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JAIL REBELS ARE PLACED IN ‘SOLITARY’ Sheriff Ray Blocks Revolt Against Discipline by Prisoners. FIVE ARE LOCKED UP Institution Kept in Turmoil by Complaints, Says County Official. Sheriff Ray today blocked a revolt against discipline in the Marion County jail. Five prisoners, termed ‘‘ringleaders'’ by the Sheriff, were placed in solitary confinement, denfed all privileges and placed on a bread and water diet. Each of the five is facing trial on serious charges. Sheriff Ray said he was forced to take drastic action because a series of disturbances and complaints by the quintet had -kept the jail in turmoil. At least one of the men sent to solitary was hatching a plot to escape, the sheriff charged. Five Held in Solitary Those lodged in solitary are: Ernest Tait, Indianapolis, awaiting trial on charges of second degree burglary and auto banditry. Gordon Stacy, Louisville, a Federal prisoner, held on a charge of transporting stolen autos. Jerry Dukes. Indianapolis, accused of burglar\ and auto banditry, alleged member of the so-called Jacoby gang. Hiram Blankenship, charged with contributing to delinquency of a minor. Frank Klize. held on a kidnaping charge. Sheriff Ray laid most of the blame for the disturbances on Stacy and Tait. "The trouble began several weeks ago," Mr. Ray said. "Stacy, because he was a Federal prisoner, insisted that he was entitled to have food brought in from outside in violation of my regulations. The prisoners are not allowed any food that is not cooked in the jail kitchen under my supervision. Stacy complained and I moved him into another cell, where he could be watched more closely. Tait Started to Complain "About the same time Tait started to complain,” the Sheriff continued. "He insisted a wound, alleged to have been received in a bank robbery, was hurting him and demanded an X-ray. I was told that there was nothing seriously wrong, but that Tait, apparently had been scratching the wound to cause it to fester.” Sheriff Ray said he went to Stacy’s cell last night to discuss the unrest in the jail, Stacy continued to complain, he said, and Ray threatened to place him in solitary. The sheriff charged other prisoners made abusive remarks. Confined to the solitary •’ells, the prisoners could not be reached bv newspaper men. $67,000 ROAD SCRAPER SUIT IS DELIBERATED Special Superior Judge Ryan to Decide 1925 Case. Russell J. Ryan, special Superior Court judge, this afternoon took under advisement findings in the $67,000 suit brought by the Western Wheel Scraper Cos., against the Scott Construction Cos. Action was an outgrowth of a dispute in the $220,000 road constructed by the state between Shoals and West Baden in 1925. The state, originally a defendant, paid $67,000 to the court to be impounded pending a decision as to which concern was entitled to the money. Contention of the Western Wheel Cos. that it had completed its part of the contract is disputed by the Scott firm. ADMITS KILLING WIFE OF DAUGHTER'S LOVER Confesses Toisoning Woman to Halt Talk About Girl's Affair. By T'nitcd Pn sg MINEOLA. N. Y, Oct. 9—Mrs Mary Creighton confessed today that she fatally poisoned Mrs. Ada Applegate to halt reports that Mrs. Creighton's daughter. Ruth. 15. maintained improper relations with Mrs. Applegate's 38-year-old husband, John. She said she also feared revelation that she herself had been intimate with Applegate, former American Legion post commander and a Veterans’ Bureau investigator, and that 13 years ago she had been accused of poisoning her brother and mother-in-law. She cleared Applegate of complicity in his wife's slaying. LAYTON CONTEMPT HEARING POSTPONED Judge Approves Delay After Request by Defense Counsel. Heading on the contempt of court citation against Louis Rosenberg, attorney, and Robert Layton, his client. scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed one week. Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler. who issued the citations, today consented to the delay at the request of defense counspl) Both were cited after a ease involving the mysterious disappearance of Lay ion s daughter, Bettv Jane, 5.

