Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 225, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1933 Edition 02 — Page 1

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PAULBONCOUR OUT; FRENCH CABINET QUITS Premier Is Overthrown on Misconfidence Vote on Budget. WAR DEBTS ‘IN AIR’ Herriot, Dominant Figure in Crisis, Unlikely to Be Premier. BY RALPH HE IN ZEN l'niled Ptbah Staff Corrtapnnrißnt PARIS, Jan. 23.—President Alfred Lebrun accepted the resignation of the cabinet of Premier Joseph Paul-Boncour early today, putting France under the necessity of forming anew administration, three days before treasury funds to pay routine expenses will be exhausted. The. government was overthrown on a misconfidence vote on the budget plans of Finance Minister Henry C heron. The vote, 390 to 193, was taken after an all-night session of the chamber of deputies during which the government won three votes of confidence, only to lose at the end. Debts Question in Air The question of war debts also was left in mid-air. The next premier must face a budget deficit of 10,000,000.000 francs, and the hostility of the powerful Socialist bloc as well as war veterans, who protest against reduction of their benefits and business men opposing increased taxes. Fernand Bouisson, president of the chamber, convoked a meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 31. to vote the provisional expenses for February, thus assuring revenue for current government operating costs until anew governin'nt is formed. The president began Iris consultations with political leaders for formation of anew government early today. He hoped to find a left wing coalition capable of rushing the budget, already long overdue, through parliament. Herriot Dominant Figure According to parliamentary tradition, (he Socialists will be given the first opportunity to form a govern- ; ment, as they chiefly wera^snon- : sible for the government* over*] t hrow. The policy of the party has been not to accept the responsibility of assuming power, and there was no indication that the policy would b£ changed. The Socialists declined an invitation to form a cabinet after overthrowing Edouard Herriot on the war debts question in December. Herriot remained a dominant figure in the political crisis, but was not expected to be commissioned to form a government unless other candidates failed. Immediate possibilities as pre-mier-designate included Edouard Deladier and Camille Chautemps, both ministers under Herriot, and Faul-Boncour, the veteran. Paul Painleve, and Senator Theodore Steeg. TENURE REPEAL MOVES BACKED BY GOVERNOR indicated to Teachers lie Will Sign Measure if Passed. Superintendent Donald Du Shane of the Columbus schools and Miss Martha Whitaker, member of the state board of education and former head of the State Teachers' Federation, led a delegation calling on Governor Paul V. McNutt today to protest teacher tenure law repeal. The Governor informed them that tenure repeal is not an administraIton measure, but indicated that he will sign it if passed. He pointed out that public opinion can form a bulwark to protect deserving teachers almost as effective as law. Later, the Governor told the press that he rather favored the bill with the senate amendments making tenure optional in towns of less than 15,000. Many teachers in the smaller places take this stand, he said.

LEASES TO BE GRANTED Safety Board to Award Contracts for Market Restaurants. Two restaurants in the east section of the city market will be leased Monday by the safety board, it was announced today. The two establishments will take the place of the fourteen which have been operating until recently. The city council recently passed an ordinance restricting the number to two. Restaurant operators at the market sought an injunction in superior court one. to stop execution of the law. but Judge John Kern dissolved the proceedings this week.

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Ford’s Claim of Banker Plot to Close Auto Plants May Draw Congress Quiz Gives Strength to General Complaints That Industry in U. S. Is Dominated by Financial Institutions, Says Alabama Senator. By 1 nitrd Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Henry Ford’s charge that competitors were seeking through banking influence to prevent the production of new Ford models merits congressional investigation, Senator Hugo L. Black (Deni., Ala.) said today.

Black Friday urged senate inquiry into general complaints that banks dominate industry in the United States. “I think Ford's statement is right in line with the testimony given Friday before the senate judiciary committee that banks dominate industry through interlocking directorates," Black said. “It would be most profitable to find out the basis of Mr. Ford's statement.'’ Few Return to Jobs By I nitrd Press DETROIT. Jan. 28.—A dozen old employes ran the gantlet of strikepickets’ boos and jeers today and signed up under the new' wage scale w'hich officials at the Briggs Manufacturing Company believe will break a strike w'hich has stopped

