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MILK FARMERS CHEER DEMAND FOR PRICE HIKE Challenge Distributors to Show Why Consumer Should Absorb It. FACTIONAL SPLIT BARED Producers at Odds on Plan for Complete Revision of Classifications. Three hundred dairy farmers stamped their feet and whistled their approval in the House of Representatives chamber in the Statehouse today as their spokesman demanded more money for them. They broke into a stampede of noisy applause when he challenged the distributors to show why they would have to raise the consumer'* price from 10 to 11 cents a quart to meet the producers’ demands. The spokesman was Ralph Potilton, manager of the Indianapolis Milk Producers, a producers' co-op-erative marketing association. He told M. Clifford Towasend, Lieutenant Governor and head of the State Milk Control Board hearing the petition, that other producers for cities of a size comparable to Indianapolis got. more for their product and yet milk retailed at only 10 cents a quart. St. Louis Is Mentioned Asked by representatives of distributors to name a city and quote prices, he said that, milk sells in St. Louis for 10 cents a quart, and yet producers are paid $2.40 a hundred pounds for fluid milk, as against $1.82 paid producers here. The farmers are asking the board for $2.20 a hundredweight on Class 1 milk, and the distributors are fighting the proposal. As the meeting opened Carl Hedges, Indianapolis Dairymen Cooperative, largest producers’ cooperative marketing association in the area, introduced a series of proposed amendments to the petition of the producers which would revise the classifications entirely. Factional Fight Flares Charges and counter-charges split the producers into factional units and threatened to bring into the open details of the underlying marketing situation that has been a constant source of trouble in the field for years. Chairman Townsend, however, tabled the proposed amendments on a motion of the attorney for the distributors, who said they were a surprise and he was not prepared to discuss them. The hearing is tc resume this afternoon. The hearing is on a petition of the far ner section of the Marion County committee asking that the distributors pay them $2.20 a hundredweight for Class 1 milk instead of the $1.82 they now pay. No Profit, They Claim The farmers have said that they can make no money at the present price. It casts, they say, too much to feed the cattle and to get the milk to market. Making no profit, they say they might be forced to let their equipment run down to the place where it actually would affect the quality of the product. The distributors say they can not boost the price of milk to the farmer without raising it to the retailer, who in turn would have to raise it 1 rent a quart to the consumer. This, they say, would make the price prohibitive to many customers, who would stop buying fresh milk, decreasing the demand, and begin buying evaporated milk. Second Crisis Here Although, they point out. the demand for fresh milk for processing among evaporated milk manufacturers would proportionately increase, the farmer would lose oecause he is paid less for milk sold for processing than for bottle trade. This marks the second crisis in the state's administration of the milk industry in the Indianapolis shed since the last Legislature created the milk board and empowered it with administrative authority. Several weeks ago all Indianapolis distributors refused to furnish A! Feeney. Marion County administrator, with figures on their receipts of milk and other data necessary lor him to compute the price to farmers. After court action they furnished the data. CURFEW GIRL'S PLEA FOR NEW TRIAL HEARD Mountain Miss Opens Fight to Escape 25-Ycar Term. By t nited Press WISE. Va.. Dec. 12.—Edith Maxwell. under 25-year prison sentence for slaying her father with a slipper, was denied anew trial today by Judge H. S. W. Skeen. By I tiited Press WISE. Va.. Dec. 12—Edith Maxwell, the 'modern'’ mountaineer girl who killed her 52-vear-old coal miner father when he tried to beat her for staying out after 9 p. m. with a boy friend, probably will know by noon today whether she is to be given a chance to escape a 25-year prison sentence. Edith was convicted two weeks ago of killing Trigg Maxwell. There has been national indignation over the stiff sentence. She contended her father was drunk. That he chased her into the kitchen of their mountain home, threatening to kill her, and that she hit him with a slipper in self-de-fense. The prosecution contends Maxwell was sober, the killing deliberate.

