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PENSIONING OF AGED FAVORED BYLARRABEE Representative of Indiana Backs Dill-Connery Bill for Federal Aid. Bu Time Special WASHINGTON. Feb. B.—lndiana and other states that herd their aged poor into alms houses might be persuaded to discontinue the barbarous practice and provide oldage pensions if assistance is offered by the federal treasury. Such is the belief and hope of Representative William H. Larrabee (Dem.) New Palestine, Ind., who has Joined with other liberals in an attempt to force a showdown in this session of congress on the DillConnery bill. The Dill-Connery measure, recently approved by the house labor committee, would appropriate $lO,000,000 annually for federal aid to be apportioned among the states that provide pensions to aged and indigent citizens. Poorhouses Assailed ‘This bill,” said Larrabee today, “will provide federal aid for old age pensions up to one-third of the cost, and I believe will bring states like ’ our own into line. I hope it will help to banish disgraceful poorhouses from the land.” Citing the Marion county poorhouse as ? “horrible example, Larrabee said:

“In the county in which our state Capitol is located, conditions have prevailed in years past that would not be permitted in institutions for the punishment of criminals. Crowded into quarters that would not be considered fit institutions of correction and punishment, the pov-erty-stricken eeed of this county have lived among conditions that are an utter disgrace to a civilized state. I have no doubt that there are conditions equally as bad, or worse, in the homes for poor in many other states and many other communities. “It is foolish to talk of waiting for prosperity to banish the poorhouse. There is only one way in which it can be abolished, and that is to provide in a humanitarian way for the aged and indigent. “We mast remember, ‘The poor, we shall always have among us.’ It is the purpose of government to protect and provide for the weak.

Refers to Leslie Veto “If congress can find it within its power to vote a $2,000,000,000 dole to gigantic financiers and corporations who have wrecked themselves with their gambling in Wall Street and in foreign loans and foreign stocks and securities, it will have a hard time explaining to the people ‘back home’ if it votes down the federal old age pension aid bill.” The last paragraph was directed at the reconstruction finance bill, recently enacted over the opposition of Larrabec and a handful of others in the senate and house. Larrabee’s interest in old age pensions dates from the time i e was a member of the lower house of the Indiana legislature many years ago. He thinks that if the Dill-Connery bill had been in effect, the Governor of Indiana would not have dared veto the old age pension measure passed by the Indiana legislature in its last session.

TRANSFER RIOT WARDEN Leavenworth Chief to Take Over Narcotics Penal Farm. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 8 Saniord Bates, superintendent of federal prisons, who has been investigating the Leavenworth prison break of Dec. 11, in which seven convicts kidnaped and wounded Warden Thomas B. White in their break for freedom, announced F. G. Zerbst will succeed White as warden. White will become warden of the government’s new penal farm for narcotic addicts at El Paso, Tex., March 1. Bates said two guards who committed suicide have not been “definitely connected by the agents with the smuggling in of the weapons.’’ NAMED ON EYE BOARD Evansville Optometrist Appointed by Governor Leslie. Dr. B. L. Kruckemeyer of Evansville today was appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie as a member of the Indiana state board of registration and examination in optometry, succeeding Dr. James Royston of Evansville, who resigned because of ill health. Leslie also announced that Mrs. Davidson, recently appointed a member of the library and historical board, has been named a member of the library commission, in charge of erection of anew state library. SALARY SUIT IS FILED Weights. Measures Inspector Seeks SI,BOO From County. Court fight to obtain salary stricken from county pay rolls during the economy campaign of the council last September was opened today in circuit court by Robert Hathaway, weights and measure inspector. He seeks an appropriation of SI,BOO to pay his 1932 salary. The council cut the amount from the budget, but Hathaway worked throughout January, the first month the slice was effective. His suit stated the post was necessary in the community. He was named to the job in April, 1929. 16 SCHOLARSHIPS ADDED Contestants Show Exceptional Ability In Examinations. Addition of sixteen scholarships by the Indiana university extension division, following examination of forty-four contestants in the February emergency scholarship tests, was announced today by division heads. Three of the contestants showed “very superior ability” and twentythree others equalled or excelled average scores made In the same tests by students of twenty-one colleges. examiners said. Winners will be enrolled In evening classes beginning .today.