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Hauptmann Loses Plea; Faces Chair Bruno's Only Hope Is U. S. Supreme Court After Jersey Setback. lly In itnl Press COURTROOM. TRENTON, N J . Oct. 9.—The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals today upheld a Hunterdon County jury’s verdict that Bruno Richard Hauptmann must die for the murder of Charles A. Lindbregh Jr. Unless he can get his case reviewed by the United States Supreme Court, Hauptmann probably will be put to death in the electric chair before Christmas. Under the law. Justice Thomas W. Trenehard now must resentence the German carpenter, fixing the date for execution not less than four weeks nor more than eight i from the date of resentencing. To have made a retrial possible, it would have been necessary for a majority of the 13 judges to reverse the conviction and send the case back to the Hunterdon County court. All the judges concurred in ; the decision. AGE PENSIONS ASKED IN SUIT Mandamus Seeks to Compel County to Pay 645 Eligible Persons. First court battle to compel Marion County to pay old-age peni sions to 645 eligibles who have been denied such relief because of lack of funds was opened this afternoon iit Circuit Court before Judge Eail R. Cox. The suit, a mandamus action, | brought in the name of Elgin J. ; Hoover, 2252 N. Harding-st, demands that, the court order the County Council to appropriate $7266 monthly as of Jan. 1. 1934. Mr. Hoover and the other plaintiffs were ruled eligible for pensions of $11.26 a month by the County Commissioners June 1, effective as of July 1. Due to lark of funds | they have not been paid. For 1936 commissioners requested $425,000 be budgeted for oidage pensions, but this was reduced by the council to $325.0000. The $7266 monthly figure was estimated as the requirement by Andrew Hoover, chief investigator for : the county. ZERO HOUR ARRIVES FOR HOOVERVILLE Occupants of Hovels to Be Moved, Mayor Says. Zero hour arrived today for the 200 poverty-stricken residents of the depression-born communities of j Hooverville end Curtisville. Armed with letters, tantamount to | eviction notices, Mayor Kern, his ] secretary, Joseph Tynan, and Ernest Frick, Works Board secretary, paid an official visit to the squalid settlements on the west bank of the White River between W. Washing-ton-st and Oliver-av. The houses must be razed for a WPA flood | prevention project. Mayor Kern said a tract on White River, between Raymond and Mor-ris-sts. will be available to the squatters. THIEF ABLE TO START EMBALMING BUSINESS Undertaking Equipment Is Stolen From Parked Automobile. Unless the prowler who ransacked the parked auto of C. L. Fish, Bedford. goes into business as an embalmer. his night's labors are likely to be a total loss. This became apparent today when Mr. Fish reported the theft of two bags containings embalming implements and another containing samples of embalming fluid.

Worker Fatally Burned In Gasoline Explosion

An explosion of overflow gasoline from a tank early today caused the death of one man and property damage estimated at S4OOO. The dead man is Carl Reisz. 45. of 2130 Napoleon-st. watchman at the Troy Oil Cos.. 820 E. Troy-av, where the explosion occurred. Mr. Reisz died at City Hospital shortly after he was seared by flames apparently set off by a spark from a switch. Only clew to the cause of the blast was gasped out by the victim when he staggered from the plant and was met by four persons attracted bv the noise and flames. "It went off when I opened the door and wasn't supposed to go off until a certain tim<\” he whispered Investigators believe a spark from a switch used to check the flow of gasoline from railroad cars* on a nearby siding to outside tanks, caused the explosion. Gasoline flowing from th- 1 railroad car to the tank apparently spilled and was ignited when Mr. Reisz

STERN NABBED FDR ALLEGED STOCK FRAUD City Investment Firm Head Accused of Stealing $50,000. USED MAILS. IS CLAIM 45 Counts Are Listed in Indictment Returned by U. S. Jury. Louis Stern, president of Stern & Cos., alleged “switch and sell" investment firm which formerly had offices in the Illinois Building, will be arraigned Friday in Federal Court. He is charged in 45 counts of a Federal indictment with using the mails to defraud in alleged stock swindles aggregating $50,000. The indictment was returned last week by the Federal grand jury along with several true bills naming other officers of the Stern company and additional firms. District Attorney Val Nolan received word today that Stern was arrested in Chicago yesterday and was released on SSOOO bond after preliminary hearing. Judge Robert C. Baltzell will hear the arraignment plea. Others Are Indicted Officers and employes of the company named in the indictments can not be made public until arrests are made. Affidavits filed by the State Securities Commission against Stern and other members of the firm recently were nolle prossed in Criminal Court. Investors in and near Indianapolis are alleged to have lost in the "switch and sell” operations of Stern & Cos., and its allied concern, H. N. Collins & Cos. Headquarters of the two firms were in Chicago, but all the persons named in the indictments have operated in Indianapolis at one time or another, Mr. Nolan said. Procedure Is Outlined The procedure followed by the operators was to sell securities on the installment plan over a year’s time. When the securities were nearly paid for and the time approached for delivery, the salesmen are alleged to have approached buyers and persuaded them to make further installment purchases using their paid-up securities as down payments. Investors who refused to be "switched” and who could not obtain delivery of their securities complained to the Indiana Securities Commission and the offices of the firms were raided in May. ZENGE ON TRIAL FOR EMASCULATION KILLING Charßpd With Murder of Husband of Childhood Sweetheart. Hy United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 9.—Mandeville W. Zenge, lanky 26-year-old Missouri farm carpenter, goes on trial for his life today charged with the savage emasculation murder of Dr. Walter J. Bauer, husband of his childhood sweetheart, Mrs. Louise Schaffer Bauer. 23. The state, whose case is entirely circumstantial, will demand the death penalty. The defense has not revealed its strategy, but the fact that his attorneys had Zenge examined by alienists indicates they may plead he is insane. Mrs. Bauer is expected to take the stand for the prosecution against her former fiance. ALLEGED INSULTS TO GIRLS BRING ARREST Arthur Tudhall Is Nabbed in Car N’ar Shortridge High School. Alleged to have made insulting remarks to a group of Shortridge High School girls, Arthur J. Tudball, 29. of 37 W. 21st-st, was arrested yesterday on charges of vagrancy and public indecency. He was found sitting in an automobile at 34th-st and Washington-blvd, where he is alleged to have stationed himself for the last three davs.

