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THE STATE JOURNAL, LANSING, MICHIGAN, FRIDAYAPRIL 22, 1932 mm Clergy Dry by Slight Margin in U. S. Poll; Other Professions Wet Small Bits of Michigan News From Here and There in State WOMAN WHO KILLEff THREE NEAR DEATH D. A. R.

DELEGATES ARE TOLD OF REDS physicians' poll with a percentage of 4.97 in favor of continuance while in the wet column Delaware votes 92.07 percent for repeal. The medical fraternity returns a total of 60,229 ballots which are divided 14,770, or 24.52 percent in favor of 01 OF LIST CIVIL WAR GENEMLS DIES Infirmities of Old Age Fatal To J. Warren Keifer of Springfield, Ohio FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Hero Wounded Four Times While Fighting in Twenty-Seven Conflicts Lawyers Labor Thirteen Weeks Then Former Partners S'ettle Case by Drawing Lots For Property DETROIT, April 22 VP) Ten lawyers litigated for 13 weeks to effect a dissolution of the partnership of Jacob Shevitz and his uncle, Isaac August, principally because the partners hadn't kept any books for ten years. Then the partners settled it all to their own satisfaction In less than 30 minutes. They wrote on 98 slips of paper the descriptions of the 98 properties they Jointly owned, shuffled the deck and started dealing on a one for you, one for me" basis.

TPHE clergy of the United States are the dryest and the lawyers are the wettest professional groups in the country, according to returns of The Literary Digest's special classified prohibition polls as published in Saturday's issue of the magazine. The bankers or the nation rank next to the clergy in their dry sentiment and the physicians vote practically as wet as the lawyers, according to the balloting of these supplementary referendums. In the poll of the clergymen of the country 30 states are voting dry while 16 states register wet majorities and 2 more vote exactly even on the subject. The District of Columbia clergymen vote more than 4 to 1 for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Stating that the figures from the national capital in the 1930 clergy poll were singled out for a special criticism The Literary Digest calls special attention to the fact that the names and addresses of tills group were obtained from the latest denominational year book and the latest Washington city directory and included 797 clergymen of all denominations.

Some States' Clergy Arid The clergy in six states vote more than 4 to 1 for continuance of the prohibition amendment and the dryest of these. North Carolina, votes more than 7 to 1 dry. Of the total of 43,608 ballots received in the clergy poll 23,924, or 54.86 percent, vote for continuance and and 19,684 or 45.14 percent, vote for repeal of prohibition. In the 1930 prohibition poll the clergy vote was 57.59 percent, for enforcement of the prohibition act while in the current poll the vote for con tinuance of prohibition is 54.86 percent oi tne total vote. The poll of the bankers of the coun try reveals a sentiment of nearly 2 to 1 wet although five states show an outright dry majority while the other 43 states and the District of Columbia vote for repeal.

Four states in this group show a sentiment of more than 4 to 1 wet. The bankers of Nevada vote over 11 to 1 for repeal. Fewer Dry Bankers A total of 77,860 ballots were received from the bankers of which 26,608. or 34.17 percent, show a sentiment in favor of continuance of the eighteenth amendment while 51,252, or 65.83 percent are in favor of repeal of prohibition. The bankers' vote in 1930 was 41.50 percent for enforcement and the present poll of this financial class shows a decline to 34.17 percent of the total vote for continuance of prohibition.

The rote of the nation's physicians in their special poll shows they desire a repeal of prohlbtion by a majority of over 3 to 1. No state in this group gives a majority in favor of the continuance of the 18th amendment. Kansas is the dryest state in the Little Hope. Held for Grand Bapids Mother. Who Tossed Children, in Water ACTION rS UNCERTAIN No Inquest Will Be Held but Sanity Test Looms in Case of Eecovery i GRAND RAPIDS, April 22 VP) Little hope was held Friday morning for the recovery of Mrs.

Etta Butts, 41, who early Thursday tossed three of her four children to' their deaths in a cistern and then leaped into the-water in an attempt to end her own life. The "woman was in an unconscious condition in St." Mary's hospital and nhtfetlane oa T-i-t nneiimnnia tmiTrt set in. She also was affected by water. gas in the cistern. Plans still were incomplete for a triple funeral for the-children, Ross, 7, Max, 9, and Betty, Jane, 4.

