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77 MINERS STILL TRAPPED IN PIT BLAST WRECKED Theories Regarding Fate of Men in West Virginia Shaft Conflict. Bu United Press FAIRMONT, W. Va., ‘May 2 Seventy-seven miners were entombed today in the Everettsville mine of the New England Fuel and Transportation Company, forty-two hours after an explosion wrecked it Saturday afternoon. Sixteen bodies have been recovered and sixteen men escaped alive. There were 109 men at work when the explosion occurred. The of the. entombed men Was a matter of conjecture today. "While certain experts despaired of rescuing them alive, it was pointed out the mine was a very long one, and that some of the miners might have found refuge in isolated sections and protected themselves from gas and Are by erection of inipro,Vised brattices. The mine, one of the largest in the field, reaches for three miles Underground. Most of the gas and smoke produced by the explosion and resultant fire was in the southern end of the workings, and It Is thought at least some of the entombed men might have found jefuge in the northern section. Rescue workers, however, are fen&king slow progress in penetrating the mine, being forced to erect brattices as they go along. Boy, 16, Slayer of Little Girl, Hidden 9v United Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 2. Shearing mob repetition of mob violence police today continued to guard earefuUy the whereabouts of Lomye Dixon, 16, Negro, who confessed yesterday he killed 11-year-old Floella McDonald, white girl, who disappeared from her home here April 12. A mqb swept through the city last Wght seeking the Negro. Dixon confessed he murdered the child in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church here and then carried her body to the belfry. The body was found Saturday by Frank Dixon, janitor of the church, Lonnie’s father. Dixon and his son were arrested with several other Negroes and questioned. After a night of questioning. Lonnie yesterday told police he had killed Floella. APPLE OFFICE HERE Indianapolis to Be Headquarters for Fruit Boosters. National headquarters of Apples for Health. Inc., which is soon to start a $4,000,000 national advertising campaign for the apple industry of the country, Established at Indianapolis at"Tlff'’£S.r]y date, according to information received here from Paul C. Stark, Louisiana, organization president. Under direction of the organization, according to the announcement, $1,000,000 a. year for the next four years will be spent advertising apples. Newspapers will be largely used as the medium. The Millis Advertising Company, Indianapolis, has been retained as national advertising counsel. SIGMA CHI TO BANQUET five Indiana Chapters to Attend State Affair at Lincoln. Active and alumni members of Bve Indiana chapters of the Sigma Chi fraternity will attend a State dinner Saturday night at the Lincoln. Charles T. Hanna, Indianapolis, wrtll be toastmaster. Joseph C. Nate b< Moweaqua, 111., grand historian of Sigma Chi, will speak. Others on the program: Chester W. Cleveland, magazine editor of Cleveland: James M. Ogden and Clair McTurnan, Indianapolis, and Dr. J. E. P. Holland. Chapter with the highest scholastic standard will receive a loving eup.

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Train Killed Dog; Tries Wrecking. Bu United Press NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 2. —“I wanted to get even with that train for killing my dog Tige a year ago,” explained Frank Friend, 17, arrested while placing a tie on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks in the path of a northbound train.

WINDOW TAPPER ELUDES CAPTORS Negro Terrorize!’ Escapes After Being Caught. A Negro terrorizing women on the north side for the last few nights, knocking on windows of homes and then escaping on a bicycle, was caught Sunday night but escaped, police said today. Robert Kelleher, 120 IV. Twentieth St., and George Sisson, of 900 E. Drive, Woodruff PI., ran out of the Kelleher home, when the Negro tapped on the window. They caught him as he mounted his bicycle, but he broke lose as they searched for weapons, and ran. The bicycle had been stolen from G. O. Burton, 2518 N. Alabama St. M. C. Hiatt, 1126 Park Ave., called police Sunday night after he and his wife saw a Negro peering through the window. The police emergency squad held on vagrancy charges a Negro caught running from the yard. Miss Marie Kaiser, 2133 Park Ave., screamed wen a man she believed a Negro stuck his head through the open window of her bedroom at 1 a. m.