pulled the switch cutting off the engine used to transfer the fuel. Miraculously, the 12.000 gallons in the tank were not ignited, but the flames destroyed the pumphouse and damaged two nearby 1000-gallon tanks and the railroad car before firemen brought them under control. Frank J. Schuster, owner of the oil firm, explained Mr. Reisz’ remark about "opening the door.” The switch was outside the pumphouse and the engines were inside, he pointed out. Mr. Reisz obviously referred to the switch box door. Curiously enough, persons living within two miles on west side of the plant heard the explosion, but those living within a block on the east side were not disturbed by the noise. Both the cit* fire department and the state fire marshal’s office started on investigating. Mr. Reisz is survived by the widow. Funeral rites will o? held at 8:30 tomorrow at the home, followed by services in St. Catherine's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemeterv.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1935

Memories of 111-Fated Arctic Expedition Haunt Survivor’s Widow Here

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City Woman, Wife of One of Six Explorers Rescued From Starvation, Saddened by Word of Gen. Greely's Serious Illness. BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Writer Mad men starving for food on an ice floe. . . . One man steals food. He is warned. He steals again. ... He is caught. , . . Three shots are fired from guns. . . . The thief died. . . . No one knows who fired the fatal bullet. Ice . . . white ice . . . white lips of men drawn by starvation. These memories crowded toaay into the room of Mrs. Laura Frederick, 863 Middle-dr, Woodruff Place, widow of one of the six survivors of the

Greely Arctic expedition, when she | learned that the commander of that expedition was near his death in a Washington hospital. The memories of Mrs. Frederick go back to the rescue of her husband and Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, 91, the expedition leader, and to their marriage several years after Mr. Frederick's return from the illfated exped tion. Named in Honor of Ship It shifts from recollections of the words of her husband, Sergt. Julius R. Frederick, to the present and her daughter, Mrs. Thetus Dills, 624 Middle-dr, Woodruff-pl. named in honor of the ship Thetis, which carried the 1881 Arctic party to death for 18 men and starvation and temporary Arctic madness for the six survivors. A second daughter. Mrs. Harry J. Epply, of 863 Middle-dr, carries the first name of Sabine, the name of the cape where the starved survivors of the Greely party and her father were found by a rescue party. Close Friend of Greely Gen. Greely and Mr. Frederick were close friends and throughout the years following the rescue the six survivors visited each other. Mr. Frederick was weather observer here before his death. The eyes of Mrs. Frederick dim as she attempts to recall tales of the expedition as told by her husband upon his return. "I know that one man was shot and killed while they were starving for food. My, how long ago it is to try to recall things. I do know that Mr. Frederick said the man—l believe he was a doctor—had been warned, for stealing food,” she halted and smoothed her dress. Three Shots Fired "He was caught again. Three j hots were fired—” she stopped. "Did they know who killed him?” she was asked. "No—they'll never know. Three j men shot at him. They do not know j who killed him.” she explained j simply. The privations of the expedition i and the period of starvation are believed by Mrs. Frederick to have caused her husband's death in 1904. ’Tm so sorry to hear that Gen. Greely is seriously ill.” she con- \ eluded. JAILED BY MATE. WIFE SAYS: WANTS SIO,OOO Husband Had Her Put in Cell During Harvest, Woman Charges. By United Press SOUTH BEND. Ind., Oct, 9.—Because she was forced to spend a day in jail while her husband was harvesting her wheat, Mrs. Lottie Houser. 42. has filed suit for SIO,OOO against the husband, John Houser, 72. She charges he caused her to be jailed for a day by obtaining a fraudulent restraining order. Pickpockets Get $239 Pickpockets relieved him of $239 in a crowded elevator in the Odd Fellows Building. V. H. Mohler. 1837 N. Alabama-st. reported to police this afternoon. Mr. Mohler said he had just taken the money from the bank. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m..... 50 10 a m. ... 58 7a. m..... 53 11 a. m. ... 61 8 a. m 53 12 <n00n>..62 9a. m 5# Ip. m 65

