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G. 0. P. NAMES SPRINGER TO HEAD TICKET Connersville Attorney to Make Governor Race on Wet Platform. FIVE BALLOTS TAKEN Candidate Is Put Over by Watson and Goodrich Coalition. RY BEN STERN Indiana Republicans today started their drive for victory at the iJhlls In November, wit>' an outright wet pronouncement in their platform and a legionnaire, Raymond S. Springer, attorney, of Connersville, as the nominee for Governor. The wet plank was intended to win support of Lake county and other industrial centers, which had deserted the party in 1930, and Springer was nominated to offset the popularity and strength of Paul V. McNutt, former state and national commander of the American legion, who is pxpected to be the Democratic standard-bearer. Discarding the men with popular appeal, such as Frederick Landis of Logansport; M. Bert Thurman, exnational committeeman: Lieutenant Governor Edgar D. Bush, and Lawrence F. Orr. state accounts board rhief, the Republican delegates, on their fifth ballot, turned to Springer, Upon his entrance into the race a week ago, he had heen hailed as the "weakest contender as far as Governor ability goes" in the entire field of eight. Put Over hv Coalition He was put. over by a coalition of supporters of Senator James E. Watson and Ex-Governor James P. Goodrich, who, after steadily increasing Springer's vote on four ballots, started the drive on the fifth. When Floyd county, whence Thurman hails, as.ked that it be permitted to poll the delegation, it was realized that the break had come, and all delegates strove to climb on the band wagon. The balloting was an elimination contest of the weaker candidates and analysis of Ihp tabulations indicated that, the convention either would be deadlocked or go to Bush or Thurman. Arthur H. Sapp, highway commissioner, withdrew when the roll was called for the first ballot, giving as his reason that he believed ‘ someone should be nominated who most nearly suited" the wet platform. Sapp, as a trustee of De Pauw university and an active layman in the Methodist church is an avowed dry. Orr Then Withdraw* Orr withdrew during the middle of the third ballot, the opposition of the township and county officials being too great to overcome, lie thanked the convention for adopting his wet platform. He was followed on the fourth ballot by James M Knapp of Hagerstown. Landis withdrew at the end of the fourth, when his strength had dwindled steadily. He promised to do his best in behalf of the ticketWhen his home county split Thurman, visibly weakened from the Strain of days and the bitterness of the "double-cross,” asked that Springer's nomination be made unanimous and he was joined in this by Attorney-General James M. Ogden. The vote on the first four ballots follows: Fir*<. Second. Third. Fourth. Rush *O6 *32 *53 4J3 Thurman ... 343 216 *O7 *52 Jnnrtt. 2*l 24* 356 197 V! i*orlnrer .... IRI4 24 *ll4 1114 Knapn 1524 <444 1074 IS Oeden 179 I*3 74 3* Orr ]St 99 43 The fifth ballot was not tabulated after the convention stampede swung to Springer. Kyle Is Nominated To satisfy Lake county, Frederick ft- Schortemeier, former secretary of state and 1928 Governor contender. was thrown overboard in his race for Lieutenant-Governor, and Joseph B Kyle of Gary, former sheriff of Lake county, was nominated by a vote of 802 to 649. Because of ihe wet plan*:, leaders of the party decided that the presence of Bert. Morgan, former state prohibition administrator and sincere dry. would aid the ticket, so he was given the call as secretary of state nominee in a field of four, which included Luther Draper of Spiceland. format state senator; Ora J. Davies of Kokomo, and Homer Beals of noblesville. Fight over inclusion of the plank calling for resubmission to states of the question of repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and outright repeal of the bone dry" laws, provoked the greatest convention show in the state since the Progressive bolt in 1912. Rollin Turner of Greensburg placed in nomination the name of Senator James E. Watson, which won by acclamation, as did the other uncontested candidates, nominated by Fred C. Gause of Indianapolis. former supreme court judge. They are: James O. Leek of Terre Haute for state auditor, Miss Mary Sleeth of Rushville for state treasurer. Floyd O. Jellison of South Bend for attorney-general. Miss Genevieve Brown of Winamac for renomination for reporter of the supreme and appellate courts. Ben H. Watt of Noblesville for state superintendent of public instruction, and the four high court judges who were to be renominated—Clarence R. Martin of Indianapolis of the supreme court. Third district: Julius C. Travis of La Porte of the supreme court. Fifth district: Elmer Q Lockyear of Evansville of the appellate court. First division, and Noel C. NeaJ of Noblesville, appellate court. Second division.
