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FOES LOOK ON HUEY’S SPEECH AS BOOMERANG KmgfGh’s Share - Wealth Plan Is Vulnerable, New-Dcalers Say. 50 MILLIONS HEAR TALK Long Suggests 165 Billions Capital Levy in Bid for Presidency. LYLE C. WILSON Pr* *laff rrr*onlßt WASHINGTON. March 8 —New rvl confidence in 1936 election prospects was undiminished today hv the share-our-wealth program of Huey P. Long, who proiVksed to a national audience a $165.noo 000.000 capital levy and end “the Roosevelt depression Democrats responsible for fighting the Administration's battles in the Senate expressed the wish Long would confine his line of attacic in tha> bndv to his wealth-sharing plan They consider that program •uincr-ible and indefensible in debate. The capital mas aware, however. • hat *he first shout of the i936 presidential campatcn was echoing over the nation from the lips of Candidate I^>nz Share-our-wealth is a comparatively old -torv in the Senate, heard first *hen Long appeared three years aeo on the floor. Capital Levy I* Basis But more recently Lone has detailed his plan more often in his neu -paper and in speeches away from Washington than at the capital Long s proeram is conceded to be a challenge to the Administration whether he or another leads the leu w.ng dissenters in 1936. But the New I>al is counting on ? gain. Political strategists believe that as the radicals depart from the Administration by onp door the comparatively conservative, many of them hitherto unsympathetic, will enme in at another. Long proposed a capital levy—everything ever 54.000.000. He fired at ihe Administration and at Franklin Del no Roosevelt—a name uttered with scornful emphasis on fiorv syllable- t ie current statistics of the nation’s woe: Persons on relief. 22.375.000. Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins says 20.500,000 as the correct figure. Persons unemployed. 10.837.000. “The Roosevelt Depression" One per cent of the people own si rent of the wealth, the Kingfish shouted. Four per cent —600 families own 85 to 90 per cent of the wealth. The middle class has disappeared. Seventy-five p?r cent of the people own noth ng—not enough to pay their debts. :j Long said. Tliat was his story of what he termed “the Roosevelt depression." a phrase he intends to make famous during the months before the election in November. 1936. He said President Roosevelt had promised during hts campaign and after it *o redistribute wealth in the United States but had not made good. He minted a siiYtilar thought from the l.ps of former President Herbert Hoover. Long blasted the plow-under, kill - the-pigs and kill-the-cow t rampaigil All this, he said, while hungrv souls were starving. What is it?" demanded the Kingfish. Is it a government? Maybe so It looks more like St Vitus danre ao* me ~ %nti-N'ew Deal rlatform Bared Long said 125.000.000 persons had >cated themselves at the barbecue. There is provided by the Almighty what it takes for them to eat; yea more But the financial masters of America have taken off the barbecue table 90 per cent of the food placed there by God. What has become of the balance of those things placed on the table by the Lord’ * Ther are in the hands of the Morgans. Rockefellers. Mellons. Baruchs. Bakers, Astors and the Vanderbilts —600 families at the most They can not eat the food They rain not wear the clothes. So they destroy it." There in substance is the antiNrw Deal argument of the left wing coalition. It may bulk large in the 1936 campaign. ‘Write to Me.' He Pleads “Write to me. Write to me." pleaded Long into a microphone linked with 80 stations through *h:ch he estimated he addressea 50 000 000 person*. ‘Will you organize a ’share our ea-*h society in your community? 11l send you the credentials. 11l send vou the materials Let s make the politicians keep their promises or elect someone who will We are going on and on in the S’ Vitus dance of the Roosevelt depression.” Long spoke last night and into the first minutes of today in reply to Gen. Hugh S Johnson, who th:s week challenged the left wing, antiNew Deal coalition formed by Long end Father Charles E. Coughlin In reply Long offered "share our wealth. - * It will serve no purpose to our distressed people.” he said, "for me to call my opponents more bitter names than they call me. Even were I able. I have not the time to pre*en: my ide of the argument and Turn to Page Three* Planning Bill Passe* A Senate measure authorizing four.’y commissioners to appoint s x-men planning boards today was parsed, 52-41. by the House.

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‘l’m Great!’ BBS That’s the Way Huey Sizes Up His Address to Nation.

f>y Lniied /’rm WASHINGTON. March 8 Huey P. Long boasted today that he 'kept half the country out of bed last night,” while he strutted before a battery of radio microphones haranguing the New Deal and all it stands for. I had 50.000.000 persons up way after their bedtime just, to hear me tell them —and in decent language, too —what's wrong with this nation and the men who run it. What's more. I told them what they could do to make things right again It was the greatest thing on radio in years.”

