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SIMMONS GETS CZAR’S POWER IN NEW SETUP Bluffton Man Is King Bee in Reorganization of State Government. EFFECTIVE SATURDAY Named Head of Department of Public Works, With Great Authority. Virgil (SkiUs) Simmons, Bluffton, becomes No. 1 man in Governor Paul V McNutt's official family, under the final reorganization of the state government, effective Saturday. Appointment of Simmons as chief administrative, officer of the department of public works was announced by the Governor today, when he gave the final draft of the eight, departments. Final decision on departmental grouping was made by the Governor Wednesday night, alter conferences with several department heads, R. Earl Peters. Democratic state ci.airman, and Tom Taggart, Democratic national committeeman from Indiana. Given Wide Power Range Under thp plan, the department of public works, with Simmons as chief executive, has control over the conservation department, highway commission, excise director, burn* of printing, buildings and property, world’s fair commission. World war memorial, George Rogers Clark memorial, and the state purchasing department. This group puts Simmons ovr* all state departments where major expenditures wi’l be made. With Simmons as administrative officer will be the governing board composed of the Governor, Lieuten-ant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend, James D. Adams, chairman of the state highway commission, and Paul Fry, state purchasing agent and excise director. Final Decision With McNutt Simmons would have power to over-rule any departmental decisions, but all appointees are subject to removal by the Governor, which gives the chief executive absolute power, in the last analysis. Simmons has been a member of the “unofficial cabinet” group, with headquarters at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. He assisted in preparation and passage of administration bills during the legislature. A former member of the house, Simmons is a Democratic district chairman and member of the state committee. His new position will carry a salary of $5,000. Mayr Gets Crumbs Other departmental groupings, under the eight-division plan, follow generally the tentative draft made by McNutt during the session of the legislature, when the reorganization bill was passed. An exception, however, is the department of state of which Secretary of State Frank Mayr, Jr., is chief administrative officer. At first Mayr drew a complete blank and was to be shorn of all power. But. under the final arrangement. his office retains the corporation and securities divisions, election commission, and all professional licensing boards. Can Make Shifts Governor McNutt pointed out, however, that additional shifts can bo made by him at any time. The reorganization law gives the Governor complete power over all boards, commissions, departments, institutions and. above all. the purse strings. He can shift funds at will among his eight new divisions. The Governor has contended that around $5,000,000 will be saved by his reorganization plan. He pointed out that $75,000 will be sated in the health department, si 10.000 in conservation. and that the highway department already has cut costs $15,000 a week. TWO SHOT BY BANDITS Balked by Time I.oek on Bank Vault, Crooks Wound Man, Girl. Jin I till-.I I'l, HURON. S. D. April 13.—A girl and a man were wounded today when four bank raiders opened fire with a machine gun as they fled after failing in an attempt to rob the Security State bank because the vault was held fast by a time lock. Fred Porter, restaurant manager, nndn a waitress were struck by a burst of machine gun shots fired by the men as they fled from the town angered at their inability to open the vault. The wounds were not serious. Loss Life Under Train Jl'i l nihil I'li ss LAFAYETTE. Ind., April 13. William Bowman, 57. Danville, 111., was killed late Wednesday when he fell beneath the wheels of a freight train here. Times Index Page Books 21 Bridge 12 Classified 19-20 Comics 21 Crossword Puzzle IS Curious World 19 Dietz on Science 7 Editorial 14 Financial 18 Hickman Theater Column 19 Radio 15 Running in the Rum Ring 13 Sports 16-17 Wiggam Cartoon 11 Woman's Pages 8-9

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Martial Law, Property Confiscation to Aid Jobless, Minnesota Threat

By I nitc<l l‘ri ss ST. PAUL. April 13.—Martial law and confiscation of property in Minnesota are threatened by Governor Floyd B. Olson unless the state legislature acts or. relief legislation. "I want to say to the people of Minnesota." the Governor declared in an address Defore several hundred bonus expeditional members, That if the legislature- the senate in particular—does not make ample provision for the sufferers of the state, and the federal government refuses aid because the state has refused to act and local communities become unable to care for their own. I shall invoke the powers that I hold.” He said many people, fighting relief measures because they possessed wealth, under martial law

Fire Tragedy at Convent Fatal to Sister Superior Flames Catch Habit of Nun as She Attempts to Hurl Bucket of Flaming Gasoline Out of Window. Sister Marie Loretto, of St. Philip Neri school, died early today at St. Vincent’s hospital as the result of burns she received late Wednesday when flames from a bucket of burning gasoline set fire to her habit.

