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profit on the land, and he didn't
even oavn the land!
Mr.. Mouer was attorney for
the committee. He saveys his
Blackstone.
He knew there had been a vio-
lation of law and of contract in
that case. Why didn't he act ?
I'll answer that question in a
moment.
Saturday Press published ex-
tracts from, and file numbers of,
a case right here at home
of the too-numerous "Held"
cases. Mr.. Mouer, attorney for the
senate committee, didn't choose to
begin action against these "attor-
neys-in-fact" He didn't make
an effort to find out what
price any of the Held family
received for their land.
He made no effort whatever to
protect the taxpayers! Was he
holding the committee in check
or was the committee standing on
Mr.. Mouer's foot-or were Alex
and Tom standing behind the
curtain acorking the stop" and
go" sign'
There's been enough graft and
dirt uncovered in spite of the
committee, to have sent several
prominent politicians to the pen
itentiary-but the committee has
refused to act. Why9
Last week Saturday Press car
ried on page five, copy of an
alleged oil contract" I have
others and if I can secure them
the committee can. Doesn't Mr..
Mouer want these contracts made
public? Doesn't the committee
want Mr.. Mouer to investigate
these oil rackets? Does it wish
the taxpayers to understand that
it is in sympathy aVith the oil
and coal and ERA and right of
asuy and shirt and transient camp
racketeers? 1t doesn't leave the
public any choice!
Testimony offered before that
committee disclosed that seven
thousand dollars had been paid
for one bit of peat bog land con-
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both acre &C t ! pc small
box ebidemicS-not cases, but
full grown epidemics. Why aVas
the Clark case too hot to handle?
went to St. Paul one
night to confer with a men,
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

fluencing' the legislature to
pass House File l20-the
sure-thing meal ticket bill.
Der of that CO m m e e,
man in whom l had the most
implicit confidence, a man on
whose courage and integrity I
would have staked my life, and l
asked him why all the delay and
procrastination and puttering.
Well, he said that Jim Carley's
health was all shot but that the
committee intended employing a
Every brilliant attorney" who
would take the load off Jim's
shoulders. Then came Tom
Mouer!
And that was all. Tom blew
off beautifully. And that was
all!
There was the matter of snow
fence purchases mentioned in
these columns few issues back.
Approximately three hundred
thousand feet purchased at six and
three-fourths cents per foot. An
investigator for this paper asked
the same merchant for prices on
three thousand feet and avds
quoted a price of fve and one
half cents per foot!
What did the committee do
about that steal9 Nothing. I
wonder what the committees
trained investigators" did about
or to it? Nothing? Ask them
what they think about the snow
fence racket. Ask them why they
couldn't find anything" They
didn't 7vant to find it and if they
did, they didn't dare turn it up.
Let the senate investigating
committee explain why it didn't
find anything rotten in that snow
fence deal. It's there! Doesn't
the committee dare open that
matter up? Is it afraid of the
merchant who sold the fence or
the purchasing agent 7vho baid
for it aCith taxpayers money!
Did the committee make any
serious attempt to find out about
purchasing agent Erickson's trip
to the Rose Bowl football game
in "a? Did it attempt to find
out why a contract let for sixty
eight thousand tons of coal. was
cancelled to the extent of sixty
seven thousand tons and the last
amount relet to a friend of the
administration? I'm dumb. If
7 wasn't | wouldn't be in this
business but if dumb cluck like
myself can locate these things.
7ohv can't the Mahlv mtel1ioent
senate Investigating committee9
There's the matter of right of
wav sales The committee went
to one of the most distant cor
ners of the state to find out that
a parcel of land had been sold for
an exorbitant price. that one gen
! tleman had mopped up a fat
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SENATE MUST DEMAND
RESIGNATION OF INVES-
TIGATING COMMITTEE
Continued from page y

