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GEN. SANDINO, FAMED LATIN REBEL,SLAIN Nicaraguan Bandit Leader Is Shot to Death by National Guards. KILLING IS DENOUNCED Won International Note for Constant Battles With U. S. Marines. By I nitfl Vrfun MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Feb. 22. — General Augustino Sandino, famous Nicaraguan rebel and foe of United States occupation, was shot and killed last night by national guardsmen. it was announced today. Generals Estrada and Umanzor were killed with Sandino. His brother. Socrates Sandino; Colonels Juan Forette and Santos Lopez and a child of 10 were killed when guardsmen attacked the home of Sofonias Salvatierra, minister of agriculture. President Juan B. Sacasa publicly denounced the killings as acts of lawlessness and asked congress Tor the necesssary powers to establish order. Don Gregorio Sandino. father of the dead general, and Minister Salvatierra were with Sandino and his two aids when they were shot and were taken prisoner by the guardsmen, but were later released. Heath Is Ironic The death of Sandino at the hands of the national guard was ironic, for he had made peace W'ith the government and the guard only a year ago after a seven-year struggle against both, culminating in the withdrawal of the United States marines last January. His death ends the insurgent career of a petty chieftain who. by a mixture of circumstances, was raised from obscurity to international fame. Although labeled a •'bandit and assassin” by the United States government, he was, at least for some years, a symbol of patriotism to thousands of Latin-Amer-icans. Hiding in the jungle of Nuevo Segovia in northern Nicaragua, he resisted for years the combined efforts of the United States marines and the national guard to capture hirrrr ' Bands Well Armed With his well-armed guerilla bands, he made periodic attacks on marine detachments, swooping down in surprise raids, and in turn being surprised in swift jungle skirmishes which were never decisive. Eecause of his enforced obscurity, the hero-worship of liis followers, and the intense hatred of his opponents, the jungle warrior became almost a legend. Preposterous accounts of his heroism and cruelty were told by friend and foe. His real personality and deeds were obscured by a curtain of praise and vilifeation. In appearance he was small and slender, little more than five feet in height. Straight, black hair surmounted a full forehead. In the field he affected a semi-military uniform. a red and black silk handkerchief around his neck and a widebrimmed hat.

STREETS BLOCKED AS SAFE SLEDDING SITES Many Barricades Erected; Rhodius Park Also Open. Police today began barricading a number of streets to provide safe sledding sites for youths. Streets where barricades wer to be erected, if the snow lasts, were: Capitol avenue, from Fifty-second to Fifty-sixth street: Marlow avenue west of Highland avenue; Thirtysixth street from Elmira street to the canal: Eleventh street, west of West street: Vermont street. Warman avenue to Ketehum street; Raymond street in Garfield park; Ethel and Twenty-sixth streets: Keystone avenue and Forty-sixth street; New street, between lowa and Beecher streets; Eastern avenue. between North and Michigan strets: Colorado street, between East Washington street and Pleasant Run boulevard. Rhodius park also will be open to sliding. Times Index Page America Must Choose 6 Berg Cartoon 12 Bridge 9 Broun 11 Classified 17,18 Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 20 Curious World 19 Dickens 5 Editorial 12 Financial 14 Hickman. Theaters 11 Pegler 11 Radio 17 School News 14 Sports 16,17 State News 3 War Horrors 11 Woman's Pages 8.9

MARKETS CLOSED The nation's leading markets, including the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges, commodities and the Chicago Board of Trade, will remain closed today in observance of George Washingtons birthday holiday. Major livestock centers throughout the country will remain open tor their regular trading. Banks also will be cloaed. All exchanges will open tomorrow morning for a regular trading session.

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Dickens Tale May Take Rank as Masterpiece “The Life of Our Lord” Is Story to Be Read, But Not Forgotten; It Starts On March 5.

THE Indianapolis Times on March 5 will present, for the first time, The Life of Our Lord,” the story that Charles Dickens wrote for members of his family and which finally will come to light after a series of dramatic developments. This work reveals an aspect of the immortal novelist’s nature, which, for two generations, has been shielded carefully by his family. Like all other great w r riters, Mr.

