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The Indianapolis Time

FORECAST—Fair and somewhat warmer tonight with lowest about 20; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer.

VOLUME 49—NUMBER 280

"39700 IN U.S. KILLED BY AUTOS IN 1937: "- STICKERS STUDIED

Indianapolis One of Large Cities With Decrease.

7000 DROWNED

Total Deaths in All Accidents 106,000, Council Finds.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (U. P.). —Traffic deaths in 1937 reached a new all-time high of 39,700, the National Safety Council announced today.

The Safety Council report showed that 106,000 persons were Killed accidentally, 375000 were injured permanently, and 9.400,000 were injured temporarily in the United States during 1937. Indianapolis was one of 11 cities in the 250,000 to 500,000 population classification reporting a reduction in traffic deaths. The traffic death toll for Indiana increased, City's Rate Cut The City, with 94 dead last year, showed a rate of 25.3 fatalities per 100,000 population compared with 306 in 1936, The 1936 total was 114. However, the average rate for cities in Indianapolis’ population class was only 20.7, the Council reported. Indianapolis ranks 17th in 2 cities in the group, while in 1936 it was 23d out of 24. The decrease for the group was only 3 per cent while Indianapolis’ decrease was 18 per cent. State fatalities last vear totaled 1364 as compared with 1276 for 1936, anh increase of 7 per cent. The fatality rate was 39.3 per 100,000 as compared with 36.2 for 1936. The total of accidental deaths from all causes dropped to 106,000 from 110,248, but the 39,700 traffic deaths were an increase of 4 per cent over the 38,089 who were Killed in 1936. Cost of the accident toll was estimated by the Safety Council $3.700,000,000, The Council reported that the reduction of 4 per cent in the total number of accidental deaths resulted from a comparatively mild summer, which reduced heat deaths by approximately 4500. The total of accidental deaths was larger than that of any year other than 1936. 32,000 Hurt Tn Homes

Total deaths from accidents in the home were 32,000 as compared with 37500 in 1936; oecupational deaths were 19.000 as compared with 18,000 in the previous year, and “public” deaths (other than traffic accidents) were 19000 as compared with 20,000 in 1936. Falls were responsible for 26.000 deaths; burns killed 8000, drownings %000; railroad accidents 4000; fire-

arms 3000; gas poison 2000; other |

poisons 2000; and miscellaneous causes 15,000, The Safety Council reported that

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U.S. TO ISSUE STAMP IN HONOR OF RILEY

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-A James Whitcomb Riley commemorative postage stamp likely will be issued in 1939, postal authoritie: assured Rep. Louis Ludlow today. Mr, Ludlow filed an official reguest that such action be taken with the Postoffice Department. He is chairman of the House Subcommittee on Postoffice Appropriations. “It is fitting that the great Hoosier poet should thus be memoraljzed.” Mr. Ludlow said. “For he is worshipped by the children and enshrined in the hearts of all Amer-

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C. of C. Aid Protests Re-

guests for $7539 Not Included in Budgets.

COUNCIL DEFERS ACTION

‘Safety Board Acts to Put Collection Up To Chief.

HE ASKS FOR Jop Deluse Declares Officials

Are Haphazard in Mak-

Interfleet Safety Con- a

| test Opened by Truckers.

William H. Book, Chamber of Commerce executive secretary, today charged Marion County officials with “carelessness and overspending” as he protested requests for an additional $7539.89 not contained in 1938 budgets. He charged also when the

| The Safety Board today or'dered an amendment drafted ‘to the traffic ordinance to ‘make Police Chief Morrissey responsible for collections on

lunpaid traffic stickers. | The amendment was ordered after | the Board approved Chief Morris- | sey’s proposal that his department | assume the responsibility. While the Board moved to correct defects in a system blamed for nonpayment of about $40,000 by motorists given stickers, seven of the 13 arrested overnight for traffic law violations were ordered to pay $29 in Municipal Court todav. Arrests declined as the number of accidents dropped to four over. | tures night. [ nature, Chief Morrissey’s proposal was | ‘The additional appropriations submitted in writing after a meet. | before the Council are the result of ing he held with Safety Board | carelessness and continued overmembers, City Controller H. Nathan | Spending. Budgets have not meant Swain, City Clerk Daniel J. O'Neill | anything to County department and a State Board of Accounts | heads.” representative after the $40,000 Joss | He said “overspending” last year

