Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1938 — Page 1

Ison DIVEN Inside track |fom.o.f(isT K.Srision I- ' P r " 1H P.M V M. Nutt ■; ersity I—<* llf '""‘T him tli'' y ‘'l the K,- delav 111 <I1""-UU; a SIU’ Press was informed, is lir M.Nii" w "’ ll<1 h f WK,.... i... thwore it <ifT'' r, ' d "’ hl "' ' ... ..xpeeted to be when M'Nutt visl,s ,b immt't ■olilress the InM nonnx-aiie Editorial Asso ■ Feb h,S - .. veil on londitions m W, lOiidu.ted Kc.ina on a flying trip from where McNutt is I S. high EiSSi-n-l 1S ’ ■Oj( t t is reported to be the admiioc.ition s eyes and (he question of Japanese 'i American MK proper. concerning McNutt s for the Indiana univerRL~ irps'idency have been as proihe flowers in May While organization that a majority of the K,.Xps favor Ml Nutt for the uni EwKv ■-- d- V. other sources -Inn McNutt dealt himself 1 ... wh-n he left office as Ingovernor. reason supposedly is that I ....... unfettercampaign tor the MWbemocralii nomination to the ( ■ln'"'. ft' "X PAGE SIX) | ■HE LEGION | LEADER HERE fciKsell Rhodes To Attend Meeting Here ■ This Evening Rhodes, of Peru, state ' of the American Leg- ; Im the principal speaker ! special meeting of Adams I No 43. American Legion. I at 8 o'clock in the local and \V Carl of Fort Wayne, district will head the list of speakers at the meeting, ■k-:norating the second . anniof the purchase of the ! Bi’ »at Legion home. HB' signifying home is now free of all will he burned in approninnies. Past command iiX PAGE THREE) <> Cities And I I Villages Are Bombed HK • French-Spanish Fron■H' 1 '■ -I U.Pt Nationalist and airplanes and warships terror and death to Spanand villages in a series which lasted from dawn I Sunday. Nationalists' Valencie, Barcelona and! and several frontier' Several bombs dropped by Puigcerda raiders fell ini ■® ch territory and caused French to wire urgently to 1 |B for anti-aircraft guns and E sir l> lies. in retalitfon for the raid, sent 12 bombers five tons of bombs on Seuationalist general headquart■B lor Southern Spain, ■knish Airplanes I Attack French Boat Rkh Jan ' 24 -<UP)- Three EJ , . ,lati onalist airplanes at|Por£iv?„ P ( P , r . eßtfh tnr Pe<lo boat La I ° ff Cevere ’ •''rance, near , theastern Spanish border toe warship returned the fire M r^supp°rt(H i lby French cogtal ° n the tor P pdo boat w/ ter a Frenc b gov-1 lent, in « n , a . rn u 8 t 0 both helllgerE» r atm that any air P' a ne of Lr wpi u W , hiCh croMe » the bor--8«.U2,.° n " y Pre " h

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Vanished Student mi ’‘'W 5 loil Police of the eastern states are searching for George Woodward (above), 19. son of a wealthy business man in Rockland. Mass. The youth was heard to announce his intention to when seen last, attending class at Boston Com- ! inercial. SAFETYAWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Safety Plaques Awarded To Six Cities And Five Counties Indianapolis. Jan. 24 — <U.PJ — Safety plaques for low traffic fatality records during 1937 were awarded to six Indiana cities and five counties today by Don Stiver, state safety director. Awarded according to population classification, the plaques went to the cities of Fort Wayne. Lafay-' l ette, Newcastle, Martinsville. Danville and Brazil and to the counties of Greene. Harrison. Vermillion. 1 1 Franklin and Switzerland Stiver reported that 1.367 per- • sons were killed on Indiana’s I streets apd highways last year as | compared with 1.305 in 1936. an ! increase of 62 or four per cent. He pointed out. however, that : gasoline consumption increased i 64.349,790 gallons during 1937 and 1 that motor vehicle registrations jumped from 968,669 to 1,030,000, which indicated much greater use i of the highways last year. Hopes that traffic deaths would ■be lowered in 1938 were aroused iby the fact that there were 71 fewer deaths in the last two | months of 1937 than in the same 1 period of 1936. Fort Wayne was low among the state's five cities having a population over 70,000 with 12 traffic deaths or a percentage of 10.4 per 1,000 citizens. Fort Wayne had 17 deaths in 1936. Evansville was second in this group with 25 deaths or a percentage of 24.4. South Bend was third with 26 deaths and a percentage of I 24.9; Indianapolis fourth with 110 deaths and a percentage of 30.2 and Gary fifth and last with 61 deaths and a percentage of 60 8. In the group of cities with a I population between 25.000 and I 70,000 Lafayette had only three deaths for an 11.4 percentage. Kokomo was