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NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Harding’s Plan for Association of Nations Reaching Definite Form. j • . * * MORE CABINHJ’REDICTIONS Dawes May Head Commission to Reorganize Government Service—House Passes Farmers’ Relief Tariff Bill —Scandal in Coal Prices Uncovered. \ By EDWARD W. PICKARD. • President-elect Harding's conferences at Marlon With the “best minds,” though by ho means ended, seem already to have resulted in the crystallizing of certain of his policies into definite 'forth. Os course the two that arouse the greatest public interest hre those relating to foreign affairs and the League Os Na'tions, and to the. plan for reorganizing the nation’s business and establishing it on a more economic basis. In discussing an association of nations, there is no evidence that Mr. Harding has converted to his own views such rreconcilables asSenators Borah and Reed, or even Mr. Bryan, whose invi ration to Marion aroused . the ribald laughter'of the paragraph- - ers. But Mr., Harding seems to have brought hisj theories into form fit for presentation! to the world. According to what is said to be authoritative information, lie believes the first approach to the formation of his “association of Rations” should be to ob-, thin the assent of the five leading tions, the United States, Great Britain, ~ France, Italy and Japan,'his theory being that, once these nations have joined, the other nations willt fall in line. The Hasis of this association is to be a world courtlto deal with justiciable questions. Mr, Harding holds that no association of nations can succeed without the indorsement of the leaders of public thought, in America and elsewhere, and that these leaders ,must reach agreement n the essentials, leaving details to pe settled later; that all governing features must be eliminated from, the association, each nation remaining free to make its own decisions ; that the agreement must be specific enough to prevent the possibility of an offensive and defensive military alliance of the five great powers, and the association of nations itself must place all nations on an equal footing in the presentation of their view's on matters of world policy. i Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, the Chicago banker, who is said *o be the leading probability for appointment aS head of a commission to reorganize the government service, was one of the Week’s visitors in Marion and talked with the president-elect especially on the reduction of governmental expenses and its relation to taxation. After the interview General Dawes said : “I found that Senator Harding already knew more than I did concerning this, and that the effort to reorganize the government upon an economical basis is one of the tasks to which he proposes to devote himself most energetically. From conversation with him it is evident that he has this great and needed reform constantly in his mind. Considering that heretofore no continued and firm effort has been made, this determination of the President-elect to make this reform one of his-first efforts, means that it will be accomplished.” Senator and Mrs. Harding are going to Florida next month to spend several weeks as the guests of Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. Possibly before they start announcement of the selections for the cabinet will be made. It is believed Mr. Harding’s first choice for secretary of state now is either Senator Knox or Charles Evans Hughes, and that if Mr. Huges declines he will be appoint-

BOLSHEVIKI IN NEW THREAT Soviet Forces Appear to Be Concentrating In Move to Eliminate Republic of Georgia.. Tiflis. —Russian Bolshevik forces appear to be concentrating for a campaign which will eliminate the republic of Georgia from the map of the Caucasus region. Heavy soviet forces have been con- „ cent rated, at Tuapse, a on the 'eastern shore of the Black sea, "and at

