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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-30
State MOtOr Boat
Fans to Meet Here

a meeting O. cupboard motor boat
enthusiasts VIII be held here tonor-
row afternoon NJ go al Vcnzia' s
Service Garage. Merrill and East-stS.
Election OF officers. selection Of
a name for the club. and Official.
utilization with the National Out
board Association VIII De the order
Of business.
The purpose OF the club is 10 en-
courage water sports and 70 i'm
prove waterways in Indiana, &C
cording 10 II E Eberly. acting sec
Rotary. AL Indiana sportsmen are
invited 20 attend
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EEERE are the first stream re-
II ports Of the season, gathered
from all parts Of the state by the
wardens and furnished by courtesy
Of the Fish ana Game division Ct
the Conservation Department. Wen
have them every Friday, barring &C
cidents. from now on.
From S.. Joseph and Elkhart
Counties. Warden Downey writes
that the St. Joe River is high and
muddy from Elkhart dam west to
the state line. North from the dam
the river is clear. Many sucker
fishermen out and all doing well.
bitches and streams all muddy.
Warden Harry Walker reports
thousands Of ducks and geese in
Ia Porte. Federal wardens have
been patroling this territory. A 5i2-
pound bass was taken from Fish
Lake by H. A. Zaparty.
Shafer and Freeman are a little
high and muddy, writes Warden
Roth from White and Benton. FISH
AAA- PM AAA may 1C Adh4A AOA AAAN
weekend. Many good bass and
Crappies taken before the rains.
Fishing has been fair at Maxim
kuCkec. Pretty and Lake of the
Woods in the last week. reports War
den Sloan from Marshall and
Starke. Bass. redeyes and some
crappies are beginning 10 hit. but
warmer weather is needed.
NOBLE AND DEKALB: Several
~ nice strings OF large and
small-mouth bass have been taken
IN the north branch Of the Elkhart
River. writes Warden Grossman.
Bluegills biting well Oh Sylvan and
some Of the smaller lakes. Water
high. but IN good condition.
Baugher. Gilbert. Big and Wilson
Lakes. have been yielding good
strings Of bass. writes Warden
Mars from Whitley. Lakes are
much higher.
All Lagrange County streams are
clear and small mouth are hitting
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MARION MILEY Is VICTOR

AUGUSTA. Ga, March Sonar
ION Miley. slim Lexington CKy) girl
today IS queen Of the fifth annual
Women's invitstionsl tournament Of
Augusta. She defeated Peggy Wat
ties OF Buffalo. N. Y, tournament
medalist and favorite. ? up in the
finals yesterday.
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VETERAN JOCKEY DIES

BIZ Times Special
CINCINNATI, March 30.-Monk
Overton, famed Negro jockey Of SO
years ago, died in a Cincinnati hos
pital Thursday.
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MILLER BOOKS BOUT

BIZ LNltCd FTtSS
MADRID, March 30.-Freddie
Miller of Cincinnati, claimant to
the world bantam crown, will meet
the Catalan fighter, Mico, here on
wednesday night. Panama Al
Brown. world featherweight cham
pion. will box here April II and at
Barcelona, April "a. His oppo-
nents have not been selected.
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Chicago Team Beats
y. Y. Golden GIOUerS

CHICAGO. March S0.-Chicago
Golden Gloves tournament fighters
Won II az Us bouts last night in
thCir eighth annual match with
Golden Gloves champions Of New
YORK The contestants were the best
az more than 10000 amateurs who
entered district tournaments three
months ago and fought their way
20 the finals
More than 1900 persons saw the
show.
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Dazzy Vance GiUen
Release by Cards

