Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1934 Edition 02 — Page 3

MARCH 31, 1934_

NEW LAW ENDS OIL PRICE WAR IN TEXAS AREA Ruinous Output Is Curbed After Bitter Fight Involving U. S. By Lnitrrl Press DALLAS, Tex., March 31.—A new era in the petroleum industry appeared today as a combniation of forces moved toward the ultimate contr lof a ruthless gain that in three years almost crushed the life out of the oil world. The giant is the East Texas oil field. When the East Texas pool was discovered it was hailed as the greatest in petroleum history. But soon the cheers gave way to wailings. Hundreds upon thousands of barrels of crude belched forth unbridled from the field, and as the oil flowed, prices dipped. Panic-stricken operators, refiners and distributors all over the country were affected, as were world markets. They saw crude oil, which not long before had sold for as high as $3 a barrel, dip to a low of 10 cents a barrel. Price Proved Ruinous Oil can’t be produced profitably, no matter how great the supply, for 10 cents a barrel, or for any sum near that figure. Action to correct the situation was taken but it proved ineffective. The Texas Railroad Commission, which has jurisdiction over oil matters in the state turned to what appeared the only solution—proration. Probation orders were issued but all were violated for the commission couldn’t back them up. Producers of “hot,” or illegal oil, scoffed at the commission, and w’ent on producing the enormous quantities that were undermining the world oil price structure. The situation became so alarming that the federal government and the President took a hand. President Roosevelt issued an executive order banning “hot oil” shipments from interstate commerce. The department of interior placed agents in the field to see that the order was enforced. But a federal court decision held the agents were without jurisdiction. Simultaneously, however, with the ruling that blocked the federal government, came another federal court decision upholding the validity of the Texas railroad commission's orders. Even that was ineffective. Valid or not the orders were violated. New Law Proves Effective It remained for the Texas legislature to provide the commission with what is proving an effective weapon in the battle for conservation. It enacted a law making proration iolation a felony punishable by heavy fines and imprisonment. In consequence “hot” oil production is being greatly curbed. The major companies have co-operated in that they have agreed to turn over to independent refiners one-fifth of their production at the prevailing price of $1 per barrel. v If any independent refinery declines the offer, but continues to operate, it immediately will be evident that that company is obtaining “hot” oil, which still is selling at beggars’ prices. Illegal oil still is flowing in East Texas, but the traffic is on the wane. R. D. Parker, the railroad commissioner's chief supervisor, believes the estimated 40,000 to 50,000 barrels now produced daily will be completely halted by April 28. UTILITY CHARGE FOUGHT BY NEW YORK OFFICIAL Senator to Take Floor to Deny Power Company Link. By I nih il Press ALBANY, N. Y., March 31.—New York state's bitter utilities war continued on several fronts today as senate whip W. T. Thayer girded for a dramatic floor fight to disprove he was subservient to a power company. The senator, who. disclosures purported to show, accepted "expenses” from the Associated Gas and Electric Company for "legislative work,” hinted he would open his fight on the senate floor Monday night. The senator planned to base his fight on the grounds that his transactions with the power company were legitimate. Thieves Steal Hams Hams valued at S4O were stolen from the meat market owned by James Taylor at Twenty-sixth street and Northwestern avehue last night or early today, it was reported to the police. Relief Corps Will Meet Major Robert Anderson Woman’s Relief Corps will meet at 1:30 at Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois street. Anew conductor will be elected. Mrs. Evelyn Kosaveach will preside. Play Structure Scheduled Volney Hampton will discuss the play, “Alien Corn,” by Sidney Howard, at 8 Monday night at the Indiana university extension division, 122 East Michigan street.