JAPAN SEEKS GOLD IN CONQUEST

Sixty Million Persons Crowded in Island Empire

BY ROBERT TALLEY NEA Service Writer tCopvrleht. 1932. NEA Service. Inc.) IgEHIND Japan’s vast war machine is a tiny cluster of islands, constituting Old Japan, whose area in square miles is slightly smaller than that of the state of Nevada. There are 91,000 people in Nevada. There are approximately 60,000,000 people in overcrowded Old Japan, | or just about half the population of the United States by

| :omparison. These principal islands of Old Japan are three in number, plus their fringes of small adjacent islands. There is another large island to the north, but it is cold and sparsely inhabited. Bam ON the average each Japanese owns about one-third as much as an American owns, owes about one-third as much in national debt, pays taxes of about onefourth as nluch. The figures tell the fiscal story: United Staten National Debt— $16,800,000,000. Per Capita Debt—*l23. Per Capita Tax—*26.2s. Nat’l Wealth—*3oo.ooo.ooo.oo6. Per Capita Wealth—S2.tr,o. 1932 8udget—13,905,000,000. Japan National Debt—*3,ooo,ooo.ooo. Per Capita Debt—S4fl. Per Capita Tax—s6.so. Nat’l Wealth—sso,ooo.ooo.ooo. Per Capita Wealth—s 800. 1932 Budget—s74o,ooo,ooo. But while figures are statistically correct, they hardly present the whole picture, for Japan proper—meaning Old japan—enjoys a rich commercial return from its profitable domains in Manchuria, Korea and Formosa. In Korea, for ex.ample, Japanese merchants control 85 per cent of the business and Japanese farmers own one-half of the cultivated land. In Formosa, the Japanese government has a monopoly on the world’s chief source

This is the fifth of six stories on “Japan’s Skyrocketed Rise.”

of camphor. All three domains were acquired by war. The Japanese have their own way of doing things. From a tax collecting standpoint, Korea has been a drain on the Japanese treasury for many years. But the commercial profits pay handsomely. a a a THE population of Japan proper, according to the latest census, was 64,450,005, but more than 90,000,000 persons are Japanese or live under the Japanese flag. Here is what the latest population records show: Japan proper 64.150.110S Korea 21,058.30.5 Formosa 4,594,161 Jap. Sakhalin 221.21;! Total for empire 90,395.041 Leased Kwantung territory in Manchuria 883,588 Mandated territory (islands in North Pacific) 58.816 Total under flag 91.3H”.6ft.5 Japanese residing: abroad: In Asia 299,694 In Europe 2.992 In America v,..... 267,606 In Oceania 147.151 In Africa 06 Grand total 92.035.164 The total area of Japan and all its possessions is 261,567 square miles. The total area of continental United States is a little more than 3,000,000 miles and the total United States population approximately 120,000,000. a an ASIDE from its army and navy, Japan has built up in recent years great industrial plants with equipment as modern as any found in Pittsburgh, Chicago or Cincinnati. That these quickly can be converted from the making of such things as sewing machines, enamels, locomotives, cotton cloth, etc., was demonstrated during the World war, when anew crop of millionaires rose in Japan from profits of munitions making for the allies. Though the nature of Japan’s economic system limits great wealth to a few men, the number of incomes in excess of $50,000 jumped from 22 in 1914 to 336 in 1918.

