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STRADDLE BAN ! DEMANDED BY DEMOCRATS State Convention Tuesday Urged to Adopt Definite Repeal Plank. 3 IN GOVERNOR RACE Like Number Up for Senate; Mayr Will Face Fight for Nomination. BY BEN STERN It now is the turn of Indiana Democrats to see what they can produce in the form of political entertainment, both light and heavy. The time is Tuesday and the arena is Cadle tabernacle, with R. Earl Peters, state chairman, acting the xole of the ringmaster. Clarence E. Manion, law professor *t Notre Dame university, will start the ceremonies for the 1,559 delegates with a keynote which, it confidently is asserted, will have no little to say regarding Republican ■shortcomings. Then John S. McFaddin of Rockville, who some assert was a veteran Democrat when Thomas Jefferson was in his prime, will be presented with a gavel as permanent chairman. After that will come election of thirty delegates to the national convention, the reading of the platloim, and the nominations. It is with the last two that the delegates apd leaders arriving in the city today are concerned particularly. Prohibition to Fora Determination has been manifest Sto go the Republicans one better in the matter of the prohibition hurdle Which they set up two weeks ago in ihe auditorium. ( At that time the G. O. P. adopted ft generally innocuous platform, with ft saving plank in the form of a declaration “for submission of the eighteenth amendment for repeal,” leaving it up to the voters. Democratic leaders are insisting that their pronouncement state that the amendment "should be repealed.” Social legislation also is asked. The platform is expected to declare again for old age pensions, legislation doing away with the “yellow dog” contract, and the use pf court injunctions in labor disputes, all of which were neglected Jby the opposition after representations had been made by labor. Have Tax Program A constructive program for tax equalization also is demanded by Democratic managers and leaders, who say that merely to declare in favor of this and reduction of governmental expenidtures Is not sufficient. Preliminary platform draft will be made at the meeting of the advisory committee Sunday morning, nnd submitted to the state committee that afternoon, it has been announced. If the plan of procedure in nominations adopted at the French Lick meeting is adhered to, nominations for Governor will come first. Three have announced for that frionor. They are Paul V. McNutt, former state and national commander of the American Legion and dean of the Indiana university law srhool; Mayor Wood Posey of Terre Haute, w’ho has urged repeal of the Wright bone dry law, and John Tredriek. Kokomo manufacturer, who sought the senatorial nomination in 1926 and the Governor nomination in 1926. Three for Senator A like number have announced for the senatorial nomination, which Is of major importance this year, as the wily campaigner. Senator James E Watson, again is the Republican choice. The candidates are Frederick Van Nuys of Indianapolis, former state chairman, former district attorney *nd an outstanding party leader; Walter Myers, Speaker of the house •of representatives, 1925 nominee for jnayor of Indianapolis, and unsuccessful contender for the senatorial nomination in 1928, and Bernard Bobbs Shively of Marion, who, while a member 61 the legislature, was coauthor of the Spencer-Shively act bringing into existence the public service commission. Because of the fight made by Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, and his department heads on rejection of Peters as state chairman,! and the opposition to McNutt in that i camp, there is manifested a disposition to defeat the secretary for renomination. Several Are Mentioned Those receiving mention as oppon- j *nts of the secretary are: Thomas McConnell of Fowler, Second district j chairman and head of the state township trustees' association: Virgil Simmons of Bluffton, Fourth district chairman and state representa- j five, who sought the nomination two years ago; William P. Krau, mayor I of Elkhart, and Lawrence Handley of Richmond. Three officials seeking renomination, unopposed are William Storen, state treasurer; Floyd Williamson, auditor, and George C. Cole, superintendent of public instruction. Six are reported to be seeking the nomination for attorney-general. They are Philip Lute Jr, of Boonville, old First district chairman; Val Nolan. Evansville city attorney; • John Riddle of Terre Haute, labor attorney; James J. Moran of Portland; B. C. Jenkins of Gary, and Samuel D. Jackson, former Allen county prosecutor. Because of shifts that are due before Tuesday in the candidacies 1v j the appellate and supreme court ! judge nominations, the picture still 1 is clouded. i

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VOLUME 44—NUMBER 33

‘Raising’ Devil Fable of His Turning Goat Into Prince Charming Put tp Test.