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200 YEARS OF CATHOLICISM

Authentic History of Church in Indiana

CHAPTER ONE EARLY MISSIONARY HISTORY—I7O2 TO 1834 The First White Man . . . Founding of Vincennes . . . Early French Missionaries . . . Father Meurin . . . Father Gibault.. . Beginning of Catholicity in America ... Growth of the Church in Indiana . . . New Diocese Erected. a a tt THE first white man to visit Indiana territory was a French Jesuit missionary from the old French mission at St. Joseph on Lake Michigan. His name is unknown, but he came among the Miami Indians, probably in 1675. He and his fellow missionaries found the route from New France to Louisiana by way of the Maumee-Wabash and Ohio rivers. The Appalachian mountains and hostile Indian tribes prevented the English coast-wise colonies from expanding into the interior of the country. But the French, who began the permanent settlement of North America about the same time as the English, found a natural highway to the interior by way of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. For to be explained later, the Indians did not offer the same resistance to the French as they did to the English. Asa result, French traders and missionaries penetrated the interior with little hindrance. Champlain, who founded Quebec in 1608, had an agent in Wisconsin dealing' with the Indians as early as 1634. The Jesuit, Father Claude Allouez, founder of Catholicity in the west, who spent thirty-two years (1657-1689) in the middle west, preached to twenty different tribes and baptised 20,000 natives. With him was Father Marquette, who preached the gospel to the Illinois and Kaskaskia Indians. Father Joliet, with Marquette in 1673, ascended the Fox river from Illinois into Wisconsin, then drifted to the Mississippi river down to the mouth of the Arkansas, where they learned from the natives that the Mississippi emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.

a a a JOLIET’S story of the great central waterway he discovered filled Governor Frontenac of Quebec with dreams of a great FrenchAmerican empire. A steady stream of French Canadians was encouraged to migrate into the newly-dis-covered country. This is, in a gen- ! oral way, the origin of many French ! settlers in Indiana who came here ; to find new fortunes, and from the | earliest date held sway here. In 1670 Canada, and with it what is i now Indiana, fell into the hands of I the British, who held it until the j capture of Ft. Sackville, Feb. 25, 1779. In the interim of British rule, the inhabitants of Indiana practically were without any religious services, excepting the occasional visit of a missionary, until Father Pierre Gibault assumed jurisdiction as vicar-general of the Illinois region ! in 1769. The momentous part played Iby Father Gibault in the capture |of Ft. Sackville and the conquest | of the Northwest Territory will be told in a later chapter. The actual founding of Vincennes was about 1732 or 1733, as proven by records. The post was founded by Francois Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes. He was born in Montreal in 1700. The post, at first known as Au Ouabache, was established there because the ground was ! level and was a key to the south bv way of the Ohio and the Mississippi. It was named Vincennes after the death of its founder twenty years later. The French Jesuits came among the Indians to teach them and not to exploit them. French success | was gained through genuine friend- ] ship. According to xecords fairly j well authenticated, the following missionaries visited Vincennes and ! surrounding territory, including Illi- ; nois: 1702—Unknown Jesuit father. 1707—Father John Mermet, Jesuit. 1712—Father Antonius Senat, Jesuit (burned at the stake, 1736). 1728—Father D'Outrelau. 1736-1749—Father Mercurin Conic. 1748-1753—Father Sebastian Louis Meurin, Jesuit (died 1771). 1752—Father P. Du Jaunay (died in Canada, 1781). 1753-1756—Father Louis Vivier, Jesuit. 1756-1763 Julien Duver- | nay, Jesuit. 1768 —Father Sebastian Louis I Meurin. 1769-1787—Father Pierre Gibault, ! patriot priest and vicar-general. a a OTHER zealous missionaries whose labors helped to prei pare the soil of Catholicity in Indiana from 1795 to 1814 were the ; Rev. John Rivet, the Rev. Donatian Olivier, Father Stephen T. Badin and the Belgian missionary, Father Charles Nerinckx. All of these missionaries officiated I in the first log church of St. Francis Xavier at Vincennes, on the same site as the present church. The second log church was built in 1784 | and the old one then was used as a residence for the pastor for several years. Father Meurin. writing to Bishop Briand in Quebec in 1767, describes conditions at Vincennes as follows: ’ Post Vincennes on the Wabash I among the Miami Piankashaw is as large as our best villages here and still has a greater need of a mis- | sionary. Disorder has been always great, but it has increased in the last three years. Some come here to be married or to make their Easter duty. The majority do not wish to. nor can they do it. “The guardian of the church published the banns for three Sundays; to those who wish to come here he gives certificates of publication without opposition, which I myself publish before marrying. Those who do not wish to come declare in a loud voice in their church their mutual consent. Can such a marriage be permitted? . . . While awaiting the effects oi your charity, 11 shall continue to make use of the i former power which I received from i M. Mercier. The Grand Vicar whom you will send to us will limit them | as he shall judge fitting.” Anew Vicar was not appointed until 1770 when Bishop Briand appointed Father Meurin Vicar-Gen-eral of the Illinois Territory, giving , him carte blanche authority to use i his own judgment in all matters. ts a a | TT was while Father Meurin was Vicar-General that Father Gibault first came to Vincennes in 1768 as one of his chief aids. The coming of Gibault to Vincennes was an epochal event, for later, Gibault was destined to play a most important part in the final conquest of the Northwest Territory. In writing to Bishop Briand in I 1770. Father Gibault gives a graphic description of conditions as they then existed: "On my arrival all crowded down the banks of the Wabash to receive me; some fell on their knees unable to speak, others could only speak in sobs. Some cried out ’Father, save us, we are almost in hell!’ Others said. ’God has not yet abandoned us for he has sent you to us to make us do penance for our sins. Oh, sir, why did you not come sooner? My poor wife, my dear mother, my poor child would not have died without the sacra- j menfe’"