MAY ELECT SINGLETON Expect McCardle to Step Aside as Commission Chairman. Frank T. Singleton is expected to succeed John McCardle as chairman of the Indiana Public Service Commission at a reorganization meeting this afternoon. The two new Democratic commissioners, Harvey Harman, Princeton, and Calvin F. McIntosh, Worthington, will vote. They assumed their duties today. McCardle has served five years as chairman, but not consecutively. Hearings were conducted this morning by Commissioners McCardle and Howell Ellis. The Ellis hearing was on extentsion of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company bus service on Shelby St. to Carson Ave., thence south on the Shelbyville pike to j Stop 6. NEW WARSAW ARRESTS Two More Men Held in Probe of Tucker Case. Bn United Press WARSAW, Ind., May 2.—Still pursuing the theory that Frank Tucker, cigar store clerk..tos-seen. pturdered, officials' here arSTTotitiuUifig an investigation which has climaxed with the arrest of two more persons. Tucker disappeared on the night of Jan. 28 and police believe he was carrying approximately $3,000 at the time. They are proceeding on a theory that robbery motivated a murder. The two persons arrested are Noble Peffley, 26, and Martin Ross, 24, both of Elkhart. Sherman Jones and Willard Clark of Warsaw, and Robert Sharp of Elkhart, are serving prison sentences now for conspiracy to rob Tucker. MACHADO AT CHICAGO Cuban President Greeted by Dawes and Spanish War Veterans. Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 2. President Machado of Cuba, touring the United States, arrived here from Now York today for a two-day stay. He was met by Vice President Charles G. Dawes and the 131st Illinois Infantry regiment, which fought in the Spanish-American war. The Machado party tvas to call on Mayor William Hale Thompson after a short sightseeing trip through the loop. A trip to the steel mills at Gary, Ind., was planned for this afternoon. NAB PAIR AS BURGLARS Charge Men Rented Room and slls Clothes “Left” Same Night. An alleged scheme to rob rooming houses today resulted in arrest of Cecil Brooks, 26, Linton, and Robert Davis, 29, Paris, til., on burglary charges. Miss Ethel Davis, 1017 N. Delaware St., told police the men rented a room there and left the same night. Clothing valued at slls was missing, she said. Battleship Floated Bu United Press NEW YORK, May 2.—The 32,000ton superdreadnaught Colorado must undergo an Inspection in dry dock before naval officers can tell how much damage she suffered in the thirty-five hours she was stuck on a mud and rock bank in New York harbor, ship experts said today. She was floated at high tide last night after most of her fuel and nmmunitioh had been removed. Scripps Appeal Denied B\l United Press WASHINGTON, May 2. The United States Supreme Court today denied Robert P. Scripps, ScrippsHoward newspaper executive, review of a $35,000 judgment against the estate of his father, the late E. W. Scripps, granted by lower courts to Robert Moran, Seattle, as the re- | suit of a dispute over chartering of Moran’s yacht, the Sanwan. Gloria’s Uncle Killed Bn United Press NEW YORK, May 2.—Charles W. Swenson, 42, artist and uncle of Gloria Swanson, film star, was burned to death in his studio yesterday. The building had no fire escape and the artist was trapped.

INDIANA FEDERAL TAX PAYMENTS IN 1927 SHOW LOSS However, Levies on Incomes Increase—Decline in General Items. Times Washinoton Bureau. 1312 Xetv York Avenue I AV ASHING TON, May 2.—lndiana has paid nearly $3,000,000 less so far during the fiscal year of 1927 in Federal taxes than she paid during the corresponding period of 1926, the treasury announced today. For the first nine mouths of the current year, ending March 31, the [ total payment was $27,248,578. For the nine corresponding months of last year the total was $29,942,265. More Income Tax Indiana payments of income tax, however, were greatly increased, while miscellaneous Federal taxes were more than slashed In half. Income tax payments so far fpr 1927 have totaled $21,542,137, against payments for the same period of 1926 of $17,944,277. Miscellaneous payments in 1926, however, totaled $11,997,988, while in 1927 they totaled only $5,706,440. The reason for the decrease is the cut made by the 1926 tax laws lit taxes on autos, theater admissions and other “nuisance” taxes. Income tax cuts in the 1926 law went into effect as soon as the law was passed, however, so that they affected the big payments of a year ago last March. For this reason the bulk of the 1927 payments have been made at the same rate as the bulk of those of 1926, except that the corporation tax was increased last July 1. Exeeds National Gain The increase in Indiana's income taxes was proportionately greater than that for the country, which was from $1,420,036,317 to $1,647,256,893, and the Indiana decrease in miscellaneous taxes also was proportionately greateer than the national decrease, which was from $692,833,863 to $480,800,909. The national Federal tax collections from i all sources, therefore, lose from i $2,112,870,180 to $2,128,057,864. Indiana’s income tax collections for March was $6,777,627, against a collection of $6,190,686 a year ago.