THE Rockefellers of Japan are the, Mitsuis. They employ nearly 100,000 persons in their vast chain of mills, mines, ocean shipping and banking, which has agencies on every continent and big offices on Broadway in New York. The house of Mitsui has run things financially in Japan for 200 years, and often financially aided the government. It' is composed of eleven related wealthy families, who function co-operatively under their own written family constitution and share in vast profits. The nation’s chief industrial city is Osaka, “the Pittsburgh of Japan,” where thousands toil in the steel mills and kindred industries. Nearby Kobe might be likened to New York, being the most important port in Japan, and equally famous for its shipbuilding yards. Yokohama is the cotton and silk ; mill center. a a a JAPAN’S powerful navy is no accident. These industrial islands do not. and can not, grow enough | food to support themselves and therefore the seas of Korea. Man- ! churia and Formosa must be kept open at all costs. They are the granaries of Japan and the source of raw materials for her factories. The nation’s production of steel now reaches 1.500,000 tons a year, but there is not much hope for the future of her industry unless the j supplies of raw material are assured. Japan’s imports of iron amount to about 7 pier cent or her : total imports. . Official estimates show five billion metric tons of coal in Japan's mines, though about half of this is below workable depths. Iron deposits are found in Japan. Korea and Formosa, an optimistic estimate placing the total at 130 i million metric tons. The nation’s real iron lesources. however, are j along its railway in Manchuria. a u a % THE soy bean of Manchuria becomes a principal item of her trade, amounting to nearly 8 per to 3 per cent for wheat. In the last six months Japan lias become the ,world’s largest pur- | chaser of raw cotton. She has bought 1,069,000 bales, I which ift 579,000 more bales than

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she bought in the same period last year. Strangely enough, these huge purchases come at a time when Japan’s textile mills are suffering heaivly from the Chinese boycott, many mills being closed. That cotton fiber, in addition to its other uses, is an essential in the manufacture of many kinds of explosives may explain something. Simultaneously, there has been a big recent increase in lead exports to Japan.

YOUTH IS ARRESTED ON THREE CHARGES Howard Hines Alleged to Have Entered Relative’s Home. Charged with breaking into the home of a relative, Howard Hines, 19, of 216 North East street, was held today for burglary, trespass and vagrancy. Hines was caught by Ben Scherrer, 804 North Denny street, after leaving the home of Kenneth Stibgen, 802 North Denny street, where he stole several household articles, according to police. Other persons reporting thefts and losses are: Mrs. H. L. Nixon, 3534 Fall Creek boulevard, S4O; Miss Helen Knight, 1829 North Delaware street, S3O; Mrs. J. M. McCray, 1235 North Mount street, unestimated; Mrs. Helen Rinehart, 1600 North Pennsylvania street, unpstimated, and Ed Huckleberry, 2403 Vi College avenue, $2.

FRENCH FLIERS SAFE Trio Marooned in Sahara Is Rescued by Plane. By United Press ORAN, Algeria, Feb. B.—Three French fliers who listened, in by radio on rescue directions and musical programs broadcast after they were forced down to face death from thirst or the Jure of desert mirages, have been rescued from the blistering, wind-swept sands. Flying high over the desert, French airmen in a rescue plane sighted a tiny black speck, which broke the otherwise unending vista of trackless wastes and dunes. They began circling over their objective. In a valley of sand they sighted the three missing airmen, sitting beside their plane. Their water supply was exhauted. They had coaxed the last ounce of power from the batteries of their portable radio. They awaited rescue, or death.

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BY BEN STERN SCOUTS and spies for the opposition to Paul V. McNutt, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, must be carrying home gloom-tinged tales and reports today. For, from all accounts, the organization meeting at the Antlers Sunday was a rip-roaring love feast of the adherents of the Indiana law school dean. Approximately 600 partisans, representing almost every county in. the state, with the exception of Vigo, which has its own candidate, Mayor Wood Posey, were present at the meeting, which was arranged to discuss state-wide organization of “McNutt for Governor” Clubs. If the demonstration accorded McNutt was insincere, then the Democratic party in Indiana harbors many who would make excellent thespians, because the wellknown welkin was rung by the cheering and applause. u tt a All persiflage aside, two significant happenings occurred which indicate to no uncertain degree the direction of the wind. It long has been declared that the old guard in the party will be found in opposition to the former national commander of the legion. But this was disproved conclusively Sunday afternoon when Dale Crittenberger, veteran Anderson editor, announced that all Madison county’s 45 votes in the next convention will be for McNutt. Crittenberger was backed in this statement by Hasy Neff, the county chairman. r

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The Japanese Empire at a Glance—The black portion belongs to Japan, the shaded portion in Manchuria—in the vicinity of her leased South Manchuria railway concession—is dominated by her troops. The original empire consisted of the four grouped islands, though cold Hokkaido always has been sparsely populated. Formosa was acquired from China by the war of 1895; Korea, Japanese Sakhalin, the Kwantung peninsular at Port Arthur, and also the South Manchuria railway concession, were acquired from Russia by the war of 1904-05. As the densely populated island kingdom must draw on the Asiatic mainland for its food, it could be starved by a naval blockade; hence, Japan’s powerful navy.

