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SLEEPING ILL ! BAFFLES BEST U. S. DOCTORS Physicians Admit Defeat in First Round of Encephalitis. SERUM TESTS MADE Results Expected Within Fortnight by Physicians Engaged in Research. BY LESLIE AVERY. United Pre Staff Correspondfnt ST. LOUIS. Aug. 31 —Science last the flr.=t round in its fight with encephalitis, the form of sleeping sickness now sweeping St. Louis, a one-month review of the epidemic showed today. On the last day of July, physirians diagnosed a case of extreme drowsiness as sleeping sickness. It . was the first case of what has j proved to be the outbreak of the disease in this country. Today > fatalities from the one-month visit of the malady reached forty-seven. I Total number of persons stricken was 362. Every resource known to science in the hands of some of the best I known physicians in the United Statees has failed to discover the i germ of encephalitis. It is admittedly too small for their most powerful microscopes to observe. This is the main obstacle, for without recognizing the germ, it is impossible to isolate the carrier. Doctors Are Baffled Three leading doctors of the federal health service, headed by Dr J. P Leake, are baffled by the mysterious malady. Surgeon-General j Hugh S. Cummings was so impressed with the seriousness of the epidemic on his visit here this week that he ordered more specialists 01 his department to the scene imme- j dlately. Cummings will return here soon to direct the fight in person. Treatment of the disease, while still largely experimental, follows that of spinal meningitis, the draining of fluid from around the spinal column and brain. This fluid presses on the brain, destroying the tissues. It affects the entire nervous system. Washington university scientists, concentrating on a serum to combat the disease, announced that in the next two weeks they expected j their research work to produce results. but that it took some time j to round out their experiments. Some Teachers Eliminated Food and water have been eliminated as passible carriers of the disease and Surgeon General Cummings was convinced either human beings or insects were spreading the malady. The job of isolating the cases has j been left to county and city health j authorities. It has been decided to let pub- ! lie schooLs open in spite of the epi- j demic as the fatality list contains mastly persons of middle age. The metropolitan health council, j formed to combat encephalitis, re- ; ported Wednesday in 80 per cent of the cases that were fatal the patient suffered from some other ailment, such as hardening of the arteries or high blood pressure, which contributed largely to death from the epidemic disease. Deaths in Other States By I nitrd Press DETROIT. Aug. 31—Three more cases of sleeping sickness were reported in Michigan today. Thase ill are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morsette. Ecorse. and Mrs. Mabel Willis. Detroit. All were taken to Herman Kiefer hospital here. Two victims of the malady have died in the state and two other cases have been reported, bringing the total to seven reported fases. Physicians pronounced the conditions of both Mr and Mrs. Morsette as extremely grave and recovery doubtful. Mrs. Willis is suffering from a less severe attack. By t nitrd Press RACINE. Wis.. Aug. 30.—Two-year-old Delores Wirtz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wirtz. Racine, died today of encephalitis, or sleeping sickness. She had been ill for several days. By United Press ASHLAND. Wis., Aug. 30—Mrs. Howard Jarvis, 33. of Havward. died in an Ashland hospital today of sleeping sickness. Her death was the second in northern Wisconsin from the dread disease. A 4-vear-old boy died here three weeks ago. Milk Order Is Defied By United Press CHICAGO. Aug. 31—Several cutrate milk companies continued to undersell other metropolitan distributors here today, despite an order from Washington threatening to remove their licenses Times Index ABC Os NR A 12 Bridge 23. Bridge 23 Broun Column 10 Brown Derby Coupon 6 Classified 23-24 Comics 25 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World 25 Dietz on Science 9 Editorial 10 Financial 22 Firebugs—a Series 8 Fishing 9 Herbloek Cartoon 10 Hickman Theater Reviews 23 Indiana Theater Pages . .19-20-21-23 Radio 7 Serial Story 25 Sports 16-17-18 Successful City Women—Series.. 14 Vital Statistics 22 Woman's Page 14

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 96

199 YEARS IN PRISON

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Mrs. Eleanor Jarman. Chicago “tigress killer,” given 199-year term in prison Wednesday.