ARMITAGE TELLS STORY OF LITE (Continued From Page 1) paralysis. He said he did not work for almost a year following, but later tended bruvon AV, AVasliington St... for 'W. L. Bee Armitage told the court that after working there for eight months be suffered another stroke, this time losing his speech. Gambling House “AVhat did you do after that?” Inman asked Armitage. “I ran a gambling house until 1915,” he answered. “I quit in ’15.” “You were arrested and fined several times while in that business?” he attorney questioned. “\ r es, sir,” Armitage replied. “Several times.” "AA'ere you ever arrested on any other charge?” Inman asked. “Yes, sir: once for /assault and battery about twenty-six years ago. I had a scrap and got fined for it.” Board Member After testifying that he had not had much to do with politics, Armitage said that he was a member of the board of safety In the second Shank administration. He explained that he resigned as a result of a controversy with William P. Evans, then prosecuting attorney. “I am not acquainted with John L. Duvall,” the witness said, “I have no business connections with him and never talked to him ill my life.” * The defendant’s many acquaintances on Indiana Ave. and on Illinois St. was dwelled on by Inman, and he had the witness testify that “I meet lots of peoplo on Indiana Ave. every day and shake hands with lots of them and speak to many more.” ' Coming to his acquaintance with Grand Juror Achey, Armitage testified that he had known him for six or seven years and he “talked With him like I do with every one else.” The witness denied that he had ever had a conversation with Achey in front of the Brevort Hotel on N. Illinois St., as had been testified to by the latter. “Achey never told me that he was a grand juror. I never said that he could make a lot of money out of it, and I never said that I had an interesting-proposition (o make to him.” In these words Armitage d eni ed the salient points of Achey’s testimony of last week. “I never told him that there was to be a shake-up on the board of works and I never offered him a bribe,” said the witness, “and I never mentioned John L. Duvall or said anything about any impending rhanges on the hoard of works or in the city engineer’s office.” That he did, however, meet Achey once while Achey was a grand jury was told by Armitage In this man‘ner: ' “I was in the tailor shop, next Rheumatism Recipe Ex Sergeant Paul Case, Room 256 Grace Building, Brockton, Mass., states that while serving with the American Army in France he was given .o prescription for Rheumatism and 'Sleuritis that has produced most gratifying results in thousands of cases. He says the prescription cost him nothing, so he asks nothing for it, but will send it free to any one who writes him.—Advertisement.

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to the barber shop on Indiana Ave., when Achey came in. Mr. Kelly was pressing something and a couple of men were sitting on a settee. Achey walked over to me, and, pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket, said, ‘Do you know Jim Miller?" and I said ‘colored Jim Miller, the bootlegger?’ and he said, ‘Well, the grand jury has several sales of liquor on him.’ “Then he said, ‘Do you know Jim Wright?’ and I said ‘Jim Wright the policeman that has been thrown off the force?’ and he said, ‘Yes, the grand jury has some sales on him.’ “I told him that he had better do his duty or you'll get into serious trouble.” and then I waved my hand and walked off.” How he meet Achey on Indiana Ave., was next related by the witness.

