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U. $. CITZENS ARE MENACED IN JEHOL WAR Danger Not Sufficient to Warrant Immediate Evacuation. CHINA READY TO FIGHT Japanese Advance Will Be Resisted to Bitter End, Say Generals. BY HERBERT R. EKINS ( nited Pres* Staff Correspondent PEIPING, Feb. 20.—Diplomatic and military representatives of the United States government in north China discusssed plans today for protection of American lives and property if the impending Japanese drive on Jehol province extends southward to the PeipingTientsin region. Fighting on the Jehol border, with possibility of the Japanese invasion spreading to the south, was considered inevitable. Chinese commanders in Jehol, both regulars and guerillas, adopted acting Premier Soong's slogan, “‘we never will surrender Jehol," as their battle cry. and declared that the slightest Japanese or Manchoukuo advance would meet ‘“furious resistance.” Not Ready for Evacuation United States Minister Nelson T. Johnson and his diplomatic and military aids decided that while alertness was warranted, Americans in the Peiping-Tientsin region were not in sufficient danger to call for evacuation. Chinese officials expected that Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, commanding Chinese forces in north China, soon would receive a formal Japanese ultimatum demanding immediate evacuation of Jehol. Chang will ignore the ultimatum. Chang and Acting Premier T. V. Soong, who inspected Chinese troops in the Jehol sector and assured the soldiers of the backing of a united China, awaited the arrival here of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek for further reorganization of defense forces. China Will Resist Any Japanese move from now on toward subjugation of territory claimed as Chinese will mean war, Soong told the United Press. He sadi the policy of non-resistance to “Japan's aggression” finally and definitely had been abandoned. Soong and Chang were assured the loyalty of the governor of Jehol, Tang Yu-Lin. Soong admitted that the Chinese lacked modern instruments of war possessed by the Japanese, but declared they would throw “every available man in China” into the battle. Europe Sits on Volcano BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scrinps-lloward Forcien Editor WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—With three imbroglios already on its hands —in China, the Chaco, and on the upper Amazon —the League of Nations today faced anew upheaval in Europe which threatens to lay all the others in the shade. With all the suddenness that characterized the World war explosion in 1914, a whole series of startling events have thrust themselves upon the none too stable European stage, causing world chancelleries grave anxiety over what may happen next. Here are some of them: 1. The unexpected rise of Fascist Adolph Hitler to power in Germany on a platform which calls for scrapping of the treaty of Versailles. 2. Fascist Hitler’s immediate gesture of friendship and offer of cooperation with Fascist Mussolini. 3. The markedly frigid reception of M. Henry de Jouvenel, France’s new ambassador to Rome. 4. The osthentatious trial, in Italy, of Professor Charles Eydoux of the Ecole Polytechnique, France's school for army engineers, on a charge of spying, timed to coincide with M. De Jouvenel’s arrival in Rome. 5. Discovery of an illicit shipment of approximately 60,000 rifles and machine guns en route from Italy to Hungary, through Austria. , 6. France’s and Britain’s ultimatum to Austria to return the arms to Italy within tw'o weeks, or destroy them on the spot, and produce satisfactory proof of what was done with them. These events have put a new' face on the whole world situation. They are largely behind the double somersault taken by Great Britain and France on far eastern policy, and they served at least to modify Britain's stand on the war debts Japan Ready to Quit BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Pres* Staff Correspondent TOKIO. Feb. 20.—Japan placed squarely before the League of Nations today the necessity of deciding whether to precipitate Tokio's withdrawal from the league. The cabinet voted definitely to withdraw form Geneva if the league officially condemned Japanese action in Manchuria. This action, expected to come after the league adopted the report of its committee of nineteen condemning the Japanese course, was a surprise, coming before the league voted on the report. Tokio. by moving in advance of the league itself, apparently sought to shift responsibility for the break on to Geneva. It was understood the cabinet planned to continue Japanese participation in the disarmament conference. Premier Saito and Foreign Minister Uchida visited Emperor Hirohito immediately after the Japanese cabinet meeting to obtain imperial approval of the break with Geneva, which was considered certain. The Japanese delegation was expected to start home immediately after Matsuoka made his final speech and presented the counterproposal to the assembly.