FIGHT RENEWED ON WATER RATE Petition for Rehearing Is Filed With Commission by Mayor Sullivan. Possibility of a rehearing and a rate reduction for Indianapolis Water Company consumers loomed today, with filing of a petition with the public service commission by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Should the new administration of the commission refuse to hear the case, appeal may be taken to the Marion county circuit court, despite the company’s attempt to keep the old appeal alive in federal district court here, it was indicated. The permanent rate order, from which appeal is taken, increased the rate for the first,sQO cubic feet on all consumers from 21.5 cents, established in an emergency rats reduction order, to 25 cents a cubic foot. It was based on a more than 6 per cent return on a $22,500,000 finding of valuation. This valuation, written into the order by Commissioner Howell Ellis and concurred in by Commissioners Ralph Young, John W. Mc(Turn lo Page Nine) GOVERNOR APPROVES $1,438,373 LOANS Applications to R. F. C. Are Passed by McNutt. Applications for $1,438,373 in R. F, C. loans for three counties and one Indiana city were approved today by Governor Paul V. McNutt. The applicants and amounts of the loans follow: Lake county, $750,000; Vigo county. $338,373:’ Grant county, $150,000, and city of Washington, $200,000. The applications are presented to R. F. C. officials following approval by the Governor. SCHRAMM RITES SET Funeral Services for Former City Man Are Held Today. Funeral services for Louis J. Schramm. 73. former resident of Indianapolis, who died Tuesday at his home at Winter Park. Fla., were to be held at 1:30 today in the Shirley Brothers’ funeral home. 946 North Illinois street. Burial was to be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Schramm was a member of the Lutheran church and Knights of Pythias.

Brakeman Jumps In to Pa th of Train, Dies Instantly

Jumping from one train directly into the path of a passenger limited traveling at seventy-five miles an hour on the next track, Harry R. Burnett. 41. of 14 North Traub avenue. Big Four brakeman, was killed instantly today. The accident occurred near the 4400 block, Pendleton pike. Burnett's body, horribly mangled, was

sent to the city morgue by Dr. John E. Wyttenbach, deputy coroner, who ininvestigated. According to fellow trainmen, Burnett is believed to have crawled between cars of a train standing on the tracks and leaped toward the appro aching limited His body Ls believed to have hit

directly in the driving wheels of the locomotive, and was thrown thirty feet against the side of the train from which he had jumped. Burnett was employed on a Peoria Sc Eastern train of the Big Pour system, which was backing from the

their operation and forced all Ford Motor plants to close. The few returning workers came individually, but each w>as subjected to jeers and bcos from the eighty strike pickets as sixty-five state troopers, forty Wayne county deputies and sixty Highland Park nolice kept the strikers in line and moving. Police were armed with riot clubs and tear gas bombs. Nearby, four squad cars of the sheriff's office were loaded full of additional tear gas. Chief Dan Patch of the Highland Park force was fearful lest some overt incident precipitate violence. ‘‘We’re sitting on top of a volcano.’’ he said. Officials,- how-ever, anticipate little opportunity for trouble today pointing out that the major move for re-employment undoubtedly will come Monday morning.

FLAILS INDIANA MARRIAGE LAWS Chicago Judge Makes Bitter Attack on Crown Point ‘Gin Weddings.’ By l nitrd Press CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—Marriages following gin parties and subsequent divorces were vigorously criticised by Judge Joseph Sabath here after he granted five separation decrees in superior court. The court especially assailed Crown Point, Ind., as a “Gretna Green.” In each of the five divorces granted, Judge Sabath said, the marriage was preceded by drinking and a semi-elopement to Crown Point for licenses and the ceremony. He spoke of such marriages as "vicious and thoughtless.” “Such marriages as these,” he said, “are clogging our divorce courts. They can be halted by proper legislative action.” Judge Sabath is an advocate of a law requiring elapse of five days between obtaining of a license and the marriage.