•By Humbert P. Pagan

At this juncture of our narrative it becomes necessary to go back a few years for a (Jfiick glance at the beginning of Catholicity in America. In 1631 Lord Baltimore (George Calvert, a convert to Catholic Faith), obtained a charter from Charles I of England for a settlement in Maryland. A colony of 200 families sailed from the Isle of Wight and reached the shores of the Chesapeake on March 25, 1634. Lord Baltimore wanted to establish a refuge for his Catholic co-religionists from England, who at that time, were suffering many hardships. English intolerance in

Sendees in City Churches Sunday

Sutherland Presbyterian—The Rev. Florizel A. Pfeiderer, pastor. Morning theme, “The Recovery of the Easter Message.” Fountain Street M. E. —The Rev. Charles A. McCullough, pastor. Morning, the pastor will preach an Easter sermon; night, a revival sermon will be preached. Honey Creek 11. B.—The Rev. A. Glen O'Dell, pastor. Morning theme, "Dawn of the New Day.” Community U. B.—The Rev. A. Glenn O'Dell, pastor. Night, "Resurrection.” University Heights U T . B.—The Rev. G. E. Stine, ©pastor. Morning theme, ‘ The Light of Easter.” Calvary U. B.—The Rev. L. A. Huddleston. pastor. 5:30 a. m., sunrise prayer meeting; morning theme, “The New Christ”: afternoon, "A Great Victory Service' ; night, “The Second Coming of the Lord.” First United Brethern—The Rev. E. H Dailey, pastor. In the morning a combined Sunday school and church service will be held with Bishop H. H. Fout. the pastor and Professor A. F. Williams speaking. In the evening, an Easter pageant,” "He Has Triumphed.” will be given. Mrs. Gayrell will play on the pipe organ “Meditation.” “Early Morn” and Postlude by Kern. The senior vested choir under the direction of Mrs. E. H. Dailey will sing. Shelby Street Wesleyan Methodist—The Rev. Leo Crowe, pastor. Morning theme. “The Resurrection”; night, “Everyman’s Cross." First Congregational—The Rev. Ellis W. Hay. pastor. Morning theme, "What Is Life?” Broad Ripple Christian—The Rev. John Ray Clark, pastor. Morning theme. ‘ The Power of the Resurrection”; night, a cantata, “Life Everlasting,” will be given. East Park M. E.—The Rev. R. A. Ulrey. pastor. 6 a. m.. early Easter service will be held with the pastor speaking; 9:30 a. m., program by the church school followed by baptismal service and reception of the members at 10:30 a. m.; noon, a basket dinner will be served; 1:30 p. m.. concert by school orchestra; 2:30 p. m., church dedication. Central Avenue M. E.—Dr. Charles Drake Skinner, pastor. Morning theme, “The Practice of Immortality”; night, the young peop’e will be in charge with Sam Martmez speaking. Merritt Place M. E.—The Rev. M. H. Reynolds, pastor. Morning theme. "The Spirit of the Resurrection: night, an Easter cantata will be given by the choir. St. Paul's Reformed—The Rev. William H. Knierim. pastor. 7 a. m., Sunrise service; 3:45 a. m., German theme, “The Gate of Life.” 8:55 a. m., English theme. “The Joy of Easter” and communion service. Trinity Reformed—The Rev. William H. Knierim. pastor. 6 a. m.. Sunrise service; 11 a. m. theme, “Christ Is Alive.” Second Evangelical—The Rev. F. C. Wacknitz, pastor. 6 a. m. Early Easter service: 9:30 a. m., unified service; 7 p. m. evening service. Unity Truth Center Church of Practical Christianity—The Rev. Muriel G. Powell, pastor. Morning service at D. A. R chapter house. 824 North Pennsylvania street. Pastor will speak on “Death of Death.” Xorthvvood Christian—The Rev. R. Melvyn Thompson. pastor. Morning theme. 'Expanding Horizons.” Garden City Christian—The Rev. Frank R. Messersmith. pastor. Morning theme. “A Glorious Resurrection": night, a plav “The Challenge of the Cross.” Edgewood M. E.—The Rev. M. O. Robbins. pastor. Morning theme. "The Victorious Jesus”; • night, “The Unrecognized Jesus." Trinity M. E.—The Rev. J. R. Flanigan, pastor. Morning, program by children of the church; night, Easter message by the pastor. Advent Episcopal—The Rev. George S. Southworth, rector. 7:30 a. m. communion

