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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
Enforcement Of
T LAWS IS UPHELD
y DR.. Wiley Leaves City-To
Be Dry Witness.

READY to quarrel with dry law
violators, DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, 80,
former Butler professor and pioneer
pure food law expert, was en- route
TO Washington today to testify for
prohibitionists at the Senate beer
hearings" before subcommittee of
the Judiciary Committee.
Addressing the Indiana Society Of
the Sons Of the Revolution at the
Woodstock Country Club Monday
night, DR.. Wiley said the greatest
threat to the stability of America Is
the tendency toward nonobservance
and nonenforcement of laws.
L have no quarrel with any one
who does not like the prohibition
law, but as long as a law is a law"
he said, Il have no respect for the
man who flouts 1t and publicly en-
courages contempt for it."
DR.. Wiley formerly was Indiana
State chemist and more recently was
chief chemist of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
BAR ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM GIVEN
Preference for Judicial Of
fees Announced.

Earl r. Gender, chairman of the
balloting committee of the Indian
apolis Bar Association, today an
nounced results Of the final ballot in
the associations primary preferen-
tial vote for Marion County judicial
offices. Candidates who led on each
ticket were:
Circuit Court, Republican, Harry
@. Chamberlin; Democrat, J. r. Will
liams; Superior Court One, Repub-
lican. James M. feathers; Democrat,
F. T. Brown; Superior Court Two,
Republican, Linn d. Hay; Democrat,
S. A. Clinehens; Superior Court
Three, Republican, Maurice e. Ten
nant; Democrat, w. Mason; Su-
perior Court Four, Republican, By
ron X. Elliott; Democrat. c. f.
Wood; Superior Court Five, Repub-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
H00Sier Briefs

On a trial run Of the Hartford
City fire department to test sirens
placed on street corners to warn au,
toists, one motorist became fright
ened and stopped his car in the
middle Of the street and was almost
hit by the trucks.
Thou shalt not steal" Numbered
Probate Judge Locklear of Evans
vile to two small boys charged with
stealing an auto radiator. The boys
were sentenced to learn the Ten
Commandments by heart before they
were released.
A Madison County husbands flame
Of love was rekindled when his for
mer wife's present husband trans.
ferred a small parcel of land to his
name. The transfer was worded
Isl and love and affection"
A good luck" letter, carried by the
first airplane to make the Springfield
to Chicago run. was received by
Fred Droege of Seymour from his
brother, Walter II. Droege. A few
moments his home was in flames
The god Of luck sort OF mixed
things up" Droege commented.
Spring gardeners are breathing
easier in Elwood since Police Chief
Parson issued an order compelling
poultry raisers to keep their chick
ems penned up"
After Katherine Toman of Gary
had Joseph Walters arrested for non
payment of a board bill. she relented
later and posted a $500 bond for his
release.
In survey conducted among 11S
pupils between and Is years of age
in an Evansville school, it was found
that stories with sex appeal were
the most popular because they were
good"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
FRED SCHINKE ELECTED
Shoe Man Heads Pennsylvania St.
Association.

Fred c. Schinke Of the Walk Over
store, 20 N. Pennsylvania ST., was
elected president OF the Pennsylvania
St. Business Mems Association Mon
day night at the dinner at the Column
bia Club. Schinke succeeds Jud Nc
Carthy, proprietor OF Jud's Mems
buds store.
Other officers: F. r. Kautz, Sr.,
vice-president; Carl Etter, recording
secretary and Eugene Short. treas
urer. Directors are: Ed Hart,
Charles S. Becker, Reilly c. Adams,
Herb Jennings, c. Roltare Eggleston
and Mccarthy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
CAR, TRACTION COLLIDE

Police say no one was hurt in
head-on collision Of an automobile
and traction freight car at Stop 2,
Richmond division, T. H, I. & E.
traction line. early today. Motor
Policemen Banks and Dennis, said
they found the auto completely
wrecked, containing a title card
issued to Jerome Cooper, Greenfield,
IV,I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
LAW ENFORCERS FREED
Injunction, Hating Slot Machine
War, Dissolved.

BD Times Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind, April 90
A circuit court order today united
the hands of Cass County law en-
forcers, restrained recently from in
terfering with slot machine opera
ton. The injunction against Sheriff
Walter Bowyer, Chief Of Police War
rem Butler and police commissioners
was dissolved by Judge Paul M
Souder upon the showing Of Prose
cutor Merl M. Wall that the ma
chimes were gambling devices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

lican, J. M. Miner; Democrat. T. D.
MCGEE; Criminal Court, Republican,
James A: Collins; Democrat. Clar-
ence E. Weir; Probate Court, Repub-
lican, Mahlon E. Bash; Democrat, H.
N. Swain; juvenile court. Repub-
lican. Clyde p. Miller; Democrat, j.
L. Steinmetz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
SERVICES FOR VETERAN
Rites Held for DIR. John S. Jordan, 80;
Practiced Medicine Here Since 1879.