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By United Press American Banker reports bank closings this week numbered fortysix, against fifty-five last week. Seaboard Air Line reports December operating income of $126,028, against $60,257 In December, 1931. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company declares extra dividend of 25 cents a share on common stock. Atlantic coast line reports December operating income of $546,032, against $521,746 In December, 1931. American Commercial Alcohol Company reports 1932 income of $586,385, against loss of $597,651 in 1931. Baltimore <fe Ohio railroad reports December operating income of $1,841,587, against $813,322 in December, 1931. MERCURY FALLS TO 26 Rain Is Predicted for Sunday; Warmer W'eather Forecast. Accompanied by a freezing mist, the temperature dropped to 26 today with the weather bureau forecasting unsettled weather and warmer Sunday. The first touch of winter in several weeks struck Indianapolis Friday afternoon. Rain is predicted for Sunday afternoon or night.

east, according to trainmen. The train from which he jumped was at a standstill on a second track and the limited on the next track beyond the standing train. There were no witnesses who saw Burnett crawl between the cars, although J. O. Brown, engineer of the limited, saw him jump. G. H. Hoppinger, 46, of 622 West Forty-third street, was conductor of the train on which Burnett had been working. Mrs. Burnett was informed of her husband's death by the Rev. T. J. Simpson, pastor of the Washington Presbyterian church, of which the family are members. Burnett left his home for work early this morning, Mrs. Burnett said. A 2’..-year-old son. Richard, was asleep when word was received ol the father's death. Survivors include a son by an earlier marriage. James T. Burnett, 15. who lives with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Burnett of Canton. N. C. The Burnetts have been residents of Indianapolis since their marriage eight years ago. Burnett haa been employed by railroads for thirteen years. Two brothers and three sisters are said to live in the south.

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EFFICIENCY IS M’NUTT AIM IN REORGANIZING No Undemocratic One-Man Rule Contemplated. Says Governor. ECONOMY ALSO IS GOAL Upsetting Present Plan of Boards Not Intended; Passage Assured. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY No undemocratic, one-man government is contemplated by the administration should the broad powers provided in the state government reorganization measure be conferred upon the chief executive, it was promised today by Governor Paul V. McNutt. ‘‘All governmental functions will be retained and reorganization will be in the interest of economy and efficiency and not for political purposes," he pledged. The Governor said he has no intention to upset the present plan of having boards of trustees for each of the twenty-two state penal and benevolent institutions. Now Governed by Boards These now are governed by bipartisan boards of four members. If the reorganization plan becomes law, the Governor can ignore the bipartisan feature, and make appointments either for fitness or party political purposes, it was pointed out. Retention of the individual institution trustee system is in the interest of democracy by securing services of many citizens in governmental affairs, McNutt said. He also reiterated that qualifications, and not politics, will govern his selections. Other aspects of the proposed law which will make for democracy, the Governor pointed out, is the provision for full-time functioning of the Lieutenant-Governor, and the fact that the majority of the eight departments will be governed by active boards, the whole forming a cabinet, of department heads with the chief executive. Reins in Governor’s Hands However, the oili, as presented in both houses Friday afternoon, does place the reins of state government squarely in the hands of the Governor. It puts the entire personnel, with the exception of elective officers! and one deputy each, into the hands i of the chief executive. This gives; him full authority to hire or fire! any one of the thousands of stated employes in any department of (Turn to Page Three)

HOOSIER BIRTH RATE HIT BY DEPRESSION 14,130 Less Babies Born in Indiana in ’32, Report Shows. Depression has hit the Hoosier birth rate. There were 14,130 less babies born in Indiana in 1932 than in 1931, according to a vital statistics tabulation issued today from the state health department. The 1931 birth rate was 17.2 for each 100.000 population and dropped to 13 per cent in 1932. Babies born in 1932 totaled 52.799. The death rate kept almost even for the two years, being 11.8 in 1932 and 11.9 in 1931. Total deaths in 1932 were 38,669. OPEN FIGHT TO FREE YOUNGEST •LIFER’ Sister Battles for Man Sent to Prison at Age of 14. By I nitrd Press VALPARAISO. Ind., Jan. 28.—Renewed efforts to gain freedom of Robert Mollick, 26. the youngest person ever sentenced to life imprisonment in Indiana, have been started here by his sister, Mrs. Kate Maree, Chicago. Mollick entered “lifer's row” at the Indiana state prison in knee pants twelve years ago. He was convicted in Porter circuit court of slaying his foster mother, Mrs. Robert Stoltz, at her home here. No motive for the slaying ever was found.