FINAL HOMAGE IS PAID HOLMES Great of Nation Join With Common Citizens at Rites for Justice. Ry I n i lrH Press WASHINGTON. March B—The mournful toll of a funeral dirge summoned citizens high and low today to a final tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes. The solemn sounding of the bell of fashionable All Souls Church gave voire to the nation's sorrow for its servant whose funeral marked his 94th birthday. A thousand mourners and more crowded the severely plain chapel where the solemn last rites were held for the former Supreme Court justice, who died Wednesday. Assembled for the tribute were the mighty of the nation and plain citizens to whom "Mr. Justice Holmes” was a k'ndly. elderly figure seen sometimes of an early evening strolling in pleasant weather through the old-fashioned streets near his home. At high noon the rites began The casket borne from the rambling home at 1720 I-st where the justice died reached the church, surrounded by hundreds unable to enter. In tribute, seven justices of the Supreme Court, stood with bowed heads. Two members of the court were not present. They were Justice Louis D. Brandeis. Justice Holmes’ closest associate who has been griefstricken since the justices death, and Justice Willis Van Devanter, lately suffering from illness. The ceremony at the church was over in just 30 minutes. The body was borne out of the chapel and the funeral procession to Arlington Cemetery began President Roosevelt joined the procession pn route.

CITY WOMAN KILLED BY HIT-RUN DRIVER Police Hunt Vampire Autoist After Tragedy. Police today sought a hit-run driver whose ear last night killed Mrs. Julia Livengood in front of 731 Virginia-av. Mrs. Livengood. who was 55, aas identified by her daughter. Mrs. Florence Campbell. 910 S. New Jersey -st.

As she was crossing Ihe street, Mr*. Livengood was struck and hurled to the pavement by a eream-eol-ored coupe which sped

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away. Several beer bottles were found shattered in the street near the accident scene, police reported. The dying woman was taken by William Skidmore. 715 E. McCartvst. to the office of Dr. C D. Hill, 731 Virginia-av. The physician gave first aid treatment and ordered her sent to City Hospital. Mrs. Livengood was the 24th person fatally injured in traffic accidents in Marion County this year. Poison Prove*-Fatal Samuel J Cass. 619 N. LaSalle-st, died today at City Hospital from the effects of poison, which he had taken Wednesday. Mr. Cass, an elderly man. was found critically ill under a porch of a vacant house at 604 N Tuxedo-st.

NR A Uncertainty Stifling Business, Richberg Warns Recovery Chief Urges Speedy Action by Congress at Finance Committee Hearing: Raps Judges. By l mt.d Press WASHINGTON. March 8 —Urging Congress to define the future scope of NRA. Donald R Richberg. the President's recovery co-ordinator, said today that uncertainty over the agency's future was "definitely slowing up trade and industry.”

Testifying for a second day at Senate Finance Committee hearings on NR A legislation. Mr. Richberg said some judges who have given adverse decisions in NRA cases needed "education in modern economic conditions” in order to understand how local businesses may affect interstate commerce. He conceded under questioning that pressure from big business had the effect of forcing adoption of some codes which were not entirely satisfacton.’ from NRA'S standpoint. Conceding that uncertainty is retarding recovery. Mr. Richberg said: If restrictions are to be removed on present wage levels and present prices are not to be sustained, the inevitable result is a holding off in i the placing of orders.

Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow unsettled with rain and rising temperature; lowest tonight about -8.

