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CITY TO BOW IN PRAYER ON GOOD FRIDAY Eight Services in Business Area Are Arranged to Aid Worshipers. MANY STORES TO CLOSE General Observance Will Reach Climax Between Noon and 3. Indianapolis business and professional men and puDlic officials are co-operating with the various churches in arranging for special Good Friday services to be held by every denomination, in all parts of the from noon until 3 tomorrow. Solemn services, commemorating the death of Christ upon the cross, will be held at eight places in the business section for the convenience of those unable to reach their own churches in the residential areas. The City Hall and Marion County Courthouse will be closed from noon until 3, as will all chain groceries rontroled by the A & P., Kroger and Standard companies, and the Regal and Irga stores. Member stores of the Merchants Association will permit employes to attend the three hour services and Gov. Paul V. MtNutt has announced that all State* ouse employes may attend. All street cars in the city will stop for one minute at 2:59. the traditional hour of Christ's death. . Oratorio Features Program The three-hour service at Keith's will begin at noon with the singing of the oratorio. "The Crucifixion,’’ by the male choir of the First Presbyterian Church. Sermons will be delivered by the Rev. William C. Hartinger and the R°v. William F. Rotheiiburger. A program of music and sermons will be offered at the services at English's. Speakers will be the Rev. W. H. Kendall, the Rev. L. C. Trent and the Rev. William E. Bell. Music will be provided by thp choirs from the Zion Evangelical Church. Technical High School and Crispus Attucks High School Roman Catholic services will be held downtown at St. John's Church, 129 S. Capitol-av. The service will begin with the recitation of the Good Friday liturgical prayers. The singing of the Passion by three priests will be followed by the unveiling and adoration of the cross. Four sermons will be preached by the Rev. William H. Fitzgerald. £ J., Chicago. A special choir of priests and laymen will be directed by the pastor, the Rev. Clement Boslcr. Last Seven Words, Is Topic Episcopal services in the business district will be held at Christ Church on the Circle and at St. Paul's Church, Illinois and New York-sts. The Christ Church vested choir will sing the hymns of the Passion, and the rector, the Rev. E. Ainger Powell, will preach on the last seven words of Christ. At St. Paul's, the rector, the Rev. William Burrows, also will preach on me seven words and music will be provided by the choir, directed by Clarence Carson. A service will bp held at the First United Luthran Church. Pennsylvania and Walnut-sts. from 2 to 3 tomorrow. A sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Clarence E. Gardner. Other union three-hour services will be held at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. under auspices of the Interdenominational Colored Ministers' Association, and at the Wheeler City Rescue Mission. Service to Be Broadcast A continuous Good Friday service will be broadcast over a National Broadcasting Cos. network from 12:15 until midnight. A musical program will be given by the famous Paulist Fathers Choir of New York and a sermon on the last seven words will be delivered by MonsJgnor Fulton J. Sheen. Washington. Roman Catholic services will be held at Holy Cross Church. Ohio and Oriental-sts; Sacred Heart Church. Union and Palmer-sts; St Patrick's Church. Woodlawn-av; S. Catherines Church. Shelby and Tavlorsts; St. Philip Neri Church. North and Rural-sts; Church of the Little Flower. Bosart-av and 13th-st. and other churches in all sections of the city. A union service will be held at the North Methodist Episcopal Church. Meridian and 38th-st%. at 12:45. Churches participating will be the Bellaire Methodist Episcopal. Broadway Evangelical. Broad Ripple (Torn to Page Three) PERRY DIVORCE CASE ARGUMENTS ARE SET Taking of Testimony Completed; Decision to Follow. Arguments in the divorce suit of Mrs. Mae N Perry against Norman Perry. Indianapolis capitalist, in which Mrs. Perry asks $1,000,000 alimony, will be heard at 10 Tuesday in Superior Court 5. before Special Judge Fred G. Gause. Decision on the suit is expected following the arguments. Hearing of all evidence in the case was completed yesterday afternoon.