Asked About Bill ‘‘l met Achey on Indiana Ave. in front of Art Durr's place and said: "Do you think that my brother Bill will he called before the grand jury?” The witness insisted that this was thp only time he had ever talked to Achey about any grand jury action and that that conversation was in the presence of Durr, Joey Jacobs 'and several colored men. Armitage was still on the stand when court resumed this afternoon. Mother Is Witness Mrs. Dayton C. Condon, 641 E. Thirty-Third St., Achey’s mother, was the last witness called by the State. Mr3. Condon corroborated some of the testimony given by her son, Claude. She testified that on Sunday afternoon. April 10, she answered three telephone calls at their home. “It seemed to be the same voice,” she said, “and I was asked on one occasion to deliver a message. The party told me that his name was ‘Art’ or ‘Arm.’ This w r as the day before Prosecutor Remy presented Judge Collins Aehey’s affidavit charging the bribe attempt and asked the grand jury be dismissed. "Claude put -on his hat as a green car drove hy our house and stopped about fifty feet away,’’ I Mrs. Condon said. “Claude got into the car and sat beside the man who drove.” Man Was .Yrmitage Mrs. Condon said that she would ! judge that the man was James Armitage. At this point Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson sought to get into the record testimony that Achey had called William H. Sheaffer, deputy prosecutor, between the time of Armitage’s call and his coming to the house. Inman's objections were sustained by the court. Cross-examination by Inman failed jto break down any of the direct testimony. The witness said that her son was in the car five or six minutes. She knew because, "I was watching the clock along with my dinner preparations.” Thomas Hupp, 80. of 128 W. Market St., a park board employe, was recalled as the first witness this morning. Inman, attorney for Armitage, brought out in cross-examina-tion that Hupp was sent to the hospital for the criminal insane at Michigan City, Jan. 13, 1925. Judge James A. Collins stated that Hupp had been released when Dr. P. W. Weeks, in charge at the hospital, certified he had been restored mentally. Hupp, almost deaf and blind, testified Saturday, the first witness to corroborate testimony of Achey that the grand juror and Armitage met in Military Park about April 6. Makes Himself Known Hupp told the court he saw Armitage In the park with Achey. He said he did not immediately recognize Armitage, but that the politician came to him, shook hands and said: “Don’t you remember me? I’m Yjim Armitage.” Talked to Son Qn further direct examination Special Prosecutor John W. Holtzman brought out that Hupp’s son, James, had spoken Sunday to the witness about the case. It developed that Janies Hupp had received city employment by hav- | ing one of the Armitages sign his application. Efforts on the part of the prosecution to have Hupp narrate his conversation with his son met with little success. *• His son “didn’t say anything to

my recollection that amounted to much about my testimony in this case.” Hupp said. H'jpp’s present employment with I the park board, he said, was arranged by M. E. Foley, the board vice president, he testified. He also stated that Armitage helped him secure similar employment several years ago. Lloyd Hargis. 639 Eugene St., a witness, Saturday, was recalled by the defense. He was asked whether Achey had shown him a list of persons who had been or were to be indicted by the grand jury. Objection by the prosecution was sustained.’ Both James Armitage and his brother. William H , went to the home of William H. Freeman, 5159 Park Ave., when Freeman was talked of as a possible appointee to the hoard of works. Freeman testified Saturday. According to Freeman, this was at the same time it was reported the Armitages had regained their influence at city hall. Freeman was on the hoard lof works during the Shank administration. Remy Attempt Fails Freeman said the Armitages visited his home April 4, supporting the testimony of Achey. Remy tried, to bring out the conversation between Freeman and the Armitage brothers, but failed in face of objections by Inman. 1 Floyd C. Hargis. 639 Eugene St., salesman, said he had seen Achey and Armitage together on Indiana Ave. several times.

BOWLING ALLEY LOOTED Negro Pin-Setter Held; Police Seek Two Others. Police made one arrest following the investigation of a battered safe at the Beam bowling alleys, 157 N. Illinois St., early Sunday. Two more | men are sought, they said. John I Beam, proprietor, could not open the ! battered safe, which he said con- [ tained $l5O. Saturday night. Grady league, 23. Negro. 2735 I Boulevard PI., a pin-setter, told the j officers that he and two other Xe- ! groes slept at the hall all night Sat- ! urday. He admitted that one of the ' trio removed hl-'ges from a door to get to the room containing the safe. Police said League had on a pair of bowling shoes taken from one of the lockers looted. AUTO SKIDS, OVERTURNS Four Injured in Highway Mishaps, Near Shelbyville. Miss Anna Gaston, 1514 S. Randolph St., and Miss Jessie Sharp, of Wright St., were brought home to- | day from the Shelbyville, Ind. hos- j pital, where they were taken Sun- j day night after an accident near, that city. Gus Demond, 2244 N. Pennsylvania St., the driver, and Benjamin Friedman, 17 W. Ray St., suffered only minor hurts. Demond'a auto skidded when he applied brakes and crashed into rear of the car of Harry, T. Runnyon of Shelbyville, which had stopped suddenly to avoid hitting an automobile backlog out of a lane. Demond's car turned over. CHARGE BOTTLE MURDER Negro Held for Death of Charles Cioyd at City Hospital. Joseph Brown, 40, Negro, of 411 W. North St., today was charged with the murder of Charles Cioyd, 35. Negro, 318 W. Thirteenth St., who died at city hospital as a result of a blow received in a fight Sunday at 753 Indiana Ave. j Cioyd was said to have died from a fractured skull caused by a blow with a bottle. Julian Cook, a witness, was held. DEFIES BANDITS, BEATEN William Coiner Saves His .Money, but Hold-Up Men Take His Car. Two bandits encountered / more I than they had bargained for when | they attempted to hold up William | Comer, 27 E. Le Grande Ave. Comer routed .the gunmen by disregarding their command to “Stick ! ’em up,” while in front of his home Sunday night. He attacked the men, who struck him and then drove away in his car.

