Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1933 — Page 1

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BILLS TO RAISE MANY MILLIONS FILED IN HOUSE Property Owned But Not Used by Charitable, Fraternal, and Religious Institutions Would Be Denied Tax Exemption. SALES LEVY MEASURE INTRODUCED Sliding Scale of Imports, Up to 2% Per Cent, Provided; Farmers Are Omitted From Draft. Designed to increase tax revenues and to curb unfair competition with private business, legislation calculated to add approximately $40,000,000 of Marion county property to tax duplicates was introduced in the house of representatives today. The measure carries the indorsement of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the propertjf tax measure, an effort to levy a sales tax on Indiana as an emergency move to raise more than $10,000,000 was launched, with introduction of an administration bill in the house.Although spokesmen for the administration said that Representative Albert F. Walsman (Dem., Indianapolis) would introduce the measure, Walsman today withdrew his name when the text of the bill was disclosed. The property tax bill prohibits exemption of real estate and buildings owned by religious, educational, fraternal or charitable associations, foundations or holding companies, unless the property is occupied by such institutions and used for the purposes for which they were incorporated. The bill is sponsored by Representative Thomas A. Hendricks (Dem., Indianapolis).

Wher° part of the property is so usocj by such institutions, bill provides that only that part shall be tax exempt. Many of the organizations affected, it is charged, are operating in holding company form in unfair competition to private business. No real estate or property, leased or rented to produce revenue, would be exempt under terms of the bill. Huge Sum Involved Louis J. Borinstein, president of Chamber of Commerce, estimates that $40,000,000 of property in Marion county would be affected and approximately six times that in the state. So-called inspection junkets to state penal and correctional institutions at state expense brought a spirited tilt between Representative Martin Kruegei (Dem., Michigan City), and Representative H. H. Evans (Rep., Newcastle), minority flor leader. Evans attempted to spike the inspection trip by declaring “such buggy-riding at the state's expense must stop.” The veteran Krueger, making one of his few appearances of the session on the lloor, promised heatedly that the inspection trip by the prison committee would be made "without a penny of cost to the state.” “My friend Evans,” said Krueger, “always has had an ambition to go to one of those institutions, and when the time comes I'm going to help him.” Evans joined in the laugh at his expense as tne house approved the inspection, on the promise of no expense. The sales fax bill would levy on incomes of all manufacturers, jobbers. retailers, producers in natural resources and those engaged in professions. Farmers and those dealing in intangibles are exempt. It provides a sliding scale of rates, ranging from one-eighth of 1 tper cent to 2 4 per cent for various classifications. Board in Charge The state tax board would be in charge of sales tax control. Here are the taxes to be imposed: Two and one-half per cent on gross sale of natural gas. Two per cent on oil. coal, limestone, sand, gravel, shale and other (Turn to Page Four) MARKET ST. SURFACING TO BE STARTED SOON Tracks to Be Covered With Asphalt, Kirk McKinney Announces. Resurfacing of Market street between Alabama and Pennsylvania streets will be started soon, it was announced today by E. Kirk McKinney, president of the board of public works. McKinney's statement followed an announcement to The Times Thursday that the street probably would be improved. “We have had to wait while the street car company decided whether to remove the rails or to cover them" McKinney said. “We talked with officials of the company Thursday, fcnd they announced their intention of covering them with asphalt." Attention of the works board and the street car company was called to the street and its roughness by The Times after numerous citizens had complained that it was a traffic hazard in rainy weather. I>e Soto Business on Gain By Vniitd Pirn DETROIT. Jan. 20.—De Soto delivered 859 new cars during the week ended Jan. 14. against 348 in the corresponding week of 1932. an increase of more than 100 per cent.

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Japanese Forces on Move, Take Jehol Border Town Period of Inactivity Ending, Chinese Fear, as Nippon Troops Swing Into Action. BY HERBERT R. EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent PEIPING, China, Jan. 20.—Japanese military activity increased outside the Great Wall of China today. Fears were expressed that the offensive against the northern province of Jehol would be resumed coincident with the Chinese new year, when the Chinese will be more inclined to holiday observance than to fighting.

