Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1932 — Page 9

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DEMOCRATS TO KEEP PLEDGES, LEADERS SAY f| Reorganization of Indiana Government and Thrift Are Promised. 3-DAY PARLEY FINISHED Assure Action on Dry Law, Pensions, Income Tax and Utilities. BY BEN STERN FRENCH LICK, Ind., Nov. 15Approximately 300 Democratic leaders and workers of the state today began their return to their homes, after a three-day conference, confident that the newly elected officials, from senator and Governor down to the minor county officials, would "keep the faith’’ and adhere to the campaign pledges of economy and reorganization of governments. Invitation will be extended Alfred E. Smith, 1928 presidential nominee, Jo be the speaker at the midwinter meeting of the Democratic Editorial Association. Feb. 18, in French Lick, it was announced by heads of the association. They also will seek to have Presi-dent-Elect Roosevelt make the address at the summer meeting at Michigan City. Keynote of the conference here was struck at the dinner Monday night when Frederick Van Nuys, senator-elect, and Paul V. McNutt, Governor-elect, declared that their first duty would be to redeem the pledges. Congresmen Are Present These include repeal of the Wright bone-dry law, an income tax, stringent control of public utilities, and old age pensions. McNutt went a step further today and said that plans were being formulated for consolidating commissions and boards and doing away witii excess departments. During the afternoon a meeting we; held of seven of the twelve congressmen elected, and they were told by State Chairman R. Earl Peters that it was their duty to acquaint themselves with the state platform and aid in the drive to carry out the pledges. . Those present were Mrs. Virginia UJenckes of Terre Haute, Indiana’s first congresswoman; John Boehne, Evansville; E. 8.. Crowe, Bedford; William H. Larrabee, New Palestine; James I. Farley, Auburn; Glenn Griswold, Peru, and William Schulte, Gary. ... They pledged co-operation witn the state organization in this work. Smith Slated for Marshal Although McNutt and his advisers declared they were determined not to discuss patronage, it became known that Clem Smith of Terre Haute, secretary of the State Associaetion of Firemen, was slaved to succeed Alfred Hogston as state fire marshal. McNutt also took the opportunity here to declare that he would not ‘permit politics to disrupt the penal, benevolent and educational institutions of the state when he becomes Governor Jan. 9. ... A personal visit to every state institution will be made by McNutt before he takes office, he announced todav. McNutt said he would prefer making the visits with the budget committee which Governor Harry G. Leslie is required to appoint within ten days after the election. “By making a personal survey of the institutions. I feel that I shall 'ye qualified better to consider their problems,’’ the Governor-elect declared. McNutt expects to spend ten or twelve days here, during which time he will confer with advisers on methods of changing the personnel of the public service commission. Horner Is Introduced The dinner was arranged by Richard Werneke, Terre Haute • boss,” on behalf of Thomas D. Taggart, national committeeman, who is ill. Henry Horner, Governor-elect of Illinois'; Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, and other officials of that state were introduced by Peters, who was master of ceremonies. * Cermak indicated his plan for an alliance of the midwest states to establish their states as a potent power in democracy. McNutt furthered the thought with a statement that there is "no reason why democracy of the middle west should not, as a result of close friendship and a community of interests. be the most potent force in democracy in the years to come.” Van Nuys Is Given Ovation Van Nuys brought the audience to its feet when he declared that his primary duty when he enters the senate will be to carry out his pledges to re-establish agriculture, work for the betterment of labor, and aid the veterans in their honorable demand.” McNutt followed with the statement that this gives the Democratic party the greatest opportunity in its history to show that really it is the party of the people. "Our primary duties are twofold,” he said. "First, we must render the greatest possible service to our people and, second, perfect and strengthen the Democratic organization. Frank McHale of Logansport, McNutt’s manager, declared that the workers of the party look to the elected officials to fulfill their promises and thus aid in making the i organization grow. McHale also told about the aid given the Democrats by Mayor 9 Cermak in keeping floaters and repeaters out of Lake county on election day. Werneke also demanded that the pledge* be kept, in a short talk. All candidates, district county chairmen and precinct workers present were introduced. A telegram commending the Indiana organization for its successful efforts was received from James A. Farley, national chairman, and read by McNutt.

