collect nearly all allotted federal aid, but permitted more than $5,000,000 to pile up by the close of the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 1930. 2. Although the biggest construction program in the history of the department was completed last year, less federal aid was collected than any time since 1923. 3. That one of the reasons why federal aid could not be collected was that although the state had more revenues, due to a 1-cent gas tax increase, funds were transferred to “betterments” upon which federal aid never has been asked. Attorney-General Ignored 4. “Betterments” is black top pavement constructed by the maintenance division contrary to an opinion from Attorney-General James M. Ogden which says all construction must be under the construction division. 5. The commission borrowed $1,600,000 from the cities, counties and towns share of the gas tax and did not pay 2 per cent interest as ordered in another opinion from Ogden. 6. In addition to borrowing the gas tax the commission issued $900,000 worth of certificates of indebtedness, although the Constitution forbids the state to go into debt, and contracts -were let with the agreement that payment would not be made before April, 1931. 7. While the department t was broke and in debt, federal aid piled up at Washington until more than ; $7,000,000 was available by Jan. 1. j 1931, $2,000,000 of which is an emergency fund which can be collected 100 per cent. The remaining normal federal aid must be matched dollar for dollar by state funds. RULES ON WARRANTS Baker Decides ’John Doe’ Search Is Valid. “John Doe” search warrants when containing a description of property to be searched, were held to be valid today by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker. Baker ruled that a search warrant does not have to contain the name of the owner or occupant of property in order to pave the way for a legal search. The ruling was made in the case of Sam Delca, convicted for blind tiger recently in municipal court and given a thirty-day jail sentence. Delca appealed his case to Baker’s court, for retrial, filing a motion to suppress evidence on the grounds that the warrant under which his property was searched was made out to John Doe. Baker overruled the motion, and Delca entered a plea of guilty to possessing liquor. His case was returned to municipal court for sentencing. WORK OF IMPROVING RILEY HOME STARTED Project Undertaken as Tart of City “Made Work” Campaign. Beautification of the James Whitcomb Riley home in Lockerbie street is being started with the combined support of park commissioners, the “made work” committee, and the Riley Memorial Association. The barn at the rear of the home will be razed and part of the material used in the Rotary Club unit of the Riley hospital. Lots on both sides of the heme now are owned by the park board and will be landscaped this spring The emergency work committee 3s furnishing the labor.

Swimmers Take Up Net Game

CALUMETAREA shows better - - USKSSTM ■ ■BO nn pnrn Isl■ AI I Jjjjtf crating five days a week on an order s* II If" I* 11 ft fa |MBP from (he Pennsylvania railroad for If* UlSsJLJilwU 111 fill ' locomotive parts and forging for mnyn ly OO R vjjjflj dries, filling orders from both auto HJUNU nuMU 2Se andraiiroads * is onastead? Believed to Have Been Rum 1 ' L? th , * nland stecl , Cor 4 ? ny .„ f^ • ***** equipping anew strip mill will be

MURDERED MAN FOUND ON ROAD Believed to Have Been Rum Runners’ Victim. By United Press CROWN POINT, Ind.. Feb. 13.—A nude, disfigured body found in a culvert on the Lincoln highway, near Gary, was identified tentatively today as that of James Riley, a recent prisoner of the Crown Point county jail. Although the body of the victim believed to have been killed by rum runners had been stripped of all clothing, and the face and hands bathed in acid to delay identification, Charles Stevens, a fellow prisoner, said it was that of Riley, who was discharged from the jail two weeks ago. Jailer Lou Baker, who viewed the body after it was brought here Thursday night, admitted it bore some resemblance to his former prisoner, but said that he believed it to be someone else. The body was found by Richard Britt and William Thomas, Negroes, Gary junk dealers. A sugar sack was half drawn over the head, and officers discovered a blood-stained length of rope nearby which they believed was used to strangle the victim. RALPH H. KAHLIE IS GIVEN NAVY HONORS Recruit From Indianapolis Wins Recognition at Great Lakes. Word has been received here by

Mrs. Lottie M. Weaver, 1109 Mills avenue, that her son, Ralph H. Kahlie, has been chosen as honor recruit of his company at the Great Lakes naval training station. Kahlie enlisted in the navy in Indianapolis Nov. 10, 1930. Ability as a leader of men, uniform and appearance, obedience of orders

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and performance of duty, were merits which gave Kahlie the honor. PROPOSED TOBACCO TAX FLAYED BY ATTORNEY Measure Would Foster ‘Bootlegging,’ Committee Is Told. The proposed state tobacco tax is a “nuisance tax’’ and obnoxious to the public, the house ways and means committee was told Thursday in a public hearing on the measure. John Roysc, attorney for Hamil-ton-Harris & Cos., asserted passage would work a hardship on merchants in border line cities and foster “bootlegging” by out-state and mail order firms. Other states have found tobacco tax laws impractical and repealed them, Royse said. KANSAS CITY HAS FIRST MACHINE GUN KILLING Alleged Racketeer Shot Down by Gangster Enemies. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 13. The body of the first man ever killed in Kansas City with a machine gun lay unclaimed today in an undertaking establishment. The man, Jimmy Howard, said by police to be a racketeer and lum runner, was shot down in the street by two men w r ho had shadowed him for six weeks and who had failed in an attempt to kill him twentyfour hours earlier. Howard formerly lived in St. Louis and was said to have boasted being a member of the Eagan Rats gang. ■ <. ...• ....