that committee are so dumb as to
imagine the taxpayers swallowed
that line of blah? Or, perhaps,
they are so smart they imagine
the taxpayers were dumb enough
to gulp down the gooey, sinking
mass. In either event, they're
7,vong!
Did they, the members of that
committee, make an attempt to
find out aulrere certain material
bought and paid for, asus buried
and avho buried it? They did
not! They sent out two young
snits to investigate" and the
brats turned in a report to the
effect that the men they had con-
tacted were ''too dumb to tes-
tify."
Had the committee been on the
square q,ith the taxpayers, avith
themselves and 7vith their party,
they could have had capable in
vestigators who would have
easily uncovered, not only intelli-
gent witnesses, BUT indisputable
facts and records. The commit
tee didn't dare act!
There was the Fl. Ripley
fasco, the most nasty example of
a waste of emergency relief
money to be found anywhere in
the state; and what did the COM
mittee do with that scandal? They
whitewashed it! They knew
where the records of that miser.
able deal could be found and they
didn't dare demand them!
There were the "puppetry prof.
ects"- tens of thousands of dol
lars of emergency relief money
frittered away, wasted. pilfered,
from the mouths and the feet
and backs of INDECENT Mime
sotans. And what did the COM
mittee do about that? MOTH
ING!
1t had evidence enough to have
cleaned out the nest of cheap
chiselers in the emergency relief
administration it had within its
lazy reach, records that were in
disputable; it had the power of
subpena-the authority to drag
unwilling witnesses and rotten
records before it and it did MOTH
ina!
It made lot of noise about a
Mr.. Clark who testified he had
had his choice of two picks if he
wished his bid of two hundred
and forty-fve thousand dollars
accepted:
He could contribute ten thou
sand dollars to the farmer-labor
party war chest or he could 90
dip himself in a convenient lake.
IT appears that the gentleman
compromised BY attending Spar
tv" where he saw the governor.
A swell treat. possibly. to the
small town stone cutter!
Well. the committee heard Mr..
Clark's story and was so imDressal
with it that it-r,,bbed its hands
for two davs after reading tho
sensational writeups in the daily
press. Bnt that's the last onv
one ever heard of the Clark cnsa.
PERHAPS the committee burned
its fingers on a hot rock.
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money was appropriated for its
use, is that much more money
wasted.
Members of that committee are
reported to have expressed them
selves as opposed to an interim
committee. They'll be astonish-
ed to learn that the entire states
in hearty accord with them If the
interim committee is to consist of
the present membership.
Here's what the senate can do
and zuH do, if it has any courage
or respect for the taxpayers:
1t will Immediately discharge
the present committee and ap-
point an interim committee from
among the membership Of both
democratic and republican par
ties. 1t will instruct these men,
bers to get to the bottom of this
racketeering regardless of aOhose
or is gored or aVhose political
ears get caught IN the acvinger.
These rotten deals haven't stop
ped. The present investigations
merely made them more secure!
When there was danger that some
one would spill the beans, talk
too much, the committee was al
ways eager to accept an "expla-
nation" Take the neat manner in
which Mr.. Hooch Director
Arundel Explained the large
check. Of course the gentleman
was prepared to offer the George
Washington alibi, and rather than
force the gentleman that far, the
committee bowed its apologies
for asking the question and the
incident was sealed UP and fully
moth-balled.
The same procedure was fol-
lowed in the right of way pur-
chases: When the name of the
governors friend, Fred Ossanna
appeared, the committee lost quite
lot of it's interest but when the
names of a few democratic bar
risters showed up on the screen,
Mouer almost backed out of his
neck tie.
Gentlemen of the senate, the
taxpayers of this state have a
few rights that you are bound to
respect. They have been subject
ed to ungodly acknowledgements.
wastes-O. hell! let's use the
right word-GRAFT-by the
present administration. There
are records to PROVE my state
ment! And gentlemen of the
Senate it is your duty to dig up
those records. Are you willing
to do your duty, to fulfill your
obligation to your constituents
Then fire that blunderina COM
mittee and APPOINT an interim
committee of live aires. Give
them fair appropriation to work
with and see to it that they 7Vork,
bring in results and shosv a rec
ord of money spent.
Gentlemen of the Senate, it's
your move-the committee can
not. 1t is all gummed up. To
be honest about it I believe it is
"Mouered down."
P. S. As I 60 to press I learn
the committee beat me to- the
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Descendant of Polk
To Wed LOndOner

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 17.-Miss
Elizabeth Sturgis Polk, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk of
New York and Syosset, Long Island,
has chosen June rs as the date for
her marriage to Mr.. Raymond Guest,
son Of Capt. the Right Hon. and Mrs.
Frederick E. Guest of England, Palm
Beach and Roslyn, Long Island.
The ceremony will be performed in
the Church of the Heavenly Rest in
New York by Bishop James Dewolf
Perry, assisted by the Rev. DR.. Henry
Darlington, rector of the church.
Miss Polk will be given in marriage
by her father and will have her sister,
Miss Alice Polk, as maid of honor.
Mrs. Winston F. c. Guest, the former
Helena Woolworth McCann and sister
in-law of the prospective bridegroom,
and Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk, jr., the
former Miss Katherine Savage, will
be among the bridesmaids.
Winston F. c. Guest will serve as
best man for his brother The rest
Of the attendants will be named later.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Women Geographers
CrOSvenOrs' Guests

Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor has in
vited the Washington group of the
Society of Woman Geographers, Of
which she is member, to meet at
her home, Wild Acres, in Bethesda,
Md, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, president
of the society. will be the guest Of
honor and will speak on her recent
airplane trip to California to see the
wild flowers and to paint rare speci-
mems in bloom only at that time.
Those who have sent their accept
anceS include Mrs. Henry Wilder
KeyeS, Dr. Florence Bascom, Mrs.
Gregg c. Birdsall, Mrs. Helen Churchill
Candee, Mrs Mitchell Carroll, Mrs.
Charles Hendley, Miss Margaret A.
Hitch, Mrs. William Chaplin Hunting
ton, Mrs. John Bugher Kuhns, Mrs.
William M. Mann, Mrs Lawrence
Martin, Mrs. Karlene Kent Norton,
Miss Ella Riegel, Mrs. Sophia Saucer
man, DR.. Helen M. Strong and Miss
Mary Winsor.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Court Protects Walkathon.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May II
R).-Sam Fox of Omaha, Nebr.,
opened his walkathon derby in the
armory at Muskegon, Mich, last night
under the protection of a Federal
court order issued here today. re-
quiring Muskegon city officials to
show cause why the walkathon should
not be permitted to 60 on.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
HOWLETT DIVORCE SETS
new RECORD OF SPEED
Less Than Two Minutes of Dis
cussion Result in Decree
to Chicagoan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE stream
lined divorce case flashed in and out
of Circuit Judge Philip ]. Fnneean's
court yesterday and set what observ-
ers believed to be a new speed record
two minutes.
In on minute, Robert @. Hewlett of
Evanston appeared, took the stand,
answered five questions about his mar
riage to Elizabeth House Hewlett,
daughter of q Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road official and now research chem
ist at Goucher College, Baltimore.
In less than minute, Hamilton g.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
FINLAND Wedding Revealed.

HOLLYWOOD, May II @.-Iris
Adrian, red-haired film actress. and
Charles Over, jr., wealthy young
broker and former husband Of Betty
Boyd Of the films, said yesterday they
were married last April 6 in Santa
Rosa, Calf. They plan honeymoon
voyage soon to Hawai- and the Orient.
Evening star., 1935-05-17

Hale, a friend. corroborated the dates
and names. Both Hamilton and Hale
are attorneys and snapped answers
smoothly to Attorney Jerome L. Fels.
Mrs. Hewlett didn't contest the action.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Kidnap Case Dropped.

WHEELING, w. Va, May II R).-
The Government dropped its fight to
convict Harry Thornton and Thur
man Bowen of plot to kidnap Betty
Bloch Harris, Wheeling heiress, yes
terday after its star witness was de-
clared mentally incompetent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Student Fund
to Be Aided by
Alumnae Party

Preliminary arrangements for a
bridge party and fashion show were
discussed at a meeting Of the board
members and committee chairmen
of the Tudor Hall Alumnae ASsocia-
ton yesterday at the home of the
president, Mrs. R. Kirby Whyte
The party will be held Oct. % in
Ayres auditorium with Mrs. Henry
Atkins. ticket chairman; Mrs. Henry
Frenzel Jr., chairman of special
project and Miss MadeIaine SpeerS
table chairman.
Miss Alma Lyon. assisted by Miss
Betty WalIerich, is handling pub
licity for the group this year. Pro-
ceeds from the party will be used
for the groups scholarship fund.
Board members and committee
chairmen will attend a tea Oct. II
at the home of Mrs. William Crit
fifth to inaugurate the ticket cam
paign.
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/ New York store that caters to sizes
up to 81 has stocked more two
piece dresses than one-piece dresses
because large women prefer them
that way.
To those who have persisted in
preaching vertical lines for avoir-
dupOiS at all cost this news was
bound to shock a bit. Even after
we had fingered the dresses on the
racks and were convinced that two
piece styles were in the majority
we found ourselves more than ever
circumspect about the details of the
styling.
If women are bent on adopting
the styles of young girls they will
certainly want to do so with reser-
vatiOnS.
Granted that larger sizes can
settle into two-piece effects that are
neither too tight nor too baggy,
that warehouses need not cut them
in two provided they are the same
color-preferably a dark one-as
the skirt, that the up-and-down
line is still the one the eye follows
first if horizontal ones are not made
conspicuous at the neckline, should
erS or waiStline, We rejoice again at
this further evidence Of rejuvena-
ton on the part of the middle ages.
But let the present reaction go
too far and the streets will be more
crowded than ever. Fundamentally
the up-and-dOwn line is the line
to strive for in sizes above SO. 1t is
possible to maintain it even in two
piece dresses if the neckline is a
low V-shaped one, preferably coWled
to lend a soft f1attering effect; if
the waistline is bslted in the same
color and material as the over
blouse; if shoulders are nodded to
their original shapes and sleeves not
allowed to zoom out too far from
nature.
Women who have had their
clothes made to order for more
than Is years are discovering, much
to their surprise, that they can now
find clothes for all occasions and
in a great variety of colorS that tit
them.
Broad-shouldered, wide-hipped,
large-armed, generously upholstered
sizes who can not be fitted in the
regular departments are gaining
good humor in the shops that cater
to agelesS clothes.
Surprisingly, very few of the hale
and hearty girls are trying to re-
duce. Their psychology is different
somehow. They do not live for
clothes, as might their daughters,
but they are definitely interested in
fashion. They do not insist upon
having high waistlines if the fash
ion decree happens to be that, for
becoming and suitable-Such as
black with a touch Of whitehall
make bow to the military fashion
Of the moment without making an
ObeiSance TO it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
National Council of Women
to C0nUene i'm Ne70 York Oct IA