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Miss Margaret Kruis, above, is one of the five victims of an assassin’s shots fired at PresidentElect Roosevelt. Standing near the Presidentelect's auto, she suffered a scalp wound W’hen one of the bullets tore through her hat. She is vacationing in Miami. Her home is in Newark, N. J.

EDUCATORS TO HOLD PROGRAMS ‘lndiana Vocational Week’ to Be Observed; Meeting Slated Here. Twentieth anniversary of vocational education in the state is being observed this week, beginning today, by the Indiana Vocational Association. Known as “Indiana Vocational Education w'eek,” the celebration W'ill end Saturday W'hen members of the association attend a lunchion meeting at noon in the Columbia Club. Address at the meeting will be given by Dr. Charles R. Prosser, director of Dunw'oody Institute, Minneapolis. He was the first director of the federal board of vocational education and served as superintendent of schools in New Albany, Ind. During the w'eek, groups in cities and towms throughout the state will arrange programs in their own communities. Members of the state board of education, state officers, including Lieutenant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend, Representative Earl Crawford, speaker of the house of representatives, and Robert Hougham, president of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association, have been invited to attend the Saturday meeting. Officers of the vocational association are W. A. Smith, Lafayette, president; Guy Stantz, Terre Haute, vice-president, and George K. Wells, Indianapolis, secretary.

Roosevelt Assassin Pleads Guilty; Gets 80-Year Term

‘Sorry I Didn't Kill Next President/ Zangara uSays in Court. (Continued From Page One) the assassint continued, apparently referring to “the capitalist.” “I wanted to make it fifty-fifty. Since my stomach hurt, I had to get even with a capitalist.” He shrugged and his voice raised suddenly to a high pitch which made his broken English difficult to understand. “I kill the President,” he said in a shrill voice. “Don't you want to live?” the judge asked. Again the shrug. “I don’t care. I sick. My stomach almost burning up.” The judge questioned him concerning the shooting. Zangara responded willingly, saying that he did not attempt to fire on Mr. Roosevelt until the President- elect had finished a short speech, made from the back of an automobile, and slid back down to the seat. “There were too many people in front of me,” Zangara explained. "I wanted to aim good—straight at him. I had to wait." He paused, then elaborated on his explanation. “I wouldn't shoot anybody else except they get in my way while pistol pointed at Roosevelt. “Aren’t you sorry for what you did?” defense counsel Raia asked. “No, I not sorry, not sorry about nothing,” Zangara said defiantly. “Haven't people been nice to you in this country?” Judge Collins asked. “No, nobody kind to me," Zangara replied. SONS OF REVOLUTION TO ELECJ OFFICERS Annual Business Meeting to Be Held Next Saturday. Annual business meeting of the Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will be held Saturday in the Spink-Arms. New officers will be elected. The annual dinner, which will be given at the Columbia Club following the business session, will be presided over by Mark H. Reasoned retiring president. Among the guests at the dinner will be Mrs. Rcscoe O'Brien, Brookville. state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Mrs. A. P. Moorman, state director of the Children of the American Revolution; Frederick W. Millspaugh of Nashville, president-gen-eral of the S. A. R.; Charles A. Breece of Indianapolis, vice-presi-dent-general. and Clarence A. Cook of Indianapolis, national trustee.