KIDNAP PLOT THWARTED BY STATEBANKER Two Held at Winchester as Suspects; Goodrich Chauffeur Sought. BULLETIN Herschel Jee, wanted in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Elmer Kerr, Union City banker, was arrested here this afternoon by Indianapolis detectives. By I niti il Prrsx WINCHESTER. Ind., Feb. 22. A plot to kidnap Elmer Kerr, president of the Commercial bank of Union City, by luring him to the home of James P. Goodrich, former governor of Indiana, during the latter's absence, was disclosed by police today. Two suspects, both Negroes, have been arrested in connection with the alleged plot and police are seeking a third. Herschel Gee, Goodrich's chauffeur, in Indianapolis. it was learned. Those under arrest are Gee's wife and a man giving his name as John Copeland. Prosecutor Nathan Mendenhall and Sheriff Clem Slack of Randolph county, left here today for Indianapolis to continue the investigation. In the absence of the prosecutor and sheriff, it could not be learned immediately whether any charges had been preferred against the suspects or whether confessions or denials had been obtained. Mr. Kerr, it was learned received word to visit Goodrich at the latter’s home here Monday night at 7 a. m. The banker, however, knew that Goodrich was out of town and consequently did not keep the appointment but notified police.

‘BUCK’ SUMNER ENTERS LISTS Announces His Candidacy for Mayor: Platform Is Announced. (Picture on Paee 1.) Charles L. Sumner, serving his fourth year as Marion county sheriff, and who has indicated for some time that he would be a candidate for mayor in the Democratic primary election in May, today officially entered the race. He will run supported by his own organization since the regular Marion county organization of ward and district chairmen at a meeting Tuesday night indorsed Judge John W. Kern of superior court, who officially announced for mayor yesterday. Sheriff Sumner has lived in Indianapolis all his life, was a member of the Indianapolis police force eleven years and served as investigator for Chief Herman Rikhoff in the late Samuel Lewis Shank administration.

Final Tribute Rendered King Albert of Belgium

Royalty, Peasants. Army Join in Paying Honor to Dead Monarch. BRUSSELS. Feb. 22.—Belgium, in deepest sorrow, paid final tribute today to its hero king. At the sharp note of a bugle, there started from the royal palace the funeral procession for Albert I. warrior. statesman and citizen. The king's body on the caisson had lain in the palace courtyard since dawn, while 25,000 World war veterans filed past. At the signal for the procession’s start, the vast square, packed with mourners, became a moving thing. Muffled drums started the sepulchral beat of the slow march. Behind it marched Crown Prince Leopold, who will be .made Leopold 111 tomorrow. With him were his brother Prince Charles: handsome, dark Crown Prince Humbert of Italy, the familiar figure of the Prince of Wales, in the red-coated uniform of the Welsh Guards of which he is colonel, with its black bearskin hat; tall King Boris of Bulgaria: King Christian of Denmark; Prince Sukhodoya of Siam; Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden: Crown Prince Olaf of Norway: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia: Prince Henry of Holland: Prince Felix of Luxembourg, and Prince Nicholas of Rumania. President Albert Lebrun of France. Premier Gaston Doumergue. Marshal Philippe Petain. French war minister, and Ignace Paderewski, pianist and first premier of the Polish republic, followed. The cardinal . archbishop of Ma-

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lines celebrated the mass in a scene that was most poignant of all. The service ended with the Belgian national anthem, played in softly-muted tones. The congregation filed out slowly and the procession started along the four-mile route to the king's tomb at Laeken. There, in strictest privacy, with only relatives and intimate friends of the dead king present, the cardinal gave the last absolution. Noncommissioned officers, war veterans, took the coffin and lowered it into the royal vault in the crypt, to lie beside two former kings, Leopold I. who founded the little kingdom, and Leopold 11. Albert's predecessor, who created its empire abroad.

Fair and considerably colder tonight with lowest temperature 13 to 20; tomorrow fair.