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Cloudy tonight; tomorrow unsettled and warmer with occasional rain. ’Lowest temperature tonight about 32.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 237

U. S. and Other Powers Reject Japan’s Demand for Full Naval Parity

Britain Eyes Philippines and May Yet Move In, Says Simms. FRANKLY FEAR JAPAN England Hopes America Will Make Its Policy Clear-Cut. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Portentous events in the Orient no less than the fear of an explosion in Europe are behind the manifest anxiety of Great Britain to end the Italo-Ethiopian war at the earliest possible moment. First-hand information from the Far East, received via the China Clipper, indicates that the British in that area are convinced that an upheaval in Europe would unleash still another in Asia involving the fate of approximately half the population of the globe. They view the London naval conference with misgivings. Japan's parity demand is regarded as so excessive, and so unreasonable in the light of what Germany, France, Italy and the Soviet Union ask. that it is taken to mean only one thing. And that is the will to dominate the whole of the Far East. Frankly Fear Japanese America's impending withdrawal from the Philippines, therefore, is seen as contributing tremendously to the peril. Englishmen in the Orient hold with Winston Churchill, former first lord of the British admiralty. that the entire equilibrium of the East is being destroyed. Churchill frankly fears the Japanese will move in when Americans move out. With a navy second to none, and with a chain of fortified islands and naval bases stretching from Kamchatka to Borneo, the entire eastern half of Asia and Australia and New' Zealand as well would then be at their mercy. No two sea powers combined could prevent Japan doing precisely as she pleases. Given peace in Europe, however, the British hope for at least a breathing spell. In that event, they expect one of tw'o things to happen. Either the United States will rationalize its relations with the Philippine Commonw'ealth and strengthen its naval bases in the Pacific, or it will pull out lock, stock and barrel, abandoning all further claim to its open door policy in China. Britain Apt, to Move In If Washington pursues the former course, there is reason to believe Britain w'iil seek some sort of understanding with the United States as regards a common Far Eastern policy—no formal treaty, but with some understanding relative to a reciprocal naval backstopping out there. One of the first would almost certainly be to place the Philippines under their protection. This the islanders themselves w'ould likely welcome. They might even invite the British to move in, to replace the vanishing Americans. Manila would then become a formidable British naval base. Corregidor. the rock-like Island guarding the entrance to the bay. would be converted into another Gibraltar. Even in its present state, experts declare, Corregidor could hold out indefinitely. Once modernized, it is said, no force could take ii. Capture of the Philippines by any foe would become a worthless victory. Possession of the islands, therefore. is of stupendous value to any [ strong poweRealization of this is now said to be so complete among educated Filipinos that it is virtually impos- ■ sible to find one who wishes independence. If they can not remain under the American flag they say they will apply to the British. RIVERSIDE LIBRARY AID DIES IN SISTER'S HOME Mrs. Ella Hazelrigg Had Lived in Indianapolis 35 I'ears. Mrs. Ella M. Hazelrigg, for the last 15 years assistant librarian at Riverside Branch Library, died today at the home of her sister. Mrs. Hattie Manning, 1227 W. 29th-st, She was 74. She had been a resident of Indianapolis 35 years, having been born in Wayne County where she taught school. Her husband was Thomas H. Hazelrigg, who died about 10 years ago. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Another sister. Mrs. Lide Birely, Billings, Mont., also survives.