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The Man This Country Needs Is Alfred E. Smith
P VERY item of his economic training and his international experience cried out against the tariff bill, yet Herbert Hoover signed it. Every instinct in Franklin Roosevelt’s makeup revolts against the New York City revelations, yet for more than a year he has temporized before Tammany. Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt possess in common one dominating trait. Faced in a pinch with political consequences, they yield. And now, when decisiveness is called for as never before in history, our nation is confronted with the possibility of four more years of vacillation. Between the two, it is a t,oss-up. The nomination of Hoover is certain. The nomination of
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That’ll Be All By United Press LOS ANGELES. June 10.— There’s a limit to all mortal man ca,n bear, opined cigar clerk Arthur A. Clark today. A bandit held up Clark Thursday night and walked off with $238. While Clark sorrowfully checked up on his losses, a man entered the store and drew a gun. “Stick ’em up. guy," he ordered. Clark emitted a how’l of rage, swatted the gunman on the jaw, and earnestly was attempting to dismember him when the bandit broke away and fled.
$40,000 FOR LEG Truckman Wins Judgment for Traffic Injury. Superior Judge Clarence E. Weir today awarded judgment, of $40,000 to Jesse Keppel. 42. of 1920 Mansfield avenue, a truck driver, who lost a leg as a result of traffic accident last September. The verdict, was against William Hankin of La Porte and Betty Tate of Indianapolis, occupants of an auto which struck Keppel as he stood in a safety zone at West Washington and Blackford streets. Hankin and the Tate woman Were ronvicted of drunkenness in municipal court, as result of the accident. The Tate woman now is serving a term at the Indiana woman's prison. Keppel, a truck driver for eighteen years for Kingan & Cos., asked damages of $50,000 in a suit filed in May. His attorneys were William R. Ringer and L. W. Schoppe. Weir awarded the sum today after the defendants failed to appear in court.
HIGHWAY BOARD RULES CONTRACTORS MUST PAY SAVING WAGE TO MEN
The state of Indiana went on record today as standing squarely not only for a "living wage,” but for a "saving wage.” This action was taken by the state highway commission, adopting the following resolution: "Contractors who do not pay a reasonable living wage will not be considered as the lowest or best bidders in future road contracts.” In a statement from the commission. a “living wage” for highway construction work was construed as "a wage which will permit the laborer to live decently while employed. and make possible the laying askle of some surplus to care
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Approves Farm Aid Funds in 13 Minutes: Takes Up Relief Bill. By United Pee** WASHINGTON. Jurfe 10.— The senate, after showing how speedily it could act by approving the agricultural department appropriation bill in thirteen minutes, today began consideration of the $300,000,000 bill fori aiding cities and states in unemployment relief. The bill is part of’ the Wagner relief plan. It w'as believed a compromise could be effected quickly with the house on this form of federal aid. The senate banking and currency committee made a surprise announcement that its stock market investigation would be resumed this afternoon. The house agricultural committee reported favorably tw’o farm relief bills, one incorporating the export debenture proposal and the other combining the debenture W’ith the equalization fee plan and a restricted sales policy. The house considered the home loan bank bill, the only remaining part of President Hoover s rehabilitation program not yet acted upon. The relief bill provides the money shall be advanced by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Interest, would be at the rate of 5 per cent. Repayment would start in 1935 by deductions from federal road building grants. Senators generally are agreed that, the need for human relief is urgent.* Disagreement centers around construction features of the various relief plans. President Hoover characterized the Garner public construction bill as a “pork barrel.” Senator Democrats devised a bill, including not only the “self-liquidating" construction such as toll bridges, tunnels and water works advocated by Mr. Hoover, but construction of public works as well. The administration, opposes additional public works expenditures. The Democrats proposed a bond issue to finance such projects and the administration has pledged that there will be no further bond issues after July 1.