NEW TOURNEY PLAN STUDIED System of Holding Basket Title Games May Be Radically Altered. BY VERN BOXELL Time* Sport Staff Writer Anew tourney system may be inaugurated by the Indiana High School Athletic Association during the 1933-34 season to determine its annual basketball champion, it was indicated in a bulletin issued today by A. L. Trester, commissioner. The present plan, which includes sixtv-four sectional tournaments, sixteen regional tournaments of four teams each, and the final twoday championship event of sixteen teams, has been under fire for some time. It has been pointed out that in the final event, the champion and runner-up teams are required to play three hard games on the final day. Although doctors’ reports after examinations have shown there is no immediate ill effects on the players. some critics claim the effects show up later in life. Trester has asked for suggestions by principals of the member high schools of the I. H. S. A A. regarding the tournament situation. Among the possible plans pointed out by the commissioner are: (a> No state tourney: <b) present scheme; (c) three-day period for final title tourney; (and) a four-week scheme with sixty-four sectionals, sixteen regionals r£ four teams each, four semi-final tourneys of four teams each, and a final touriTurn to Page Twenty-three)

SIX BEER SELLING PERMITS REVOKED Police Chief Asks Action in Late Hours Case. Revocation of six beer selling permits was announced today by Fred Bechdolt. attorney for the state excise department. The revocations causes are: James K. Grady, operating a restaurant at 942 Ft. Wayne avenue, on complaint of Police Chief Mike Morrissey that the place was kept open at late hours, was frequented by drunken men and that two partners of Grady have police records. Urban Luttrell, Seventy-fifth street and Northwestern avenue, serving on premises without permit: Fred Hoggins. Cedar Grove, Franklin county, selling Ohio draught beer without payment of tax: William Bramblett. operating Argonne case on road 37. near Waverlv and Charles Bolander and Louis F. Hagemeyer. both of Redkey. all for serving beer on premises without permit. FT. WAYNE i JICHER WINS IN TENURE SUIT Court Orders Her Reinstated in School Job Contest. B’i United Press FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Reinstatement of Mrs. Cora L. Judt as a teacher in St. Joseph township schools was ordered by Special Judge William P. Endicott. Auburn, in superior court here Wednesday. The case was said to constitute one of the first tests of the teachers' tenure law in an Indiana court. Mrs. Judt had been refused reestablishment as a teacher by the St. Joseph school township. Township Trustee A. L. Geoglein and D. O. McComb. superintendent of Allen county schools. Judge Endicott ruled that Mrs. Judt was a "duly qualified permanent tenure teacher” and ordered her reinstated within three days. He also granted her judgment against the defendants for costs in the case. PROSECUTOR NAMES AID Blackman Will Be Deputy Outside Center Township. Frank Blackman today was named deputy prosecutor for justice courts of *ll townships outside Center township, by Prosecutor Herbert Wilson. George Palmer, formerly deputy prosecutor of outside townships, was named as prosecutor in justice courts in Center township. Herbert Stewart resigned as deputy prosecutor of Center justice courts.

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‘TIGRESS’ GIVEN 199-YEAR TERM IN DEATH CASE Chicago Woman’s Conviction Climaxes Intensive Drive on Crime. 3 WILL DIE IN CHAIR Speedy Justice Is Meted to Killers; Judge Spurs His Colleagues. BY STEVE RICHARDS t'nitfd Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO. Aug. 31.—Three death verdicts in a month, two of them within a week, and a 199-year sentence for a “blond tigress’’ accused of murder, was the imposing record boasted by Chicago court officials today in their unprecedented drive on crime. Since the intensive criminal campaign w?,> launched a month ago by the veteran judge, John Prystalski, following slaying of a policeman in a courlrooom, 232 persons have been sentenced to prison. Many of them received maximum terms. The heavy penalty against the woman, whom police labeled the “tigress killer,” Mrs. Eleanor Jarman, a similar sentence against one companion, and a death verdict against another was returned by a jury in criminal court Wednesday night. Woman Linked in Slaying It brought the criminal campaign to a climax as Judge Prystalski, who summoned judges back from their vacations to hold special court sessions on a crowded docket, prepared to resign the chief justiceship. Mrs. Jarman, 28, mother of tw'o children, was implicated in the brutal slaying of Gustave Hoeh, 71. a haberdasher, during a holdup. Witnesses said she kicked the aged man as he lay on a sidew-alk bleeding from a fatal wound inflicted by George Dale, 28, her sweetheart. Dale w-as sentenced to die in the electric chair. Leo Minneci, 27, third member of the holdup gang, accused of more than fifty robberies, likewise was meted a 199-year sentence. Jurors deliberated four hours before those wushing to inflict the extreme penalty of all the defendants compromised on the 199-year term, which precludes all possibility of parole. Speedy Action Taken In his trial, as well as in others during the campaign, technicalities were pushed aside. In few cases have jury deliberations been more than a few hours and in virtually i every trial a verdict of guilty has been returned. In trials lasting barely a day, Morris Cohen, a police slayer, and John Scheck, another police killer, were sentenced to death. Cohen was tried a few' days after he killed Patrolman Joseph Hastings in a holdup on navy pier. . „ Scheck killed a policeman in a courtroom while lie w'as being held on another charge. It was this slaying that inspired the criminal drive. In the trial ended Wednesday, and the other two in which death ! verdicts were returned, Judge Prystalski and presiding judges successfully overcame attempts to delay opening of the hearings. Judge Prystalski ordered cases pending on the docket many months moved up and brought to trial immediately, resulting in anew era in Chicago court procedure.