WIRES TAPPED, AGENTS ADMIT Testifies Conversations of Young Robinson, Family Were Recorded. By United Press LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 9. —Testimony that telephone wires were tapped, enabling the government to record conversations between the kidnaper of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, in his Indianapolis hide out, and T. H. Robinson Sr, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frances Robinson, was given today in the Robinsons’ trial on charges of conspiracy in the crime. The testimony was given by W. A. Rorer, Department of Justice agent, during cross-examination by Monte Ross, defense counsel, who asked Mr. Rorer about reported tapping of telephone wires by the Department of Justice at the homes of both defendants. Mr. Rorer denied that his department had tapped the wires, but admitted that “some other agency” had done so. Conversations between the kidnaper, and his family had been recorded. Mr. Rorer said, and that information is in the hands of investigators. T. H. Robinson Jr, son of Robinson. is charged with the actual kidnaping, and now is a fugitive from justice. ENGINEER TO MAKE LOCAL GAS SURVEY Cleveland Expert Retained by Citizens Utility. W. E. Steinwedell, Cleveland gas consulting engineer, has been retained by directors of the City Utility District to make a survey of operations of the Citizens Gas* and Coke Utility, municipally owned successor to the Citizens Gas Cos .; Henry L. Dithmer. president of the district's directors, announced today. Mr. Steinwedell ha.s had 30 years’ experience. Thomas L. Kemp, general manager of the plant, who will assume his duties tomorrow-, will assist Mr. Steinwedell. Directors of the Utilities District met yesterday with directors of the Indianapolis Gas Cos. in an effort to negotiate a proposed revision in ihe lease of the latter company to the city. Another meeting will be held later. Times Index Amusements 4 Books n Bridge 9 Broun n Comics .. 17 Crossword Puzzle 17 Curious World 17 Editorial 12 Financial 13 Pegler 11 Radio 4 Serial Story 18 Sports 14. 15 Woman's Pages 8-9 New guaranteed tires 15c wk. Save SI.OO up. Hoosier Pete.—Adv.