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TRUCKMEN TO WAGE WAR ON SENATE BILL Measure Gives Monopoly to Railroads, Charge of Traffic Official. FEARS RUIN FOR MANY Scores of Firms Would Be Driven Out of Business, Says Harlow Hyde. Charging that House Bill 125 will drive of contract truckers out of Business, and leave a monoply in the transportation field to common carrier trucks and railroads, was made today by Harlow Hyde, assistant secretary of the Indiana Motor Traffic Association, Inc. The bill already has passed the house and is now on final reading in the senate. Hyde said attempts will be made to check its progress there, or amend it to make it more fair to the contract men. At least a “grandfather” clause” should be inserted, he said. This automatically would grant certificates of operation from the public service commission to contract haulers now operating. Some Exemptions Made Such clause was inserted when the law bringing common carrier trucks under public service commission control was passed, he pointed out. Attempts by contract truckers to gain more favorable terms partially were successful this morning when the bill was amended, but not all of the proposed amendments were adopted. The present bill w'ould place all trucking under the public service commission, requiring certificates before being allowed to operate. It does exempt farm trucks, household goods haulers, school busses, and private trucks used in business. Hyde contends that trucks now operated under contract with manufacturers would be forced out if the bill becomes law' and the manufacturers will buy their own trucks or use the common carriers, which would result in increased freight costs. Monopoly Trend Shown Tabulation of the trend toward monopoly by railroads and truck common carriers has been, made by Hyde. It shows that seven operators hold forty-four certificates, covering 3,360 miles of the principal paved highways of the state. There are ninety-five carriers with 148 certificates, covering 8,625 miles, the average permit being about fifty miles, lie said. Arguments against the bill will be that the people of Indiana paid $200,000,000 for the highways during the last ten years and should be watchful that they do not become monopolized.

'CANNONBALL’ BAKER’S FATHER IS DEAD HERE Parent of Famed Racer Was Resident Here for 39 Years. Henry W. Baker, 79, father of E. C. (Cannonball) Baker, holder of many transcontinental speed records, and a resident of Indianapolis for thirty-nine years, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herman Merklin, 827 Dawson street. “Cannonball” Baker was in Philadelphia at the time of his father’s death, but is on his way here to attend the funeral. Another son, Harry J. Baker, survives. PROGRAM FOR BUTLER FOUNDERS’ DAY SET David Lawrence to Speak at Both Observances Here. Fifty-first observance of Founders’ day at Butler university will be held held Saturday with academic exercises at 10 in the fieldhouse and a formal banquet at 6:30 in the Claypool. David Lawrence, editor and founder of the United States Daily, Washington, will speak at both programs. His morning subject will be “The University and Citizenship,” and at night “The Call for Unselfish Citizenship.” First appearance of Butler seniors in caps and gowns will be made during a processional on the campus during the morning ceremony. President Walter Scott Athearn and Dr. C. T. Howe, former president, will speak.

China Looks to Ancient Jehol Jinx to Smite Japan

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripns-Howard For Men Editor WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.—Will the jinx of Jehol, where Chinese and Japanese now are spilling each other's blood, also prove a jinx to the Japanese. Chinese, who still believe in their gcis of wind and water, are asking this question and hoping for an affirmative answer. To them, or at least to the former occupants of their Dragon throne, it was the home of wicked spirits, the land of the Evil Eye. Jehol means “warm river.” Just as at President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's favorite vacation resort at Warm Springs, Ga., tepid water gushes in vast volume from the mountainside near the town of Jehol and flows into the turbulent Luan-ho. The Luan-ho scenically is Jehol's Colorado river, canyons and all.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933

RHYMING ROGUE TRIPPED

'Just a Little Poem ’ Trick Finally Fails Crook

This is the eleventh of a series of stories based on information from the files of the United States bureau of investigation and other sources telling for the first time the bureau's agents’ part in famous mysteries. BY LOU WEDEMAR Times Staff Writer Addressing students of the government’s criminology school, conducted for its agents by the United States bureau of investigation at Washington, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau, once said: “Most of this talk about false whiskers and disguises in detective work is bunkum. Mysteries are solved through hard work, honesty and common horse sense.” Plenty of hard work w r as involved in the case of the Great Impersonator, Neil McConlogue, w’ho many times during the last decade caused federal authorities sleepless nights. “He is such a likable man,” people often said about the poetic McConlogue. But Agent J-23, assigned in 1928 to capture him, was not inclined to agree. Starting in 1917 with an arrest in Providence, R. 1., McConlogue was the guest of police in Newark, Trenton, Boston, Long Beach,; Cal.; Los Angeles, San Antonio, Washington and Cleveland. Adopting the grand manner, McConlogue often talked his captors deaf, dumb and blind and walked out on them. Sometimes he would recite poetry. “Before we go to the police station, boys, let me recite you a little thing I wrote on the way out here in my private car,” he'd say, and go into a bit about a dew drop.