TODAY’S WEATHER
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Battle Over Custody of Lieber Heiress, 4, Is Opened in Court Attorneys Wrangle at Chicago Over “Kidnaping” of Child by Estranged Husband of Late Indianapolis Brewer’s Daughter. Attorneys in Chicago today fought a bitter court battle over custodv of the 4-year-old heiress to part of a $1,000,000 Indianapolis brewing fortune. Albert Sabath, attornev for Mrs. Alberta Lieber Gray of Traders Point, Ind., charged that the child. Alberta Louise, was kidnaped last Saturday by Mrs. Grays estranged husband. William B. Gray Chicago real estate man. i
Julia Ryer. attorney for Mr. Gray, father of the child, replied that since there w'as no court order providing for custody, removal of Alberta Louise from her home could not be construed as kidnaping. Mr. Sabath threatened habeas corpus action to regain custody for the mother. Mrs. Gray and her daughter are among five heirs to the estate of the late Albert Lieber, Indianapolis brewer. Mrs. Gray recently filed suit for divorce in Superior Court, charging cruelty. Mr. Gray has a $250,000 suit pending here against Alberta Louise's grandmother, Mrs. Meda Lieber. charging she conspired to alienate his daughter's affections. RAIN HAMPERS STATE FARMERS Plowing, Sowing of Grains Retarded; Showers Predicted Again. The danger of too much rain today was added to the other plagues of Indiana farmers as the United States Weather Bureau here predicted precipation for tonight and tomorrow. Although rainfall for the year is slightly short of normal, R. E. Spencer. assistant Federal meteorologist, said the showers were uneven and the soil w'as soaked w'ith precipitation in March. Because the soil is so damp and because there has been so little sun during the last week, Mr. Spencer said that all crops were retarded. Indiana growers meanwhile were attempting to repair losses caused by the winds and sub-freezing temperature that accompanied the blizzard that lifted yesterday. The Municipal Airport reported that a drizzle began today at 6:45 a. m. There was some dust in the air yesterday afternoon. In January the rain w'as .30 of an inch short, and there was a 1.41 inch shortage in February. March saw' an 1.29 inch excess of rainfall. Mr. Spencer said today in his weekly report, “There was much cloudiness and during the first three days a widespread fall of rain, with the results that oats sowing and plowing for corn, the main outdoor work now in progress in the state, were again considerably retarded and little advance was made by any crop. “The condition of wheat and oats continues generally good, though some yellowing of wheat is reported in the southern and central divisions where the soil is too wet. The extent of damage done to the peach, cherry and early apple crops by Monday night's freezing weather ran not vet be determined exactly, but was undoubtedly considerable, especially to peaches in the cent-al and southern divisions.” Times Index Page Beautiful Indianapolis 13 Bridge 10 Broun 17 Comics 23 Crossword Puzzle 23 Curious World 23 Editorial 18 Financial 19 Hugh S. Johnson 8 Junior Aviation . 4 MERRY-GO-ROUND. 15 Pegler 17 Radio 7 Sports 20-21 Stamps li State News 24 Story of Easter 8 Theaters 14 T V A 17 Woman's Pages 10-11-12
Township Tax Structures Upset by New State Law Only 14 of Indiana's 850 Rural Units Fall Within $1 Rate Limit: Bitter Conflicts Due Before Board. When the law fixing $1 for each SIOO assessed valuation as the top tax rate in rural townships becomes active next month, the tax structure of 836 of these townships will be illegal and will have to be adjusted through the laws emergency clause before the State Tax Board.
This was brought to light today in a report of the board which showed that of 850 rural townships studied, only 14 —and those of the wealthiest —were below the limitation and will need no adjustment. Governmentally, this means that if the farm bloc, which sponsored the law and fought the emergency clause provision, can gather strength enough at the next legislative session to repeal the emergency clause, the government is going to be seriously handicapped for lack of funds, or is going to have to invent profitable new taxes. Politically it means that when hearings begin before the state board, the board will draw all the political ’ heat" from the embattled farm bloc and its hearings will be occasions for bitter debates before rulings can be made. Under the law* townships can not exceed the top tax rate unless the an emergency exist*.
TOWNSEND BILL BEATEN IN HOUSE Old-Age Pension Plan Is Loser in Teller Vote, 206 to 56. By I nitrd Press WASHINGTON. April 18—The House today crushed Dr. Francis E. Townsend's plan for paying old-age pensions of S2OO a month. The standing vote was 206 to 5?. The vote on the direct issue indicated that the Administration's economic security bill would be passed to the Senate in virtually its present form. The Townsend $20.000.000 000 transaction tax program was offered as a substitute to the Administration bill. Defeat of the Townsend bloc found Administration leaders jubilant. They believed that they had killed off the Townsend issue for the rest of the session. Since Congress started, representatives have had to work overtime answering thousands of letters from back home urging them to support the plan which high Administration officials have termed “cockeyed.” The Townsend plan, modified somewhat in the House, provided for payment of S2OO a month to all over 60 with incomes under $2400 annually. Today's teller vote came shortly after the House began reading the security bill for amendment.