Dickens was one man to his reading public, and another to his family. There are countless millions who have read his works and even today there are 5,000.000 members of Dickens’ clubs. These readers and club members are familiar with his absorbing passion for children. They know by heart his famous characters among children. There was Little Nell, Tiny Tim, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Paul Dombey, Little Dorrit and a host of others. All these characters have been the public’s privilege, but only a few'—a very few'—ever have had the opportunity to know the feeling for his real children—the ones for whom he wrote “The Life of Our Lord.” u u a THIS story provides the opportunity to find the real Dickens. It is the long-sought road to the author’s heart and the long-sought opportunity among his many readers and lovers to find and delve into the innermost character of the great author’s heart. The Indianapolis Times is proud to present this marvelous work to its reading public. The Times presents this manuscript not as a story to be read and forgotten, but as the unearthing of a literary gem that, to this time, has been hidden from the thousands who wanted to know Charles Dickens as the man, not the writer of novels. “The Life of Our Lord” is truly a great presentation. It is something that every man, woman and child should read and a work that will be valuable forever. It may never be printed in this form again. It is a manuscript that, no matter how long this story may last in the memories of generations to come, will prove invaluable to the persons who keep copies of its first public presentation. The Indianapolis Times does not offer it to you with the boast that it cost sls a word, but with the assertion that the sls a word paid for the manuscript is but trivial to its reading value. ; a a a EVERY one in the nation is waiting for this story. Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, son of the author and last surviving member of the immediate family, is dead. And now' the story can be printed. Sir Henry, before his death, said; ‘‘There was a side of Charles Dickens’ character w'hich never has been sufficiently impressed upon the public. That side is the religious side. His feelings for religion were very deep and W'ere ever uppermost in his mind, which accounts for his intense humanity. The teaching of the Savior was the keynote of much that he wrote.” That, too, is the keynote to the value of the story, “'The Life of Our Lord.” It can not be surpassed. It can not. be read elsewhere. And again The Indianapolis Times offers something w'orth w'hile. Watch for the first chapter of Charles Dickens’ “The Life of Our Lord,” March 5. In the meantime read what The Times and many Indianapolis Dickensians have to say about the immortal author and his works. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 30 10 a. m 26 7a. m 31 11 a. m 26 Ba. m 29 12 (noon).. 26 9 a. m 28

First in War and Peace —Ninth ‘President of U. S.’

IGHT other men signed themselves as “President of the United States’’ before George Washington took office. Not until May 9 1932, was the Father of His Country officially declared “First President’’ by the department of state. This curious bit of history appears in the current (1934) issue of the World Almanac and Book of Facts, now published under auspices of the Scripps-Howard papers. It is published under the title of “Who Was the First President?" and reads: “A question has been raised as to whether George Washington was the first President. “On Sept. 5. 1774, delegates from

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1931

NONRESIDENT LIGHT CHIEFS TOP PAY ROLL 9 Harley L. Clarke, Chicago Utility Tycoon, Heads Salary List. U. S. BOARD REPORTS Minton Promises tQ Probe Setup During Current Rate Inquiry. Harley L, Clarke, utility tycoon—who controls electric rates in Indianapolis ‘‘from a Chicago office—was revealed today in reports from the Federal Pow'er Commission as the highest salaried executive in the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Mr. Clarke drew $14,375 as of June 1, 1933, according to the federal pow'er commission report on salaries paid officials of the local light company. C. L. Harrod, president of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, received $12,937.50. As head of the Utilities Pow'er and Light Corporation with headquarters in Chicago, Mr. Clarke is reported to hold sway over ratepayers in Indiana, Missouri, Connecticut and other states. The holding company w'hich he heads controls the destiny of the local light company. Utility experts studying the report of the federal power commission on executive salaries, pointed out that Mr. Clarke and other officers of the holding company neither live in Indianapolis nor spend their incomes—derived from Indianapolis consumers—in this city.

No Pay for Vice President Listed as officers of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, J. N. Canavan, E. E. Carver, W. A. Horner, E. C. Orton and Harry T. Pritchard, vice-presidents, are reported by the Federal Power Commission as receiving no salaries. Utility experts revealed that it is not “love of their work” which is responsible for these socalled officials of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company not drawing salaries here. None of the men listed above are in Indianapolis. They all hold office with the Utilities Power and Light Company in Chicago. While neither C. L. Harrod nor other officers of the local light company could be reached by The Times today to explain the peculiar salary schedule, the public service commission, through Sherman Minton, public counselor, promised to look into the salary setup of the light company in its current investigation into rates. Attorney Draws $12,937 “Salaries of officials are paid by the light consumer,” said Mr. Minton, “and as these salaries enter into the cost of operation of the company and have a definite bearing on rates, I most certainly will investigate this phase of the company’s operation.” In the salary schedule of the local light company, the federal power commission reveals that Bernard Korbly, local attorney and general counse lfor the light company, received $12,937.50 in 1933. W. C. Richardson, treasurer, received $10,350; Elmer E. Scott, secretary, $8,625; Walter C. Marmon, chairman of the board $5,175, and Emmett G. Ralston, vice-president in charge of operations, $13,162.50, according to the commission reports. Pay Cuts Included Directors of the company, each of whom received S2O for each meeting attended, according to the federal commission report, are Arthur V. Brown, Harley L. Clarke, C. L. Harrod. Bernard Korbly. Walter C. Marmon. Harry T. Pritchard. Emmet G. Ralston, W. C. Richardson, Elmer E. Scott and Elmer W. Stout. The salary schedule reported today as of June 1, 1933. was made public by the federal power commission after giving effect to a 10 per cent and one-half month vacation deductions. In an exclusive story on Jan. 11, The Times revealed that while the clerks of the local light company received a salary slash of more than SIO,OOO in 1932. an addition of $14,200 was put upon the budget for executive salaries, according to reports of the Light company to the public service commission. GASOLINE PRICESTo BE RAISED ONE CENT Retail Figure Advance Announced by Standard Official E. P. Galbreath, local general manager of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, announced today that retail price of gasoline will advance 1 cent a gallon tomorrow morning.

