Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 28

HIKE SUES SHERIFF FOR CAR SEARCH Young Woman Charges That Officers- Shot at Her Automobile. $5,000 DAMAGES ASKED * * Bullets Punctured Tire, Fender, Says Document. Alleging that Sheriff Omer Hawkins and five of his deputies shot at an auto in which she was riding on the Michigan Rd., in Old Augusta, May 13, forced driver to stop and search her person, a suit was filed in Superior Court Three today in behalf of MisS Clara Isabel Brown, 19, of 244 E. Tenth St., asking $5,000 damages from Sheriff Hawkins and the Globe Indemnity Company. The suit was filed on behalf of Miss Brown, a student nurse, by Dr. F. V. Overman, her employer. The sheriff refused to discuss the case. “I’ll do all my in court,’’ he said. No Liquor Found The suit charges the sheriff had no warrants to search the car and that he found no liquor. The auto was fired on without warning, the suit declared, and bullets punctured the rear tires and fender of the auto. The driver of the car and she believed the officers were hi-jackers, Miss Brown told a Times reporter. “I had been to a theater with Max Hosea, a friend of mine,” she said. "It was early, and we took a ride to Zionsville afterwards. My friend had anew roadster, and was therefore driving not over twenty miles an hour, breaking the car in. I make this point, because the police afterwards slated Max for reckless driving, which was ridiculous. "Just outside of Old Augusta I looked around and saw a car following us. We noticed that there was also one in front of us and I was frightened instantly. 4 “'They’re hi-jackers.’ Max and I both said together. There was no red light on the car following us, as the police afterward claimed. No command was called to us, but suddenly, without the least warning, they began firing at us. Nearly Fainted *'\Ve were panic stricken, and I almost fainted. Os course, we still thought them hi-jackers. Max had anew fraternity pin, with thirty small diamonds in it. He snatched it off and put it in his mouth. By this time the officers had surrounded us, turned searchlights on us. and one stuck a gun close against my face. Another had Max covefed. “ ‘Stick ’em up,’ the officer said. Then they began searching us for liquor and only then did we realize that they were officers. I had on a coat with pockets. They went over this and then felt all over my dress, although that was absurd as there wasn’t a bulge of any kind that would have hidden the smallest object. “Os course they found no liquor, and turned to go, after slating Max for reckless driving. “ ‘How’are we going to get home?’ Max and I both asked. There was our car, with flat tires, and it had begun to rain briskly. Left in Rain “ ‘That's up to you,’ they said and got in their machines and r'ode away. We were thoroughly wet. I was suffering from fright and shock, but we had to walk to New Augusta to find a telephone. Several houses where we knocked didn't answer, but finally we found some people who took us in, and we telephoned to a garage. A Ford truck took us back to Indianapolis and I found my mother at 1 in the morning simply hysterical, thinking \ had come to some terrible harm.”

SEEK DRIVER WHO MADE COMPLAINT Alleges, Over Phone, That Man Sought Bribe Money. Investigating an alleged attempt of a motorcycle rider,' who said he was an officer, to secure bribe money, police today soug;ht the man who made the complaint. A motorist, giving his name as A. M.'Kinder, 1226 N. Illinois St., reported to Capt. Herbert Fletcher over the phone that he had been stopped by a man on a motorcycle at Twenty-First St. and Capitol Ave. and told that he had been speeding. The motorcycle rider, alleging himself an officer, sought to get money from him, Kinder said. But when Kinder refused to pay, he was allowed to go. Police found the license said to have been on the motorcycle had not been issued. Kinder, they learned, had not lived at the N. Illinois St. address for three months. * HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 73 10 a. m 79 7 a. m 77 11 a. m 79 8 a. 78 12 (noon) .... 79 9 a. m 78 1 p. m 74

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BOYS TRY TO DERAIL TRACTION Quick Action of Motorman Saves T. H., I. & E. Car From Wreck. Police today believed a group of boys piled ties across the tracks of the Lafayette division of the T. H., I. & E. traction line at Thirty-Sixth St. and Northwestern Ave. Sunday night and nearly'derailed an inbound car about 8 p. m. The motorman saw the obstruction and was able to stop, avoiding a wreck. The ties were just over the crest of a hill, not easily seen. The track is torn up for repairs at this point. Patrolman James O'Connor was told by the car crew that some persons, thought to be boys, were heard laughing in the bushes nearby while the ties were being removed. It was believed the affair was a prank of the lads. Search of the bushes failed to reveal any one.