Funeral services were held this af-
ternoona for DIR. John S. Jordan, 80,
Civil War veteran, who died Satur-
day at his home, 2913 N. Talbot Ave.
Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery
The Rev. Edwin w. Dunlavy, pastor
Roberts Park M. E. Church, offici-
ated.
DR.. Jordan had practiced medicine
in Indianapolis since 1879. He was
a member Of the Roberts Park M. z.
Church. The widow and one son sur
ViVe,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-20
PAPER MAN TO SPEAK

The Indianapolis Typothetae will
have a dinner meeting next Monday
night at the Lincoln. Paper mer-
chants will be hosts.
Our Mutual problems" will be
the topic Of William C. Ridgeway, of
New York, National Paper Trade AS
ISOLATION secretary.
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OLMSTED TRIAL
 HALTED TODAY
 BY FED. JUDGE
GOVERNMENT CANNOT READ ANY THING FROM RECORDS OB-
 TANNED BY TAPPING LINE

SEATTLE, Jan. 2S. (P)-Judge Net 'erer halted the Olmsted trial today and ruled the government could not read from the records, evidence ob- tained by tapping wires. He said:
 Whitney may refresh his recollec- tion by looking up the date and time of conversations but he cannot look up subject matter" On a motion the government adjourned three-quarters of an hour early.
 Whitney testified the first call he heard over the tapped wire was by a woman who said her radio twas com ing in fine" Another conversation described Ed Pielow, former sergeant of police calling "Can you put big sheet of paper around the two cases" {"
 Thompson, Olmsted's alleged dis patcher said, there is no paper big enough" Pielow: Gan you stop de- livery?"
 Thompsonc "No. The load just left.''
 Pielow: q will try and cut him off,
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MAURICE LEEHEY ASKS CLUB TO
 ASSIST MINERS
TRIBUTE PAID TO COLONEL MIL. LARD BY MEMBERS OF MIN-
 ING CLUB

SEATTLE, Jan. 2S. (P)-Maurice D. Leehey, president of the Seattle Min ing Club, at meeting yesterday urg- ed Seattle businessmen to assist the ,prospector and mine locator to ob- tain capital for mining and develop ment.
 Leehey said Alaska and the country between the Rocky Mountains and the coast, produced more than half of the Vests annual metal output, except iron. He said this is one-half of the nations yearly production.
 Regarding his frequent statement that the big mining companies develop mines as they require them, Leehey said: ''This is an error. Mines like farms are not found but made. Pros pectors and farmers cannot be hired to make them."
 W. J. Elmendorf, vice-president of the organization declared mining com panies on the Pacific coast and in Al aska last year distributed thirty-one million dollars in dividends, of which forty per cent came out of Alaska.
 Colonel B. F. Willard, pioneer Alas ka miner who died in Seattle yester- day was paid silent homage by the club, the entire assembly standing in silence for a minute.
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SOVIET GOVT. AND CHINA QUARREL
 OVER RAILROAD
SOVIET SENDS THREE-DAY ULTI- NAHUM DEMANDING IVAN
 OFF BE RELEASED

MOSCOW, Jan. 2S. (P-An increas- ingly menacing situation along the Chinese Eastern Railroad where threat of war between the Soviet and Chi nese had it's origin yesterday, was re- ported in dispatches today.
 The Soviet government sent China a three-day ultimatum demanding the release of Ivanoff, Russian manager of the China Eastern Railroad. FaiI- ure to comply with the demand will result in the Soviet using their own efforts, it was stated.
 Meanwhile a great battle between the armies of Feng and Chang is in the air.
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LUTHER BURBANK
 ADMITS IS IyFIDEL

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S. (P-By his own admission Luther Burbank, famous horticulturist of Santa Rosa, California, is an infidel in the true sense of the word, the San Francisco Bulletin said in a copyrighted story by him.
 The Bulletin quotes Mr. Burbank as saying he does not believe in personal resurrection and that science dis proves popular theories of reincarna- tion and life after death.
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MARTIN DURKIN HAS RECORD AS
 TWO-GUN MAN
POLICE BAR MOTION PICTURES OF CRIMINAL AND BRIDE
 AT CHICAGO

