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17 AVERS STANDARD DOIIATES FIELD CIVIL SERVICE BILLS WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND FATHER AIDED BUTLER COLLEGE AS SON AND DAUGHTER HAVE DONE BUTLER COLLEGE Reclassification Regarded as Most Important. Gcnate Committee Report Ur Means to Relievo Industry Conditions. William C. Irwin and His Sister, Mrs. Z.

TV Sweeney, of Columbus, Are Donors. RELIEF FOR LOWER PAID TOE IXBIAXArOLIS XFWS, 3IOXDAT, 3IAEOI 3, 1923. PASSEDBYCONCRESS "Tke BIGGEST; AMD. BEST innPTiTifTrn Ti I pi re. in the neighborhood i in year6 amd laid up with The flu.

t. FIXING 'OF PRICES ALLEGED Two of Companies Accused of Dividing VorM in Their Marketing Op'erations. By the Aaaarfsted Tr March 5, "A dollar gallon for gasoline" is the prospect held up for the consumer in the report of the La Follette. oil investigating committee to the sen ate unices means are taken to break what the report declares, to a complete domination and control of the oil industry by the Standard 1 companies. 11 icw great on com" panics are, permitted to "manipulate price' the next few years at they hare been doing since 1920, the re port, presented yesterday, skid, the people of the country must be pre paftd "before long" to pay "at least that price, Th resutt of a thr montis Inquiry Into condition of th tndustty.

th reiort said, showed that th Standard romptnl'), in violation frf tha 1911 dissolution decree of the United state supreme court, exercls theis alleged control in such a man ner ss to flx "the price which th producer of ccud oil get at the well, Ih prlc which th refiner reeelva for their gasoline and as well th retail, price to the consumer." Tampefltla A raided. Asserting that th "mora subtil method of such control placed the Industry and the public "even i.ior completely at tha mercy of tha Standard Oil Interests" than before tha supreme fjurt dcrm dissolve rig tha Standard Oil Company of New Jersey fid tta subsidiaries, tha report de clared that "with slight km'Hopi" there was til) a total avoidance of I run petition among tha Standard toititinlt. Not only Is there mill a ulvl.ion of marketing territory anionic them over tha antlra country, tha rtort aald. hut of tha leading Siandsrd companies New Jertey and New York divide tha world be tweeii themselves In marketing per Other method of control, set forth 'in tha report, wera ownerahlp by tha Htandsrd ompanlea of tha principal plpa lines. Interlocking stork ownership, fixing of prices In tha producing Ileitis, and ownership of bsstu patents for the cracking process of gasoline product Ion.

After dealing exhaustively with the numerous methods by which it is alleged tha Standard companies rootlet prices." production and dlatrtbti (Ion. tha committee proposed tha following eight rentedies: Requirement, that all oil companlaa t'l nic Intcrstata business establish a uniform ayateni 'of bookkeeping "so that tha reasonableness" of prices "can. ascertained on a coat baala." Maatfcty Report. Requirement of monthly reporta bjr oil companies to the government, Showing operation and Quantities of Oils In storaa or transportation, so that tha condition of tha Industry may )c ascertained at any time. l.rtnUtlon making oil pipelines artual common carriers, so thSt Oil will ba trananorted for small aa well aa lars cnmpanlea.

with delivery ata tlona aatabllahed wherever reaaonabla ftpmand aklets. ownerahip of pipelines being, divorced from oil ytwnerthlp rates featured. Hucti steps, sys thai committee, "would go far toward breaking tha monopoly which now completely controla the lievlnlon ctl frelaht ratea to par. nilt midoontlnent refineries to retcain tnarkrtH in Michigan. Indiana.

'l'ennaylvattia and Maw Kngland. I'l nhtbiiion or resjxilatlon of tha ex. poitation of petroleum and its products, to prevent our oil resources from bain a dritlned abroad when tha antlra production would4 absorbtd hom at reasonable, prices. i Aa ta Fsderst and state prosecution of prlr fixing under exlatlng laws or tiw laws, if found naceaaary. J.

