Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1927 — Page 1

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 4

STEVE ASKS JACKSON FOR PAROLE

- “ V Alleged Duvall Plea Stirs Prosecutor

ALL PLANES READY FOR PARIS HOP Fogs and Winds Further Delay Start of TransAtlantic Fliers. . ■Hi/ United Press GARDEN CITY, N. Y., May 16. — Growing tenseness was evident about the hangars of the three New York-Paris airplanes at Curtiss and Roosevelt Fields today as reports of slightly improved weather over the Atlantic Ocean brought the start of the dash across the ocean nearer. Fogs and winds were still too heavy a handicap today, however, and the flights of the Columbia and Spirit of St. Louis were postponed “until tomorrow, if the weather is right," while Commander Byrd and the crew of the America continued to refuse definite admission of plans to leave before “two or three days.” Hurried work to repair slight damage suffered by Byrd’s giant Fokker plane, indicated, however, that be had no intention of letting somebody else win the New YorkParis honors if it could be avoided. Reports that the Bellanca plane or Oapt. Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis or both were preparing for a surprise take-off circulated widely here and Jn New York early this morning, apparently arising from the fact that additional police had been ordered to Curtiss Field. Suffer Mishaps Capt. Charles Lindbergh's oneman plane was back in flying condition after a, minor accident Saturday. In which the tail was slightly, damaged when the plane landed after a trial flight. It was the first suggestion of a setback for the youthful ■Blot who came out of the West so last week, but he didn't seem to be worried. The accident to the America was not serious. The two-foot propeller of its radio generator fiew off while the plane was in air yesterday, tearing two gashes in the fuselage. Troubles also beset Clarence D. Chamberlin and Lloyd Bertaud, copilots of the Bellanca monoplane, Columbia. Their attorneys and representatives of the Columbia Aircraft, Corporation, sponsors of the flight, engaged in a dispute over contracts regarding financial provisions for Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Bertaud if the Bellanca plane failed to overcome the heavy odds against man's attempt to reduce the ocean to pond. No Word of French The company was understood to have agreed to a cash indemnity for the wives, and to have given the fliers full rights to all prizes and advertising benefits accruing to* them if they land at Le Bourget airfield, i Paris, safely. i Two offers of cash rewards today ' spurred the search for Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, missing French trans-Atlantic aviators, Rodman Wanamaker, backer of the .prospective attempt of Commander Byrd and two companions to fly from New York to Paris, offered $25,000 for the discovery of the Frenchmen, dead or alive. The Paris-New York committee, orizers of the Nungesser-Coli flight, ounced in Paris a reward of 50,francs (normally about SIO,OOO, but about $2,500 at current exchange). The revenue cutter Daisy and the French steamer St. Pierre, were searching Placentia Bay, in Southern Newfoundland, today for traces of the French fliers. PETrTcASE CONTINUED Decision on Fireman Expected to Be Given May 28. Judge Paul C. Wetter, in Municipal Court Four, Saturday again continued rendering a decision in the case of William H. Petty, city fireman, who faced him several days ago on a charge of driving an auto while intoxicated. Petty's auto is alleged to have \ struck one driven by Roy Poore, 421 j E. Tweny-First St. and Kentucky Ave. Wetter said he hoped to render a decision on May 28. HURLS LIE AT MAZER Former Canton (Ohio) Detective Denies Mellett Complicity. Bv United Pres < CANTON, Ohio. May 16.—Floyd Streitenberger, former Canton detective, completed his testimony toi nay in his trial for the murder of ‘ Don R. Mellett, militant editor Canton (Ohio) Daily News. He had been Jthe stand more than four hours p branded as lies the testimony of itis Mazer, also indicted for the . murder, who had named him as rnur- i tier plot “brains." *be Best-Grand Laundry, Main 0774. .Economy finished. 10 lbs., $1.51, if *lf flat. Everything ready to use. —Adv.

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Mayor Said to Have Urged Catholic Priest, Judge Collins About Easing Probe Blow. CLERGYMAN QUOTES 0. R. SCOTT Rev. Joseph F!. Weber Declares City Employe Was Spokesman. With inetnse activity indicating the investigation in Indiana political corruption was nearing a climax. Prosecutor William H. Remy and his aids today went into the statement of the Rev. Joseph F. Weber that Mayor Duvall came to him twice and pleaded with him to go to Judge James A. Collins and see “if something could not be done” in Duvall’s behalf.