PARENTS HIDE DOOMED CHILD Bolt Doors, Refuse to Let Doctors and Police Enter House. BY SIDNEY B. WHSPPLE l nitrd Press Staff Correspondent HASTINGS N. Y„ Aril 13.—The John Vasko family today barred and bolted its doors and prepared tubs of boiling water to repel police and physicians seeking entrance to treat 2-year-old Helen Vasko and her twin sister. Anna. While the appellate division was considering the demand of welfare associations and doctors that Helen be turned over to them for an operation which may save her life—at the cost of an eye—her sister, Anna, was stricken with a fever that sent her temperature up to 105 degrees. Police accompanying Dr. Michael Bender, who saw the child Wednesday night, were refused admission today. "The child may not be critically ill," Dr. Bender said, "but when I was called last night, she had an alarming temperature." The doors of the little cottage in Hastings’ oorest district were wedged shut with pieces of wood. r. and Mrs. Vasko, apearing occasionally at the windows, shouted their defiance of the law as crowds of townspeople gathered around their home. Neighbors who gained admission through a ruse found the Vaskos adamant in their determination to see no more doctors. Ignoring the danger of infection, they had shut Helen up with her sister in a small room. "Nothing but a bad cold," they said about Anna’s condition. "She’s all right." INDICT MITCHELL ON SECOND TAX CHARGE New Evasion Count Brought by Government. /// I nitrd Press NEW YORK. April 13.—Charles E. Mitchell, resigned chairman of the boards of the National City bank and National City Company, was indicted today on a second charge of income tax evasion. MACON FLIGHT DELAYED Giant Airship Grounded While Landing Field Is Drained. I nit ill /'ns* AKRON. O . April 13.—The maiden flight of the U. S. S. Macon, mistress of the skies since destruction of her sister ship, the Akron, was delayed today while an airdock ground crew drained the landing field, soggy from recent rams. The Macon originally was scheduled to take off at dawn today on the first of six trial flights during which the ship is Jo be inspected by a naval board of eight members. 200 CHINESE ARE SLAIN Heavy Losses Suffered in Fighting Near Shihmenchan, Says Report. 8,7 United Pres* LANCHOW, China, April 13. Chinese forces under command of General Ho Chu-Kuo suffered heavy losses in fighting near Shihmenchan today, according to reports here. The report said 200 Chinese were killed and 400 were wounded. GIRL KILLED BY AUTO 5-Year-Old Child Runs Into Path of Machine at Jasper. Ili/ I iiitut Pu s* JASPER, Ind.. April 13.—Lucille Tetric. 5. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tetric. Greensville, Mo., was injured fatally when she ran into th? path of an automobile. She and her parents had arrived here to visit relatives less than an hour before the accident.

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"will be brought in by provost guards and “will be obliged to give up more than they are giving up now." He said he was ‘‘making his last appeal," and if the legislature failed to act on relief measures martial law would follow. Governor Olson blamed the senate for holding up a bill that would permit communities to expand their bond issues and give relief to the poor. The measure would legalize both tax and bond restrictions. If neither the federal government nor state government act on unemployment insurance, “a challenge to supporters of ‘capitalistic government,’” the fighting Minnesota Governor said he "hopes the present system of government goes right down to hell.”

Other sisters were cleaning the convent, in preparation for Easter, polishing floors with a wax and gasoline compound. One sister rubbed so vigorously the cloth she was using became ignited by friction and she threw it into a nearby bucket, believing it to contain water. Instead of water, the bucket contained gasoline, which became ignited by the cloth. Sister Marie Loretto, walking through the hall to answer the doorbell, saw’ the flaming bucket and attempted to throw’ it through a window. Wind blew the flames back and set fire to her habit. Other sisters were unable to smother them before Sister Marie Loretto received fatal burns. A member of the Sisters of Providence, she had been sister superior at the school about three years. Her home is in Peru. Sister Marie Loretto is survived by six brothers and one sister. Funeral services tentatively have been set for 10:30 a. m. Friday at St. Philip’s church. Burial will be in Mother’s Hause cemetery at St. Mary's of the Woods near Terre Haute. INSULL -LIVING LIKE A king; says officer Cook County Aid Returns from Greece After Extradition Failure. By l nited Press NEW YORK. April 13.—Samuel Insull, under indictment in Chicago in connection with the collapse of his utility enterprises, is "living like a king” in Athens, Greece, Andrew J. Vlachos of the Cook county (111.) state's attorney’s office, reported today. Vlachos. who returned on the liner Saturnia. went to Greece last fall with trunkloads of evidence and a presidential warrant to aid in arguing the petition for Insull’s extradition before the Greek court of appeals. R AINEY KEEPS UP>IGHT Asserts He Will Continue Drive to Change “Liberal” Rules. By United Press WASHINGTON. April 13.—Speaker Henry T. Rainey announced today the house Democratic leadership would continue its effort to abolish the so-called "liberal discharge rules'’ despite the refusal of Wednesday night’s party caucus to bind the membership in solid support. BOY VICTIM IN BLAST Bomb Is Hurled at Home of Cuba's State Seeretary; Damage Slight. By t nited I'ress HAVANA. Cuba. April 13.—A bomb exploded today alongside the home of Secretary of State Orestes Ferrera. A 3-year-old boy on the street was injured so badly he is expected to die. The bomb caused little property damage. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 44 10 a. m 57 7a. m 46 11 a. m 60 8 a. m 50 12 moon).. 63 9a. m 54 Ip. m 64