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Powers Refuse to Accept Nippon Request for Huge Fleet. ALL NATIONS AGREED Anglo-American Accord at Conference Impresses Delegates. BY HENRY T. RUSSELL United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 12. Six delegations, led by Great Britain and the United States, rejected Japan's demand for 1 naval equality today. It was learned from the United States delegation after ;the conference adjourned until tomorrow that Norman H. Davis, head of the delegaI tion, had presented three arguments against Japan’s I claim. These were intended to show that | the Japanese plan for bringing the navies of the three strongest naval powers to the same level—as outlined yesterday by Admiral Osami | Nagano, head of the Japanese delegation—was both unworkable and unacceptable. In the first place, the United States ambassador-at-large contended. it would result in an increase rather than a decrease in naval building. England Sides With U. S. Secondly. Davis insisted, it was learned, that the Japanese project would upset Washington and London treaty arrangements which he said had created an equilibrium based upon the respective naval needs of the signatories. He suggested that there had been no change in | the international situation of a i nature to warrant revision of this I equilibrium. The third point Davis made was | that the Japanese plan failed to take account of the varying naval ! requirements among the powers, i Those who rejected Japan's claim Ito naval equality, in addition to Davis, were Viscount Monsell, head lof the British delegation; Andre I Charles Corbin, of France, and I spokesmen for the Italian, South African. Australian and Canadian delegations. Lord Monsell spoke at length, both at the opening and the close of today's meeting, going into great detail in expounding Britain's reasons for opposing the Japanese claim. Delegates were impressed by the unity and solidarity of AngloAmerican resistance to Japan's demands. POISON KILLED GIRL, DOCTOR TELLS JURY Deputy Coroner Heard in Stepmother's Trial. By l nited Press FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. 12. More than enough poison was found in the body of Bernadene Doermen, 13-year-old stepdaughter of Mrs. Laura Doermen, on trial for the child's murder, to cause death. Deputy Coroner Walter Kruse testified toaay. Dr. Kruse, who performed an autopsy after the girl’s death last April, said several organs of the body were enlarged by the arsenic poisoning. Paul H. Adams, Fort Wayne Medical Laboratory chemist, tesfciI fled that he found large quantities I of arsenic in the body. Detective Sergeant Walter Cavanaugh testified that he found a small packet containing arsenic in the garage at Mrs. Doermer's home. The poison, he said, was on a rafter of the garage and apparently had been there only a short time because removal of the packet left no mark in accumulated dust. Bernadene and Imogene. her 16-year-old sister, became violently ill after eating cottage cheese during a meal at their home last spring. Bernadene died 10 days later. The state charges Mrs. Doermer , mixed arsenic with the cottage cheese. The stepmother's defense is bused on the fact, admitted by the state, that she was not at home when the meal was prepared. Imogene told a jury of 10 men and two women yesterday that when she was permitted to go to the hospital to see her sister. Mrs. Doermer cautioned her. “I don’t want you to say anything about arI senic.”

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LITTLE POWERS TURN FIRE ON PEACE DRAFT Force France, Britain to Permit Full Debate on Proposal. CONCESSIONS ATTACKED Turkey, Poland Lead Fight on Plea to Give Duce Territory. By Inited Press GENEVA. Dec. 12.—The small powers, angered by the concessions made to Premier Benito Mussolini in the Franco-British peace proposals, won a tactical victory today as soon as the League's penalties committee of 18 assembled. In the first skirmish against the Franco-British plan, the small powers succeeded in forcing an agreement for a full debate on it when the council convenes next Tueday. Opposition of Turkey and Poland obliged Francs and Britain to abandon their plan to submit the peace proposal to the council’s committee of five, where with the support of Spain, they would have a majority. The committee of five is composed of France. Britain, Spain, Poland and Turkey. Proposes Embargo Delay Under those circumstances the committee of five could continue negotiations with Premier Benito Mussolini and the emperor of Ethiopia as it wished. Consequently, it becomes necessary to submit the plan directly to the council, where Turkey, Rumania and other small powers, possibly with Russia’s support, may continue to battle against it. Tytus Komarnicki of Poland proposed that action on the oil embargo be delayed pending debate by the council. Premier Pierre Laval of France and Capt. Anthony Eden of Great Britain, reaffirming their loyalty to the League, agreed that the council should examine the Franco-British proposals as soon as possible after it meets. “Any final settlement must be acceptable to the League as well as (Turn to Page Three) 7 SUSPECTS NABBED IN JEWEL BOBBERY Alleged Money Changer for Dillinger Is One. By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 12—Police today believed they had broken up a na-tion-wide jewel robbery ring with the arrest of seven men accused of a $35,000 gem holdup in the Chicago loop. Meyer Bogue, 50, one of the suspects, was said to have been the money changer for the John Dillinger gang. Others held are James Brezak, 39. paroled last August from Indiana State Prison after serving five years of a 10-year sentence on bank robbery charges; Harry Malin. 32, said to have carried the jewelry cases in the robbery; Patrick J. Sullivan. 40, named as the driver of the robbers’ car; Irving Hornstein, 47, and Meyer Gordon. 45. both former jewelers, and Frank Pishaw, 46, a former clerk. Agreed to Trap Dillinger Meyer Bogue, 50, one of seven men arrested in Chicago as suspects in a nation-wide jewel robbery ring, once served as a “stool pigeon" for state investigators in connection with the John Dillinger hunt. When Dillinger was captured at Tucson. Ariz.. and returned to Lake County for trial on murder charges, Bogue was introduced at Crown Point as a Chicago automobile tire dealer who could verify the gangster's alibi he was in Florida when Patrick O'Malley. East Chicago policeman. was slain. When Dillinger made his famous wooden gun’’ escape from the Crown Point jail. Bogue contacted J. Edward Barce. deputy attorney general and special investigator on the case, with an offer to serve as “stool pigeon.” information obtained from Bogue led Mr. Barce to “kidnap” seven Crown Point residents, who were held two days in hotels at Monticello and Indianapolis before they were released. Shortly after the mysterious hotel episode, Mr. Barce claimed Dillinger paid amounts ranging from $2500 to SIO,OOO for aid in the Crown Point escape but no arrests were made.