ed chief justice of the Supreme court as Chief Justice White probably will retire Within the year. Other selections held likely are George M. Reynolds of Chicago for secretary of the treasury^.Henry Wallace af-lowu for secretary of agriculture, /inner Weeks for secretary of the navy, and Charles M. Schwab for secretary of commerce. It hi believed, also, that Herbert Hoover is certain to be in the cabinet. 'The appointment of Mr. Reynolds to the treasury position, it is said, would be very grateful to the business and financial men of the country, who have a high opinion of his ability and broad-minded-ness. The most important action- by the house of representatives during the week was the passage-of the farmers’ relief bill, which imposes a high emergency tariff on more than twenty agricultural products, the decline in the price of which is attributed by the farmers in part to competition with importations. The measure was passed by a vote of 196 to party lines being broken. What the senate will do with it is problematical. The senate finance committee will take it up after the holidays, and it -may be killed by a prolonged discussion. The commodities to which the new duties would be applied are wheat, flour, corn, beans, peanuts, potatoes, onions, rice, lemons, cottonseed and soya bean oils, cattle, sheep, lambs, mutton ami lamb, and wool and its manufactures. Justice Stafford in Washington has taken under advisement the plafis, of the “Big Five” packing concerns for the disposal of their financial interests in the large ,stock yards and will give his decision immediately after the holidays. At the conclusion of the arguments he more than intimated that unless the packing companies and the individual members of the Armour, Swift? 1 and Morris families can give proof within a few weeks that they are actually divesting themselves of their stock iti the stock yards and terminal railroads he will adopt the government’s plan and appoint a receiver for the securities. ’The senate.committee that lias been investigating thej price of coal last week accidentally uncovered* -what looks like a sensational scandal. George 11. Cushing, general manager of the American Wholesale Coal Dealers’ association, was being questioned us to those who took profits in the handling of coal. He mentioned the miners, the operators, the railroads, the wholesale deaJers, the retailers, and then added,' “and officials of the United States 'government who got into the coal business.’ 5 Mr. Cushing tried to stop there, but the committee was insistent and drew from him the assertion that government officials, taking advantage of advance information on the fuel stringencies obtained In their confidential positions, declared themselves in on the cpal-price boosting and “cleaned up” millions. He told the committee of one instance in which government officials cleared a profit of $675,000 on the sale of 450,000 tons of coal. He stated that he was offered a share amounting to over SIOO,OOO to participate in the deal but declined. , There were many other such instances, he told the committee. He supplied the committee with the name of the ringleader, who is said to be a dollar-a-year man. He added that railroad officials and labor leaders who had to do with the handling of coal frequently managed to get a “rakeoff.” The disgust with which' the public reads this sort of thing is heightened by the information that graft prosecutions probably cannot be instituted because the coal handled by the ring was not sold to the government. The senate committee planned to make public, after full investigation, the names of all officials who have engaged in coal deals, and the contempt with which they will be regarded by their fellow citizens will be some punishment. Later in the week correspondence from the National Coal association’s files, seized by order of the committee, was read. It included a letter sent out by Col. D. E. Wrentz, president of the association, stating that the association, co-operating with railroad officials and the interstate com-

Gagrl, a port to the southeast toward the Georgian frontier. Other Bolshevik detachments are reported at Kazak, Southeast of Tiflis, while the tenth Bolshevik army, which has been operating along' the Armenian frontier, is said to have passed through Karakliss, moving toward the Georgian republic. independent Georgia has been tolerated by the Bolshevik! because of the trade advantages ottered at Batum, which has been regarded In Moscow as a corridor which permitted

merce commission, had prevented the appointment of a federal fuel administrator, but that it would not be able to prevent some sort of government control much longer unless the operators quit charging such extortionate prices. D’Annunzio’s proclaimed state oi war between his Flume government and Italy has become an established fact, for the Italian government has begun the siege of Fiume and hostilities have broken out. After a blockade had been instituted, the poet was given a few hours to turn the city over to the Italian commander. He was as defiant as ever and military operations against him were begun by both land and sea forces. - D’Annunzio forbade the population of Fiume to leavd the city and decreed that anyone speaking against him was liable to be shot. The government at Rome was still hopeful of