twelve states (Georgia was not represented then) met at Philadelphia and organized what since has been commonly called the Continental Congress. The members were delegates and the voting on all questions was by states (colonies), each state having one vote. The delegate in charge was styled President of the Congress. “The Continental Congress was in session, at various times and places, until March 2. 1789. One of its important acts was the drawing up, and adoption on July 4, 1776. of the Declaration of Independence. which was signed by ’the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled.’ -

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Although numerologists probably would be excited over it. the significance of the figure “two” in her life doesn’t mean much to Barbara Ann Weller. Barbara Ann is 2 years old today, Feb. 22, Washington's birthday. She was born at twenty-two minutes after 12, the twenty* second day of the second month of 1932, two hundredth anniversary of George Washington’s birthday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Weller, 6821 East Washington street, and is the second girl in the family.

Prison Threat Hurled at County Heads in Bids War

Warning Brings Abrupt Halt to Proceedings at Courthouse. Warned that carrying out of theiu announced intention of awarding contract for voter registration equipment to a high bidder, who had been permitted to alter his bid, might result in prison sentences, county commissioners today were seeking a graceful ‘out” to their predicament. The prison threat followed a storm of disapproval over tentative awarding of the contract to the Indianapolis Office Furniture Company, of which Bowman Elder, one of Governor Paul V. McNutt’s advisers, is an official. The company has received a major portion of the office furniture business at the statehouse. It bid before the county $28,592.20 for one type voter equipment and $31,277.20 on another type, later being permitted to alter its proposal so that the lower bid included the equipment originally offered under the higher bid. Four other companies made lower bids, that of the Heller Automatic Equipment Company, $19,971, being nearly $9,000 lower than the favored bid. Commissioners said this low bid did not meet specifications. Brings Storm of Protest Announcement of Commissioners Ernest K. Marker, board president, and John S. Mann, recently ap- j pointed to succeed Thomas H. Ellis, j deceased, that the bid of Mr. Elder’s j company had been approved brought | a storm of disapproval, in which personalities were included. Fabian W. Biemer, chief deputy auditor, who said he would refuse to honor claims for the equipment if the contract was signed, said to Mr. Mann. “We picked you out of a CWA i ditch gang and made you a com- ! missioner and now we are going to : put you right back there again. We are not going to allow any one, ! through you, to rob the taxpayers of Marion county of thousands of dollars.” See Bid for Support In defending his vote, Mr. Mann explained he voted with Marker because “it was the wish of Mr. Ellis that I do so.” Courthouse observers saw in Mr. Marker’s vote a bid for statehouse support of his candidacy for Democratic county chairman. The.chairman will be elected by precinct committeemen, a number of whom hold state jobs obtained on recommendation of Mr. Elder. Mr. Marker said today that he is not acquainted with Mr. Elder, having met him only once and not hav- j ing seen him for a year. County councilmen. Commissioner Dow W. Vorhies and County Clerk Glenn B. Ralston joined in the chorus of vociferous protest over the Marker and Mann action. Mr. Ral-