IN view of Nippon’s situation, there have long been two conflicting trends of thought in Japan. One crowd insists that Japan must, by military force if necessary, keep open to her trade certain markets in China to supply the island with coal, iron, beans and wheat. The other insists that this military policy is costly and breeds serious economic boycotts; that it would be better to control markets

STATE POOR AID COST SURVEYED Indiana Cares for 18,733 at 79.2 Cents a Day. Indiana cared for 18,733 persons daily in its twenty state cheritable and correctional institutions during 1031 at a cost for the year of $6,929,162.53, it was disclosed in a report today by Secretary John A. Brown of the state charities board. The amount was divided between $5,418,463.45 for maintenance and $1,510,699.08 for land, buildings and improvements. New construction caused an increase in expenditures of $600,000 over the 1930 figure, Brown said. Maintenance increase was $26,000, but the daily average attendance for 1930 was but 17,922. Average expense an inmate in 1931 was $289.24 and $302.14 in 1930. Total per capita expenditures in 1931 were divided as follows: Salaries and wages, $122.98; food, $53.68; clothing, $13.51; repairs, $21.41, and other items, chief of which are heat, light and household equipment, $77.66. The total of $289.24 a year amounted to 79.2 cents a day per inmate. YEGGS BATTER SAFE Take $54 From Strongbox In Office of Downtown Commission Firm. Yeggmen knocked the combination from a safe in the William Schaub commission house, 138 South Delaware street, Sunday night, and took $54 from the strong box, police were informed. Intruders also chopped their way with an ax into the Indiana Plating Company, 122 South Delaware street, where they ransacked an unlocked safe. Henry Grothe, an employe, said nothing apparently was taken.

A rousing cheer came when Dr. Carleton McCulloch, twice nominee for Governor, pledged his support, and that means the old-timers in Indianapolis. Three emissaries from William H. O’Brien of Lawrenceburg, one time state auditor, and an outstanding party leader, appeared to pledge his support of McNutt. But that isn’t all—a message was received from “Uncle” Joe Cravens of Madison, who occupies an almost unequaled position in his party—declaring that he also would be found in the McNutt ranks. a a a Significance of the O'Brien and Cravens stand is the effect it will have upon the fight against R. Earl Peters for re-election as state chairman. Both of these men reside in the old Fourth, now in the new Ninth, and Joseph W. Verbarg. of North Vernon the district chairman is one of the opposition to Peters. He has in the past been backed by Cravens and O’Brien, but if these two are for McNutt, it may change the picture. There can be little doubt that the McNutt candidacy is bound up with the fight of Peters for reelection and that the pledges rhould mean that every one, now seeing the handwriting on the wall, is indicating a willingness to go straight down the line for the pair. On the other hand, the antiPeters group is now willing to concede the nomination of McNutt and get on the band wagon, but may be preparing to continue its fight on the chairman.

with superior economic organization. At the present, however, the militarists—and not the economists—are running things in Japan. Next: The story of the emperor, “The Son of Heaven” .. . The sickly-looking, bespectacled young man in the palace at Tokio for whom Japanese consider it an honor to die ... A heaven-bom line that runs from six centuries before Christ to 1932.

COLLEGES CONTROLLED BY CHURCHES LAUDED Bishop Hughes, Chicago, Speaks at Athearn Inauguration. Church-controlled colleges were lauded Sunday by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Chicago area of the Methodist Episcopal church, as Butler university closed the formal inauguration of Dr. Walter Scott Athearn with religious services. The inauguration ceremony was held Saturday. More than 1,800 persons attended the religious services Sunday. “In the church school,” said Bishop Hughes, “moral training goes hand in hand with higher education. Learning, combined with development of character, has a powerful effect on the development of man.” President Athearn, in introducing Bishop Hughes, declared that “the profound spiritual purpose of the founders of Butler university will be emphasized increasingly in the days that lie ahead.”