Fall Leaned Wire Bervtce of the In I ted Pres* Association

Still Smiles

President Hoover still has a smile, despite his defeat and the problems that confront him until March 4. This picture, taken at Glendale, Cal., before the President invited President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House for a conference on the war debts, shows Mr. Hoover apparently was rested by his short stay in California.

TOM MOONEY'S HOPESREVIVED Scottsboro Decision Seen as Precedent. By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—A new move to free Tom Mooney and Warren Billings is under consideration here, steps for habeas corpus proceedings before the supreme court on grounds recognized as valid in the recent Scottsboro decision. Attorney John F. Finerty is in conference with Mooney’s New York counsel, Aaron Sapiro and Frank P. Walsh, and also with Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union. Following their decision, application may be made direct to the high court to free the California pair, on the plea that substantial justice under the fourteenth amendment was denied them in their trials. The recent Scottsboro decision, taken together with a former ruling in the Frank case, is believed to leave the way open for reversal of the California courts. Finerty is confident that this is the way of freedom for the Californians. At a recent conference in New York, his opinion was shared by fellow-lawyers. BROKENJP FATAL Suffered Injury in Jumping From Bus’ Path. A fractured hip incurred when he fell after leaping out of the path of a bus at Illinois and Maryland streets, Nov. 8, caused death today at city hospital of John Mobley, 67, 1143 Holliday street. The accident occurred in a rainstorm. fletcTher widow is CLAIMED BY DEATH 78-Year-Old Woman Born in Madison; Here 66 Years. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Fletcher, 78, widow of the late Calvin F. Fletcher, who died Sunday in her home, 4065 North New Jersey street, will be held at 10 Wednesday in St. Joan of Arc Catholic church. Mrs. Fletcher was born in Madison, and came to Indianapilis when she was 12. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. PROPOSES WORLD~ARMY • International Force Under League of Nations Urged by French. By L nited Press PARIS, Nov. 15.—An international army under the jurisdiction of the league of nations is provided in the new French disarmament plan, worked out by War Minister Joseph Paul-Boncour and published here in summary form.

Collusion Is Charged on Bids for City Supplies

Morris, of Safety Board, Vehement in Attack on Purchase Practice. Charges of irregular procedure and "collusion” in the city purchasing department were hurled today by Donald S. Morris, safety board member, during consideration of bids for supplying copper wire to the Gamewell division of the police and fire departments. Three bids submitted by* local electrical equipment houses for 2.000 pounds of No. 10 copper wire were refused by Morris, after Charles R. Myers, president of the board, had approved the purchase. Morris called attention to the fact that the prices and signatures on the bids were in the same handwriting and that the prices varied only 40 cents between high and low. "It certainly appears to be a clear case of collusion,” Morris charged. "These bids are intended to represent those of three separate vendors, yet they are made out in the same handwriting and practically at the same price.” The bids were submitted by the Peerless Electric Company at $335 and by the Graybar Electric and General Electric companies at $335.40. In the absence of Albert Losche. purchasing agent, William Gibson, an assistant, appeared before the board and admitted obtaining the