Bum Solution •Jitters’ Sufferer Obeys Judge, but How He Does It!

WILLIAM G. LYNN. 55. whose only address is the charity souphouse at 222 East Wabash street, thought he was acting for the best today. In municipal court, Lynn was fined $5 and costs on a disorderly conduct charge, but the fine was suspended on the provision that Lynn never again visit 521 Ogden street, alleged booze joint, where he had been arresed in a raid. Feeling shaky after leaving the courtroom, but remembering w'hat the judge had said, Lynn sauntered northward. He finally reached a solution to his problem. He went to another alleged booze joint at 629 Ogden street, where h? was arrested by Sergeant Claude Kinder and squad, who were returning to duty after testifying in the earlier case.

Courthouse Joe Still Shows Way in Brown Derby

SKILL STANDINGS Jo, MeLafTerly 4.422 T. B. Rorer* 3.06.) E. W. Mushrush 2.583 Fred W. Krnoerr 2.474 Bob Shank 1.851 Elia* \X Dulberrer 1.507 I.oui* J. Carrin 913 At Feener .831 Or. William Smith Jr 198 Ernest Marker - 3*l LETTING Courthouse McLafferty pace them, candidates for the Brown Derby neared the finish line—next Wednesday morning—with Joe holding a lead of 1.300 votes over his nearest competitor for the regal crown, T. B. Rogers. Rogers hopped over Mushrush to keep on the heels of the traveling McLaffertv. But rumors are rampant that there’s some measuring for a coffin going on in the /ace to name the

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933

Claire Windsor Testifies That She Kissed Broker, in Rapid Affair on Train

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BEER WILL BE SOLD AT FAIR : McNutt Edict 1 Is Deciding Factor, After Board Is Deadlocked. Beer will be sold at the Indiana state fair. This decision was reached at a lengthy conference of agriculture board memhers today, breaking an 8-to-8 tie as result of an edict issued Wednesday by Governor Paul V. McNutt. The fair opens Saturday and continues through Sept: 8. The board was reported to favor the sale of beer during the fair, but several days ago took a formal vote on the matter, resulting in the tie. Following the meeting today, it was announced that Governor McNutt’s demand that sale of beer be permitted was considered in the nature of a deciding vote, and, without a roll call vote today, the board agreed to go ahead with plans. Definite plan for handling beer on the fairground was to be decided this afternoon, but members said probably the board would give some importer the exclusive right to sell beer, and then sell -him not more than eight concession spaces for the beverage. The board will decide whether sales will be in bottles or on draught. It was reported that McNutt i favored the plan of leaving the matter open, with any one able to obtain a permit being granted the right to sell beer on the grounds. PURCHASING AGENT IS ASKED TO BUY BABY Losche Is Asked by Michigan City Woman to Obtain Infant. Although he has purchased the needs of the city of Indianapolis for three years, Albert Losche. city purchasing agent, has on file a request that he may have difficulty in filling. In the morning's mail Losche rece'itfed a request from Mrs. Gussie Thomas, 426 East Fourth street, Michigan City, Ind., for a baby. “I went to Coldwater, Mich., to buy a baby girl, but a man there told me that since I lived in Indiana, I should write to Indianapolis. I am writing to see if you can get me a child between 6 and 7. Please write and let me know,” was the plea of Mrs. Thomas. Losche announced he would be glad to act as agent for persons wishing to get in touch with Mrs. Thomas.