“What a ducky game!’* exclaimed a bystander with a penchant for excess adjectives at the Butler fieldhouse’s swimming pool today. And that's what it is when Butler co-eds transplant basketball from hardwood floors to a pool of aqua pura. Upper Photo—Cornered! and nowhere to toss it. Nothing but a submarine dive will turn the trick. Lower Left—“ She Who Gets Doused,” might be the title of this as Miss Mary Ketler, 3034 North Delaware street, dives into the water melee. Lower Right—This ball may be out of bounds but in a moment or two it’s going to be a big-splash-in-the-eye for someone when Miss Ruth Pahud, 3407 Boulevard place, heaves it.

Athletics in School Take Stage Again Proposals for a broader program of physical education in Indiana public schools with a renewal of the threat against the Indiana High School Athletic association’s domination of high school athletics are contained in anew senate bill engaging the attention of educators and high school sport fans. The bill put in its appearance Thursday, bearing the name of Senator Roy M. Friedley (Rep., Del.) who a week ago led the short-lived legislative effort to wrest high school athletic control from the I. H. S. A. A. and its director, A. L. Trester. After a storm of protest was registered at public hearings Friedley withdrew his original bill in the face of a certain report for indefinite postponement. Senator Russell P. Kehoe (Dem. Clark, Jefferson, Ohio and Switzerland) withdrew another bill striking at the I. H. S. A. A. The bill fathered by Friedley would authorize the state board of education to appoint and fix the salary of a supervisor of physical education and health to prepare a physical program for all Indiana public schools, with approval of the state board of education. To finance the program, the state board might, according to the bill, impose a “fair and proportional levy upon receipts from athletic contests in all of the public schools of the state.”

VANDERBILT STAYS ANGRY AT BUTLER

By United Press BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Feb. 13. : Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., reiterated today his intention of filing suit against Major General Smedley D. Butler unless a retraction is forthcoming on Butler's statement of the now-famous Mussolini “hit and run” incident, which Vanderbilt says “misquoted’’ him. “I want to emphasize,” Vanderbilt said, “that Mussolini was not a hit and run driver. “It is true that he struck down a child while making a sharp turn in a road, but if the child was killed or injured, we had no way of knowing,” he said. “But was it not possible that another automobile in the party stopped to-gender aid?” he was asked. “That I do not know. Z would not

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CALUMET AREA SHOWS BETTER BUSINESS TONE Industries Get Orders From Auto Manufacturers and Railroads. BY CHARLES C. STONE State Editor, The Times A business and industrial survey of Indiana for the week ended today shows activity in the Calumet district to be the outstanding development. Orders placed by automobile manufacturers and railroads are resulting in employment increases in various plants of the district. The American Steel Foundries are operating five days a week on an order from the Pennsylvania railroad for locomotive parts and forging for 4,000 gondola cars. Standard Foundries, filling orders from both auto makers and railroads, is on a stead:' schedule. It is expected that part of a $4,000,000 contract to be placed by the Inland Steel Company for equipping anew strip mill will be given the Hubbard Steel Foundry of East Chicago, one of the largest concerns engaged in manufacture of heavy mill equipment. 200 Re-Employed Re-employment of 200 men by the General American Tank Corporation during the past week reflects its expansion as a result of purchase of all railroad cars owned by Swift & Cos., Chicago packing firm. Production has started in the first of three plants of the Gossard Company to be moved here from Chicago. Eventually, it is expected 4,000 persons will be given work at an annual pay roll of $3,000,000. Merger of the Vacuum Oil Company and Standard Oil Company of New York, permission for which has been granted by a federal court in Missouri, is expected to bring another refinery to East Chicago, or at least the expansion of one bought recently by the Vacuum company, its first entry into the East Chicago district. Operations Resumed After an idle period of nearly three months operations have been resumed by the Adams Clay Products Company at Martinsville, with thirty-five men, half a normal force employed. The Fifer Construction Company of Greencastle has obtained a contract to erect a $250,000 mausoleum in Washington Park cemetery at Indianapolis. Desire to expand for production and sale of new articles has led the Majestic Company of Huntington to obtain a permit to increase its capital from $200,000 to $300,000. The Riddell National bank of Brazil has awarded a contract to the Nesler Safe Company, Hamilton, 0., for a fire and burglar proof vault to cost $7,500. Stockholders of Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc., operating three factories in Indiana, have been advised by Q. G. Noblitt, president, that despite business depression, its stock earned $7 a share dividends in 1930, against $9.01 in 1929, the best year thus far in the corporation’s history. READY~TO BEGIN WORK Park Board Awaits Assigning of Laborers to Pleasant Run Jobs. Construction of Pleasant Run boulevard from Washington street to the Pennsylvania railroad and probably south to English avenue, will begin when laborers are assigned by the “made work” commission of the Chamber of Commerce, park comimssoiners announced Thursday