By I nited Press VarERNIGERODE, Harz Moun- ’ ’ tains, Germany, June 18.— Medieval wizardry broke down under the attack of modern scientists who ascended the famous Brocken peak, the “magic mountain,” to prove hokus-pocus and abracadabra will not turn a goat into a handsome young man. At a “dress rehearsal” soon after midnight today, British and German scientists went through an ancient ritual before 200 amused spectators. They will repeat the ceremony with even greater solemnity tonight. The scientists invaded the heart of the realm of Satan, where Germanic folklore says witches and ghosts hold rendezvous with the devil. At the end of the experiment the goat still was a goat, by name, and appearance. In the magic rites, the goat was supposed to be transformed into a handsome young swain. A maiden of pure heart, according to the ritual, is dressed in a white robe and led to the Brocken peak at midnight, her hand tightly clutching a silver string to which a w'hite goat is tied. After several hours of ceremonies, where the goat stood next to the maiden, a handsome youth is supposed to be disclosed. At least, so says an ancient German volume owned by the national laboratory of physchical research in London. The chief purpose of the scientists w'ill be to combat superstition.

DAWES VISIONS BETTER TIMES Depression Turning Point Reached, He Says. By United Press CHICAGO, June 18—Charles G. Dawes, retiring president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, expressed the belief on arriving here today that the country has reached “the turning point” in the depression. Dawes based his prediction upon the general improvement in small business enterprises of the country in the formal statement issued here. “It is the smaller business enterprises with low overhead expense which seems to be showing improvement; but in time the larger ones will necessarily follow,” said Dawes. “The recovery in the depression will start from the bottom up, not from the top down. That is what past experience shows. “I would attribute much more importance to the increases of electric power consumption in the country during the last two weeks than to stock or bond quotations. It is the average man and the average man's business which is the main factor in the situation. His business in the aggregate is enormous. 14 playgroundsTo REMAIN OPEN SUNDAY Hours Will Be From 2 to 6:30; Instructors Assigned. Announcement was made today by H. W. Middles worth, city recreation director, that fourteen municipal playgrounds will remain open Sunday from 2 to 6:30. Special assignments were made to matrons and instructors for Sunday duty. The following playgrounds will be open Sunday: Fall Creek, Brookside, Garfield, Ellenberger, George Washington, Rhodius, Riley, Willard, Camp Sullivan, Riverside, Christian and Douglass, and Northwestern and Camp Sullivan, Negro playgrounds. URGES DOG LICENSING Applications Must Be Made at End of Month. Dog licenses for the year ending June 30. 1933, must be obtained by the end of this month, Capt. Otto Ray, city license inspector, announced Thursday. Ray expects that 5.400 applications for the licenses will be made, an increase of 400 over the total for the preceding fiscal year.

tmmtKptt) '<?2& /932 How has he met the problems of the depression, what has he done and what has he tried to do for business and for the unemployed ? What has been his attitude relative to the tariff, prohibition, the bonus, ’ war debts and other problems ? x Read RODNEY DUTCHER’S three revealing stories on Hoover's three years as president, BEGINNING MONDAY IN THE TIMES

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STATE G. A. R. AGAIN HEARS BATTLE CALL Stormy Encampment Is Forecast, as Veterans Meet in Richmond. FIGHT LOSS OF BUDGET Move to Shift Headquarters From Capitol Also Will Be Opposed. The battle's on! After years of quiet, peaceful state encampments, the G. A. R. of Indiana faces its fifty-third encampment in Richmond, Monday to Thursday, with a fight on its hands. Civil war veterans, whose ire has not been aroused since the bitter post-war national elections, are rallying to colors of their favorites for state commanders and booming or deprecating the move to take G. A. R. headquarters away from the statehouse and abolish the state budget for the organization. As 150 delegates left their homes today to be on the ground early Sunday for pre-encampment politics, the one theme under discussion was a proposal of a body of the veterans to do away with the departmental headquarters in the statehouse and make Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street, the departmental orbit. Bowden Is Boomed Delegates from various sections of the state foresaw accomplishment of the headquarters move as placing the entire state organization in the hands of Indianapolis Civil war veterans. Those opposed to removal of the department offices were backing James Bowden of Muncie for commander. Bowden, in a statement to state posts, declared himself opposed to the removal. ‘ I also am opposed to any tampering ■with our state organization which might ruin it,” he declared. Bowden has the support of majority of the present departmental officers. Aligned against Bowden for the commandership are Will Cooper and Frank Hay, both of Indianapolis. Hay’s supporters are permitting Cooper and Bowden to fight each other, in the hope that a compromise may be effected whereby Hay will be elected commander. Delegates’ List Dwindle Politicians in the G. A. R. declare that Cooper’s friends are backing the move to take the department, headquarters out of the statehouse and abolish the appropriation for the G. A. R. offices. Yearly the list of delegates to the encampments dwindles. At Newcastle, in 1931, a total of 275 Grand Army men attended, including the delegates, but this year not more than 200 wearers of the bronze buttons are expected to be present for the encampment opening. Headquarters in Richmond will be at the Richmond-Leland hotel. Registration of delegates will occupy the first day of the encampment. State officers will be elected Wednesday and installed Thursday. The Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil war, and the auxiliary of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will meet in separate convention during the G. A. R. encampment. ACQUIT STATE COP Carl Springmire Goes Free in Fairground Killing. By United Press NEWCASTLE, Ind., June 18.— A jury in Henry circuit court Friday freed Carl H. Springmire, state policeman of Greensburg, on all charges, including first degree murder, in connection with the slaying of Staley Y. Coones at the Fayette county fairground in Connersville last summer. Springmire’s defense was built upon the contention that he was performing his duty as a state policeman when he shot at Coomes, whom he charged had attempted to rob a woman of her purse, and refused to obey commands to halt. Springmire was suspended from the state force pending outcome of his trial .