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VAN SWERINGEN DIES MENLY ‘M. J/ Worked Side by Side With Brother to Build Empire. By United Press CLEVELAND, Dec. 12.—M. J. Van Sweringen, co-ruler of the vast Van Sweringen railroad empire, died at 7:15 this morning in Lakeside Hospital, where he had been a patient several weeks. The railroad magnate's illness began several months ago when he was stricken with influenza. He had been in the hospital since Oct. 17 with a heart ailment. Early last night his condition suddenly became worse and O. P. Van Sweringen was called to the hospital. He spent the night with his brother and was with him when he died. Also at the bedside was the house(Turn to Page Eight) MARKET TAKES SPURT: PRICES ARE STEADIED Tickers Lag Momentarily Under Heavy Selling Orders. a By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Heavy selling broke out on the stock exchange early this afternoon, sending tickers two minutes behind. They caught up before the end of the third hour and prices steadied at lower levels. Before that selloff, which was not explained by anything in the news, the list had been boosted fractions to more than a point under leadership of the oils. Silvers had rallied and rails were firm. THIEVES TOOLS Oil and Gasoline Also Taken at Indiana Asphalt Paving Cos. Charles F. Smith, 24, of the Indiana Asphalt Paving Cos., 2810 Co-lumbia-av, told police today that thieves broke a lock and chain from the gate of the company’s yards and stole tools, 50 gallons of motor oil and 100 gallons of gasoline. .

Trustees Fling ‘Despot * Accusations at McNutt Governor Stands Firm for Economy Through Simplification of Small Government Units. Determined and concerted opposition to Gov. McNutt's program of centralized government reached new heights today as more than 2000 members of the Indiana County and Township Officials Association went into their second-cay conference here.

In both group and general meetings repeated charges of despotism and dictatorship were freely made. The officials are particularly opposed to the report of the Indiana State Committee on Government Economy, appointed by the Governor to study consolidation of county units. Resolutions have been introduced which are to be acted on tomorrow and may serve as a counter-attack in any attempt the state administration may make at the anticipated special session of the Legislature to carry out any provisions of the report. Upholds State Committee Gov. McNutt regards recommendations of the Committee on Governmental Economy as embodying theories of good political economy; the County and Township Officials’ Association sees them as encroachments on “home rule” and further attempts at centralization of power. State Senator Leo X. Smith of Marion County, in an address this afternoon befo. the general session of officials, charged tnat the report was influenced by special interests who sought to gain control of any social service program, which is the primary reason for the special session. “The report of the committee proposes that tnere be a County Welfare Board with a director appointed from a list of eligibles submitted by the state administration,” he said. “The board would have charge of poor relief and old-age pensions, employes to be selected in accordance *w r ith the rules of a merit system. Thus, you see, there is centralization pure and simple. “Os course social service advocates would have a hand and dominate