No date has been set as yet-for the funeral. The bodies of the -two 'little boys whose hands she bound with strips of cloth before WTapping their heads and that of the girl who. went to her death unfettered lay in a mortuary here. County, officers were undecided what course to take in the event Mrs. Butts should recover.

Prosecutor B. J. Jonkman said she. would be given a sanity test. There is to be no inquest.

Mrs. Butts in a letter to her husband and the surviving son. Jack. 19, revealed that worry over an impending operation to her throat had motivated her action. She wrote In the letter that she feared death and could not bear the thought of being separated from "my little sweethearte." sne requested that tne oooy or Betty Jane be placed in the same casket with her.

"Don't let anyone tell you It can't be done," she urged in the letter. HOLLAND MAYOR MAY BE DRAFTED FOR RACE HOLLAND, April 22 WV-Petitions to place the name of Ernest C. Brooks, retiring mayor of Holland, in the running for the democratic nomination for congress from this district were be ing circulated in Grand Rapids and Kent countv Fridav. Mr. Brooks 41.

and a former professor of economies' at Hope college, has not yet an nounced his candidacy against Congressman Carl E. Mapes. He has, however, publicly expressed his wish for a referendum on the prohibition ques tion. Wisconsin Called First Line Trenches in Fight against The Beds GOVERNOR IS ACCUSED University President Is Also Scored as Being Closely Affiliated with Gronp WASHINGTON, April 22 John B. Chappie, managing editor of the Ashland, Daily Press, Friday termed his state the "front line trenches" In the fight against radicalism in an address before the D.

A. R. Continental congress. Chappie said Gov. Philip LaFollette and the president of the University of Wisconsin, Glenn Frank, were members of an organization "closely affiliated with the communist movement." He also chronicled for the daughters, who have passed numerous resolutions urging the checking of communism, a list of persons and societies, he said, had been referred to as "insidious forces of destruction" In a speech by President Hoover.

The "President did not call by name these insidious forces but I propose to do so," he z. citing among others Prof. Alexander Meiklejohn, of the University of Wisconsin; John Dewey, of Columbia university; Stuart Chase, whom he termed "statistician for the John Haynes Holmes, characterized as "the unique pastor who finds atheism triumphant," and Harry Elmer Barnes, former member of the Smith college faculty. Classes opened last Monday, Chappie said. In what he labeled the first full time communist training school in Milwaukee, organized by a former pu pil of Melkeljohn and modeled on his Wisconsin experimental college.

Red flag school was the name ap plied by Chappie to the experimental school, to which he said, no new students were being admitted, and which as a result would eventually die "much to the benefit of Wisconsin and the nation." FLINT LIQUOR CASE DEFENSE BESTS' TODAY (Concluded Iron Far 1) be forced Into the liquor racket If he couldn't find a job. He said he warned Jones against such a step. He admitted that he had told Ben Myslicki, professional bondsman, that he would pay for Jones bond for release from the Bay county jail, where the bootlegger was held following his arrest by federal dry agents. McKeighan said he does not drink intoxicating liquors in any form. Two Others Testify Two other defendants have pre ceded McKeighan on the stand.

Sca-varda and Baker denied the government's charges in Thursday's session, which ran over into the night. Scavarda, the eleventh defense witness of the day's session, denied ever receiving money as chief of police for protecting blind pigs. On cross examination, he admitted his presence with Mayor McKeighan at a party in a Flint apartment house, which was raided by city police on complaint of the landlady. He also admitted Issuing a pistol permit to Sam Zimonja, and furnish ing a letter of introduction to record er's court judges in Detroit for David L. Jones, a government witness and former Flint bootlegger.

Baker earlier had denied steadfast ly all statements of government wit nesses who had accused him of taking money from bootleggers. Edward N. Barnard, counsel for Mc Keighan and Scavarda, said McKeighan would be the last defense witness. Otto J. Manary.

assistant United States district attorney In charge of the prosecution, said there probably would be few rebuttal witnesses. Deaths William Nicholas William Nicholas, 93, died at the county farm Friday morning follow ing a short illness. He had resided in Lansing and vicinity for many years. He is survived by one son. Ellsworth Nicholas of Chesaning.

The body was removed to the W. H. Joy Funeral home to await funeral arrangements. Mrs. Louise Legein Mrs.

Louise Legein, 46, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Edmond De-Bie, 2321 West Main street, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Legein came to Lansing eight years ago and was a mem ber of the Church of God. She is sur vived by five brothers and two sisters.