Cllstlon of th Fiandsrd companies for contempt of th suprema court iil truat dlf.olutlon dacrea, if any implied or expreea agreement to, fla prices ts eetahliahed iv a more complete tiivratUStlon. "Tha facts davel oped tn this invsstlg stion tend strong ly to show tha cxtatenca of such. an agreement." Invaatiitatlon by tha department of lustlca of claims for bsnic patents by tha standard companies on pressure stilt processes for Increaatne; production of aasoltne. and suit to declara auch patents void if it Is found they ware unlawfully obtained or ara being used to limit tha production of gaso. Una.

Tarrltary nivlded. "Ths dominating: fact In the oil industry today is Its complete control by th Standard companlea, tha ro port contended. "Any discussion of tha subject which does, not frankly recognise this control can only ba mtsleadinK." Tha Standard Oil (roup among th members of that group sll tha territory of tha United Male and with alight exceptiona avoMs all competition with other members of th group in th business of retailing lianolina and kerosen. Not only this but two of th iaading Ktandard companlaa Naw Jersey and Isaw York divide tha world bet wet a themselvea in marketing operations and each, carefully abstains from en terihaT the territory of tha oiher, whila both refrain from competing with the Anglo American Oil Company, limited (one of the original Stgmlard group). In th retail trad In th l' rliisn Isles.

Through tha standard control of tha pipa linea connecting tn produc ing tentara of the west with tha con. uininur centers of tha east and mid dlwet, not only is tha price fixed according to the will of tha Standard group, which any other interest must pay for the transportation of troieum. nut members th group leally determine whether any concern outside their group shall have petrol cum transporlated at any price. Iteaalt at' DiacoTCriea. Whatever haa existed btween th Standard Oil companies and the so called independents atnee th decree of dissolution In 1911.

has not been tha tcaul.t of. that decree. but haa been the result of the dis covery In th United States and Mexico of new oil fields, largely through adventurous tnaep endent operators. which fletua, in many Instances as soon aa proved. have by various methods been brought under tha con trol of the Standard Interests.

hen toe lima cornea, as it is certain to eome in tha near future, that there ar no more oil flelda to discover and exploit in this country. thia competition such a It is will necessarily disappear. Tha contention of the Standard companies in support of the main tenance or ine predissotutlon decree division of territory that It would be too expensive to hulld and main 'tain marketing atations outside auch territory the report said. "Is not persuasive In view of the admiasion every on of those companiea nat tney have nearly doubled their marketing investment In tneir respective territories in the last few years," and In view cf difference of prices sufficient to make a proiit Between tno various terri tores. t)icuilng interlocking stock own jmmm ershlp the report asserted th prevent holdings of the flockefeller group In th various companlea.

whila representing only a minority of the stock of each company, are nevertheless so substantial a to assure effective control of tha poHctes of those companies by fhe group In question." Cratf Oil rriaee. Taking 'up the subject of prices of crud oil, the report ssld It was "obvious" that tb Sinclair Crude Oil rurchasing Company, which Is half owned by the Standard of. "Indiana and the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, a Standard concern, absolutely Axed the prices of crude oil In the mid ontinent field from January, JI29. to Isst November. It was futther said to lm obvious from figures presented "that not the law of supply and demand: but arbitrary manipulation, bronght about the price changes In iiuettlon." effect of th price rhangea.

the report' continued, "were disastrous alike for tha email independent producer and refiner and for th' public aa well." Th investigation conducted by the committee, th report said, established tKes facts respecting the re tall prices of gasoline and kerosene; t. The fttaaaard cam a a lee as tbeae rleea tkraaghaat the rssstrr. aii irk price li tltaoiK lerrltary be twee a (ha dlffereat Standard eaa aealee vary all th way fraaa 1 3 eeat a gallaa far gaaaliae. "2. Th eaaapaalea mt the Staadard rraaia serale with earh atfcer wkrr anrh ea aralla aeeaaa dralr ble ar aeeeaaary la arder saeet the raaaatetltlaa ar ladepeadeata.

htle there ta me erre. apaadeae between the ra at af rrade and the Ire af reflaed pradaeta, tha arlcea af the reflaed radar! la far snare apt fa he kept abreast af th rhaagea la the pHea af erase all mm a rialagr market thaa It la aa a falllag market. With respect to pipelines. 'the re port aald that while they were de clared by law to be common carriers many years ago. no etepa have been taken to make them common carriers In fsct." Criticism Is expressed by the re port closing in the leaainar by th department of interior of oil reaervea.

tha assertion being made that the reserves "should have been held In sacred trust for th benefit of the Whole people. 1 Mre Draatle Oaeat The report' asserted further that "th suggestions here mad on cer tain remedies does not Imply that others and more drastic ones may not nirr oe iwuou. The Investigation was tn charge of a subcommittee nf th senate manufacturers committee, headed by Senator La Toilette, and comprised of Senators McNary and Brook heart (la Itepubllcana. and Smith (S. and Jones (X Mi.l, Demo rrati.