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DRYS BATTLE LIQUOR SALES IN IRVINGTON Anti-Saloon League Ready to Open Court Fight, Miles Says. OLD DEEDS ARE CF ED Injunctions Against Nine Business Places tc Be Asked. The Indianapolis unit of the Anti-Saloon League has decided to ask the courts to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in Irvington and the Ritter Addition, its attorney, E. A. Miles, announced today. Petitions for injunetions against the individual places—nine in all—are to be filed late this week or early next, Mr. Miles said. The decision came when the Alcoholic Beverage Commission yesterday granted a beer and wine license to Philip Sorentino, 5527 E. Washington-st. The league had waged a bitter fight against granting the license before the Marion County Board. Liquor Banned in Deed The league, Mr. Miles said, will base its request for injunctions that would leave Irvington and Ritter additions dry, on covenants in the deeds through which the lands were conveyed to their present owners. The deeds, he said, stipulate that no liquor be sold on the premises. The deeds were made by Sylvester Johnson and Jacob B. Julian. Old Irvington, he said, is bounded by the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks on the south, Michigan-st on the north, Ritter-av on the west, and Arlington-av on the east. Ritter addition is bounded on the east by Ritter-av and the west by Hawthorne-lane. Churches Join Fight Mr. Miles said that an action will be brought also contesting the legality of the beer and wine license just issued Mr. Sorentino on the grounds that the board last July refused to grant a license and that to do so now is a violation of the law. Mr. Miles says the law does not allow the board to so reconsider before 12 months have elapsed from the first refusal. However, the Attorney General is reported to have given the board an oral opinion that it is within the law in the case. The league is backed in its fight against Sorentino by church groups in Irvington. Included in thase against whom injunctions will be sought are branches of the Haag Drug Cos., the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Cos. and the Kroger Grocery and Baking Cos. CLIPPER IS AT MIDWAY Trans-Pacific Airliner Ready to Take Off for Wake. By United Press MIDWAY ISLANDS, Dec. 12 After a nine-hour flight from Honolulu, the Pan-American Airways Philippines Clipper was scheduled to take off for Wake Islands today on the third leg of a 16,000-mile round-trip airmail flight from California to Manila.

the appointments. They have dreamed of that plan for some time. Heaven forbid that in the administration of old-age pensions. Stresses Home Rule “Counties would be inflicted with the same difficulties that townships were before the experiment with relief was recently ended. If I understand the English language. Federal requirements for old-age pensions say nothing about adminisration by a state bureau. It merely says that the state must insure full payment of compensation when it is due.” He stressed the importance of (Turn to Page Two)

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ALL METHODISTS MAY MERGE IN ONE BIG CHURCH

Indianapolis Clergymen Are Enthusiastic in Support of Merger. HAILED AS GREAT STEP No Reason to Maintain Old North-South Split, Is View Here. Indianapolis Methodist clergymen this afternoon voiced enthusiastic approval of the national merger of the three Method ist denominations, unanimously recomm ended today by church commissioners. Those commenting included: The Rev. W. C. Kartinger, superintendent. Indianapolis District of M. E. Church; the Rev. Richard M. Millard, Broadway M. E. Church; the Rev. Abram S. Woodard, Meridian Street M. E. Church; the Rev. Guy O. Carpenter, Irvington M. E. Church; the Rev. Charles T. Alexander, Roberts Park M. E. Church; the Rev. R. R. Cross, Barth Place M. E. Church, and the Rev. R. O. Mcßae. Edwin Ray M. E. Church The Rev. W. C. Hartinger, superintendent, Indianapolis District, M. E. Church: “I most heartily approve of such a union, and believe that it will take place. The resulting unification of membership will make the church a greater force in influencing the Christian life of the nation. It will hasten the union of all Protestant denominations. ’ The Rev. Abram S. Woodard, Meridian-st M. E. Church: “I am enthusiastically in favor of such a union. More than that I favor a union of all Protestant denominations. Until all Protestant churches get together, Protestanism will not make the impact which it should in world affairs. And the beginning, for us, of course, must come with a merging of all Methodist branches. The Rev. Charles T. Alexander, Roberts Park M. E.: “It is the greatest move that we have made as a church toward becoming Christian, and toward the building of the kingdom of God.” In anticipation of such a union, Mr. Alexander said that during the coming Student Volunteer Convention, from Dec. 29 to an. 1, the Roberts Park Church is to entertain the young people of the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with a fellowship supper at the same hour. The groups, he said, would meet together for at least part of the evening. The Rev. R. R. Cross, pastor, Barth Place M. E. Church: “Every one in our denomination is in favor of this movement. A united Methodism would greatly increase the efficiency of our church.” The Rev. R. O. Mcßae, pastor, Edwin Ray M. E. Church: “Ail three of the churches trace their origin to John Wesley, and the conditions that caused them to sever, were eliminated years ago. If we are going to make Christianity a force in the world, we will have to have more unification.” The Rev. Guy O. Carpenter. Irvington M. E. Church: “This is the best thing that could happen. “The basis on which the union is to be affected is not as important as the fact of union. I'm sure that minor details w'iil be worked out as •soon as the union is completed.” The Rev. Richard M. Millard, Broadway M. E. Church: “The membership of all three churches are optimistic concerning possibilities of a reunited Methodism. The congregations are entirely in sympathy with the union. “I believe that the time has com? when Christian churches should unite for purposes of world-wide service. The first step, of course, must be to the unification of denominations, looking toward an ultimate universal union.” CAR SALES FAR AHEAD OF ’34, INDUSTRY TOLD Early Showing of New Models Wins Credit for 45 Per Cent Gain. By f nited Press DETROIT. Dec. 12.—Total 1935 automobile production will reach 4.150.000 units, a gain of 45 per cent over 1934. it was estimated today by Alfred Reeves. Automobile Manufacturers Association vice president. In his report to directors Mr. Reeves credited showing of 1936 models with a major part in the record production since 1929 “Introduction of new models the first of November has stabilized production and had the effect of immeasurably increasing sales in the usually dull fourth quarter." he said. Times Index Amusements 24 Births, Deaths 27 Broun 21 Bridge ! 21 Comics 31 Editorial 22 Financial 30 Junior Aviation 5 Pegler 21 Radio . 9 Serial Story 19 Sports 25-26-27 Stamps 6 Want Ads 27-28-29 Woman’s Pages .^....18-19