The body was taken to the Estes-Leadley Funeral home where services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday, the Rev. R. L. Bottom officiating. Interment will be in Mt.

Hope cemetery. Funerals Keith L. Chubb Funeral services for Keith L. Chubb. infant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Lloyd Chubb. 915 North Capitol avenue, who died at a local hospital early Friday morning, were held at Deepdale cemetery Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Emma A.

Carpenter Funeral services for Mrs. Emma A. PLEDGE DEFENSE Seventeen Million Beady to Defend Their Country When Necessary ASK ARMY WATCHFULNES Action Taken after Beports Tell of White Guards' Being Active MOSCOW, April 23 The members of the Soviet trades unions stood pledged Friday to defend their country, Jf need be, as news dispatches from the far east told of new charges that Russian "white guards" were active against the Soviets. The ninth all-union congress of the trades unions made the pledge for its members Thursday night and, sending greetings to the red army and to Klementl E. Voroshlloff, war and navy commissar, called for increased watchfulness, especially in the far east, against the menace of a bourgeois invasion.

It also obligated Itself to extend military preparedness to the proletariat and peasants, "with a view to greatly enlarging the already comprehensive "patronage" of the red army. A dispatch to the Tass News agency from Peiping said reports were received there from Harbin, Manchuria, that the police uncovered a store of arms, bombs, and ammunition in a Chinese restaurant frequented by Russian "white guards." Another dispatch said a "white guard" mob, made up of former employes of the Chinese Eastern railway, surrounded the Soviet offices of the-railroad April 18 and 20 members of the mob entered the building. The incident occurred, it said, after Manchurian authorities had assured Russian officials there would be no more such disturbances. AGED WOMAN BLINDS HUSBAND WITH ACID t-ns ATIfiTrT.F.S. Anril 22 (IP) A weird climax to the domestic unhap- piness of Mrs.

ReDecca ureenoerg, cu, was written in police records Friday as surgeons treated her husband, Morris, whom she blinded with acid as he slept. "I had planned to do it for 30 years," the gray haired little woman told police. "He stayed around the house too much and nagged me." communism, together with their international problems such as the Japanese aggression. Gigantic drama is taking place before the eyes of the world, as China faces not only a political revolution but also an intellectual, economic, social and moral revolution all at one time. Over here one is inclined to feel that all is chaos and confusion and not much progress is being made, bift to those of us who live in China and see things first hand there is no doubt that very definite advance is being made year by year and that China will emerge a strong nation with a character.

China will never again be a monarchy." Praises President "The former reigning house and nobility have no place in the new China, that is of any great importance. Pres. Chiang Kal Shek seems to many of us a really unselfish leader and one who has gathered about him a strong cabinet. This group, if given a fair chance, will do much to bring a strong China into existence. Many of these men are Christians and from the Mhristlan schools and universities are being graduated each year young men and women who are taking leading positions in all walks of life throughout China.

The five-year movement of the Christian church which the Chinese have themselves sponsored, is a vital and growing movement. The aim is definitely to strengthen Christian living among the members and to double the membership in five years." Mrs. Wolferz observed in her talk to nearly 200 women Friday night that the Chinese are extremely fond of American-made movies. She intimated that if the film makers in this country were so minded, they could educate to better ideals and better things millions of Chinese who are unable to read or write. 'But," said Mrs.

Wolferz," the Chi nese judge American life from some of the horrible films that are shipped over there by American firms. We Americans are often ashamed of these films and their morbid plots. I be lieve there is an effort being made to better the quality of the films that are to be shown in China in the future. Those that have been exhibited are ret typical of American life by any means. We know it, but the Chinese do not." Fat Men! Here's a Red Hoi Tip! Safe Way to Get Eld of Surp'" Fat and at the Same Time iam in Vigor, Energy and Mental Activity Feel Younger.

"Yes, Gentlemen:" writes man from Richmond Hill "I have finished my second bottle of Kruschen Salts and have obtained the following results: "I have removed 3 Inches from the belt line Get up in the morning feeling 100 percent I am 25 percent more active My mind is clearer My wind has improved 25 percent All skin eruptions have disappeared My face and Hps have color When I go to bed I am motionless sleep like a brick. Am 46 years old and feel 20 years younger." Millions of men the world over are taking the little dally dose of Kruschen because they know that it keeps them feeling fit and active life really becomes a glorious adventure-well worth living. Oft on the scales today and how much yon vets!) then get bottle of Kruschen Salts which cost but a trifle and will last 4 weeks. Take one half tea-spoonful in a class of hot water every morning cut down on sweets for while persist In this method every morning and when you have finished the contents of this first bottle weigh yourself again and know that the six mineral salts of Kruschen have presented you with glorious r.ealth. To take off fat harmlessly and SAFELY, take Kruschen every morning don't worry it the SATE way to reduce.