Mm! of th leatlmonv how. ever, was received at committee ses sions attended my oy etenatora ia Follette and Urookhart. and the com New Yerk. a former law partner of Senator La Follette. i DKXIES REPOHTS CHARGES.

ladlaaa Staadard Chat rata a Saya Ka JHaaapaly la Kxerrlaed. WASHINGTON. March 5. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of dtrectors of the Standard 'Oil Com pany of Indiansu aald in a statement here last night that in hie.

opinion the report of the i a Follette oil Investigating committee was unfair tn his company and to the oil industry generally. Standard of Mr. Stewart asserted, not only exercises SEVERAL HOOSIER CONGRESSMEN TO TOUR; BUSINESS OR PLEASURE The ladlaaa pal la New Baress, HVyatt Balldlaa WASHINGTON, March 5. Merrill Moores, of Indianapolis, representative in the congress, was included in Secretary Denby's official party to the Caribbean sea to witness joint maneuvers of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Representative Ellictt, of the Sixth district, and Represenative VestaL of the Eighth, went last night to New York, where they were to sail with a congressional party for Panama.

Senator James E. Watson and Mrs. Watson will spend several weeks in Florida before, returning to their home in Rushville, They expect to leave here late this week. James W. Dunbar, retiring representative from the Third district, will rest at New Albany before assuming hla new duties as vice president and general manager of the Citliens Gas Company, of Indiana polls.

He recently suffered a serious Illness. Oscar ItLuhring. of Evansville, retiring representative from the First district, will open office in New York. Representative Wood, of the Tenth district, who is chairman of the national congressional campaign committee, will remain In Waahlns; ton fr a time, leaving later with Mr. Wood for a trip to Alaska with no monopoly, but has no understanding or arrangement of any kind with any of the other Standard intereata.

Ji also asserted that the Inveattga tlon had been conducted so aa to deprive' tha Standard of Indiana of all opportunity to' lay Ita case before the public. Mr, Stewart aald: "1 apeak for tha Indiana company only, but the report Is unjust In many particulars so far aa my company la concerned The Standard Oil Company nf Indiana Is an Independent corporation and it neither owes nor acknowledges allegiance to any other corporation or organisation. It has no understanding of any kind or character with any' other of the an called Standard companies. It stands squarely on Its own bottom; and we are tryina to do a big job In a big way and to serve fairly the public with which we deal. The charge that the Indiana com pany has a monopoly or dominates the oil business in the territory In which It operates Is msnlfestly dla proved by the fsrts and a mere superficial examination of these facts will show it.

Our competitors have practically an equal chance for oil production In the mid continent field which ta largely our source of supply and clearly has as great an opportunity to procure crude for refining purposea as we have. These competitors in th sam territory have as many bulk sales stations as we and have more than double the number of service sales atations and have five time mor refining: capacity than we have. So that thase competitor have in each of the three division of the oil Industry production, refining and marketing a distinct advantage. "We have no more to do with the making of prices than our competitors, because the price in any territory necessarily are dominated by the one who makea th lowest price. Our competitors make their prices without domination by or suggestion from and with no agreement be tween us regarding the makins; of tha same.

Clearly, if at any time our competitors lower th prlc. We must either meet it or lose the business. The management of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana appreciates that a monopoly la abhorrent to the minda of the American people and will not be tolerated by them." "W1TIIOIT FOLWDATIOX. Xewr Jeraer Campaay Head's Aaaer. tie Caaceralae; Casaaalttee Charge.

NEW YORK. March W. C. I iriif, preaiueni 01 tne aianaara Oil Company of New Jersey, last night Issued the following statement In reference to the charges of the La Fol etr oil investigating committee: The findings of fact made by the subcommittee. Insofar as they touch my company, directly or inferentlally, are wholly without foundation in truth and without support in the record.