SANITY TEST DELAYS TRIAL OF MATHERS Judge Seeks Information on Present Mental Status of Suspect. By United Press LEBANON, Ind.. April 18.—The murder trial of Theodore Mathers was delayed temporarily today while two local physicians examined his sanity. The commission is composed of Dr. W. H. Williams, operator of a private hospital, and Dr. E. A. Rainey. Boone County Coroner. Judge Hornaday said he wished to know if Mathers is sane now. Four alienists testified yesterday that Mathers was temporarily insane when hr killed Gaylord V. .Saunders, former Wabash minister. Final arguments in the case will be held tomorrow. The case will go to the jury tomorrow night. HUEY’S LEGISLATURE VOTES ‘WAR ON U. S.’ Bill Giving Long Power to Seize Federal Relief Funds Passed. By United Press BATON ROUGE. La.. April 18.— The Louisiana Senate proceeded today to make Senator Huey P. Long a legal czar of state relief and to indorse a program called by his opponents a “declaration of war against the United States.” The House has passed a bill to seize all Federal relief money sent into the state. The Senate refused to accept a resolution that would have modified Long's defiance of Federal authorities by a 23-to-7 vote. Fugitive Y’outh Captured By T nitrd Press HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. April 18. —Emnv.t Smith. 17. who escaped from the boys' school at Plainfield last Friday, was captured at the home of his father. Charles Smith, here yesterday and was returned immediately to the school.
The 14 townships have a tax rate of but 50 to 99 cents for each SIOC assessed valuation, and at the same time have a per capita assessed \aluation of from S2OOO to $2250. Then there are 18 townships with a rate of $1 to $1.49 whose assessed valuation per capita is 32000. There are 389 townships with rates of from $1.50 to $1.99 and per capita valuations of SISOO to SI9OB. With a tax rate of $2 to $2.49 there are 255 townships that have per capita valuations of $1250 to SISOO. There are 121 townships with tax rates of from $2 to $2.49 which have per capita valuations of S9OC to $1250 ; 41 witn tax rates from $3 to $3 49 and valuations of from SBOO to $900: seven with tax rates of from 53.50 to *3.99 and five with tax rates of from $4 to $4.57 and per capita valuations of from S3OO to SSOO.
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1935
BOOKIE BATTLE ON, SAY COPS; BOYS SNICKER Raid or No Raid, Downtown Places Are Open, They Insist. VICE SQUAD DOES ‘ACT’ Sledge Hammer Stunt Is Slightly Exaggerated by Reports, Is the Word. The flying squadron which Chief Mike Morrissey set upon the city’s cookies several weeks ago, landed late yesterday in an alleged bookie joint at 217 Wimmer bldg., tinkered around with a sledge nainmer for a while, and left—making no arrests. The sledge hammer tinkering, grossly exaggerated in police circles, consisted merely of knocking a pay station telephone from the wall, and fracturing the so-called payoff desk. Nine tables and more than 15 chairs were not damaged—merely piled in the center of the room. After all these weeks of hunting, the flying squadron ran a bit rampant when it found itself caught up with its quarry. Imagine the Noise Members of the squad entered the place and immediately began tipping over tables. This made a lot of noise because the floor of the place is concrete and the tables are made of wood. It made so much noise that one of the policemen who was trying to take names of patrons couldn’t hear the names when they were given to him and in some instances couldn’t even make the patrons understand what it was he wanted them to tell him. After this went on for a while he gave up the whole plan. Meanwhile, Lieut. Thomas McCormick, flight commander, came upon Harry Kline, 323 E. -North-st, coowner of the place with Eddie Carson, 702 W. 30th-st, who was distressed at the proceedings. 'I Got the Go Sign!’ “I got the go signal,” Mr. Kline told Lieut. McCormick. “From whom?” “From the higher-ups,” he replied. ‘•Well,” said the officer, “what do you think how.” Mr. Kline made no reply to this, This morning his partner, Mr. Carson, said that they had, in fact, not received a tip to go ahead, and he added with some bitterness that he was through with the whole affair and was moving out of the city. This morning, also, Chief Morrissey said he didn’t believe there was any tip to the bookies to go ahead. He said his squad would continue the raids. Nevertheless, best horse racing minds were reported to be poring over the sheets and preparing themselves to place bets. It is known that there are bookie shops open in the downtown as v/ell as residential areas, convenient to betters, and anxious for the business. Meanwhile, police picked up two slot machines at the Musicians’ Club, 143 E. Ohio-st. and took them to police station where they were unfortunate enough to~drop and break them and thoughtful enough to put the contents, $32.15, in the police retirement fund. Named on Alumni Ticket Donald.C. Drake, 4640 Broadway, insurance executive, has been nominated for first vice president of the Ohio State University Alumni Association on the Nashville <Tenn.) ticket, it was announced today.