ITCORMICK ANNUITY TO ARCHITECT HALTED 524.00 Income Left Edward Krenn Blocked by Real Estate Slump. By United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 28.—A 524.000 yearly life annuity which Edward Krenn. Austrian architect, was to receive from the estate of the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick has j been halted, because of depleted ! real estate values, sources close to l the McCormick family said today. In Mrs. McCormick's will. Krenn was bequested a five-twelfths share in her estate. He waived his portion in return for the annual $24,000 income. FLIES TO ROOSEVELT Sir Ronald Lindsay Takes Plane for Warm Springs. Ga. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British ambassador. left Washington by plane i today for Warm Springs, Ga., to j discuss the war debt situation with : President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt before sailing for London next : Tuesday. The ambassador expected to arrive in Atlanta at about 6 p. m., and motor from there *o Warm Springs.

Threatening Crowd Halts Farm Sales Foreclosure Moves Blocked: Campaign for Holiday Is Pushed. By 1 nitrd Pirns ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 28.—The threatening shouts of farmers, crowded around so closely that the sheriff was pinned in his chair, caused postponements of three farm mortgage foreclosure sales at Madison, Minn., today. More peaceable gatherings occurred at farm sales held in Pawnee City, Neb., and Benson, Minn., as the aroused agrarians pressed their campaign for extension of mortgage moratoriums. The Madison sales were preceded by a raid upon the Klein National bank, by five gunmen, who “scaped with SB,OOO. The bandits were aided by the fact that streets were deserted as townspeople and farmers flocked to the courthouse. More than 2.000 members and sympathizers of the Lac Qui Parle county unit of the Farmers’ Holiday Association, were present, headed by M. John Bosch, Atwater, state president, when the sales started. Hourly Temperature 6 a. m 26 10 a. m 28 7 a. m 27 11 a. m 29 Ba. m 28 12 (noon).. .28 9 a. m 28 1 p. m 28

‘Showup ’ Room Outfitted for City Police Force Modern System Adopted by Morrissey: Stage Erected in Old Bertillon Quarters.

The Indianapolis police department is going to stand its criminal suspects up just like a girl does her beau, for Chief Mike Morrissey today decided to modernize the department with a “showup" room. A room on the third floor of the police headquarters, formerly used by the Bertillon department, is being outfitted to “showup" suspects in in crimes before the detective force.

DGMB HOME OF BANKER; 1 DEAD Wife of U. S. Adviser to Mussolini Killed; Five Injured. By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 28.—A terrific bomb explosion today w’recked the home of John Di Silvestro, friend and adviser of Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, killing his wife Helen and injuring other members of the family. After a seven-hour search by police and friends, Mrs. Di Silvestro’s body w r as found and removed from the ruins. Four children, Helen, 14; Arnold, 19, and Anita and Gloria, 11-year-old twins, and a secretary, who were injured in the explosion, W'ere taken to St. Agnes’ hospital. Tons of tangled wreckage of the three-story house had fallen around them as they slept. Their cries directed rescue workers, who removed them from the ruins. Di Silvestro is a bank president, legal adviser to the Italian consulgeneral in Philadelphia, and head of the National Order of Sons of Italy. Mrs. Di Silvestro’s crushed body was found in the basement of the house. She apparently had been thrown from her bed by the explosion, and the falling roof and upper floor carried her to the basement. Di silvestro was not in the house at the time of the explosion. It was reported that the Italian consul in Philadelphia. Giovanni Maria Pio Margotti, had been at the Silvestro home Friday night and that the bomb may have been intended to kill him. ROY 8080 IN PRISON Murderer of Former Wife Observes His Forty-Third Birthday. By Un ! tcd Press MARION, Ind., Jan. 28.—Roy Bobo celebrated his forty-third birthday anniversary at Michigan City state prison today, where he is serving a life sentence for the second degree murder of his former wife, Mrs. Oda Lippens. SALES TAX IS OPPOSED Members of Civic Clubs Federation Adopt Resolution. Members of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic clubs Friday night adopted a resolution opposing the sales tax bill now pending in the legislature.