Bienniel convention of the Ma
tiOnal Council of Women scheduled
for oct. IA to II in New York will
attract delegates from all sections of
the country. The convention marks
the close of the administration OF
Miss Lena MadeSin Phillips, who
has been president since 1881.
The council includes in its roster
organizations of women with total
membership approXimating 100000.
The opening day will be con-
cerned with reports FROM the fol-
lowing national chairmen: Nine.
Yolanda Mero-IriOn, New York,
radio chairman; Mrs. Ruth Haller
Getaway, Port Huron, Mich, and
New York. music chairman: Mrs.
Carl l.. Schrader, chairman of con-
SumerS' interests; Miss Cornelia
Adair. education chairman; Mrs.
Grace Thompson Seton. letters
chairman; Mrs. Stanley P. Wood
ard. patrons chairman: Miss Julia
Jaffray. chairman of social adjust
ment; Dr. Valeria H. Parker, So
cial hygiene chairman. The bien-
NAL address Of the president will be
given at that time.
The convention dinner will be
held Oct. with a program reminiS-
cent of the councils participation IN
the Chicago Exposition.
Guests of honor will include Ruth
Nichols. aviator. who made a good
will flight for the council in the in
tereStS of the congress which car
ried her to 10 Of the leading cities
Of the United States; Inez Haynes
irwin. who wrote Angels and ANA
IONS" which commemOrated 100
years OF American womanhood ;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
County Bankers
Auxiliary to Be
Party Hostess

Wives of officers. directors and
employees of all Marion County
banks will attend a luncheon and
bridge party at 1890 Tuesday, Oct.
Is, at the Columbia Club as guests
Of the officers and trustees of the
Womans Auxiliary Of the Marion
County Bankers Association.
Mrs. Clarence T. Brady is chair
man Of reservations and club presi-
dent.
Other officers are Mrs. George A.
Bowen, Wanamaker, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Val F. Schneider, second
vice president; Mrs Arthur Craven,
third vice president; Mrs. c. R.
Keogh, secretary; Mrs. William G.
Grassel, treasurer, and Mesdames
E. G.. Freihage, j. Lewis Bray, Gus
Mueller, Grant G. Appel, Charles E.
Herin, Gywnn F. Patterson and
George Ohleyer, trustees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
to
Be Seasons
First Event
Alpha Beta Latreian to
Attend Party
at Club.