EUROPE EYES GREEK REVOLT WITH ALARM Three Nations Mass Troops in Fear Outbreak Will Lead to War. WARSHIPS SHELL CRETE All Powers Watch Situation Closely; British, French Craft on Scene. • Copyright. 1935. by —Uni’ed Press) VIENNA. Marc* 8— Europe watched with fast growing anxiety today the spread of a Greek rebellion the powers feared might represent the making of a war. Troops of three nations massed on Grecian frontiers as rebels and loyalists fought in the snows of Macedonia and rebel and loyalist fleets sailed the Aegean sea. France and Great Britain had warships off Athens: Italy was considering the dispatch of ships to w'atch its interests. Bulgaria had before the League of Nations a memorandum calling world attention to Turkish troop concentration in Turkey's southeastern corner of Europe, with frontiers on Bulgaria and Greece. All reports agreed that the rebellion had given no indication of its ultimate late. Snow' impeded the soldiers in Macedonia, where Gen. George Condylis sent a, government army against the rebels further east, hoping to crush them between his men and those of Loyalist Gen. 1 Ghilispras behind the rebels, toward the Turkish frontier. Government warships had bombarded Crete, “governmental” seat of r ~ 'd Eleutherios Venizelos, "the C: n Lion,” leader of the rebellion by which he seems to seize power. Rebel warships took possession cf the islands of Mitylene, Chios and Samos, in the Aegean, along the coast of Asia Minor. HOUSE BONUS DEBATE TO START WEDNESDAY Vinson Bill to Be Called Up at That Time, Says Byrns. By 1 niti ’I Puss WASHINGTON. March B. ; Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said today that the House probably would begin consideration of the Vinson soldier bonus bill next Wednesday or Thursday. POSTOFFICE RAID IS FOILED BY TEAR GAS Safecrackers Routed by Fumes; Get SIOO in Cash, Stamps. Rtf Unilt and Press LINTON, Ind., March B.—Tear gas routed safeblowers from the Linton Postoffice today but they obtained SIOO in currency and stamps. The tear gas exploded when the combination was blown from a large safe in the office. Money in the safe was not molested because of the gas. CRUSH BRAZIL REVOLT Federal Forces Put Down Uprising Against State Ruler. By T nitrrt Press RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. March B.—Government advices said today that several were killed and wounded in fighting yesterday at Maceio where a group of rebels tried to overthrow the federal interventor of Alagoas state. Osman Loureiro. Federal forces restored order. Times Index Bridge 23 Broun 25 ; Comics 37 Crossword Puzzle 37 Curious World 37 Editorial 26 Financial 36 Food Pages 28-30 Hickman—Theaters 16 Junior Aviator 4 Napoleon’s Letters 25 Notes on Canvas 10 Pegler 25 j Radio 20 Shooting School 17 Sports 31-32-33 j State News 8 1 Woman's Pages 22-23

"When we urged the desirability of action it is just a question as to how this retarding effect shall hold back business.” The recovery chief, however, gave few immediate specific suggestions as to how wide NRA's future scope should be. He had suggested yesterday restriction of codes to businesses clearly engaged in interstate commerce or substantially affecting it. He made clear today that he took a broad view of what constitutes interstate commerce. "It has been a mistake.” he said. ■to look at the little pants presser around the corner and think of him as representing the cleaning an* 4 and. ,r eing industry."

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935

M'NUTT SIGNS TIMES-BACKED POLLUTION BILL

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Virgil M. Simmons, standing, and Gov. Paul V. McNutt

Gov. Paul V. McNutt is shown signing the stream pollution bill which will do much to free the state from insanitary pollution in lakes and streams of the state. The Indianapolis Times, long an advocate of such measure, brought public attention to the shocking and dangerout condition in Indiana waterways in a series of articles last summer and the summer before. Virgil M. Simmons, state conservation director, is an interested spectator to the signing.

Democrats Use Strategy to Block Primary Change McNutt Forces Line Up Behind G. 0. P. Move to Revive 1907 Law, Kill Statute Dyer Bill Would Amend. BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer "Democratic politicians move by devious ways their winders to perform.” The state administration took a whipping the other day on the DyerRoush bill extending the primary to include the nomination of the Gover-

nor and United States Senator. McNutt leaders in the House of Representatives were beaten decisively on a motion to postpone the bill indefinitely. The administration previously had been unable to beat the Swihart bill, a similar measure, in the Senate and the anti-administration group in the upper house were awaiting action on the Dyer-Roush bill to learn the temper of the lower house. Yesterday, Republican leaders made a motion to call from committee the Dausman bill repealing the 1915 primary law' and reviving the 1907 primary act which made primaries compulsory in counties having at least one city with 30.000 population and optional in the others. To their surprise, they found Democrats joining them in calling the bill from committee and passing it to second reading. Favored by VanNuvs Political observers saw in ithis move a strategic blow at the Dyer bill, which is favored by United States Senator Frederick VanNuys and other anti-state administration groups. If the Dausman bill were enacted, the Dyer bill virtually would be killed because it merely amends the 1915 primary law and the Dausman bill repeals it. There wouldn't be anything to amend, and the repeal bill is in line with the platform pledges of both parties. The Senate, however, is reported bound in caucus not to act on primary repeal, the Democrats at least having repudiated their platform pledge in this respect because of the widespread protest against any weakening of the primary. Another Blow at Dyer Bill Some state administration leaders insist the effort to help the Republicans pass the Dausman bill is meant seriously. However, repeal is regarded as unlikely by political observers. The maneuvering yesterday generally is believed to be merely another blow at the Dyer bill, because administration leaders do not want the Governor and United States Senator nominations transferred from the convention to the primary. They control conventions too well and there is a Governor nomination to be considered not long hence. MILK CONTROL BILL IS SENT TO SENATE Five-Member Board Established by House Measure. The Senate received for its concurrence today amended legislation creating a five-member milk control board which passed the House late yesterday afternoon. The House voted 68 to 18 for the bill after Rep. Frank G. Thompson 'D.. Blufftom said the measure would end price wars. Attacking the bill on the grounds that it sought to fix prices and restrain trade, Rep. Herbert H Evans iR., Newcastle) said, "This isn't going to help the poor man who milks the cows. It is bad stuff and bound to be unconstitutional.”