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they are not for emergencies. The $7539.89 requested in

(22285 contained in departmental budgets approved for this®year.

the ordinance until tomorrow, Carelessness Charged

“The ordinance introduced asks | for money that should have been [included in budget requests last | year,” Mr. Book declared. “Passage | would be a violation of the tax | limitation laws because the expendian emergency

are not of

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1938

Bundling in the Modern Manner

nance with the request was pre- | sented to the County Council, that | such additional appropriations would | be a violation of state law because |

the | | measure was in addition to the $83,- |

The Council deferred ‘ction on |

was revealed. | resulted in a $70,000 deficit. Albert Deluse, Council member, | Chief to Get Records charged that County department | Under the Chief's plan, he, wus heads were “haphazard in the well as the City Clerk, will receive | Making of budgets.” a permanent record of each sticker | He said one of the purposes of | | given for traffic violation. | the Council was to check on ex-| The clerk must keep a record of | Pehditures, ‘all those issued by the Police De- |, INis purpose is defeated en- | partment and if payment fs not | tirely,” he said, “if the Council has made on them within 72 hours as | D0 Voice in how tax money may be | required By law, he must certity | Spent. The Taw ‘contemplates that ‘the fact to the Police Department, | the County Council shall be someHe is to make =a complete report ro os High Wu siNpayiNg i ng the Chief of all sa The Council The Chief in turn is to set [PPI HOI

UD | penditures, Mr records X p i haa mins on check those paid |= ‘Fabian W. Biemer, ohtef deputy |

injured today when struck by an County Commissioner John News |

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‘U.S. Report Shows Big Gain | dered officials to make detailed

| i : estimates and to stay within budgIn Disease in December, | ets. at Some members of the Council inlicated that they might eall County Commissioners or some department heads to explain why the requests are termed for emergencles,

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responsible “or and not ex- | Deluse said.

Two hundred meastes cases were reported during January, compared

with 12 the same month last vear, ave City Health Board reported toay. | At the same time, a survey by [the U.S. Public Health Service | showed almost five times as many measles cases were reported throughout the country in December as there were in the same pe. riod of 1936. Dr. Herman GG. Morgan, Health Board secretary, said there were 24 | cases in Indianapolis last December. | While 12 were reported during the | same month of 1836, “Contrary to general belief. measles is not a mild contagious disease,” Dr. Morgan said. “Come plications, such as phaumonia, mid dle ear and heart disease are responsible for more fatalities among the childhood group than those

“Commemorative stamp issues are no burden on the Treasury, the philatelic agency of the department making a net profit of around $2, 000,000 annually.”

which occur from scarlet fever and | pneumonia.”

HOHLT BONDING PLEA ARGUMENT DEFERRED

Arguments on an Eastern surety company's petition to be released

PROFESSOR IS DEAD a | from a $75000 bond on Leonard A.

SOUTH BEND, Feb. 1 (U. P.).= | Hohlt, Perry Township Trustee, to-

Judge William M. Cain, 68, asso- | day were postponed until tomorrow. ciate profess; of law at Notre

Circuit Judge Parl R. Cox upheld |

Dame University, died at his home ‘a demurrer filed by the Fidelity |

after a heart attack today. ol land Deposit Ob. of Prof. Cain was a former justice |gpainst an a . | of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Bim le dy aly 1920, and come here to join the ye Mr. Hohit's attornev. The Notre Dame faculty in 1930. |demurrer contended an 1852 law | He is survived by his wife, One gaye the company the right to be son and a daughter, relieved of the bond without reason.

TERM SUSPENDED FOR FARM FRAUD

FT. WAYNE, Feb. 1 (U. P)., = Holger Svendsen, former Noble County farmer, was free under a two-year suspended sentence today after he was found guilty in Féderal Court of attempting to defraud the Government. Judge Thomas W. Slick placed Svendsen on probation for two vears. He was charged with selling about 20 hogs and 36 head of cattle which he had mortgaged to the Albion Production Credit Assoola-

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Four Fires Blamed Weather; 13 Lowest During Night.

