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SMOKE LEAGUE MAPS. REBUKE ONCITY POLICY
Pending Resolution Asks “More WPA Aid Be Used For Observations.
DEMANDS ENFORCEMENT
Popp. Defends Present Work \s Needed Part of Abatement Plan.
‘A resolution demanding a reassignment of WPA workers in the City Combustion Engineer’s office in an effort to get more results, was "considered by ~ the Indianapolis’ Smoke Abatement League this aft-
erncon. The resolution accused J. Webster Clinehens, city combustion en- - gine=r, and’ George ‘Popp Jr. city building commissioner, of "using WPA workers only for the soot fall count and not for smoke observations. Mr. Popp, however, said four of the WPA workers were being used full timé on smoke observations, and, only two on soot fall and one ‘as clerk. Asks Law Enforcement
The resolution, presented by Roy 0. Johnson, League counsel, called for ‘appointment of a League commitice to demand of Mayor Boetcher that violations be followed up and, if necessary, prosecuted. Besing its right to act on the assert; on’ the League was instrumental ‘in getting the WPA appropriafion. the resolution charged * WPA help is apparently used ‘only for the gathering of: soot, and in work not related to Smoke abate-
It pi thet the League committee he empowered to “insist that thes: (WPA) men be used, among other things, to make some observations, and that they report violations observed to the City Combustion , and that the She gineer follow up these reported vio latioris with' letters, phone calls,
and
ites N Need for Abtion : Johnson explained . ‘that no as would ‘be paid smoke ‘ordine neces unless they were enforced, and that only in that manner could the smoke be reduced in the city. “You wouldn’t have much respect for ‘he traffic ordinances, and the cause of safety would not be furthersd, if the ordinances were not enforced,” he said. M-. Popp ‘said he would welcome the visit of such a:committee to Mayor Boetcher. “As a matter of fact,” he said, “we ave doing exactly what ' they are asking. The PWA men are used: within the limitations of the Federal Government rules. “They are making round the clock observations of the worst stacks, and then make out their charts, Then we know what we are talking
° about: when Mr. Clinehens follows
up’ with "abatement orders. The League apparently doesn’t know wha it’s talking about.” =
AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR OIL PROTESTED Schuyler C.- Mowrer, attorney. for the - Associated: Service Co., today
protested the awarding of a Park|
Board contract for 70,000 gallons of crude oil to another firm which sub‘mitted a higher bid. Board members said the Associated Service Co. bid of .642 cents a gallon was rejected because it did |1a not contain necessary specifications. The contract was awarded the Ohio Oil Co. on a bid of .654 cents. The Board took the: protest under advisement.
DR. TOWNSEND ASKS HIGH COURT REVIEW
WASHINGTON, March 10 (U. P.). Dr. Francis E. Townsend, oldage pension advocate, today asked the Supreme Court to review validity of the 30-day jail sentence imposed “on convittion of ‘charges of contSmpt of a House committee. Meanwhile the Federal Governmen’ ‘asked the Supreme Court to review. constitutionality of the Bankhesd Cotton Control Act, re-
DRIVING Jesse ‘Malone, 53, of 2010. Priscilla Ave. was the victim of a heart attack today while he was driving his truck. on. E. Washington &t. He pulled to the curb and ecalled for help. Police called an ambulance in Niele ia on the way to. Clty
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Gulls Bring. Tang o’ Sea To Our Port
Indianapolis has become a “seaport,” in ‘direct defiance of the fact the White River will float nothing more impressive than a row boat built for two. There was a time, -years and years ago,” when civic pride ran high and a couple of firms built two passenger boats that continually. got stuck on White River sandbars, sprung leaks, and eventually sank in the dead of night. So the presence on White River yesterday of seven or eight seagulls, apparently on a .seagull’s holiday from Lake Michigan, may be properly classed as a footnote to history. Conservation Department experts say seagulls occasionally stop off -in Indianapolis and White River for food, apparently because they are restless. -
MOONEY ARRIVES T0 TELL STORY
Renews 21-Year Battle for Freedom With Plea ‘To Legislature.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 10 (U.P.).—Thomas J. Mooney, convicted San -Francisco Preparedness Day bomber, today appeared in person before the lower house of the California Legislature. It was the climax of his 21-year-old battle for freedom. Mogoney, Wearing horn-rimmed spectacles ‘and a dark suit, and nodding greetings to friends in the hallways, arrived at the State Capitol Building after an automobile
this | trip from San Quentin Prison,
where he is serving a life sentence. He was in ‘custody of Warden Gourt Smith. : Galleries Jammed - Mooney’s appearance struck a climactic note in his long battle to be ‘exonerated of the 1916 dynamiting in which 10 persons died and a score were injured. Newsreel cameramen, newspaper photographers and reporters swarmed over the floor of the|w
| House. The Balcony was fammen
tell his story of the bombing: out‘rage for whith. HS NE was sen tenced to death
which | tain have protested Mooney’s sentence for years. Most of the legislators were symthetic toward Mooney. He was t in by the San Quentin warden on an order issued by Wil-. liam Moseley Jones, speaker of the lower House of the Legislature. The purpose ‘was to stir up sentiment in the Legislature in favor of resolutions ‘petitioning Governor Merriam to ‘pardon Mooney. It .was the first time in history a convicted felon had been brought before the California Legislature in such a manner. It was: Mooney’s defense that he was persecuted because of his laber organization activities.