MUSTACHES At 8 tonight many fellows with flowing, luxuriant mustaches will compete for honors in The Indianapolis Times-In-diana Theater mustache contest conducted at the theater in connection with the showing "Ruggles of Red Gap.” Comedian Charles Ruggles wears a mustache which is acclaimed the peak of hirsute attainment. The prize winners will be awarded cash and theater tickets.

ATTACK VICTIM. FIGHTS FOR LIFE Girl Undergoes Operation on Eyeball, Pierced by Ice Pick. The condition of Miss Lavina Rae Storey, 19-year-old girl who, on Wednesday night, was hacked with an ice pick by Carson Noel, 45-yeai - - old Negro, is still critical today, it was reported at City Hospital. The Negro, who now is serving a 41-year term in Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for his crime, drove the pick through the right eyeball, then into the mouth of the girl so far that the point pierced the back of the neck and stuck in the floor. An operation was performed on the eyeball and there is a chance that the sight will be retained, although the physicians say it is too early to tell definitely. Miss Storey passed a fairly quiet night and some of the pain seems to have left. Today she took her first nourishment since the attack. The attack occurred in the home of her sister, Mrs. H. W. Alford, which adjoins the Meridian Hills golf course and is some distance from neighboring homes. Noel, who had worked for the family for two years and was trusted. lured the girl there in the absence of any member of the Alford family. Noel glibly told detectives after his arrest that he was paroled after serving 10 years for murdering his common law wife in Kentucky, and that he was a fugitive from another murder charge. Vi pleaded guilty to three, felonies yesterday, was sentenced by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker # and was hurried off to prison. EASTERN SCHOOL SNUBS HUEY LONG’S COLLEGE W. & J. Refuses to Take Part in 75th Anniversary. By United Press WASHINGTON Pa., March B. Washington and Jefferson College declined today to participate in Louisiana State University's 75th anniversary celebration because that school appears “subordinated to the political objectives of Mr. Huey Long.”

Slip of Tires on Sand, .81 of a Second, Shatters Campbell's Dream of 300

BY HENRY M’UEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.. March B.—Sir Malcolm Campbell and his Bluebird never will rocket across the sands of Daytona Beach at 300 miles an hour. That’s the truth even if the Brit-: ish racing king won’t admit it. Bluebird is capable of 300, yes. And Campbell is game enough to pilot a car at that speed, yes. But thej beach, shaped by the elements, is not good enough for that kind of speed. At 200. the beach is lovely. So is the car. At 250 even, it's still lovely. But at speeds above that, minor defects are magnified to an extent that 300 is out of the question. Sir Malcolm went after the record yesterday afternoon. He broke his mark by setting a pace of 276.816 miles an hour on two runs. Coming north yesterday Campbell, lashed through the measured mile j in 12:81 seconds, for an average!