Japanese cavalry detachments, supported by tanks and a transport corps, ieft Chinchow and shanhaikwan and advanced to Chinsi on the eastern Jehol frontier. Indicating that the Japanese had created anew penetration point on the frontier, the Chinchow' command announced the occupation of Chinsi after ihe withdrawal of Chinese irregulars westward. Fears that the recent period of inactivity was ending were strengthened by the following developments: A Japanese announcement from Mukden that a drive against bandits had been ordered westward of the Liao river in southern Manchuria. The Japanese at Shanhaikwan, where the great wall ends at the sea. announced activities of the third Chinese cavalry brigade in the vicinity of Chinwangtao. It was announced that JapaneseManchoukuo cavalry were operating from Ciensowei. contacting Chinese volunteers along the Jehol border. Fighting Is Continued fUI I nitnl /’its* NANKING China. Jan. 20.—Fighting between Chinese volunteers and Japanese troops is continuing in the vicinity of Kailu. despite bitterly cold weather, Nanking officials stated today. There was no estimate of the number of soldiers involved in the skirmishes. Chinese interest, meanwhile, swung toward Japan as Nationalist government leaders awaited the address of Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida before the Japanese diet Saturday. He is expected to discuss the Russian-Chinese resumption of relations and the present difficulties in Jehol province, possibly offering a hint as to future plans of the Japanese. Pranger Heads City Clerks FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Jan. 20. Leonard E. Pranger. Ft. Wayne, was elected president of the Indiana City Clerks Association at the annual convention here Thursday.

Moderate Drinking Never Shortens Life, Scientists Say

Thit i thz first of two timoly articles hr Dr. Fishbein on the effects of alcohol on the human body. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyjceia, the Health Magazine. WHAT does alcohol do when it gets into the human body? Concerned with that single question. a group of scientific investigators recently has made available a summary of scientific studies dealing with the effects of alcohol on man. They are not concerned with the social aspects of the matter, of the relationship of intoxication to poverty, or-with the question of

Crack Army Flier Hurled to Death When Explosion Rips Speed Plane to Bits

Pursuit Ship Catches Fire, Blows Up, Taking Life of Noted Airman. i By United I’res# 1 DAYTON, 0., Jan. 20.—Lieutenant Irvin A. Woodring. 30. of Wright field was hurled to his death today when a modified pursuit airplane he was testing burst into flames and exploded as it sped through the air ■at 2,000 feet altitude. The plane fell into an open field four miles northeast of here. The Officer’s body was found 1,500 feet from the wreckage. Woodring was known as one of the most expert fliers at the army field here and was widely noted in flying circles. Witnesses said his craft burst into flames, then was shattered as an explosion occurred. He had been aloft about forty-five minutes. Woodring was pilot of a contact plane in Texas when the famous army craft ' Question Mark” set an endurance flying record. He also was one of the pilots of two planes which flew from Victoria. B. C.. to New York with the Kellogg peace treaty, en route from Japan to The Hague, Holland. The pilot of the accompanying aircraft, Lieutenant William W. Caldwell, was forced down in Idaho in a raging blizzard and was killed. Woodring got through. Both fliers were given the distinguished flying cross for the flight. The flight started Oct. 5, 1930. Lieutenant Woodring was the last surviving member of the famous “three musketeer” army flying team which held crowds breathless at the Los Angeles maneuvers a few years ago. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m 31 10 a. m 37 7a. m 32 11 a. m 41 Ba. m 32 12 (noon).. 42 9 a. m 33 1 p. m 44

BANK OF ENGLAND CHIEF TO MARRY Montagu Norman Engaged to Young Divorcee. Ril 1 nitnl rims LONDON, Jan. 20. Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, is engaged to Marry Mrs. Priscilla Cecilia Maria Worsthorne, recently divorced from Alexander Louins Wynand-Koch Worsthorne, it was announced today. Norman is 61; his fiancee, 33. LEGISLATURE RECESSES Hearings on Wright Repeal Bills to Be Heard Monday. The house of representatives today adjourned until 11 Monday morning and the senate until 2 Monday afternoon. Representative John J. Ryan (Dem.. Terre Haute), chairman of the house public morals committee, announced two Wright bone dry repeal bills and the administration beer control bill will be subjects of a public hearing at 2< Monday afternoon in Room 422 of the statehouse. The hearing previously was announced for 1:30 p. m.