Practically the only references made to the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) during the hearings were in my own testimony, under oath. In the course of which I described fully and frankly this company's position In the oil industry and Ita profits, practices and policies. To any on who haa followed the proceedings before the subcommittee it Is obvious that the whole inquiry and the resulting report are baaed on the preconceived notion, aa aumed without proof, that there still exists among the various so called Standard Oil companies, in defiance of the dissolution decree of 1911. a combination or conspiracy to dominate the American petroleum industry, to which the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) is a party. "My positive and unqualified denial before the subcommittee of th xlstence of any such combination as well as my statements concerning all other material mattera stand abso member of the military affairs and appropriation committee.

Plans for inducting Oscar K. Bland, of Linton. into office as an associate Judge of the United States court of customs appeals, were being made today. William Howard Taft. chief justice ot th supremo court of the United Statea.

was invited to administer the oath. The senate confirmed Mr. Bland' appointment at ita final session Sunday morning The nominee is retiring representative of the Second Indiana district. One of the laat bills to be by President Harding was the Watson Sanders measure to extend relief to stockholders of the Burke Divide Oil Company, many of whom liva at Terre Haute. lutely without contradiction on the record.

"The subcommittee's prediction of dollar gaaollne is ridiculous. Aa to any unjustifiable increase in the prlc of gasoline. I will say that the availability of industrial alcohol, benzol and ether substitute motor fuels at moderate prices fixes a limit beyond xne gasoline can not rise. JOBBERS HEAD APPROVES. Say Repart Reeammeada Oaty Cam maa Sense Prajerta.

ST. LOUIS. March 5. The report of the senate Investigating committee, whieh charged the Standard Oil com WHAT IS THE GOOD WILL ELECTION? The Indianapolis ood will election s. held" under the auspices of the American Commltee for Devastated France, its purpose Is to raise money for the completion of the committee's work of rehabilitation of the war torn region nf the Aisne and to give business and professional women of Indianapolis an opportunity to make a.

tour of Tarls, southern Frsnce and the battlefields, aa members of gation, sailing rrom Aew York April is. Delegates are elected on the. basis of 'money collected for the JCbm mlttee. Bvery, dollar subscribed through a candidate polls ten votes for her. i.

Any business or professional women employed In Indianapolis is eligible to become a candidate In the election. Any business concern or other organization may nominate one or more candidates. Nominations may be made at headquarters. Room 209. Hotel Lincoln.

The nomination period closes March 1. Balloting starts March IT and ends at 12 p. April S. The number of. Indianapolis business and professional women to go to France depends on the total vote cast for all candidates In the election.

For a total of 100.900 votes one candidate is elected. When lSO.AOO votes are casr two delegates are elected, and for every additional 0. 000 votes cast, 4n additional candidate la elected. Votes may be cast In any number. Th News Is the sponsoring newspaper for the etectlon.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY SELECTS MISS TUDOR GCiOD WILL CANDIDATE v'r 7 MISS 3IARIE TUDOR. 7, Frank president of the M. H. Aylesworth, its executive secretary, and Arthur Williams, general commercial manager of the New York Edison (Tom sent a telegram Saturday to Harry Reid, president of the Interstate Public Service Com pany, urging that the company join porations which, have taken part American committee for devastated Mr. Williams Is general chairman of the New York election.

The New York Edison Company has entered two candidates in the New York election and other public utility companiea in the New York, district are Tfce I4IaiMBlfai Xea Baresisu 33 Wrstl BaiUlas. March, Four bills affecting; the federal civil service and ita hundrf ds of thousands. of employe all over the United States were passed in the tast twenty four hours of the expiring congress. The reclassification bill, providing a new employment policy for the government and new salary schedules throughout the civil servica. was the most Important.

A bill continuing; the present 1240 so called bonus until the reclassification becomes operative, arid a customs service measure which removes the statutory limit of 14 for customs laborer, were adopted as measures of immediate relief for lower paid amployea. 1 The fourth bill will continue com peneation awards of the United tates employes compensation commission In aaes where employes are ill or have died of dieeaa incurred by reason of their employment. The reclassification bill la regard ed by the National Federation of Federal' Kmploye aa the most Important plex of civil service legls latlon since the original civil, aerv Ice act. It writes into law prlnci pies and definition designed to set up a genuine merit system of appointment, promotion and dismissal. Salary rates are revised on the baa of ejuat pay for equal work.