MARKET PROBE GROUP MEETS AGAIN TUESDAY Standholders Resentful at Lack of Representation. Second meeting of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan’s special city market investigating committee will be held at 2 Tuesday in offices of the safety board. The committee, headed by Chairman John F. White, will devote the session to a study of conditions outside the market, including curb stands, angle parking and other phases. Resentment at refusal of the committee and Mayor Sullivan to grant the standholders representation on the committee has been expressed by J. P. O’Mahoney, association president. O’Mahoney charged that Sullivan and Charles R. Myers, safety board president, have refused to co-oper-ate with the standholders, and have intimated them by threat of rent increases. PLANS TO BE DISPLAYED Winning Entries in Small House Contest Will Be Shown at Ayres. Exhibit of photos and plans of houses selected in the fifth annual small house contest sponsored by the magazine, The House Beautiful, will open Thursday in the galleries of L. S. Ayres & Cos. In the contest this year, in which twenty-one states and Hawaii were represented, California won all western prizes, and New York all eastern prizes. Prizes of SI,OOO were offered for the six best houses in the nation. Franklin Abbott of New York won first prize. B. B. B. TO NAME HEADS Directors to Be Chosen at Annual Session Friday at I. A. C. Annual business meeting and election of the Better Business Bureau, Inc., will be held Frida* noon in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, T. M. Overley, general manager, announced today. Nominations for new directors include H. L. Dithme’- of the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, Robert O. Bonner of L. S. Ayres <fc Cos.. William C. Grauei of the Merchants National bank, Harry Israel, John Burke, Edward Roe Sch, and Frank Shellhouse.

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THIRTEEN HURT IN WEEK-END CARJSHAPS Four Children Are Among Injured: Man Is Cut by Flying Glass. One man was injured seriously today, and thirteen others, including four children, were hurt in weekend automobile accidents. Robert Smith, 46, of R. R. 7, Box 206, incurred serious face and hand lacerations today when the auto he was driving smashed into a truck on state Road 67, near Maywood. Glass from the sedaa sprayed Smith and he was pinned in the wreckage of his car. A. D. Ford, 33, of Thorntown, was operator of the truck. Bus Driver Fined Arthur Klink of Ft. Wayne, bus operator, was fined $1 and costs today by Judge William H. Sheaffer, for failure to stop at a preferential street. The bus he operated was involved in an accident at Twentyfifth and Talbot streets Sunday. Lee Goldstein, 9, of 738 Union street, and David and Milton Goldstein, 6-year-old twins, were hurt when struck by an auto as they ran into the intersection of Morris street and Capitol avenue, late Saturday. The brothers had been playing on the sidewalk and ran into the street in pursuit of a rolling nickel, police said. Lee Goldstein incurred a broken arm and his brothers were bruised. Finley Kell, 62, of 2006 Jones street, driver of the car, was not held. Child Is Injured Pearl Richardson, 5, daughter of Fred Richardson, 43, of 954 Elm street, was cut severely late Sunday when the auto in which she was riding, operated by her father, was in collision at North and Illinois streets. The girl was hurled through the windshield. Roscoe James, 21, Negro, city, driver of the other car, was charged with failure to give right of way. When he lost control of his car and it smashed against an abutment of the Eagle creek bridge at Tenth street, John R. Smith, 39, of 506 East Washington street, incurred severe face and body cuts. Smith was hurled through the door of his car. Overturns in Water After striking the bridge guard, the auto skidded down an embankment, overturning in shallow water. Deputy sheriffs sent Smith to the city hospital. Others injured in accidents: Miss Sarah Gray, 33. of 1045 Udell street, and Mary Wiley. 14. of 1047 Udell -treet, cuts and bruises: Edward Glore Jr.. 14. of 1828 North Gale street, arm cuts: George House. Negro. 3. of 2054 Columbia avenue. forehead cuts: Miss Anna Sehr. 18. of 2620 East Washington street, face cuts: Otto Bradford. 58. of 1534 West Vermont street, left hand cut: Willard Burtner. 20, of 2525 Broadway, shoulder bruises and Joseph Parrott. Negro. 51. of 2028 Columbia avenue, head cuts.