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POPE ATTENDS SACIO RITES Holy Thursday Function Is Carried Out in Full Pomp, Pageantry. BY THOMAS B. MORGAN I'nited Press Staff Correspondent VATICAN CITY, April 13.—The elaborate sacred function of Holy Thursday was carried out in the Sistine chapel today, in the presence of the Holy See, the college of cardinals, members of European nobility and pilgrims from all parts of the world. Os the utmost signifiance to millions of devout Catholics, the ceremonies were in the full pomp and pageantry of the Catholic church. The pope, wearing a precious miter, and covered completely, except for his head, by a rich mantle of purple and gold, was borne aloft through the portals from the papal apartments, followed by the solemn procession of cardinals. It was the first time since 1870, the pope had attended the Holy Thursday function. Among the worshippers at Holy Thursday mass were Prince George of Saxony. Princess Marie Louise, Princess Stephania of Belgium, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss of .Austria, Frau Franz von Papen, and the entire diplomatic corps. Three other sacred functions of Holy Thursday—the washing of the papal altar in St. Peters, the exposing for veneration of the Holy relics, including the relics of the table used at the Last Supper, and the blessing of the holy oils at St. John Lateran—were carried out with atve-inspiring solemnity. FAMED PHYSICIAN'S SON LOSES HIS LIFE Dr. Thomas L. Kane Victim of Deadly Infection. By 1 nited Press CHICAGO. April 13.—Dr. Thomas L. Kane, 29, son of the famous Pennsylvania physician, died today of an infection contracted while making a post mortem examination. Kane was the son of the late Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane who gained widespread fame several years ago when he performed an appendectomy upon himself. A brother, Elisha Kent Kane, former University of Tennessee professor. achieved front page publicity when he was acquitted of charge of drowning his wife off the Virginia coast. EDICT IS GIVEN SOVIET Manchoukuo Government Demands Customs House Withdrawals. By I nited Press HARBIN. Manchuria. April 13. Representatives of the Manchoukuo government tonight demanded that Consul-General Slawtzky of Russia withdraw two Soviet customs houses, at Manchuli and Bogranichnaya, contending they were operated in violation of the Manchoukuo sovereignty.

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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt iy United Press WASHINGTON, April 13.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, came a cropper in Pontiac park today, landing in the mud without injury. The first lady was riding her favorite mount, Patches, when the. animal became frightened apparently by the noise of the traffic, reared and then stumbled. Mrs. Roosevelt was thrown when the horse w-ent down. She brushed herself off as best she could, remounted, and. undismayed, continued an hour's riding through the park.

MELLETT SUIT CHARDES FRAUD Asks Baldwin Ouster in Proceedings; Usurped Post, Is Accusation. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 13. Ouster of Mayor Harry R. Baldwin, on the ground that he usurped the office of mayor through use of a fraudulent resignation, was demanded in quo warranto proceed- | ings filed here this afternoon in j Madison circuit court by counsel for | Jesse H. Mellett, former mayor. Charging that he never resigned, Mellett declared in the suit that' Baldwin prepared the resignation 1 and handed it to the Anderson city council jan 3. Baldwin “conceived a false ini strument for the false and wrongful j | purpose of advancing himself to the i office of mayor," Mellett I He asserted further that news of the I J purported resignation was kept from him and he did not learn of it until ; April 5. Mrs. Margaret Cole. Mellett’s j daughter, whom Baldwin appointed city controller and later dismissed, charged today that she signed her j father's name to the resignation ; ; under duress. ! Secretary to her father during the Mellett regime, Mrs. Cole declared today that Baldwin came to her I during council meeting, handed her | the prepared resignation and "gave me ten minutes" to sign her father's name on the threat that the i council would vacate the office if I she refused. i Phillip O'Neill. Mcllett's attorney. ! asserted the former mayor did not 1 learn of the purported resignation until a discharged policeman came to Mellett's home April 5 and told him. | ASK RUTH JUDD MERCY Men’s League Urges Petition Be Sent to Roosevelt and Mocur. By United Pres* NEW YORK, April 13. The Men's League of Mercy asked citizens today to petition President j Roosevelt and Governor B. B. Moeur of Arizona to commute the death sentence of Winnie Ruth Judd to life imprisonment or commitment to a state hospital for the insane. WEDDING DATE _ IS SET Jimmy Walker to Marry Betty Compton During Easter Week. By United Press CANNES, France, April 13. Former Mayor James J. Walker and Betty Compton, actress, will be married during Easter week, it was announced today. Truck, Milk Wagon Crash Fatal. By t ailed Pre** COLUMBUS, Ind., April 13. Strouder Hatton, 34, Edinburg, v.as killed today when his milk wagon collided with a truck driven by Wiil liam Robbins, Cicero.