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THE INDIAN> POI ' IS TIMES

Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Vincennes, in 1883

matters of divine worship was transplanted to the American cqpmonwealth. It played an important part in American history and in the history of Indiana and the whole Northwest Territory. As the scope ©f this narrative is confined largely to Indiana, many important historical developments east of the Appalachians must be omitted even though they utimately influenced the course of events here. For our purpose, it suffices to say that in 1808 the diocese of Baltimore, the first Catholic diocese in the United States and established in 1789, underwent its first division in being made an archdiocese. a tt tt OUT of it, three new Sees were erected in the east; Boston, New York and Philadelphia. In the west, to serve the Catholic immigrants who were pouring into the Ohio valley, particularly in Ohio and Kentucky, the diocese of Bardstown was erected in Kentucky with the Rev. Benedict Flaget, a Sulpician, as its first bishop. After Flaget was made bishop, the Catholics of Vincennes petitioned him for a priest. He could not send them one because he did not have any. But Father Rosati, afterwards bishop of St. Louis, visited Vincennes in 1817. Bishop Flaget himself arrived in 1818. Three priests came to Vincennes about this time, Father A. Blanc, Father Jeanjean and later Father A. Ferrari.

service; 11 a. m., sermon by the rector and communion; 4 p. m. church school festival. Church of Christ Mission—Morning theme, “Will a Man Rob God?” night, Clyde Arthur will speak on “The Gospel.” Gethsemane Lutheran—The Rev. John S. Albert, pastor. Morning theme, “The Risen Christ”; night, Easter program by the church school. Christian and Missionary Alliance—The Rev. James Harper, pastor. Morning theme, “The Empty Tomb”; night, “Joy in the Holy Ghost.” Missionary Tabernacle—The Rev. Otto Nater, pastor. Morning theme, “Holiness of Heart,” with John A. Schell, evangelist speaking; 2:30 p. m. the Rev. Earnest Hicks will speak on “Christian Principles;” 7:30 p. m. "Judgment” by Mr. Schell. Christ Church, Episcopal—The Rev. E. Aingcr Powell, rector. 6 a. m. Holy communion; 7:30 a. m. Holy communion without music; 10:45 a. m. choral Eucharist and sermon by the rector, “Behold! I Am Alive for Evermore.” Music by men and boy choir of fifty voices. 4 p. m. church school Easter service. The noonday service of devotion will be resumed on Monday. April 9. This service commences at 12:05 p. m. and closes about 12:30 p. m. Irvington Presbyterian—Dr. John B. Ferguson, pastor. Morning theme, “The Great Commitment”; night, song service by the choir. Fifty-First Street M. E.—The Rev. Wilbur D. Grose, pastor. Morning theme, “The Gospel of Immortality”; 6:30 p. m. service will be conducted by Epworth League, with Miss Marjorie Newman in charge. Carrollton Avenue Reformed—The Rev. E. G. Homrighausen, pastor. Morning theme, "The Old Easter Message—Ever New.” Night, the young people will present “Barabbas,” a religious drama, directed by Mrs. Rosalee Spong. Truth Center of Applied Christianity— The Rev. Edna Mauzy, pastor. The pastor will speak at 10:30 a. m. in the hotel Lincoln. West Park Christian—The Rev. John A. Farr, pastor. 