bringing about the retirement &f D’Annunzio from the disputed city without much bloodshed. He is said to have only about 6,000 troops. “Peace in Ireland by Christmas” could not be accomplished, and the week was marked by a great many murders, raids and bloody fights, in various parts of the Island. On Thursday the British military forces occupied the Dublin city hall and municipal offices, ousting the corporation officials, who have been active supporters of the dail eireann or Irish parliament, and thus dislocating the entire business of the city. The seizure of the city buildings was a military measpre for the protection of the castle, which is trtit a few feet away. ‘ Despite the gloomy situation, the prospects were said to be fairly bright for early restoration of order. One sign of weakening on the part of tlie Sinn Feiners was the collapse of the railway strike against the carrying of munitions or troops. This strike had be,en going on for seven months and the operating forces of the railways had been so depleted by dismissals that railway service was gradually approaching the vanishing point. Finally realizing that this was harming only Ireland, and that many towns and districts were suffering for food supplies, the men have returned to work, promising to carry anything. Another, thing that may weaken the “republican” cause if it is carried into effect is a 1 plan to ask the Irish people by a formal • referendum, whether they are willing to carry the home-rule ,act into operation instead of accepting as final the Sinn Fein refusal. The proposition has been submitted to tlie prime minister. The home-rule act became a law last week, the house of lords having accepted all the amendments made to the bill by the commons. Several amendments made by the lords, including one creating senates for both the northern and southern parliaments, had been accepted by the coniraons. Constantine, received by the Greeks with loud acclaim, is again established on his throne and is even planning a visit to his army in Asia Minor, if. the great powers permit. The diplomatic representatives of the allies in Athens did not leave the country, but refrained from participation in the king’s reception. Premier Lloyd George is weakening a trifle and in the house of commons opposed hasty action in altering the treaty of Sevres in favor of the Turks and against the Greeks. He advocated going warily with regard to the Greeks, as there might be explanations of their recent action. Although Trotzky was quoted re cently to the effect that the soviet government of Russia was planning no further military operations and would turn all its. energy toward economic reconstruction, late dispatches „ from Tiflis indicate that the Russian Bolshevists are planning a campaign to wipe out the republic of Georgia. There are heavy concentrations of troops on the Georgian borders and in nearby ports of the Black sea, and a Bolshevist army that has been operating along the Armenian frontier is moving toward Georgia. The soviet government of Armenia has annulled all foreign loans, “especially the American loan,” according to a dispatch from Constantinople.

the Bolshevik! to bring in supplies from Europe. Reliable information from Batum, however, indicates serious disturbances, the Georgian garrison there having revolted. This resulted in a panic and people stormed-the ships in the harbor, seeking to escape before the arrival of Bolshevik troops, which were reported in the neighborhood. It is understood the allies have con sidered sending warships to Insure the evacuation of allied missions in Georgia. . 6

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MOST MANI HSDFBLD DIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernels Culled From Event* of Moment In Al|, Parts of the World— Os Interest to All th® People Everywhere. Personal The Alfred T. Ringling estate is valued at $1,056,543, according to a -statement filed in the county court of Sauk county at Baraboo, Wis. * * * • President-elect and Mrs. Harding will spend the coldest weeks of the winter in Florida, leaving early in the new year and not returning until shortly before March 4, says a Washington dispatch. Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state of the United States, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on board the’ battleship Florida. • • • Jane Addams of Chicago has been designated as chairman of the memorial service to pioneer suffragists with which the national convention 'of the Woman’s party will open at Washington on February 15. ♦ ♦ * Washington A gross deficiency in national fiscal transactions of $2,100,000,000 this fiscal year and $1,500,000,000 the next fiscal year was forecast by Secretary Houston in speaking on the soldiers’ bonus bill at ♦ * * A commercial treaty with Siam was transmitted' to the senate at ashington by President Wilson. The executive in another message asked for authority to call a world dairy to meet in Washington. * * * Carrying $14,000,000 less than was appropriated for this year, the annual pension bill was reported out, by the bouse appropriations committee at Washington. The total in the bill is $265,500,000. — • • * By a vote of 196 to S 6, the house at Washington passed the emergency high tariff bill protecting agricultural products. The measure now goes to the senate where it will be sujected to such prolonged discpssion that it may fail of passage. ♦ * ♦ The senate coal investigating committee at Washington unexpectedly uncovered charges involving a ring of government officials .in a rakeoff of millions of dollars in coal transactions during the recent fuel shortage. George H. Cushlhg, general manager American Wholesale Coal Dealers’ association, while testifying, disclosed that government of' ■ials; profiting by advance information of fuel stringencies, declared themselves in on coal price boosting. Cushing said government officials participated in a $675,000 split-up in one case. » * * The President is without power under existing laws “to shyt out wheat imports,” but he “apparently has certain powers under the Lever act to stop future trading in wheat.” the federal trade Commission at Washington says in special report. * * * John F. Nugent of Boise, Idaho, was nominated by President M ilson at Washington to be a member of the federal trade commission. The nomination was immediately confirmed by the,.senate. Senator Nugent's term as senator expires March 3. • » ♦ A Washington dispatch says exports for November were valued at $675,000,000, a falling off of more than $76,728,570. Imports, on the other hand, declined only a little more tiffin $13,000,000. . ” • « • Foreign The Japanese government has advised the State department at Washington of Its withdrawal of objections to the enactment of the California antialien land laws, which were expressly directed against the Japanese. ♦ ♦ ♦ The of Abruzzi, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, sailed from Naples for Magadoxo, Italian Somaliland, being called to that country in the interest of a company formed to manage farms. 7 ♦ * * Gabriele D’Annunzio has proclaimed that a state of war exists between his Fiume government and Italy and has forbidden the population of Fiume to leave the city, says a Rome dispatch. * ? * ° In a battle between civilians and a group of military, who were ambushed at Eunistymon, in County Clare, Ireland, six soldiers were wounded. Three of the attacking party were killed, four were wounded and two others were taken prisoner. * * * Extreme anxiety is felt by the British people over conditions of unemployment, and in some quarters the opinion is held that the crisis Is more serious than any of its predecessors, says a London dispatch. • • • A Udine dispatch says Fiume, the stronghold of Capt. Gabriele d’Annunzlo, the Insurgent Italian leader, is being besieged by regular Italian forces; • • « Military forces occupied the Dublin city hall and municipal buildings in accordance with the demand of General Boyd. • • • Alberto J. Panl expects to leave Mexico City for Washington the first week in January to assume the duties of Mexican ambassador to the United States.

A Dublin dispatch says that cruet; 11 forces burned the village of Ballinalee, : County Longford, as a reprisal for the ■ recent attack on the police barracks : I there, in which one constable wa? killed. • * • The London Central News’ Perth (Australia) correspondent says that an armed Japanese, asserting racial equality, ran amuck at Brooke and a riot resmied. During the fighting two Japanese were killed. i •• • . Italian government forces commanded by General Caviglia and Admiral Millo have established a close blockade of Flume by land and sea, says a Rome dispatch.’ A Helsingfors, dispatch says that several hundred persons were killed or Injured in a railway wreck near Petrograd. The wreck is said to have been due to over-crowding, but details are lacking. • • • Two men who had been held in custody by the military at Cashel police barracks, Ireland, four days, v©ere shot dead. No details of the killing of the prisoners have been received at London. • • • According to a dispatch from Dublin there was a pitched battle in that city between the crown troops and the Irish republican army- In the course ; of the fight eight soldiers and ten republicans were killed and thirty republicans were txken prisoner by the7 troops. Another report says that in another battle at Mullinahone, near Clonmel, in County Tipperary, thirty > republicans were killed and ten captured. • « * Eight policemen were ambushed by 100 armed men at Kilcommon. in County Tipperary, according to reports Received at London. Four of i the police are said to have been shot I dead. The Irish home rule bill became ’ law at midnight December 24. The royal assent was attached *o the measure at ten minutes before that hour, Says a London dispatch. * • * Estimates submitted by the army and navy departments at London have been returned by Premier Lloyd George and he has instructed the departments to reduce their figures by more than one-half. * * * An American airplane driven by Fernando Proal,- a Mexicah .aviator, flew from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, (he distance of 225 miles being made in 2 hours and 20 minutes. ♦ • • Domestic Process servers In the building trust ■ case said they had served a subpoena on John A. McCarthy, former business associate of Charles F. Murphy, Tammany leader, on his return to New York from Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor Robertson announced at Oklahoma City, Okla., that the state . of Oklahoma would aid in the prosecution of Clara Barton Smith, charged with murder of “Jake” L. Hamon. ♦ * * Tom W. Vickery, a white man held on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of Policeman Jeff C. Couch, was taken from the county jail at Fort Worth, Tex., shortly" after midnight by a mob and hanged. ♦ * ♦ The Indian population of the United ' States, according to Cato Sells, commissioner “of Indian affairs at Washington, is 336,337, as against 304,950 ten years ago, showing an increase of 31,387. • 9 ♦ ♦ ♦ O. 11. Peckham, seventy-five, chairman Os the hoard of directors of the National Ca'ndy company, died at his home at St. Louis, lie was president of a sugar refinery in Clinton, la. i* * * More than 200 deer were killed Elk county during the season which ended last week. Game Warden E. W. Turley announced. Twenty-two does and one male deer were killed illegally, says a Ridgway (Pa.) dispatch. « * * The wages of more than 200,000 workers in the textile industry of Philadelphia are to be reduced from 10 to 20 per cent in the near future, officers of associations in the trade said. • • • Walter R. Alexander, son of Secretary Alexander of the Department of Commerce, was killed instantly at Bolling field, at Washington, when the propeller ot an airplane struck him on the heafl. ♦ * * The government has brought suit at New York against John D. Rockefeller for $292,678, charging his Income tax report was “incorrect, misleading and false.” Charles Sumner Burch, bishop of the New York diocese of the Episcopal church, died suddenly at his home. Heart disease is thought to have caused, his death. The Christmas rush of immigrants and other passengers anxious to pass j the holidays on American soil reached ' its height Sunday when eight transatlantic liners arrived at New York with more than 12,000 passengers. * • • Authority was granted by the inter- ( state commerce commission at Wash- ( ington for permanent consolidation of , the transportation business and prop- , erties of the Adams, American, Wells ( Fargo & Co. and Southern express , companies into the American Railway ; Express company. ( * • • Wage reductions averaging about 30 ( per cent under the union scale prevailing in the men’s colthing industry since November, 1919, were announced by ( the Clothing Manufacturers’ association at New York. Approximately 65,000 clothing workers in New York ar® ( affected. ‘ A blanket indictment against 52 de- t fendants, charging violation of the ( state antitrust law, was returned at i New York in connection with Investl- t gation of the "bunding trust." Indict- t meats now number 120. - i

INDIANA NEWS