Portland Man Gets 3-Year ' Term in Bankrupt Fraud

Bn l nited Press j tion for two years. They were FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Jan. 20. charged with the same offense. Joseph A. Long, former wealthy. Both pleaded guilty to the conPortland produce dealer, was sen- spiraev charges and turned state's fenced to three years at Leaven- witness in Long's trial, worth penitentiary and fined S5 000 Mlss R Brigham , for _ by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick today on charges of violating the mer private secretary to the pronational bankruptcy laws. | duce dealer and fourth person Long's son-in-law, Allen P. Rice, named in the indictment, was freed and Walter R. Hill, Union City real i last week when Long interrupted estate dealer, were placed on proba-, his trial by pleading guilty.

brewing as a method of increasing the value of crops. And they have found no scientific evidence to prove that alcohol taken in moderation ever appreciably shortened anybody's life. nan IT is well known, as Dr. H. E. Himwich points out, that the effects of alcohol are greater when it is consumed on syn empty stomach. That is why cocktails are taken before dinner. Whenever food of any kind is in the stomach, iti decreases the rate of absorption of the alcohol. Fat decreases the rate more than proteins or carbohydrates.

INDIANAPOLIS’ FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933

Irwin A. Woodring

LIFE TERM FOR TEACHER KILLER Farm Hand Is Convicted of Furdering Girl; Sent to Prison. ft>/ 1 i. 'd Press COVINGTON. Ind., Jan. 20.—Morris Green, 22, Montgomery county farm hand, was under life sentence in Indiana state prison today on charges of murdering Miss Lila Jones, 29, former Richmond school teacher. A jury in Fountain circuit court found the young farmer guilty after four hours’ deliberation Thursday afternoon. An hour after the verdict was returned, Judge O. B. Ratcliff followed the jurors’ recommendation and ordered a life sentence rather than death in the electric chair, penalty which the state had asked. LUMBER MEN ELECT WOLFE AS PRESIDENT Lafayette Dealer Named Head at State Convention Here. Members of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Indiana elected Wallace Wolfe, Lafayette, president, at the forty-ninth annual convention which closed Thursday night in the Claypool. Other officers elected were: Johrr Suelzer Jr., Ft. Wayne, vice-presi-dent, and Byron Small, Valparaiso; Len Newby, Columbus; Will W. Ferguson, Rockville, and Joe H. Miller, Mt. Vernon, directors. C. D. Roots Crown Point, was re-elected secretary and Harry W. Moore, Indianapolis, retained his position as treasurer. COUNTY TEACHERS TO CONVENE AT WARREN Third Meeting of Year to Be Held on Saturday Morning. The third Marion county teachers' professional meeting of the school year will open at 9 Saturday morning in the Warren Central high school with Fred T. Gladden, county superintendent of schools, presiding. Music will be furnished by the Warren Central band and devotional services will be given by the Rev. F. B. Puhlman, St. John's Evangelical church. C. E. Eash, principal of Warren Central, will give the welcoming address. R. E, Hougham, president of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association; Charles O. Williams, secretary of the association, and George C. Cole, state superintendent of public instruction, will give addresses.

Milk is more effective than other foods in exerting this delay in effect. For that reason cocktals like creme de cocoa and others made with cream have a delayed ‘ kick.” Another important factor is the degree to which the alcohol is diluted at the time it is taken. The effects of beer containing anywhere from 1 to 8 per cent of alcohol are far less than those of whisky with 45 to 60 per cent. a a a WHEN alcohol is taken up by the blood from the digestive tract, it goes to varioi-S organs. A small part is eliminated through