Jhe Rev. Weber, pastor of Assumption Church, 1125 Blaine Ave., was before the prosecutors for more than an hour. Then O. R. Scott, chief clerk of the city Barrett law assessment bureau, was subpoenaed. Scott, the pastor said, accompanied the mayor to his home and pleaded with him to intercede for Duvall. Admits Accompanying Mayor When Scott refused to answer the prosecutors’ questions he was taken before Judge Collins in Criminal Court and forced to answer in spite of pleas that he would incriminate himself. He admitted that he accompanied Duvall to Weber's home two weeks ago, but denied that he asked the minister to Intercede for Duvall. Following quizzing of Scott and testimony of the Rev. Weber, Judge Collins ordered a transcript of the proceedings prepared. That Scott might be liable for ■ contempt of court for his alleged aci tion in asking the minister to see the judge and thus interfer with judicial procedure for Duvall, was believed a possibility. Quizzed by Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson. Scott said they discussed an article in a Chicago newspaper that Duvall was to resign, but repeatedly denied and said be could not remember any request that the Reverend Weber should see Judge Collins in Duvall’s behalf. About 15 Visits [ The Rev. Weber was then placed 1 on the Stand. He said that Duvall had come to his home twice and that Scott had ! visited his house about fifteen times in the last thirty days. The last time Duvall came to see Weber was a stormy night about two weeks ago between 10:50 and 11 p. tn., the priest declared. He was accompanied by Scott, he said. “I told Duvall that if I were mayor I would take charge as a mayor should and clamp down on the politicians,” Weber said he told Duvall when asked as to his part of the conversation. Both Made Requests Weber testified that both Scott and Duvall had asked him to use his influence with Prosecutor Remy. "I told them that 1 did not know Remy very well,” Weber stated. “They then cited the fact that. I know Judge Collins well and . asked me to go to him. X told them that I did not think it right to tamper with judicial affairs and would be afraid of contempt of court if I took any such action,” said Weber. Weber told the court that Scott bad called him and said “the mayor would like to see me.” “I told them to come on down that morning but they said they were busy and would be down in the evening. “I have the reputation of being willing to help anyone T can. T'd walk miles to help ‘Scottie’ but I see no reason why T should go around the corner for Duvall. "T never sought an interview with the man in my life, but they wanted to confer with me.” Priest Made Reply The Rev. Weber made his statement that Duvall had pleaded with him to seek clemency for the mayor in the corruption probe after Duvall issued a. statement that a Catholic minister had told him he (Duvall) (Turn to Page It) Save Jaywalkers . Safety Driver Plea The Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce safety week campaign got under way today when that organization Issued a plea to motorists to drive more carefully to save jaywalkers. The idea behind the campaign is to “sell crosswalks to pedestrians.” officials of the organization said. It was pointed out pedestrians should stop taking foolish chances. Zoning Ordinance Valid WASHINGTON. May 1(5.- The United States Supreme Court today, held valid Los Angeles’ zoning ordiance, under which permits for buildings were refused and which was challenged as to constitutionality by Hector N. Zahn and A. W. Ross, who sought to erect a business structure on Wllshire Ave.