6:30 a. m. sunrise service; morning theme. “I Too Shall Rise”; night, an Easter drama. “Simon the Leper.” I-ynhurst Baptist—The Rev. C. H. Scheick, pastor. The Rev. J. F. Mitchell, Greensburg, will conduct morning and night revival services, the last of a series. All Souls Unitarian—The Rev. F. S. C. Wicks, pastor. Morning theme, “The Festival of Resurrection.” Centenary Christian —The Rev. R. T. Gwyn, pastor. 9:30 a. m.. sermon. “Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?”;; night, program by the choir. St. Georges, Episcopal—The Rev. A. H. Tetu. vicar. 9 a. m., church school; 10 a. m., Holy Communion; 4:30 p. m., baptism; Monday at 8. the young people will meet; Friday night, the Knights of St. John will meet. Memorial Baptist—The Rev. George G. Kimsey pastor. Morning theme, "Personal Devotion”; night. "Resurrection.” Washington Street M. E.—The Rev. L. H. Kendall, pastor. Morning theme, Easter program bv the choir. Berea Church of Christ—The Rev. B. L. Allen, pastor. Morning theme. “Possessing. Purifying and Perfecting"; night. "Two Kinds of Sorrow.” First Evangelical—The Rev. R. H. Mueller. pastor. 6 a. m. early Easter communion service; 10.40 a. m., theme, “The Living Christ”; night, the choir will present a cantata, “Death and Life.' directed by Franklin N. Taylor. Broadway M. E.—The Rev, Richard M. Millard, pastor. Morning theme. “The Evidences of Eternal Life Through Jesus.” University Park Christian—The Rev. James H. Tilsley, pastor. Morning theme. “The Risen Christ”; at Twenty-ninth and Kenwood. Night. "The Christ in You,” at Fortieth and Capitol avenue. Troub Memorial Presbyterian—The Rev.

Other centers besides Vincennes demanded priests. On another visit to Indiana in 1819, Bishop Flaget brought Father Abel with him, who preached in English. They visited Daviess county and discovered a church at Montgomery, then known as Black Oak Ridge. They also found a settlement at Washington which had started there about 1813. In 1823, Father Leo Champonier was ordained at Bardstown (the first ordination in that diocese). He was sent to Vincennes as the first permanent pastor. In 1824, four sisters of charity from Nazareth, Kentucky came to,, Vincennes and established an academy and day school the same year. Father Champonier resigned in 1831 and was succeeded by Father Lawrence Picot. At this time, the Rev. Simon Lalumiere, native of Vincennes, was ordained at Bardstown and given charge of the Catholic settlement in Daviess county. The growth of the church in Indiana made it imperative that there should be a diocese within its -own borders. Requests and expressions for a resident bishop were heard from many parts of Indiana and thus, when the second Plenary Council of Baltimore convened in 1833, Bishops Rosati of St. Louis and Flaget of Bardstown, presented Indiana’s problems of growth and recommended anew Diocese. On May 6, 1834, therefore, came the announcement from Pope Gregory XVI, of the erection of the new Diocese of Vincennes and the appointment of the Rev. Simon Gabriel Brute as its first bishop. The new diocese included all of Indiana and a third of the state of Illinois. (Next Week—Bishop Brute’s administration, 1834 to 1839. Organization and growth of the diocese.) (Copyright by The Indianapolis Times and Humbert P. Pagani)