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Commissioners of Three Denominations Recommend Unification. 8.000.000 ARE AFFECTED General Conventions Must Ratify Detailed Plans for National Union. By l nited Pet .t WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Union of the three major Methodist denominations into a church with a combined membership of more than 8.000,000 comm unic an t g seemed assured today with announcement of detailed plans for the merger. Only approval by the general conferences of the three denominations —the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church—was needed to bring the three together under the simplified name of the Methodist Church. General conferences of the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant denominations will act on the merger plan in May, 1936. The Southern group will consider the union in May, 1938. The plans already have been unanimously approved by the commissioners of the three churches. The program provides for administration of the merged church through a general conference meeting every four years, and through six jurisdictional conferences operating in geographical subdivisions. No Problems Remain In the early part of the nineteenth century Methodism was a unified body in the United States. Later it split, up into nineteen denominational groups. First to leave the parent church was the Methodist Protestant denomination, which separated in 1830 over the question of the right of lav membership to participate in governing the church. The Methodist Episcopal Chf -h, / South, separated from the parent body primarily over the question of slavery. In recent years questions of lay representation and slavery have been solved, leaving no reason for continued separation. The Methodist Episcopal Church now has 4.296.288 members; the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, 2 725.954. and the Methodist Protestant Church 191.595. These are the three major Methodist denominations. and the united church will embrace one-half of all communicant Methodists of the world. BRIDEGROOM OF DAY AWAITS DEATH DATE Convicted Killer Weds Sweetheart in Jail Ceremony. By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—John Collins. 26, spent the first day of his wedded life in the Queens County Jail today contemplating that next Tuesday he will be sentenced to die for the slaying of Charles Theurner. His bride. Ana Downey, secluded herself at the home of a sister. Collins, convicted of first degree murder, and Miss Downey, who soon will become a mother, were married yesterday in the press room of the district attorney’s office in Long Island City Courthouse. Last Saturday a jury decided Collins was guilty of having killed Theurner during a holdup of a beer garden in Winfield. The death sentence is mandatory. U. S. GIVES UP FIGHT IN COTTON ACT SUIT Depends on Bulky Brief After Collapse of Mr. Reed. By T nited Prt ** WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—The Administration today abandoned the Bankhead cotton control act to the mercy of the Supreme Court without having attempted to argue the important question of the right of Congress to pass the law under the Constitution. Word was sent to the court that the Justice Department had decided on this course following collapse of Solicitor General Stanley Reed as he pleaded the governments cause cn Tuesday. The action will not eliminate the government as a litigant, however, as it has a bulky brief on file covering all questions involved, and including defense of the law’s constitutionality. QUINS WIND UP WORK IN MOVIE PRODUCTION Dionnes Eat Porridge as Cameras Record Final Shots. By United Press NORTH BAY. Ont., Dec. 12 Final appearance before movie cameras was made today by the Dionne quintuplets for their picture, "The Country Doctor." Equipment was reinstalled at Dafoe Haspital to record the famous babies as they ate their porridge. Unless a decided change in weather brings snow and ice for outdoor scenes, the film company is to return to Hollywood tonight *