BIZ United Press
BRADENTON, Fla. March 20
Arthur (Dazzy) Vance, once voted
the most valuable player in the Ma
tional League, was released by the
st. Louis Cardinals after his poor
nitchinp exhibition Yesterday.
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| Brightwood Christian-The Rev. Jacob J.
NJ. Strife, pastor. Morning theme, The
Fire Shall Not Go Out: night. Hitch
Hiking to Heaven"
Gethsemane Lutheran-The Rev. j. S
Albert, pastor. Morning theme, Jesus Our
! Prophet"
Broadway Evangelical-The Rev. George
! S. Lozier, pastor. Morning theme, "Lenten
| Repentance"
Downey Avenue Christian-The Rev. B.
R. Johnson, pastor. Morning theme. The
re7Eminent. Christ; night, Lenten
Emmanuel Reformed-The Rev. Herbert
F. Weckmueller, pastor; Morning theme,
Taking Risks for God
First United Presbyterian-Th Rev.
Jeseph 4 Meads castor MQTnng thyme snnd
First MOray g,I- EpiscoPa!- 2or5 Rev
Bethlehem Lutheran-The Rev. Allen x
| Trout. pastor. Morning theme. Living
Beneath the Cross"
Edwin Raw NJ. E.-The Rev William Tai
bolt Jones, pastor Morning theme, To
Tuxedo Park Baptist-The, Rev. y. S.
Clutton. pastor. Morning theme. Con-
cerned"; night, Tears"
Missionary TabernacIe-The Rev. o. H.
Mater, pastor, Morning theme In Re
| afternoon service conducted by the Rev.
Joshua Staufer; night, Signs OF the
| Times"
Broad Ripple NJ E.-The Rev. Norbert
G. Talbot, pastor Morning theme. Re
pentence'; night, union service at Roberts
Park M. E.
Fletcher Place NJ. E.-The Rev Howard
G. Lyle, pastor. Morning theme, The
Spiritual Mind; night service at Roberts
Park M E
Mt Pleasant saptist-The Rev. Charles
G. Stafford, pastor. Morning theme;
First Presbyterian-The Rev George
Arthur Frantz. pastor. Morning theme,
Six Wings; night. The Impercipient."
Fairview Presbyterian-The Rev. Virgil
D. Ragan, pastor Morning theme. Things
That Are Excellent"
cfRt55i pas9or MoFh sH
| The Agnostic's Miracle; night. The
Power Of a Steadfast Purpose"
First EvangeIical-The Rev. R H Muel-
| Ter. pastor Morning theme. Going a
Little Farther With Jesus in Sacrifice;
night. The Substitute"
Fifty-First Street NJ E.-The Rev. Will
bur D. Grose; pastor. Morning theme
The Second Mile night service at Rob
/ Tabernacle Presbyterian.,The Rey. J..
/ The Finished and diminished Work OF
I Christ: night. "Christ's Last VIII"
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At Bay MeadoWs-
One Best-GaiIlardia
1. Sir Rose, Rotterdam, Amalthea
g Notify, Eleanor NJ, Physician.
3. Rolling Wheels, Can Ele, Cab
DO.
4. Shining Jewell, Lady Bowman
Air Squadron.
5. Interpreter, Would Dare, Gray
back.
6. Gaillardia, Impeach, Velociter.
7. Toro Flight, Happy Helen, Bar
carolle.
8. Len Helker, Center Lane, An.
celot.
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FROM GRID TO PLATE

CHAMPAIGN. Ill, March 30
Three football players are after the
catching job on the University of
Illinois baseball squad They are
Les Lindberg, Eddie Grybowski and
Chuck Galbreath.
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ALIAS BEN TENARIO

NEW YORK, March 30.-The real
name of Chief Little Wolf, that
grimacing, growing wrestler, is Ben
Tenario. He played half back with
the Haskell Indians in 1929.
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State Fair Racing
Dates Are Posted
Purses at Annual Event to
Total $4,000.

NUNCIE. Ind. March 30-Grand
Circuit racing az the Indiana state
fair Will be held from Aug. 81 10
Sept 6. Frank =. Claypool. director
az the speed department. announced
TO-DAY
Purses fC~ the racing program viii
total $4,000. and the richest event
VIII be the Frank ?. Fox $1,000 stake
for 2-year-Old PAGERS.
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3. WalKalOng, MareVe, hnlgIlC
Hope.
At Arlington DO1UnS-
One Best-Lord Tournament
/. Empty Bottle, Liz F., Kingsbury.
2. Teeter Totter, Flying Red, Bon
ME Pan.
8. Desert Call, Rapid Bells, Hero
win.
4. Civil War, Band Wagon, Quatre
Bras II.
5. Rock x, Bold Lover, Late Date.
6. Further, American Emblem,
Eddie j.
7. Lord Tournament. Terrier,
Crackle.
8. James Boy, Cav Cav, South
ard.
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At Tropical Park
One Best-Golden Rock ii
l. Struggled In, Dark Way, Screen
2. Willow Wood, Peloria, Dark
Thatch.
3. Flight of Gold, BETTING, Sem
mole Queen.
4. Abner, Jirasol II, Volta Maid.
5. Chief Mourner, Don Guzman,
Sabula.
6. Golden Rock II, speedmore,
Bichloride.
deeque.
for as many counts as most of
those there could remember the
names for.
Chuck jumped down from the
ring, grabbed his share of the
money before the crowd realized
what had happened, and, gloved
fist stuffed full of it, set out to
do some road work.
Trunk-clad only, and pursued
by several angry citizens who had
resented the situation, he de-
parted from the town. He ran to
a railroad bought a pair of over
alls from railroader for $40, and
hoped the next freight train for
other regions.
That was Chuck's last major
theatrical engagement.
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At the Training Camps