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the Weather Bureau's prediction of | warmer weather tonight and tomor-

row. Forecasters said the low tonight would be “about 20.” The Bureau safd today's fair weather would give away to clondihess tomorrow and that there would be rain or snow in some parts of the state. The mercury failed to dip to “pear zero’ last night as predicted by the Bureau, The lowest was 13 at 1 a.m, Tour fires here were attributed indirectly to cold weather. Piremen said that fire caused by thawing of frozen pines caused $3 damage to the home of Henry Miles, 2434 N. Arsenal Ave. An overheated stove caused a fire and $150 danrage at the home of Mrs. Helen Fink, 1209 English Ave. An overheated furnace was blamed for a fire which caused 310 damage at

the home of Ollie Cummings, 1743 Lwith

WwW. Washington St. Pire, caused by a defective flue, caused $100 damage to the combined residence and grocery of Dah Hurley, 325 N. East St.

ANTISMOKE LEAGUE TO CONDUCT SCHOOL

400 Organizations Urged to |

Send Delegates.

A tombustion institute to traln Indianapolis citizens how to operate hoilers and furnaces more sconomically and with less smoke will be conducted by the Smoke Abatement League and the Tndianapolis Coal Merchants Association,

good and warm. up and then climbed inside the radiator at the Union Station,

Dr. Herman GG. Morgan, City Health Board secretary and League president, today sent letters to about 400 clubs and arganizations urging them to send delegates to the classes, Roy O. Johnson, League coun selor, said the institute would be directed by a paid engineer and five or six volunteer instructors. Classes are to be held at the Hotel Washington auditorium Thurs days and Saturdays from Feb, 26 to March 31. Thursday olasses are to be from 7:30 p. m. to ® p. in. and those oh Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:30 pb. m. J. W. Clinehens, City Oambustion Engineer, reported to the Safety Board that field men during the last week had investigated seven <omplaints of smoke control ordinance violations, most of them on the North Side. He said violations were found in five instances and that building operators had promised to change stoker systems to reduce the smoke.

BABY BORN TO DEAD MOTHER IS IMPROVING

UNIONTOWN, Pa. Feb, 1 (U. P)). ~The spark of life in the tiny body of a baby girl born after the death of its mother was stronger today and Uniontown Hospital physicians said the child's chances of surviving have increased. As the brown=eyed infant entered the third day of life, Dr. Raymond Limber, interne who helped deliver the baby Saturday, satd a spinal operation to relieve pressure on the

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Snow Plows Lead Search For 100 Isolated in Michigan.

By United Press

A T0-mile-per-hour gale whipped the Pacific Coast today, driving a storm center across the Rocky Mountains toward the Middle West, where a cold wave in its final stage dropped temperatures to 40 de-

[informed the House of Com-

grees below zero in northern Michigan. Blustery weather prevailed along the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Seattle. Storm warnings were hoisted as the wind in San Francisco reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour, Shipping was endangered Air, railroad and automobile traffic was

disrupted. Thirty-seven persons were marooned by a heavy shows storm near Stockton, Cal. Snowplows were expected to release | them before their situation became |

dangerous 8 in Trawler Rescued Coast Cruards rescued eight men | when a fishing trawler went down | off Point Reyes. The lumber schooier Nebasna rode out the storm after sending an 80S, Fifty families were forced to flee their homes in Santa Cruz when | the San Lorenzo River swelled over | bulkheads As a cold wave lifted from most | the Middle West, rescue orews | show plows, skis, and snow | shoes ventured out in 40-below-zero | weather to aid more than 100 per- | sons isolated in two logging camps and a homestead in northern Miehfgan. Flood conditions in northwestern Illinois improved as the Rock River fell below Rood stage. Thick fee covered fooded areas for an 80mile stretch U. 8. Forecaster C. A. Donnel at Chicago said temperatures would rise from 5 to 20 degrees throughout the Midwest by tomorrow.

FOX SUCCEEDS VOGT

Charlies Fox, Terre Haute, today was appointed State Industrial Board Commissioner by Governor Townsend. He succeeds Samuel B. Vogt of Corydon, Mr. Fox fs former

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BRITISH HUNT ‘PIRATE SUB

Larger Sea Patrol Is Planned, Commons Is Told.