The new rates absorb the current bonus of S24A a year and in moat instances afford an Increase besides. A Central classifying agency is created to co ordinate salary scales and establish or revise th efficiency ratinga on lehirh salaries depend. This ad mlnistrative board ts to be composed of the director of the budget, a member of the civil service commission and the chief of the bureau of efficiency. panies with controlling the oil industry waa commended last night by L. Nicholas, president of the National Petroleum Markets Association, here to attend the annual convention of the aanociation which opens Tuesday.

The association Is composed of 400 independent oil Jobbers Mr. Nicholas asserted that his association has been contending for yeara that "plp lines should be divorced In ownerships from the oil transported," and that It was "common sense that the lines should be made into a genuine common car rier." as recommended by the com Fmittee. When informed of the committee's allegation that discriminatory freight rates have been brought, about through alleged control by the Standard Oil companies, he said: "Every independent oil Jobber In tha mid rontlnent regions knows what the discriminatory rates are doing The rates are such that he can get competition abroad, but not In the Atlantic seaboard at 1V cents a gallon cheaper than he can to the eastern and Atlantic states The senate committee's commendation that a uniform system of bookkeeping be Inaugurated in the Standard companies Is Juat another of the commen sense practices that certainly ought to le in force." the second national good will dele National Electric Light Association; the ranks of other public utility cor in the good will elections under the France. following uit. They hoped that Mr.

Reid. as former president of the Greet Lakes divisioa of the National Electric Light Association, would be interested in the election her. But, a it happened. Mr. Held and :7 y''sSsa' WILLIAM G.

IRWIN. In when Butler College ditional Joseph I. Irwin, the Butler board of directors and formerly president of the con tributed 100 ,000 at the time when succeed. Today William G. Irvln.

of Columbus, a son of Joseph I. Irwin, sits as a member of the Butler board of directors and Is president of the Butler Foundation, the holding company for all Butler endowment Mr, Irwin Is also chairman of the general endowment committee which Is seeking to raise fl.ino.oeo for an additional endowment for Butler, to go the company did not need thla wire to persuade them to enter candidate in the Indianapolis good will election. Before it was received, the company intention had been communicated to good will election headquarters, and when the telegram the girl emotovea of the Interstste Public Service Company were gathering to choose on from their numoer to oe IN THE RACE, Mis Kdaa Steeg. nominated by th Jessup St Antrim Ice Cream Company. Mia Stella M.

neppcra. nominated by a group of friends. Mr. Margaret TU Shaler. nominated by K.

W. Bradford patent attorney. Mln Emma Rrlalt, nominated by The American Garment Company. Ml Marie Tadar, nominated by the Interstate Public "Servrce Company. the comoanv's representative In France.

Mr. Ileid wired back somewhat gleefully that th Interstate Public Company waa already In the race. Mias Marie Tudor, 'secretary to Ernest Van Arsdel. vice president, is the candidate who will represent the Interstate Public Service Company. Iter borne is at 24 North lllinoia street, and like moat of the other candidates entered in the election, ah has lived in Indianapolis ail her lif.

She Is a graduate ot the Central Business College. Miss Tuuor's candidacy will create interest in Methodist churches over the because sh served several years as state secretary of the Phila thea Association, th largest national Sunday school organisation In the world, with a total of 11,000 classes In Its membership. She Is a member of the Capitol Avenue Methodist church In this city. Her campaign for memberahip in the good will delegation will be taken out over the state also by the Public Service Company, which has worked out plans for organisation In its hundred or so offices throughout the stste. Mr.

Held says Miss Tudor shall be the honor delegate from Indianapolis. The honor delegate in a group, it may be said, is its ptt Iclal leader, and receives In the rvime of the city the official honors tendered It abroad. The Interstate Public Service Company is determined to have this honor. "The cause of devastated France something that appeals to all of us." Mr. Reld said, "and the good will election plan ia a splendid method of helping in a worthy cause and giving our city honor by representation abroad.

'We are going to put all of our efforts back of Miss Tudor, and If possible put her at the top of the Hat. In addition to that we are. going to pay her full salary while ahe 1 gone." TORI I Will Face Court Instead of Capt Glenn After April 1. 117 REARRESTS ORDERED Automobile owners have until April 1 to become acquainted with the pro viaions of the new traffic ordinance which went in effect last week Capt. Michael J.