FORMER SHERIFF ON TRIAL AT PORTLAND

Ira Barton Accused of Part in Robbery of Dunkirk Bank. By United Press PORTLAND, Ind., Feb. B.—A former sheriff who is alleged to have planned bank robberies in eastern and northern Indiana, faced tiral today in Jay circuit court here. The defendant, Ira Barton, formerly chief law enforcement officer of Blackford county, is charged with bank robbery and as accessory before the fact in connection with the Christmas eve robbery of the Dunkirk state bank. Trial was scheduled to be held before Judge Frink Gillispie and a jury of residents of the Dunkirk territory. Difficulty in selecting a jury w ? as anticipated due to the publicity given Barton’s arrest three days after Lorenz Capelli, Frank Valentino and Albert Frobatta, all of Chicago Heights, 111., had allegedly confessed to participating in bank robberies and named Barton as the “fixer.” The trio is said to have confessed that Barton promised protection when they robbed banks in the county of which he was sheriff. Dunkirk, however, lies partly in Jay county and Barton assertedly was unable to assist the men after their arrest. According to the reputed confessions, the former sheriff met with the three to plan the robberies and gave them Indiana license plates for their automobile. Barton also faces bank robbery charges in connection with the robbery of the Citizens State bank in Hartford City, July 8, 1931. Barton asserts he is innocent of the charges and asserts that he was “framed.” Afore than 150 witnesses './ill be summoned to testify in the trial, attorneys said today. Included on the list are Frabatta, Valentino and Capelli, each serving twenty-year sentences in the state reformatory. Wilkins Plans South Pole Hop By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. B—Sir Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer, disclosed plans today for an airplane trip next November, over the south pole. Sir Hubert will consult with engineers concerning construction of a special airplane for the trip. He is here on a lecture tour. When alligators are fishing they flap their tails on the water and create a noise that can be heard half a mile away.

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“The Ideal Spot.” a one-act play, to be presented at a joint meeting of Alpha Psi Omega dramatic society and the Home Economics Club, Tuesday afternoon, at Indiana Central college, will be directed by Pauline Riley. Members of the cast will be Garland Niccum, Helen Faulkner, Elgin Hicks, and Nellie Combs. A tea, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Key, president of the Economics Club, will precede the play.

MAN HELD AS WIFESLAYER Grand Jury Returns Murder Indictment at Frankfort. By United Press FRANKFORT, Ind., Feb. B.—The Clinton county grand jury has returned a first-degree murder indictment against Everett Gladden, charging him with slaying his wife, Dolores, here Tuescay. Eight counts are listed in the indictment. Gladden, held here pending the grand jury’s report, said his wife was overcome by monoxide gas while the two were sitting in their automobile. Analysis of the stomach and lungs from Mrs. Gladden’s body revealed that the lungs contained some carbon monoxide, but it was not disclosed whether poison was found in the stomach. The analysis was made by Dr. Rollo N. Harger, toxicologist at Indiana university. Mrs. Gladden was a daughter of Mrs. R. W. Titsworth, Kansas City, Mo. In ascribing a motive for the alleged slaying, authorities point out that Gladden recently obtained SIO,OOO insurance on his wife’s life.

POLICE HOLD SOLDIER ON BURGLARY CHARGE Man Accused of Tossing Cement Through Store Window. Alexander Doss, who said he is a soldier at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, walked yp an alley in the rear of English’s Sunday night to put on a pair of spats. This act cost him his freedom. For when he appeared again on Meridian street, Lieutenant John Sheehan was awaiting him. According to Sheehan, Doss tossed a chunk of cement through the display window of the Tolies Hat Shop at 144 North Meridian street, stealing the spats, a brown hat and a pair of gloves. Doss was charged with burglary and petit larceny. Bandits Get S6OO By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. B.—Bandits who at first didn’t succeed, tried again today, and A. G. Maecher, manager of a drug store, handed them S6OO, receipts from the weekend business. Maecher said the bandits were those frustrated in a robbery attempt at the store several days ago.