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1932

Who’s a Lady? Wouldn’t Be Lightly Clad Girl in Apartment of Man, Says Judge.

By United Press NEW YORK, June 18.—A witness, describing a visit to the apartment of Horace Liveright, publisher, said he found “a lady,” clad only in undergarments, in one room. At that point in the undefended divorce suit brought by Elsie Bartlett Liveright, actress, Judge John M. Tierney, referee, Interrupted : “This is not an admonition, but a suggestion. A woman is the proper name of the female of the species, and is so described in the Bible. Such persons as Henry VIII and Louis XIV had mistresses called ‘ladies,’ but this is not the custom in America. “In America, a lady is a person who has performed some distinguished public service. I object to the use here of the word ‘lady’.” So the story of the “woman” in the undergarments was continued.

WOMAN KILLED ON ‘DEATH ROAD' Mrs. Vajen Is New Victim of Highway 29. A death spot on State Road 29, ten miles south of Logansport today claimed an Indianapolis woman for its victim, when Mrs. Katherine D. Vajen, 1321 North Meridian street, incurred fatal injuries as the car, driven by her chauffeur, skidded into a ditch and overturned. The chauffeur, Emil Shedrow, 22, and Miss Nora Doll of 1512 North Delaware street, sister of Mrs. Vajen, were uninjured. Mrs. Vajen suffered a compound skull fracture and died before she could be taken to a hospital. The party was en route to Grand Rapids, Mich., to vacation with relatives of Mrs. Vajen. Mrs. Vajen was the sister of Mrs. C. N. Williams, wife of the former president of the Farmers Trust Company, Indianapolis. Her husband, Charles T. .Vajen, died three years ago. He was the son of J. H. Vajen, quartermastergeneral during the Civil war and Indianapolis capitalist. The scene of the accident is known to Logansport residents as a “death trap” stretch of pavement. It is between the Rock creek bridge and Deer creek on Road 29. State highway engineers have promised to reconstruct the pavement for a distance of five miles. The paving is smooth and apparently of standard specifications, but since its opening to traffic a few months ago there have been thirty serious accidents within the confines of the Rock creek bridge and Deer creek. BEAUTY FACES TRIAL Mrs. Barney Accused in ‘Cocktail’ Murder. By United Press LONDON, June 18—British society’s “cocktail murder” advanced another step in the record today when Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney was ordered committed for trial on two charges, involving homicide and attempt to kill. The beautiful auburn-haired society girl, daughter of a British knight and estranged wife of John S. Barney,’ American radio singer, is accused of shooting Michael Scott Stephen, a London society man, after a cocktail party in her apartment on May 31. Mrs. Barney sobbed when Stephen’s love letters to her were read in court. She broke down completely at the sight of his blood-stained clothes. TRUCK GARDENERS NOT TAXABLE, JUDGE RULES Exempt in Chain Store Levy Law, Chamberlin Finds. Truck gardeners who sell vegetables at market stands do not come under provisions of the chain store tax law, Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin ruled today, holding growers need not pay license tax. Classifying market stands as not coming under the legal definition of a “store” or a “mercantile establishment,” Chamberlin held that “nothing in the history of the passage of the act has been found to even suggest that the legislature intended to include these open market spaces.” The court granted an injunction preventing state tax commissioners from enforcing the act against growers who sell at the Producers’ market on Soufrhe street. The decision was in a suit brought by William Brehob, truck gardener, and others similarly situated. KLAN ASKFUiSMISSAL Motion Filed in Suit Entered by Giliiom in 1928. By L nited Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., June 18.— Motion for dismissal of a suit of the state against the Ku-Klux Klan, designed to dissolve the organization, was filed in Hamilton circuit court here today by the defense. The case has been pending since 1928. Arthur Giliiom, attorney-general in 1928, filed the suit soon after D. C. Stephenson, xlan dragon, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the death of Madge Oberholtzer. The defense asked dismissal because of lack of prosecution.

