Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1922 — Page 1

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DESPERATE GANG IF Him THIEVES BROUGHTTOLIGHT Arrest of Fitzgibbon on Conspiracy Charge Unearths Traffic in Stolen Cars. LOCAL MEN ARE HELD One Confesses to Deal With Coal Operator to Collect Insurarce Money. With the arrest of Frank Fitzgibbon, 31, of 6813 E. Washington St., coal operator, on a grand jury indictment charging conspiracy to commit a felony, it became known that he is alleged to have had lealings one of the most daring gangs automobile thieves that ever operated in the central States. Members have confessed theft of thirty automobiles. Charges against Fitzgibbon are that he conspired with Herman Chandjie of the Brevort Hotel and Edward Siersdorfer, 143 N. Delaware St., to have them steal his limousine, valued at $7,000, and insured for $6,800, that he might collect the insurance. It was following the arrests of Chandjie and Biersdorfer that their confessions and the investigations of Detectives McGleen, McMurtry, Ruginstein and Bulllvan resulted In the returning of n Indictment against Fitzgibbon. Four Are Arrested Chandjie, Slersdorfer, Viola Miles, 38, of 403 E. South St., and Jean McDonald, 18, of 4033 E. Washington St., were arrested at Marion, Ohio, May 9, in a big automobile stolen In Indianapolis. The automobile was the property of Mortimer Forseott, 21 The Hampton Court, vice president of the Kahn Tailoring Company. The two men and woman were brought hack to Indianapolis and are charged with Vehicle taking. The women are out on bond, but the men have been in jail since their arrest. All have been indicted by the grand jury. The two men confessed they bad stolen thirty high priced automobiles in Indianapolis, Cincnnatl, Boston. Dayton and Louisville, when the detectives happened to ask them about the McFarland automobile owned by Fitzgibbon. They then confessed that ■hey took that automobile after mak--oig a bargain with Fitzgibbon. Chandjie said he met Fitzgibbon at Garden Point a chicken dinner place in Broad Ripple and that Fitzgibbon *aid the car was too expensive and that he wanted to get rid of it as he had $6,800 Insurance on the automobile. Chandjie said he agreed to take the automobile provided that Fitzgibbon would give him several days start before reporting the loss to the police. Chandjie said he took the car and In company with his wife, Gladys Chandjie, an actress, drove about Indianapolis and to Garden Point and put the can In a garage on Meridian St. near Ohio St., where it remained during the night and on the next day the three started south for Birmingham, Some days later Fitzgibbon is said to have reported the automobile stolen. Confession in Detail The confession of Chandjie told in detail of the trip to Birmingham. And later to Aneanta, Ala., the home city of Mrs. Chandjie. The insurance company traced the movements of the three persons and the automobile from Indianapolis to One&nta, Ala. They also claim that they have positive proof that the McFarland automobile was in the garage in Alabama on the very day that Fitzgibbon reported the car stolen. Some days later Chandjie returned to Indianapolis and early In April he confessed having told Fitzgibbon that he drove the big automobile over a ■aj'ff in the mountains. He asked for El pay, but was told the insurance company had not settled. Fitzgibbon In Jail Fitzgibbon was locked in the Marion County Jail today following his arrest by Sheriff Snider, having failed to obtain bond. Os the thirty high-priced automobiles stolen In various cities by the gang, the Indianapolis detectives have recovered about ten.

MOVEMENTS GUARDED Uoyd George Protected From Possible Attack by Irish Extremists. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 29.—As a precaution against Irish extremists who are known to have threatened members of the government, the destination of Lloyd George was kept secret as he made ready to depart on a vacation trip today. It was merely announced the premier would spend his holiday “in the country.”