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GOVERNOR’S WIFE AGAIN IMPROVED i Mrs. Jackson Bests WeekEnd Relapse. After suffering a slight reiapse Sunday, Mrs. Ed Jackson, wife of the Governor, was reported “somewhat improved” today. Doctors and relatives, who are in constant attendance at the bedside, reported that she had spent a fairly restful night. She is still In a critical con- ; dition, but has not been as low since rallying from a state of coma on Friday. Starting with the “flu, which developed from a bad cold contracted on a trip to Lincoln City. Ind., bronchial pneumonia and other complications set in. ALLEGED SLAYER MUTE Pies of Not Guilty bj Wiles Death Entered for Loomis. Bn United Press DETROIT, Mich., May 16— Dr. Frank ,T. Loomis stood mute when arraigned today on a first degree charge of killing his wife, Grace Burns Loomis, and a plea of not guilty was entered for him In Judge John V. Brennan’s Recorder's Court. Judge Brennan set next Monday morning at 9:30 as the date for beginning of the trial. Mrs. Loomis was found beaten to deatli in the sewing room of her home by the doctor when lie returned from an alleged forty-five minutes’ walk the night of Feb. 22. ERROR BRIEF IN DALE’S APPEAL Novel Confession Before Supreme Court. Confession of error, signed by Prosecutor Joe Davis, Delaware County, is included In a brief filed in the Indiana Supreme Court today by Attorney To mMlller, Muncie. The case is that of George Dale against tthe State and appeal was taken from sentence in Judge Clarence W. Dearth's Delaware Circuit Court, where Dale was fined S4OO and given ninety days on thee State Farm for criminal libel against Raymond Warner. The case has been pending since 1925. During the interim Dale has been held for contempt of the court and the judge has undergone trial for Impeachment. In the confession of error Davis alleges that the Jury was prejudiced and cites examples. The confession of error was. turned down by the lower court, so Miller incorporated it into his appeal brief. This is the first time that such a brief has been filed in the higher court, according to attaches.

Drunk Mississippi T akes Last Big Bend Fort

Editor's Note: Will Irwin, noted author. saw from a coast guard cutter the crumbling of the last barrier between the swollen Bayou Des Glaises and the rich Louisiana farm lands below Big Bend. In the following story, written for the United Press, he vividly describes the tragedy that followed among the home-loving farmers of the district. Irwin went to the flood district to write the story of the flood for United Press. It was Irwin who wrote a newspaper classic in 1906 when his story of the San Francisco Are and earthquake. “The City That Was,” dramatized that disaster. By Will Irwin (Copyright. 1927. by the United Pressl ALEXANDRIA, La., May 16. The last of the Big Bend levees, protecting a good half of the rich Louisiana cane sugar belt from the angry, drunken Mississippi, as well as what is called the Big Ben Levee proper, corresponding to an army’s front line trench, have fallen. The levee of Bayou Des Glaises, the second Une, went first. There followed a number of smaller dikes.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1927

GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS 1927 ACTS Signs Proclamation at Noon —Enactment Dated 10:25 A. M. The long awaited Acts of 1927, passed by the Seventy-Fifth General Assembly, became laws in Indiana 1 today when Governor Jackson signed the proclamation declaring them laws at noon today. In 1925 the proclamation was Issued April 27. Distribution of copies of the acts to the ninety-two counties was completed at 10:25 a. m., when the final receipt was received at the office of the Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier from the Marion | County clerk. The proclamation j bears this hour as the time when I the new laws became effective, leaving Bedside Leaving the bedside of his wife, who has been seriously ill several ' days. Governor Jackson eatne to the Statehouse at noon. He signed the proclamation, also signed by Schortemeier and returned home. All acts, except those containing emergency clauses, become laws with the issuing of the proclamation. Emergency measures are laws ns woon as the bills arc signed by the Governor. , Among the statutes of state wide application are the numerous measures strengthening the criminal code, fostered by the Indiana Bar Association. The Indiana pardon board is abolished and all pleas for clemency must be addressed to penal institution trustees. A criminal bureau for fingerprints, established in the Secretary of State's office, will open July 1. little utility legislation was enacted. the principal changes being anew law for ap|*eals from public service commission decisions And one for elimination l>y the commission of excessive salaries in determining rates. Forty Miles an Hour Motorist speed limit is forty miles an hour. Penalties for drunken drivers have been increased. Registration and absent voter laws are repealed. Sterilization of the unfit is permitted after due process of law. Marion county measures permit the erection of a municipal coliseum, put Barrett law funds back into the treasury, provide transfer of park lands, increase park board debt limit, provide Trvington sewers, permit use of Julietta aas an inflrmery, reorganize financing for resurfacing, And permit bond issues for thorough fares. , BRITON BACKS UP RAID Russian House Not Diplomatically Immune, Contention. Bu Times Pnecinl LONDON. May 16.—Britain today officially denied the Soviet Russian contention that premises enjoying diplomatic immunity had been violated in the raid on Arcos House in Moorgate St., which began Thursday and which still was in progress today. Oliver Locker-Lampson, undpr secretary of foreign affairs, told a questioner in the House of Commons that neither the Russian trade delegation, its staff, its premises or its chairman enjoyed diplomatic immunity. CHIEF OF S. A. rT ILL National Commander Walsh Stricken at Santa Rosa, Cal. Pu United Press SANTA ROSA, Cal., May 16. Frank A. Walsh, 79, national commander of the G. A, R., was stricken with an acute attack of chronic intestinal trouble shortly after he arrived here today to attend the convention of the California department of the G. A. R. Walsh lives In Milwaukee, Wis.