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2s. P)-De- partment of Justice agents tonight barred the fact that Martin Durkin, confessed slayer and the nations most desperate two-gun man, won en- try into the homes of the Hollywood elite. He was known as Forest Low cry
 Police in Chicago barred motion pie lures showing the arrival of the ban- dit and bride, from St. Louis where the arch-bandit was arrested. Crowds in the theatres were applauding Dur kin and booing the police.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28
EMIL ST. GODDARD WINSSECONDLAP
 THE PAS RACES

THE PAS, Jan. 2S. (P)-Emil St. Goddard, young French-Canadian dog musher and winner of the dog races at Quebec and The Pas last year, yester- day won the second lap of hundred and twenty mile race, covering the 32 miles on the Saskatchewan river in three hours and fifteen minutes Earl Brydges of La Pas was three minutes behind Goddard, with Ross Moxley in third place.
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GAMMA WALSkA IN PARIS

PARIS, Jan. 2S. (P)-Ganna Walska, clad in a gray fur coat with a mink toque and with her famous pearls glistening on throat and emeralds on fingers and wrists, arrived here on French steamer yesterday and was met on the dock by her singing teach son her husband, Harold F. MacCor- mick left the boat at New York sud- denly after planning to make the trip with her.
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COL. WILLARD,
 PIONEER NORTH.
 DEAD AT SEATTLE
SPENT MANY YEARS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DISTRICT
 IN MINING GAME

SEATTLE, Jan. 28. (P-Colonel B. F. Willard, 76 years of age and Pio- neer Alaska mining man, having been engaged in the country since 1898, died at his Seattle home last night.
 MT. Willard came to Alaska at the height of the gold rush, developing the Cliff and Granite mines in the Prince Villain Sound dstrct. He was the first Senator from the Valdez district elected to the Territorial Legislature, where he served two terms.
 Colonel Milliard was born at Bara- boo, Wisconsin,
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DAUGHERTY IN COURT

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. (P)-Cited in- to court for contempt because he re- fused to answer certain grand jury questions, Harry M. Daugherty, Attor- ney General of the United States un- der President Harding, recanted and escaped a possible jail term. MT. Dougherty was subponaed in the fed eral investigation of the American Metals Company case, but declared, ''I will not answer certain questions on the grounds it might tend to merlin mate me Iater."
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WARRANTS BE WITHDRAWN

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S. (P)- Chief of Police Harper of Burlingame, withdrawn against other persons con- nected in the case of Harry Court, who surrendered and confessed to rum ming down and killing a Burlingame boy during a drunken spree.
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DOG MUSHERS WILL BREAK TRAIL FOR
 SNOW TRACTORS
MERLE LAVOY, ADvENTURER IS WILLING TO ASSIST WITH
 TWENTY MALAMUTES

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 28. (P)-Nenana reports Merle LaVoy, adventurer and Fox Film representative, will accom- pany the Wilkins expedition, and will supply the party with twenty mala- mutes to assist if necessary.
 Many dog mushers are preparing to precede the party to Panama and pos sibly to Bettles to break trail.
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BRUCE NOW LIEUT.. GOVERNOR

OTTAWA, Jan. 2S. (P)-Robt. Ran dolph Bruce of Invermore, B. C., has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in succession to Walter c. Nichol. The new governor who is overseas at present, will be sworn in on his return to Canada.
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CAPT. CASTEL OF NOME ON WAY TO
 POINT BARROW

NOME, Jan. 2S. (P)-Captain Anout Castel, who left here January 17th, by dogteam enroute to Point Barrow to meet the Wilkins expedition, is mak- ing slow progress. The trails are very bad, and he was forced to hire another dog team at Chinik. Lieut.. Byrd wired orders for fur clothing to be sent from Nome to Point Barrow Byrd will accompany Wilkins.
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FISH WHICH
 GIVES ELECTRIC
 SHOCK CAUGHT

SEATTLE, Jan. 27. P)-At the an- nual meeting of the Pacific Fisheries Society yesterday an electric torpedo, a fish which gives an electric shock, after being caught,-was exhibited. The fish, which is flat, with an ugly snout, was caught 200 miles off the Washing ton coast. The fisherman claimed the torpedo knocked him over with a shock an hour after being caught.
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COUNCIL VOTES SELF OUT