city’s most distinguished citizen and hand him a silver plaque on Sept. 7 at the Indiana state fair. Jo-Jo. the dog-faced judge, heard, via the grape arbor, berry patch, and watermelon slough, that McLafferty merely was being permitted to hold the lead so that any one of the other contenders could take him in the last three days. But Jo-Jo in turn warns okher i candidates not to let that McLafferty pretender to the throne gallop too far in front. “He's a front runner. He’ll fade like a pair of fireman's overalls once we look him in the eye,” croaks one candidate. nun ON Friday, if the heavens and high water are willing, the t pictures of the Brown Derby can-

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Blond Film Star on Stand in SIOO,OOO Alienation of Affections Suit. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 31—Kisses exchanged with a handsome young broker as they spied eastward aboard a transcontinental train were described by Claire Windsor, blond cinema star, contesting a SIOO,OOO alienation of affections suit in superior court today. She did not know he was married when Alfred C. Read Jr. first told her he loved her, the day after they met on the train, she declared. Her testimony was that of an adverse witness, summoned to the stand by attorneys for Read’s estranged wife, attractive Manon Y. Read of Oakland. Mrs. Read accused the actress of pilfering her husband's love, causing him to leave her. Kissing Is Admitted Miss Windsor said' she was en route to New York from Hollywood when she first met the young broker. He told her he was single, she said. On the observation car the next night, she said, he confessed his love and the fact he was a married man. Without hesitation, she admitted, under questioning of Mrs. Read's attorneys, that she and the young broker had kisssed. “He kissed me.” she said. “I pushed him away, but finally I kissed him affectionately.” Reunited in New York Read left the train at Chicago and she continued to New York, where they were reunited, she said. After spending several days together, he left, announcing he was going to Reno for a divorce and then return to her. The film actress admitted authorship of a fervent love letter to Read, written on scented stationery and addressed “Darling.” The letter was postmarked New York, Sept. 15, 1931. She was utterly convinced Read had parted with his wife, because he cried when he left her in New York, Miss Windsor said. ROOSEVELT ON YACHT President Sails for Five-Day Cruise as Astor’s Guest. By United Press POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y„ Aug. 31. —President Roosevelt sailed shortly afternoon today for a five-day cruise aboard Vincent Astor's yacht Nourmahal. The sleek 6.000-ton craft pulled away from her dock here at 12:15 p. m„ a half hour after Mr. Roose--1 velt went on board.

didates will be printed, with their head sizes. But the printing of the photos all depends on the ten candidates. Some have been so busy burrowing like moles for votes that they’ve neglected to send in their photos or head sizes. So, if their photos are not in Friday's paper, it'll be because photographers, as well as knob hunters, have succumbed to ballotitis. Wednesday's ballots are due in The Times office by 8 a. m. Friday, while today's vo f 're scheduled to be in hands udges by 8 a. m. Saturday. State fair officials have been busy decorating the throne in readiness for the coronation. Extra supplies of carrots, cabbages and garlic will be brought

CITY REALTY BOARD CARRIES BUDGET SLASH BATTLE INTO SCHOOL AND COUNTY ARENA

Council Expected to Set Tax Rate Only 9 Cents Above 1932-1933. PAY BOOSTS UNDER BAN Appropriation for Old Age Pensions Will Be Cut by Half. Cutting wide swaths into the proposed Marion county budget, the county council today proposed to keep the tax rate at only 9 cents higher than in 1932-1933, with the major portion of the increase due to mandatory laws and increased cost of living. The council, according to John Newhouse, of Cumberland, councilman, proposes to keep the budget dovra to approximately 50 cents, as follows: 1. Slice the proposed appropriation for old age pension in the county from $400,000 to $200,000. 2. Refuse all requests for raises in salaries. 3. Hoping that there will be some manner in which the $104,000 required for the registration law' for voters need not be appropriated.

