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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Decision in Store
Tax Case Is Vital
To Chain Systems
Supreme Court Expected
to Hand Down Verdict
at TOmOrrow's Session.
BY BRADLEY w. TRENT.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, April 1l.-Chain store
systems. both large and small, are
awaiting with the keenest interest the
Supreme Courts decision in the In
diana chain store taxation case. which
is expected to be handed down when
the court convenes on Monday.
The ruling Of the court unquestion-
ably will have a vital bearing on the
future course Of State Legislatures in
the matter Of chain store lawmaking
and at the same time will enable the
chains TO determine whether they must
continue to fight a mounting tide of
taxation aimed to check their growth,
or whether they may continue to eX-
pand unhampered.
other Cases Pending.
The Indiana case is one Of three
chain stores cases now before the Su-
preme Court. 1t has been argued and
the decision in it will come first. After
this decision the court will rule on the
constitutionality Of similar laws passed
by the States Of Mississippi and North
Carolina.
All three cases are before the court
on Appeal from Decisions Of Federal
or State courts, which in Indiana and
Mississippi held the laws unconStitu-
tional. In the North Carolina case
alone did the lower court uphold the
act.
Under the Indiana act chain stores
operating in the State are required to
pay graduated tax. ranging from 50
on one store up to $25 per store for
more than 20. The North Carolina law
places a tax OF $50 on every chain
store in excess Of two, while the Miss
issippi act called for a tax of IA Of
] per cent on merchandise sales OF Ave
stores or less and an additional ! OF
! per cent on chains exceeding five
stores.
In the Legislature Of nearly every
State anti-chain- bills in one form
or another have been recurrently in
troduced during the last five years, and
while only few States have actually
passed laws, the breadth and persist
ence Of the movement to discourage
growth has caused the chains no
little concern.
Extent of Movement.
H w. Lyone. executive vice president
OF the National Chain Store Associa
ton, said today that since January !,
more than 100 bills have been offered
in the Legislatures Of about 80 States,
the majority providing for heavy tax
dLlOIl, ana ali u LIitIl COIlCcINGu III q
desire 10 restrict the growth OF the
chains. The association looks after
the interests Of the chains in matters
OF legislation and taxation. It's mem
bers include some of the largest chain
store groups, with total of 10000
stores.
There may be a number OF reasons
for all these attempts to discourage
chain store expansion, but the under
lying motive lies close to an idea that
seems TO be widely prevalent in many
OF the smaller communities that chains
are not helpful to local development
and menace the future OF the small
independent merchant
There are about 5000 separate chain
store organizations operating a total
of 10000 stores. The business done
by these stores has been estimated by
authorities at about II per cent of
the total volume of retail trade.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

Association which "opens Tuesday at
Augusta, Ga. President Stephenson
will open the annual Spring session, at
which meeting many important reports
will be made
Following an illness Of several
months duration, William Muehleisen,
director and former president CT the
Mount Vernon Savings Bank, is slowly
recovering at Garfield Hospital.
Eugene Meyer, governor Of the Fed
eral Reserve System, and Charles S.
Hamlin, a member Of the bard, at
tended the annual meeting of the
Stockholders Association of the Rich
mond Reserve Bank. The guests and
members were welcomed by w. w.
Hoxton, chairman Of the board.
Sales OF the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. in March showed a decrease
OF 5 per cent compared with March,
1880. but tonnage sales revealed gain
ot II per cent, according TO q report
made yesterday, a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
INVESTMENT BANKERS
PUT OUT NEW MAGAZINE

A new magazine made its appearance
in financial district OF Washington yes
terday and places the Investment Bank
erS' Association of America in line with
the American Bankers Association and
other major financial organizations In
the publication of a magazine of a
technical and inspirational nature de-
voted to the interests of the organiza-
ton and those served by individual
members of the organization. The new
publication is issued under the title Of
Investment Banking" and, according
to President Henry T. FERRIS of the
Investment Bankers Association OF
America. 1t is dedicated to the interests
OF the association and the welfare OF
the investment banking business In
general and 10 the inEestow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
(Lea Photo.)