The Indianapolis Times

ACUTE BUDGET PROBLEM WILL HARRYJIOOVER New Economies Must Be Effected, New Tax Sources Found. SALES LEVY ADVOCATED G. 0. P. Leaders Will Urge Passage; Beer Issue in Forefront. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—An acute federal budget problem which must be met in his message to congress in three weeks faces President Hoover as he returns to the White House. The situation he will find is marked by three essentials: 1. The federal budget is unbal- ] anced by one to one and one-half billion dollars, a fact of more than ordinary importance, because of the new calls that will be made for relief ahd the additional fact that refinancing operations must be undertaken. 2. New economies and new tax sources must be found. 3. The foreign debt issue is nearing a showdown. Sales Tax Advocated The President will find his program on these difficult to compose, not only because of divergent views in congress, but also because the new administration will have the veto power on practically anything he proposes. By such of his congressional leaders as Senator David A. Reed (Rep., Pa.), the President will be urged to recommend a general sales tax. Indeed, both Hoover and himself and Secretary of Treasury Ogden Mills favor this levy, as-do such prominent Democrats as AI Smith and John Raskob. But this issue probably can not be settled at this session without the beer controversy being also settled, for beer tax advocates, generally speaking, hold the opinion that the yield from this levy practically will balance the budget if drastic economies are effected. Success of any budget legislation apparently will depend upon the outcome of the "co-operation” between Hoovejj and his successor, Unless some working agreement is reached, the writing of new tax proposals will be in charge of two lame ducks, Chairman Reed Smoot (Rep., Utah) of the-senate finance committee, and Chairman Collier (Dem., Miss.) of the house ways and means committee. Work on Budget - The new budget has been in the course of preparation for some weeks, and now is in its tentative form, but considerable confusion exists as to whether the house appropriations committee can get down to work this week, as expected. This results from the Democrats’ promise to reduce expenditures by 25 per cent; the probability that a vigorous fight will be made on the federal prohibition bureau appropriations, and the impending suggestions of the President for reorganization of governmental machinery. Further complications will be presented in the . forthcoming recommendations for economies to be presented by the two house committees, one investigating veterans’ legislation, the other general economies. Seeks National Tax System A broader phase of the tax-budget problem is being investigated by still another house committee, which will report soon on the clash of federa:, state and local taxes. This is a subject in which Roosevelt has expressed deep interest. He hopes to negotiate some definite national tax system. The foreign debts controversy affects the budget because just so much of these debts as are postponed this year, that much more money will have to be gathered here. In the long view, these are air the means for paying off the fourth liberties. The lame duck congress to which Hoover will- present his program on taxes, the budget and debts meets in three weeks.

bids over the telephone and writing the quotations himself. Such procedure is cutomary when material is desired in a hurry, he told the board, but later stated that telephone bids were taken only "occasionally.” after Morris heatedly retorted that Gibson "had no right” to represent the appearance o f sealed bids. To Gibson's defense that prices quoted were catalog prices and could be substantiated, Morris reiterated his charge of irregular procedure. “These bids came up here in an effort to look like regular sealed bids,” he charged. “It’s a forgery to sign the names of these companies in such a case. The amount of money involved isn’t much, but it’s the principle of the thing.” Investigation by The Times of records of previous wire purchases revealed that on a requisition dated Oct. 12, a purchase of 1,000 feet of copper wire had been made from the Nehring Electric Company of DeKalb, 111., at a price of $167.39. A purchase of 2,000 feet of copper wire for the Gamewell division was approved Oct. 4 by the safety board on bids from the Hatfield Electric Company of $315.40, the Westinghouse Electric Company, $315.40, and the Nehring Electric Company. $3lB. The bids were returned to the purchasing department, after Morris agreed to obtaining the signatures of the bidders on the original forms.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, NOV. 15, 1932