second and Richmond :third. I Other cities in this group in <CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS. CHRISTEN OUT FOR CLERK Mrs. Alice Christen Announces For City ClerkTreasurer Mrs. Alice Christen, former city clerk and one of the well known women of Decatur, today announced her candidacy for city clerktreasurer, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary May 3rd. Mrs. Christen served five years ' as clerk and lost in the race for clerk-treasurer four years ago. by i only a few votes in a three-corner-ed contest for the nomination. Mrs. Christen is a native of the 1 city, attended grade and high school and has long been active in political and social affairs here. ' She is the second to announce as a candidate for the offlde, Mrs. Ada Martin, present clerk-treasurer hav- ' ing declared her intentions as a ; candidate for renomination. Mrs. Christen stated she would make an active campaign for the nomination.

NOURISHMENT IS FORCED ON FASTING DEAN Rev. Israel Noe Is Given Nourishment After Collapse Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 24 —(U.R) — ' The Rev. Israel H. Noe was placed I under sedatives today so he would be unable to protest against doctors injecting nourishment into a body wasted almost to a skeleton i by a 22 day fast. Every resource of medical science was thrown into the tight . to save his life. Noe was in Baptist niemorial hospital where he was taken last night while uncon-; scious. Up to the moment he col-1 lopsed. he clung to his theory that , he had discovered a formula which I would enable him to live forever i without food and water. Had he been conscious, lie undoubtedly would have protested against science intervening. Noe. former dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, received his second injection of nourishment today —a laborous. two-hour process. A solution of five per cent glucose was administered Intravenously and he receiv- 1 ed water to halt the process of' dehydration in his body. Physicians were encouraged, although they said it would be three months before they could repair the damage done by his fast. Noe does not consider that he is a traitor to his principles because he now is receiving food. He philosophically takes the position I that something happened that was ; outside of his control. There was no assurance yet he would recover. Two hours after he entered the hospital he looked into the face of Hal Buchanan, a communicant at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary where Noe formerly was dean, and said: ’’l feel a little weak.” A male nurse attended Noe. ' I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FLASHER SIGNAL CHANGED TODAY Winchester Crossing Flasher Is Moved Out Os Street Erie workmen today completed the removal of the old-type flasher signal at the Winchester street crossing of the Erie railroad. Last of the signal to be removed was the cement signal base. The approximately 10-ton cement base was first hammered loose from its moorings. After being raised by jacks to a : position on rollers, it was towed by trucks to behind the Erie freight , house. The work was done by Erie laborers under the direction of railroad officials. Installation of ’-be liew signals was expected to he com--1 p’eted this afternoon. During the interval when no lights were in order. the watchman was on hand to control traffic over the crossing. The new- signals are of the type i need at thee rossing on federal 'road 224. An arm extejids over the sidewalk from a high post. The twin signals are mounted on this arm. Reflector buttons mounted on the post also give warning of the crossing. Extra flashers were also arranged on the post, visible to traffic approaching on the drives from the east and west. A number of passersby, attracted to the scene, stopped to watch ‘ wokrkmen remove the massive stone foundation for the old flasher signals. ' -0Auto Damaged In Collision Sunday ’ A car driven by Gerald Strickler j 1 was damaged Sunday afternoon j ' when it collided near the Central school building with another car, | 1 driven by a person whose name! was not learned. —o I TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m - 46 ' 10:00 a. 50 i Noon ■ 68 i 2:00 P. m. 43 3:00 p. m. 40 , WEATHER Cloudy, rain turning to snow east and north portions tonight; snow extreme north Tuesday; decidedly colder toi night and Tuesday with moderate cold wave central and north Tuesday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 24, 1938.