Lenn L. Latham, pastor. Morning theme, “The Power -of the Ressurection”; night, a pageant will be given by the young people. Miami Street Pilgrim Mission—The Rev. L. N. Trotter, pastor. Afternoon theme, “If the Christ Had Not Risen,” by the Rev. Fred Dininger, Newcastle. Church of God in Christ—The Rev. John H. Boone, pastor. 5:30 p. m., Y. P. W. W.; 7 p. m., sermon by pastor. Fountain Street M. E.—The Rev. Charles A. McCullough, pastor. 6:30 a. m.. a cantata, “Joy After Sorrow,” will be given by the choir; 9:30 a. m., Easter sermon; 6:30 p. m., the Epworth League will give an Easter pageant: 7:30 p. m., the first of a two-week series of revival meetings will be held. Ail Saints Cathedral—The Rev. Robert C Alexander, vicar. 7 a. m., Communion; 11 a. m„ morning prayer and Holy Communion, sermon by the vicar. St. Matthew’s Episcopal—The Rev. William Burrows, pastor. 7 a. m„ Communion; 10:45 a. m., sermon bv pastor; 4:30 p. m., song service and sermon by pastor. Beviile Avenue Evangelical—The Rev. Ambrose Aegerter, pastor. Morning theme, 'The Difference Easter Has Made”; night sermon by the Rev. Wilson S. Parks. Oaklandon Christian—The Rev. Leslie Sparks, morning theme. ‘‘Many Mansions”; night, a pageant. “Eternal Life,” will be given by the W. M. S. Broadway Evangelical—The Rev. Lloyd E. Smith, pastor. Morning theme. “Why seek ye the living among the followed by reception of new members. „ Bethany Christian—The Rev. James Shockley, pastor. 7 a. m., morning sunrise prayer meeting with G. I. Hoover speaking; night, a pageant, “The Resurrection” will be given. Garfield Park Baptist—The Rev. Louis G. Crafton. pastor. Morning, “The Resurrection”; night, praise and baptismal service. Capitol Avenue M. E The Rev. E Arnold Clegg, pastor. Morning theme! “But then”; night, “A Grave in a Garden.” First United Presbyterian—The Rev. Joseph A. Mears. pastor. 10:45 a. m Easter service and communion; 6:30 p. m , the young people will meet. Immanuel Reformed—The Rev. Herbert F. Weckmueller, pastor. Morning theme. "The Story of Easter” and communion. Seventh Presbyterian—The Rev. Thomas N. Hunt, pastor, 6:30 a. m., sunrise chuich service in charge of Norman Carv and young people; Morning theme. “The Easter Hope” and baptismal services: night, “What We Believe.” Negro Reports Robbery David Ballard, Negro, of 826 North West street, reported to police that $l5O and two bank shares valued at $lO each had been stolen from his home. Radio Stolen From Home A radio valued at S2O was stolen from the home of Charles Wagner, 1716 North Meridian street, by thieves who entered his apartment by a side window.

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S. 6. GLAZIER, RETIRED CITY FIREMAN DIES Funeral Services Will Be Held Monday; Burial in Crown Hill. Strawder G. Glazier, 78, retired city fireman, died yesterday in his home, 1038 East Washington street, after an illness of four weeks. Mr. Glazier had served in the fire department since 1874, when he was a substitute. He became a regular member of the force in 1878. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Monday in Shirley Brothers’ central chapel. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving Mr. Glazier are the widow, a son, Harry Glazier, and three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Manning, Mrs. Ada Glazier and Mrs Alta Griffith, all of Indianapolis. Last Rites for C. P. Froschauer Funeral services for Charles P. Froschauer, 80, of 1226 Tecumseh street, were to be held at 2 this afternoon in the J. C. Wilson funeral home. Burial was to be in Crown Hill. Mr. Froschauer died Wednesday in St. Francis hospital. Mrs. Robert Geddes Dead Following a long illness, Mrs. Robert Geddes died yesterday in the home of her son, R. Parker Geddes, 410 North Meridian street. Private funeral services will be held at 3 tomorrow afternoon in the Flannel’ & Buchanan funeral home. Mrs. Geddes was a member of the Flower Mission Society, the Nature Study Club and the Caroline Scott Harrison chapter of the D. A. R. Surviving her are the son, two sisters, Mrs. John C. Warren, Terre Haute, and Mss. Ned Kidder, Minneapolis; and two brothers, George Parker, Terre Haute, and Thatchell Parker, St. Louis. Gusave Breunninger Funeral Funeral services for Gustave A. Breunninger, 63, were to be held at 2 this afternoon at the residence, 116 Johnson avenue. Mr. Breunninger died Wednesday in his home. Joseph H. List Succumbs After an illness of several months, Joseph H. List, 71, died yesterday in his home, 2305 Adams street. He was a retired employe of the Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company. Funeral services will be held in the home at 2 Monday. HOLY SATURDAY RITE IS OBSERVED IN ROME Pomp and Solemnity Mark Church Services in Italian Capital. By United Press ROME. March 31.—The long Roman Catholic church ceremony in observance of Holy Saturday was carried out with pomp and solemnity today at St. Peter's, St. John Lateran and other principal Rome churches. The famous relics of St. Peter’s and St. John Lateran were exposed for devotion. Tourists, mostly Americans, British and Germans, filled the city because of the holy year and the prospect of a benediction which the pope, reviving a tradition interrupted in 1870, will bestow from the main loggia of St. Peter’s facade tomorrow. $2,000,000 RAIL ORDER IS AWARDED BY ERIE Road Plans Extensive Maintenance and Renewal Program. By United Press CLEVELAND, March 31.—Orders for nearly $2,000,000 worth of rails and track fastenings have been awarded by the Erie railroad as part of a maintenance and renewal program, it was announced today. The announcement said that orders call for fabrication of 32,000 gross tons of rails and 12,000 tons of spikes, plates, bolts and other accessories necessary in track laying. BOOK PRICE DECREASE DISCLOSED IN BIDDING State Acts Wednesday on 35 Proposals for Furnishing Texts. Reduction in prices for reading, writing and arithmetic text books was shown in bids received by the state board of public instruction, it was announced today by Floyd McMurray, superintendent. The bids, thirty-five in number, are being tabulated and will be acted on at 9:30 Wednesday.