BEER TAX WOULD HELP NATION

Employment Aid Far Overestimated by Brew Boosters

This Is the second of a series of six stories dealing with the present movement for the return of beer, a movement intensified by the recent elections. BY WILLIS THORNTON NEA Service Writer iCopyright. 1932. NEA Service. (Inc.) QUPPOSE beer came back tomorrow! Would it bring jobs to millions? Would it bring money piling into the United States treasury? Would it use much of our tremendous farm crop surplus? Would it kill off the racketeer? These questions have only one honest answer. And that is, "Nobody knows!” First in importance in these times are the jobs. Very enthusiastic claims have been made. Augustus A. (Budweiser) Busch says 1,250,000 men. The A. F. of L. estimates 1,500,000. Other estimates have run up as high as 2,000,000 for the brewing and allied trades. Well, let’s see. In the last preprohibition census, 1914, about 80,000 men were employed in brewing, and roughly 150,000 in the retail trade (saloons, bartenders, etc.). There were perhaps 16,000 in the allied trades of bottles, corks, barrels, etc. Now that makes only a little more than 250,000 men working at beer and brewing in 1914. Os course, the country is bigger now, but it is also true that machinery has improved in brewing as wel as in so many other lines, and would replace many of the jobs of 1914. Many states as such would remain dry, even though national prohibition were abolished. Nobody knows whether the new generation of drinkers, whose taste has been educated to the strong concoctions of the bootleg era, would drink as much beer as their fathers did. So it takes a lot of optimism to bring the jobs above a half million at most, and it might even fall as low as the 1914 figure of 250,000. Against this gain, however, you must set off a good share of the speakeasy proprietors, bartenders, bootleggers, delivery boys, truckmen, hijackers, and prohibition agents who have jobs under the present regime. a a a MAYBE you don’t like to think of those as jobs, but they are, and many of them would vanish if beer became legal. The federal government alone has been arresting 60,000 a year, so you can guess how many escape. The bootleg industry, further, is decentralized, has small-unit production is inefficient. The organized brewery is centralized, has big-unit production, is most efficient. Even that might be a clear gain, because the jobs would be honest and legal and above-board. But that is a gain in the quality of jobs, not the quantity. The point is that the expected gain in jobs through beer apparently has been exaggerated greatly; nobody knows what the net gain in the number of jobs would be, though the gain in conditions of those jobs is unquestionable. Now how about money? The government, with a huge deficit and running behind about a half billion every year, needs money badly. Will beer bring it in? Here there is general agreement that beer will bring the government a lot of money. But how much? The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment says a billion a year. So does the New York Hotel Men’s Association. John J. Raskob recently estimated a billion a year, including light wines. The Investment Bankers’ Association says $750,000,000. ts tt a IN 1919, just before prohibition, the beer tax had been boosted to $6 a barrel. That tax, by the way, still is in effect, never having been repealed. At that rate it is estimated that beer would bring in some $300,000,000. . There would be a saving on the millions being spent annually for

TURNER SHATTERS HAWKS'JIR MARK Flier Goes From Coast to Coast in 12:33. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.—Colonel Roscoe Turner, veteran Los Angeles pilot, dedicating his endeavor to President-Elect Roosevelt, flew from New York to Los Angeles in 12 hours and 33 minutes Monday, bettering by 2 hours and 17 minutes the old mark established two years ago by Frank Hawks. Turner, piloting a steamlined Wedell-Williams racer, averaged better than 200 miles an hour in spite of strong headwinds. “I took an awful beating from the weather,” he said. “I was freezing one minute and burning up the next. It was so cold at one point I thought the motor was going to stop.” Turner left New York at 4:46 a. m. Monday and made refueling stops at Columbus, Kansas City and Albuquerque. His actual flying time for the distance was 12 hours and 3 minutes. He landed at United airport at 5:19 p. m. DALE’S APPEAL IS UP Muncie Mayor’s Case Will Be Heard by Circuit Court at Chicago. By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 15.—Appeal from the conviction of Mayor George R. Dale of Muncie will be heard Wednesday in the federal circuit court of appeals at Chicago. Dale will be accompanied to Chicago by Frank Masey, police chief, Fred Elis, police commissioner and several others, who were convicted with him on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws.