It was my tragic fortune. to be passing in a coast guard launch when the last of them burst and crumbled. And what I saw In the course of that crowded afternoon was one little, typical segment of the greatest disaster, except war alone, which has ever descended on the United States. Our coast guard crew—rushed boat and all, from New Jersey by special train—put off at Mansuria, from what seemed to be a steep river bank until two weeks ago. As a matter of fact, this was a railroad cut at a temporary wharf, some ten or fifteen miles from the Mississippi, made by anchoring a barge. Coast guard cutters were landing refugees taken from flooded porches, from knolls, from housetops. Half of them were coal-black, Negro field hands or cotton farmers. The

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Clothing and Furniture of Family Ruined by Blast, Flames. j A gas explosion which ripped the foundations from under the home of Hubert T. Powell. 1140 W. ThirtySeventh St., Sunday at 6 p m . left a mother, father, and two small children practically without home or personal belongings today. Mr. and Mrs. Powell were preparing to go out for tbe evening when there was a loud blast in the basement and the house shuddered as if shaken by an earthquake. Blown From Hinges Running into the yard the Powells saw the rear door of the house torn from its hinges and hurled several feet across the yard. Smoke billowed from the basement, and soon flames burst from the windows. Engine Company No. 14 was called and after a brief fight subdued the flames. Efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Powell to rescue any furniture or personal effects were futile. A check-lip of damage revealed the house sitting at an angle, weather boarding ripped off, windows smashed?- holes blown into the roof and the furnace in the basement destroyed. George Benfleld, 1132 W. ThirtySeventh St., next door, said when he heard the blast he ran from his house (n time to see the rear door of the s owell homo torn off. Almost immediately, he said, flames burnt from windows. After escaping Powell went back into the burning house to get his fire insurance papers and was burned slightly about the hands. The Powell children. Hubert Jr., 5, and Phillip Paul, 4, were left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. Accumulated Gases The explosion is believed to have followed ignition of accumulated gases in the basement, where there is a gas water healer. Powell estimated the damage to his home at $5,000. Powell said he had noticed fumes for the past two or three days. He called his wife’s attention to this, but she believed It was merely cooking gas. Mr. and Mrs. Powell owned the home and had lived there about three years. The loss was covered partly.

whites, transported by separate barges, were Arcadian farming families, chattering among themselves in a thick, ufnamiliar French dialect. One old Negro, a cripple, was very, very 111. Two men supported him while his family walked about him. A Red Cross doctor pushed his way through the crowd. The old man’s head was bobbing and wobbling. He seemed nearly gone; too feeble to bo moved, the doctor would have said, but the boatmen had taken him from a housetop, so there was no choice. Two Arcadian girls were crying as though their hearts would break—for the reason I suppose, that their home was gone, which was reason enough. An older brother, his hand on their shoulders, tried silently to comfort them. A younger brother, who

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MAD DULL KILLS TRUSTING FARMER Motorists Arrive Too Late to Aid Wm. Merlau. Attack by an enraged bull while he was feeding stock on his farm late Sunday, 'William Merlau, 60, was trampled and gored before passing motorists eonld ionic to his aid. They frightened the animal away, but Merlau died before he could be carried to hfs borne, two miles north of New’ Palestine. The family said today that the animal had never before shown sign nf rage, and the attack probably was made on Merlau when he was unprepared. Merlau, known well In southeastern Marion County, is survived by tbe widow, Mrs. Mary Merlau. a son of Elmer, and a daughter, Mrs. Everett Snodgrass, who lives near Greenfield. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at 1:30 p. m., followed by services at St. John’s Lutheran Church, New Palestine, at 2 p. m. Soda Fountain Stops Yale Students' Auto Bu United Press SOUTHINGTON. Conn., May 16. The cases of Jason Crain of Waterbury, and Charles Whitcomb of Pittsburgh. Yale stuooi . -. a- i-i i- I ; <>u* yesterday charged with reckless driving. were continued today until May 31. Crain and Whitcomb’s auto crashed into a drug store in Plantsvlllo. They were attempting to make a sharp turn on the highway. The automobile plowed through the plate glass window, overturned two counters and halted after it had climbed the soda fountain. The damage to the store was estimated at about *5,000. The men were released on bail of SI,OOO each. Boy, 16, Vanishes