Between Nov. 15, 1777. and July 9. 1778. the Continental Congress adopted ‘Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States’. These articles gave to the thirteen colonies the name -The United States of America’, the Articles, generally known'as the first Constitution. remaind in force untilMarch 4. 1789. when the Constitution of the United States was proclaimed in effect. “The Articles of Confederation, though adopted by the Continental Congress in 1778. were not ratified until March 1. 1781. The Articles designated congress as The United States in Congress assembled'. The Presidents of the sessions of the Continental Congress after the Articles went into effect usually

ston said he would refuse to accept the equipment because of the high price, because it does not meet his needs, and because of the unfairness of permitting a bidder to change his bid w'hen others did not have the same opportunity. Mr. Ralston agreed with Mr. Vorhies that bid of the Indianapolis Printing Company, $24,355, probably W'as the “lowest and best” bid. Mr. Marker and Mr. Mann were adam'ant in their stand until warned by County Attorney Charles B. Clark that their action might pave the way for criminal action against them. This succeeded, where the unfairness protests failed, in effecting reconsideration. After a three hours’ huddle, Mr. Marker and Mr. Mann announced the contract had not yet been signed and that they would give it a little consideration before final action. Mr. Elder joined in the huddle. Difficulty over the office equipment bids is not the first the- county commissioners have encountered in contracting for countp purchases. Last December, Jacob Weiss, attorney for the Republic Creosoting Company, appeared before the commissioners and criticised sharply what he termed “peculiar” specifications for highway tar.

ARMY FLIER DIES IN CRASH DURING STORM Air Mail Pilot Is Killed in Ohio Tragedy. By United Press DESHLER. 0.. Feb. 22.—An army plane, carrying mail from Chicago to Toledo, crashed in a woods near here today during a snowstorm. The j pilot, tentatively identified as Lieu- i tenant Durward Lowry, Milwaukee. [ Wis., was killed.

Suspect’s Suicide Climax to Bizarre Kidnap Plot

Hangs Self in Jail After Attempt to Abduct Publisher. By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—One of the most bizarre kidnaping attempts in Chicago police annals was climaxed abruptly today when the confessed perpetrator of the plot hanged himself in jail. A startling chain of events that started with the assault upon and attempted kidnaping of E. P. Adler,

signed themselves “President of the United States in Congress Assembled’. “These Presidents were, in order, Thomas McKean, Delaware; John Hansom, Maryland; Elias Boudinot New Jersey: Thomas Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Richard Henry Lee. Virginia: Nathaniel Gorham, Massachusetts: Arthur St. Clair k Pennsylvania, and Cyrus Griffin, Virginia. John Hancock was elected but did not serve. “George Washington was the first President under the Constitution. He was. the Department of State says, the ’first President of the United States of America.' This opinion by Hunter Miller, historical adviser of the department, was made public on May 9, 1932.”

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STATEHOUSE TAKES VACATION-ALL BUT ‘SWEATSHOP’ GIRLS Times’ Expose of Conditions and Alleged NRA Violations Shows Results; Employes Get Comfortable Chairs. UNION HEAD PROTESTS LEGALITY New $20,000 Duplicating Department ‘Unjust Competition’ and ‘Chiseling,’ Says Typothetae Secretary. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer Statehouse offices were closed today with the exception of the so-called “sweatshop” in the basement where the girls are typing on a piecework basis in alleged violation of the NRA code. But even there, improvement has been made, following expose of conditions in The Times yesterday. New chairs of the best modern design for typists were installed this morning. They replaced the old camp chairs that were being used.

MINTON ENTERS SENATE RACE Public Counselor Announces Entrance as Candidate for Nomination. Sherman Minton, public counselor with the public service commission, today officially announced his entrance into the Democratic race for the nomination for United States senator. He has been talked about as a candidate since taking the public counselor post a year ago and has had the active support of Pleas Greenlee, McNutt patronage secretary. Governor Paul V. McNutt refused to commit himself regarding the Minton entry, as he has with the other candidates in the race. Because of the Greenlee support, Mr. Minton enters the contest bearing the statehouse stamp, however. In asnnouncing himself, Mr. Minton issued the following statement: “I will continue my fight through state and federal channels for relief and justice tc public utility patrons of Indiana. The records of a faithful beginning have been written here at home and by the national administration, heralding the new deal in utility regulation. A native of Floyd county, Mr. Minton is a lawyer, war veteran and life-long Democrat. He is a graduate of Indiana and Yale universities During the World war he served overseas with the Thirtythird division. He founded the American Legion post in his home city of New Albany and has been active in the state department. He is an Elk, Mason and member of Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. During his college career he was outstanding in both athletics and debate, being full back on the Indiana university football squad. Since taking the office of public counselor, he has inaugurated numerous rate reduction cases and instituted a “short method” for getting results. His latest victory was in obtaining a voluntary reduction of $525,000 in rates of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Mr. Minton is married and the father of two boys and a girl. They reside in New Albany.