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SENATORS CLEAR DECKS FOR HEATED DEBATE ON LIQUOR CONTROL MEASURE

TRUCKDRIVER smu: ill STARTS ME Victim Near Death; Kroger Firm Offers SIOOO Reward. Four law-enforcing agencies, headed by the United States Department of Justice, today began a search for one or more vandals who last night severely injured John Penny by throwing half-bricks into his truck ca>. One of tT i bricks struck Mr. Penny on Lie head, broke his nose and fractured his skull, causing a brain concussion. Out of his control his truck ran into a field and stopped when the jar of leaving the road broke the gasoline line. The attack occurred one mile west of Belleville at 7:30 last night. Mr. Penny is in Methodist Hospital here and is not expected to live. Because this is one of more than 50 such attacks on its 41 trucks operated out of Indianapolis, the Kroger Grocery and Baking Cos.. Mr. Penny's employers, today offered a reward of SIOOO for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals. Hoover Promises Aid The Kroger company, througn its Indianapolis area manager, Arthur W. Metzger, phoned J. Edgar Hoover, director of the division of investigation, United States Department of Justice, and received his assurance of aid. The truck was engaged in interstate commerce. Claude Shane, Hendricks County sheriff, began an investigation last night into the case, and Capt. Matt Leach, of the Indiana State Police, joined forces with him today: The Indianapolis police department this afternoon will make its own investigation at the sce.ie of the crime. Mr. Metzger said he had not the slightest idea of the motive for the crime, or the identities of the perpetrators. He said his firm had had no trouble with any union. He said that union wages go from 40 to 60 cents an hour, depending on the length of service and ability of the drivers, and that Kroger pays from 45 to 60 cents an nour, though its trucks are not unionized. Fellow Driver Also Stoned The Morgan County Grand Jury, meanwhile, was reported to have begun an investigation into a similar vandalism a few days ago, in which a Kroger driver was injured, though not so severely as Mr. Penny. Kroger officials also told police that a truck driven by Clarence Pottage. which left Indianapolis at the same time as Mr. Penny's, bound for Terre Haute, was rocked last night, but that Mr. Pottage was not injured. Mr. Penny was bound for Cincinnati when the crime was committed. He is 36, has been employed by Kroger for two years and has driven for more than a year with a no-accident record. He is married and lives at 26 E. llth-st.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 28 10 a. m 29 7 a. m 28 11 a. m 29 Ba. m 29 12 <noon.. 30 9 a. m 28 1 p. m 30 Tomorrow’s sunrise, 6:06 a. ,n.; sunset, 5:45 p. m. Flood Refugees Rescued By United Press LAUREL, Miss., March B.—Using a washed-out bridge as a raft, rescue workers removed two white families and several Negroes from their homes east of here where they were marooned when the waters of Tallahaia Creek flooded a wide area.

speed of 281.030. Had he been able to knock off that ".81” he would have had 300. But he couldn’t do it, for coming into the mile his wheels slipped twice, throwing rubber into his face. Had the tires held, and bit into the sand, his dream could have been fulfilled. They'll always slip, for it isn’t natural to expect that nature will ever provide 11 miles of billiard table beach. Somewhere down the line a vagrant wave, a puff of wind, will leave a ripple. And a ripple, at Campbell’s speed, spells the difference between success and failure. Campbell won't say whether he's convinced 300 is impossible. Asked whether he would make another try in an effort to fulfill his dream of 300 miles an hour, he said: ‘T have no plans. Right now I don't know whether I'll go again or not. I might rest on the 276.816 of yesterday, and then again I might take Bluebird out for another run. ’ Campbell's ride yesterday, which

Amendments, Bone of Contention, Tlxpected to Stir Bitter Battle in Upper House of Indiana’s General Assembly. PASSAGE MAY COME TOMORROW Opposition Develops in House Circle, With Goers Expressing Vehement Disapproval of Steps Taken by Administration Men. Proposed amendments to the state liquor control bill are expected to be hotly debated on the floor of the Indiana Senate this afternoon. Senator Jacob Weiss (D., Indianapolis), Senate president pro tern., announced that he intends to ask for a suspension of the rules when the Senate reconvenes after the noon recess, to permit the debate. With the debate out of the way, the measure would become eligible for passage tomorrow. This would send the

SENATE PASSES LOVE BALM BILL House Expected to Concur in Amendments to Ban on Suits. Rep. Roberta West Nicholson's bill to take the ’‘diggers” off the gold standard on the theory that broken hearts can not be mended by generous applications of “heart balm” judgments, passed the Indiana Senate last night, 31 to 15. Mrs Nicholson, only woman members of the General Assembly, w'ho had charged that most breach of promise suits are inspired more "by the itching palm than by the aching heart,” sat at the press table as the vote was taken. The measure now returns to the House of Representatives, where concurrence in amendments is confidently expected. The bill would prohibit civil causes of action for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, breach of promise and seduction. Senator Leo X. Smith <D., Indianapolis) called attention to the nation-wide acclaim accorded the measure in magazines and newspapers, and read a few of the laudatory articles.