LEAGUE SPEEDS ACTION; ITALY DOMINATES FRONT; ETHIOPIANS FLEEING GAS

Duce's Men Are 10 to 30 Miles Deep in Northern Ethiopia. TACTICS UNDER STUDY Strategists Believe Real Drive Has Not Yet Been Started. BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE (CoDvrieht. 1935. bv United Pressi ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 9. Five days of fighting, made up preponderately of skirmishes, have pushed the Italian line forward on a front perhaps 60 miles long to a depth of from 10 to 30 miles in Ethiopian territory. The territory on the northern front under Italian domination embraces the cities of Aduwa and Ariigrau and the vicinity of the Holy j City of Aksum. None are strategi- ' cally important to Ethiopi i, but the captur< of Aduwa had great psy- | chological weight in Italian minds because of the massacre of Italian troops by Ethiopians there 39 years i ago. If the Ethiopian troops did not actually resist the Italian invasion at Aduwa and Adigrat, they proved by dozens of border raids, brushes, and one or two larger engagements that they were unafraid of the I tanks, planes, completely equipped infantry and other modern weapons brought to bear against them. Part Gas to Play The great question is the part gas is to play in this undeclared war. Except for one unconfirmed report j gas has not been used, which, in the | minds of experts is due to its potentialities for mass destruction. ! The possibility of its use in the ; form of bombs hurled from planes far behind the actual front is causing concern in Addis Ababa where it is thought that it might seriously shatter morale. The invasion of Eritrea by one of Ras Siyyoum’s divisions in seen as hardly being a test of strength. The raid was reportedly made almost without resistance, leading to the fear that the raiders might be cut off from their line of retreat and suffer a serious setba^Jc. Devitalize Attack Military experts in the capital continue convinced that the only hope for success for Ethiopian arms lies in "letting the country devitalize the attack.” It is generally believed in Addis Ababa that the real test between the Italian invaders and the defending forces is still pending. Bombings in the south and possibly in the east are regarded as inconsequential. The possibility is also considered that Italian moves in the north thus far have been merely a screen for the first definite drive into Ethiopia, yet to be launched. Prepare to Storm Aksum BY VIRGIL PINKLEY (Copyright. 1935. bv United Press) ROME, Oct. 9.—ltaly’s northern army is working through high mountain passes with great difficulty in readiness to storm Aksum. Holy City of Ethiopia, dispatches from the front indicated today. Two columns to the East are pushing slowly southward in their work of consolidating the positions before Aduwa and Adigrat, dispatches disclosed, and are occupying a series of small tow’ns in order to dominate the caravan routes to the South, where great masses of Ethiopian troops are concentrated. Dispatches indicated that the Aksum drive was a troublous one. There has been no word in Italy of the fall of the city, despite reports of its capture. U. SrCHARGES $335~000 ‘RAKEOFF’ BY SHUSHAN Former Senator Long Associate Accused of Owing $52,000 Tax. By United Press NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9.—A. L. Shushan, president of the Orleans Parish levee board and associate of the late Senator Huey P. Long, received a $335,000 "rakeoff'’ from dredging contracts, government prosecutors charged in opening statements before the jury in his income tax fraud trial. Altogether, they claimed. Shushan failed to report income of $448,217.87 during the years 1929-1933 and that he owes a tax of $52,000. STOCK TRADING LAGS: PRICES ARE IRREGULAR Rails Weaker; Utilities Show Best Resistance. By T nitrd Prrs* NEW YORK Oct. 9—Prices moved irregularly this morning on the Stock Exchange. Trading lagged as cautious traders remained on the sidelines. There was no particular feature. Rails displayed a bit more weakness than other groups, while utilities showed the best resistance, most of them registering gains. Steels, coppers, motors and several special issues eased.

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War Today

Bv United Press. GENEVA—Assembly plans to name penalties committee tonight or tomorrow, Italy's neighbors to play important role. League to svirelsss full reports throughout the world to facilitate action of member governments. Italy protests request for Italian minister to leave Addis .Ababa, ADDIS ABABA—ltalian legation says no request to leave has been received. ROME—Ethiopian minister receives urgent order from Addis Ababa to leave Italy at once. LONDON—C’aPIne meets; calls in minister of mines to discuss stoppage of coal to Italy. ROME—ltaly to stay in League unless penalties are harsh, spokesman says. Northern army working with difficulty through mountains to storm Aksum, holy city, dispatches from front report. Official eommunique announced front generally tranquil. LONDON Chieftains urging Haile Selassie to start mass drive on Italians, newspapers report. ADDIS ABABA front of 60 miles to depth of from Ift to 3ft miles in Ethiopia; Ethiopians have proved they do not fear Italy's modern weapons; military censorship clamped down. DJlßOUTl—Ethiopia is salting wells as Italians cross Danakil country toward railway. ETHIOPIAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS chemicals to burn Ethiopians on Ogad’.’n front, commandant reports in official dispatch. ALEXANDRIA—War preparations stimulated as League meets; ancient forts of Aboukir refitted. CHEMICAL GAS GOUTS NATIVES Heavy Casualties Reported by Ethiopians on Ogaden Front. ] By 1 nitril Press FIELD HEADQUARTERS, ETHI- ! OPIAN ARMY <By Courier to Ha:rar>, Oct. 9.—Dedjazmatch NasI sibu, commanding Ethiopia's armies on the Ogaden front, said today that ; the Italians have concentrated 50.000 troops in the Gorrahei sector and are reaping heavy casualties with chemical bombs dropped from | planes. Most of the Italian forces, he said, are storming Gorrahei. a collection of mud forts and concealed trenches. The Ethiopian defenders are augmented by fierce tribesmen waging guerrilla warfare. The circling guerrillas, Nassibu said, are harassing the Italians with fire from the brush and trees. Habte Mikhael said powdered sulphur and other chemicals dropped from planes-were taking heavy toll, searing the bronze skins of the Ethiopians, blinding them and affecting their lungs. The enemy planes. Nassibu said. J were swooping over the Ethiopians j in warlike squadrons, instead of in small groups of two and three. Anticipating more intensive air : raids, the commander ordered all j supplies of ammunition and gasoline removed to places of comparative safety. STOLEN CAR TAKES PLUNGEJNTO GREEK Occupants Escape After Crash at Talbot-St. An automobile stolen from the Walsh Construction Cos. plunged into Fall Creek late last night at Talbotst and Fall Creek-blvd, the occupant or occupants escaping. The machine apparently was shoved from the boulevard and landed on its radiator in four feet of water. Police and firemen found one window broken, but there were no traces of blood or clothing shreds on the edge of the glass. The car doors were closed. J. A. Durnin, office manager -of the construction company, 1206 City Trust Building, to which the certificate of title was issued, said none of the persons who might legitimately have been using the car was driving it last night. Police said it was taken from a S. Meridian-st garage. GE R MAN PARTY WIN S Lithuanians Get Only Six Seats in Memel D>.?t Election Bu t n >trd Prt ss KAUNAS 'KOVNOI, Lithuania. Oct. 9—Reliable but unofficial estimates today indicated the United German party had obtained 55.000 out of 68.500 valid votes, or 80 per cent, in the recent elections to the Memel Diet. It was estimated the German party would obtain 23 seats and the Lithuanians six.