THE WEATHER

Temperatures have risen slightly in the Ohio valley, but readings are low in the extreme upper Mississippi valley and the Canadian northwest. Since Monday morning showers have occurred in the Lakes region, the middle Hookies and at scattered places elsebut high pressure have almost the north central depression of Monday, and generally fair weather is Indicated over the central valley State* tonight and Wednesday. New Orleans was Monday’s hottest city with a temperature at 7 a. m. of 78 degrees. Bismark, N. D., held the mark for the minimum temperature at 62 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m....:... 66 11 a. m 78 7 a. m. 66 12 (noon) 81 8 a. m. 68 1 p. m 83 S a. m. 71 2 p. m S3 ''S a. m. 75

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TOM SIMS SAYS: | Many a man going along on easy street turns off into Wall Street and gets lost. Tgr’* yO War not only threat--7 ens in Europe but a j\ Wisconsin man wants to confiscate spoolers’ SIMS autos. Funny things happen. Illinois couple has been married sixty-six years without shooting each other. Wonder if a man on a used motorcycle needs a peddler’s license? South Dakota jail-breakers left a farewell poem. This is carrying poetic license too far. Laugh and who laughs with you depends upon what you laugh at. Little 1922 booze is aged In the wood. Many of its drinkers are. Ship captain beat his cook to death. There is more freedom on the sea than on land. America’s champ mail sorter is a girl. You haven't seen her picture because she doesn't work In a bathing suit. Sixty-four U. S. college girls went by air from Paris to London and that is higher education. Ohio man claims a train missed his car two inches. Suppose the train had been ahead of time? A swell neighborhood is where a street is a boulevard. “Largest dam in south nearly complete”—news item. It must be about the weather. Five paydays hath September.

RESCUERS STRIKE TD SAVE HERS 111 BURNING ROLE Victims of Collapse in Gold Workings Believed to EJe Without Hope. By United Press JACKSON, Cal., Aug. 29.—A desperate battle is being waged today for the liveai of forty-three men eentombed nearly a mile below the surface. Huddled on cars used to bring the gold to the surface, wives and children of the doomed men watched the proceedings. The entombed men, cut off by fire yesterday, struggled to a level where the air was a little better. Miners who escaped worked in endless shifts. Rescuers Down 2,600 Feet Gangs fighting the flames have gone down to the 2,600-foot level. Tons of water were poured on the fire. The imprisoned men are behind a barrier of crumpled, burnt timbers and fallen walls. Great clouds of steam and smoke constantly drove the rescue workers to higher levels. Canary birds, lowered for gas tests, were brought up dead. Fire was discovered as low as the 3,000-foot level. It is believed that It has crept lower. That the miners were either being burned or suffocated to death was the belief of rescue workers. The imprisoned men are lying beside rich veins of gold. V. S. Garbarini, superintendent of the mine, refused to make public the names of the entombed men. He refused to say what condition the mine as in, or what probably caused the disaster. V. S. Bureau Directs Work Rescue workers directed by representatives of the United States Bureau of Mines today launched two campaigns to save the entombed men. One party fought fire in the main shaft. A second party was sent to the 3,600-foot level of the Kennedy mine, adjoining the Argonaut, and began digging feverishly in hopes of opening a 600-foot tunnel into the Argonaut in time to bring out alive the entombed miners. BIG LOUR HEADS li SERIOUS BREAK Proposal That Brotherhoods End Contracts Is Cause of Conference Split. By United Press CLEVELAND. Aug. 29.—Proposals that the big railroad brotherhoods and their contracts with the railroads at midnight. Sept. 30, are said to have precipitated a serious break in the conference of “big four” heads here today. The suggestion was reported to have been made by D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, with the sanction cf Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the engineers. CLERK IS CALLED Clark County Official Before Board of Accounts. Charles K. Zollraan of Jeffersonville, clerk of the Clark County Court, appeared before the members of the State board of accounts today to account for $3,000 In trust funds. Mr. Zollman was mentioned in a recent report with other county officials.