BILL KILLED, BONUS ‘ARMY’ HOLDS TIGHT Unrest Stirs in Ranks of Destitute Veterans After Senate Vote. WE’LL STAY RIGHT HERE 'Stick in Washington Until They Change Minds,’ Vow of 15,000 Men. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 18.—Unrest stirred in the ranks of the bonus expeditionary force today and tattered veterans, their dreams of a cash bonus shattered, began a grim struggle to impress their plight upon the nation. In answer to a summons from their commander-in-chief, the veterans swarmed over the Anacostia mud flats to a huge rally called to strengthen their morale, after the senate’s death blow to the bonus bill Friday night. Walter W. Waters, leader of the army of 15,000 destitute veterans camped here, demanded that the men pledge themselves to remain in Washington “until the bonus is paid.” With a great shout the veterans raised their hands. The attitude of the veterans so far has been peaceful, but as thousands of them swarmed about the capitol during the senate debate, a tenseness missing since the war hung over the capital. Expect to Swell ‘Army’ “We are going to get more and more men as fast as we can and stay here until we change the minds of these senators,” vowed Walters today. Waters and his co-leaders spoke confidently of having 25,000 men here within a week, and 50,000 or 100,000 by the time congress meets again in December. Meanwhile, from all sections of the country, came reports of thousands of other veterans doggedly moving onward to the capital. The dramatic events of Friday and Friday night have had no parallel in American history since a century and a half ago, when the veterans of revolution, marched on the Continental congress at Philadelphia, forcing that body to move across the Delaware river to Trenton. When the senate opened debate on the Patman bonus bill at 11 a. m., 2,000 veterans were congregated in the Capitol plaza. All day long their numbers mounted, and when the vote was finally taken Friday night approximately 10,000 had gathered. Self-imposed discipline prevented any disorder. All day long the men listened to harangues from their own spokesmen, and from friendly members of congress. Vote Big Disappointment They had been prepared for news of the defeat, but they hardly expected the vote would go so strongly against their bill. When Commander Waters announced the 62 to 18 vote, a threatening silence fell over the crowd. “This is only a temporary setback,” shouted Waters. “We are going to get more and more men. and we are going to stay here until we change the mind of those guys.” At this point the perfect control over the demonstration manifested itself. Someone started off on the song, “America,” and the multitude joined in the strain—“My Country,! ’Tis of Thee . . .” The crowd slowly dispersed, and started on the mile-and-one-half walk back to the bonus camp across Anacosta river. Meanwhile, in the senate chambers, foes of the bonus, in a parliamentary coup, definitely •helved the bonus for the remainder of the seventy-second congress. Shelved, 44 to 26 By a vote of 44 to 26, the senate upheld a motion by Senator George A. Moses (Rep., N. H.), to table a motion by Senator David A. Reed t ßep., Pa.), to reconsider the bill. In this parliarrnentary maneuver, Senator Elmer Thomas (Dem., Okla.), sponsor of the bill, was swept off his feet. ‘‘The fight has just begun,” said Thomas as the debate neared the end. “These veterans will not leave Washington, and I predict that 50,000 more soon will be here.” The veterans were stunned by the vote line-up. In addition to the regulars of the two parties, whose opposition they had anticipated, the measure was opposed by such liberals as Senator George Norris (Rep., Neb.), Robert La Follette (Rep., Wis.), and Edward P. Costigan (Rep., Colo,), who voted against the bill because they felt that if it did pass unemployment relief legislation would be impossible this session. - _ Debate Called Pantomime Except for the dispassionate pleas of the few liberals for relief for ‘all ' >o are unemployed and in distress, the debate in. the senate was marked by its bitterness. Friends of the bill played upon the bravery and patriotism “of the boys who bared their breasts to the bullets of the enemy,” and argued the need of inflating the currency. “Everybody knows and has known that this bill can not become a law,” said blind Senator Thomas P. Gore (Dem., Okla.). “This scene we are enacting in this chamber is a mere pantomime. “If any soldier boy has been led to believe that this bill might pass, he has been misled. He has been delusioned into following a rainbow, which has at its end neither a real nor a fancied pot of gold. “The only phrase I can think of to fit the occasion is ‘what a pity!”

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Billy Dyer Billy Dyer, 13. of 957 West Thirty-third street, won the 1932 Indianapolis Times city marble championship Friday afternoon with twenty-one sectional champions from all sections of the city playing. Sectional matches involving approximately 3,000 marble shooters have been held during the last month. Next Friday afternoon, Billy will for Ocean City, N. J., where, during the week of June 27, he will compete in the national marble championship. The trip east, with all its sightseeing side trips to historical points of interest and abundance of amusement features, will be at the expense of The Indianapolis Times, with a chaperon provided. Last year Billy was runner-up to William Fulton, winner of the Indianapolis title.

HOOVER’S HOPE IS CONSERVATIVE PLEA

'Safe and Sane’ Standard to Be Raised in Effort to Pull Ballots. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer CHICAGO, June 18— Major decisions of political strategy, agreed upon here by administration leaders before quitting the convention city, indicate that President Hoover will seek re-election with the most conservative appeal in recent political history. The selection of ex-Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana as national chairman, the platform and the men running the President’s campaign show that the G. O. P. will try to reset the 1924 and 1896 stage. In those years the slogan was that only the Republicans could be entrusted with the responsibility of government because the Democrats were irresponsible. Whether this tag will stick depends, it is conceded, on what the Democrats will do with respect to economic issues, prohibition and their candidate. Want Roosevelt as Foe The Republicans are hoping the Democrats will adopt a platform vague and weak on prohibition and economic questions, and nominate a man who will not appeal as a bold, honest and adventurous figure. Privately, many of them are praying that Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York will emerge as the victor from next week’s Democratic powwow. Though there were few political philosophers at the convention, the thought is that political history in Great Britain and Germany can be made to repeat itself here. G. O. P. strategists believe, as did McKinley, Mark Hanna and Coolioge, that in time of economic stress the voters will flock to the “safe and sane” standarc. Even Coxey Is “Milder" As indicative of this sentiment, two men who played a prominent part in the convention were Governor James Rolph of Hoover’s home state, who declined to free Tom Mooney, and ex-Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts, who was chief executive there when Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted. Even “General” Jacob S. Coxey, who headed “Coxey’s army,” a delegate, seemed milder than usual. The choice of Sanders in place of Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio has little political signifiance except as a possible bid for Coolidge’s campaign support. Sanders was Coolidge’s White House secretary, and the two are still on close terms. It means that Hoover, PostmasterGeneral Walter F. Brown and Ogden L. Mills of New York, secretary of the treasury, will run the campaign. Sanders will, it is expected, be only a figurehead. He was named because old guardsmen on the national committee opposed the selection of James R. Garfield of Ohio, chairman 'of the resolutions committee. He’s Ideal Figurehead Resenting Brown’s domination of the convsption, the practical politicians insisted on a different personality, especially as Garfield made enemies in the prohibition fight. But Sanders will, it is known, be no more than Brown’s assistant. At the capital and in Indiana, Sanders is regarded as a nice fellow, but not as a forceful or independent figure. He has been assailed by some senators as a lobbyist since he quit the White House. He is ultra-conservative and unemotional. and he was chosen because he is the ideal figurehead for the sort of fight the G. O. P. intends to make. Nr

G. O. P. Drive Offices to Be in N. Y., Chicago By United Press WASHINGTON, June 18.— President Hoover today issued a formal statement declaring his campaign headquarters will be established at Chicago and New York, and that he “will not take part In the forthcoming campaign” for his re-elec-tion. The President’s statement, said he would make a few major addresses, expounding policies of the administration. Mr. Hoover said he probably would not be able to go to Los Angeles to open the Olympic games there in July. “The campaign will be conducted and managed entirely by Chairman Everett Sanders and the Republican organization,” the President’s statement said.