But be sure for your health's sake that vou ask for and get Kruhen Salts. Get them at any drugstore In the world and If the results one bottle brings do not delight you do not Joyfully satisfy you Jhy nacsv Aavenistmeni, i continuance of the prohibition amendment and 45,459 ballots, or 75.48 percent, infavor of repeal of the 18th amendment. All Stale's Lawyers Wet The comparison between 1930 and 1932 returns in the physicians' vote shows that two years ago they voted 30.34 percent dry and this year only 24.52 percent dry. I The lawyers of the United States are also voting more than 3 to 1 wet and no state in the returns of the poll of this profession shews an outright dry majority. Kansas tops the dry column in this poll with a percent-; age of 43.63 percent in favor of continuance while on the other hand the lawyers of Nevada give a.

majority of 20 to 1 in favor or repeal. A total of 52,561 ballots were received from lawyers in every state in tile nation of which 12,736 or 24.23 percent, were dry and 39,825 or 75.77 percent, were wet. In the 1930 special poll the vote of the lawyers was 28.85 percent for enforcement and now this percentage has been reduced to 24.23 percent in the present returns. Subscribers Show General Trend In the special poll of The Literary Digest subscribers the vote of this group is practically the same in ratio as the returns in the tabulations cf the main 20,000,000 ballot prohibition poll. A total of 473,760 ballots were received from Literary Digest subscribers.

This vote was divided 135,813 ballots, or 28.67 percent, in favor of continuance, and 337,947, or 71.33 percent in favor of repeal of the 18th amendment. The vote for prohibition among Literary Digest subscribers has been reduced from 39.41 percent in the poll of two years ago to 28.67 percent in in the current referendum. Red Cedar Course To Open Saturday Seccnd link in the municipal golf course chain will be opened to play Saturday. The parks department announced Friday that the Red Cedar nine-hole layout on East Michigan avenue would be thrown open to players Saturday morning. The Groes-beck course, the first of four city-owned links, was made available a week ago.

Two others, the Inter-City, and Sycamore, are still unsuited for play. To Pay POCKET $35 at 12 JACKSON IP) Two stills each of 100-gallon capacity and-six 75-gallon beer vats, along witn a quantity oi brewing and distilling materials, weie seized by city and state police in a house here Thursday afternoon. John Bresco, 21, indicted a year ago with Fred C. Stebner, Jackson police lieu tenant, for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws, was ar rested. Bresco was on probation from federal court.

DETROIT VP) Diego Rivera, internationally known Mexican artist, was in Detroit Friday preparing to start on a commission to paint two large frescoes for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Edsel B. Ford contributed sev eral thousand dollars for the frescoes, DETROIT VP) Fifteen hundred war veterans paraded here Thursday carrying placards urging immediate payment of the national soldier bonus. Following the demonstration, they heard addresses in a mass meeting. Two Bandits Finance Office's front Pago.

1) offices which may aid in their identification. Captain John O'Brien, in command of a police detail in charge of the in vestigation of the holdup, expressed the opinion that the two men are the same who recently held up loan of fices in Pontiac. Methods adopted there by the bandits were similar to those put into practice in the Lansing jobs. The description of the Pontiac bandits is said to tally with that of the two men sought here. A loan office also was robbed recently in Owosso.

When news of the holdup of the Personal finance company was re ceived at police headquarters, squad cars of detectives were rushed to the area on Washington avenue and Washtenaw street near the offices of the Lansing Citizens Loan and In vestment company, 107 East Washte naw street in the belier that the two bandits would strike there next. It was not supposed, however, that the two men would attempt the robbery of an office on the ninth floor of a building. Two Young Men Sought for Holdup of Jackson Store Snecla to The State Journal: JACKSON, April 22 Two young men were sought here Friday for the robbery of a grocery store early Fri day morning. They entered the store and at the point of guns forced a clerk into a back room where they bound him and then robbed the till of $98 and escaped. One of the men is described as being 23 years old.