Overnight Hop to Hawaii Made Reality by Clipper Dream of ‘Dinner in Frisco, Breakfast in Honolulu’ Comes True With Pacific Conquest. By t nitrd Press HONOLULU. T. H.. April 18.—The record-breaking flight of a PanAmerican Airways cupper plane from California to Hawaii drew attention this afternoon to the remarkable strides in transocean flying since two Army pilots jn a land plane made the first crossing seven years ago.
“Dine'in San Francisco, breakfast the next morning in Honolulu,” became a reality with the completion of the first exploratory flight of a service wilich soon will link not only Honolulu and the mainland, but the entire Orient with the Western coast of the United States. Capt. Edward A. Musick and his five companions in their fourmotored Sikorsky bridged the 2400 miles in 18 hours 31 minutes, and did it without making any effort to travel the shortest path in the quickest time. Instead they deliberately reduced the speed of their plane to arrive after dawn and the time originally announced. It was possible they could have cut their time it least three or four hours had they tried. Their speed contrasted with the 25 hours 50 minutes it took Lieuts. Alfred Hegenberger and Lester Maitland to make the first successful east-to-west flight in 1927. The Army men had a land plane of the Fokker type. In the intervening years only one other flight succeeded in cutting their time until yesterday's trail-blazing effort. The previous best time was made by six United States Navy plaftes in 1934. when they crossed on the longest over-water mass formation flight ever made in 24 hours 48 minutes. As in the Navy flight, the PanAmerican Clipper planes journey was a ’ routine'’ venture, made solely for the purpose cf ’’grooving” the route planes will follow in regular service. Capt. Musick and his companions stepped from their ship £ refreshed
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WAR LOANS PROBE UP TO ROOSEVELT British Protest Is Given to President. By United Press WASHINGTON. April 18.—A decision as to whether war-time correspondence between J. P. Morgan <fc Cos. and the British government shall be made public was said today to be “up to President Roosevelt.” The British government’s objections to exposure of its war-time correspondence with Morgan & Cos. and other American financial houses was understood to have been referred by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to Mr. Roosevelt. The Senate Munitions Committee, which was reported to have made one unsuccessful effort to subpoena records and officers of the Morgan company, was understood to plan a second attempt.
and jaunty as if they had just left California two hours before instead of almost 19. They slept, however, through the day and after brief conferences again retired to their hotel. After their 17-ton plane has been reconditioned they will make exploratory flights around the Hawaiian Islands, then return to Calirornia. It was indicated they might make either Los Angeles or San Diego their objective on the return flight, tentatively set for early next week. While Pan-American is paving the way for Pacific flying service from the United States to China, other companies and other nations are working on plans which will make the western ocean a veritable maze of criss-crossing air routes. Japanese interests are developing plans to establish a route from Tokio to Manila and another from their island to Vladivostok, connecting there with a trans-Siberian line. British firms are considering extending lines from Australia to Manila. Dutch concerns also may extend their European-Dutch West Indies service to the Philippine capital. Far to the north and east, a subsidiary of Pan-American is providing a service which brings Nome, Alaska, within four days of San Francisco over a route it formerly took a month by steamer to traverse. Pan-American’s route from California to China will touch Honolulu, the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Guam and Mapita
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HITLER INDIGNANT OVER LEAGUE CONDEMNATION: PREPARES FIERY REPLY