RORY IS EASRED TR AUTO WHEEL II MIT EDDY Deputy Sheriffs Ascertain Other Machines Are Deep in Missouri River. TACKLE FAILS TO HOLD Burden Slips Back Into Muddy Water When Operative's Foot Is Caught. BULLETIN By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 29. A second body has been discovered in the “bandits’ grave yard” of sunken automobiles in the Missouri River at Nearman, Under Sheriff Kepler of Wyandotte County, telephoned police headquarters here today. Both are lashed to the steering wheels of submerged machines, Kepler said. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. JinOperatives from the county sheriff’s office today raised to the surface of the Missouri River, an automobile, to the wheel of which v.as lashed the body of a man, bound hand and foot. Divers say at least a dozen other Automobiles are in the eighteen-foot eddy, on the Kansas side of the river near Nearman, Wyandotte County. Whether these also contain bodies was not determined today. The investigation will continue, officials said. Following receipt of an unsigned letter, investigators proceeded to use a tackle in the river. William Berkson, a deputy sheriff, said his foot became entangled in the rope which bound a dead man to the steering wheel of a raised machine. The rope slipped and the car sank back into the muddy water. David Kepler, Jr., deputy sheriff, said he would raise the car and as many others as could be located today. He said he believed the man tied to the steering wheel was one of ten bandits who killed Deputy Marshal Leroy Demron, in an attempt to loot the Farmers’ State Bank, p.t Bonner Springs, Kansas, Aug. 22.

BARD COAL PEACE TERMS REPORTED TO BE ACCEPTABLE Joint Conference Will Meet to Ratify Agreement, Reports Declare. By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 29.—1 t was reported today that anew peace in the anthracite fields, acceptable to both miners and operators, haa been devised, that the joint conference of operators and union officials will reconvene here tomorrow, and that a new agreement will be signed before the week ends, Th 155,000 miners who quit work last April 1 will be back in the mines next week, if the reported agreement becomes effective. Rev. J. J. Curran, pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral in Wilkesbarre. said anew peace proposal had been eubmited to both miners and operators. He held two conferences with John L. Lewis, miners’ chief. Father Curran took an active part in ending the strike in 1902. He was a friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt. PEACE THOUGHT NEAR Bituminous Agreement Is Expected Among Pennsylvania Operators. PITTSBURGH. Pa., Aug. 29. Peace in the bituminous mine war neared today following a break in the ranks of the Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Association. The association summoned officials of District No. 5, United Mine Workers of America, to a conference after the Pittsburgh Coal Company, known to be irrevocably opposed to an understanding on the basis of the Cleveland agreement, resigned from membership. OPEN FAIR OFFICES Administration Building at Grounds Is Occupied. The members of the State board of agriculture will leave the Statehouse Thursday to take up offices at the State fairground. Offices will be in the administration building. The force of clerks employed is rapidly completing the detail work of listing the entries. Koby looses Mofoineter Sam Koby, 2417 N. Alabama St., reported that while his car was parked downtown, a motometer valued at $8 was stolen off of it. Police investigated.

ILLEGAL By United Press MADISON. Wis.. Aug. 29.—Sun day baseball ;n Wisconsin is illegal. Attorney General Morgan ruled today. Clause .in the “blue law” statutes of 1849 prohibiting Sunday amusements includes baseball, and will be enforced to, the letter, he announced.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUG. 29, 1922

‘Hello’ls Heard From Airplanes Going Over Sea LONDON, Aug. 29.—01d time train dispatchers have an amazingly modern counterpart in the operator of the first wireless telephon exchange in the world at Croydon air station, through which airplanes flying between London and the Continent are controlled from a central station. These planes carry passengers. They are equipped with wireless telephones. The pilots “ring up” to report and receive directions. The controller, a virtual aerial traffic cop, directs the movements of the air expresses, keeps the airways clear and directs the landing and departure of planes. HARTMAN WILE FACE TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT Deposed Republican Candidate for City Judge Will Be Tried for Conspiracy. J. Herbert Hartman, deposed Republican candidate for city Judge, at the last city election." will be tried for conspiracy to violate the national motor vehicle act in Federal Court this fall, Homer Elliott, United States district attorney, announced today. This sets at rest rumors which have been in circulation for some time that Federal charges against Hartman would be dropped. Kunkel Pleads Guilty Others to face trial with Hartman will be hLs wife Laura, and his brother Fred. Frank Francis, the “confessing burglar,” his wife, Lura. and Carl Kunkel are named in the same Indictment. Kunkel entered a plea of guilty when arraigned. Francis, who is serving a term in the Kentucky penitentiary for forgery, and his wife Lura were not arraigned. In view of the fact that Francis and wife were star witnesses for the State when Hartman and wife were tried for receiving stolen property in Criminal Court this spring. It Is believed they will enter pleas of guilty and testify for the Government. The indictment charges conspiracy to transport fifteen stolen automobiles In Interstate traffic. Francis Is 111 Last week Alexander G. Gavins made a trip to Frankfort, Ky.. where he had a talk with Francis. Francis lias beefi 111 in the prison hospital, but physicians say he will be able to come to Indianapolis to testify. Four Indictments were returned In these cases in Federal Court, Oct. 13, 1921. They included violation of the prohibition laws, violation of the national motor vehicle acts and conspiracy to violate both of the acts. J. Herbert Hartman and his wife were acquitted by a Jury in Criminal Court last spring on charges of receiving property stolen by Francis, after a trial lasting two weeks.