Glenn, head of the police traffic department, announced today. After that time, instead of the warning stickers, motorists will find stickers on the windshields of their machine ordering them to appear before Judge Delbert O. W'ilmeth to answer for their errors. Since the ordinance went in effect, the traffic policemen have affixed warning; stickers crderlng the offenders to th cfflce of Captain Glenn, where the nature' of their violation has been explained, and where they have been warned to ba careful in th future. The traffic policemen are endeavoring to see that th provision of tha ordinance requiring motorists, to come to a complete stop before entering or crossing a boulevard, is obeyed.

Captain Glenn alao pointed out that motorists should remember that Capitol avenue and "Meridian street ara streeta on which driver hav the right of way. and drivera approaching these streets from the east or west are reqalred to stop. Motorist who have failed to ap pear in city court for other traf fic offenses as oraerea ry hick er placed on their machines In the last few weeka. will receive further notifications of their offense In the next few days. The traffic department haa in (ts possession 117 affidavits for rearrest which have been returned from city court.

If motorists fall to heed the warning to appear In court, as ordered, they may face the necesally of arising from their beds in the middle of the night and riding to police headquarters In the patrol wagon. Captain Glenn aald. Fatal Alrplaae AeeUeat. NEW YORK, March S. Major Fol lett Bradler.

Who waa Injured when Lieutenant Stanley Smith waa kilted In an army airplane crash yesterday, was in a serious condition at a hospital today. The Martin bomber, which Major Bradley was piloting fell in Brooklyn from a hight of 6,000 feet. 1 The plane, which recently won the Detroit air mall race, was hound for Chanute field. RantouL from Mitchell. Meld.

Four enlisted men scaped serious injury, MO SIS HAVE Nil I 0M Iff Bffll i started to raise $250,000 for an ad of Columbus, now dead, a member of it seemed the campaign would not to the Butler Foundation and MOO.noo to th building fund, which will start erection ot building on the new Z4S acr Butler ramnua at Fa I rv tew. A gift of Io.0 bv Mr. Irwin and his slater. Mrs. Z.

T. has been announced by Butler official. It la the largest Individual, gift to. the campaign, which started a month' ago. and ranks second only to the 114.1.000 gift to Butler made by the Rockefel ler ueneral Education Board 11 Plans for Reception Wednesday Noon Announced.

700 ERSONS ARE EXPECTED Completed plan for the luncheon ftd reception to be given Wednesday noon, to Harry S. New in honor of his appointment as postmaster general, were announced today. Civic nd business men organizations are' Joining with the Columbia Club In giving the welcome to Mr. New on his return from Washington. IX C.

for a short vlstt to his home city. Mr. New will arrive In Indianapolis Wednesday at 11:12 o'clock. i letters have been sent to civic and business org anliations as well as Republican men'sland women's clubs inviting them to send ielegattons tn the Union Station to meet Senator New there. It la nlanned for tba r.

caption there to Informal. After a round or handshaking. Mr. New and the welcoming party will go to the Columbia Club for the luncheon and reception. Plana for a parade, headed py a Dana, nave been discarded.

Open ta Pahllc. John Ruckelahau. chairman of the reception committee of the Co lumbia Club, In charge of the details of the lunchoii and reception, announced that the clubhoune will be open to all persons who desire to participate both In the reception and luncheon. Serving of the luncheon will be started at 11:30 o'clock and continuing until 1 o'clock, when th exercises will begin. Arrangements are to be made to care for about 700 persons.

Charles A. Bookwalter has been appointed chairman of the meeting, lie will, welcome Mr. New on behalf of the club. Oovernor Warren T. Mc Cray will give a welcome' on behalf of the cltisen of the atate.

Mr. New then will be called on for a response. An Invitation haa been aent to Samuel M. Ralston, former Governor, who succeeded Mr. New as United States senator from Indiana, to attend th luncheon and reception and sit at the speakers' table with Mr.

New. At Tahle With Mr. Keve. The following have been asked by Thomas A. Wynne, president of the club, to sit at the table with JMr.

New, also: Governor McCray. B. Anderson, Judge of, tha federal district court; Albert J. Baveridge. James P.

Hood rich. Joseph B. Keating, Republican national committeeman; Lawrence K. Lyons, Republican state chairman; William K. Keiley, Republican Seventh district chairman; William 1L Freeman, Republican count chairman; Jrvlng W.