enforcement, but it would be offset finally by the expense of collecting the new tax. On this basis one might estimate $350,000,000 a year if 75 per cent of the people find themselves living in states which allow them to have their beer. There would be further savings in courts and jails. Some 66 per cent of federal prosecutions are now => liquor cases, with a corresponding proportion of federal prisoners being supported in jail by taxes. A competent estimate places this saving to the federal government at $4,000,000 every year for care of prisoners alone. Governor-Elect Comstock of Michigan plans a wholesale pardoning of Volstead act prisoners after he takes office, in view of the repudiation of the dry law by the erstwhile "life for a pint” state. n tt tt THE tax might be boosted to $lO a barrel instead of $6, though of course it can’t be put too high or it leaves an opening wedge for the old-fashioned bootlegger or revenue-dodger. A $lO tax would boost the above total to more than a half billion yearly. At $lO a barrel, the drinker would pay about 4 cents tax on a 10-cent pint bottle. All the "luxury taxes” passed by the last congress, however, fell woefully below their estimates, and the beer tax might do the same. However, even a quarter billion dollars a year is not to be sneezed at by any government. In short, beer won’t balance the budget, but it would be a big help. The idea that restored beer would be a big boon to the farmer has been exploded. On of the talking points used by the drys in persuading congress to propose national prohibition during the

Collectors of Nation to Gather at Hobby Fair

Chicago Hotel to Be Scene of Rare Exhibits of Valuable Articles. By Times Special CHICAGO. Nov. 15.—Collectors of the nation will revel in a veritable paradise of relics, antiques, manuscripts, and historical objects with the opening Wednesday here of the four-day exhibit of the Hobby, Antiques and Collectors’ Exposition in Hotel Sherman. Thousands of persons are expected to view displays in scores of booths containing articles of interest to collectors of every type of antiques. First event of its kind ever to be held in the middlewest, the exhibit will be formed of displays of objects from most of the states of the Union. Exhibitors, carrying their wares in trucks, by train, and by auto were expected to pack the mezzanie floor, scene of the display. Among valuable and old articles to be shown are rare maps, early American glass, autographs, postage stamps, Indian relics, antique clocks. Oriental rugs, and objects of art, miniature ships, firearms, silverware, swords, coins, badges, medals of honor and postcards. Among organizations scheduled to participate are the Chicago Coin Club, the American Numismatic Association, Women’s Stamp Club, Ship Modelers’ Club, Boy Scouts and numerous individuals. Two antique dealers from Indiana will have displays. Exhibitors will offer wares for sale. Booths will be furnished with tables and chairs and a background for exhibits. Each exhibitor will

war was the immense saving of grain (11,000,000 loaves of bread a day are going into the brewers’ vats, they cried). But we know now that only about 2 per cent of the country’s grain went into brewing. That may have been important in the days of war-time shortage, but not now, when farmers burn their grain for fuel. a tt tt TJRACTICALLY no oats, wheat, -*• or com went into beer bottles, though 30 per cent of the barley did. But the barley, rice, hops, and rye used in beer-brew-ing are minor parts of the United States grain crop. The National Grange is squarely against beer. It figures that the farmer is selling more daily products to milk and ice-cream dealers since prohibition. Would legal beer eliminate the racketeer? Again, nobody knows. It certainly would deal him a heavy blow in places like Chicago and New York where the beer racket is organized on a huge scale. But several small brewers in Chicago already have declared that the beer racketeer has such a big money stake in his business that he isn’t going to give up without a bitter struggle. Al Capone’s interests are said to operate 38 breweries in Chicago right now. These small brewers feel certain that if they were to resume making legal beer the racketeers would be in their offices the next day telling them to whom they could deliver their beer, and at what prices. But this seems an extreme view. tt a tt WHAT effect it would have on the whisky racket indirectly, again nobody knows. There would still be a demand for whis-