3 Accused of ‘Mine Safety Law Violation
Affidavits charging three Princeton Mining “Co. officials with vio-
lating mining safety laws were or-
dered filed in Gibson County Circuit | ; Court .today by State Labor Commissioner Thomas Hutson. The officials named were Placid Mayeuer, assistant superintendent,
William Lewis and George Guien-
ney, foremen. A separate warrant was filed against the company. Declaring the “slaughter of human beings in‘ gassy mines must stop,” Mr. Hutson said the law governing the sealing of worked-out sections would be enforced rigidly. He also said the Sullivan County Grand Jury would be asked to investigate ‘the explosion at the Baker Mine, near Sullivan, where 20 miners were killed July 15, 1937. ! Two men were killed in the explosion Nov. 12, 1937, at the Prince-
Hutson said, would have trapped
“work” -
LEGION FAVORS
RIDICULE RE ON BUND HERE|
Plans No Active Measure to :
Prevent Meeting Set For Monday.
REPUDIATED,
Rhodes Opposed to Any |
interference With Peaceful Assembly. .
(Editorial, Page 14)
American Legion leaders today|
said they believed they could “gccomplish thore by ridicule: than by actively fighting the German
‘American Bund movement. here.”
This statement was made by State Adjutant W. E. Sayer after State Commander Russell R. Rhodes, Peru, issued a statement, saying
force would not be used to break up |
a meeting of the organization announced for Monday night at 339 N. Summit St. : Adjutant Sayer and Howard M.
‘Meyer, also active in watch move-
ments of the organization here, said, however, -that Monday's meeting will “be under’ observation.”
Won’t Interfere
Adjutant Sayer said: : “We want everyone- to know what goes on there and we think we can accomplish more by ridicule. Of course we don’t intend to interfere with the right for peaceable meeting.” Wilhelm Kunze, Chicago, national publicity director of the organizaYon headed by Fritz ' Kuhn, New ork,
:| speaker.
Mr. Meyer said the printed invitation, in English on one side and" German on the reverse, was accompanied by a letter signed in ink by
Charles W. Soltau, a draftsman, who |
lives at the Summit St. address. He said that the one set of announcements: and letter were the or id ones
cai into. hands: of
= Kunze I Mentioned ,
in our home on the evening of Monday, March 14. The meeting will be addressed by Mr, Wilhelm’ Kunze,
.|one of the best speakers of the
by cer-
a rie to secure a public: meeting hall for this occasion. We are therefore anxious to have our house filled with German-Americans-:who have enough backbone. to assert their constitutional rights. of peaceable assembly in the face of opposition by these boycott racketeers. “The. meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30. p. m., but please come earlier if possible and bring your family and friends. “Yours for a Cleaned Up White Man's U. 8. A”
Opposes Force Commander Rhodes’ follows: . ; , “As the result of agiiaiaon of cer-
tain zealous citizens for the use of force to break up the meeting of the German-American bund, Mon-
statement
day night, I wish to place definitely | 10
the American Legion, Indiana Department, on record as ‘opposed to such a course. “True Americanism means accept-
ance and adherence to all the prin- i
ciples and institutions of our American form of government, and we must not resort to force to suppress persons or. groups whose opinions
differ from our own. Such would be
the very essence’ of" un-American-ism.
ligion, speech: and. of the press, and of the right of the people to assemble peaceably.. Without these wise provisions, we would have: ‘no democratic government.
It is the sworn Sbligapion of CW
every member of
Legion to uphold Lhe om these |
principles as faithfully, as courageously and .as ‘impartially. as every other article of the Constitution.
40 men if-it had happened 30 min- | passi
utes later, when the shift was w that section of the mine. 2rattices or walls erected to seal off abandoned and worked out sections of a mine must be built entirely of concrete or masonry under Indiana law. Mr. Hutson charged that the brattice in the Princeton mine Hing was
partly Dangerous coal fe form in worked out sections,
BOOK HAILS DEFEAT
. OF ‘CLOSE-HELD’ TAX
* Wiliam EH. Book, Chamber. of |
Commerce executive vice president,
the tax on undistributed profits of “closely: : tions
21 | declared today that House defeat of | peop
ISe CLAIM|
has been announced -as| tions. “It is ‘the’ duty of Jaw enforcement authorities to-suppress these
“Ine Constitution of the United | {08 States guarantees. freedom of -re-|.