U. S. IS READY TO TALK OVER DEBT REVISION WITH BRITAIN

SOVIET DOOMS THOUSANDS TO ARCTIC EXILE Mass Deportation Ordered: Property Seized, Whole Villages Uprooted. (Copyright, 1933. by United Press) MOSCOW, Jan. 20.—A harsh tale of humanity uprooted, populations of three southern villages deported in entirety to the doubtful possibility of life in frozen Siberian lumber camps, filtered through from the Black Sea provinces to Moscow today. The reports related how every family—man, woman and child—in the three villages was exiled by the Soviet authorities as exemplary punishment, on charges that they failed to 00-eperate with tfle government’s program of increased agricultural production. The mass movement across Russia to new abodes in desolate lands near the Arctic circle involved no less than 15 000 persons, the 1929 census showed. They probably will be installed in lumber camps or the mines, there to be given the chance, if they survive, of proving their loyalty to the Soviet Union. May Be Pardoned Those who do may some day be admitted to membership in the unions and regain the coveted proletarian status. The mass deportation was not mentioned in the Moscow press. ; However, newspapers at Rostov, in the area affected in the south, played up the drastic move at length under ‘‘scare” headlines. The Cossack villages involved were Poltavskaya, Medvyedevsky and Urupskaya. Every living soul in these communities was deprived of his lands and homes, and ordered northward. They had been born and lived in the fertile Kuban region on the Black sea, in the far south of the Soviet Union, and none was believed fitted for the rigors of life in the sub-Arctic north. Lands Are Divided Their lands and property were divided among members of the Soviet red army, war veterans and other elements, in payment of loyalty to the Soviet cause. These new tenants, or owners, were expected by Moscow to transform the vacated areas into model Soviet districts. The action apparently was in line with a recent decree, which went into effect last Sunday in Moscow (Turn to Page Five)

WARMER WEATHER IN Sim FOR CITY Rain in Prospect for Tonight and Saturday. After dropping twenty-three degrees overnight, the mercury began an upward march here today toward moderate levels, with prospect of unsettled weather and rain for tonight and Saturday, according to the forecast. Reaching a low of 1 degree below freezing at 6 this morning, temperature had dropped from a high lof 54 Thursday afternoon, highest for Jan. 19, since 1919. Weather I throughout the state was from 18 to 1 25 degrees colder, the weather bureau said. Indianapolis probably will not feel force of a colder area in the northwest, but will be gripped by an unsettled area of rain swinging up from the southwest, J. H. Armington, meteorologist, predicted. Temperatures will be well above freezing, he said. POOR FARM FALL FATAL Inmate Dies at Hospital of Injuries Received in Plunge. George Anderson, 78, inmate of the Marion countp oor farm, died today in city hospital of injuries received Wednesday when he fell or leaped from a second-floor window of the institution’s men's building. No reason was assigned for the act by Dr. John Salb, deputy coroner, j who investigated. Anderson had no: relatives as far as could be learnde. j

lungs, kidneys, and skin, and it even has been found in the milk of nursing mothers. When the alcohol is taken up in the body it is oxidized and therefore provides energy. To a certain extent it acts like an equivalent amount of fat or carbohydrate. On the brain, alcohol has a depressant effect. Thus, while it makes the person less keenly aware of his environment and thereby enables him to escape to some extent from worries and anxieties and self-criticism, it also makes his judgment less acute and Interferes with his mental alertness. Small doses of alcohol may cause a slight rise in the heart

Captain Dashed Into Sea, Helpless Ship Is at Mercy of Fierce Atlantic Gale American Liner Stands by Wrecked Freighter. Unable to Rescue Crew; Whole Superstructure Is Torn Off, Hurled Into Ocean. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—A raging sea in mid-Atlantic battered the little British freighter Exeter City almost to pieces, swept the captain'and three men to death, and left the craft helpless today at the mercy of towering waves.

The S. S. American Merchant is standing by, waiting for a chance ;to rescue the men still on the j Exeter City. The Exeter City’s master was Captain E. D. Lake, according to Charles Hill & Sons, agents for the freighter, and the vessel carried a crew of about thirty men. The story of the storm which tore off the super-structure of the 2,000ton freighter was told in a terse radio message from the master of the American Merchant, which piowed fifteen miles under forced draft to the side of the Exeter City —only to find that the stormy seas prevented immediate rescue. Steering Gear Gone A message pounded out by the Exerter City’s radio operator said the bridge and chart room of his ship had been ripped away by high waves. Presumably the master of the crippled freighter was last with the destruction of the bridge. The bridge deck and saloon accommodations also were torn away, the message as relayed to New York by the American Merchant, said. The men lost, in addition to the master of the Exter City, were the third officer, an apprentice, and a seaman, the radio operator reported. The steering gear was damaged and the men on the freighter were forced to rig up an emergency gear as their only hope of maintaining even partial control of the craft as it was whirled about by the storm, which began Thursday and reached its greatest intensity during the night. Water Pouring In Number two hatch was stove In and water was believed to be entering number three hatch, the operator told Captain Gyles C. Stedman of the American Merchant as he brought his rescue ship close to the scene. Captain Stedman reported to his home office that he was standing by some 650 miles off St. Johns, Newfoundland, and about 1,575 miles from New York. “The weather is unfavorable.” he* said. “There is a strong westerly j gale, high seas, rain and hail.” BAN WATER DIVERSION Canada, U. S. Agree to Prohibit Private ‘Profiteering.’ By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. —The state department today made pub- ! lie an exchange of notes between j the United States and Canada wherein the two governments agreed that nothing in the St. Lawrence treaty should be construed as confirming the right of any corporation to divert water for power purposes through the Massena canal and Grass river.