REDUCED EXCURSION FARES Each Week-End CHICAGO.... $5.00 Good on all trains Fridays and Saturdays and early morning trains Sunday. Good returning until Monday night. $3.60 Round Trip to Louisville. Good going Fridays and Saturdays; return Monday. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 DETROIT $4.00 TOLEDO $3.50 Leave 10:15 p. m.; return Sunday night. CLEVELAND $4.00 Leave 11:30 p. m.; return Sunday night. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 ST. LOUIS $4.00 Leave 12;35 a. m. or 2:45 a. m.: return Sunday night. Tickets good in coaches only. Children half fare. . Full particulars and tickets at City Ticket Office. 112 Monument Circle, and Union Station. BIG FOUR ROUTE

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VEHLING'S TRIAL FOR BRIBERY TO OPENJUESDAY 100 Prospective Jurors Are Called to Weigh Charges ' Against Coroner. With 100 prospective jurors summoned. trial of Coroner Fred W. Vehling on a charge of bribe solicitation will open Tuesday morning in criminal court before Fred C. Gause. special judge. Vehling is charged with soliciting $l5O from relatives of Benjamin Stickel, 331 East Tenth street, who died last March in his home from gas fumes. The coroner is alleged to have threatened to return a suicide verdict, rather than one of accidental death, unless he was paid the money. Under the suicide verdict, relatives would not have received double indemnity, provided for In insurance policies. Venue Change Denied Since his indictment Jan. 2, Vehling’s case has been marked with a series of court battles and shifts of state and defense legal operations. The state first returned an indictment and then filed two affidavits. Vehling is being tried on the second affidavit. Efforts of the defense to obtain a change of venue from the county failed last week when Gause, former supreme court judge, declared he believed county residents’ knowledge of the case would have no bearing on the trial’s outcome. Gause ordered the jury for trial despite protests of defense counsel. Defense Is Secret Line of battle to be followed by the defense in efforts to defeat the charges has been kept secret. Eph Inman, Fred Barrett and Thomas McGee are defending the county official. Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson, who will head the state’s case, said the prosecution can be completed in three days. Selection of a jury Is expected to take almost a week, due to widespread publicity given the case. Evidence, which later was presented the grand jury, was uncovered by The Times.

COUNTY LACKS FUNDS FOR NEW AUTO TAGS Budget Makers Forgot New law Removed Exemption. Marion county is in the same boat with a large number of her citizens whose cars still are adorned with last year’s license plates. The county’s dilemma is a lot of cars, trucks, trailers, tractors and no money to purchase 1932 licenses. No provision for license costs was made in the 1931 budget. This slipped by budget makers, since this is the first year payment for plates has been demanded of governmental units. Charles Mann, county highway superintendent, says he needs SI,OOO to buy licenses for highway equipment. County commissioners must pay fees on thirty-five vehicles kept in the county garage. A special appropriation for license plates must be made by the county council before March 1, last date for obtaining new plates. Muncle Publisher 111 By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. B.—Physicians today reported the condition of George Lockwood, publisher of the Muncie Evening Press, who was stricken with heart disease Sunday as “slightly improved but still critical.”

Stubborn Coughs Ended by Recipe, Mixed at Home

Here is'the famous old recipe which millions of housewives have found to be the most dependable means of breaking up stubborn coughs due to colds. It takes but a moment to prepare, costs little, and saves money, but it gives real relief even for those dreaded coughs that follow, severe cold epidemics. From any druggist, get 2% ounces of Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup or strained honey. Thus you mako a full pint of better remedy thaD you could buy ready-made for three times the cost. It never spoils and tastes so good that even children like it. Not only does this simple mixture soothe the inflamed throat membranes with surprising ease, but also it is absorbed into the blood, and acts directly upon the bronchial tubes, thus aiding the, whole system in throwing off the cough. It loosens the germ-laden phlegm and eases chest soreness in & way that is really astonishing. Pinex is a highly concentrated compound of Norway Pine, containing the active agent of creosote, in a refined, palatable form. Nothing known in medicine is more helpful in cases of severe coughs and bronchial irritations. Do not accept a substitute for Pinex. It is guaranteed to give prompt relief or money refunded.

Sale of 250 New 4.>Lb. Cotton and Felt Mattresses $3.95 Capitol Furniture Cos. 300 Massachusetts Ave.

NOW! A New Speed Queen Washer To Sell at 949.50 Absolutely Guaranteed VONNEGUT'S Downtown. Irvington. Belmont. Fountain Square.

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Men's and Women’s CLOTHING ON EASY CREDIT ASKIN & MARINE CO. 127 W. Washington tit. *