SYDNEY, N. s. w., Jan. 2S. (P- The unusual spectacle of a legislative council voting itself out of existence was witnessed today when the Legis- lative Council of New South Wales passed it's first reading of bill pro- viding for it's abolition.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28
SENATE APPROVES ADHERENCE TO
 WORLD COURT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2S. (P) The Senate approved American ad- herence to the World Court by vote of 76 to IF; fourteen votes moer than the necessary twothirds vote.
 The ratification was supported by forty republicans, thirty-six democrats while fourteen republicans, two dem- ocrats, one farmer labor vote opposed it.
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RESIDENTS
 DONATE FOR ART GALLERY

VANCOUVER, Jan. 27. P)-Eleven citizens have agree to donate S1OO,OOO for the purchase of pictures and sta- tuary for the proposed art gallery in the civic center. H. A. Stone heads the list with a pledge of $50,O0O. The cost of the proposed building is S2OO,- 900.
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HOTEL FIRE CLAIMS MANY

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 2S. (P)- Nine are dead, fifteen missing, and fourteen injured, three of whom may die, the result of fire which swept Lafayette hotel here this morning. Only two of the dead have been iden- tified.
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RICH MERCURY ORES
 REPORTED DISCOVERED

CRIPPLE CREEK, Jan. 27. (P)- Mercury ores running S720 to the ton have been discovered in the Cripple Creek mining district. The ores ran approximately 30 per cent pure quick silver, officials of the Dante mine, at which place the strike was made, de- clare.
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PREMIER MUSSOLINI NOW
 BEING OPENLY DEFlED

LONDON, Jan. 28. (P)-The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Express, reports that Premier Mussolini is be- ing openly defied by the Italian Cham Der of Commerce in Zurich, Taguno and Geneva. They refused to receive Commander Ferrati sent by Mussolini with Royal Decree ordering disolution.
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DAMASCUS MAY BE
 FORWARDED AGAIN

DAMASCUS, Jan. 27. -Consuls yes terday notified the Nationals of their respective countries that the French might Lombard certain quarters of the city as they did before in suppressing an uprising.
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SMALLPOX IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2S. P-An outbreak of smallpox in Los Angeles is causing some little worry to the health authorities according to Doc tor Parrish, city health officer.
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GENERALS ON STRIKE

PARIS, Jan. 2S. P)-Twelve of the most important generals in the Belgian army have gone on strike in protest against the governments plan to reduce the militia, according to dis patches reaching here.
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VOUSTEAD LAW IS FAILURE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2S. LP)- The complete failure of the Volstead Act as temperance measure was ad- mitted today by joint Legislative Committee representing four national organizations with a voting power of six million.
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COAL SHORTAGE NEW YORK

NEW YORK Jan. 2S. (P)-New York city's coal shortage situation has now reached serious stage. The Bell vue Hospital housing over thirteen thousand patients has been unable to get coal and is now heatless.
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COURT IN HALF MOURNING

LONDON, Jan. 2S. (P)-The court has changed from full mourning to half-mourning for Queen Alexander. This permits the Royal family to is- sue from their semi-retirement and resume public functions.
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NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
 FOR DEMPSEY BOUT IN N. J

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. P)-Negotia- tions are nearly completed for the heavyweight championship match be- tween Jack Dempsey and Gene Tun- ney at Boyles Thirty Acres, Jersey City, arena controlled by Tex Ricard.
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ROSS WILL BE EELcTRocuTED

OSSINING, Jan. 2S. (P)-Ambrose Ross, convicted of murder and twice saved from the. electric chair, is as- sured of six more weeks of life, thru a new w,reprieve announced after long conference last night
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SCHOONER IS PIRATE VESSEL

STEPHEN, Germany, Jan. 28. P)- A Finnish skipper arriving here tells lieved sunk, which is now operating as pirate vessel on the Baltic.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28
ROOSEVEL OFF CREW OF ILL
 HATED STEAMER

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. (P)-The s. s. President Roosevelt rescued the entire crew of the Antinoe, twelve being talk en off yesterday and the remaining thirteen at midnight
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DAUGHTER OF ARMY OFFICER
 DIES IN MANILA LAST MITE

MANILA, Jan. 2S. P)-Miss Alice Robinson, daughter of an army officer here, and neice of John Van A. Mac Murray, Minister to China, was burn- ed to death here last evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. (P)-The cold wave abated in New York yesterday. The wave swept to the New England states after the mercury rise here and Boston and other cities are experience ing sudden temperature drops.
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BEN ELLISON TO FLY AIRPLANE
 ACROSS ARCTIC