9- Year-Old Boy Dashes Into Auto’s Path, Killed, While Running Errand for Mother

(Picture on Pare 2) An 11-year-old boy wandered disconsolately through a hushed home at 1210 East St. Clair street today, waiting for news of his brother. John ’Jackie) Parker, 9, who was injured fatally late Friday afternoon when struck by an automobile. Clay Parker did not know’ that Jackie died early today at city hospital of a fractured skull and other injuries. The accident occurred at Dorman and Michigan streets while Jackie was on the way to the grocery, ‘-running an errand” for his mother. It i

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A stage has been erected in the room and the suspect w'ill be marched across this stage in front of a blackboard with blinding lights shining upon him. The suspect will be unable to see hi3 accusers or any one seeking to identify him in connection with a crime. He can be marched back and forth and be eyed by the detective force without recognizing his audience on the street. “Show-ups" have been common in other cities for* years. The antiquated method of the department up to this time has been to bring the prisoners before a group of detectives in the turnkey’s office at the jail. The prisoner is able to see any one in the room. Morrissey said the room would be used for schooling patrolmen on methods of searching criminals, traffic codes and other police work. Little expense is attached to the “showup” installation, he said. The Bertillon room now is housed on the first floor at headquarters. FREE SOUTHPORT MAN OF LIQUOR CHARGES Count Is Dismissed by Judge; Arrested After Auto Accident. Charges of operating a motor vehicle w’hile under the influence of liquor w'ere dismissed against Henry Groeschell. 38, of Southport, Friday afternoon by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer. Groeschell was arrested Thursday night after his car had collided with a concrete abuutment supuporting safety lights at the Belt railroad and Madison avenue. According to Mrs. Groeschell, her husband's car w’as sideswiped by another car and forced against the abutment. She denied he had been drinking. BABY IS BORN IN AUTO Woman Gives Birth to Girl While Husband Drives to Hospital. While being rushed to the city hospital in an automobile by her husband, Mrs. Malinda Rocksandich, 26, of 236 South Illinois street, gave birth to a 6’--pound baby girl Thursday afternoon as her husband drove into the old admitting room entrance to the hospital. CASHIER PLEADS GUILTY Official of Defunct Spencer Bank Admits Misappropriating Funds. Frank Wright. 2131 College avenue, former cashier of the defunct Spencer (Ind.) National bank, today pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of misappropriating funds of the bank. He was indicted jointly with Karl Nutter, Martinsville, president of the Spencer bank and of the defunct Martinsville Trust Company. Wright will be sentenced Friday when others indicted by the grand jury last week will be arraigned.

was the eighth fatal accident in Marion county since Jan. 1. Jackie was struck by the right headlight of the automobile of Joe Volpert, 28. of Peru, who swerved his car in a vain effort to avoid striking Jackie. The car was stopped within twenty feet, police said, and Volpert carried the boy to a filling station. Volpert, who had been held on a charge of assault and battery with an automobile, was reslated on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. M i Municipal Judge William H.

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SENATE WAVERS ON SALES TAX Plan to Abandon Measure Given Consideration of Leaders. Abandonment of the proposed sales tax, or its reduction from 2 to 1 per cent, with an increase in the exemption from $1,200 to $2,500 is being considered by administration members of the state senate, it was learned today. Possibility that the McNutt governmental reorganization plan, designed to effect an annual saving of $2,000,000, and removal of high school teachers from provisions of the guaranteed minimum wage program, will affect sufficient saving to permit abandonment or reducing the sales tax and still balance the state budget, is being considered. The plan is before Senator Anderson Ketchum <Dem„ Greensburg), majority floor leader, and other administration supporters. It is estimated that taking high school teachers out of the minimum wage plan would effect a saving of $7,000,000 a year.

HUCKSTER BARELY ESCAPES RAIL DEATH Jumps to Safety as Truck Is Crushed by Train. Zebb B. Adams. 48. of Whiteland, had a narrow escape from death today when his truck stalled on the Big Four tracks at Newman street and Massachusetts avenue in the path of an outbound Cleveland train. When he saw the approaching locomotive, Adams leaped to safety. The truck was demolished. The street and tracks were covered with remnants of twenty dozens of eggs which Adams, a huckster, was delivering to grocery stores. Twenty chickens, contained in a straw-filled crate, were unharmed when the crate was hurled from the truck. Engineer of the train was Harry Bowman, 916 Denny street, and conductor was E. E. Apple, 108 East Thirteenth street. REGISTRATION IS SET Butler Enrollment to Dominate Next Week's Activities. Registration for the second semester will dominate campus activities at Butler university next week, with students of the day division enrolling on Monday and the evening and extension division, Thursday and Friday evenings. Class work in the day division will begin Tuesday and instruction in the evening and extension division will start Feb. 6. FIND STOLEN CLOTH ING Two Youths Arrested on Charges of Auto Banditry, Burglary. Clothing valued at $350, which was stolen from the home of James Vinson, 445 North Drexel avenue, w'as recovered by detectives in Greenfield. Two youths were arrested on charges of auto banditry, burglary and grand larceny. Clifford Oakes, 18, is said by detectives to have admitted breaking into the Vinson home.