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Labor looks to Richard E. Byrd (above), of Pontiac, Mich., to help settle the differences between automobile manufacturers and workers. He has been nominated by the automobile workers to represent them on the three-man mediation board planned by President Roosevelt.

City in Brief

A round-table discussion on "Decisions Under Indiana Guest Statute’’ will be held at a luncheon of Indiana Insurance Adjusters Monday in the Washington. The discussion w’ill be in charge of Edward Gallagher, American States Insurance Company president. Frank Stiegger will preside. An ilustrated talk on the science of finger printing will be given at the Lions Clu'o luncheon Wednesday at the Washington by Lieutenant Albert Perrott, Indianapolis police department identification bureau head. The program will be directed by Charles Mazey of the federal secret service. The Young Women’s Democratic Club of Indiana will meet at 6 Monday at the Athenaeum. Following a dinner, arrangements will be made for the annual card party and dance April 10 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. A rookie policeman, Francis Gootee, arrested Francis Foran, 910 South Senate avenue, last night after Foran, it is charged, shot Clinton White, 31, of 317 Wisconsin street, in a restaurant at 732 South West street. Wihte was sent to city hospital and Foran was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. House - to - house peddlers and handbill distributors were warned yesterday by police to keep off lawns in the city. The order came as a result of complaints made to Chief Mike Morrissey that peddlers were ruining newly painted flowers and shrubs by walking across lawns. A metal case containing music valued at $650, a clarinet valued at $l5O and music racks valued at SSO were stolen from an automobile owned by Jack Berry, musician, early today. The car was parked at Sherman drive and New York street. The thieves broke the handle of the front door to enter the car. Miss Elizabeth Craig of Brazil reported the theft of a traveling bag valued at $l5O from an automobile parked in front of 4260 Cornelius avenue last night. John Ford, 221 East Michigan street, reported to police today that a watch valued at $35 was stolen from his apartment last night. Bernard Coeffier, 3537 North Pennsylvania street, reported to police that two watches valued at S9O and other articles valued at $7.50 were stolen from his apartment. Police today discovered anew racket when the manager of a local restaurant bought a ticket from a man who told him that "concert” was to be held at the Athenaeum, March 31, for the benefit of the "rescue mission.” The fake tickets were sold for 35 cents each.