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Embargo on Arms May Be First Move Made at Geneva. FINANCIAL STEPS NEXT Rome Pays Little Heed to Steps Under Way by Council. BULLETIN By United Press GENEVA, Oct. 9.—Austria and Hungary refused to associate themselves today with the other nations of the League in applying economic penalties to Italy. BY WALLACE CARROLL (Copyright, 1935. bv United Pressi GENEVA, Oct. 9.—League of Nations leaders, meeting today as a steering committee of the Assembly, decided to apply steam-roller tactics to obtain quick condemnation of Italy by the Assembly tonight or tomorrow. Nevertheless, virtually unanimous agreement on penalties against Italy was foreseen after the steering committee’s decision on steam roller tactics, with possibly two or three ! nations making slight reservations. A rapid canvass of assembled delegates by the United Press indi- | cated that Switzerland. Austria and ! possibly one or two other nations i would speak during discussion of the ! report of the committee of six. Prompt Approval Expected All other nations were expected j to remain silent, to indicate their unqualified approval of the report j and its conclusions. Giuseppe Motta of Switzerland, it ' was believed, would make a brief ('speech, stressing Switzerland's traditional neutral policy and her difficult situations as a neighbor of Italy, with a large Italian population. Egon Berger-Waldenegg of Austria was expected to criticise some of the report's phraseology as being too harsh against Italy. Aloisi | then will state Italy's objections, - after which the report will be con- ' sidered and most probably approved. The committee also decided to appoint a committee of 24 nations |to co-ordinate in deciding what penalties shall be applied to Italy by all members of the League. Committee Acts Swiftly The steering committee, headed by Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia, president of the assembly, acted firmly and decisively. Imposition of these penalties is to begin next week, to be adhered to by all nations which agree with the League council of 13 members—ltaly is excluded—which has declared (Turn to Page Three) NEW SURETY APPROVED IN HITCH APPEAL BOND S2s,ftftft in Real Estate Added to $17,500 Rejected by Court. Additional surety for the $17,500 appeal bond of Ralph Hitch, former chief deputy sheriff, was approved today by Special Judge E E McFerren in Criminal Court. The surety was provided by Harry Klein, merchant. 4009 Broadwav, who told the court he had $25,000 worth of unincumbered real estate. The bond, surety for which had been refused Monday, also is secured by Thcmas Dillon and Othniei Hitch, Indianapolis attorney, and uncle of Ralph Hitch. Hitch was convicted last week on a charge of embezzlement of sheriff's funds, receiving a 2-to-21-year sentence and SBOOO fine. INCREASE IS SHOWN IN TAX COLLECTIONS Internal Revenue Receipts $4,000,000 Higher Than in 1934. An increase of $4,000,000 in internal revenue collections in July, August and September over the same period in 1934 was announced yesterday by Will H Smith, collector for the Indiana district. Collections in 1935 were $17,836.554.51, against $13,663,762,11 in the 1934 period. Mr. Smith said. "Os particular significance is the increase in income tax collections this year, in spite of the new earned income credit which took effect for the first time and decreased the liability of thousands of taxpayers to the point where they paid no tax at all.” he pointed out. SEEK WELSHANS JURY Youth on Trial for Alleged Murder of Speedway City Girl. Selection of a jury to try Thomas Welshans, 22. for the alleged murder of Mary Ferguson Hamberg. 20, at her home 4960 W. 15th-st. June 3, continued today in Crimmal Court.