grand juror who signed the 'report which charged thats Judge William A. Thompson of the Delaware Circuit court is influenced by law violators and asked that the court “transmit Ids resignation” to the governor of Indiana, was fined, $250 for contempt when brought before the court. The fines’were assessed before a_erowd that filled the courtroom to overflowing, and after the court had made a careful review of each of the many sensational charges. An appeal was to the Supreme court by each grand juror. Clarence E. Benadum, prosecuting attorndS', was not fined. Marion.—Two hundred veterans of the Civil war left tlie Marion branch of the National Military home to en- ’ ter the Danville (Ill.) branch. Thirty men left for the northwestern branch at Milwaukee, and 25 left for the southern branch at Hampton, Va. Some Spanish-American war veterans were also included. The Marlon branch will now be prepared to serve as a national sanatorium. Mental leases will be treated. It is expected TOO patients will have been admitted In a short time. About 100 persons be employed as clerks and assistants Bloomington.—A rumor was in circulation on the Indiana university campus to the effect that Purdue university is to be dropped from the i “‘Big Ten ’ conference on the* alleged ' ground that Its football team violated . the rules by starting practice last fall | before September 15, the day permit- ■ ted by conference regulations, and also, because Purdue has not won a conference football game in the last five years. The action is said to be contemplated at the next Meeting of “Big Ten” officials in Chicago in January. Columbus.—At a meeting of the Bartholomew County Farmers’ association a committee was appointed to collect data on the cost of producing all farm products in the county. The directors appropriated money to carry on the work, which will be continued from year to year, in order that the farmers as well as the public in general may know the exact cost of production and the profits derived therefrom. Indianapolis.—A bill which would put all Marion county officials on straight salaries, abolishing fees and profits from the feeding of prisoners, has been prepared for introduction at the next session of tlie state legislature in January. The measure would not disturb the salaries and perquisites of present joflficffils or offi-cials-elect, as it would not go into effect until January 1, 1924. Washington.—Tlie boards of commissioners of Davies and Pike counties, at a joint meeting at Rogers, agreed to build a new bridge across White river connecting the two counties, provided the state highway commission designates the road' leading to it as one of the state highways. _ The commission, it is said, lias expressed a willingness to do this, if the bridge is built. Frankfort. —Farmers in . Warren township, Clinton county, hre ' going into the motion picture business for themselves. Led by Rev. H. E. Bixsler, they are buying a film machine Tor their own use. especially to show educational pictures along agricultural lines. Cartel, unmasked bandits held up the People’s State bank and; escaped in a fussilade of bullets with from S6OO-to SBOO in cash, after shooting Ezra Lafshaw, thirty-six years, old. a bookkeeper for the institution, when he attempted to halt the robbers as* they were leaving. Bedford.—After filling''their automobile with stolen goods, burglars burned the John L. Sprague general store at Freetown and escaped. The stock, valued at $30,000, was destroyed. Loss on the building and stock is estimated at $50,000. Indianapolis.—Tfie opinions bf Indiana public school teachers as to whether it is advisable to adopt domestic science and industrial arts textbooks for compulsory use for thernext five years is sought by the state board of education. Indianapolis.—A daily salute to the flag by “school children of the state will be a legal requirement if the coming legislature acts favorably on a bill to be presented by the legislative committee of the Indiana department, G. A. R. Lafayette.—Liabilities of $3,154.54 and assets of $1,050 are listed in a voluntary petition in bankruptcy filed in the federal court by John C. Zimmerman of Lafayette, a farmer. Indianapolis.—Burglars entered the Indiana National bank and carried away approximately $15,000 in currency. Indianapolis.—Unless the cost is prohibitive fire alarm boxes In Indianapolis will be covered with a luminous paint so that citizens will have no difficulty locating them after dark. is. Shelbyville.—Walter W. Leslie, audiditor of Shelby county, has completed the December distribution of taxes and has announced the amounts, which will be, placed in the various state, county, city and township funds. The total amount distributed wa£ $330,848.50, and of this the state will receive $66,115.80. Indianapolis. —The Sheet Metal Contractors’ association of Indiana, through committees, is making plads for £he state convention in Indianapolis February 2, 3 and 4. English.—Calvin and Lon Mitchell, thirty-three and twenty-six years old, respectively, were found guilty and a third brother, Arthur Mitchell, twentytwo years old, was acquitted of complicity in the murder of John Lawrence by a jury In the Crawford cl»cult court at English. The convicted brothers were sentenced to the state orison at Michigan City for life.