for himself and family when present employment ceases.” It was pointed out by Ralph Simpson, assistant state highway director, that men employed on highway construction work are bound to be idle during the winter season, and the “living wage” must be adequate to care for them duri ing this period. Numerous complaints have come | to the commissioners of contractors and subcontractors paying less than 20 cents an hour and thus capital- ' izing on the unemployment situation S© increase profits. In the future such contractors will be banned from further con- , tract*, it wm
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Roosevelt is possible, but not certain. Between Roosevelt and the White House there now- stands a man endowed in the very highest degree with those qualities which both Hoover and Roosevelt lack, and which the country so direly needs. That man is Alfred E. Smith. Somethin# down deep in human beings determines the human type. As certain as it is that some eyes are blue and some brown, some men are negative and some positive. In Roosevelt and Smith -we have the extremes. As Roosevelt generalizes, Smith is specific. As Roosevelt loves to delay, Smith loves action. Irresolution is ingrained in the one; boldness in the other. And the times plead desperately for boldness. St St St JT is necessary only to review the utterances of the two in recent weeks to get the full effect of the contrast. The speech by Smith, for example, of May 17; the one bv Roosevelt five days later. On the issues that beset the nation, Smith declared himself in words that no one, no matter whether he agreed or disagreed, could misunderstand—on veterans’ relief, that bugaboo of the pussyfooter; on federal appropriations for public works, to help unemployment; on the war debts; on the sales tax; on prohibition and the beer tax. Not a soul who could read or hear was left in doubt as to what A1 Smith would do if he were at the helm. On May 23 came Roosevelt. In columns of graceful generalities, this man discussed the situation. Not once did
WOMAN PRISON CHIEF IS DEAD Margaret Elliott Passes While on Vacation. Miss Margaret Elliott. 70, superintendent of the Indiana, state woman’s prison for the last eighteen years, died Thursday in the home of her sisters, Misses Blanch and Anna Elliott, in Cleveland. At the time of her death she was taking a vacation. Death was caused by heart disease. Born near Lisbon. 0.. she attended school there, and later took up social service work in Chicago. After serving in Chicago, Miss Elliott became assistant superintendent of the Illinois girls’ school at Geneva. She later became superintendent. She was named superintendent of the woman's prison during the administration of Governor Samuel M. Ralston. Announcement was made Thursday night by Mrs. J. P. Dunn, trustee, that Miss Vivian McCown will be acting superintendent until a permanent head can be selected by trustees. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Saturday in the sisters’ home in Cleveland. Burial will be in Lisbon, IRISH PARLEY STALLED De Valera and British Fail to Reach Agreement. By United Press LONDON. June 10.—The conference between Eamon De Valera apd British officials on the Irish problem, reached a deadlock today. It officially announced the conferees were unabie to reach an agreement. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 61 10 a. m 76 7a. m 64 11 a. m 76 Ba. m 68 12 (noon).. 76 9 a. m 73 1 p. m 79
G. O. P. THRONGS ARRIVE AT CONVENTION SCENE; PROHIBITION MAIN TOPIC
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, June 10. —Delegates and party managers arriving for the Republican national convention next week brought increasing evidence today of the complete turnover of political sentiment toward prohibition within Republican ranks. From dry Kansas, Texas, Wyoming, lowa, and from the old south, political spokesmen declared the party must support a resubmission plank. Prohibition has blacked out practically every other subject. Even President Hoover figures slightly in lobby talk compared with prohibition. The convention keynoter. Senator L. J. Dickinson, arrived today, considerably puzzled over what he should do about the prohi&tion issue which has blown up with the
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DENY KIRKLAND PLEA Gary Youth Refused Parole at End of Year. By United Press PENDLETON. Ind.. June 10.— Virgil Kirkland’s hope for a quick release from the reformatory, where he is serving a one to ten-year term on conviction with the death of Arlene Draves, were shattered today when the board of trustees denied his petition for parole. Kirkland’s case came before the board as a result of having served his minimum term. The board denied the petition summarily. Kirkland w'as sentenced to the reformatory after his second trial on charges developing from the death of Miss Draves, his sweetheart, at a Gary gin party.
suddenness and force of a Kansas cyclone. “If I bring it into my speech, nobody will pay any attention to a number of other important matters, to which I want to call their attention.” Dickinson said. His speech will not be finished until Monday. Delegations with ideas to sell the party platform committee began arriving in numbers today. The anti-prohibitionists, represented by Henry Curran, President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, brought a sheaf of mimeographed statements. The League of Women Voters delegation arrived, also bearing armfuls of mimeographed statements. They advocate “genuine reduction” of government costs, relief from unemployment and numerous other subjects. The women are silent on prohibition. Peace groups, headed by Jane Addams and former Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin of Montana, representing the Women's International League, were on hand. Railroad spokesmen and representatives of other industries were arriving, to present platform ; planks. The convention headquarters lobbies still carried no campaign portraits of President Hoover. DEMOCRAT FUND GROWS $102,000 Is Added to Victory Purse of Party: Maryland Over Top. By T nitrd Pre* WASHINGTON. June 10.—Democrats between May 26 and June 4 received $102,000 more toward the 1 $1,500,000 "victory fund” which they i hope to complete before the Chicago convention begins. Maryland has exceeded its quota by 5 per cent. Delaware. New MexI ico, Arizona. West Virginia. Wyoming and the District of Columbia art near their goals.