Lemaux, Republican city chairman; A. Collins. Judge of the criminal court; Taylor K. Oronlnger. corporation counsel for the city; Mr.

Bookwalter. Ralph A. Lemcke. county treasurer; Robert 11 Bryson. postmaster; Eben II.

Wol cott. Fred C. Gardner. Frank A. But ler.

George V. Coffin. Harry O. Cham berlln. Judge of circuit cuort; Charles Martindale.

Homer Elliott. United Statea district attorney; M. Bert Thurman. collector internal revenue; Bert Morgan, prohibition enforcement officer; Sidney S. Miller.

Judge superior court. Room Detbert O. Wll meth. judge of city court; William P. Evans, prosecuting attorney; Linus Meredith.

United State marshal; Mahlon E. Bash, judge of probate court. 7 Iavlted ta The following club and civic organisation heads have been Invited to attend as special guests, of the club at the luncheon: rch ji Groasman. Rotary Club; Carl 8. Wagner.

Klwanla Club: Felix T. McWhlrter. Chamber of Commerce; Mra. K. Rumpler.

Seventh District Republican Women's Club; Mrs. O. It. Jameson. Indiana Women' Republican Club; Claude McKlwaln.

Marlon Club; J. I. Thomas. Indianapolis Traffic Clnb; Harvey Mulllna. Board of Trade T.

M. Wvnn, Optimistic' Club; Gideon W. Blaln. Indiana Democratic Club: V. L.

Wright. Lodge, of which Mr. New Is a member, and Norman E. Patrick. Kntghte of Columbus.

Another reception for Mr. New to be given by th Optimists Cluh at' ita weekly luncheon at the Riley room of the Claypool hotel Fdav noon, was announced today. Employe of tha Indianapolis "postofflce also will join In the Letters hav been aent to the presidents of all other businesa tnen'a luncheon club, inviting them to send delegations to the lunnheon. Mr. New sent a telegram ro Thomaa N.

Wynne, president tf the Optimists today, accepting tha invitation to the luncheon. Robert H. Bryson, postmaster: Mr. New and Mr. Wjnna will speak at the luncheon, TRAIN WRECKED; 25 HURT.

Xaae Haaety ra aaeaarer Leavea Ralla Sea Mtaell Stall, tim. COLUMRU. Ga, March Twenty fiv parson, a majority of whom ar from Columbus and Ft. Banning, were Inlurad. none seriously when Central nf Georai Paaener train.

No. S. waa wrecked near Mttell Station today. A broken rail caused th derailment. It waa said at Columbus division headquartera after an investigstlon had been made.

Only two cars of the train left the track a day coach and a Pullman. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS JOIN NEW VELCOM LARGEST INDIVIDUAL GIFT In 1907 Joseph I. Irwin, Father of Two Contributors, Cave $100,000 to the School. A gift of $200,000. the largest in dividual gift thus far in the Butler University campaign for SUOO.000 endowment, has been made by William G.

Irwin and his sister, Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, it has been announced by W. Atherton, finan cial secretary of Butler.

Mr. Irwin is a member of the Bugler board of directors, president the Butler foundation holding com pany for Butler endowment, and chairman of the Butler general en dowment committee in charge of tha $1,500,000 campaign. In 1107. when Butler was conducting a campaign to raise 50.000 tor an endowment fund. Joseph I.

Irwin, father of William G. Irwin and Mra. Sweeney, and formerly president of th Butler board of directors, gave IQe.tKia to th college, Largest Pre leva Gift. Th general endoymeat committee was especially gratified recently by the IS00.O0O gift to Butler by the Rockefeller general eaucatlon board of Saw York city, aald Mr. Irwlu In making hla gift.

The gift carried with it the Rockefeller stamp of approval which is the final word in consideration of the sound academic and financial standing of an institution." Tha largest previous indiv.dual gift WSJ a tiO.000 beauest made laat June by Arthur V. Brown, treasurer of th Hutier foundation, "and a member of th Butler board. Of the $1,500,000 to be raised In tha campaign. 1900.000 will go to permanent endowment and M00.000 to the Butler building fund. Mach Looae Thlaklag.