have liberty of arranging his display as he likes. Purpose of the exhibition, according to officials, is to portray the hobbies of collecting to the public. The show will be operated on a nonprofit basis. Doors will be open at 11 in the morning and will be closed at 11 p. m. Guards will be placed on duty during night hours. Articles of special interest as well as description of the various sessions will be broadcast by a Chicago radio station. MAYOR SIGNS CIRCLE PARKING ORDINANCE 30-Minute Law Is Approved; Effective in Ten Days. After Thanksgiving day, a week from Thursday, motorists will have further cause for being thankful. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan Monday signed the city ordinance establishing thirty-minute parking privilege on Mounment Circle and approaches. According to law, the ordinance will be effective ten days from tooay. Capt. Lewis Johnson, trafffic department head, is planning to remove the “no parking” signs from the Circle and approaches, and substitute the thirty-minute warnings immediately after the ordinance goes into effect. For several months the Circle has been “no man’s land” for parkers. Passage of the ordinance by city council came last Monday night after downtown merchants, the Hoosier Motor Club and the Chamber of Commerce had appealed for re-establishment of the parking privileges "in the interests of better business.”

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ky among drinkers who would be unsatisfied with the very mild 2.75 or even 4 per cent brews proposed, and where there is a demand there is always somebody to supply—at a price. But there is no question that legal beer also would deal a blow, though a lighter one, to the whisky racket. Probably the biggest immediate effect on business would be from the huge sums brewers would have to spend to modernize plants which have lain idle, most of them, since 1920. Replacements, building, and new machinery have been competently estimated at $200,000,000. Colonel Jake (Knickerbocker) Rupper has $2,000,000 ready to put into his New York plant; Brooklyn’s Henry G. (Piel’s lager) Piel, a million; the ScHlitz firm (which made Milwaukee famous), $3,000,000; Busch, $7,000,000, in St. Louis. a a tt A LL that would help. The -L*- brewers’ big horses may be gone forever, but some 50,000 motor trucks and 200,000 railroad cars would be needed to carry the products of the restored breweries. That would help, too. All these estimates, or more properly, guesses, boil down to this: If beer were legalized, the government would get a big revenue, employment would be improved in quality, even if not increased greatly, the grain surplus would be little affected, the beer racketeer would be dealt a heavy, but perhaps not a mortal, blow. Next—How will the sale of beer be handled if legalized? What plans have been proposed, and what plans do other countries use?

DEFUNCT DINK TO PAY OUT $225,000 Sale of Houses Brings Cash to City Trust Patrons. Probate Judge Smiley N. Chambers today ordered the receiver of the defunct City Trust Company to distribute $225,000 to nearly 1,000 holders of real estate mortgage certificates, giving them dividends of from 10 to 40 per cent. The money, realized from sale of 184 small houses in Anderson, will be divided among owners of eightyeight series of real estate certificates. Erected in 1926 for employes of the Delco-Remy Company, the houses were financed by the City Trust Company. The bank’s customers purchased the real estate mortgage certificates, which were to pay 6 per cent interest. Although the properties were appraised at $603,000 eighteen months ago, certificate holders and Curtis H. Rottger, receiver, approved the sale. Rottger and members of the defunct bank’s mortgage protective committee agreed the sale price was low, but the best that could be obtained under present conditions. The houses were purchased by the Anderson Banking Company as agent for General Motors, Judge Chambers announced. The City Trust Company issued approximately $1,500,000 real estate mortgage certificates, of which nearly $1,000,000 is oustanding, Chambers said. Rail Earnings Gain By United Pre CLEVELAND, Nov. 15.—Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad reported net income for September was $139,461, against $74,238 in September, 1931.