I I Much Colder Weather Is Latest Forecast A warm rain visited the city Sunday and continued lightly this! morning to bring the wannest temperatures since the advent of! winter weather. The temperatures rose to nearly: GO degrees above zero at noon to-. day, despite the luck of any sunshine to encourage the climb. The weatherman forecaats an extreme change in the weather for tonight and Tuesday, however, promising much colder weather with possible snow fluries. LABOR LEADER UP FOR SENATE Alec (Jordon To Seek Democratic Nomination For U. S. Senate -•— (Copyright, 1938. by UP.) Indianapolis, Jan. 24.—<U.PJ—The labor issue, most dominant in American politics In the past year, i injected itself into the 1938 elec-! tlon in Indiana today with the announcement of Alex Gordon, railroad labor leader for nearly 20 years, of his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U. S. senate seat now held by Frederick , I Van Nuys. Gordon is the second person to i announce for Van Nuys' job after, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend virtually read Van Nuys out of the party last summer for his refusal ■ to support President Roosevelt on the supreme court reform issue. The other is Sam Jackson. Fort Wayne lawyer, generally consider- | ed’-to have the backing of the po-l tent statehouse organization. Coming on the heels of Gover-i nor Townsend's statement last week that he has “not endorsed" anyone for nomination to the senate, Gordon's candidacy today was viewed in two lights: , 1. That Townsend's adminlstra- | tion conceivably might be openminded toward any candidate ! against Van Nuys. 2. That Gordon’s candidacy might have been advanced for I trading purposes on behalf of labor —for example, one of two labor sponsored candidates on the state ticket who would have statehouse endorsement. In support to the latter idea is i the fact that Indiana’s organized ! labor hopes to have Curtis White, j Indianapolis labor leader, as the i organizai sponsored candidate for secrete.y of state after the 1938 state convention. The fact that it is Gordon whom Indiana’s organized labor now ad-; vances for the highest office in the 1938 election indicates that labor is determined- to pursue its ad vantage achieved in the past year while not attempting to over shoot its mark. Gordon is known to have been sympathetic to the CIO, insurgent labor group which has sponsored ' industrial organization of employes , as opposed to craft organiztaion. The Townsend administration in its first year has been frankly prolabor. For example, it sponsored creation of th estate labor division to rbitrate industrial disputes; it succeeded in abolishing employe contrbutions to the unemployment compensation fund. Other minor measures passed by the last legis(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CITY SCENE DF DISTRICT MEET Women Os Moose To Hold District Meeting Here In February •Decatur wi’l be the scene of the •next meeting of the district organization of Women of the Moose, it was announced last evning following the meeting held in Fort Wayne. The Decatur meeting will be held late in February, the exact date'to ■ be announced soon. Twlve members of the Decatur Women of Moose organizaztion attended the district session at Fort Wayne yesterday and participated in the event. Approximately 100 women from I lodges in Wabash, Bluffton, Deca'tur. were initiated into the organI ization. Mrs. Jesee Dick, of Fort Wayne 1 was named district senior regent | and Mrs. Genevieve Dierkes of Huntington was named district recorder. A supper and entertainment closed the session. Those who attended from here I were the Mesdames Robert August, William Huffman, Andy Zeser, Edith Teeter, Lula Schafer, Matt i Breiner, Sol Lord, JohnXosehe. Jr. I Virgil Draper, Brice Roop. Cecil! | Gause and Earl Whitehurst.