Charging that obscene: magazines
s damage the morals of ‘the ‘com-
munity, U. 8. District Attorney Val Nolan today said he would present evidence in the matter to the Federal Grand Jury. “ “If I.find that juries feel as I do,” he said, “this demoralizing traf“fic will be stopped in this district. I know of no other influence so sub-
_versive ‘to the morals of youth.
“Lascivious and salacious publications dograé all who touch them,
but adalescent youths are their special
1 victims. ‘It is a Federal offense
not only to mail obscene matter, but to send it by express in interstate .
‘commerce.
“Nature in its maturing processes makes adolescents peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to ‘damaging reaction agitated by such publica-
. publications and prevent the damage to youth.”
F:D.R. Offers F ood Plan;
Tun Bit Warning Ghoen 8
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Doughton'Warns - : : Against New Taxes an "+ (Editorial, Page 14) : * ‘ WASHINGTON, Mi March 10 we] —Chairman Robert - L. Doughten | (D. N. C.) of the House Ways and Means ‘Committee ‘warned today | against dangers . of. drafting ‘new. levies to replace the stricken surtax on closely-held o1
bo oosevelt Submits.
i iControl Policy (Text, Pag Page 12) & : WABHINGTON, 3 March 10 (U.: i President - Roosevelt recomthended to Congress today a sixyear program for utilization and conservation. of the nation’s water resources ‘to cost $2,111, 091,000.
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© Federal Judge Robert Baltzell
NENPLEAFILED BY STEPHENSON
Seventh Attempt to Gain Freedom.
NOBLESVILLE, March 10 (U.P). —D. C. Stephenson, former Ku-Klux Kan leader, now under a life sen=tence for murder, made. a new at-| g jin his. f eecon + Lon
convicted Nov. 11 195 for the murder of Madge O hol ‘zer, and ‘has
ce. Today’s petition was filed by ‘Mayor Alban Smith of La Porte, StepliénsSon’s attorney,‘ on. the: ground that Stephenson was not permitted
of “public. sentimnet, fear, threats and intimidation.” © Accompanying the petition was an affidavit from Ira M. Holmes of Indianapolis, - Stephenson's attorney | during the murder trial, .in- which he said’ he advised “the Klan leader not to: testify “because his life was in danger. 2 ‘ “During each day of the trial the court roo mwas filled with strangers . and parties who had been prejudiced by theé.publicity, given ‘to Stephenson by the newspapers and Klansmen, and threats were. continually made by diverse partis, » the petition said.
‘| NEW STORM PERILS = (COAST FLOOD AREA
LOS: ANGELES, Mare ‘March 10° (U. Pp). —A wind“and rain storm swept. nland:from thé Pacific today, by. ing a new peril to the lowlands near Anaheim: southeast of here,, ere the Santa Ana River. still ‘was running bank full with last week's: flood
avaliable’ men. were “woikiig to reinforce the levees at Anaheim the stream - was kept in its} channel with ‘difficulty. “The ‘storm
south and. west. -Small craft ‘'warn- | ings ‘were posted from Santa Bar- | bara. to ‘Newport. -Beach. ;
po ' TEMPERATURES : m... 30 10a m
11a. m.: od 12 (Noon).
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: ASHI a Wh 10.—Rep.
Bruce Barton (R. N. Y.). advertising man and ‘author, is arousing
: iter 16 Soma states 5 & Posse fri Republican Presiden :
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His 2940. Lprospotits.. 156s. aerlonaly,
(there is a sort of word-of-mouth {rial
| campaign on his behalf which some Delieve might be nade fiito some. ol the proper time.
ATER COMPANY
"| Power and Light Co. residential cus-
{Electric Rates Cut;
‘costs. { .
to ‘testify in his own behalf because | plified.
“1 ators or ranges.
tenced to two to five: years at. State |
sidential T imber |
| fications and steps necessary
: PRI CE TH REE c ENTS
EXPANSION PLA ATE RO
ANUARY "37 POWER COSTS HIGH IN CITY
Larger Here Than in 50 Per :
Cent of Other Cities, | Survey Discloses.