Ban Salary Boosts Newhouse, in declaring that the council would not countenance salary increases, tolled a knell for hopes of court clerks, bailiffs, and court reporters receiving salary hikes. Judges of all courts, except juvenile. have been requesting $2,400 salary instead of SI,BOO for court reporters. with bailiffs’ salaries raised from $1,500 to SI,BOO. Salary increases and new equipment, if omitted from the budget, would net a saving of $153,000 to the county, or nearly 3 cents on the tax rate. Newhouse said the $400,000 request for old age pension would be cut in half. The county commissioners asked for the entire $400,000, which is the estimajpd yearly cost of the new legislative act. No Refund to Be Given But the commissioners w r ere to receive one-half refund on the appropriation from the state. The commissioners believed that, in making a request for the entire amount a reserve could be built up and thereby avert the need of borrow'ing money for the last half of each year until the state pays its half of the pension. But the council is of the opinion that only half of the amount should be requested. Ey slicing off $200,000, it will reduce the tax rate an additional 4 cents. The council’s third hope, unexpressed but apparent, is that some organization or agency in the county will enjoin the council from appropriating the mandatory $104,000 for the voters’ registration law', w'hich would give an additional cut of 2 cents in the tax rate. Law Is Deplored Wednesday, in a resolution, the county council decried the registration law as “unsound, impractical, and useless” and urged that Governor Paul McNutt work to bring about repeal at the next legislature. If increases are permitted in budgets by the council, it is said they W'ill deal with institutional food costs, maintenance of buildings, and upkeep of county units affected by rising prices. The proposed budget calls for a 76-cent tax rate, against. 41 cents in 1932-1933. The council is confident that when the official meeting is held Tuesday, tax critics will find the levy for 1934 is increased in the main by mandatory laws, increased cost of living, and the decreased property valuation of $67,000,000. CUSTOMS OFFICE LEADS Indiana District Imports Most Veneer in Two Years. Indiana customs district ranks first in the United States for the quantity of veneer imported in the last two years, according to a report received from Washington by Wray E. Fleming, collector of customs. In 1932 one Indiana firm imported more than $30,000 worth of veneer.

from Indiana farms in readiness for the night of crowning. n n u A BAND is practicing “Hail! the Conquering Hero Comes.” And just for an encore, it may throw in a couple of “Sidew'alks of New York” to make those with Tammany leanings feel at home. Remember, the last ballot is printed in Tuesday’s paper and the winner will be announced in Wednesday's home edition of The Times. Vote today! Vote this very minute for your candidate. The contest is on the last lap. You’ll find the ballot on Page 6. Beg, Steal, Buy, Graft, Ballots —get them any way you can. All’s fair in amours, the army, and in Brown Derby tilts.

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FORD, TARGET IN NRA DRIVE, RUSHES HOME Motor Magnate to Confer With Son. Possibly Over Auto Code Stand. By United Press MARQUETTE, Mich.. Aug. 31Henry Ford, whose failure to sign the automobile code brought him into a one-sided conflict with the Roosevelt recovery program, hastened here today, on his way home, to confer by telephone with his son and business partner, Edsel Ford. w r ho is in Maine. Although Ford refused to reveal the subject of his conversation, it was believed that Washington's insistence upon an answer from the Ford Motor Company regarding its attitude toward the automobile code and the NRA had brought the millionaire out of his secluded retreat, twenty-five mile away, w'hither neither telephone calls nor telegraph messages are permitted to penetrate.

60-Day Goal Set BY H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Complete codification of American industry w'ithin sixty days was the goal of the national recovery administration today, as its countrywide Blue Eagle campaign entered its most intensive phase. The re-employment drive will be followed by a check of industries which have not come forward with either a presidential agreement or proposals for a permanent code of fair practice. These lagging industries will be summoned to hearings, with the objective of completing all codes by Nov. 1 or earlier. Bringing the country’s 2.000,000 separate business enterprises lender the national recovery act is a colossal undertaking, but the driving force of Administrator Hugh S. Johnson has accomplished a seeming miracle of speed. As explained to the United Press by an NRA official who is heading up the work, the plan now is for about 300 “master codes.” The 2,000,000 businesses are being sifted to this number of general classifications, with the probability that local conditions will be cared for in variations of the “master” agreements. Deputy Administrator Malcolm Muir has made plans to clean up (Turn to Page Twenty)

THREE GIVEN FINES IN LARCENY CASE Costs, Sentences Suspended After Guilty Pleas. Three men today were fined on petit larceny charges by Charles Karabell, municipal judge pro tem. They were arrested on charge of having stolen a quantity of trolley wire, property of Bernard P. Sheron, and pleaded guilty. Frank Wolf, 24. and Wilfred Reckemann, 33, both of 227 West McCarty street, were $lO and costs and sentenced to thirty days, but the costs and days w'ere suspended. James Chenauit, 17. of 2042 South Dakota street, was given a sls fine and costs and ninety days in jail, with the costs and sentence suspended. BARBERS’ DEADLINE SET Oct. 1 Final Date for Procuring NewState License. Indiana barbers and other persons engaged in hair cutting, have until Oct. 1 to obtain license, it was announced today by Arthur G. Wilson of Shelbyville, president of the state board of barber examiners. Law providing for licenses, enacted by the 1933 legislature, set Sept. 1 as the deadline, but the extension of a month was necessary due to inability to get application blanks and other supplies ready, Wilson explained. REAL ‘FAMILY REUNION’ State Doctor to Fete 3,000 at Whose Births He Acted. By United Press CHURUBUSCO. Ind.. Aug. 31. A total of 3,000 persons whom he attended at birth during his thirty years of practice are expected to attend a “family reunion” at Blue lake. Whitley county, Sept. 17. as guests of Dr. Jesse H. Briggs, Churubusco. Dr. Briggs started his practice here Sept. 17, 1903. He has invited all persons whom he helped bring into the world, to participate in the program. Friends and relatives of these former patients also are asked to be present. An all-day program of entertainment is planned, including water sports and a basket dinner. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 63 10 a. m 71 7 a. m 66 11 a. m 75 j Ba. m 69 12 noon>.. 74 i 9a. m 71 Ip. m 77