NORTH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Meridian at Thirty-eighth St. Dr. Warren W. Wiant. Minister Mr. Wm. F. KtigeJ. Minister of Music Sunday School at, 9:30 Morning Worship at 10:4." “LIFE TRIUMPHANT” Vesper Service at .7 o'clock "PRAYERS AT SUNSET” Baptism of Children All choirs of the Church partic>nating Epworth Leagues at 6:30 welcome:

FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST Indianapolis, Indiana Announces a Free Lecture on Christian Science By William Duncan Kilpatrick, C. S. B. of Detroit, Michigan Member of The Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts At CADLE TABERNACLE Ohio and New Jersey Streets Monday, April 2, 1934, at 8:00 P. M. The Public Is Cordially Invited to Attend

The Englewood Christian Church U ndenom inational 57 North Rural Street (2800 East) Between E. Washington car line and E. New York bus line EASTER PROGRAM A. M. 6:30 —Sunrise prayer followed by baptismal service. 9:ls—Bible school. Classes for all ages. Five classes for young people. Three large adult classes: One for women, one for men and a mixed class for both women and men. 10:45—Worship. Sermon, "HOPE THROUGH THE RESURRECTION.” P.M. 7:3o—Evangelistic service. Sermon, “HEIRS OF THE GREAT PROMISE.” The Payne Sisters of Johnson City, Tenn., will be in all these services closing a three weeks’ evangelistic campaign. A cordial invitation extended public to spend Easter at ENGLEWOOD—A friendly church, a church loyal to The Christ and true to His Word. O. A. TRINKLE, Minister.

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FRIENDS DOUBT HOOVER SEEKS '36 NOMINATION Rumors Associated With His Missouri Trip Are Discounted. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 31.—Former President Herbert Hoover, whose midwestern auto tour attracts attention, is definitely out of the 1936 presidential picture and will take small part in the 1934 congressional campaign if the judgment of his Washington friends is n y good. Mr Hoover was last reported in Kansas City with lowa, his native state, the next stop. Explanations vary of this eastward venture from sunny California during a month notable for doubtful weather in the valleys of the Kaw and the Missouri. The best one, from a senator who defends the Hoover administration vigorously, is that Mr. Hoover has served a term of silence and is deciding in his own mind whether the | time has come to talk. The former President told friends as he left Washington in March. 1933, that he would utter no criticisms of the Roosevelt administration for at least a year. As recently as last autumn Mr. Hoover assured a senatorial visitor to Palo Alto that he would not be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1936, The immediate question raised by his Kansas-Missouri-lowa travel is whether he is planning to become i active in the congressional cam- ; paign. In conversation with a dozen | prominent Republicans who are or ; have been close to the former President, the impression fcas given the | United Press that Mr. Hoover would not be pressed to mix deeply into , the 1934 congressional scramble, j There is no bond between the re- | cently formed joint Republican : congressional campaign committee , and Chairman Everett Sanders of I the Republican national committee. Creation of the joint committee served largely to exclude Mr. Sanders from the 1934 campaign. And Mr. Sanders is Mr. Hoover’s man, placed in charge in June, 1932, after the Chicago nominating convention. Some Republican congressional candidates will state frankly, if privately, that they hope Mr. Hoover will remain silent. Others feel that he should present his views occasionally in campaign statements to the press. It would be an unusual congressional campaign, indeed, in which the man who polled the largest popular vote ever achieved by a Republican nominee sat silent from April to November. That Mr. Hoover will not go on the stump, or, even, on the radio seems to be the Republican consensus here. It is likely, however, that the latter part of the campaign period will discover 'iis views in the newspapers. ELECTIONS HELD BY NEW CITY PRESS CLUB Maurice Early Chosen President of Organization. At the first meeting of the Indianapolis Press Club last night in the club rooms at 23 North Pennsylvania street, Maurice Early of the Indianapolis Star was elected president. Winthrop Lyman of the United Press was elected vice-president; Harold B. Harrison, Associated Press, secretary-treasurer, and J. A. Cejnar, International News Service; Robert L. Hoover, Indianapolis News; Carl F. Ogle, Indianapolis Star, and Lowell B. Nussbaum, Indianapolis Times, members of the board of governors. Hit-Run Driver Injures Woman Mrs. Cecil Wilson, 57, 530 East Raymond street, suffered a fractured right leg when she was struck by a hit and run driver at Madison and Raymond streets last night. She was sent to city hospital.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CARLETON W. ATWATER, D. D., Minister Meridian and Vermont 7:30 a.m.—l’rayer meeting and Easter breakfast. 0:30 a. in.—Bible school. 10:30a. iu. (o 11—Organ and orchestra. 11:00 a. m.—Worship. Easter music. Sermon: “If Easter Be Not True.” 7:lsp.m.—Worship. Easter music. Baptismal service. Sermon: "A Day or a Dynamic?”