the national bank division of the A.
b A. and a former member of the
council Of administration. In local
banking circles he has been an out
standing member Of the District Bank
ers' Association, making special adj
dresses at conventions and serving on
scores of committees. At present he
holds the important Office Of chairman
of the Washington Clearing House AS
ISOLATION.
He is a member Of the Board Of
Trade East Washington Citizens AS
sociaticn, Southeast Citizens Assoria-
ton and is deeply interested in sew
eral other civic organizations He
served as chairman of the Program
Committee for the recent Central States
Bank Management Conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

canvass throughout
the entire country
by the IA regional
shippers advisory
boards that the
country III the next
three months will
require 7.029,231
freight cars to
move the ira mc.
That IS a reduc-
ton OF only So
per cent as COM
pared with the sec
ond quarter OF 1880.
So far this year
the decreases have
ranged more than
double that in the
case Of many rail-
wa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
SEEDS OF PROSPERITY
SOWN IN HARD TIMES
BY EVERIT 3. TERHUNE.

In what way was 1880 a good year?
In that year it brought us down to
earth again and made us get rid OF
our superfluouS fat.
Don't men think and work better
in times of prosperity?
No! Easy profits develop careless
business habits; prosperity slows up
peoples thinking.
How about 1881?
The seeds of prosperity are sown
in hard times just as the seeds of de-
preston are sown in good times. HUI
man nature never changes.
Copyright by United Business Publishers
Bureau of Economlcs.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Increased Freight
Traffic Held Sign
Of Business Gains
Car Requirements for
Next Three Months Only
Slightly Below 1880.
BY J. c. ROYLE.

Freight is commencing to move. That
Is one sure indication that both produc-
ton and consumption are on the in
crease. 1t is estimated after careful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
EARNINGS REPORTED

NEW YORK, April IL (P.-Per share
earnings of corporations reporting this
week with comparisons with last year,
i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, April IL lPy.-over-the-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Corporation Bonds slump.

In a week in which New York State
sold an issue Of its bonds at the highest
price since 1907 and when another large
block nj Treasury bills has been heavily
oversubsoribed at a fancy figure, the
Continued on Second Page.l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
PLEAD FOR MOONEY
Prominent Authors Join in
ClemenCy Petition.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 12.-Thirty-
three prominent American authors
today signed telegram to Governor
James Rolph Jr. of California,
urging that he give prompt con-
slderation to the new pardon appli-
cation of Tom Mooney, now serv-
ing a life term in San Quentin
prison.
The group of authors, headed by
Sinclair Lewis, includes Sherwood
Anderson, Mary Austin, Harry FL
mer Barnes, Stephen Vincent
Benet, Konrad Berkiyici, Haywood
Broun, Elmer Davis, John Erskine,
Edna Ferber, Rupert Hughes, Fan
ME Hurst, H. L. Mencken, Edna st.
Vincent Millay, Edwin Arlington
Robinson, Carl Sandburg, William
Allen White and VIII Irwin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
GIRLS MURDER
SUSPECT HELD
Suitor Linked to Crime in
San Diego.
By Unttcd Press

By UHjtcd Press
SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 12.-Moss
Edward Garrison, 37-year-old sutton
of Hazel Bradshaw, %, who was
stabbed to death a week ago, was
ordered arraigned today on a
charge of numbering the girl
Thomas Whelan, district attorney,
formally charged Garrison with the
crime late Monday, after a coro-
ner's jury found the girl had been
stabbed to death by a person or
persons unknown, but with evidence
pointing, toward Garrison.
Meanwhile, authorities sought
evidence against Richard Ward, SIS,
ex-convict, who has been held in
jail as a suspect in the kidnapping
and murder of Virginia Brooks, 10
year-Old schoolgirl.
A search of Wards shack near
Lake Hodges had revealed a tattered
bit of blotting paper on which the
name Virginia" was Scrawled in a
childish hand, officers said.
Another possible killing had been
feared by police when Louise Kest-
Ter, IT, was reported missing. She
returned home Monday and after
relating a story of how she had
been kidnapped and attacked, finally
confessed, officers said, that she had
spent the weekend with a sailor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Lose at
Safely and Quickly