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BRITISH TRAITOR GIVEN 5 YEARS Young Officer Is Cashiered From Army and Sent to Prison. By United Press LONDON, April 13.—Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, convicted by court martial of betraying his country's military secrets, was cashiered from the army today and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Baillie-Stew-art. a dashing young officer of the Seaforth Highlanders, has been held a prisoner in the Tower of London since his arrest several months ago, and the case has been the sensation of Britain. He is only 24. It is alleged that he had a love affair with a German enchantress named Marie Louise, and that he received money from her—about S2O0 —for disclosing secrets of British tanks and other military matters. He denied “selling his country for fifty pounds” and said the girl had paid him because he was her lover. ADMIRAL MOFFETT BURIED IN ARLINGTON Laid to Last Rest Among America’s Heroes. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 13.—Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, who perished with the Akron, was buried among America's heroes today in the sun-drenched slopes of Arlington national cemetery.

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Congress Is Urged to Lift Mortgage Burden to Speed Recovery. BOND ISSUE IS SOUGHT Two Billions in New U. S. Securities Proposed for Refinancing. BY LYLE C. WILSON t'nitrd Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 13. —President Roosevelt asked congress today in a message bristling with direct demands for legislation to help lift the mortgage burden of the nation’s small home owners. He described such proposed action as an "urgently necessary step in the program to promote economic recovery.” ‘ Implicit in such legislation," he said, “is a declaration of national policy . . . that the broad interest of the nation requires that special safeguards should be thrown around home ownership as a guarantee of social and economic stability.” The President's message followed out his pledge that was contained in his program for a “new deal." in asking congress to grant a $2,000,000,000 bond issue that would allow the refinancing of mortgages on small homes much in the same manner as that urged for the farmer. No Injustice to Investors Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that legislation of this character demands prompt consideration and added that “the terms are such as to impose the least possible charge upon the national treasury.” He pointed out that the program could be put through without injustice to investors, at substantially lower interest rates and, where cases warranted it, w-ith a moratorium both on interest and principal payments. The bonds under present plans would be exchanged for the rnort- | gages, interest on those bonds I would be guaranteed by the treasI ury. The President made it plain that i the plan of settlement would proj vide a yardstick to put an end to “present uncertain and chaotic con- | ditions that create fear and de - spair among both home owners and I investors.” Bill Is Made Public. j It is a proper concern of the govj ernment, said the President, “to I protect home owners from inequiI table enforced liquidation in a time of general distress." The bill to carry out the President's recommendation was made public by Senate Majority Leader Robinson. It provides for: 1. Setting up of a federal agency capitalized at $200,000,000 and authorized to borrow up to $2,000,000.j 000 for refinancing small home | mortgages. 2. Federal loan and savings institutions operating under the home loan bank system, witn the government subscribing $100,000,000 to start the loan associations funcj tioning. Federal Bonds Provided 3. Exchange of mortgages for federal bonds at 4 per cent interest; | the small home owner to pay off j his obligation at 5 per cent. Such loans could be made up to 80 per S cent of appraised valuation of homes of a maximum value of SIO,OOO. President Roosevelt was represented by his associates as feeling that a $2,000,000,000 bond issue was | sufficient to meet the needs, al- | though outstanding home mortgages ! now total approximately $9,000.j 000,000. CITY ASKS FOR BIDS Three Trucks, Two Tractors and Chemicals to be Purchased, Bids for sale to the city of three trucks, two tractors and a quantity of chemicals to be used in spraying park trees, were called for today by Albert Losche. city purchasing agent. The bids will be opened April 20. Chemicals to be bought include a ton of arsenate of lead, 2,000 gal- | lons of dormant spray and I.COO gallons of oil. TAX EXEMPTION DENIED All Public Employes Must Pay Income Levy, Is Ruling By Lawyers. Policemen, firemen, mayors, garbage collectors, coroners and other public employes, including Governor I Paul V. McNutt will pay 1 per cent 1 of their total income above SI,OOO a year as income tax. according to a ruling by the legal department of the gross income tax division. OFFER SHAW FOR DEBT British Newspaper Wants to Give George Bernard as "Full Payment.' By l nit'd Press LONDON. April 13.—The Morning Post generously offered today to “cede George Bernard Shaw" to the United States "in final and absolute payment of the war debt.' Shaw's appearance in the New York Metropolitan opera house did not sit well with the Post's editorial j writer.