SENATE IS TOLD PEPPER’S ANGEL GAV£J307,575 Receipts Were RubberStamped, Not Signed, Treasurer Reveals. Bu Press WASHINGTON, June 14.—Joseph R. Grundy, "angel” of the George Wharton Pepper senatorial campaign in Pennsylvania, made eighteen advances amounting to $307,575 to Pepper’s campaign between April 9 and June 5. This was shown to the Senate primary expense investigating committee today when W. H. Folwell, treasurer of Pepper’s Philadelphia committee, furnished Grundy’s receipts. Rubber Stamp The fact that the receipts were signed by Folwell's rubber stamp sfenature caused members of the committee to closely question him as to why such large sums of money were receipted for by such a process. Folwell said he was in . Europe much of the tirye, and that the ruober stamps of his signatures were affixed to receipts by Frank .1. Gorman 'and Chester W. Hill, attaches of the headquarters. Reed Grills Him “Are you. in the habit of letting your stamp signature be used when an amount of $307,575 is involved?” Senator Reed asked. "No, I’m not accustomed to it.” Folwell finally admitted that he had "a personal idea,” that Grundy might make good all the $90,000 he had contributed. “Was there any underwriter of this campaign besides Grundy?” Reed asked. > “No, sir,” the ’witness -eplied. “Did Grundy agree to underwrite the campaign,'’ Reed querred. “Not that I know of,” the witness said. ■* $400,000 Worth “But he did it to an extent of about $400,000,” Jfised argued. “Yes, about Folwell admitted. Senator King asked if Folwell did not expect to get his refunds from Pennsylvania manufacturers. “Yes,” he admitted. “They were members of Grundy’s Manufacturers’ Association?” “Some were and some weren’t,” the witness countered. Decision to extend the inquiry beyond its original plans was reached today. A corps of new witnesses was called. Sensational Testimony Decision followed testimony of witnesses that evidence of corruption existed, that votes had been “bought” by lavish expenditures for paid watchers; that intimidation was attempted by Mayor Charles Kline of Pittsburgh, In threatening to discharge any city employe who did not vote the Pepper-Fisher ticket, and that the courts had declined to go into the situation. These charges by supposedly competent witnesses have so aroused political leaders in Washington that arrangeemntf are already being discussed concerning arrangements are already being discussed concerning legislation to curb primary expenditures and to handle the case of William S. Vare, the successful wet, if he comes to the Senate iftith the November election certificate of his State.

SHOWN ON WETBILLS SEEN Committee Unanimously Re- , ports Measures. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 14—The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously reported eight “wet” bills to the Senate today with the recommendation that action on them be indefinitely postponed. However, with many drys, including Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, and Glass, Democrat, Virginia, advocating a showdown on wet bills, it is likely that the Senate will have an opportunity to express its sentiments on modification.

BRAZIL OUT OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS Formal Resignation Is Sent to Geneva by Foreign Minister. EFFECTIVE IN 1928 Dispute Over Council Seat Is . Cause. By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent GENEVA, June 14.—Brazil resigned from the League of Nations today as a result of the dispute dver permanent league council membership which began last March, when Germany's application for membership first came before the council. Brazil’s notification of withdrawal was communicated directly from Foreign Minister Pacheco of Brazil to Sir Eric Drummaßid, secretarygeneral of the league. Two years' notice of withdi-awal Is required by the leagu covenant, so that Brazil's final departure from Geneva will take place in 1928. His Cablegram Pacheco's cablegram to Drummond follows“In the exposition of reasons for its resignation as a temporary member of the League of Nations council sent by Brazil to its ambassador at Geneva, which was made public by the secretariat, it was stated that Brazil awaited an opportune moment to complete its act by declining to be a member of the League. “Just having received the convocation for the September assembly at which It cannot appear, Brazil feels it to be its duty to state that this circumstance imposes on it the necessity of formulating its resignation to withdraw from the league. The dispatch therefore, is to be considered as a formal notification under \rticle One of the covenant.” * Blow to League Brazil’s resignation forced the league to recognize that the Western hemisphere was virtually lost to it. Hopes are placed on Presi-dent-elect Luis of Brazil, who succeeds President Bernardes next November. It is thought possible that L\ds will return Brazil to league membership. League members said today tfie assembly would probably re-elect Brazil to nonpermanent councfl membership for the two years she must remain a member. The election would be a matter of courtesy, in addition to leaving the way open for return. Watch Spain The , -esignation unless reconsidered, ends the league’s immediate hopes of attaining world-wide universality ind mark the beginning of anew effort to make it largely European. One of the first results probably will be a diplomatic effort to assure Spain a permanent council seat, since Spain’s withdrawal, which is now threatened, would prevent even Europe universality. EXPECT SPAIN TO FOLLOW Spanish-Speaking League Feared by London Newspaper. v Bu Times Special LONDON, June 14. —The possibility that Spain may make good her threat to quite the League of Nations and subsequently form a “Spanish-speaking League” in conjuhetion with South and Central American nations is suggester in the Sunday Express. The Express declares that recent developments in Geneva have given the league’s authority and prestige “a shattering blow.” It adds that some diplomats believe Spain, as a European nation, may be forced to return to the league, but it predicts (Turn to Page 10)