prominent newspaper publisher, was followed today by the suicide of Fred Mayo, who had confessed the abduction attempt. Mayo admitted that he set upon Mr. Adler in a loop hotel hallway, hoping to beat him into unconsciousness, drug him and smuggle him to a hideout ina aaleman’s sample trunk. Shortly before Mayo’s suicide police had arrested James Lacey of Des Moines la., whom they suspected as Mayo’s accomplice in the daring plot that was frustrated by Adler's vigorous resistance.

OPPORTUNITY DAY It knocks only once. That’s the secret of Opportunity day, which will be observed by Indianapolis merchants Saturday. Counters upon counters of household goods, clothing and other necessities will be offered to the Indianapolis buying public at prices that never may be repeated. The Indianapolis Times Friday will give you another key to these great sales. The Times will carry advertising from merchants all over the city. These merchants and the Times offer you a day never to be forgotten. Don’t forget, Opportunity day Saturday and Times go hand in hanc..

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County. 3 Cents

L. H. Coleman, who manages the work for AdjutantGeneral Elmer F. Straub, explained that these chairs will permit the girls to have “both rest and speed.” The layout is part of the statehouse duplicating system installed in the statehouse basement at a cost of more than $20,000. It is established in the name of the Indiana State Teachers’ college. Terre Haute, but is in charge of the adjutant-general's office. Reason for using the name of the Teachers 1 college was explained by the administration on the grounds that it would be illegal for any department to make such a setup without direct legislative authority, which was not obtained. Institutions may establish such a business, under the law, so approval of the Teachers’ college trustees was obtained on orders from Governor Paul V. McNutt.

Details Are Exposed Legality of the whole affair is attacked and further NRA violations charged in a bulletin sent to 800 printers and publishers today by Dennis A. Sweeney, 313 Mever-Kiser Bank building, executive secretary of the Indiana State Typothetae, the employing printers’ association. Details of how the duplicating department was inaugurated at the statehouse are disclosed. Facts, not refuted by those in charge, are as follows: E. R. Ragan, sales manager of the Multigraph Sales Agency, 212 Occidental building, made the equipment installation (all machinery from the Multigraph company) and was pu, on the state pay roll for S2OO a month, as part time employment, showing other employes how the thing works. T. H. McFadden, another Multigraph Company employe, also was put in charge at a S2OO monthly salary. SBO.OOO Saving Claimed According to Wayne Coy, secretary to Governor McNutt and one of the consultants in making the arrangements, 80 per cent of the state departmental printing will be handled by the duplicating department. Estimated saving has been set at SBO,OOO a year. But Mr. Sweeney charges that on recent jobs for both the income tax department and the Governor’s committee on unemployment relief, charges made by the department were excessive by more than SI,OOO over printer prices. Mr. Coy contends that the prices were figured on the regular contract printing basis, that the department has already made $15,000 profit and when the equipment is paid for prices will be greatly reduced. Barred From Printers Union He also said that the workers in the department will be unionized “whenever they learn whether they come under the office workers or printer's code.” They are ineligible for membership in the typographical union unless they actually are printers. Mr. Sweeney points out that the SBO and S9O monthly salaries being paid operators in the department are below the printing code and charges that hours in excess of the forty-hour week are being worked without overtime payment. This constitutes both unjust competition and a violation of the NRA code, Mr. Sweeney contends. Greenlee Kin Named His bulletin also cited purchase of paper from C. I. Greenlee, “from an out-of-state concern.” Mr. Greenlee, who formerly lived in Chicago, is a nephew of Pleas Greenlee, McNutt patronage secretary, and represents the Whiting Paper Company. Pleas Greenlee said that any paper C. I. Greenlee sold the state was because he was low bidder and not because he is a nephew. GASOLINE TANK BURSTS Four Men Injured in SIOO,OOO Fire in New York City. By United Pri * NEW YORK. Feb. 22 —A 500-gal-lon tank of gasoline exploded today in the garage of the United States Trucking Corporation, starting a fire that injured four men and caused property damage estimated at SIOO,OOO.