Kruschen Salts-(a perfect COM
bination of the six mineral salts
your body should have to function
properly purify your blood of HARM
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the continual formation of which
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Don't miss a morning-and don't
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selves.
In this modern age of living, it's i'm
possible to get these salts from the
fancy foods you eat-but don't worry
Just as long as you have Kruschen
Salts.
Take half teaspoon every morning
before breakfast in a glass of hot water
little by little that ugly fat disap-
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You'll soon possess that enviable beau
ty, clear skin, sparkling eyes, superb
figure which only perfect health can
impaFt
An 85c bottle 0asts weeks) at
Hooks Dependable Drug Stores or any
progressive druggist in America Money
back if Kruschen doesn't convince you
that it is the safest, quickest. easiest
way to lose at.-Advertisement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
RAPS TRADE CHIEFS
Borah SCOTS at C. of C. on
Business Depression.
BIZ United Press
xrT CUTTING TNT

By United Press
WASHINGTON, May i
pressing dissatisfaction wit
achievements of both the
States Chamber of Commerce "a
the international chamber at their
recent meetings, Senator William
Borah Rep, Ida) Monday night
urged a meeting Of business men
"unfettered' by connection with any
such organization.
Such meeting, presumably
would include such men as Sen
ator James Couzens CRep., NTich.)
whose suggestions for combating
the business depression to the
United States chamber prior to its
Atlantic City convention, met with
a cool reception.
Borah said results of the At
lantic City meeting largely were
negative
He attributed this to inability to
agree and to fear of antagonizing
the present United States admins
tTation,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
NOT 4 SMILE;
EVEN AT $1,000
Renaud LeCIaire Refuses
Even a Grin.

Renaud LeClaire just won't smile
not even for $1,000, he says. Just
to make good on that, he challenges
anyone in the city to make him do
anything so undignified.
Renaud is the autOmaton who at
tracted hundreds Of persons as he
stood in front Of the Lyric theater
Monday afternoon. Ray GiIpin,
electrical operator, refuses to divulge
the secret of whether Renaud real
ly is human.
LIE Claire will appear at 1890
Wednesday at Kline's, Market and
Illinois streets; at the Leader store,
Washington and Delaware, at 2
o'clock, and at the Capitol Clothes
Shop, Washington, near Meridian,
Thursday afternoon.
It isn't the depression. It isn't
that Renaud LIE Claire just natural
ly is sour. It's just that he won't
smile. Not even for $1,000, he re-
peats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
DELAY TRIAL OF TWO
LOCAL PATROLMEN
Prosecuting Witness Fails to Appear
Against Men.

Failure of the prosecuting witness
to appear resulted in a continuance
by the safety board today of the
trial of Patrolmen Arthur Reeves
and Veryl Davis, charged with ne
glect Of duty.
Davis and Reeves are charged
with visiting double house at ia
Is North Pine street, one side of
which is vacant, three hours before
another police squad raided and
found liquor. Clyde Miller and Tom
Aegean since have been convicted
on blind tiger charges as result of
the raid, the board said.
The prosecuting witness is a wom-
an who reported police cars stopped
behind her garage, blocking the
doors while the officers went into
the house and drank liquor. Her
complaint resulted in the raid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
BANK FAILURE LUCK
TO WOMAN ON TRIAL
Convicted Of Liquor Charge, She's
Given Time to Pay Fine.

Convicted Of Liquor Charge, She's
Given Time to Pay Fine.
Bad luck followed Mrs. LYDIA
Mann into municipal court today,
but before her case was ended.
Lady Luck had made a bid to aid
her.
Police told Judge william H.
Sheaffer that in raid on Mrs.
Mann's home recently they found
a quantity of home brew. Mrs.
Mann admitted she made it "for my
use and I never sold or gave any
away"
Sheaffer fined her 500 and costs
and suspended a thirty-day sentence
at the Indiana woman's prison.
Then Sheaffer suspended the costs.
AS Mrs. Mann prepared TO leave
the court, her attorney told Sheaffer
that Mrs. Mann's only money was
in the Meyer Kiser bank that
closed late Monday.
Sheaffer placed her on probation,
allowing her sixty days to pay the
fine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
TOWN SERVICE BIDS
RECEIVED BY BOARD
Impounding of Autos to Be Let on
Contract Under New Code.