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And, as they gawked, Mr. McConlogue would duck, whirl and vanish. n tt tt HE got away from a Texas United States marshal in Kansas City in April, 1924. This was the method: First he persuaded the marshal to visit a movie with him. Then, thirsty, they went to a speakeasy. Afterward Mr. McConlogue just had to see a burlesque show. “Wait for me a minute,” said McConlogue. “I want to see a fellow about a poem.” And he was gone. In Dallas, Tex., in December, an agent of the bureau of investigation found him, and he was taken to Cleveland, where a sentence of eight years in Atlanta was imposed, in May, 1925. In Atlanta he was an exemplary prisoner and wrote a poem about Mother’s day. Shortly after he showed this to the warden, McConlogue was transferred to the federal detention camp at Cam; ’ Meade, Md. There was no provision for shipping him further, away. He had a visitor there. I’d like to see Mr. McConlogue, please.” The speaker was a pretty war widow, McConlogue’s sweetheart. “You can't see him alone, you know.” “Why not? He’s a trusty, isn’t he? He will be eligible for parole in a few weeks?” “Yes. Sorry, madam, but it’s the rule.” The young woman tossed her head. “Neil will do something when he hears of this,” she said, departing angrily. tt tt tt NEIL certainly did. He complained bitterly, but the warden was firm. So McConlogue went to the Camp Meade commissary, helped himself to all the alcohol he could find and went to Baltimore to find his sweetheart. She wasn’t home. McConlogue thereupon headed for Philadelphia without even a note of farewell. Then Special Agent J-23 came into the case. J.-23, it happened, was a friend of the marshal McConlogue had betrayed in Kansas City, and J-23 was eager to see the gentleman again. The first step J-23 took was to examine papers in the McConlogue case at Camp Meade. He found a long application for parole, which included this statement: “I am asking for parole because I feel that parole will act as a desirable rudder that will help greatly in charting my way through treacherous waters and guide me safely to a decent port of entry back into society, where I hope to create eventually a place of respect and trust.” More helpful, however, was the information he obtained from a formerly proinent prisoner who

Struck by the charm of the region and lured by the fine bathing, Emperor Kang Hsi established his summer capital there in 1703. Other emperors after him delighted to live, hunt and bathe there, and so Jehol grew and flourished. On Sept. 2. 1820. however, something terrifying happened. Emperor Chia Cheng was struck by lightning. The fiery hand of heaven reached down and smote him dead with one blow. It was an evil omen. The “wind and water” spirits were angry. The court of Cilia Cheng fled to Peking in panic. a a a IN 1860. the British and French were doing to China just what the Japanese are doing today—making war on a helpless country. And as their belching guns pounded away at the far-flung