Indianapolis,—The automobile department of tlie secretary of state’s office has issued in the -year 300.226 licenses for passenger ears, 32,481 for trucks and 8,823 licenses for motorcycles. There was no separation of automobiles and trucks last year, but the total number for trucks and autos for this year exceeds the number of j 1919 licenses by 55,452. .As in last | year’s report, the licenses for motor- ‘ cycles show a decrease, 1920 licenses I being 173 fewer than the previous i year. Chauffeurs' lionises for 1919 totaled 6,410. This year 9,75 s have‘beeiLissued, an increasq of 3,348 lor 1920. The total receipts for the year are approximately $2,029,740, an increase of S47I,(MX) over the« 1919 rec'ipts. Indianapolis.—The state highway department has begun negotiations for the-pui ( base of approximately $1,400,000 worth of cement to be', used in state highway bridge and maintenance construction. The department expects to contract for the product with'manufactories in Indiana for delivery to designated railroad switches f. o. b. factory, It will accept bids for road construction from contractors who will figure on bids with the understanding that the state is to provide them with cement at the railroad siding nearest the job. Bids for the cement contract will be awarded late in January, if plans are carried out. Jeffersonville. —For the first time in six years coal from the Pittsburgh and West Virginia fields is again be(ng stored at the “Pumpkin Patch,” near Jeffersonville, said tb be the best deep water harborage for several hundred miles along the Ohio river. However, no coal is being unloaded at Jeffersonville by local dealers, as they 7 have abandoned jtheir equipment and depend oi rail coal. They’assert that the expense of Maintaining their floats and equipment more than offsets the lower pru e.s of rivfer /coal. It is tlie hoj>e that eventually proper terminals will be built whereby coal could be shipped to the interior via Jeffersonville. Evipi’sville.—The cigar business in Evansville Juis not been as flourishing this year as in previous years and several manufacturing plants have closed down until after the holidays. The plant of the Haas Cigar Manufacturing company has closed for ten days or more, and several of She-factories that have been will not reopen until the first and second week in January. Several hundred girls have -been thiown out of employment. Decatur.—-Farmers near Decatur 'who raised sugar beets this year received cheeks totaling $243,000 from the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company. This is the second payment for beets this y 7 e'ar, the former being made on November 15, w|hen $300,000 was mailed out. The third and last payment for the .beets'will be made on January 15 lipnus* money will lie sent out February 15. The campaign at the Decatur plant, wpl end this year about February 1. t Indianapolis.—The State Federation of Labor will seek an amendment to the workmen’s compensation law, when the Indiana general assembly meets next’nionth, increasing the compensation paid workmen in case of injury, it was announced by T. N. Taylor, president. The .federation’s- proposed amendment would provide that a workman receive 65 per cejit of his wages, in the event of injury, instead of 55 per cent, as-at presefft. Bloomington.—Miss Rachel Stuart, •daughter of James A. Stuart, managing editor of the Indianapi.iis Star, is Indiana university’s youngest co-ed. ■ Miss Stuart was graduated from Short--ridge high school in Indianapolis'last June at the age of fifteen years, she completed her high school in two and onedtalf years, but expects to take her time in going through college. Her father was graduated from Indiana' university in 1901. Bloomington. — Favorite Hoosier state song's, popular college tunes and ballads that are known to every collegeglee club tenor will be included in a university song book which is to’be compiled at the Indiarta; university. A contest at which the most popular songs can be decided is under qofisideration by the student committee, to which has been delegated the task of compiling the book. Indianapolis.—The average of taxi rates In Indiana is SI.BO, the state| board of tax commissioners has estimated. The average last year was $1.34. The average in 1918, the last under the old law, was $3.01. On the basis of the old valuations the board has estimated that the SI.BO rate is equivalent to rate. Greencastle. —Alarmed by numerous reports of operations by bandits in many cities, dozens of shotguns were placed at strategical points in Greencastle for possible use in preventing robberies in the city. The action was takefi by the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce arid local banks. ' Shelbyville.-—The Shelbyville County Farmers’ association has adopted a resolution protesting against the high cost of fertilizer,'and placing the members on record,as refusing to buy any fertilizer for spring use until the price has reached $22 a ton. The present price is $34 a ton. Frankfort. —Because, he says, the salary is too small to w 7 arrant his leading his present employment, Kirk Benjamin, newly elected surveyor of Clinton has submitted his resignation to the board of county commissioners. South Bend. —South Bend’s board of public safety appointed a number of additional policemen, and issued orders to Chief of Police Cline to use every effort toward rounding up suspicious persons. The action is the suit of numerous holdups, robberies and assaults recently. Terre Haute.—Eight bakeries in the state, operated under supervision of Indiana Bake-Rite system, filed a petition in bankruptcy at Terre Haute through Homer L. Stees, chief stockholder in the company. Terre Haute.—The Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ association, with the headquarters In this city, has Issued this statement: “Reports received here indicate that the domestic coal situation in the territory served by Indiana mines Is being rapidly relieved and coal dealers are able to get all the fiial thev wish “