FOUR RICH MEN SEEKING TR SAYE LAID FROM RUIN German Industrial Leaders Gather With Chancellor to Discuss Crisis. By CARL TANARUS). GROAT f nited Press Staff Correspondent. BERLIN, Aug. 29.—The four richest men in Germany—Stinnes, Voegler, Klrdos and Thyssen—gathered today in an attempt to save their country from ruin. The millionaires met with Chancellor Wirth to discuss the grave economic crisis brought about by the unprecedented slump of the mark. They also presented details of their plan to underwrite the fatherland's ability to pay reparations in case a moratorium was granted by the allies. Treaties between the wealthy industrials and Belgium and France, are to be drawn up under the plan. LEG IS SHOT OFF: HELD FOR MURDER Frank Smith Arrested in Dayton Hospital on Charge of Killing Moyer. By United Press DECATUR, Ind., Aug. 29.—With one leg almost shot off, Frank Smith, a former resident of Mercer County, Ohio, has been located In a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and placed under arrest on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Edward Moyer, prominent farmer, near Rockford, Ohio. Moyer’s body was found with a bullet hole through the stomach Aug. 24. FOUR BOMBS EXPLODED Sixty Windows Shattered in Oaklawn C. & E. I. Railroad Shops. By United Press DANVILLE, 111., Aug. 29.—Four bombs were exploded early today near the entrance to the Oaklown shops here of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ralroad. Sixty windows were mashed by the explosion, but no one was injured.

240 DROWN WHEN CHILEAN STEAMER HITS ROCKS OFF CHOROS ISLANDS

Times Masquerader Is Captured by Woman in Throng of People

The Times Masquerader was captured today at 12:37 p. m. and caught by a woman. The lucky lady was: Mrs. Edith Winkel, 535 Carlisle St. The capture was made after the Masquerader had st rolled’"about In the crowd of several hundred persons who blocked traffic at the busy Illinois and Washington Sts. corner for more than an hour. The Masquerader stepped out of a taxicab on Washington St., after riding twice through the crowd in the shelter of the closed car. After passing Illinois St. going east for tfie second time the Masquerader stepped out and skirted the crowd, then plunged into the thick of it. Just around the Occidental corner on Illinois St., where the crowd was the thickest, Mr*. Winkel approached him and said: “You are the Masquerader of the Tlmee.”

“Right you are,” replied the Masquerader. and they were rushed into an automobile that was passing and brought to the Times office where a check for SIOO was presented to Mrs. Winkel. Hundreds of people armed with current issues of the Times blocked the corner before the Occidental building at ths corner of Washington and Illinois Sts., between 12 and 1 o’clock, attempting to catch n glimpse of the “Masquerader.” Any one who mailed a letter, wore a bow tie or even looked at a policeman was immediately tendered the password, “You are the Masquerader of the Times.” Traffic was blocked. Sidewalks were Jammed. _ The crowd milled goodnaturedly, trampling each other's toes in hope of collecting the SIOO. Finally,