Police today were asked to look for Aca. Wade, 16, who disappeared from his home at 325 W. Regent St. Saturday. The boy was wearing a gray coat and trousers, cap and black shoes.

had been trying to bite back the tears, suddenly broke down and joined in the family wailing. Against the wharf bumped a clumsy flatboat, its decks surrounded by a high fence. It was loaded with horses and mules. •On the bank above, half of the automobiles in Mansura, mobilized for the emergency, were loading refugees, and their scant baggage, and transporting them to the high land where the Red Cross forces nrrc throwing up tents. \ Before us as we shoved off lay a lake of orange colored water, which stretched, wherever you could catch the distance, to the horizon. Into it sank the line of telegraph poles which emerged from the cut; they dipped lower and lower until only their tips appeared. These marked : t (Turn to Page 11)

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Life Prisoner Files Petition for Temporary Release, Alleging He Is Cruelly Treated. CHARGES PLOT AGAINST HIS LIFE Asserts Intent Was to Make Attack Appear Self-Defense. Charging that he is the victim of Hirniau \Y. Evuns, Imperial Wizard of the Klan, and “certain politicians,” 1). C. Stephenson today appealed to Governor Jackson for a ninety day parole from Indiana State Prison for the purpose of enabling him to collect evidence in his appeal in the Obcrholzer murder case and to conserve his business interests. Action Today Unlikely

Governor Jackson came to tho Statehouse for a few moments at noon today for the purpose of signring the Acts. He announced on i leaving that the petition had been presented to him. hut he considers it unlikely that he would act on it today. He said that lie expected to j return to the office again this afternoon. if his wife’s illness permitted, lie has been at her bedside for several days. Lloyd O. Hill, Stephen son attorney, presented the petition to the Governor. Pardon Board Secretary C. t\ York, who retires today with the abo lition of the board, said tbe matter was presented to him and he made a recommendation. Although refusing definitely to state what the recommendation was, ho Intimated it was for denial. The petition, filling eighteen typewritten pages and signed by Stephenson. charges that Warden Wal- | ter H. Daly and other prison officials ! with cruelties and punishments of various kinds. It charges that an attempt was , made to murder hint since he has \ been in prison when lie was shoved oown stairs by a fellow convict. looses $120,000, lie Mays I It charges that he has lost $120,- ! 000 since he has been confined in ! prison by reason of orders which ! prevent him from delivering a power | of attorney to a person of his own selection and that Daly Issued a verbal order on Nov. 11, 1926, in the presence of L. G. Julian, former partner, and W. H. Shcaffer. deputy prosecutor, which prevented him j from conferring with attorneys until j Dec. 20, at a time when it was irn- , portant. to perfect his appeal from ! the life sentence. He charges all his troubles to Ev- ! ans, whom lie charges with be,ng ; intent on taking out $200,000 a year ■ from Indiana which Stephenson says he fought to retain when he was the i head of the Klan. ! Ills charges against Evans go , into matters In other states and various crimes are charged against the 1 Klan head. Charges Bribery He charges that after his arrest a meeting was held in the Lincoln Hotel, attended by Evans, at which j .8100,000 was raised to assist in the ; prosecution and that, one of the j jurors in his case was bribed. Stephenson says he delayed prej sentlng the petition until the board i of pardons was abolished and now i makes his appeal direct to the Governor. He asserts that lie is the only person w’ho can gather the evidence | he rays he can present and that it j must be obtained within the next ninety days. Stephenson says that when he en terpd the prison, lie had no gray hairs and that' now “due to the flend- , ish workings of the conspiracy" his , hair is completely gray. Stephenson says that he Is the . only prisoner who is the special charge of the warden and whose (Turn to Page It) Believes Columbus Was Noble Spaniard t n if^ft Press MADRID. Spain. May 16.—Chris topher Columbus was a Spaniard of noble birth, not the son of poor Italians, and his name wasn't Columbus anyway, Monsignor Sanchez Serrano, chaplain of the National Church of Spain, believes he has proved by research covering twentyfive years. Monsignor planned to reveal his discoveries in full later today In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of King Alfonso's ascent. SONS AFTER 'KING’ BEN { Scores Ready to Testify in $3,000,000 Property Suit. Br United Press BENTON HARBOR. Midi., May 16.—Three score sons and daughters of the House of David waited here today to avenge themselves on Benjamin Purnell, their former spiritual father, who they say betrayed their trust. Suit opens In Berrien County Circuit Court this afternoon when the Stase seeks to throw the $6,000,000 property into a receivership and ha\’e that amount divided by the members. Upholds Anti-Red Law Pu United Press WASHINGTON, May 16.—California’s criminal syndicalism law, making membership in organizations which advocate violence against the present system of government a felony. is constitutional, tbe United Staten Supreme Court ruled today.