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had been friendly with McConlogue. “I gave him an address in Philadelphia,” this prisoner said. “I used to have a secretary, a Mrs. Robinson, there. I thought McConlogue was going to visit her after he was paroled. I didn’t know he was going to take it on the lam.” J-23 went directly to Philadelphia. He found Mrs. Robinson and called her on the telephone. “I’m from the bureau of investigation,” he said. “It’s about Mr. Dyer, I suppose,” said Mrs. Robinson. “Well, everything is all right. I gave him the money!” tt tt tt J-23 sped to the house and got the story. McConlogue—she identified him from a photograph—had posed as Agent Dyer of the secret service. He had asked for S2OO to help get her former employer out of Camp Meade, and she cheerfully had handed it over. But McConlogue was gone again. Quicker than he had hoped, J-23 got further information. From Camp Meade came a telegram: “Proceed New York at once. See Earl Carroll, theatrical producer. McConlogue there.” Mr. Carroll was very glad to see J-23, and to tell him all about it. McConlogue, as “Captain Thorne,” had visited him the preceding day, producing a letter bearing the signature of another Camp Meade prisoner who had been a friend of Carroll’s. Carroll had suspected a forgery, and had wired Camp Meade. J-23 set a trap in case McConlogue returned, but the impersonator was too shrewd. Carroll’s manner had frightened him away, and J-23 was left far behind. But in posing as a federal officer McConlogue had aroused the sternest, pursuit, one which would not end until he was behind bars. It was 1929 before J-23 picked up another trail to McConlogue. A prisoner, known to De a friend of the fugitive, possessed a letter dated Salt Lake City. tt tt n HTHE letter was turned over to J-23 by Edward P. Mulrooney, now New York police commissioner. “I went to Philly. Got. S2OO by trick and device. Went to New York. Flopped. Then to Boston, Detroit, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver. “In Denver met pilot for eighteen passenger plane. He rode me to San Francisco, thinking I was a newspaper man and would give him publicity. Ducked him in Frisco. “Came back with a friend I used to troop. Tried to interest a railroad Croesus in an honest deal, but he cried hard times. So tonight I fold up my tent and saunter back to the coast.

walls and towering gates of China’s chief ports and cities, Emperor Hsien Feng forgot the jinx of Jehol, and sought refuge beside the “warm river.” He died mysteriously in less than a year. The Evil Eye has been-confirmed. The jinx was still on the job. From that day to this, the place has been abandoned. In 1900. during the Boxer uprising and the Allied march on Peking, the imperial court fled, not to Jehol, but to Sianfu, on the banks of the Yellow river. In the revolution of 1911-12, when the "Boy Emperor” Henry Pu Yi lost his throne, the family likewise shunned Jehol. a a a A FATAL jinx to his forebears, superstitious Chinese ask, will Jehol prove a jinx to Pu Yi,

“Confidentially, I’m going to Seattle and take an early boat for the Orient. Chances are I’ll get to London and try and settle in some hamlet in France ’till Gabriel rings the bell.” McConlogue had left Denver when the letter reached J-23. But at once every field office of the bureau was notified to be on watch, and to ask the co-operation of local police. Nevertheless J-23 was chagrined to receive this report from a city in California: “McConlogue had letter awaiting him under name of De Bussey at postoffice here. Left local police on watch. McConlogue got letter somehow and vanished.” The next tip was that there was a letter addressed to him at General Delivery, Seattle.' A guard was set there. All hotels on the Pacific coast were circularized to be on the lookout. But finding one man among SCUFFLE OVER GUN IS FATAL TO BOY Friendly Tilt With Brother Costs Lad’s Life. By United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind.. Feb. 20. Orra A. Lehr, 15, died at Putnam county hospital here Sunday of shotgun wounds suffered when he and his brother, Pnilip, 12, scuffled over the gun. The boy was a son of Orra Lehr, Cloverdale, and was a high school freshman. GETS 30-DAY TERM ON LIQUOR CHARGE Negro Is Fined SIOO Additional by Municipal Judge. Convicted on a blind tiger count. John Collier, Negro, 2744 Martindale avenue, in whose home a man died last week, was sentenced to thirty days on the state farm and fined SIOO today by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer. The man who died was identified as Robert Ryan, 50, by his brother, Thomas Ryan, 2818 MacPherson street. Collier first told police Ryan came into his house complaining of illness, and when an attempt was made to awaken him, it was discovered that Ryan was dead. A police raid on Collier’s home, later, resulted in confiscation of a quart of alcohol brought to the house by James Thomas, 2000 block East Twentieth street. Today a thirty-day sentence and SIOO fine against Thomas were suspended.

now head of Japan's puppet state of Manchukuo? At Japan’s bidding, he has issued an ultimatum ordering his own people—the Chinese defenders —to evacuate Jehol to make way for the legions of his master, the emperor of Japan. Will Pu Yi dare visit Jehol in the wake of these troops? If he does, will he, too, fall victim of the evil eye? Inside a six-mile wall, in the heart of the doomed province, the villas of Emperors Kang ksi and Chia Cheng are deserted and crumbling in grass-grown courtyards. From the hilltops the view is entrancing. The yellow and blue roofs of Jehol city can be plainly seen three iniles away in the valley below. Around about, the farmers still are tilling the stony ground with plows identical with those their ■