MARK SHANK, KILLER CF FOUR, EXECUTED Poison Slayer Goes to Death in Electric Chair. By United Press TUCKER PRISON FARM. Ark., March B.—Mark H. Shank, Akron (O.) attorney, was executed here today in the electric chair for the grape juice poisoning of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Colley and their tw'o children near Malvern, Ark., Aug. 15, 1933. Shank died after nearly a year and seven months’ legal fight by a corps of attorneys had failed to win him anew trial or force authorities to give him a sanity hearing. His attorneys succeeded in staying his execution three times. Colley, his wife, and two sons. Clarence, 7, and Clement, 5, died a short time after drinking poisoned grape juice at a roadside picnic. A third child, Clyde. 3, recovered because he drank too much and vomited, physicians said. Strychnine crystals found in glasses from which the Colley family drank were introduced as evidence at the trial which resulted in Shank's conviction Dec. 7, 1933.

looked so smooth to the 50,000 persons gathered on the dunes, was, to i use his own words, “the first time in my life I ever thought I was dead sure to go West.” “Just after leaving the measured mile,” Sir Malcolm said, “Bluebird hit a bump that shook her like a fish throwing a hook out its mouth. 1 One moment she was running beau- ; tifully, a smooth and steady flame i licking across the beach. The next she was a wild thing, fighting for her head. As she came out of the bump she leaped 30 feet to the right, straight toward the soft and treacherous sand. I knew we were going West. But I yanked her j around. Spun the wheel as you would that of a passenger car at 50 miles an hour. And Bluebird answered. Yes, the old girl answered once more. She swung around to the level beach, zig-zagged crazily for a moment, and then straightened , out."

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bill back to the House of Representatives for concurrence either Saturday night or Monday—the last day of the session. The Democratic leaders told members of the Senate that three bills, including the liquor control act, should be speedily acted upon in : order to balance the state budget. Meanwhile opposition to the proposed Senate amendments deJ veloped in the House of Representai tives, which last week was rocked by a bitter factional fight when the control bill came up. Coers to Fight Steps Rep. Morris H. Coers <D„ IndianI apolis), clergyman-chairman of the House Public Morals Committee, which handled the measure while it was in the lower house, openly expressed his opposition to the recommendation given the Senate to permit retail liquor establishments ! to open on Sundays, i Sunday closing was included in i the House-approved bill. "If the Sunday closing is not corrected before the bill is returned to : the House I will use all my power \ to fight the measure,” Rep. Coers |announced "We compromised on the question ! of the distance that retail outlets might be located with respect to I schools and churches,” Rep. Coers continued. "The distance was cut from 500 feet to 300 feet and now . the Senate wants it reduced to 200 feet. That also must be corrected.” Package Stores Legalized Outstanding among the committee amendments is the creation of package liquor stores, at which whisky exclusively would be sold. Drug stores, in which the sale of I package whisky is vested exclusively, are retained as a supplemental outlet, package sales in by-the-j drink places are prohibited. Other important amendments included: Fixing Sunday hours at from 1 p. m. Sunday to 1 a. m. Monday in all cities of more than 15,000 population, and in all cities of Lake County. Reduction of the Alcoholic Bevj erages Commission from five members to four. “Joker” Is Eliminated Elimination of a “joker” which would have permitted members of local hearing boards to obtain exorbitant fees for license application inspection. The committee retained the triplelicense system, which has borne th chief onslaught of the liquor interests. The members also refused to reduce the $1 a gallon whisky tax to 50 cents, but there is a possibility that this may be attempted when the bill reaches the floor tomorrow for second reading. Many Senators have expressed themselves as favoring the lower tax as a weapon against bootlegging. License revocation procedure was stiffened by making license violators subject to revocation, regardless of proof, if arrested a second time. Revocation after conviction would be necessary only for the first offense. SISOO City License Maximum Anew amendment provides that in no case shall the maximum license fee be more than SIOOO for retailers outside cities of the first class. The fee for fraternal and ! country clubs is fixed at SIOO for the first 500 members and 15 cents for each additional member. Maximum license fee in Indian- ; apolis is SISOO. Schools and churches are protected from proximity to beer and liquor resorts by a provision prohibiting the issuance of a license to any new place established within 200 feet of a school or church. The distance originally was fixed at 1000 j feet and then cut in the House of Representatives to 300 feet, despite Anti-Saloon League protests. All beer and liquor dispensing places must close on primary and general election days, it also is provided. SAN ANTONIO SELECTED FOR DISCIPLES PARLEY 85th Annual Convention to Be Held There Oct. 15-20. Selection of San Antonio, Tex., for the eighty-fifth annual convention of the Disciples of Christ, Oct. 15-20. was announced here today by the convention committee,