Ruth Judd Faces Fourth Gruelliny Day on Stand

BY GALE D. WALLACE United Press Staff Correspondent PHOENIX. Ariz., Jan. 20.—A fourth arduous sesssion on the witness stand lay before Winnie Ruth Judd today as rival attorneys battled over legal points that may bear upon her sentence to die on the gallow's. Feb. 17. The controversy centered around the testimony at the current preliminary hearing of John J. (Happy Jack) Halloran, charged as an accessory after the killing of Agnes Ann Leroi, for wihch Mrs. Judd ha.s.been condemned. Che accused the wealthy lumberman, her former friend, of helping her dispose of the bodies of Mrs. Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson for whose death she also is blamed. She struck back viciously at contentions of Halloran’s attorneys Thursday that her testimony should

rate, but large doses alw r ays lower the blood pressure and weaken the pulse. ana WHENEVER a person takes a dose of alcohol he feels a warmth and reddening of the face, which is due to the fact that the blood vessels of the skin are dilated. The feeling of warmth after taking alcohol is an illusion. A person is not really warmer, but feels w r arm, because his skin is giving off more heat than usual. Actually, therefore, alcohol lowers the body temperature and it is not scientifically right to drink alcohol during exposure to cold. ‘‘IX alcohol is to be taken,” says

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PATRONAGE OF j MAYR PERILED Ripper Bills Are Designed to Strip Secretary of State of Power. Although Governor Paul V. McNutt today refused to comment, work is under way to draft drastic ripper bills which will leave Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, with little left but his constitutional I prerogatives. Under the plan, the handling of automobile license plates, state police and the criminal bureau will be removed from Mayr’s jurisdiction. A department of safety will be set up to handle the police work and a department of finance for the license plates. The latter department is expected to handle all state revenues. This will mean almost complete loss of patronage for Mayr, who has hundreds of workers now on his pay roll. Started in Klan Days The bureaus originally were established in the days when D. C. Stephenson, Klan leader, dominated Indiana politics, and created “jobs” lor faithful political henchmen. The proposed new setup ''is one of the policies of “governmental economy,” advocated by McNutt and the administration. Mayr, who, under leadership of James Carpenter, license bureau chief. Chief Grover C. Garrott of the state police; and Robert Codd, former assistant secretary of state, launched an abortive drive to unseat R. Earl Peters as state chairman, at one time made peace. It was on the day before the Democratic state convention, when there was some talk of bringing out a Peters-McNutt candidate for the secretary of state's office. ' Two Leaders Stay Report was abroad at that time that Mayr nalted opposition by pledging that he would unload his lieutenants —Carpenter, Garrott and Codd. Codd was cast off when Mayr began his new term of office, and no one has been appointed as assistant: secretary of ..rate. Garrott lemair.s state police chief and Carpenter head of the license bureau. Mayr. It ‘s known, will fight the ripper bill with what force these men can muster in the legislature. Fire Destroys Automobile Automobile of Raymond Colbert, Plainfield, was destroyed by fire j early Thursday night at State Road 1 29 east of Arlington avenue.

be expunged because she was “mentally and physically” unsound. Turning to the bench after defense attorney Frank O. Smith had demanded explicit answers to a series of pointed questions, , the doomed woman, who once pleaded insanity as a defense, snapped: “I won’t answ'er. I know what Mr. Halloran’s attorney is trying to do. He’s trying to prove me insane, that’s w'hat.” Before ruling upon the motion challenging her mental competency. Judge J. C. Niles was scheduled to decide whether Mrs. Judd would endanger her constitutional rights by answering the questions Smith said he still wanted to ask her. Arguments on the state's objections were scheduled before the woman was recalled. Distraut from her long ordeal of (Turn to Page Five)

Doctor Himw r ich, to procure a feeling of warmth and well-being, it should be consumed after exposure, and when the subject is in a warmer environment.” This is going to be a big disappointment to steady drinkers at football games. In the stomach, alcohol acts to a certain extent as an irritant, causing an extra outpouring cf mucus to protect the lining of thi stomach. In cases of chronic alcoholism, one of the results is mucous gastritis, a form of inflammation with constantly increased mucus. Next—Gauging the effects of alcohol.