b United Press
ST. PEI ERSBURG. Fla. March
S0.-The Boston Braves. BANKED for
the first time this spring. and the
New York Yankees renewed their
rivalry here today.
The Braves met world series
pitching against the Detroit Tigers
SChOOlbOy Rove and Eden Auker
yesterday and lost. SO. Hank
Greenberg. first baseman. aided the
Tigers cause with a home run.
At Clearwater. Lou Gehrig. lead
ing hitter in the major leagues last
season. but in 4 slump this spring
which has held his average to OFT
hit his first homer as the Tanks
beat Newark. 81.
NEW ORLEANS-AlthOuEh The
New York Giants have won only nine
Of III exhibition games ana trailed
Cleveland two games 10 one as they
reopcncd their series here today.
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west Morris ST. Christian-The Rev.
Garry l. Cook. pastor. Morning theme.
IS 80 The Magnetism of the Cross {;
$50 Judge Frank P. Baker will address
the adult department of the church; night,
pageant, The Lost Church.
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Orchid Man Chuck-He
Didn't Pay Flower Bill
That s18 Worth Of Posies Was for Funerals and
Things Like That Virgins Insists.
BY JOE COLLIER
Times staff Writer

IT supposed by all who remember the incident that ChuK
three to certain party
The sIpposion all wrong! Chuck has cleared it all up!
TO tuners
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st. Matthew's-Robert c. Alexander
riest-in-charge. Holy Communion. 1870.
church school. $50; morning prayer and
sermon at 1915.
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First Friends-The Rev. o. Herschel Fol
ger. pastor. Morning theme, The Society
of Friends"
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NJ. Francis. bishop Holy Communion.
100; church school. 945; morning service
al II.
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Advent Episcopal-The Rev. George S.
Southworth, pastor. Holy Communion,
$50 a. n; Sunday school, $50; morning
prayer and sermon, The Lord Is My
Shepherd at II.
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Race Selections
By Tom NOone
Copyright. United Press
MONIES SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
Copyright. 1885. by United Press

Days Best-Golden Rock H.
Best Longshot-Teeter Totter
Best Parlay-Relativity and Further.
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Madison Avenue VI. E.-The Rev. Charles
A Mccullough, pastor Morning theme,
The Shepherd of Our Souls; night.
Vision"
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Bellaire VI. E.-The Rev. Z Earl Jones
pastor. Morning theme. Burden Bearing
Brethren: night. sermon by the Rev.
Nlrdie Allen.
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Eighth Christian-The Rev. Glen W.
Nell pastor Morning theme. The Model
PRAYER night. The Glory That was
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Second Evangelical The Rev. F. C.
Wacknitz. pastor Morning theme. do
Not Wreck Faith; night, The Good
Hope"
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Grace NJ. E.-The Rev. Russell G. West
pastor. Morning theme, Condemnation"
night. "All Things Now
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Fifty-First Street NJ. E.-The Rev. Will
bur D. Grose pastor. Morning theme,
The Second Mile; night service at Rob
erts Park M. E.
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First Evangelical-The Rev R H Muel.
Ter pastor Morning theme. Going {
Little Farther With Jesus in Sacrifice"
night. The Substitute"
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st. Mathew Lutheran-The Rev. L. c.
e Fackler. pastor. Morning theme What
Is Sentifcation? night. The Forbear-
ance OF Jesus.
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st. Paurs EvangelicaEThe Rev. irving
T. Krscke. pastor. Morning theme
Growth. Not Speed"
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Se1UiCes in City Churches Sunday