AUTOS BEAMED BY SALVATION ARMY Reports Say Unwed Mothers Average 16 Years Old. •. Bu United Press NEW YORK, June 14.—Forty-two per cent of the unmarried mothers cared for in Salvation Army homes in the East during the past two years are school girls of high or elementary school grades, averaging 16 years in age, according to Col. Margaret Vovill, retiring territorial director of Salvation Army social service work. In a statement issued here she said automobile flirtations were responsible for most cases. The Salvation Army rescue homes of twenty years ago, she said, were filled with mature women, but today—with double the number of homes—they are filled with girls little more than children. “To have an average age of 16 means that we must have an astounding number of girls who are becoming mothers between the ages of 11 and 14,” she said. GIVEN FARM TERM / Nehemiah Ferrell, Negro, found guilty in Criminal Court today of assault and battery, was fln<*d $1 and to six months on the Indiana State Farm.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1926

STATE CASH O VER LIMIT IN 16 BANKS Total of $1,464,822 Would Have Been Lost if Institutions Failed. Had any of sixteen, Indiana banks, including twelve in Indianapolis, failed at the close of the last State fiscal j ear, Sept. 30, 1925, the State would have lost thousands of dollars. The State board of accounts disclosed this today in announcing it had discovered a total of $1,464,822.42 in State funds deposited then in the sixteen banks unprotected by surety bonds. Over Maximum The State finance board designates banks as depositories and fixes the maximum amount it deems proper to entrust to each bank. Law also provides that a surety bond for the maximum allotment to each bank must be provided. The chance for loss to the State developed in the fact that State officials deposited in excess of the allotments, the excess being uncovered by bonds, the accountants say. An excess of $489,695 was found in one Indianapolis bank. Before Pay Day At the State treasurer's office it was said that such over-deposits are only made prior to the Stated monthly pay day, when large sums are paid out in warrants. The excess deposits neve remain more than two or three days, it was said. The report shows that $45,000 in State money still remains in the now defunct Discount and Deposit State Bank of Kentland, which closed its doors when former Governor Warren T. McCray failed. I FALL INJURES WORKMAN Found Unconscious On Sidewalk— Lineman Hurt. Lying unconscious after falling fiftten fegt from a ladder, Frank Thomason, 65, of 2263 Parker Ave., was found today by a little girl on a sidewalk at 3819 College Ave., where he had been painting. Thomason was taken to city hospital, where it w\is learned he had received a broken wrist and internal injuries. Frank Mitchell, 26, 1932 W. St. Clair St., a telephone linemen, suffered injuries about the hip and leg while, unfading poles from a pile at Bluff Road and Troy Ave. He was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital.

‘GOING SOME’ —COLLINS Uncle, 16; Nephew, 18, Convicted on Auto Theft Charges. “A 16-year-old uncle that can lead an 18-year-old nephew flu wrong is certainly going some,” declared Criminal Judge James A. Collins today when he found Lee Drake, 18, of 351 Massachusetts Ave., and Orville Drake, 16, of 1614 W. New York St., guilty of vehicle taking. Orville’s father is a brother to Lee Drake. The two were returned from Hastings, Neb., where they had driven the automobile of Oscar E. Kertox, 1655 N. Alabama St. Orville was given one year on the Indiana State Farm. Judgment was to be passed on Lee late this afternoon.

CAPITAL ASM . HAITIQUESTION Are U. S. Guns Supporting Political Usurpation? Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, June 14.—Are American guns supporting political usurpation in Haiti, Negro republic? That question assumed special importance today with Louis Borono, dusky hued president, slated to arrive on official visit. Borono was selected to be President by the United States and was illegally and unconstitutionally elected, according to allegations made by Senator King of Utah, in a resolution now pending before the foreign relations committee. King has been fighting through the present session of Congres for withdrawal of the United States military forces which seized and occupied Haiti. King alleges disturbances there are purely of an internal character and no wise affecting the lives or liberty of Americans or other foreigners.

Even a Porch Is Not Safe James Steens, 1724 W. Tenth St., asleep on his porch swing, was suddenly awakened Sunday when an auto crashed into the front of his residence. H. L. Murrell, 1115 N. Mount St., is said to have lost control of his machine following a collision with a Quick-Tire Service Company truck, driven by Chester Davis, Negro, 1014 N. Illinois St., at Tenth St. and Miley Ave. The Murrell car ran over thl* curb and into the front of the house, demolishing the porch. Steens wa not. hurt. Both driv . ers weer slated.

MID WEST THREATENED BY FLOODS I Cloudbursts Fill Rivers in Many Sections —More Rains Forecast. 10 DEAD IN TWO STATES 500 Homes at Rockford, 111., Inundated. Bu United Press CHICAGO, June 14. —Fresh rains today added to the menace of swollen streams over the middle west which has been swept by' a series of near cloudbursts in the past fortyeight hours. Ten lives have been lost in this area as result of the storms. Five persons were killed In lowa and five others in Illinois. Streams were swollen to flood stages, streets of many cities were under several feet of water and basements were flooded. Damage by the wind and hail that accompanied the rain will run into millions of dollars. Rockford, 111., suffered the brunt of the storm. More than four Inches of rain fell there fn an hour and a half, bringing the most severe flood conditions in thirty-six years. 500 Homes Flooded Water six feet deep was running down many of Rockford's streets as many as 500 homes were flooded, forcing their residents to seek protection on roofs. Bridges were swept away, one of them collapsing while two automobiles with seven passengers we're crossing it. The occupants were thrown into the swirling waters but were rescued by other motorists. Their machines were washed away. Property damage in Rockford alone will reach a half-million dollars, and the city faced further dangers as Rock River ascended to flood stage. Two men were killed in Chicago, where wind, hail and electrical display accompanied the heaviest thir-ty-minute rainfalj in the city’s history. One man was struck by lightning'and another killed when he touched a high-tension wire which had been blown down. Four Die In lowa Four deaths were reported in lowa and property damage was heavy, particularly In crops. Transportation and communication facilities were disrupted. Virtually every building in Steinauer. Neb., was damaged by a small tornado. Crops in some sections of Nebraska suffered damage but rainfall wts badly needed in that and with (Turn to Page 10)

BURNING VESSEL RADIOS FOR AID Distress Signals Picked Up in Alaska. Bu United Press CORDOVA, Alaska. June 14. Radio stations throughout Alaska today were instructed to listen for repetition of distress signals from a burning ship, which were picked up late Sunday by both the naval radio operators at Dutch Harbor and St. Paul’s Island. These two stations simultaneously heard the call “fire, fire, S. O. S., S. 0 ( . S., position 52.35.” The signal first was heard at 3:40 p. m. BANDITS GET $1,500,000 S . Kill Seven Guards and Flee With Bank Shipment in Greece. Bu United Press ATHENS, June 14.—Brigands attacking a car containing a bank shipment of 15,000,000 drachma ($1,500,000) on the Preveza-Jannina road, killed seven members of the car's crew and escaped with the money. The shipment was being made by the National Bank of Greece. AUTO STRIKES TRAIN Rain Blinds Driver— Machine Skids and Injures Watchman. The heavy rain at noon today prevented Thomas Pearson, 49, 1209 Woodlawn Ave., from seing a southbound Pennsylvania train when he drove a car up,to the Raymond St. crossing. The automobile skidded into the side of the train and bounded back against the shanty of the crossing watphman. John Kirk, 65, of 420 Minerva St., who suffered injuries about the head and ribs whan the santy collapsed. He was taken to St. Vincent hospital. /Neither Pearson nor William Hill, 1531 S. Shepherd St., riding with him, was injured. VETS AT HUNTINGTON Bu United Press HUNTINGTON, Ind., Jun 414 More than 600 delegates were expected here for the annual convention of Indiana Spanish-Ameri-can War Veterans, which *pened today for a two-day session.

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Have you seen this pretty girl. If you have,’ you should communicate at once with, police, for she has been missing for a week, and her parents anxiously are seeking her. She is Miss Annabelle Littleton, 17, of 27 N. Walcott St., who, according to her mother, Mrs. Elsie Littleton, left home “to hunt work" last Monday, and has not returned. She took a business course at. Technical High School until last January and last week applied for a job at a factory here, police said. “I wonder where she can be. I want her to come home. The only trouble we ever had was one time when I reprimanded her for stay-

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‘Good Citizens’ Blamed for Laxity of Law Enforcement Officers in Speech of Marion County Prosecutor.

A report of the grand jury was waited today as the next development in the conflict between Prosecutor "William H. Remy and Police Chief Claude F. Johnson. The conflict developed last week when Remy, in a public address, charged that political bosses were able to get efficient officers transferred from bootleg districts. Johnson declared that as far as

JUDGE LETS WOMAN GO Had Been Charged With Forgery; Promises Reimbursements. Mrs. Grace Fisher, indicted on charges of forgery and issuing a fraudulent check, was released on her own recognizance today by Criminal Judge James A. Collins upon promise to op good and make reimbursements. Judge Coliins warned that any other trouble Mrs. Fisher may get ipto will force him to commit her to a penal institution. Roy Taylor, 27, was sentenced two to fourteen years at the Indiana Reformatory on a charge of entering a house to corqmit a felony. Frank Smurdell was fined SIOO and sentenced to six months on the Indiana State Farm on a liquor law charge. BICYCLIST IS INJURED Mount’ Struck by Automobile— Driver Faces Charges. When a bicycle he was riding was struck by an automobile at Walnut and Alabama Sts. to day, Louis Graeter. 66, of 1253 Eugene St., suffered injuries about the back, head and legs. He was taken to City hospital. Arthur Botts, 42, of 805 E. Thir-ty-Fourth St., driver of the machine, was charged with assault and battery and reckless driving. CHILDREN FIND BONES Part of Man’s Skeleton Subject of Coroner's Quiz. Another skeleton mystery confronted police today. Joe Williams, Negro, of 621 Fayette St., said some children playing in a vacant house at 602 Fayette St. found what is believed to be part of a man's skeleton. Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner, ordered the bones, said to be those of a man’s hand, taken to the city morgue. They are believed to have been used by a doctor. Aged Hiker Quits I,oCo~Mile Journey Forced to abandon his hike of more than a thousand miles, Andy Miller, 72, of Newport, Pa., Is in city hospital today, where he was taken late Saturday by Motorpolicemen Graham and Metivler, who found him exhausted at Butler Ave. and Washington St. Miller said he was going to his home following a stay In Dodge City, Kan., where he was robbed of $72, his railroad fare home. Officers said he had no personal belongings and only 4 cents In money. Attempts will be made to locate hla son and daughter in Pennsylvania. I

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lng out too late and asked her to get home earlier,” the mother said. W. H. Littleton of Muneie, the girls father, said there was no trace of her there. Muneie police are aiding in the search. She has no other relatives with whom she might visit, it was said. Mrs. Littleton said Annabelle is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, has blue eyes and brown hair and was wearing a light blue skirt and sweater, tan waist, black hat and gray coat with a fur collar when she left. A sister, Dorothy, 11. said Miss Littleton talked of leaving home for some time, and the Sunday before hpd told her she was going to Muneie.

he Is concerned the case is closed. Detectives Jesse McMurtry and Harry McGler.n, whom he withdrew from the prosecutor's office, where they had been acting as special investigators so.- Remy, will remain on the regular police detective force, Johnson declared.' “Wait for the grand jury to say its word.” was Remy's comment. He stated, however, that he Is hoping that Chief Johnson "will see the light,” and think better of a statement issued Saturday striking back at the prosecutor's office. He has received a number of letters commending his stand, Remy said. In a speech at Danville Sunday, although he did not specifically mention his conflict with Chief Johnson, Remy declared that “good citizens” are to blame for police laxity. Failure of “good citizens” to stand firmly behind law enforcement offloers is to blame for the present csjme wave, he said. John W. Friday. Democratic board of safety member, defended Johnson's action. Men Needed The police department needs the services of the men withdrawn from Remy's office, Friday said. He said the fact that the board had agreed t<> recommend addition of 100 men to the police force during 1927 proved that there was a shortage of men. “The agitation of Mr. Remy Is uncalled for. Asa board member I have the utmost confidence in Chief Johnson,” he said. BALTZELL GIVES HEAVYSENTENGES Liqucr Law and Motor Theft Cases Heard. Heavy sentences were levied today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell on persons tried In Federal Court on motor theft and national prohibition law violation charges. Sentences and charges were: Lawrence Lannes, six months. Floyd County jail; Walter Ross, two years at Leavenworth penitentiary, and Phineas Smith, eighteen months, Leavenworth, all from Dayton, Ohio, on auto theft charges. Arthur Elsenshank, eight months in jail and S4OO fine; Henry Brown, eight months. S4OO fine, and Lloyd Prather, ninety days, all on liquor law violation charges for operating a place in Lawrenceburg, Ind. George Nuto. Indianapolis, liquor charge, six months in Jail and $300; Floyd Knobs, six months and S3OO fine, on liquor charges, and Mrs. Ida Hoffman of Ft. Wayne one day In jail on liquor sales charges after pleading guilty. Case of Mrs. Tode McQuaid, 1009 E. Pratt St., charged with liquor law violation, was taken under advisement after she pleaded guilty. Thia afternoon the jury heard cases against Tom Caaey and Louie Weber. 105 W. Maryland St., charged with liquor law violation.

Forecast Thundershowers this afternoon and evening; partly elor.dy and cooler tonight and Tuesday.

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BARYSTEEL Ml BUST KILLS EIGHT Between Fifty and Sixty Others Injured, Many Probably Fatally. COKE HOUSE IS WRECKED Workers Flee From Ruins With Clothes Aflame. Bu United Preu GARY. Jnd., June 14.—Acids stored on the second floor of the brick coke house of the Gary Steel Work* exploded today, killing eight workers and injuring between fifty and aixty others. Many of the injured are not expected to live. The blast, which shattered win dows in buildings within a threeblock radius, wrocked the coke plant —its walls caving In on the 150 men at work . First a Smoke Stream First evidence of the explosion came from a small smoke atream which shot up from the windows, and this was followed by a terrific intonation which rocked the Gary works. frails of the big building tumbled and girders cracked under the atrain The workers, many of them seared by the flames, which Immediately followed the explosion, ran out of all available exits. Clothing of many were aflame. Fire departments rushed to the building, but it was several minutes before the flames could be subdued sufficiently for rescue workers to plunge through the tangled debris of the building. Pinned to Floor Rescue workers found dead and dying pinned to the floor under girders and fallen debris, many were writhing in agony while others lay calm. Five bodies were brought out at first and a second group of three was Anally found. All were burned beyond recognition, but officials of the steel company believe all of the dead have been recovered. More Deaths Expected Between fifty and sixty other workmen, of the force approximating 150. were brought from the building in a dangerous condition. They have been burned by the acid flames and crushed by the falling timbera. The injured were taken to hospitals in Gary and doctors said that many had no chance to recover. Officials of the Gary works here said that the explosion today was the worst in the history of the loeai plant of the steel work*.

KERN RULED OUT OF BENCH RACE Not Eligible for Judgeship, Says Gilliom. United States Commissioner John W. Kern was removed from the Hat of possibilities for the position of municipal court one Judge, to auc ceed the late Edyard W. Felt, ai the result of an opinion given Gov ernor Jackson by Attorney General Arthur L. Gifltom today. Gilliom held the fact that the position ll appointive does not alter the qualifications. The appointee, under th law, must have practiced law oi have been a judge five yeara and must have been a member of the bar three years. Kern does not meet either of the requirements, it is said Jackson was to name the new judge late today. Nine other Dm ocratic attorneys seeking the post tlon are George G. Rainier, Jamet D. Ermston, Thomas E. Garvin, W. W. Spencer, Samuel E. Garrison. Edward C. Brennan, Benjamin Reed B. Howard Caughran and Milton B Hottel. ,

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