NEGRO MOTOHIBT RONS DIN BOY Speeder Arrested and Police Find Twenty Gallons of White Mule. A booze laden car, speeding and dodging the law, struck and seriously Injured Delphord Doren, 15, 1015 N. Tremont Ave., at Illinois and South Sts. today. The automobile driven by Asa Guerrant, negro, 412 W. Vermont St., and the boy-cidlng a wheel were both going south on Illinois St. The driver did not stop and sped on. I-nter police found Wlilliam Woods, 412 W. Vermont St. who said Guerrant told him of having an accident. At a lumber yard the police found twenty gallons of white mule that had been unloaded from the car. Guerrant was arrested. THIEF GETS CHOKER Fur Fiece Taken From Laura Ito wry in Case. Laura Bowry, 1515% Yandes St., reported a thief stole a mink fur choker from her last night while she was In the Blackstone Case. BURGLARS MISS MONEY By Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 29. A safe which was carried away by thieves last week from the home of James Crank was found at the edge of a cornfield near the Lick Creek bridge by Archie Woods. Money amounting to $630 was recovered by Mr. Crank. He had a secret hiding place in the door of the safe, back of the plate covering the lock mechanism, which the burglars overlooked. Postal Vacation Sept. 1 All department of the postofflce will close at 10 o’clock a. m. Labor Day, Sept. 4, according to Postmaster Robert H. Bryson. There will be one delivery of mail. Collections will be made on Sunday schedule.

In desperation, some on* shouted: “He's been caught and taken to The Times office,” whereupon a rout swept down upon the office and with difficulty were persuaded from storming the doors. And when finally he did appear with his captor the street before The Times office became impassable, and even reporters left their desks to join the excitement. The Masquerader game was played by the Times, with SIOO as the reward for capturing the mysterious ptrang<er. in conjunction with the Circle Theater, where this week the Guy Bates Post motion picture version of “The Masquerader” is on view.

CAPPER ATTACKS WAR PROFITEERS Kansas Senator Makes Bitter Reference to Opponents of Bonus Measure. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—War and peace profiteers owe a bonus to the soldiers. Senator Capper, Kansas, declared In the Senate today in a speech denouncing the United States Chamber of Commerce for its opposition to the bill. “Those who remained at home made enough to enable ua to pay many times over the debt we owe to the men who fought our battles,” Carper said. WILL BOOST LEVY School Commissioners Consider Next Year’s Budget Tonight. The budget for the school city for the coming year will be taken up at the meeting of the board of school commissioners tonight, according to Walter J. Twiname, business director. The new rate will be between 90 and 93 cents as against 86.3 cents during the past year, he said. Os this amount about $5,100,000 will be realized from taxes. REDUCES OWN FARE Lafayette Car Cos. Surprises Commission by Voluntary Action. The public service commission was informed by letter today that the Lafayette Street Railway Company was voluntarily reducing its car fare from seven to five cents with free transfer. The company asks that it be allowed to experiment with five cent fare for six months before filing a schedule of rates with the commission that would make the rate permanent. Auto Tools Missing John Klepper, 1313 Bellefont&ine St., reported to police that his garage was entered and tools valued at $3.60 taken.

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Passengers and Crew of Itata Find Watery Graves in Heavy Sea, According to Report Received From Chacabuca. OVERLOADING BELIEVED DISASTROUS Correspondents on Relief Vessel Believe Sinking of Doomed Ship Followed Suddenly When She Scraped Coquimbo Rocks. By United Press SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 29.—Two hundred and fortw persona were drowned today when the Chilean passenger steamer Itata sank off the Choros Islands near Coquimbo. ' It was believed the sinking of the ship was due to ovecladra condition in the heavy seas. Belief that all the passengers and members of the crew were irowned was expressed in a report from the cruiser Clmcabueo. Cruising In Neighborhood Tbe Chacabueo was cruising in the neighborhood of the Choros Islands when the vessel sank. The Itata was believed to have sunk very suddenly. The theory expressed by members of the crew of the Chacabuco is that the bottom of the Itata was scraped against rocks near the island and torn completely off.

A MONOLOGUE "Hello! Mother: “I won that SIOQ. “Yes I difi. too! "I am going to buy that coat. Good by.” That was the brief conversation between Mrs. Edith Winkle, the successful searcher for the masquerader. and her mother over the phone just after she got the Times' SICO check.