5 feet 10 Inches tall, and weighing 160 pounds. He was bare-headed and wore a dark suit and light top coat. The second bandit is described as 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 Inches tall. and weighing 140 pounds. He wore light cap and a dark slipover sweater.

They escaped in a green Chevrolet coach, the license number of which was not obtained. Police were in formed that earlier Friday morning Chevrolet coach bearing license number 664-746 was stolen from the street here. TELLS OF EFFORTS TO FIGHT BED DOCTRINES (Concluded from Fag I) for the sanctity of the home and of married life. Mrs. Wolferz was' born In China.

She was sent as a young woman to this country, however, for higher edu-cational training. She Is a graduate of the University of Michigan and appears before a number of clubs in a union meeting Friday night in Ann Arbor. Asked about the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, Mrs. Wolferz said: "One tenth of China's population lives in Manchuria, and one-third of the trade of all China is centered in this region. It is one of China's richest sections and into it are pouring mll- i lions of immigrants each year.

The Japanese on the other hand cannot force their people to settle in Man churia because it is too cold. They do not as a people need more territory for their population, but they do have a very real and growing food problem. They have looked to Manchuria as a solution. Had Japan gone no farther and appealed to the league of nations she might have had a chance to acquire what she wanted but she has gone too far and China will do everything in her power to keep hold of what is rightfully her territory. It has been definitely proved by Americans who were In Manchuria at the beginning of the trouble that Japan was the aggressor and had been preparing for Invasion for some time, whereas the Chinese were in no way prepared for trouble.

Won't Forget Shanghai "There is no doubt but that the ag gression of the Japanese in Shanghai is something that will long be remem bered by the Chinese people and which will not be easily forgiven. Instead oi putting a stop to the boycott the Japanese have done the very best thing to strengthen the Chinese determination to use this one weapon in their power against an enemy. It will be long be fore normal trade can be resumed and economically this is very seriously affecting the Japanese government. More and more letters are coming from Japanese friends showing that the Japanese as a people are not in favor of what the militarists have done, and Kagawa, that great leader among the Japanese, has written a formal apology to a group of Chinese friends, stating the deep sorrow he feels over the chasm that this war is responsible for between China and Japan." Mrs. Wolferz was asked if China has a chance to emerge a strong, consoli dated nation, either as a republic or a monarchy.

She voiced hopes that such a political consummation would even tuate and that America would be long in the affection of the Chinese. There are anti-foreign elements, however, which have gone temporarily radical in their hate of all persons who are not Chinese. Relative to China's strug gle for a republic, Mrs. Wolferz said "For 20 years China has been struggling to be a real republic. A huge mass of people comprising one-quarter of the human race and occupying one-fifth of the habitable surface of the globe are undergoing a tremendous transformation in the face of terrific difficulties and many handicaps.

One must not forget their lack of good communications the country over, their military problems, their 80 percent of Illiteracy, their problems of floods and famines, their chaotic cur rency, situation, the tendency, towards ALLEGAN VP) Miss Cora H. Wilkes, who had been fa business here for 70 of her 83 years, died Thursday. She started as a clerk in her father's hardware store and more than half a century ago became Michigan's first woman notary public. LAPEER VP) George R. Buck, 59, president of the Lapeer Savings bank, shot himself to death in a back room of the bank Thursday afternoon.

He had been ill for several months and had taken no active part in bank affairs. DETROIT VP) A government warrant charging Private Roscoe W. Dascher of Eelfrldge field with forgery, was dismissed Thursday by United States Commissioner Frank Q. Qulnn because Dascher is serving a five-year term in Leavenworth prison under sentence by a court martial on the forgery and other charges. Police Hunting LWho Looted (Concluded blue or other dark colored suit and gray hat.

Up to a late hour Friday afternoon police were without any ciues in their search for the bandits. Both men were about five feet seven Inches tall. The men made their appearance at the offices of the Personal Finance company, looted the cash drawer and safe and then made their way two blocks west on Allegan to the bank tower, took the elevator to the ninth floor and there entered and robbed the Lansing Loan company. R. E.

Loudenslager, 133 Durand street. East Lansing, the manager, and Mrs. Frances Andre. 23.12 Fernwood avenue, the cashier, were the only persons in the offices of the Personal Finance company when the two bandits entered. Bandit Offers Apology They walked behind the counter where Mr.