R. A. SHIRLEY NAMED AID TO LIQUORBOARD McNutt Bares Selection in Vague Statement on Excise Jobs. Pleas Greenlee chief state patronage dispenser, snugiy retired to a secluded office today apparently to review applications for state excise police, while Gov. Paul V. McNutt issued a vague statement on excise appointments and announced Richard A. Shirley as new liquor commission secretary. Mr. Shirley is president and treasurer of w. H. Johnson & Cos. and lives at 4934 Washington-blvd. He is a Democrat. Several days ago Mr. Greenlee announced that deserving Democrats would get the excise jobs. The Governor a few days later said that Republicans would be included in the selections. The Governor's statement today said: “The alcoholic beverage act provides that 'all deputies, assistants, employes and appointees shall be appointed by said excise administration with approval of the commission.' “The administration of the act. including the approval of the appointees, shall be in the hands of the commission without interference of any kind from any 'source. The commission enjoys the complete confidence of the people and will have the unwavering support of the administration in the proper and vigorous enforcement of the act.” The Governor refused to elaborate on the statement, merely saying that the appointments had been misinterpreted in some sources.” Mr. Greenlee said thst he left his usual office to “get out some correspondence.” CITY PAIR CLEARED IN DEATH OF YOUTH Grand Jury Fails to Return Indictment After Inquiry. By United Press DELPHI, Ind., April 18.—Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Osbon. Indianapolis, held here for a week in connection with the poison death of Kenneth Roth, Freeman Lake youth, were free today after the county grand jury adjourned without returning an indictment. The grand jury heard 14 witnesses and reported it found no cause for indictments against the Osbons. Roth died March 17 shortly after he had been riding in a boat with the Osbons on Freeman Lake, near here. Analysis of his stomach revealed that it contained strychnine poison. Osbon, 57, a retired Indianapolis contractor, and his wife, 43, live in a cottage on the lake. CITY CO-ED IS NAMED I. U. BEAUTY WINNER Marion Johnson Selected Among Five Campus Queens. By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 18. —lndiana University’s five most beautiful co-eds whose pictures will be included in the feature section of the Arbutus were selected last night. They were Jean Bedwell, Sullivan; Marjorie Weaver, Louisville, Ky.; Madeline Sheets. Ft. Wayne; Marion Johnson. Indianapolis, and Dorothy Leigh. Portland.
Scrub, Don’t Kill, NRA, Johnson Begs at Hearing Infant Only Needs Good Bath, Peppery General Tells Senate Group: Raps Darrow Board Report. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 18.—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, fiery organizer of NRA. pleaded today for Congress to “scrub our infant vigorously, but let us not throw the baby down the drain pipe with the dirty water.” Senate Finance Committeemen, including most persistent critics of NRA. sat silent while Gen. Johnson in the punchy style for which he is famous defended every fundamental of the recovery organization.
Hundreds lined the walls of the big caucus room to listen to Mr. Johnson, more lately the defender of the New Deal against attacks of Huey Long and Father Charles E. Coughlin. Pleading for Congress “to clean up but not destroy” NRA, the general declared most of the charges against the act and its administration were groundless. “To destroy NRA because there are a few creaky joints in its structure,” he declared, “would be like burning down a house to get rid cf a few rats in the attic.” On his own broad shoulders Gen. Johnson took the responsibility for any mistakes made in administration, but pleaded the need of hasty organization to save the economic shell, built u punder the anti-trust act*, as an extenuating circumstance. These faults of administration uaL_
Nazi Chief Calls -Hasty Parley of Foreign Advisers to Prepare Answer to Stinging Rebuke. RETURN TO COUNCIL IS UNLIKELY German Leader to Emphasize Difficulty of Further Co-operation in European Negotiations After Crack-Down. By United Press BERLIN, April 18. —Adolf Hitler, who already has communicated verbally to Great Britain his strong indignation at the condemnation of Germany by the League of Nations, will deliver his formal answer to Geneva on Saturday, his birthday. It was learned he has summoned for consultation in Munich the leading figures of the foreign office, including Dr. Konstantin von Neurath, foreign minister, and Joachim von Ribbentrop, his personal international envoy.