DISEASE VICTIM TO BROADCAST Fred B. Snite, Jr.. Broadcasts To Aid Paralysis Fight An unusual feature will be given ' tonight from 7:30 to 8 o’clock over J all Mutual broadcasting stations when Fred B. Snite, Jr., the boy who suffered an attack of infantile , paralysis in the Orient und whose I life was saved by an iroi't lung, will speak Snite will speak on behalf of the I national committee for the Birth-, day Ball for the President and the ' fight to end infantile paralysis.! I The boy has lived in the iron lung ' since his attack and was -shipped halp way around the world to his home in Chicago. His father, Fred i B. Snite. Sr., will also speak tonight on the same program Stage ■ and screen stars of Chicago will ' also participate. President Franklin D. Roosevelt will make his annual birthday speech over all radio networks. * Saturday night from 10:30 to 11 | • o’clock during a special program. He recently lent his birthday in perpetuity towards the founding of a new national foundation to end infantile paralysis The affair here Saturday will be ' held at the Decatur Country Club, with Bob Dykeman’s orchestra furnishing the music. Final plans for the party are being made now. James Murphy, chairman of the telegram committee, announced ' today that a committee will con-; ' tact some of the residents of Deca-1 tur before the ball to seek their. signatures on a giant telegram to ibe sent the President. It will cost ! 25 cents a person to sign the tele- ( gram. All the funds collected by j this means will be donated by the Western Union Telegraph company to the Birthday Ball committee, no I charge being made for transmitting j them to Washington. Persons not i contacted may leave their signatures at the telegraph office. Plans are also being made for ] the serving of refreshments at the ball. Tables will i>e set up and sandwiches and soft drinks sold Saturday night. J. I. FADLEY IS CANDIDATE Seeks Renomination From Fourth Congressional District Representative James I. Farley is a candidate for renomination, according to word received from him by friends today. Mr. Farley is serving his third term as representative from the fourth congressional district. PetiI tions are being circulated in Decatur, asking that his name be placed on the Democratic ballot in the | primary election. Tuesday, May 3. In making his formal announcement of candidacy. Mr. Farley issued the following statement: . • "I am a candidate for renomination for the office of United States representative, subject to the Detn- ’ ocratic primaries, May 3, 1938. ‘‘l have endeavored to the bast of my ability to faithfully serve the people of the fourth congressional district, and I am hopeful that my conduct of the office has i been of such a nature that the i Democrats of the fourth congres- . sional district will feel that I am , worthy of this confidence. "It has been a pleasure to serve in this administration and 1 think that a search of the records will diaclose that I have faithwully peri formed my duties.” Pat Miller Rites Held This Morning Funeral services for Patrick Miller, local factory employe, who died Friday night Ln the Huntington county hospital from injuries sustained in a nauto accident the preceding night, were held this mornj ing at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, Burial was made i tithe St. Joseph cemetery. Paul bearers were H. P. Schmitt. Elmo Smith, Clayeon Carro'.l, Joe i Murphy, Clem Kortenber and Fred Schulte. Morris Store Manager Transferred From City William J. Petit, manager of the Morris store of this city has been transferred to Walnut Hills, a subj urb of Cincinnati. The move is considered a promotion due to the fact that the Ohio store ia about twice as large as the Decatur store. Mr. and Mrs. Petit will move Wednesday. John Halterman, manager of the Albion, Michigan store will be transferred to this city. He probalb- | ly arrive here Tuesday.