Loudenslager was dictating a letter to Mrs. Andre, and as one Clerk Is Getting Used to Gun Play Mrs. Frances Andre, cashier of the Personal Finance company, is beginning to get used to gun play. The holdup Thursday afternoon of the office where she is employed is the second time she has faced a gun in the hands of desperate men. When Deak J.

Mead, demented gunman, shot up the Capital National bank on January 26, last, Mrs. Andre was In the bank. She escaped without being harmed, however. cf them wielded a blue steel 32 caliber gun, the other went through the money containers in the office. "Sorry we have to do this, but we all have to make a living," one of the bandits remarked to Mr.

Loudenslager. He ordered the manager and Mrs. Andre not to look at him or his partner. When they had pocketed the money they walked out of the offices and were lost in the crowd on the street. Before leaving the office the ban dits forced Mr.

Loudenslager and Mrs. Andre into a rear room, closed the door, and placed a chair against it. From all reports the two bandits did not have an automobile. It is believed they walked the two blocks to the Capitol Bank tower, calmly entered and took the elevator to the floor on which the Lansing Loan company is located. As the two men walked into this office Harold Hanes, 1027 West Wash tenaw street, system manager; Miss Ethel Fenwick, 513 West Ionia street, cashier, and Miss Luree Caster, 919 North Pine street, a clerk, were working.

C. L. Sutton, 702 West Barnes avenue, a customer, had arrived a short time before and was making a payment at one of the windows. Scoop Money from Safe As at the Personal Finance company offices, the two bandits walked behind the counter, and while one held a gun on the persons in the office, the other scooped up the money in the cash drawer and safe. While the holdup was in progress there Chalmer.

Vincent, 810 Wisconsin avenue, a State Journal carrier boy, walked into the office with his papers. After leaving a paper on the desk he started to walk out. One of the bandits called to him to get around behind the counter with the others. "We'll have to hold you here for a while, buddy," the bandit remarked to the boy. Then pulling a coil of wire from his pocket one of the bandits tied the five persons together and herded them into the vault.

Then the two shoved a filing case and desk against the vault door and departed. The five captives soon freed themselves and sounded the alarm. Then, as quietly as they entered, they trooped out, and took an elevator to the ground floor. From there they went into the street and Mr. Sutton, looking from a window of the loan company offices believes he saw them walking rapidly across Allegan street Customer Returned Payment Sutton had the experience of being robbed and then having his money returned to him.

The bandits first took the amount he had laid on the counter to make a payment and then returned it to him with the remark that they did not want to take per- Mrs. Jennie Malone, an elevator operator in the tower building brought the men from the ninth floor to the main floor in her car after they had robbed the Lansing Loan company. Not yet having heard of the robbery, she paid little attention to her "fares." Both of them, she recalled, however, were chewing gum vigorously and laughing as they rode down the nine floors to the street. She does not recall hearing either of them speak, however. On ret -hing the ground floor, she said, they hurried out of the elevator and disappeared out the door leading to the street.

Both men were unmasked but armed. Included in the loot obtained from the Lansine Loan company was a small quantity of Canadian coins, including a Canadian $10 gold piece, which were in the cash drawer. A small package of money, not the property of the company but of an individual, was in the vault. The bandits when told of its ownership, let it remain untouched. State police finger print experts were called -and photographed several prints klhy toe bandits at both the a a Tat finished, they called in their lawyers.

"Everything's jake now," said Ike, "You're dismissed." LL Amendment Cuts Appropriation from $1,800,000 to $1,450,000 The house of the legislature indulged In their usual Friday morning session, the house with Insufficient members to carry on important busi ness, the senate by passing for the day consideration of bills the sponsors of which were not present. In the upper house, however, the Hartman building appropriation measure, once approved In the house, was approved with an amendment, necessitating sending the measure back to the house for concurrence. The change was recognition of an unexpended amount of $350,000 in the 1932 budget appropriation, which sum was thus subtracted from the amount called for by the 1933 schedule. The effect was to reduce the appropriation for next year from $1,800,000 to The amendment corrected an oversight, and no complications are expected In securing house concurrence. No alteration of appropriations for Michigan State college or for the Uni versity of Michigan were made.