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Fair tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures.

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MARION COUNTY

THOUSANDS IRE FLEE HOMES AS LEVEES CRUMBLE Additional Flood Refugees in Louisiana Estimated at 20,000. r.n United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., May 16. 1 Preparations were made today lo care for '20,000 additional refugees j from the south central parishes nf j Louisiana as the flood waters seeped I across their lands. A scant mile from where the flood torrent piles down into the valley j west of the Atcliafalaya coast guard | boats today picked up more than ! 3.000 refugees huddled on the weak- ! ened levee. Naval aviators, flying low over the "sugar bowl" lands. | said the flood tide was fifty miles i below the crevasses along Big Bend, Levees along the Bayou Des j Glaises arc slowly crumbling and a great wall of water is pouring over the fertile lands. The residents, honor er, hare had sufficient time to prepare for evacuaiion, and moit ot them aiv' reported to be moving from the territory. • I*3oo Marooned Yesterday there was a report that. ! more tlufn 1.500 had been marooned in lower Avoyelles and St. Landry parishes. Rescue boats of every description were despatched to the aid of the maroneed residents and late last night it. was reported that most of 1 them had been taken from their ‘ perilous positions to places of safety. 1 No loss of fife is feared from the new flood territory, as the rise of waters has been somewhat gradual. New Relief Headquarters The Red Cross and other relief | agencies are planning today to open new relief headquarters through the ' district to care for the homeless j from the new disaster area. The waters are reported remaining stationary in the vicinity of Natchez but slowly rising in the southern delta. WORKER CRUSHED BV FALLING CAR Youth, 20, Dies When Auto Slips Loose. Ormond Jones, 30, of 300554 XV ! Washington St., waa almost in i stantly killed today when the auto ! mobile on which he was workin I slipped off its jacks and crushc ! him. Jones was working in the rear n Jiis home. He removed the rea. wheels arid jacked the car up on bricks. The bricks slipped. Raymond Carroll, an employ* of the Du Pont Brake Service Com pany, nearby, heard Jones’ crier found him under the machine and called Edmund Du Pont, his employer. They lifted the ear while Jones’ younger brother. Burdette dragged the crushed youth from underneath. When it was found that Jones wa dead, his mother, Mrs. Albert Jones, and three small sisters, Pauline, J 2 Wildn, 10, and Lucille, 7, became hysterical. Besides these Jones leaves his father and another sister, Mildred, 16. Pukow Captured Bu United Press SHANGHAI, May 16.—Nationalist trops from Nanking streamed across the Yangtze river today Into Pukow. which was recaptured from the northerners yesterday. Mobs follow ing Nationalist troops attempted te loot Kukow but were repulsed rough ly by soldiers, it was reported. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 45 10 a, m...... 61 7 a. xn 46 11 a. m 14 8 a. 47 12 (noon) .... SB 9 a. m...... 49 1 p. 66