NOMINATION OF REED APPROVED BY COMMITTEE (Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Justice Appointee 1 Washington. Jan, 24—<U.R)~The senate judiciary committee today unanimously approifcil the nomlnai tlon of Solicitor General Stanley i Reed to be an associate justice I of the supreme court. The action was taken after a ■ brief executive hearing at which <no objections were made to the nomination of Reed to succeed retired Associate Justice George Sutherland. Sen. M. M. Logan, D.. Ky., was! instructed to report Reed’s nomination to the senate, which is expected to confirm him without delay At the same time sources close to the White House indicated that Robert H. Jackson, assistant attor- 1 ney general In charge of anti-trust activity, is expected to be recom- ! mended shortly to succeed Reed as solicitor general. Mr. Roosevelt planned to confer i later today with Jackson and Ben Cohen, brain trust adviser. It was expected they would discuss projected anti monopoly recommenda-, tions which will be embodied in a special message to congress. President Roosevelt began his ! day with his usual Monday conferI ence with congressional leaders. ■ He met with Vice President John j ! M. Garner, senate majority leader i Alben W. Barkley, speaker William B. Bankhead and house majority i leader Sam Rayburn. The president today was expect- ; j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) j Hiram McCollum Is Fined, Sentenced Hiram McCollum, who was arrested last week on charges of stealing wire, was fined Ji and ' costs and sentenced to 90 days in : | the state penal farm 'by Mayor Ar-1 I thur R. Holthouse late Saturday. McCollum plead not guilty whe 1' arraigned in city court and was j convicted after trial, McCollum’s ' contention that he did not arrive I in town until about 3 o’clock in the morning after the theft, was dis- ' credited by the testimony of local | junk employes who testified that he ■ arrived the day before. He was charged with stealing 1,ii)4O leet in cvppvi •» »• v..w , i Krick-Tyndall lot, allegedly 'Utting I the wire from posts. Officers surprised him at the scene, but were unable to apprehend him until sev- ' eral hours later. o John B. Stoneburner For Township Assessor John B. Stoneburner, present deputy assessor, has announced as a candidate so rassessor of Washington township, subect to the dei cision of the Democratic primary, May 3. 'He made the race four I years ago, running second to Jay Cline. He has never held an elective i office but has long been active in Democratic politics. He is a native of the county and resided in I Decatur many years, being engaged ■ in the music business and later ■ opened the first moving picture . house here. He is tne first to ani nounce for the office this year. , | ■—; o MADDIAGE LAINS TO DE STUDIED Gov. Townsend Appoints Committee To Study ; Marriage Laws Indianapolis. Jan. 24. —<U.R)‘ —Gov. M Clifford Townsend today announced the appointment of a 50- ’ member committee to study Indiana’s marriage laws, long the target of religious and civic organizations. Composed of elegymen, physicI ians, lawyers, social workers, club 1 women, judges, state officials and ( civic and educational workers, the committee probably will seek a re-] vision of the laws to prevent child marriages, of which there have been many of late,and away or requiring premarital physical examinations. ‘ : Proposals for delays between the 1 time of obtaining the license and ’ the marriage also will be considered by the committee which will ' meet here Feb. 2, national social hygiene day. Dr. Verne K. Harvey, state board of health director, has been nam- ! ed temporary chairman, and Dr. I ' Charles Kettleborough, director of the state legisltaive reference bnI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Candidate James I. Farley, Auburn, has announced his candidacy for renoinination on the Democratic ticket for congressional represent- [ atfve from the fourth district. CALVIN HUDSON ’ DIES SATURDAY Well Known Decatur Man Dies Saturday Os Complications Calvin “Cally" Hudson, 65, well known local laborer, died Saturday I evening at 5:45 o’clock at his home, 115 North Sixth street. ! Death was caused by complica- ' tions. The deceased was born in Pleasant Mills November 6, 1872. the ! son of Thomas and Judie Hudson, ' both deceased. He was a life-long resident of i the county, moving to Decatur a ! number of years ago. Albert Hudi son, a brother of this city, is the j only living survivor. A brother, I Andrew, preceded him in death. I Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Gillig & Doan funeral home. ' Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the ; funeral home, where it may be ' viewed until time for the funeral. ! The Rev. Glen Marshall, pastor of : the Church of God, will officiate. ] o FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD TODAY Martha Faye Merriman Died Saturday At Home Os Parents Funeral services were held this I afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Mt. ! Hope church for Martha Faye. ; Merriman, 23, who died at the home of her parents, J Frank and Jennie Sipe-Merriman in Blue Creek township. Saturday morning at i 10:15 o’clock. Miss Merriman was born February 22. 1914. She had been ill tor the last five years. Death was due 1 !to dropsy and heart disease. She was a member of the Mt. Hope church. She is survived by the parents, three brothers, Leo, of Blue Creek I township: DeWitte, of Muncie and Arthur, of Bethany, Oklahoma, and | one sister, Mrs. Levi Amstutz. The Rev. Pierce, supply pastor] lof the Mt. Hope church, officiated 'at the services this afternoon. I Burial was made in the church i cemeteryo Court House Window Blown Out By Wind The heavy winds this afternoon blew a window out in the court house. The, window, with the saeh and part of wood framing around it, was torn loose and hurled to the floor, fit was repaired temporarily by Wi',l Schumacher, custodian. o August Schlickman Out For Assessor August Schlickman of French [township, former township assessor Ln Kirkland township, announced today he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for county assessor. Mr. Schlickman served eight years as township assessor and four years ago moved to French township, where he is engaged in farming. He is a well known Democrat and at present is precinct committeeman. He is also a vice-presi-dent of the French township institute and the soil conservation organization. Mr. Schlickman is the second person to announce for the nomination for county assessor. Ernest Worthman, present incumbent of the of- j flee is a candidate.