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many millions seemed an impossible task. McConlogue was alive —there was no doubt of that. A trail of forged checks, all drawn on a Denver bank, marked his passage across the Pacific states, showing an irregular and leisurely journey. , His forging of a wealthy railroad man's signature became so customary’ as to take on individuality that the capitalist's own signature lacked. No one suspected McConlogue until too late. His impersonations were helped by the fact that he had given up reciting poetry. tt tt tt IN October, 1930, Special Agent J-23 heard that McConlogue was active in California and hurried there in time to be in at his final impersonation. A prominent Californian was busy in his office when a presentable gentleman called on him—presentable, that is, except for the lack of a necktie. My name is Moore James Moore,” said the visitor. “I know Joe Moss, a friend of yours.” Joe Moss was a very good friend of the Californian, and he would excuse even a missing necktie for him. “Sit down, Mr. Moore. What’s on your mind?” “I’ve just been robbed, and I happened to think of you. My family and I were stuck up in our car, just outside town. They tore my necktie off because it had a valuable pearl stickpin in it. Can you let me have $500?” “Why, certainly. I can understand you need ready cash. You wait here and I’ll go down to the bank and get it. You can’t walk around town dressed as you are.” The Californian went down the hall and called the United States bureau of investigation. “The trouble with his story is that Joe Moss has been dead five years,” he explained. Special Agent J-23, who had been awaiting just such a tip, hurried to the business man’s office. “Why, how do you do, Mr. Moore?” he asked the Great Impersonator. “How do you like the sunshine?” “McConlogue to you,” said the fugitive sadly. “Say, would you like to hear a poem I just composed?” He went to the Atlanta penitentiary for five years. Next—The Alaskan Mystery.

Mary Inspires Diva Garden Proves That Singers Do Not Get Old, Fat, Says Schipa.

By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—The first thing Tito Schipa did when he reached Chicago Cunday was to pay a visit to Mary Garden, opera singer, who is making her debut in vaudeville. “She always makes me realize that opera singers don’t have to grow either old or fat,” the Italian tenor said of Miss Garden. Schipa recently had his tonsils removed and is en roube to New York, from where he will embark upon a concert tour of Europe. He said the operation had improved his voice, and made it “easier” for him to sing. SENATE SENDS PENSION BILL TO ENGROSSMENT Amendment Withdrawn When Weiss Explains Provisions. Old-age pension advanced another step in the state senate today when the house measure was sent to engrossment without amendment. Senator Walter Vermffllion (Dem.. Anderson) offered an amendment tightening the residence requirements, but later withdrew his motion when the bill’s provisions on this point were explained by Senator Jacob Weiss (Dem., Indianapolis). Unless unforeseen parliamentary tangles intervene, the measure will be posted for a final vote Tuesday. It already has pa&ged the lower house and a favorable vote in the senate sends the bill to the Governor for executive approval or veto.

ancestors used before Christ and before Confucius, their faith still firm in the spinfts of wind and water. u n st T>UT the Japanese are coming. War planes, machine guns and bayonets are blazing the way. Soon the rapid waters of “warm river” will be harnessed by mod-em-minded Japanese engineers. Hydro-electric plant sites already have been surveyed and blueprinted by the conquerors. Textile mills will soon be humming alongside the dainty ninestoried pagodas built by Pu Yi’s ancestors, and thousands of peasant children will be tending looms. But will modem Japan’s blaze of electricity and the clang of her up-to-date machinery forever kill the jinx of Jehol, or protect poor little Henry Pu Yi from ancient China’s EvU Eye?