Village in Tribute to Dog Bite Victim Bu Times Special i TAYLORSVILLE, Ind., May 2. School children of this village today paid tribute at the bier of Kenneth Brownfield, 6, victim of a dog bite. Funeral services were conducted at New Hope Christian Church, near here, at 10 a. m.. with burial in the church graveyard. Bitten in January by a dog, later found to have rabies, the boy was treated in Edinburg and taken to the Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, where he died Friday. Riley Hospital doctors are making tests to determine whether the boy’s I death was due to rabbies, as death | is unusual when rabies treatments arc given. State records show only ! two deaths in twenty-five years. GIRL’S E§SAY WINNER St. John's Pupil Gets Prize of Chamber of Commerce. I Mary Elizabeth Stewart. 233 E. j Michigan St., a 13-year-old seventh 1 grade pupil at St. John's paroo>-~ I school, t won first prize in the Chsm- ! her of Commerce essay contest on “Fire Prevention.” The winning essay arraignes eleven major causes of fire before a judge, who “labels them so that all men 'Kba 11 shun their presence. America banishes them forever.” Lad Shot at Play Bn I nitrrl Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., May 2. The old story of two boys playing with a loaded rifle may cost the life of Arthur Krise. 13, df Taylorville. Krlse was accidentally shot by his companion, Dan Jeffers, while the two were playing near Taylorville Sunday.

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CATHEDRAL SITE GROUND-BREAKING PLANS COMPLETE Visiting Masons to Participate in Scottish Rite Parade Tuesday. Arrangements were completed to day for the ground-breaking ceremony of the $3,500,000 Scottish Rite Cathedral on Meridian St., between North and Walnut Sts., Tuesday afternoon. The Merchants Association asks downtown business houses to decorate for the parade at 3 p. m., which will precede the ceremony. The line of march will be from tic present Cathedral, north in Pennsyl vania St. to Washington, west to M eridian, thence around Monument Cir cle and north on Meridian to the site. Hundreds of visitors will attend the ceremony, one of the most im portant Masonic events here in re cent years. Senator Arthur R. Robinson, thrice potent master of the Grand Lodge of Perfection, will speak. Frank D. Stalnaker, building chairman, will preside. Fred I. Willis heads the arrangement committee. The SI loam Commandery band and* drill team of Oak Park, 111., will participate in the parade. Local Masonic bodies will march.

J1,000:000 PLOT TO MAP FOILED Money Wanted to Save Neck of ‘Midget’ Fernekes. Bit United Press CHICAGO, .May 2.—A daring effort to kidnap the grandchild of a Chicago millionaire in an effort to raise funds to save an accused murder from the gallows, has been frustrated, police admitted today. Tire plot was to seize either John Sliedd Schweppe. 9, or his sister. Jean, 11, to be held for ransom, Chief of Detectives William O’Connor told the United Press. They were to have been held for ransom in an attempt to raise funds to free Henry J. (Midget) Fernekes, serving a jail term for robbery, and awaiting trial on a murder charge. The Schweppes are grandchildren of the late John G. Sliedd of Marshall Field & Cos. “The plot was hatched by Fernekes from his jail cell,” O’Conner said “it was to be carried out by his wife and a band of helpers. They would demand $1,000,000 ransom for the child, and then would rove from spot to spot to avoid detection.” MAN? 55, KILLS SELF • Marital Difference Ends in Suicide by Poison. Christopher Behymer. 55, of 814 Edison Ave., took his life Sunday night by drinking poison, police said today. He was found in his bedroom. Coroner Paul F. Robinson learned that Behymer was despondent since separating from his wife.