Sheaffer released him on bond today when the case was continued until Feb. 7. “We are afraid to tell Clay that Jackie’s dead,” sobbed Mrs. < Bessie Parker, the mother. ‘‘Neighbors told me that Clay edged through the crowd around Jackie, took one look and turned away with tears running down his cheeks. "He hasn’t said a word all morning. But I’ll have to tell him.” Parents of the boys are separated and whereabouts of tbg father, Eugene Parker, is unknown.

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Kurt Von Schleicher, Long a Power Behind Scenes, Quits With Cabinet. VON PAPEN IN BREACH Named by Hindenburg to Form Government, but Expected to Fail. BY FREDERICK KUH I nitrd Press Staff Corresoondent BERLIN, Jan. 28.—General Kurt von Schleicher, the German chancellor, who controlled politics from behind the scenes for years, resigned with his entire cabinet today, after his bid for power bordering on dictatorship was thwarted. Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader, was expected to be his successor. President Von Hindenburg refused to empower Schleicher to dissolve the Reichstag. The president commissioned former Chancellor Franz von Papen to enter negotiations for formation of a government, but politicians believed Von Papen would fail and Hindenburg would name Hitler, Nazi leader, the new chancellor. Nazi sources told the United Press that Schleicher recommended Hitler for the chancellorship, and that the president was considering the nomination. Hitler Changes Plana Hitler suddenly altered his plans to leave Berlin for a week-end in the country. He had announced that he was leaving the city "because everything is settled," which politicians interpreted as meaning that he had received nationalistic support, including that of the Steel Helmets, in his bid for the chancellorship. Schleicher was credited with making and unmaking Papen. but the military chancellor finally became a victim of backstairs intrigue which he introduced into German politics. The chancellor held power seldom equalled in Germany. He was credited with the ousting of the Prussian cabinet, which gave the Reich government control of the Prussian police of 90.000 men as well as the regular army. Beginning in an inconspicuous position in the ministry of defense, Schleicher elevated Dr. Heinrich Bruening to the chancellorship, ousted him twenty-six months later and "hired and fired" Papen through his influence with the president. Papen Wins Hindenburg Papen, however, gradually won the heart of Hindenburg. Papen's unpopularity with the masses caused his removal and his “all-monocle” cabinet stood little chance of survival in the reichstag. Hindenburg dropped Papen because general hostility to his policies caused immediate danger of a general strike, and possibly civil war. Papen resigned, but retained the President's confidence. He mobilized anti-Schleicher forces, including numerous industrialists and big land owners and the followers of the Nationalist leader, Dr Alfred Hugenberg. Papen wisely made a bid for Hitler's support. For weeks, Berlin watched the spectacle of former political foes fraternizing publicly, while Schleicher's prestige suffered because he failed to use the strongarm methods which the public expected from a man of his reputation. Schleicher Go*’- *~ Sehleicher becar. decided to demana solution of the i would permit him - ut without parliament. He resigned when Hindenburg refused. Schleicher was credited with planning to ask indefinite adjournment of parliament, which would have been tantamount to a coup d'etat, for the constitution provides that anew parliament must bi elected within sixty days. The president’s alienation from Schleicher was said to have been caused by Schleicher’s failure to shield close political friends and advisers of Hindenburg against the attacks of Socialists and Catholics in the reichstag. I. U. BEAUTY IS CHOSEN Montieello Girl Named to Compete in Big Ten Contest. By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind„ Jan. 28. Miss Jo Dorsett, Montieello, will represent Indiana university m the Big Ten beauty contest at Chicago Feb. 10, according to information received here today from the magazine conducting the event. Miss Dorsett, a freshman, was selected as the most beautiful of three I. U. co-eds entered, LARGE SAFE IS STOLEN 400-Pound Strongbox Removed From City Drug Store. A 400-pound safe containing $125 and valuable papers was stolen from the pharmacy of Harlan W. Carter at 936 East Thirtieth street, early today. Carter reported to police. Crash at Crossing Fatal By Primes Sertice LA PORTE, Jan. 28.—William F. Schabloski. 40, was lulled instantly when his automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at a Wanatah crossing.