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he touch on a single one of those issues on which Smith so forcefully had spoken—not one. The hope of youth he dealt with; clarity of vision he favored; enthusiasm and imagination and better planning and greater faith he indorsed. Waste in industry and speculation and the present price level he condemned, and so at last he did reach his conclusion. He came out for experimentation. nun JT is with regret that we say that in Franklin Roosevelt we have another Hoover. For him in the beginning our hopes were high. But the events that have occurred since Roosevelt became Governor of New York have drawn the parallel between the man in Albany and the man in Washington. The parallel is as inescapable as is' the contrast between the Roosevelt-Hoover type and Smith. In our solemn judgment, the election of either Hoover or Roosevelt in November would be a blow from which this nation would not recover in a generation. We have had about as much as we can stand of government by doubt. The times call for courage and action. We have those qualities in Smith. There are other men in the Democratic party who possess them. Judged by performance, Roosevelt does not. The Democratic delegates, in convention assembled, will have it within their power to name the kind of man the country needs. That man, as things now stand, is Alfred E. Smith.
TRIP FOR CANDY IS FATAL TO BOY, 4
One Child Killed, Another Is Injured, After Spending Pennies. Four - year - old Charles HENRY FLAKE JR., 123 North Noble street., child of a broken home, is dead. His skull was crushed Thursday by an automobile at Noble and Ohio streets. His companion, Wilbur Monahan. 4, Gary, a guest in the Flake home, incurred a collar bone fracture, cuts and bruises. A passerby gave each boy a penny. They went across the street
and purchased candy. On their way back they were struck by an automobile driven by Walter Price, 22, of 1715 North Noble street. He was
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driving slowly, police were told, and stopped immediately and gave aid to the children. He is held on a technical charge of manslaughter. Charles died in an ambulance en route to city hospital. Father of the dead boy and the mother became estranged a. year ago, but the father returned Thursday night after reading a newspaper account of the tragedy. Mrs. Flake indicated today that the death of the little boy w'ould not bring a reconciliation. The Manahan boy declared: "I never will run across a street again.” He could not be induced to go outdoors Thursday night. Fear born of the experience in the street gripped him. Besides the parents, the Flake boy leaves an aunt, Mrs. William Mehl, 711 North Alabama street, and his grandfather, Ernest Surber. 1041 North Concord street. Funeral services will be held at 2 Saturday afternoon at the Herrmann funeral home, 701 North New Jersey street. The boy’s death raised the county’s death toll to forty-five since Jan. 1. SIGNS OWN SALARY CUT But Jersey Governor's Wage Was Doubled Before Bill W'as Drawn. By United Press TRENTON, N. J., June 10.—Governor A. Harry Moore today signed a bill which reduces his own $20,000 salary by 10 per cent and those of all other state employes from 1 to 10 per cent. The Governor's SIO,OOO a year salary was increased to $20,000 shortly before the pay cut bill was drawn up. TURKEY COPIES SOVIET Plans to Launch 3-Year Plan for Industrial Expansion, By United Press ISTANBUL, June 10.—A threeyear plan will be instituted in Turkey, modeled after the five-year j plan in Soviet Russia, the cabinet has decided. The plan will begin in August, j and will provide schedules for accomplishments in industrial, edu-; cational, agricultural and nearly j every phase af life.
AIMEE’S MATE CHARGES EXTORTION ATTEMPT IN PROMISE BREACH SUIT
By United Pren LOS ANGELES. June 10.—A verbal war flared today between David Hutton, husband of Evangelist Aimee McPherson Hutton, and Miss Myrtle St. Pierre, plaintiff in a $200,000 breach of premise suit. Hutton's assertions that he was the object of attempted extortion drew District Attorney Burcn Fitz in the case, with promise of an investigation and prosecutions if the facts substantiate the accusations made by him. Fitts ordered the investigation after questioning of finesses.
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SMASH AT SPEAKIES U. S, Authorities to Seek 2,844 Padlocks. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 10.—Federal authorities are preparing to seek 'padlock injunctions against 2,844 speakeasies, restaurant, night clubs and other sellers of liquor in New York City, Prohibition Director Woodcock announced. He said federal agents and police already have obtained evidence against 2,698 places and are working on the others. Similar cleanup drives may be instituted in other cities, if the New York campaign is successful, Woodcock intimated. A survey made in April revealed 3,494 place “where liquor might be sold,” he said—2,lß2 speakeasies, 927 restaurants, 266 cordial shops and 119 night clubs. ASSASSINATION BALKED rnliee Foil Three Youths in Plot Against Cuban President. By l nited Press HAVANA. June 10.—Havana police today frustrated a plot by three youths to assassinate President Machado. A bomb w’as to have been placed in the street where the president was walking. The plot was -discovered only a few seconds before he arrived at the place where he was to have met death. President Machado, upon being informed of the attempt on his life, stopped and shook hands with the three boys. "Why should you attempt to kill me?" he asked.