Merrie England Gets Bad Booze Same as We Do By United Metes LONDON, Aug. 29.—Poison whisky jis not confined to the dry United States. It is menacing England. Despite all the perfectly good liquor available here, the Englishman j persists in making, and in drinking, ; bad whisky. The product is not so j much the result of crude manufacture, i or amateurish distilling, as adulteraj tion and blending with cheap liquors. | The annual report of the Home for I Inebriates Association brings to no- | tlce this condition. BOARD ON RECORD AGAINST THEORY IF WAYWORKERS ‘Living Wage’ Issue Ruling Denies Contention of Petitioners. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—Maintenance i of way workers lost the first skirmish ! in their fight for wage increases when the railroad labor board today denied the “living wage” as a basis for fixing anew wage scale. “The board will not go beyond the transportation act,” the decision declared. “If we find that the 'living wage' is a 'just and reasonable wage,’ as prescribed by law, we wU adopt it.” Upon the request of President E. F. Grable of the maintenance men, the board recessed until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Grable announced he wanted to consider the board's decision on the “living WRge” carefully before proceeding with the hearing. YRAINMEN CO BACK TO JHsjf JOLIET Three Weeks of Controversy Ends When State Troops Are Withdrawn. By United Press JOLIET, IIL. Aug. 29.—The strike of trainmen on the Elgin. Joliet .4 Eastern Railroad which has tied up the “outer belt line” serving Chicago, for more than three weeks, was settled today. The men were to return to work at 3 p. m. Settlement was reached when officials agreed to move troops on duty here farther from the shops. BOOZE RUNNERS CAUGHT Ten Barrels of Brew Seized By Spencer Sheriff. By Tines Special SPENCER. Ind.. Aug. 29.—Sheriff W. C. McCarty and Deputy Bernard Burks ran down two booze runners eight miles northwest of here last night who gave their names as John Barron and Elmer Higgens. They were in a high-powered speed wagon. Barron and Higgens were landed in Jail, their car confiscated and also ten barrels of brew and 1,200 bottles. The car had an Ohio license on it.-

Forecast Cen-rally fair tonight and Wednesday. Moderate temperature.

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The Choroe Island* are off Coquina bo, which is a seaport half -way down the coas: of Chile. The latitude of th® islands 1s 29.15 a. and longitude < 1.35 w. The Itata. which had a registered tonnage of 1,371, was built in 1373 by the R. and J. Evans & Cos. at Liverpool. The ship was owned by the Cia Nacional De Yapores and registered at Valparaiso and was flying the Chilean flag. HARDING WANTS RIGHT TR SEIZE AS LAST RESORT Legislation Desired Before Congress Leaves, Says Official Statement. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 29,—President Harding wants legislation passed before Congress adjourns or recesses giving him power to seize anthracite mines and railroads in order that he may have adequate authority to protect public welfare should a grave emergency arise through a continuation of the rail and coal strikes, it was officially stated at the White House today. It was emphasized that the President has no thought of taking over the mines or any railroads In the near future and that such action would be taken only as a last resort. The White House statement cleared many conflicting reports here during the last few days regarding possible seizure and operation, of the mines and railroads. It was officially stated tMS President now be'ieves ft is not only desirable but necessary before an adjournament of Congress is taken that he be given "authority to meet any great national emergency that may arise.”

PLAN ADDITION - TIjRNNYSIDE County Tuberculosis Hospfta! Will Take Care of Additional Patients. Plans to erect another new building to accommodate fifty-one additional patients at Sunnyside, the county tuberculosis hospital, were submitted to the board of county commissioners today by Dr. H. S. Hatch, superintendent of the institution. The specifications, as shown by chitects, Bass & Knowlton, in conjunction with Dr. Hatch, call for an addition of $25,000 to the increase adready tentatively allowed for Sunnyside. County Auditor Leo K. Fesler planned to recommend that the hospital be allowed the maximum. 2 cents on each SICO taxable property. Disappears in Hurry Ed Kahn, 424 E. Fifth St., Dayton, Ohio, reported to police that his automobile, parked on the Washington St. side of the Claypool Hotel, was stolen fifteen minutes litter.

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

C. L. W. saw a Danville man strike a match on a gasoline tilling tank. L. M. N. saw a well-dressed young man walking down Virginia Ave. carrying his shoes and socks under his arm. D. G. Saw a woman carry a poodle dog across Washington St. while her baby walked. E. W. saw a male shopper, arms filled with parcels, weigh himself on a pair of free scales and smile triumphantly at his wife. .1. W. saw a woman park her car in the safety zone, pick up the warning sign and place it beside another uachine. . „