‘OUTLAWS’ CITED

Canton Area Raided By Nippon Force, | Is Belief. | |

LONDON=Britain increases Mediterraniean Patrol after steamer is | sunk and 10 drown. Italians | blamed, | BARCELONA-—-Cortes voles confidence in Government of Juan | Negrin, GENEVA=Spanish representative | terms Germany, Italy and ey outlaws, BERLIN—Germany may try wodia- | tion of Chinese War, is hint, | BURGOS=Franco installs new re-| gime. CANTON=Teléphone communica- | tions to Hongkong reported dis- | rupted by Japanese air raids, SINGAPORE=British fleet opens maneuvers to test port,

LONDON, Feb. 1 (U, P.) = Britain's naval patrol of the Mediterranean will be increased because of the torpedoing of the British steamer Endymion off the east coast of Spain, Alfred Duff Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty,

mons today. | Even as Duff Cooper spoke, four | British destrovers were searching |

[the waters where the torpedoing | [occurred for the “pirate” submarine, lator VanNuvs =aid he thought he | [which

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Spanish Embassy to have

the London declared Italian. By coincidence, 40 warships of the | home fleet were en route to the Mediterranean, led by the Flagship (Turn to Page Three)

CENTER TOWNSHIPS RELIEF COSTS RSE

December Total of $174,460 Sets 6-Year Record, |

Direct poor relief costs in Center

Township for December totaled $174 460, the highest for that month since 1931, Leo X. Smith, Center Township attorney disclosed today. He also reported that direct relfef costs for the first 15 days of January increased 10 per cent over the same period in December Mr. Smith predicted that a “heavy relief load” would be carried through February, He said factory layoffs were the principal factor in the incérease, County Commissioners ve approved a $737,000 bond issue to pay for relfef in three townships, including COenter, for the first six months of this year and claims for December, A total of $643318 was spent in direct relinf grants in the county the last four months of 1937. Felfef RAgures for Oenter Town= ship since 1931 follow:

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On Ruling

(Editorial, Page 10)

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Npeecinl Weiter WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 ==Agsoclate Jusiice Hugo 1. Black, re-

pelling against 50 years of Supreme |

Court precedents, was embarked today upon a one-man campaigh to deny corporations the protective cloak of “due process’ against state regulation, His lone-wolf dissent attracted more attention among lawyers today than the majority opinion in the case, in which the other justices followed the court's precedents, The majority opinion, written by Associate Justice Stone, held that Oanlifornia had no power to tax premiums on reinsurance of California property when the reinsurance had been taken out with a Connecticut company and in Connecticut, “The due=process clause,” Justice Stone said, “denies to the state power to tax or regulate the ecors poration's property and activities elsewhere.” Justice Black, ih his dissent, said the state “has the right to limit the privileges of its own corporations and to reserve the right to control their privileges and to define and limit their activities.” fired this broadside: “I do not believe the word ‘per. son’ ih the 14th Amendment includes corporations . . . “This COWrt has Many times

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Justice Black Opens ens Lone-

Corporations

changed its interpretation of the Constitution when the conclusion

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"World ‘Gone Mad,’ by

Admiral William D. Leahy

HOOSIERS BACK

NAVALMEASURE

Entire Delegation To Support Armament

For Defense.

By DANTEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb, 1.-=India-na's Oongressional delegation likely

will be 100 per cent for President |

Roosevelt's big Navy program when the bills are discussed, it appeared today, Senator Minton approved the Administration plan at once and Sen-

also would support it. The former i= a member of the Military Affairs Oommittee and the latter of Fore eign Relations. “I am for the planes and maybe for battleships also,” Senator VanNuys said. ‘However, 1 should like to know more about their usefulness in a nonaggressive war.” The nonaggreszive war point also will be studied by Reps. Ludlow and Pettengill, Democrats, and Halleck, Republican, they said. Rep. Halleck declared he had no intention of approaching the prob-

lem from a partisan viewpoint, as |

has been suggested by some Republicans here,

Halleck Studies Plan “1 always have been quate national defense and it may be that what the President asks for how is needed,” he said

for

cast my vote.” Rep. Pettengill (D. South Bend), who doesn't intend to seek realection, said he would reserve the right to object to the Administration program. He maid he favors proper defensive, but not offensive armaments Rep. Ludlow was not on the floor when the President's armament message was read, but he said he always had been for ample defense measures. Defeat of his proposal for a referendum oh American participation in forsign wars will not prevent him voting for increased arms if he deems them necessary, Mr. Ludlow added, Those who promptly indorsed the big Navy bill included Reps, Boehne, Jenckes, Greenwood, Crowe, Gray and Larrahee,

Wolf Fight Are ‘Persons’