Contract Under New Code.
Bids of seven concerns seeking the
right to tow in and impound auto
mobiles found violating the new
traffic code to go in effect Friday,
or in other police Investigations,
were received by the safety board
today.
Bid of the indianapolis Auto
Service, operating garages at 319
East New York street, 1011 North
Pennsylvania street, and 424 North
Illinois street, appeared low as bids
were read off publicly, but board
members refrained from an
nouncing the award until all bids
were tabulated. Their bid was $2.75
a car whether it be a tow-in or re-
quire crane service.
Board members indicated the new
ordinance would not be enforSGS to
the letter at the outset because
signs warning drivers of the new
law will not have been placed for
several days. It was indicated po-
lice will give warning stickers until
the signs arrive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
TAYLOR BOUND over
Alleged BIackmaiIer Held
to Grand Jury.

George Taylor, Sc, of GIG Russell
avenue, alleged to have written
blackmail letters to several Indian
apolis business men, today was
bound over to the county grand jury
under $4,000 on a blackmail charge.
Municipal Judge William H. Sheaf-
fer turned the case over to the jury.
Taylor was arrested May 3 while
waiting for 500 to be placed by one
of his intended victims. He is al
legged to have threatened the men
with bombing their residences unless
they met his demands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
Childhood Threatened by
Alleged CareIeSSneSs of
Dog Lovers

Cult Of the dog is threatening
Hoosier childhood much as the
cult of the deadly corba" threatens
the dusky children of India.
This was the charge today of DR..
William F. King, director of the
state health department, as he
pointed to thity-dve patients
treated by his department today in
an effort to stem the tide of rabies
which is rising alarmingly in Mar
ion county.
DR.. King scored those who think
more of their dog than they do Of
the life Of a child"
I'VE consider the natives of In
Ola who worship the sacred COWS
and sacrifice children to the deadly
cobra as barbarous and ridicu-
lous," DR.. King declared.
yet the cult Of the dog lovers
right here in Indiana has made the
dog somewhat of a similar sacred
animal Surely the rights of the
dog should not be placed before the
rights of mankind"
Hundreds Are at Large
To illustrate his point, DR.. King
declared hundreds of dogs are run
ming at large throughout the city
daily and little attention is paid to
the order to keep them penned up.
The dog pound is not given to
executions Of stray and vicious dogs
to any great eXent, he asserted. The
consequence is, he asserts, that chill
dren with faces and limbs terribly
torn are brought to the statehouse
annex for anti-rabid treatments al
most daily.
Latest victim is little Susan Single
ton, 4, who has been making daily
visits for double-dose treatments
since she was bitten in the face last
Sunday.
The dog belonged to a neighbor
and is under observation in a local
dog hospital. So far no rabies has
developed in the dog, but the little
girl will be frightened for life and
nearly lost the sight of one eye.
Dog Owners Not Responsible
Last week a child was saved by
the treatments after being badly
chewed and dragged into an alley
by a dog which developed positive
rabid infection, DR.. King said.
Under the Indiana law, dog own
erS can not be held responsible for
any damage done by their dogs,
regardless of how vicious they may
be or whether they have rabid in
lection or not, he pointed out.
Under the quarantine, supposed
to be in force here now, no I'M
leashed dog may be permitted to
roam at large.
The Singleton girl, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Arthur Single
top, 2403 Coyner avenue, was bit
ten while climbing the steps at the
home of the dogs owner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
BRITISH AIM TO
MOTORIzE NAVY
STARTLES U. S.
AIigning of Powers Seen on
Stand to Reduce Bat
tIeShip Sizes.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIATAfS
Scripps- Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, May IRE
ports that Great Britain now def
nitely IS planning to motorize her
navy, from destroyers to battleships.
thus doubling its radius of action.
nave stirred if not startled high
naval circles here.
Already the Navy league has ex-
pressed the conviction that Britain.
france, Japan and Italy will line
up against the United States at the
next arms conference, and demand
reduction in the size of battle
ships.
II the London reports prove true.
therefore, Americas lone stand
against smaller capital ships will
De extremely difficult to sustain ex-
cept arbitrarily. The logic will all
be on the other side.
Argue Need of Wider Radius
The chief argument put forward
by spokesman for the United states
IN favor of retaining the present
38,OO0-ton maximum is that 1ack-
ing strategically placed naval bases
it becomes a vital matter for rs
to build vessels capable of a wide
radius of action.
Now, according to figures pub
liShed in London, the British have
developed plans for battleships Of
between 10000 and $4,000 tons
equipped with Diesel-type engines
of 45,000-horse power and CAPABLE
of driving the craft at TWENTY-FIVE
knots an hour-or. at cruising
speed, 10000 miles without refuel-
ing.
Guns, Armor Problem
Such a battleship could make the
trip from the Pacific coast to the
Philippines and return, and still
have fuel left for another 5000
miles.
Or it could do the round trip
from Honolulu to Manila twice
without taking on oil, and still have
lot Of distance left in her.
If the British designs live up ia
expectations, the American argu-
1ent for $4,000 TONERS would seem
D fall Of its own weight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
YPRODTGY WHOSE TALENT FREED HIM PROM PRISON
MANIAC
is CAPTURED IN
ARSENAL LAIR
Fights Off 40 Officers in
Gun Battle Before He
Is Taken.
By United Press