Ten reara ago. IXJO.OOO for addi tional, permanent endowment and $00,000 for new buddings might have been considered an expansive program for Butler." said Mr, Irwin, "but that can not ue the case today. Tha Butler board of directors has seen it necessary to increase the capacity of tha college in order to fulfill Its purposes and Its worthy record in th past. FrUnds of Butler are committed and duty bound to this grrst enterprise. Th larger th scop of opera Hons at Butler, the mor far reaching tha good that can don.

'Now', when Cher la so much loos thinking, flighty action and departure from sound. Judgment, it la time for friends ot education to lend their unstinted support to those college and universities that teach soumf doctrines along economic, political and religious lines. Russia is an example of a' country departed from conven tlon and recognised culture. Com munlstic ideaa have been permitted full play'and there exists tn Russia no respect for the canons of righteous government or. the laws of dod.

True education makes for religious civilisation. Otherwise our faith In human institutions would be in vain. Our aim la to graduate yoyng men and women In all fields of human endeavor who have a greater love and reverence for the Constitution and American institutions and a vital faith In God." I want to see this enterprise sue. ceed." ssld Mrs. 7..

T. Sweeney, "both because of ita hlstorlcsl connection and because It bespeaks religious cltf senahlD for generations that are 19 come. The state as well ss the city of Indianapolis will note what is dona at Butler on the beautiful new Fair view site. It calls fcr generous thoughts and renerous deeds and th sound scholarship should appeal to patriotic and right thinking peraon. Expreealea for Board.

Hilton U. Brown, president tft the Butler board of directors, expressed gratification In behalf of the board for the gift; eaylng that In view th record of service to Butler of the Irwin family the gift was not surprising to those wno knew Joseph I. ErwIn and his children. Mr. Brown pointed out thst the gift came from outside a fast significant of the etate wtde aupport that Butler, la receiving.

The git only supplements, the previous services of the Irwin fsmlly, Sir. Brown said, many of which can never be measured In a pecunlsry way. Money given for education keeps on working long after the donor has passed away. Mr. Brown ssld.

and In this way wealth may perpetuated and caused to produce unlimited dividends throughout the ages. This splendid gift of by WtlUam O. Irwin and Mrs. T. swe nev will doubtless prov an Important factor In assuring th euccess of th Butler endowment campaign," "Said Arthur V.

Brown, vlee chairmsn of the endowment committee. "Mr. Irwin haa at all timea generously and un atinttnglv supported Butler, by hla meana and by his counsel. He has devoted a great deal of time and energy iq ih preparation of time and energy In the preparation of the plans for the development of the college. His service chairman of th endowment committee will contribute in a larr degree toward th surcess of th coming campslgn.i I hav heard scores of the leading business men in Indianapolis express faith In the Butler nrogrsm because Mr," Irwin is at tha ead of It.

"His usual business methods have characterised his actions in this great enterprise. When hi decision has once been reached and announced, he know no retreat and tha word defeat la omitted from hi vocabulary. Under his leadership the bigger and better Butler movement can not fall. Through such gifts as this, the alumni and the people of. Indianapolis can better visualize th new Butler which last year was only a dream." "Friends of Butler will always recall with gratitude the splendid rift of Joseph 1.

Irwin, father of William G. Irwin and Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney." aald Mr.

Atherton. "In 17. the board af directors found It necessary to increase materially th endowment fund. Just at a tlm when th outlook seemed most discouraging. Joseph I.

Irwin snnounced his gift of $100,000 providing th alumni and frienda jf the coHesa raised $150,000. The alumni and business men of Indianapolis met this challenge and $250,000 was thus sdded to th permanent endowment fund. it Is natural that the children cf Joseph I. Irwin see the importance of this larger enterprise in which th college Is now embarked and give It this magnificent support. We antlcl pat that the Indianapolis business men and alumni will pieet the cbal lenge as they did In the former rs trips! en.

Thi gtft Imply supplements th time, energy and. devotion that Mr. Irwin has been giving to the caus of education in the capital city of the tate." FALLS TO HIS DEATH. tlaward Yaaag. llama a Fly.

Waa Cllsahtas Hotel Wall ia York. NEW YORK. March 5 Howard Young, known as the "human fell eight stories today when climbing the front of the Hotel Martinique Ln Broadway and died before ba reached a hospital. Young was one of the organisers of the "safety last" society founded here last week. Membership Includes riereon engaged In haxMrdfus eatings who are not accepted by lntur anc companies as "good riak,.