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Demand Served by Miles for Bonded Indebtedness Refunding Plan. SULLIVAN IS TARGET, Substantial Reduction Can Be Made in Tax Rate, Realtor Asserts. Standing firmly behind its insistence for strict enforcement of the $1.50 tax levy law, the Indianapolis Real Estate Board today included the county and .the Indianapolis school board in its fight for reduced 1934 budgets. J. Harry Miles, real estate board president, announced that the school board and county officials would be served with a demand ,imilar to that made on the city administration for refunding of bonded indebtedness. The board's program calls for distributing the $34,191,960 debt of the three units over a 44-year period, i by issuing refunding bonds to presj ent bond holders. Sees Substantial Saving Substantial reduction of the proposed $1.02 rate demanded by the school board budget, and the estimated 76-cent county rate, tan be accomplished by the plan, Miles de- ! dared. The board’s efforts to reduce the total Marion county tax rate were i started Monday night, at the first hearing on the proposed city budget, w'hich demands a levy of $1.31. a i 5-cent increase over the rate this year. Although school and city officials declare their rate can not be cut without impairing seriously the effi- ! ciency of operation, members of the i county council are planning to slash | the county rate. Refuse to Take Blame i Only comment of board members j regarding Sullivan's charge Wednesday, that real estate men themselves w r ere responsible for increased tax rates by sponsoring property valuai tion reduction, w r as: “We welcome recognition of w'hat we do, but we must decline the flattery of causing the depression.” Business conditions and inability to sell at former figures automatically caused the reductions in valuations, one of the most important of which was a 20-per cent blanket slash made by John C. Mcj Closkey, Center towmship assessor, i last year.

The announcement was made jointly by McCloskey and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the latter organisation also being a target for the mayor’s charge. “Personally, I think Mayor Sullivan is a fine, conscientious man and mayor, but he has taken the wrong position in drawing the city budget,” Miles said, “particularly when he knows there is a law prohibiting the collection of more than $1.50 on each SIOO of property valuation.” Cox Drawn Into Fight Circut Judge Earl R„ Cox, who presided at hearings in a sut brought by tax reduction groups seeking to prevent collection of the 1933 levy beyond $1.50. also was drawn into the controversy today. Miles said that if earlier efforts proved fruitless, the board would arrange for a public demonstration at the meeting of the Marion county tax adjustment board, when final approval will be given the budgets and the county tax rate set. The tax adjustment board has power to declare an emergency or necessity in increasing the tax rate above the maximum set by statute. “An appeal is pending in the Indiana supreme court against the $2.82 rate which Cox permitted this year,” Miles said. “We still believe his decision was illegal.” CITY GIRL IS ATTACKED Robbed and Mistreated, She Says in Report to Chicago Police. By United I‘rrts CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—Police today were investigating the story of Yvonne De Mont, 20, of Indianapolis, who said she was attacked Wednesday night by two men, robbed of SIOO in jewelry, her baggage, and SSO in cash. She told police that two men forced her into an automobile and took her to a secluded spot on the west side, where she was attacked and robbed. Miss Yvonne De Mont is* not listed in the local phone or residence directories and police had not received a report of the case. RAIL OFFICIAL KILLED Indiana Line Superintendent Die* of Auto Crash Hurts. By United Pre*t FT. WAYNE. Ind., Aug. 31. Harry O'Brien, 46. died here Wednesday night of injuries received near Pendleton when his automobile overturned. O'Briea was general superintendent of overhead lines for the Indiana railroad. He was en route from his f home here to his office in Indianapolis at the time of the accident. He suffered two fractured vertebrae and was brought here by ambulance.