Only recently the ease of West Coast Hotel Oo. vs. Parish overruled a previous interpretation of the 14th Amendment which had long blocked state minimum-wage legislation, 1 believe this Court should now overs rule previous decisions which inter preted the 14th Amendment to include corporations. Neither the history nor the language of the 14th Amendment justifies the beIfef that corporations are included within its protection. “Certainly when the 14th Amendment was submitted for approval the people were not told that the states of the South were to be denied their normal relationships with the Federal Government un= less they ratified an amendment granting new and revolutionary rights to eorporations. . . . “This court , . . 1h 1873 . . . had apparently discovered no such pur (This was a reference to the

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jected due-process protection for

ae “The records of the time ean be searched in vain for evidence that this amendment was adopted for

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that in 1882, 12 years after adoption and 10 years after the slaughter-

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in this Court that a journal of the

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London Pact Hint, Nenator Says.

NAVY RACE SEEN

Japs Exceed Treaty Limits, Report to Leahy,

Senator Borah, former chairman of the Foreigh Relations Commit= tee, pointed with concern to réeent [statements and events in both | Great Britain and the United States which he raid gave other nations | the impression that there was a | tacit alliance or understanding be- | tween the two countries The world, he said, mad” partly bécause of pression given that these two nations are building up their naval armament as a result of joint ¢onsultation “These,” very things World War.” Senator Borah, Benator Johnson (R. Cal), Chairman Key Pittman (D. Nev.) of the Senate Foreigh Relations Committee, and Benator [Lewis (D. 111.) joined in the debate at the opening of today's session, Follows Leahy's Statement It followed the statement of Admiral William D. Leahy before a House committee that internations [al conditions are more threatening now than at any time since 1018, Admiral Leahy urged enactment of President Roosevelt's national defense expansion program and said | that if Japan is building 43,000-ton battleships the United States probably will do the same, [| Senator Pittman defended the | Administration's foreigh policy as one of "noninterference and nonintervention” in affairs of other na= tions Senator Johnson repeated his des | mand of yesterday that the Admin { stration explain what its foreigh policy is “Because 1 am greatly ¢onscerned” about current events and events of the future Senator Lewis said that officials “of a certain nation” had distorted American statements of policy in an | attempt to support that nation’s | position in international affairs Senator Borah seized upon that statement to voice hiz Warhing against permitting an impression to | spread that the United States and Great Britain were working to- | gether . | Senator Pittman defended tha | Navy building program as a ‘des | fense” move and said that it had 1s relation to the forsigh policy. No Definite Information Admiral Leahy was questioned hv | the House Committers az to reports | that Japan fs building threes 43- | 000=toh super-battleships. He said | the Navy had no definite informa [ tion beyond a statement to that hr published in an Ttaliah news | paper, “If ahy hation builds ships ih x= cess of the treaty tonnage it is als most certain that the treaty nations | will invoke the escape clause to

[build equally large ships,” We said | The United States is one of the | “treaty nations” to which Admiral Leahy referred Committee mambers, noting that Admiral Leahy coupled the fleets of Fermany, Ttaly and Japan ih cof paring their strength, with that of | the United States, asked hith what chance the U, 8. fleet, with 21 bats VEEN, would have against the combined fleets of ¢he three nations, with 30 battleships “T am unable to say what the dts come might be.” he replied. “Ors vainly a 30=battleship fleat should be able to defeat a 21=-battleship fleet.” Rep. James W, Mott (R, Ore.) exw | pressed surprise that the Navy had no definite information on Japan's naval building “Doesn't the Navy have an Tntels ligenee Department?” he asked, “We have an Thtelligent Departs ment,” Admiral Leahy replied, “but they have been unable to get that information in Japan.”

Pacific Flot Makes Test in Driving Rain

LOS ANGELES, Feb, 1 (U.P) = In a driving rain and a rising wind that sent small eraft to shelter, the bulk of the U, 8. Fleet stood to this morning for a sortie to #ea to test the speed with which 100 wars ships ean clear Los Angeles Harbor,

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HICKS LOSES PLEA TO ESCAPE DEATH

The Indiana Supreme Court this afternoon denied a petition of Heber L. Hicks to reopen his trial ia Franklin Circuit Court where he was convieted in the head-ands hands Judes of Hany R. Mme retired Cineinnati fire captain. is soheduled to die at State Prison Friday.