By United Press
MCONNELSBURG, Pa, May H.
Marshall Lodge, 81, an insane
man who shot and killed Sergeant
Timothy G. Mccarthy, 40, Of the
Pennsylvania state police, and
wounded Russell K, Knies, "a, a
state trooper, was captured in a
barricaded house today.
He was overcome by tear gas and
shot in the arm before officers could
reach him.
The man was armed with pistols,
rifles and shot guns and held off
more than forty state policemen,
sheriffS and other officers before he
was overcome.
Threatened Neighbors
According to authorize s Lodge re-
Gently had been Tire ateping the
lives Of neighbors and several times
engaged in shooting escapades.
Frank Lodge, father of the man,
requested authorities to place his
son in a state institution. Young
Lodge had been in the habit Of
wandering into the woods during
the night, SO it was decided to ap-
prehend him this morning.
F. Glen Younker, sheriff, of Nc
Connellsburg, a deputy and three
state policemen were detailed to
take Lodge into custody The Of
f1cers were fired upon by Lodge, and
Mccarthy fell, fatally wounded.
Knies was seriously wounded
The maniac then leaped through.
his bedroom window and escaped.
State police were sent into the
mountains and sheriff and county
officers joined in the pursuit.
Barricaded in Old House
Lodge barricaded himself in an
old house and began sniping at the
officers. Hundreds of shots were
fired and then tear gas combs were
used.
State policemen shot at the man
every time he appeared near win
dow. The parents of Lodge hud-
died in the kitchen of the house,
outside of the gun-fire range.
Lodge roamed from the cellar to
the attic, taking pot shots at the
officers. AS he moved about his
father and mother changed their
positions. Hundreds of shots were
used before tear gas bombs were
brought into play. These led to
Lodges capture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
FULL WEIGHT DEMANDED
City Official Says Stores Must Give
Full Potato Value.

After a conference with Grover c.
Parr, city weights and measures in
Spector, heads of chain and in
dependent groceries have agreed to
weigh potatoes before selling them
to retail customers, Parr told the
safety board today.
He said he had found that fifteen
pound sacks we're sold under this
weight after shrinkage had reduced
the weight of the contents more
than a pound. Potatoes will be added
to sacks that are under weight after
shipment, Parr said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
BAKER URGES CITIZENS
TO Do JURY SERVICE
Plea Of Criminal Judge Is Given
Before Mercator Club.

Plea for intelligent citizens to
answer willingly the call of the
courts to serve as jurors, especially
in criminal cases, was made today
by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
at the noon luncheon of the Mer-
Gator Club.
Success Of law enforcement de-
ponds in a large measure upon the
willingness Of good men to serve on
our juries," Baker told the club.
That judge can not mete strict
sentences unless juries do likewise
was pointed out by Baker.
Bakers statements were supported
today by information brought back
from convention Of lawyers in
Washington by Prosecutor Herbert
E. Wilson, who attended the weeks
convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-12
RAID WARRANT ERROR
WINS MAN FREEDOM
Judge Sheaffer DismisseS Charges
When Papers Prove Faulty.


Error of police officers in making
out an affidavit for a liquor raid to-
day resulted in Martin Bresiger, 1887
West Tenth street, being dismissed
on blind tiger charges by Municipal
Judge William H. Sheaffer.
Police had a search warrant for a
residence at the address, but found
the liquor in a storeroom beneath
Bresiger'S residence. Sheaffer ruled
Bresiger could not be held due to
the faulty search warrant.
Mrs. Josephine Kromsck, 2914
West st. Clair street, received a
suspended fine of 500 and costs on
blind tiger charge. Police said
they confiscated 125 gallons of wine
and beer at her residence.