Fletcher Avenue Christian-The Rev.
What Should. Be the Christian Attitude
Toward Warp
Unity Trust Center-The Rev Murrell
G: Powell. pastor; Morning theme, Chill
/ dren of Promise
Cadle Tabernacle-The Rev, E. Howard
Gsh tReme TheTas the DeT to a
Home Presbyterian-The Rev. Lance A.
filings Coo Hates; 0 night, Surprise seT7-
| ice"
Third Christian--The Rev. William F.
/ Rothenberger, pastor. Morning theme.
Adventurous Religion; night. why Men
Go to Church"
Miami st. Pilgrim Holiness MissiOn-The
Rev. L. n; Trotter. pastor, Rey e. r;
afternoon and evening services.
: Church of the Nazarene-The Rev; W.
| E. Albea, pastor. The Rev. G. w. Ruth,
morning and evening services.
Northwoed Christian - The Rev. R.
theme. Such AS I Have"
St. PauIs RefOrmed-The Rev. William
tbs KnieTwb pastor MSorning G tbemd
Heavenly Powers That Make for Growth
Trinity Refcrmed-The Rev. William H.
/ Knierlm, pastor. Morning theme, The
Church a. Work"
Trinity NJ. E-The Rev. J, R. Flanagan,
pastor. Morning theme, "Caiphas, the
High Priest; night. evangelistic service
Washington st. NJ. E.-The Rev L. H.
KPpda1 frTba
Joy Of Doing Things; night, union service
at Roberts Park M E.
Roberts Park NJ. E.-The Rev. william
E. Bell, pastor Morning theme by
Bishop Edgar Blake; night, mass meeting
program with Bishop Blake as speaker.
North NJ. E.-The Rev. C. A. McPheeters.
pastor. Morning theme. "A Mans Re
Woodruff Place Baptist--The Rev L. C.
! Trent, pastor. Morning theme, The Re
speak.
Grace NJ. E.-The Rev Russell G. West,
night. All Things Nov"
Second Evangelical = The Rev F. G.
Not Wreck Faith; night, The Good
All Saints Cathedral-rhe Ri. Rev. Joseph
NJ. Francis. bishop. Holy Communion,
/ 7:30; church school, 9:45; morning service
at II.
st. Matthews-Robert c. Alexander,
priest in-charge. Holy Communion 1870;
church school. $50; morning prayer and
sermon at 1915.
First Friends-The Rev. o. Herschel Fol
ger. pastor. Morning theme, The Society
of Friends"
west Morris St: Christian-The Rev.
G5Ty l. coOS Bas9T M NJ min t theme
$50 Judge Frank P. Baker will address
the adult department Of the church; night.
pageant The Lost Church.
Advent EpiscOpaI-The Rev. George s
! Southworth, pastor. Holy Communion,
prayer and sermon. The Lord Is Ny
Shepherd at II.
Madison Avenue NJ E.-The Rev. Charles
/ A Mccullough. pastor. Morning theme
i The Shepherd Of Our Souls; night.
Eighth Christian-The Rev. Glen W.
Nell. pastor. Morning theme. The Model
PRAYER; night. The Glory That was
BeIIairs NJ E-I The Rev Z. Esrl Jones 3g-
/ Virdie Allen.
St. Paurs EvangelicaEThe Rev. Irving
! r Kracke. pastor. Morning theme.
! Growth. Not Speed"
st. Mathew Lutheran-The. Rev. L. C.
/ Z. Fackler. pastor. Morning theme What
/ Is SentihcationT night. The Forbear-
4 ance OF Jesus
Capitol Avenue VI. E.-The Rev. z.
Arnold Clegg. pastor. Morning theme.
| The Crises Of Life: night. mass meet
ing at the Roberts Park II. E.
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Arnold clegg. pastor. Morning theme
The Crises Of Life: night. mass meet
ing at the Roberts Park IL. E.
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Tabernacle Presbyterian-The Rev. J.
Ambrose Dunkel. pastor. Morning theme.
The Finished and Unfinished Work OF
Christ" night. "Christ's Last VIII"
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Central Christian-The Rev. w. A.
Shullenberger. pastor Morning theme.
The Agnostic's Miracle; night. The
Power of a Steadfast Purpose"
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Woodruff Place Baptist-The Rev. L. C.
Trent, pastor. Morning theme. The Re
fuge of Lies; night DR.. A. E. Cowley will
speak.
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North NJ. E.-The Rev. C. A. McPheeters,
pastor. Morning theme "A Mans Re-
iigion"; night, whats Right With Life.
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Fairview Presbyterian-The Rev. Virgil
D. Ragan. pastor. Morning theme. Things
That Are Excellent"
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First Presbyterian-The Rev. George
Arthur Frantz. pastor. Morning theme,
Six Wings; night The Impercipient
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Mt Pleasant Baptist-The Rev. Charles
G. Stafford pastor Morning theme,
Bethesda; night. The Doves Return"
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Broad Ripple Christian-The Rev. John
Ray Clark. pastor Morning membership
rally day might. Using the Bible Effect
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Roberts Park NJ. E.--The Rev William
f. Bell, pastor. Morning theme by
Of ali Methodist churches in anti-war
program with Bishop Blake as speaker
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Fletcher Place NJ. E.-The Rev. Howard
G. Lytle, pastor. Morning theme, The
Spiritual Mind; night service at Roberts
Park N. e.
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Missionary Tabernacle-The Rev. o. H.
Mater pastor. Morning theme. In Re-
membrance Of Me" by J. H. Morgan;
afternoon service conducted by the Rev.
Joshua Stauffer; night Signs OF the
Times"
Evening star., 1935-02-03