Mrs. Paul D. Whittemore. pro-
gram chairman, will be hostess at
the presidents day luncheon of
Alpha Beta Latreian Club Tuesday
at Highland Golf and Country
Club
At the clubs opening meeting Of
the season, the president, Mrs. j. A.
Mcconnell, will be seated at the
speakers table with Mrs. George
Van Dyke. counsellor: Mrs. Edward
Kirkpatrick. vice president: Mrs
Whittemore, recording secretary.
Mrs. Murray De Almond, CORE
spending secretary: Mrs. WILDER
Smith. treasurer. and Mrs. Marvin
Lugar, parliamentarian
Special meetings during the year
include a guest meeting Nov. u
with Mrs. Russell E. Gift, 923 E.
57th-st, hostess. Toner Overly.
speaker, will address the members
and their friends on Fashions in
Frauds" The Christmas season will
be observed with a special talk on
English Hospitality" by Miss Faye
Henley. The group will assemble
Dec. 10 at the home Of Mrs. Lugar
1918 Washington blvd, with Mrs
Noble Hiatt, assistant hostess.
Mrs. Dana Jones. 1884 Forest-ln
will entertain members at the Jan
IA meeting with Mrs. J. F. Skillman,
assistant. Leslie Clancy VIII talk
on Hawaii. Feb. II is the date set
for the club party and on Feb. IS
Miller Hamilton will discuss TT
Water We Drink" Mrs. Robert
Mack. 3446 N. Pennsylvania-st will
entertain.
A trip through the Real Silk Hos
iery Mills will be taken at $50 Tues
day morning, March q, and al
mothers meeting May y at the
home Of Miss Helena Sipe, 52O2
GrandvieW-dr. Mrs. Alice Baxter
Mitchell Will present dramatic
sketches. A picnic with Mrs. Edwin
Kendall. w 38tn-st, hostess. will
conclude Alpha Beta's activities for
the year
Business meetings are scheduled
for Oct. % with Mrs. Robert Bur-
nett, 5212 Broadway. hostess; Nov
&c, Mrs. WILDER E Smith, 6455
Park-av, hostess; Jan. % with Irs
Noble Hilgenberg, 3841 N. Capitol
av, hostess; April % with Mrs Nal
colin G. Campbell, 52O7 N. Della
ware-st. hostess. and May &c with
Mrs R. F. NIilburn, 1902 N. Capitol
av, hostess.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
MISS FROYD FETED
AT BRIDAL SHOWER

Miss Mildred Froyd, a bride-to-
be. was honor guest at a. surprise
miscellaneous shower given last
night by Sigma Phi Delta Sorority
at the home Of Miss Agnes Wegener,
24I S. Walcott-St.
The marriage Of Miss Froyd to
James A. InaSy will take place Oct.
20. Mrs. William G. Wegener ST..
and Miss Mary Murphy assisted the
hostess. Other guests, with men,
bers of the sorority. included the
sister of the bride-to-be, Miss Mary
Jayne Froyd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Contract Bridge

break in either suit was improba-
BILE.
On this reasoning, declarer won
the first club trick with the ace and
cashed the king of clubs imme-
diately. Then he played the jack
Of hearts, retaining the lead in his
own hand. This process stripped
the East hand Of both clubs and
hearts.
Mr., Turner then played the ace
of diamonds and another diamond
to East, who caShed his additional
diamond trick. But then East had
only spades to return. This en-
abled declarer to win two more
spade tricks. and the jack Of spades
provided an entry in dummy, so the
king and queen Of hearts could be
caShed to make declarers' contract.
Copyright 1895. NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Solution to Previous
Contract Problem
BY w. E. M'KENNEY


THE dark horse of the National
Il Masters Individual tournament
was Walter S. Turner, who jour-
neyed all the way from San Fran
cisco to New York to compete in
this event. A newcomer in eastern
bridge circles, he Immediately won
the admiration of the other play
ers by his excellent play and his
genial personality.
Today'S hand, which was played
by Mr.. Turner, is a good example
of bold bidding, supported by skill
full play. East's double did not
prevent North and South from
reaching their game contract, but
instead gave valuable information oy
locating most of the high cards in
the East hand.
West led a spade in response TO
his partners bid, and when North
and East both played low, declarer
won with the queen. He now led
the ten of hearts, which East won
with the ace.
THE king of diamonds was led
l. by East, but Mr. Turner al
lowed it to hold the trick, and East
then shifted to small club. Based
on the bidding and play to this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Dressed for School
by ELLEN WORTH

Yes! Dressing the little school
girl is a lovely job to say the least
of it! What mother does not get 4
thrill out of seeing her daughter
smart and prettily rugged?
Today'S jumper dress of navy blue
crepe, is cute as can be with its
separate blouse of blue dimity with
gay red dots. And by way of smart
change, another blouse would be
nice Of red and white gingham
check.
The jumper is also attractive in
cotton broadcloth, tweedy cottons,
poplins, scotch gingham plaids, etc.
Style No. 447 is designed in sizes
2, and 6 years. Size requires II
yards of 35-inch material for dress
with Ia yards of 35-inch material
for blouse.
Our fashion magazine is beauti-
fully illustrated in color. Price, 10
cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
NEW BOYS GROUP
ELECTS OFFICERS

ESquireS, new organization of high
school boys, have elected Clyde
Sandberg, president; Richard Rho
dehammel. vice president; William
Van OSdol, secretary: Ross Chris
tena, treasurer. and William Thomp-
son, committee chairman. Other
members are Arthur G. Kraeger,
Jack Lichtenberg, William Chaplin
and David Hooker. The next meet
ing viii be he'd on Oct. z.