REDS ARE ROUTED Ordered Out of Oklahoma by War Veterans. By United Press BLACKWELL, Okla., June 18.— Four persons, professing Communistic doctrines, were on their way out of Oklahoma today after their unsuccessful attempt to hold a stump meeting here. When the four speakers opened their meeting, a score of men, many of them World war veterans, filed to the speakers’ platform and advised the agitators to leave. J. I. Whitten, Oklahoma City interior decorator and former Denver labor leader, was making a speech when the committee marched to the platform singing “America.” The speaker and a woman, introduced on the program as 'Ruby Smith, Joplin, Mo., were given until sunrise to leave Oklahoma. Two others, Ishbel Anderson and his wife, said to have come recently from South Dakota, were told to go back home within thirty-six hours. Going to 73d Commencement. By United Press SCHENECTADY> N. Y„ June 18.— For the seventy-third consecutive time, Amasa J. Parker, 89, of Albany, will attend the annual commencement exercises of Union college today. His father, who graduated thirty-eight years before him, compiled a similar consecutive record.

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OPEN SENATE BATTLE OVER JOBLESS AID Seventeen Organizations to Ask Session Continue Until Bills Pass. LONG DEBATE EXPECTED At Least 25 Amendmeats Waiting on 2-Billion-Dollar Program. BY RUTH FINNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, June 18.—As the senate turned to consideration of unemployment relief today, after weeks of delay, seventeen prominent organizations prepared a demand that congress remain in session until President Herbert Hoover signs the two major relief bills now pending. Among the groups were the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Grange, the American Federation of Labor, the Federal Council of Churches in Christ, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the Mayors’ Unemployment Committee of Detroit, and the Veterans of World Wars. They will voice their demands at a hearing here Monday. Out of the parliamentary chaos which followed defeat of the bonus bill Friday night, senators who opposed it on the ground that it would imperil general unemployment relief made good their promise to turn at once to consideration of general relief. Expect Prolonged Debate The senate begins consideration of the $2,000,000,000 construction loan and public works measures, with the memory fresh in its mind of hungry, ragged men posted at its doors asking for help. Urging greatly stimulated construction programs as “prudent economy.” Senator Robert F. Wagner (Dem., N. Y.) opened the debate. Wagner argued that his $2,000,000 measure “makes a direct attack on the difficulties of the depression by actually initiating and financing a construction program which must, of necessity, create a demand for commodities, and thus help to check price declines, stimulate trade and industry and bring about a resumption of employment.” He estimated that the plan in full operation would give employment on a thirty-hour week basis to 2,000,000 men directly engaged in construction, manufacture and transportation. Debate on relief may jast several days. At least twenty-five amendments will be offered, all extending the provisions of the bill. An attempt will oe made to authorize loans for payment of teachers* salaries, to care for Chicago and other cities where teachers have not received salary for months. Other amendments will propose increasing the bond issue for public works. Senator Robert La Follette (Rep., Wis.) will propose creation of a department of public works. More Bonds Sought Senator Wesley L. Jones (Rep., Wash.) will ask that Reconstruction Finance Corporation be allowed to make loans “wherever any group of 5,000 or more unemployed heads of families in the same community shall form an industrial co-opera-tive corporation.” This is designed to care for the organized body of unemployed in Seattle. The senate $2,000,000,000 relief program is in harmony with administration views, except for the half billion dollar bond issue it provides. When passed, it will have to go to the house to be reconciled with the Garner bill. The house measure carries a billion dollar public works bond issue which the administration labelled “pork barrel.” Several western progressive senators intended to fight for a still larger construction program ranging Rees Peril to Country Senator George Norris (Rep., Neb.), argued for such a program in opposing the veterans’ bonus bill Friday. In an eloquent address, he voiced the deepest sympathy for the veterans, but held that a program should be adopted which would create jobs not only for the destitute ex-soldiers, but for the other millions of unemployed. “Much as I dislike to see my country issue bonds in time of peace,” Norris declared, “I think we will have to come to this conclusion. Our country's life is more in danger today than it was either before or during the great World war.” PUBLISHER GIVES BOND Don Nixon, Wabaah, Sentenced for Contempt, Posts SI,OOO. By United Press WABASH, Ind., June 18.—Don M. Nixon, Wabash publisher, today was freed under SI,OOO bond pending his appeal to the supreme court of the contempt case brought by Judge F. O. Switzer. Special Judge W. H. Eichom of Bluffton granted a stay of execution of the ten-day jail sentence and SIOO fine made Thursday. The case was the result of criticism in Nixon’s paper, the Wabash Plain Dealer, of Judge Switzer of the appointment of Q. A. Carver as receiver for the Wabash County Loan and Trust Company. Nixon was found guilty of indirect contempt. * * Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 86 10 a. m 75 7a. m 67 11 a. m 79 Ba. m 67 12 noon).. 81 9 a. m 71 1 p. 82