SENATE NEAR APPROVAL OF SUPPLY OILL Appropriation Measure to Save Millions, Claim of Administration. UTILITY DRAFT PENDING Beer and Wright Laws Also Awaiting Action in Upper House. Full power of the administration was aligned behind the biennial appropriation measure today, as the Indiana senate swung into the closing fourteen days of its session. Carrying a total of $45,000,000, the supply bill has been whipped into such shape by the budget committee that senate leaders are predicting adoption this afternoon, without extended debate or amendments. Senator Anderson Ketchum (Dem., Greensburg) and Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk (Dem., Berne) are managers of the bill in the senate. Both say that material changes are not anticipated when the measure is considered by the senate sitting as a committee of the whole. Big Reduction Claimed Reduction of about $5,000,000 under the appropriations for the previous two years is claimed by the administration. Economy plans announced by Governor Paul V. McNutt may result in a further reduction which may bring the two-year savings close to $6,000,000, according to administration senators. Other important measures pending before the senate as the session nears its end include repeal of the Wright bone dry law and enactment of the beer tax measure, revision of Indiana's banking laws and creation of anew banking department. Others pending include more liberal laws governing public utilities and public ownership of utilities, revision of chain store fees, and several measures dealing with salaries of public officials. Measures dealing'directly with relief for delinquent taxpayers and farm owners have been scarce, so far, during the present session, despite many pre-session opinions that the McNutt administration would concentrate its power on such enactments. Early Adjournment Sought Plans for an early adjournment, or at least a recess the week-end of March 4, were revived today as senators returned to the statehouse. Voting strength of the McNutt forces has held steady throughout the session and even the handful of Republicans now express the opinion that if an early adjournment, or a recess, is desired, all that is necessary is for McNutt to pass the word to his legislative adherents. Saturday’s routine session of the senate was enlivened by a brisk skirmish over the two liquor bills, one repealing the Wright law and the other creating a beer control and tax department. Led by Senator Elias C. Swihart (Dem., Elkhart), eleven dry votes were mustered, with seven senators absent and thirty-;wo voting with the administration. Swihart failed to modify either of the two liquor bills, though claiming that neither was in accord with I the Democratic platform, and the smooth-working majority machine advanced the bills to second reading. Hits Garnishee Law Opponents of Indiana's law, which has been held practically Ineffective by county courts, found unexpected strength Saturday when adherents of the present law sought to remedy its defects. Led by Senator E. Curtis White (Dem., Indianapolis), the senate turned thumbs down on the attempt to strengthen the law. “Let’s pass a few laws in favor of wage earners,” White said. “Instead of trying to strengthen the garnishee law, we should let it remain as it is or repeal It entirely. “Many courts have said the law was of very little, if any, effect. For the sake of the poor man, we should | do nothing here to give it teeth.” Other Bills Considered Bills to limit the gross weight of trucks to 28.000 pounds, to give double compensation to minors injured | while illegally employed, to increase I fees for chain stores, and to in- | elude the effects on the human sysI tem of alcoholic drinks, narcotics, j sedatives and tobacco in books used ; by pupils of common schools all re--1 ceived indorsement by the senate. Attempt by Senator Herbert V. jTormohlen <Rep., Portland), to levy | a tax on cigarets and cigaret papers ! was sidetracked and referred back j to the finance committee, where the , bill is expected to rest quietly for ! the balance of the session.

If. S. BEHIND REST OF WORLD, SAYS EDDY Other Nations Dealing With Difficulties More Sanely, He Asserts. Belief that other nations of the world are dealing more sanely with their economic difficulties than the United States, was expressed by Sherwood Eddy in a talk on world trends, Sunday night, at the open forum at Kirshbaum center. He declared it was to this country's disgrace not to know the extent of unemployment. He described Hitler of Germany as a “petty prophet and a messiah of discontent promising things he never can fulfill. He is splitting Germany wide open.” “The biggest thing on this planet today is going on in Russia. Despite their difficulties, the Russians are making a great endeavor to end poverty.” he said. He urged that the United States recognize the Soviet and that the war dei-ts should be scaled down drastically. Seven Hundred persons the lecture. Dr. Louis H. Segar presided.