This measure Is not to be confused with the annual mill tax appropriation for maintenance of these schools, which will be reduced 15 percent by action of the legislature. Fase Tax Demand The house bill submitted by Repre sentative George C. Watson of Capac, designed to ease the demands of 1929 taxes, was approved In the senate on general orders after having been amended at the Thursday afternoon session on recommendation of the ju diciary committee. It was in order for final passage but was passed for the day on motion of Senator James Gor don Bonine, Cassopolis, who requested more time in which to study the measure. In its approved form, it provides that If 40 percent of 1929 taxes are paid, together with Interest of 1 percent a month, before May 1, 1933, that the period of redemption will be extended to the first Tuesday in May, 1934, if the balance of 60 percent in 1929 taxes is paid by that time.

The owner would then be enabled to retain title to his property without paying taxes for any years following 1929. The penalty levied at the end of the redemption period would be reduced from 100 percent to 50 percent by the measure. The house passed the meas ure so as merely to extend the period of redemption from one year to two years, but the senate preferred to try out the installment plan of payment of the 1929 taxes. To be effective, the bill must be signed by May 1. Final action was not taken on a slmiliar measure bearing on 1930 and 1931 taxes, which had been approved tentatively Thursday afternoon on general orders.

The measure, from Senator Ernest T. Conlon of Grand Rapids, was originally designed to provide that penalties for taxes delinquent for these years, would be suspended if the taxes were paid before May 15, 1932. The senate taxation committee amended this by advancing the date to October 1, and reported It back to the upper chamber on Thursday. It was at the same session that debate over the merits of the proposal cook place. Senator Claude H.

Stevens. High land Park, led a move to kill the bill with the comment, "Such action would be unfair to the people who have paid their taxes with penalty, already unfair to those who, in many Instances, have borrowed the money from loan sharks." Tax-Payers Await Legislature The Wayne county legislator told the upper house members that: "Since this special session began, people have ceased largely to pay their taxes all over the state. In the hope and be lief that a bill like this would be passed. The functions of government must go on, and they can't go on without tax money. If you push this date farther along, almost no one will pay, whether able or not, until the last day without penalty." Senator Fred W.

Harding, also a Wayne county member, pouited out. "If this sort of legislation persists, by 1933 we'll be offering people a premium for paying their taxes we'll discount the tax bills when they're paid." Just before final vote on the bill to be taken, it was passed for the day, however, without objection. Senator Conlon on Thursday rose successfully in opposition to the senate bill designed to permit up to of the state highway sinking fund to be invested In road bonds of state, county, township, or assessment district. The bill was in its final stage when the Grand Rapids man moved that it be referred to the highways committee, on the basis that this sort of investment of state highway funds, would be "loose." The motion carried, and the bill is regarded as dead. The Darin bill from the ouse, providing that depositors representing 85 percent of the deposits of any closed bank can reopen such banks, was passed.

This would act to prevent a small fraction of depositors from blocking re-organization plans, as is now possible. Protects Loan Share Holders Protection to small shareholders of building and loan associations, would be extended by a senate bill approved Thursday afternoon, and sent to the house. The measure would provide. In the main, that directors of such corporations may pay withdrawal requests from shareholders, in proportion to their respective holdings, rather than in the order of priority in which such requests were liiea. This measure would remedy the situation to which SPRINGFIELD, April 22 VP) One of the last Civil war generals, J.

Warren Keifer. 96, died at his home here early Friday of the Infirmities of advanced age. General Keifer, formerly speaker of the national house of representatives. lapsed into a coma Thursday, and never recovered consciousness. Two sons survived him, W.

W. Keifer Springfield, and Joseph W. Keifer, of Bostwick, Neb. Fromlnent lor more than hair a century as a soldier and statesman. General Keifer was known as Spring' field's foremost citizen: Wounded Four Times He was nominated for a brigadier generalship by President Lincoln, and came out of the conflict a major gen eral.

He fought in 27 battles and was wounded severely 4 times. Although famed In the pursuits of war. General Keifer was an advocate cf peace, and as a member of the in- ternational union of peace, attended and addressed that organization at Brussels, August 30, 1910. He was elected to congress in 1877 and served four consecutive terms, be. tag speaker of the house in the 47th congress, 1881-1883.

In 1904 he again was chosen a congressman and served three more consecutive terms. General Keifer was born on a farm near Springfield, but abandoned farmwork and chose law for his voca-tion because of physical injuries. He entered the Civil war as a major in the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After serving in battles and campaigns In Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, he was commissioned colonel of the 110th O. V.