along railroad track with fatal results.
Having recited the details, the farmer
concludes his plant with a solemn de-
mand that changes be made in the judi
cial system under which his suit for
damages against the railroad was dis
missed.
Another petition, referred recently to
the House Committee on Education,
came from man who had tried without
success to get book published. Inclos-
ing the letters of publishers who had
rejected his manuscript, the petitioner
very directly hints that plot to keep
the laborS of his pen from being gen.
orally circulated has taken FORM
Thereby his plan to revolutionize the
English language as it is written is being
forced toward failure, he implies. He
asks that Congress appropriate funds to
provide for the publication of his book.
Asking that action be speeded, he says
he will rush the manuscript to Washing
ton as soon as he gets the happy word
to do so.
One of the most persistent of the
petitioners is a hay fever sufferer. Year
after year, he renews his call for gov
ernmental investigation that will de-
termine some relief"
Veteran Capitol employees do not hesi-
tate to say that credit for presenting
the most dismaying petition goes to an
Ohio man who holds firmly to the con-
viction that he wrongfully is being de-
MED the position of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Not only has he asked that Congress
take heed of his rights and place him
in that position, but he also requests
back pay" to cover the years that have
passed without seeing him called to
Washington.
THIS whole affair of placing personal
trials and tribulations before Con-
gress in the phrasings of formal petitions
Evening star., 1935-02-03
BY IRA l.. SMITH

is as old as the Nation itself, save only
for that comparatively brief space of
time which elapsed before the first
amendment to the Constitution was
placed in force on December IS, 1871.
That amendment states Congress shall
make no law abridging the right of the
people "to petition the Government for
a redress of grievances"
Before that amendment was adopted,
old records at the Capitol show, petitions
had been submitted. But, apparently, it
remained for the subject of petition to
be emphasized in a constitutional
amendment before folks really settled
down in earnest to the framing of pleas
and the dispatching of those pleas to
the seat of Government.
At any rate, the early part of the
eighteenth century'S closing decade
found the pens of petitioners beginning
to move at the swift pace that has pre-
vailed ever since.
The appeals set forth in those distant
days now are being brought to light
through the activities of Senate officials
who are bringing old Senate records out
of a state of disorder in which they have
rested during many decades.
The old plants, inscribed on sheets of
paper that now are yellowed and in the
style of script that prevailed when the
Nation clung closely to the Atlantic sea-
board, hold much in general with those
received at the Capitol in these times.
They are distinctive, however, in that
they are thoroughly saturated with for
mality and stiffness of expression. But
that merely reflects the habits and
moods of those days when words were
slowly inscribed and when there was less
of rush in the moulding of sentences.
THE century old files, however, show an
absence of the wholesale petitions"
which have come to Washington with
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." Underwood & Underwood.
comparative regularity during the last
10 or IS years. These are the petitions
which are signed by hundreds-and even
thousands and hundreds of thousands
Of individuals.
Some of these mastodonic protesta-
tions are to be seen in attic rooms Of
the Capitol, to which they were con-
signed at the conclusions Of earlier ses-
sions Of Congress.
The "beer petition" and the bonus
petition" of recent years are notable
examples. Big packing boxes are filled
with the sheets of paper which comprise
them.
Perhaps the petition received couple
of years ago in the office of Senator Rob-
ert J. Bulkley of Ohio, however, can
justly be given the palm as being the
longest-in the literal sense-of any that
ever have been filed. Dealing with the
subject of Federal employees pay, it bears
the names of more than 10000 persons
and is comprised of sheets of typewriter
500 feet in length.
Attention, too, must be given to the
petition dispatched by citizens of Hous-
ton, Tex, which made the night Of June
3, 1882, an eventful one for telegraph
operators in the Lone Star State and at
Washington. That petition was trans
mitted by telegraph. It burdened the
wires with 22,255 words and covered. 142
sheets of the type used for delivery of
kilograms. I'VE, the undersigned" it
began, "implore our Texas Senators and
Congressmen-" Then followed the
seemingly interminable parade of names.
"The Autograph Hunters Dream" is
the title that really should be Inscribed
at the head of another formal petition
which will rest Indefinitely among the
Government archives at the Capitol. One
page of this petition, which was filed
in connection with motion picture thea
ter tax proposals. carries the signatures
of the following screen luminaries:
Marie Dressler, Robert Montgomery.
Wallace ,Beery, John Gilbert, Lionel Bar
rymore. Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton,