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9 ELECTED TO COUNCIL OF LEAGUE Plan to Meet Crises of Last March Effectuated,by Action. 14 NATIONS ON BODY New Ones Have NonpermanenO/lembership. By Henry Wood United Prist Staff Correspondent GENEVA, Sept. 16.—Nine conn Brles were elected to non-permanent membership in the League of Nations council today, bringing the strength of the council to fourteen nations and thereby effectuating the Cecll-Fromageot plan for meeting the crisis which developed within the league last March. The nonjermanent members elected by the assembly were: Poland, Roumanla, Holland, Chile, Columbia, China, Salvador, Belgium and Czecho-Slovakia. The first eight were elected on the first ballot and Czechoslovakia on the second. Latin America got three memberships: North America none. For Three Years Os the nine elected, the assembly specified the following to hold office for three years: Poland, Chile and Roumania, China, Colombia and Holland were declared to have been elected for two years. The other three non-perma-nent council members will serve for one year. When opposition to German elevation to permanent council membership arose in the council last year because of demands of Spain, Brazil, Poland and China for preferment, those countries sought permanent council representation. Two Withdrew Falling to gain complete recognition of their demands, Spain and Brazil withdrew from the league, effective in 1928, while Poland and China were satisfied to accept the next best thing, non-permanent membership. Ireland received ten votes on the first ballot and Canada two. / Poland was voted by the assembly to be eligible for re-election. Uruguay, running independently of the Latin America block, was overwhelmingly defeated, receivjng only nine votes to Salvador's fortytwo. Immediately after the election, Uruguay protested against the secret caucuses held by the Latin American bloc. ATUICFLIGHT POSTPONED AGAIN Leak in Gas Tank on Plane Is Cause. Bn United Press ROOSEVELT FIELD. WESTBURY, N. Y., Sept. 16.—The attempt of Rene Fonck, French filer, and three companions to span the Atlantic from New York to Paris without stopping, in the giant Sikorsky plane, S-35, again was postponed today. A leak in the center gasoline tank back of the right motor caused the postponement. The gasoline was leaking at the rate of ten gallons an hour, at the scheduled hour for the take off! More than 1,000 persons had gathered at the field when the delay was announced. Captain Fonck, Lieut, W. Curtin, United States Jacob Islamoff and Charles Clavier, the crew to undertake the epochal flight, were ready for duty But the efforts of mechanics to stop the leak were unsuccessful and Captain Fonck decided at 6:30 a. m. that the day would have progressed too far for a take-off if he were to wait for the mechanics to fix it. It is not known when the flight will be held. SEES DEMOCRAT CHANGE Committeeman Says Two-Thirds Rule Will Be Abolished. Bit United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—Abolition of the two-thirds rule for Democratic presidential nomindtions was predicted today by Clyde L. Herring, lowa, member of the Democratic National Committee, on returns of a canvass in which forty-eight members of the committee favored the establishment of the single majority method. On the basis of State representation at the 1928 convention, the proposed majority rule would have the support of 788 of the 1,098 votes in the convention, Hearing said, in announcing the results of the survey. $500,000 FIRE DAMAGE Two Blocks of Buildings in Louisiana City Destroyed. Bn United Press HOM£R, La., Slept. 16. —Two blocks of buildings here were wiped out during the night by five which •used damage estimated at half a tllion dollars. Four thousand bales of cotton, ten freight cars loaded with machinery and cotton ajid the L. & N. Railroad shops were destroyed.

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Gives Advice to Girls as She and Hubby Fafce Trial. When hubby plans a honeymoon be sure he owns the means of transportation. 4 This was the advice given today by a bride from behind the bars at the city jail. She is Mrs. Emma Catherine Jenkins, 21, of Louisville, Ivy., who married Nelson Jenkins, 22, two weeks ago. The husband also is in jail. Both are charged as fugitives and with vehicle taking. Police say they were in a machine stolen at New Albany, Ind. Expected To Go Big “When your husband gets the idea of stealing an auto for cheaper transportation, discourage him, don’t help,” Mrs. Jenkins advised. “I got married, expecting to bo happy, because I am in love and thought I was going to go big. Here I am in jail and John is over there, and it doesn’t look like either one of us is going to go very big for a while, does it?” Sergeant O’Connor and squad found the couple asleep in the auto at 1200 E. Washington St. at 2 a. m. * “We were married at Jeffersonville, Ind., two weeks ago and lived in furnished rooms,” said Mrs. Jenkins. “John though of getting a job at New Albany, Ind., and on Tuesday went there. We stayed at a hotel there with $5 left, In our treasury. We asked the hotel manager to he allowed to sit on the front porch until the 1:30 a. m. train and while there another of the guests drove up and parked his car. “ ‘Couldn’t we travel swell in that?’ John sai<! to me. I agreed so heartily that we were soon on our way, as the key was in the ear and all we had to do was step on the starter. Wants Jail With Him “When we arrived here we told his brother it was our car. We fetole a license plate ;.t Fifteenth St. and Senate Ave., hid the old ones behind a pole and threw the title card away. “We were planning to drive to Chicago todav where John has another brother. We had $2 left, just enough to buy gasoline. “We had decided to catch u little sleep and I was in the back seat. When I awoke three big bluecoats were standing about the car. 1 “Oh boy, that isn’t the grandest feeling in the world either. “John told them it was our car. I remained quiet, but you know you can’t get anywhere in this world not telling the truth so I up and told them the whole story. "Now John wants me to let him take all the blame and be free and then come and see him while he is serving time, but how can I do that. I might just as well be In jail with him, and that is that. “I’ll tell every girl in the world that when she gets married, to see that her husband has a job or gets one. Either travel first class or not at all. “Honeymons in jail don’t go so big, I’ll tell the world.” GOES~ AFTER DEMPSEY Head of Chicago Club Leaves for Philadelphia to Stop Bout. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—8. EClements president of tfie Coliseum Club, which claims to have Jack Dempsey’s signed contract to a fight here, left here today for Philadelphia to continue his fight to prevent Demp|py from meeting Gene Tunney in the title bout. Clements was armed with an injunction to prevent the fight, which was issued in Indianapolis this week. While in Philadelphia, Clements and his attorneys will stop at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. dirigibleTo^gettest Flight to Detroit for Largest SemiRigid Ship Friday. Bn United Press SCOTT FIELD, BEVILLE, 111., Sept. 16.—The RS-1, the world's larg est semi-rigid dirigible, will kave Its first long distance test in a flight to Detroit Friday, Col. John A. Paeglow, commandant of the flying field, announced today. In addition to a test flight for the big dirigible, the flight also will mean a test of the Ford mooring toweri It is planned to hold the dirigible in Detroit until Monday, when the return trip will be made.

DAUGHERTY ‘K STREET’ HOUSE UP Old Negro Butler, in Court, Tells of Noted People Who Called There. CHECKS PLAY PART Former Secretary to King Also on Stand in Trial. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Secrets of the now famous “house on K St.” in MQishing'ton, D. C., where Harry M. Daugherty and Jesse Smith lived for a year while Daugherty was attorney general, were told in the Daugh-erty-MUler conspiracy trial here today. Walter D. Miller, an old Negro butler, white-haired, and shaking with nervousness, testified that for a year beginning on the day Warren O. Harding was inaugurated President he and a cook were the sole servants in that much talked of house. He and the cook, he said, had come from the household staff of Edward B. McLean, publisher and friend of President Harding. Jess Smith, he testified, paid his salary, the cook's salary, and bills, while McLean owned the furniture. “Did you ever see the checkbook these bills were paid out of?” Assist(Tum to Tage 9) a batch every”week Agents Arrest Women Who Ad/nks Making Home Brew. Federal Agents Denton Bass and Charles R. Lleber today reported the arrest of two women at New Albany for alleged liquor law violation. A. R. Harris, deputy* prohibition administrator, said the agents confiscated 230 pints of home brew beer, two twelve gallon jars and one twenty gallon jar. Mary Sullivan and Beatrice King, the women held, admitted making a batch every week, agents stated. AMERICAN BOAT IN DUEL -r Said to Have Engaged Chinese Civil War Forces. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—An artillery duel between the American Gunboat Pigeon and Chinese civil war forces at Chingling Ki, near Hankow, was reported to the State department today by Consul General Frarft P. Lockhart. No casualties were reported by the Pigeon, which returned machine gun fire after being fired upon by a Chinese battery.

EX-TEACHER IN COURT To Be Arraigned Upon Charge of Manslaughter. Bu United Press CLINTON, Ind., Sept. 16. Guthrie Harrison, 25, former Indiand University Instructor, will be arraigned in Circuit Court, Friday, on an indictment charging manslaughter In connection with the shootig of Hamuel Hudoch, a young coal miner. Hariaon is at liberty on bond of $5,000. Hudoch on the night of Aug. 20, was on his way home. He stopped for a moment in the rear of the Harrison home. Young Harrison saw him outside, seized a revolver and when Hudoch ran, shot him. PETITION IN BUS CASE Receivership for B. F\ Davis Lines Asked in Court. Kenwood Tire Company and Absolem G. Harmon, creditors of the B. F. Davis Motor Lines, Inc., operating between Indianapolis and Terre Haute, today filed a petition ask/.ig bankruptcy proceedings and appointment of a receiver for the bus line in Federal Court. The B. F. Davis Company was one of the first bus companies in the State.

MAYOR IS StSPENDED Bu United Press TOPEKA, Kan.. Sept. 16.—Mayor W. Gordon of Kansas City, Kan., today was suspended by the Kansas Supreme Court, pending outcome of the ouster suit against him charging irregularities brought by Attorney General C. B. Griffith, who alleged that bootlegging and gambling existed in the city on a widespread scale. WEEK’S ESTATE $1,200,009 Bu United Press BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 16.—Former Secretary of War John W. Weeks left an estate estimated at $1,200,000, a statement filed In Probate Court hepe today showed. Weeks, who died several weeks ago in Lancaster, N. H., left no real estate, lt was disclosed, the entire estate the form of personal property, CARDS WIN 23 TO 3 Bn Unitcdl Press PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—The St. Louis Cardinals, putting forth every effort to regain their lead In the National League race, defeated Philadelphia 23 to 3 In the first game of a double header here todg.y.

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Aviator-Husband’s Race in Vain Bn United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 16. —A broken heart and realization his race through the clouds had been in vain came today to Lt. Wright Vermilya, United States Army aviator, who made a spectacular air flight here from Little Rock, Ark., in response to a telegram that his young wife had been injured in an automobile crash at Brazil. Vermilya, recognized as one of the Army's stellar pilots, daringly avoided the Army flying field at Belleville, 111., where he was to have changed planes., Instead he took a shorter route. By avoiding Belleville, however, he missed a second telegram advising him that his wife had been instantly killed Instead of “injured.” He did not know of bis wasted speed efforts until he was forced to land heer Wednesday night.

ARREST OF ME, ON FRIDAY LIKELY, IS LATEST WORD District Attorney Says His Investigation Is Not Finished Yet. Bn United Press LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.—Action may be taken Friday in Jhe case of Aimee Semple McPherson, the Los Angeles evangelist whose kidnaping was a sensation for weeks. District Attorney Asa Keyes said today. “I am not going to arrest Mrs. McPherson today,” h'3 announced. “But my investigation probably will close bsr Friday, when action will be taken ” Reports that warrants already had been issued were denied by the district attorney as he resumed his questioning this morning of various witnesses and principals In the case. To Appeal The evangelist, her mother, Mrs Minnie Kennedy, and several other Angelus Temple worker* were to appear at the district attorney’s office and explain their parts In what the prosecutor terms a “conspiracy of deception.” This morning details of police were rushed to the temple to preserve order, after Mrs. McPherson had announced that she expected to be arrested on charges of perjury, in connection with developments In her disappearance case. v Hundreds of her followers maintained an all-night “prayer vigil” at the temple, following her announcement. The capacity audience at the temple was moved to tears by an appealing address by Mrs. McPherson, in which she asked that telegrams be sent to Keyes expressing confidence In her. “Hallelujah’* “I may be put in Jail,” said Aimee, “but Hallelujah, they will never squelch my work.” The evangelist, it Is charged, conspired with Miss Bernice Morris, lawyer’s secretary, and Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman, of San Francisco, to produce fake kidnapers and a mythical woman to pose as occupant of a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston during Mrs. McPherson’s disappearance last May. Joe Watts, Long Beach oil field worker, alleged by Miss Morris to have posed as “Steve” one of Mrs. McPherson's self-asserted kidnapers, also was to be grilled by the prosecutor. Watts has admitted he was the mgm whose photograph was taken by Miss Morris and identified by Mrs. McPherson as that of the kidnaper “Steve.” He (Jenied, however, all knowledge of the alleged scheyne to manufacture evidence. SMUGGLED ALIENS, CHARGE Bn United Press • DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 16 with smuggling aliens into Michigan by airplane from Ontario, Virgil Simmons, 29, until recently manager of the Packard Aviation Field here, was in custody of Federal immigration officials today.

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Editor's Note—Major Hoople, that expert in anything you happen to mention, crashed the gate at Jack Dempsey s camp yesterday afternoon and today he tells you it's a good thing ho did. He discovered a glaring error In the champion’s form. Read the major’s daily dispatches in The Times and see his pompous antics on the comic page. BY MAJOR HOOPLE Former Sports Editor of the Bombay (India) Relish. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Sept. 16. —Egad, comrades of the sporting fraternity and all others who are Interested in my daily articles, 4t was only with great difficulties that I finally reached the camp of the champion here. Without the very gate of the fistic department I was accosted by a crude personage garbed In a carmine sweater. When I informed the fellow I was the representative of a large London Journal, he replied that Insofar as his humble vision was involved I was One-Eye Connolly himself, and that unless 1 begat myself to a region thither he prove himself a great obstacle to my future welfare. By dim of such persuasion as I have nof s been forced to use since

SHUMAKER FLAYS HIGH COURTACTS ‘Too Many Technicalities in Liquor Cases,’ Says AntiSaloon Leader. ADDRESSES METHODISTS Asserts All Statements in Report Were True. Bn United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 16. Flaying the practice of the Indiana Supreme Court of allowing too many technicalities to enter liquor law violation cases and thereby “killing them.” Dr. E. S. Shumaker, president of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, addressed the second day’s session of the ninety-fifth Indiana annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church here today. “The Supreme Court of Indiana is more deeply enmeshed ip dealing with technicalities In liquor cases than any other State in the union,” Dr. Shumaker declared. Battle of Wits "It has now become a battle of wits between lawyers in the various courts of the country rather than the proper functioning of the moral issue,” the State dry chief continued. "The actions of Supreme Court Justice Julius Travis during the past year has caused me to resolve that, despite the fact that I am a Republican, I will not vote for him.” At this point the entire body of ministers cheered and applauded.

All Statements Truth “In spite of what charges have been made against me, I want to impress on the minds of this conference, of which I am a member, that all statements I Included in the January report were the truth. I have always believed that and I always will.” Shumaker said v -- The State Supreme Court has before it a citation of Shumaker on charges of contempt of court, brought by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilllom, as a result of statements made by the dry leader in the Anti-Saloon League annual report, Issued in January. “The weak spot in law enforcement today is the uncertainty of penalties imposed,” he said. “In this country, only one out of every three law violators stand the chance of being arrested and only one out of every twelve stands the chance of conviction, while only one per cent of all major violators of major laws, such as murder, knows that he will have to pay the penalty with his life, either by death or Imprisonment.”

DR. U. B. HINE IS DEPUTYCORONER Appointment Is Announced Today by Robinson. Announcement was made today by Coroner Paul F. Robinson of the appointment of Dr. U. B. Hine, 4848 E. Michigan St., as chief deputy coroner. Dr. Hine suceeds Dr. W. A. Doeppers, who resigned to become superintendent at city hospital. Dr. C. A. Nafe. superintendent at the hospital for the last five years, resigned Sept. 3. t " Dr. Hine Is a native of Whitetown, IncJ., but has lived in IndianapoPs for the last eight years. He .graduated from the Indiana University Medical School two years ago. During his last two years at school he was a police doctor. Upon graduation he spent a year as interne at the Methodist Hospital.

1 my now famous encounter with the gate keeper of the Taj \Mahal, I finally convinced the lout that my personage was indeed weighty and was allowed to proceed to the conditioning establishment of the gladiator. Hardly was I.inslde the gate until I waa approached by another of the camp supernumeraries, who demanded that I disclose my identity before I could see the champion. Upon his return from Mr. Demsey's quarters he insulted me with the insinuation that I resembled the person who had borrowed a paltry JlO from the,champion at Toledo I was forced to laugh this off as smacking of the utterly ridiculous. When I informed the fellow that Mr. Dempsey evidently had been the victim of some confidence man, who has disguised himself in the l)a'oiliments of one really important, he conveyed this message to the champion. and I was allowed to look overDempsey at a workout. / Not unschooled myself in the manner of dealing with champions, since I gave Jem Driscoll his start in life by steering him carefully away from Jimmy Barry, who, you may recall, was the undefeated bantamweight champion of the middle '9o’s, I gave Dempsey few

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Attorney Jesse D. Hamrick and his wife, who are on trial in Criminal Court on a charse of conspiracy to commit arson. Hamrick declares the charge- against him is a~Trame-up of his enemies.

Negro Testifies Hamrick Said He Had Everything ‘Fixed.’ Charges that Jesse D. Hamrick, local attorney, on trial in Criminal Court, with his wife, Mrs. Della M. Hamrick, on a charge of conspiracy to commit arson, had it “fixed” with the State fire marshal’s office, through one of its former Investigators, was made to the jury today by James Ecton, 19, Negro, 816 W. Twelfth St., Hamrick's former houseman, and co-defendant, who has turned State’s witness. Hamrick and his wife are being tried for the destruction by fire of their now home on the Michigan Rd., near New Augusta, Ind., last Jan. 26. “If I got caught, Mr. Hamrick told me to tell 'em that on Sunday, Jan. 17, I believe, Mr. Kaeiin had been out there and that I thought he had been planning to burn the home,” Ecton confessed. Knew Law “He then told me that the fire marshal's office was for him and that he (Hamrick) knew every point of the law and they couldn’t convict me if I kept my mouth shut," Ecton further stated. Ecton said Hamrick warned that if he did confess Hamrick and his (Turn to Page 15) KILL MEXICAN TROOPS Yaqui Indians Said to Have Annihilated Battalion. Bn United 'Press NOGALES. Arlz., Sept. 16.—A battalion of Mexican infantry was almost entirely annihilated by warring Yaqui Indians lying in ambush near Bicum, Sonora, Mexico, according to advices here today. AGED MAN IS INJURED Taken to City Hospital After His Wagon Is Struek. Seriously injured when an auto driven by Delmore Morris, GreenWeld, Ind., struck a wagon he was orbing in the 2300 bl ck E. Washington St., William Shakel, 74, who gave his address as R. R. R, box 449, w ti icn to city hospital. Smakel has a farm east of the city, police said, hut they were unable to locate th.s ru i.l route address he gave. He was injured about the head and p ...sil ly internadv doctors said. Morris was not held.

valuable globules of information which he assimilated with undisguised eagerness. I found Indeed that the champion was not assuming anything approximating the proper stance in the circle, and was displaying such very obvious foot-faults that they could not have escaped the attention of the referee of the combat itself. It was my pleasure to impart to the champion a few pointers on punching which he accepted with grave dignity. Indeed, from Dempsey’s bearing I would say that he was deeply impressed with the few little tit-bits my long experience with fighting men was able to afford. The first thing to be considered, of course, was the well-known chin punch, which has proven the most important and the most vital, to my line of thinking, that any fighter could employ. The mechanics of the blow is simplicity itself, being delivered from a standing position, and taking the shortest geometrical path possible to the promontory above one’s adversary’s Adam’s apple. Mr, Dempsey relished my suggestion. Tomorrow I shall repair to the Tunney establishment at Stroudsburg. (Copyright, 1926, NBA Service, Inc.)

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SOLDIERS CANT VOTE IN STATE Ruled Nonresidents if on Duty Here. Officers and soldiers of the United States Army, not residents of Indiana, but who come here pursuant to military duties, are not entitled to vote, Gideon W. Blain, State election commissioner, ruled today. Blain drew attention to the absent voters’ law. which he contended does not apply to inmates of the county infirmary except those who are confined to their beds because of Illness. Blain quoted the law in respect to the duties of boarding house keepers, superintendents of institutions, lodging houses, hotels, restaurants and all other places where persons may be lodged, in giving information to poll takers. The Indiana statutes requires proprietors to obtain a complete list of voters in their respective places, not less than sixty days prior to each election, and stipulates that such lists shall be submitted to each and every poll taker, who may demand the same, he said. DECREE IN GRAY CASE Baltzell to Name Executor of $1,000,000 Estate. Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell was expected to name a successor to William Gray, as executor of the estate of his brother, James Gray, of Evansville, late this afternoon. Formal decree of the court upholding the findings of special master In chancery William H. Thompson, was to be Issued following conference of attorneys. The widow and daughter of the deceased were granted a $700,000 judgment against William Gray and estates of two deceased brothers. The special master recommended removal of Gray as executor, after mismanagement was charged. Baltzell allowed until Oct. 13 to file appeal. 4 PRISONERS ESCAPE Saw Way Out of Jail at Goshen— One Faces Murder Charge. Bu Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Sept. 16.—Officers are seeking four prisoners who, early today, escaped from the Elkhart County jail by sawing their way through the bars. Among them was Thomas Young, alias Thomas O’Brien, charged with murder in connexion with the slaying of Louis Kreidler, South Bend druggist. The others were Louis Bowman and Russell Randall, charged with stealing autos, and Roy Mertz, Elkhdrt, who, with three others, escaped from jail here three weeks ago and was recaptured. THREE HURRICANE AREAS Only One More Storm, the Mildest, Likely to Strike Coast. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Three hurricane areas in the Atlantic Ocean were reported by the weather bureau today, but only one. the mildest, seemed likely to strike the United States coast. One, attended by no strong winds, was between Nassau and Miami, moving north northwest, with a possibility of striking the northern Florida or Carolina coast. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 65 10 a. m 73 7 a. m 65 12 (noon) .... 75 8 a. m 67 11 a. m 71 9 a. m...... 69

Forecast Unsettled tonight and Friday with local thunderstorms; somewhat warmer 'tonight.

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OBERLEAS PICKED FOR CITHOST Sheridan Man Named to Succeed Schmidt as City Engineer. GRADUATE OF PURDUE Hamilton Surveyor Favored by Shaneberger. Chester C.'Oberlcas of Sheridan, Ind., has been named city engineer to suceed George Schmidt, whose resignation became effective Wednesday, Mayor Duvall announced today. In accepting the appointment Oberleas said he will take up his duties Monday. The appointee is the surveyor of Hamilton County, and was nominated In the May primary for reelection on the Republican ticket. . Threats of contractors to forget their usual campaign contributions! if Schmidt was not removed are also believed to havo been behind the resignation. Following conference with Roy Shaneberger, works board president, the mayor announced i the appointment. Schmidt was forced to resign as a result of a was among paving contractors, it was said. Oberleas was recommended from, about fifty applicants by Shaneberger, who, it is said, favored selection of an out-of-town mair. Oberleas is 35, a graduate of Purdue University, and has spent most of his life in Hamilton County, where he was born. The city engineer receives a yearly salary of $8,500. The mayor receives $7,500. “We haven’t anything to do with It; Its the mayor’s appointment, Shaneberger said. However, Duvall has said Schmidt was removed because he was unable to "get along with the board.”

M’KINLEY IS IMPROVED Condition of Senator Definitely on Upgrade. Bu United Press MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 16. A slight Improvement in the condition of Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois, was reported today by Dr. R. H. Egbert, his physician. “The Senator’s condition was /definitely on the upgrade late Wednes day,” said Dr. Egbert. “He spent a very comfortable night and this morning his condition was again encouraging. AUGUST BUILDING BODMIN STATE Construction Contracts Are Largest on Record. Construction contracts in Indiana during August amounted to $21,712,000, according to F. W. Dodge Corporation. This is the highest Au gust figure on record, exceeding August, 1925, by 113 per cent. It is an increase of 64 per cent over July. Included In last month’s building and engineering record were the following items of note: $12,852,100, 59 per cent of all construction, for industrial buildings; $3,180,500, 15 per cent, residential; $2,143,200, 10 per cent, public works and utilities: $1,151,500, 5 per cent, commercial buildings; $1,030,000, 5 per cent, hospitals and institutions, and $696,000. 3 per cent, social and recreational projects. The first eight month’s construction total for Indiana was $96,213,000, as compared with $90,803,100 In the corresponding period of 1925, a gain of 6 per cent. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS:

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