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Announcement Is Made After Conference of Hoover, Roosevelt. PARLEY SET IN MARCH England Is Expected to Send Delegates Here for Meeting. Bp t nited Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The White House issued a statement today, after a conference between President Herbert Hoover and Presi-dent-Elect Roosevelt announcing- that the new administration was prepared to discuss war debts and the world economic conference with Great Britain early in March. The communique indicated that Great Britain could send representatives here in March for this purpose. Arrangements for the conferences will be made by State Sccretaary Henry L. tStomson. Mr. Hoover conferred with Mr. Roosevelt in the historic red room of the White House on the urgent problems of foreign affairs. The conference lasted an hour and twenty-five minutes. The President-elect, accompanied by his advisor, Prof. Raymond I. Moley, arirved at the White House a few minutes before 1 la. m. He drove in an open car from the Mayflower hotel, where he has been holding conferences with Democratic leaders.

Discuss Foreign Affairs State Secretary Henry L. Stim- : son and Treasury Secretary Ogden : Mills sat with Mr. Hoover as his j advisors on technical points. The confereees were joined by Norman H. Davis, expert on disarmament and war debts. He conj ferred w r ith Mr. Roosevelt and j Stimson together Thursday night j and later saw Stimson alone. Ob;servers here strongly suspect that | Davis will be Mr. Roosevelt's secrej tary of state. I War debts, prepaartions for the J world economic conference, disar- ; mament and far eastern policy were discussed. Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt are eager to avoid delay in dealing with these matters, at a time whe chaotic world conditions demand prompt action. Today's conference as the second Mr. Roosevelt has held with Mr. Hoover since the former's election. The two men endeavored unsuccessfully last fall to agree on a techJ nique of co-operation for dealing with the war debt problem. Confers With Leaders Mr. Roosevelt earlier today conferred with a dozen or more congressional leaders representing vai rious shades of political opinion, in a last-minute effort to save at least a part of the legislative program he suggested last, November. Senate Minority Leader Robinson < said the President-elect had exwould be passed this session. Robpressed hope that a farm relief bill inson said, however,.that Mr. Roosevelt had not specified the present domestic allotment relief porgram. Mr. Roosevelt was represented as convinced a special session would have to be called early in April. SEXTON BEGINS FIGHT ON NEW TAX LAWS 1 Judge Kern Hears Attack on Legality of Delinquency Act. Timothy P. Sexton, county treasurer. began a fight today in superior court one to set aside tax laws that relieve 55.000 county taxpayers from delinquent penalties on 1929 to 1931 taxes. The laws were passed in the special legislative session last year. Judge John Kern heard arguments on Sexton's suit, attacking legality of the acts reducing incomes of treasurers in ninety Indiana counties. The laws reduce Sexton’s commission on delinquent taxes from 9 to 3 per cent and slash fees and his salary. Alleging the new acts have resulted in “uncertainty, confusion and irreconcilable conflict,’’ Sexton asks the court to declare the laws invalid. He also seeks to block enforcement of anew statute forcing county treasurers’ to refund delinquent taxes collected in excess of the new rates. REPEAL BILL READY, Blaine to Introduce Measure Next Week, He Announces. Bn I'nUrd Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 —Senator John J. Blame (Rep., Wis.), said today he expected to introduce in the senate early next week the prohibition repeal amendment approved by the senate judiciary committee. Blaine added however, he doubted if action could be had this session. ARGUMENTS ARE ENDED Judge Take* Under Advisemenl Case of Attorney. On completion today of two days’ arguments on a motion for a ne*v trial, Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today took under advisement case of Francis T Boyden. attorney, 417 South Butler avenue, convicted of a charge of embezzlement for alleged false diversion of a SSQ i fee of a client.