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TO ASK DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAP-SLAYER Government Seeks To Send Ross Slayer To Electric Chair Chicago, Jan. 25— (U.R) —Court action l>y which the government will attempt to send John Henry Seadlund to the electric chair for the kidnap-slaylng of Charles 8. Ross may be opened today by I'.S. District Attorney Michael L. Igoe. Investigators lacked only minor links to complete their case against [ the 27-year-old slayer —a northwoods lumberjack who was launched on his crime career by Tommy i Carroll, one-time lieutenant for I desperado John Dillinger. That career led him through a i series of bank robberies and finally to kidnapings. It ended 10 days [ ago when he was captured and | confessed killing Ross, his elderly victim, and James Atwood Gray, his kidnap accomplice. Thursday night Seadlund. who had used the name of Peter Anders, directed G-men to a snow-covered dugout near Spooner, Wis„ where he had disposed of the bodies. Attorney Igoe was en route from Washington to take personal charge of the case. He was scheduled to confer with Daniel M. Ladd. Chicago head of the federal bureau of identification, and Earl Connelly, crack FBI kidnap expert, to decide methods of precedure. Two were open: To take Seadlund before U. S. Commissioner Edwin K. Walker for preliminary arraignment; to waive the arraignment and present the evidence before a federal grand jury, asking an Indictment under the Lindbergh kidnap law. The jury reconvenes today, and, since the Ross case is the only matter pending, it was believed It would be presented immediately. It was apparent the G-men considered their case complete enough for court presentation. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, who for the first time revealed details of Seadlund's background and crimes when he brought the prisoner to j Chicago from St. Paul, turned the case over to assistants and returned to Washington Sunday. However, a few agents, moving swiftly and secretly through a 1 night life district on Chicago’s near north side where Seadlund was known to have lived shortly before me a'uuueiiun, deaied up final details of his crime career. Principally they sought to determine if the kidnaping was a haphazard one as Seadlund insisted, or planned carefully with the aid : of accomplices. It was learned Miss Florence : Freihage. 44, Ross' former secrei tary and a witness to the kidnaping. viewed the slayer but could I not identify him positively. Therefore, it was believed to have been Gray who actually took Ross from her side the night of Sept. 25. Her description of the man tallied more closely with that of Gray. At the same time, police said Ross’ body had arrived in the city and had been removed to a mortuary. Private funeral services were being arranged. Gray's body will be removed to his sister's home at Providence, Ky. When he announced the kidnap- ' er’s true identity. Hoover revealed Ihe had learned that Ross, when he signed the ransom note which was delivered to his family, believed he was signing a demand (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AL DEIMER IS SEVERELY HDRT Suffers Fractured Jaw In Auto Accident Saturday Night One local resident was severely hurt and two escaped with minor injuries Saturday night when the car in which they were riding overturned enroute to Fort Wayno. Al Geimer, employe of the West End restaurant, sustained a multiple jaw fracture in the crash, while Bill Coffee and Lee Faurote, both local grocery employes, escaped with minor cuts and bruises. The accident occurred shortly after midnight Saturday about five miles north of the city on federal road 27 when the car slipped off the road onto the berm. Faurote and Coffee were thrown clear of the wreck as the car turn- ' ed over, but Geimer fell underneath. He was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital, where he is reported resting easily. The car. driven by Faurote, was I badly damaged.