DETROIT, Jan. 2S (P)-It was an- nounced here that Carl B. Eileson, nicknamed "Ben," will fly the plane carrying Wilkins over the Arctic. The other plane will remain at Point Bar row.
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FRANCE WOULD TALK DEBT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2S. LP)- France has indicated that she is now ready for new debt barley with the United States, according to a message conveyed to Treasurer Mellon,
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28
DAWSON MAN KILLED AS
 LEAVES CABIN FOR SNOW

DAWSON, Jan. 2S. (P)-John Smith was killed when he left his barricaded cabin to get a bucket of snow. His body will be brought back to Dawson.
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TEN DOLLAR TAX ON TOURIST

ATHENS, Jan. 2S. ,(P)-A tax of ten dollars will be levied on all foreigners visiting Greece. The tax will, how ever, provide them with permanent free tickets for visiting historic spots.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-28
VISCOUNT kATO, PREMIER
 DIES OF INFLUENZA

TOKYO, Jan. 2S. (P)-Viscount T. Kato, Premier, died of influenza today. R. Wakatsuku, Minister of Home Al fairs, is acting in his stead.
Evening star., 1926-11-22
RELIGIOUS APPEAL
IS MADE TO MARIE
Prominent Men Sign Petition
Asking Consideration for
Rumania Minorities.
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, November pa peti.
ton asking Queen Marie of Rumania
to consider the religious minorities in
her country has been signed by 60
prominent Americans and will be pre-
sented to her before her departure
for home, TIE current issl.e of the In
dependent states. 1t reads:
I'VE present to your majesty our
respectful salutations, and as citi-
Iens of the United States, we well
come you to our country as an honor
ed guest.
I'VE take advantage of your pres
ence here to petition your majesty
to give your distinguished personal
consideration to those religious minori-
ties in Rumania suffering under the
practice of determinations: Baptists,
Jews, LutheranS, Presbyterians, Uni
tarians and Roman Catholics.
1--WE know that hopeful progress
has already been made by the Ru-
manian government toward a solution
of this problem. We rejoice that the
condition of those minorities has been
bettered. but much remains to be
done, and it is our conviction that if
your royal influence could be further
exerted on their behalf, their present
condition would be vastly improved.
I'VE hope that your majesty may
continue to enjoy your visit. and wish
you Godspeed upon your homeward
journey"
Included in the 60 signers, repre-
sentatives of each of the sects which
make up the Rumanian religious mi
norities, are William Cardinal O'COn-
nell. Archbishop of Boston; Bishop
Charles L. Slattery. of Massachusetts
Diocese of the Episcopal Church;
Evangeline Booth. commander of the
Salvation Army in the United States;
the Rev. G.. S. Parkes Cadman Of
the Central Congregational Church.
Brooklyn, n. Y; Rev. Harry Emer-
son Fosdick of the Union Theological
Seminary, New York; Percy w. Gard
ner, president of the Unitarian Lay
mems League of Providence: William
H. p. Faunce. president of the Brown
University; Harold S. Boardman,
president of the University of Maine;
Kenneth c. NJ. Sills. president of Bow
doin College; Ada COmstock, president
of Radcliffe College; Ellen F. Pendle-
ton, president of Wellesley College;
Julian w. Mack, New York Federal
Judge; Robert Watson, president OF
the Massachusetts Federation OF
Churches.
Evening star., 1926-11-22
WINSTON CONFIRMS
RESIGNATION RUMOR
Undersecretary of Treasury Unde-
cided on Future Plans,
He Says.

Reports that 3arrard B. Winston,
Undersecret ary of the Treasury. will
resign his post, but at yet undeter-
mined date, were confirmed today at
the Treasury upon Mr.. Winstons re-
turn from a trip out of the city.
Mr.. Winston, who is also secretary
of the American Debt Funding Com
mission, and has had large RESPONSE
bility in the extensive negotiations
carried on for refunding the war debts
of foreign powers to this Government,
said his plans were not complete, and
he would give no indication as to
when he may leave.
II haven't resigned yet,"" he said.
Representative Ogden L. Mills of
New York, who completes his term
in Congress March 4, has been favor
ably mentioned to succeed Mr.. Win
ston. No Indications were available
in official circles at the Treasury as
to whether Mr.. Mills has been offered
the position, but it was understood
he is being looked upon in some
quarters as one of the most logical
successors.
Mr.. Winston came to the Treasury
July /, 1923, as an assistant secretary,
succeeding Col. Edward Clifford. but
took the post of Undersecretary, which
is that of chief of staff under the Sec
retary himself, shortly afterward
upon the departure Of s. Parker Gill
bert, now agent general for repara-
tionS at Berlin.