Rewarded for Bravery Promotion to brigadier general was given the officer as a reward for his conduct in the battle of Cedar Creek, where he commanded the Third Division of the Sixth Army Corps. This battle was the scene of Gen. Phil Sheridan's famous ride, made famous in poem. General Keifer was made a major general shortly after the assassination of President When the Spanish-American war broke out, President McKlnley appointed the Ohioan a major general of volunteers, assigned to command the First Division, 7th Army Corps at Miami. Fla.

Later, General Keifer was made commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American war veterans, having previously served as department commander In Ohio, of the Grand Army of the Republic. Tlie death leaves two known generals which fought for the Union In the war between the states. The surviving generals are Adelbert Ames of Tewksbury and Ormond, and John Fred Pierson of New York and Newport, R. CITY IN BRIEF REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS: 1 your Journal has not arrived by 7 o'clock, call The State Journal oice. Prompt delivery will be made.

Dial 21431. The federal revenue tax on round-trip third-class tickets to Europe has been reduced to $3 per ticket. Meeting of the board of education will be held Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the administration building. Washtenaw and Townsend streets. A divorce was granted Norma Tompkins from Glenn E.

Tompkins in a decree filed Friday. The decree was granted by Judge Charles B. Col-lingwood for non-support. R. L.

Cardy spoke before the East- rrn high school chemistry classes Thursday afternoon on "Diamonds, Practical Things Everyone Should Know about Our Most Precious Gem." Samuel N. Spring, assistant dean of forestry at Syracuse university, was visiting at the forestry department of Michigan State college Wednesday and Thursday with Prof. P. A. Herbert.

The pupils of the Bailey school at East Lansing held an Arbor Day program at 10 o'clock Friday morning on the school grounds where they planted a pin oak tree. The Rev. N. A. Mc-Ceun was the principal speaker at the ceremony.

Dinner meeting of the board of directors of the Ingham county chapter of the American Red Cross will be held Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. tearoom.

Reports of the national Red Cross conference held last week in Washington, D. will be given by the Rev. Robert Owen Thomas, chairman of the board, and Miss Emily M. Bullitt, executive secretary, both of whom attended. TO GIVE LIFE SAVING DEMONSTRATION APR.

26 The White Cross Visiting Nurse service is sponsoring a demonstration on resuscitation at the circuit court room, Tuesday, April 26. at 7:30 p. m. The program will open with a group of songs by Thomas Sherman and Robert Rose. A one-act play.

"What Never Dies" by Perclval Wilde will be presented by the following members cf the Business Girls' league: Miss Evelyn Carpenter. Miss Cecille Hugus, Miss Martha Niles. and Frank Ritchie under the direction of Levon E. Hor-ton. Mrs.

Lloyd Weyant will read a number. Schacfer's prone and pressure method of resuscitation will be demonstrated by the Consumers Power company under the direction of R. E. Durand of Lansing and H. J.

Burton cf Jackson. Two teams will present the demonstration. The men's team consists of Miner Waite, Harry Reifsnyder, Glenn Crittenden, Clarence Palmer. Miss Marguerite Rohlman is in charge of the women's committee which consists of Miss Alice Vaughan, Miss Alice Jones, Miss Julia Mason. Miss Inez King.

The meeting is free and the public is urged to attend. Liberal Enters Race DETROIT. April 22 VP) Uno S. Heggblcm. Detroit attorney, has announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress In the fifteenth district, with the declaration tfeat he will "champion the cause a( the liberals" If elected.

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7 gorgeous diamonds in modern setting. 12 Months 200 died Wednesday night, will be held: at the Estes-Leadley Funeral home at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning, the Rev. Eric Tasman officiating. Interment will be at Albion. draw their savings, that large holders had taken so much out in advance, that little funds remained.

The measure also provides that directors of these Institutions may pay not to exceed $100 a month, to those shareholders who have made no application for withdrawal of funds, if these payments are needed by the shareholders. These conditions would become effective, under such a law. if the sums called for in withdrawal orders exceeded 5 percent of the total deposits. The bill sent to the From the judiciary committee also came the Lennon small loan bill which originally stipulated that the legal rate of interest on sums of $300 or less would be not more than 1 percent a Ices', '(( South Washington Ave. Gov.

Wilber M. Brucker pointed, in his month, with no other charges of any opening message to the legislature, kind whatever. The committee in-Small shareholders in the past have creased tht proposed rate to 2 per- loucd when they attempted to with.