want to be quoted as saying so, for I did not look back. Mussolini placed his hand on my knee and said. ‘Never look back. Mr. Vanderbilt; always look ahead.’ ” The roads were patroled at the time by police and official cars, it was added. “I wish the incident to be closed now,” he said. “I have not been trying to dig up the past, but there have been so many garbled accounts of the matter that I feel that in justice to myself the public should know the real truth of General Butler’s inaccurate statement. “The incident was described in confidence at a meeting of members of the American Affiliated Lecture Bureau in November, 1930. General Butler and others t{*ri very confidential stories, whict) we all agreed never would be repeated.”

ATTITUDE OF HOUSE ON AID TO NEEDY HIT Appeals of Jobless Army Met With Insults, Is Charge on Floor. RELIEF SURVEY ORDERED Terre Haute Pastor Pleads for Hundreds Who Are Starving. Charges that the house of representatives’ treatment of appeal for aid from Indiana's unemployed has been “insulting and ridiculous” were hurled on the floor today, after a petition from 2,500 western Indiana jobless was received. Representative John D. T. Bold (Dem., Vanderburg), later presented a resolution calling for appointment by the Governor of three economic experts to make a survey of relief possibilities and report to the general assembly. It was the signal for witticism by Representative Miles J. Furnas (Rep., Randolph) immediately. He moved unsuccessfully that the Governor be instructed to appoint the economic experts from the Democratic house ranks and majority floor leader Delph L. McKesson countered with the proposal that the Republican members be appointed. Levity Is Assailed With this favorably voted on, Representative John F. White (.Dem., Marion), charged “a serious matter is being treated ridiculously and that consideration ought to be given these unemployed petitions.” Representative Fred S. Galloway (Dem., Marion), chimed in with: “I think the house action in this matter is an insult to the intelligence of the unemployed.” “Communism is in the offing; you've got to do something to prevent it,” the Rev. A. J- Goodman, Terre Haute minister, said. Mr. Goodman prefaced his address with a reference to the first such appeal made ten days ago by unemployed, who staged a preliminary demonstration at the statehouse. Communism Is Denied “We’re not communists,” Goodman asserted. “We are representative citizens and taxpayers of Indiana and we appeal to you for earnest consideration of any bills for state aid that may be introduced at this session. “Regardless of what you do about this petition, in the name of humanity do something for the hundreds of jobless in Indiana who actually are starving. “There is too much state employment in too few families, cases where several members are holding state jobs which, if distributed more evenly, w'ould mean at least one bread winner in families where there are none now. At least obtain jobs for as many different families as possible,” he pleaded. Contents of the relief petition were similar to those of the previous one and embraced such provisions as a six-hour day; ban on eviction of unemployed; limitation of loan rates to unemployed to 2 per cent,’ and a request for creation of jobs through building of public works. CHINESE SEEK CURB ON FOREIGN PRIVILEGES Government Determined to Abolish Extratc ritoriality Rights. By United Press SHANGHAI, Feb. 13.—Any further delay in abolition of extraterritoriality in China will intensify Chinese determination to see these privileges abolished, the Kuo Min news agency quoted Foreign Minister Dr. C. T. Wing as saying today. “I sincerely trust that China will not be forced to adopt any measure to obtain this objective other than that of friendly negotiations,” Dr. Wang told a gathering of press correspondents. He referred to extraterritoriality as “China’s legacy of the old regime which has not only ceased to be adaptable to present day conditions, but has hindered the free development of China’s judicial and administrative machinery.” DOLED IDLE INCREASE French Unemployment Becomes Serious Government Matter. By United Press PARIS, Feb. 13.—France's new unemployment problem began to assume serious national proportions today as the number of doled idle increased at a rate of several thousand weekly. Tile ministry of labor, in its weekly report issued today, announced there were 32,292 unemployed persons in France on dole at the end of the last week. This is an increase of 3,756 over the previous week. CONVICTED IBANDIT SHOT Tries to Escape From Jail While Awaiting Sentence. By United Press CHARDON, 0., Feb. 13.—Eugene Purcell, 32, Cleveland, was shot to death last night when he attempted to escape from the Geauga county jail where he was awaiting sentence on a robbery conviction. OPPOSE changeln - law Present Prohibition Measures Ar Favored by Epworth League. Resolution expressing opposition to any change in prohibition laws in. Indiana was adopted Thursday night by the Indianapolis district of the Epworth League at the fifth session of the six-day wintetyinstitute being held in Central Avenua MrLhndijU.