Times Special WASHINGTON, March 10.—Typical monthly bills of Indianapolis
tomers were larger in January, 1937, than in over 50 per cent of other. cities of 100,000 or more population, a Federal Power Commission tabulation disclosed today. For 25 kilowatt-hours the Indianapolis billing was $1.44 making the city fifty-sixth on a list of 101 gra-
dations. Lowest payment for this}
amount was Cleveland with an 88-| cent billing and highest was Tampa, | P Fla., at $2.50. ‘Indianapolis ranked 81st for 100 kilowatt hours at $4.80. Tampa, Fla., was last again at $6.25. In: ‘the 250 kilowatt hours bracket, Indianapolis .was 73d with an $8.53 billing. . Tacoma, Wash. was first again at $3.62 and the Borough of Queens, New York City, last at $12.75. There weré 104 gradations listed and Tampa was 102 at $10, bein at $10.25. There were no rate changes in Indianapolis as compared with the; same billings for 1936, the data shows. Lowest rates in each grouping came from municipal plants the FPC Charts paint onl out.
exceeded -also by New Orleans |.
S00 Program Is Proposed by ~Utiity,
NEEDS 0. K. OF PSG
Schedule Arranged in 1932 Action to Continue.
Announcement of. plans for a pros posed. $1,500,000 improvement pro gram by the Indianapolis Water Co. today brought a new postpone ment in the company’s seven-year rate case against the Indiana Publis Service Commission. f Litigants were in court today, two days in advance of the expiration of the period allowed them for file ing briefs concerning the scope | of new valuations. When informed of the expansiin plans Federal Judge Robext - C, Baltzell approved a stipulation that there be no further court proceeds ings at present on the company’s plea that it could not proceed with the construction program during litigation. -Attorney Joseph J. Daniels, water company counsel who revealed: the broposed expenditure, said that it was subject to approval of the Public Service Commission. Plan New Filter Station Mr.. Daniels - said: that: the proposed construction program would include a new filter plant at the Fall ‘Creek station and an élevated storage tank in the northwestern section of the city. He ada wat these: improvements ‘would
tndunspolie ~ electricity Thies plans
Federal Power Commission ‘based its ‘comparative report on : power
Last year rates of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. for .resi-
dential : lighting were revised and the number of classifications sim-
Whereas “typical” bills listed by the commission .as of Jan. 1, 1937, for 25, 100" and 25Qy kwh were $1.44, $480 and $853, respectively, light company officials said the present rates for the same consumption are $1.38, $4.40 and $815 respectively. The . power commission figures were averages of rates for straight residential, residential with refrigerator and with electric range, the company pointed out, whereas under the new rate schedule, lower .rates apply automatically, with increased consumption, regardless of whether the consumers use electric refriger-
Prisoner Can't Testify; Jury Fails to Agree
A Criminal Court Jury was discharged today after 18 hours of deliberation because it failed to agree
in the case of a defendant who could |
‘mot in his own behalf because of “stage fright.” After spending seven months in Marion County Jail waiting for a jury trial Harry. Edward Barnes, 23 of a local ‘hotel, was called to the witness stand yesterday and then left ‘it abruptly sayin - “Let the evidence or: for itself. I can't talk before a crowd.” : The jurors received the case. at 5:30 p. m. and returned about noon today stating they stood 8 to 4 for conviction. . Barnes last summer was sen-
fy memati dager. wk |pk conpany | Jan. 1, 1937, the daté on which the |
Geheral Urban Stover and Public Counselor Ralph Hanna, the latter three Tepe resenting the State. In signing: the order deferring litigation, Juige Baltzéll said:
hi es the right to ne case a
Mr. Daniels said m a : written
| statement:
“The stipulation “of ‘the parties and the order made by the Coutt speak for themselves. Although the Water company believes that its position has been essentially sustained by the Appellate Courts, the come ‘pany feels the need of giving its immediate attention to enlarging its facilities for assuring water supply, to the people at Andianapolis,
‘Litigation Put Aside
“Our construction program ‘could hardly proceed at ‘the ‘same: time with rate litigation, and should ‘nob longer be. deferred. So ‘the litiga= tion is put aside and deferred, while the company goes ahead with its plans for additional su, supply. and ime proved facilities, on wi the come pany expects to -spend, if the Pub lic Service Commission grants: its approval, about $1,500,000. 11 in addi tion to our usual and normal outlay for capital expenditures.” Judge Baltzell and - the. litigants said that rates established by -the Commission in 1932 would continue pending. further litigation. The rate case began in 1932 when the Water Conipany appealed to the Federal District: Court here from the Public Service Commission’s or der setting a new valuation and lower rates, The company ‘charged the rates were confiscatory. -
Valuation Set by Baltzell Three years later, Judge Baltzell, after hearings before Special Master in Chancery Albert Ward, set = udtion and ordered rates on the basis of a 6 per cent return. ‘
airage’” and demanded & Dew | tion.
Compensafion—How It Works Here
Next: month Indiana 7 is to. agin benef ts payments “under its ‘Unemployment ; i Compensation law. See | | Page 13 for the first of two “articles explaining the quali-
: fo obtain benef fs. ® ® »
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