ARRESTS DROP IN AUTO DRIVE Crusade Making Headway, Police Say; 35 Face Traffic Counts. Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell today severely disciplined a motorist who told the court that he had not appeared in court when his case was called, because an unnamed Indianapolis policeman said he would “fix” the case. The motorist, William Abel, 1406 Kelly-st, was fined a total of $26, including costs, and had his chauffeur’s license suspended for 90 days on charges of reckless driving and speeding. Although arrested March 30 by Motorcycle Officer Tom Smith, Mr. Abel did not appear until today following his rearrest by Officer Smith. Chief Mike Morrissey was not available for comment upon the case. Police were satisfied that the traffic drive is b ring a marked effect on curbing .eckless motorists, as only 34 arrests for traffic violations were reported in the last 24 hours. Twenty-nine of these were for failure to st-p at pieferential streets. Twenty-five convictions were handed down in the two Municipal Courts today. Kuxley Knight, 21, of 833 Park-av, who is alleged to have been the driver of a car that, struck and injured Chester Stenett, 71, of 303 N. Eist-st, was held to the Marion County Grand Jury on charges of failure to stop after an accident. Knight was arrested Tuesday night after tht accident at New York and Fast-Jts. Harry S. Walker, 44. of 637 E. 21st-st, was charged with driving on the left side of the street last night after his auto was alleged to have struck and injured Elmer Crail, <i9, of 817 E. llth-st, at College-av and llth-st. Mr. Crail was sent to City Hospital suffering from wrist injuries and face cuts. Ray Dye, 31. of 545 W. llth-st, Negro taxicab driver, suffered severe head cuts last ni -ht when his cab was in collision v ith an auto driven by James A. Davis. 21, Negro. 515 Patterson-st, at 25th-st and Paris-av. Mr. Dye was sent to City Hospital. Utility Official Gas Victim By United Press PLYMOUTH. Ind. April 18.— fcichael L. Burke, 44. Plymouth manager of the Norther; Indiana Public Service Cos. died from asphyxiation yesterday in a regulating room of the city gas plant.
cluded “rotten” code provisions, weaknesses in personnel, and baaly organized code authorities, he said, holding all were capable of correction. Gen. Johnson shot shaft after shaft at the Darrow board and other NRA detractors. He said the Darrow board b*ld “not one fair hearing" and its report was a “political wailing wall” and "recommended Communism.” There has been no substantiated evidence of harm to the “little fellows” except that they “don’t like to pay code wages for code hours,” Gen. Johnson argued. He said most small businesses had gamed under NRA and the real opposition came from big business. “I am firmly of the opinion that we will never have full employment and prosperity without further reduction in hours and increases in hourl-’ rates," he added. _ c
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The reply is now being formulated in Munich. It is not known yet whether the reply will be in the form of a proclamation by Hitler or merely a statement in the name of the government. Berlin circles are ignorant of its contents because of Hitler's absence in Munich and his known habit of always formulating himself all foreign political documents. It was assumed, however, that Hitler's statement ■would bear out the remarks of Dr. Bernhard von Buelow, state Secretary in the foreign department, to the British and Italian ambassadors yesterday. He emphasized the difficulty of further German co-operation in pending European negotiations because of the. Geneva decision. It was assumed the statement would also emphasize the great difficulties attending any German return to the League of Nations at present. Penalties Are Studied By United Press GENEVA. April 18.—Encirclement of Germany with a ring of potentially hostile nations was begun today as League of Nations officials proceeded to form a committee to devise penalties for treaty violators. Delegates of Little Entente and Balkan Entente nations, including Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Greece, conferred here. Their conversations were the first steps toward a series of Danubian treaties which will include r guarantee of Austria’s independence and political integrity and a series of mutual defense treaties. Foreign Minister Pierre Laval of France and Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov of Russia prepared to take to their governments the rough draft of a military agreement which will bind them to mutual aid in event of an attack by Germany. The Balkan en tente nations, Rumania, Yugloslavia. Turkey and Greece, will meet at Bucharest, May 10, to write the rough draft of a Mediterranean treaty of mutual defense to be signed by the nations named in addition to France and Italy. The Danubian and Mediterreanean treaties will be discussed at the Rome conference, now set for May 20. On the same day the League Council is to meet, and will receive a report from its special committee on means of imposing financial and economic penalities on future violators of European treaties. This league meeting, incidentally, is to receive a report ( on means to end political terrorism in Europe—an echo of the assassination by Croatian terrorists of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, at Marseilles. The league assembly is to meet at the same time to study means of ending the Gran Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay. Imposition of strong penalties against treaty violators unde the league covenant seemed assured by the makeup of the penalty committee authorized yesterday by the council vote which rebuked Germany before the world for violating the Versailles Treaty by decreeing compulsory army service and inaugurating a military air force.
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES. Good Friday services will be held from 12 until 3 tomorrow in the following downtown locations: English Theater. Monument Circle. B. F Keith’s Theater. 129 N. Pennsylvania-st. Bt. John's Catholic Church, Capitol-av and Georgia-st. Christ Episcopal Church, Monument Circle. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Illinois and New York-sts. First United Lutheran Church. Pennsylvania and Walnut-sts. Wheeler City Rescue Mission. 245 N Delaware-st. Phyllis Wheatley Branch Y. W. C. A.. 953 N. West-st.