TRIO TO FACE TRIAL ON LAND FRAUDCHARGE Defunct Indiana Estate Cos. Case Up in Federal Court Thursday. ATTORNEY IS ACCUSED False Damage Claim Made Against Government, Says Complaint. Trial of William M. Dozier, Mel J. O'Keefe and James F. Huteson, charged with using the mails to defraud, in connection with operations of the defunct Indiana Estates Company, will be held Thursday before a federal court jury. The government charges the company swindled Marion county citizens out of almost SIOO,OOO through sale of lots in Momingside addition, along Kessler boulevard. Trial of Humphrey C. Harrington, attorney, and Charles E. Martin, charged with making a fraudulent damage claim against the government, was postponed from today until Monday. Brothers Before Court Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell today took under advisement sentencing of three brothers, two of whom were convicted by a jury on liquor charges and the third pleading guilty after presentation of evidence in the case. They were Harvey and Dillon Fry, convicted, and Elmer Fry, who pleaded guilty. The three live south of Bloomington. Several trials were held in federal court Monday, four persons being sentenced to prison terms and eight to jail terms. Trial of Claude Bitroff, alleged purveyor of fine liquors, was continued until next Monday to permit the government to locate a material witness. 103 Pints of Rum Seized Bitroff was arrested in March, 1931, after deputy sheriffs and federal dry agents raided a Williams Creek mansion which he had rented and in which the officers found several hundred pints of alleged bonded whisky and ten cases of Canadian beer. Bitroff sought to prove the liquor was in the house when he rented it and that he had no knowledge of it. "Out of the frying pan and into the fire” aptly describes the luck of Max Pope, Indianapolis Negro, aoquitted of liquor charges when it was found the indictment against him contained the wrong date. On orders of Baltzell, Pope was rearrested and held to the grand jury for reindictment. Sent to Chillicothe Elijah A. Bolen, auto race promoter of Indianapolis and Clinton, charged with conspiracy in connection with transportation of a stolen automobile from Chicago Heights to Indianapolis, was convicted by Baltzell nad sentenced to eighteen months in Chillicothe (O.) reformatory. William Harris Stroud, 3720 East Washington street, and Joe Micelli, Clinton, who pleaded guilty to the same charge, were sentenced to two years in the reformatory. Victor Kimes, Memphis, now serving a six years sentence at the Atlanta federal penitentiary on a counterfeiting charge, was given an additional three years on a similiar charge. Kimes admitted passing S2O bills in Anderson, Ind., shortly before his arrest in Memphis. Convicted of Transporting William Duncan, 425 West Merrill street, was convicted of transporting liquor, despite his plea that he had another man deliver the liquor to a federal dry agent. He was sentenced to serve twelve months in jail. Raymond Walsh, 713 Chadwick street, who admitted making the actual delivery, was given a similar sentence. Cecil C. McDaniel, 1334 Spann avenue, was given ninety days in jail, suspended, on a liquor transportation charge, -hen Albert Dale Gillapsy of the same address testified McDaniel did not know the liquor was in the car. Gillapsy was sentenced to serve ninety days in jail. Marshall A. Hendricks, 1268 West Thirty-first street, was acquitted of liquor transportation charges, while Earl Unversaw, Fairfield, Ind., arrested with him, was given six months in jail in addition to a suspended two years term. Others sentenced on liquor charges include: Bertha L. Pollard. Negro. 331 Blanftrd street, thirty days: Clarence Negro. 303 Bright street, one day; Scott Palmer Anderson, one day; Paul h. Romberg. West Newton, Ind.. sixty days, and Peter Braz, 747 West New York ’ street, sixty days. ALASKAN ROBBED HERE Clothing Worth $l6O Taken From Parked Car of Jnneau Man. Clothing valued at $l6O was stolen Monday night from the automobile of Paul Gordan, Juneau, Alaska, while parked in the 400 block North Meridian street. Gordan is connected with the federal bureau of Indian affairs. A thief removed clothing worth SB7 from the automobile of Frank F. Powell, president of the Harry Cobum Warehouse and Storage ‘Company, 221 West Georgia street, while the car was parked there. Books and clothing valued at S4O were stolen from the automobile of Ed Emry, 634 West Thirty-eighth street, parked at Sixteenth street and Hall place. Fake Check Passer Jailed James Lester Tomason, a man of many aliases and whose most recent address is Louisville, today was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 180 days at the Indiana state farm on conviction of passing fraudulent checks.