St. Pierre, who claimed in her suit that Hutton failed to keep a premise to marry her, charges she had been threatened with death unless she dropped her action. Hutton remained with his wife in a retreat near Santa Barabara, where the evangelist was recovering from an ailment described as an intestinal infection contracted during a Central American tour. Mrs. Hutton also participated in legal activities, her attorneys filing affidavits of physicians asserting she was too ill to appear in court today to defend an action in which Harvey Gates, scenarist, sued for SIO,OOO. alleging breach of contract.
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COOLIDGE HITS CANCELLATION OF WAR DEBTS ’Each Nation Should Do as It Agreed to Do,’ Says Ex-President. U. S. NOT TO BLAME Must Collect From Europe or From Own People. He Declares. By T nited Press NEW YORK, June 10.—Calvin Coolidge today answered arguments for foreign debt cancellation by declaring the World war a* not- a common enterprise, and that "each nation should do what it agreed to do; that if we do not collect from Europe, we must collect from our own taxpayers." The former President's views were presented in a Cosmopolitan Magazine article entitled "Settling the War Debts.” ‘‘No doubt,” he said, ‘‘it may be argued that the payment was one cause of the present depression. But any such statement lack convincing proof. . . . We can not disregard the I loss and destruction of the war, the I present cost of great armaments, i the burden of new social experiments and assess the blame to the relatively small items of debt payments.” United States Held Blameless Coolidge explained that no European nation except Great Britain had paid any amount, that could be i said to have any effect on their national finances. , Coolidge contended the position 1 of the United States was entirely different from that of other allies, because "we are blameless of the origins and the starting of the : war.” ‘The suggestion." he said, "that we should make a large contribution to its cost because we came into it late is equivalent to saying we should pay a fine because we had not been one of the original disturbers of the peace of the world. . . . Instead of being bound to pay them we could make out a case for injuries which we suffered." Coolidge also expressed his thought on the suggestion that, debts be remitted on a percentage of American exports to foreign countries. This plan w'as advocated by Alfred E. Smith. Would Be Subsidy "In the first place, to remit the debts would be a direct subsidy of more than a quarter billion dollars a year to the governments of foreign countries, made for the assumed purpose of inducing their people to trade w'ith our people. “But how can we be assured it would be expended here? The natural place for them to buy goods would be where the price was lowest. Our taxes would be higher, because the bonds we issued to get money to lend Europe must be paid. That would increase the cost of our production. Coolidge summed up the argu- ! ment wdth the statement that if | “wo wanted to go into the subside business, we could find concerns on our own soil where we could make | the operation much more profitable.” “I know." Coolidge said, in re- | ferring to terms of settlement, "we ! were not trying to overreach anybody nor trying to drive a hard bargain. The money we furnished we had to borrow. Someone must pay it. It can not be cancelled. If we do not collect it from Europe, we must collect it from our own taxpayers.” No W : ord on Prohibition Coolidge's article did not refer to prohibition, as first claimed in the house of representatives Thursday by Representative Emanuel Cellar I (Derm, N. Y.), who said the former President would condemn prohibition. Celler later said the dry law criticism would appear in the August issue. John Randolph Hearst, vice-pres-ident of the Cosmopolitan corporation. said it was against the concern's policy to discuss edntents of future issues. Still Favors Prohibition By l nited Press PLYMOUTH, Vt., June 10.—Calvin Coolidge still is in favor of prohibition and he does not choose to run for Vice-President. The uncommunicative former President came to this, his native town, today from Northampton, Mass., and proved as untalkative as usual, though he let his view* be known. The former President motored here from Northampton today for a one-day visit at the • Id Coolidge homestead, where thirt in men are building a roomy addit.jn. He was accompanied by Harry Ross, his secretary, and his chauffeur. For dinner this noon, Coolidge ate baked beans—one of his favorite dishes—prepared by Aurora Pierce, 62, for many years housekeeper at the homestead. IL DUCE SEES AMELIA Crown Frince and Princess Also Receive Woman Air Ace. By Untied Press ROME. June 10.—Amelia Earhart Putnam was received today by Premier Benito Mussolini and by Crown Prince Humbert and Crown Princess Marie Jose. The audience with II Duce was at Venice palace. The crown pnneo and princess received the famous woman flier at the Quirinal palace.