Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1927 — Page 3

TOLY 11,1927

STEVE DEPENDS ON THE TIMES TO PIM STORY Orders Lawyers to Give His Papers to Editor, to Insure Publication.

First revelation of the little "Black Box” is a check for $2,500 in favor of Ed Jackson, signed by D. C. Stephenson, and a notation written by Stephenson. That notation declares that this check, whose sac simile, together with the numerous bank indorsements, is printed on Page One, declares that it was “one-fourth of ten thousand dollars,” given by Stephenson to Jackson personally for his primary expenses in 1924. The Times has received this check from one of Stephenson’s lawyers, who writes that he turned them over at the direction of Stephenson. That letter also declares, and The Times assures the public that it is true, that other documentary evidence which shows the activities of Stephenson in that campaign to control Indiana, will follow. No Longer Silent The very fact that Stephenson has singled The Times and Thomas Adams of Vincennes to recehe the first of his disclosures, is evidence that he has made up his mind to no longer keep silence, but will do his utmost, from this time on, to convince the people that he was not bluffing when he declared that he had been “double crossed” for the last time. The editor of this newspaper saw Stephenson but once, and that was one week ago Friday in the presence of three newspaper reporters and two trustees of the State prison. At that time Stephenson began his interview by protesting that The Times had been relentless in matters unfavorable to him. He was given the reply that The Times had but one purpose, which was to see that no citizen of this State was robbed of his constitutional rights and that the people of Indiana be given all the facts that Stephenson last September \had promised to give. No Private Grudges There was no private conversation. But Stephenson apparently was convinced that The Times and Thomas Adams, and they alone, had gone into this matter with no secret political alliances, no private grudges, with no one to protect and no one to punish. Last week Stephenson saw the four prosecutors of this county, Prosecutor William H. Remy, Deputy W. H. Sheaffer, John W. Koltzman and Emsley W. Johnson. He gave them an order for certain documents which it is now revealed was to Lloyd O. Hill, his attorney. On the day following that interview in a conversation with Robert H Moore, his attorney, Stephenson ordered him to deliver documents to Boyd Gurley and Thomas Adams. One Sure Means Stephenson had taken the one 6ure means of giving to the people whatever message he wished to give, whatever proof he desired to present. It is possible that Governor Jackson may have a different explanation for this check than the one given by Stephenson. The first act of The Times was to send, one of its most trusted men to Osawatomie, Kan., where the Governor now is. But the importance of this document can not be underestimated in the light of past events and the many denials of the existence of any documents or checks which would need explanation. Statement Flatly made It becomes important because of the notation, written by D. C. Stephenson in his cell at Noblesville, between the return of the verdict of guilty and his removal to Michigan City. The statement is flatly and unequivocally made that Stephenson gave this check as one-fourth of ten thousand dollars given to Jackson, the candidate, for his personal expenses in the campaign. The report given under the law by Jackson shows no such receipts and no such sums spent personally by him. It is in that phase of the matter that Stephenson in his prison cell becomes the accuser of the Governor. DEGREES TO HOOSIERS AT YALE UNIVERSITY Indianapolis, Sullivan and Bloomington Students Honored. Charles Sumner Wiltsie, Jr., 2605 College Ave., is among Hoosiers receiving advanced degrees at Yale University. He received a bachelor of laws degree, following a A. B. degree from Indiana University in 1922. j Nelson Paul Poynter, A. B. Indiana University, 1924, has received an M. A. at Yale. Thomas Howard Rawles, son of Dr. William A. Rawles, Bloomington, received a degree of doctor of philosophy at Yale, where he will serve as an instructor in mathmetics next year. He received master and bachelor of arts degrees at Indiana University in 1925. His father is dean of the I. U. Schol of Commerce and Finance.

HEARS ARMS CHARGE Former Mexican Chief Arraigned on Smuggling Count. Bn United Prefix LOS ANGELES, July 11.—Adolfo De La Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, and his secretary, Louis Gayou, were to be arraigned in Federal Court today on a- charge of conspiring to violate the neutrality laws by smuggling arms and ammunition across the border into Mexico. Eight other persons are named ;in the Federal indictment which ■ followed Gayou’s arrest in Tucson, Arizona, recently.

MALONE’S WIFE SUES Decree Sought in Paris From Divorce Lawyer. f Bu United Press PARIS, July 11.—Divorce proceedings were instituted today against Dudley Field Malone, one of the foremost divorce lawyers in the United States, by his wife, the former Doris Stevens. Mrs. Malone presented a request to the president of the civil tribunal of the Seine for permission to file suit.

IRISH LEADER’S DEATH SEEN AS THREATOFWAR Kevin O’Higgins Assassinated on Way to Church Near Dublin Sunday. * BY GEORGE MACDONAGH United Press Staff Correspondent DUBLIN, July 11.—Kevin O’Higgins, vice president of the Free State government, was assassinated on his way to church Sunday by a volley of shots whose echoes carried throughout Ireland a threat of renewed civil war.' O’Higgins, a back-stage Mussolini, whose square, unflinching determination had brought the Free State through the stormy throes that marked its birth, was walking to mass. Soon after he had left his home in Blackrock, fashionable seaside suburb, five miles from Dublin, an automobile approached him bearing the three assassins. Fire From Passing Car Usually O’Higgins was accompanied by a priest on his way to mass, but he had returned only Friday from Geneva, where he had as minister of external affairs, another of his governmental posts, observed the naval limitation conference activities. As he entered Sans Souci Ave., a dark spot overhung with trees, the men opened fife from the passing automobile. O’Higgins staggereed across the road and fell, hitting his head heavily against a lamp post. His assassins fired another volley at his prostrate form and continued on their way. Bleeding from eight wounds in head and body, O’Higgins was taken to his home in an ambulance summonede by men in the crowd that had gathered quickly. Five hours later, shortly before 5 p. m., he died. Civil War Is Feared Government officials in Dublin;' in the meantime, called out the civic guard reserves and orderede search to be made of all automobiles traveling in Dublin County. Discussing the assassination, the populace was more concerned with the reason for the murder than with the assassination of perhaps the leading Irish statesman. To the popular mind there was a simple explanation of the crime, at a time when Ireland was becoming again almost crimeless, it was the opening volleey, without a formal declaration of hostilities, of what might become, within a few weeks, a civil war unless the government was able quickly to arrest and promptly and firmly to punish the assassins. ELEPHANT KILLS MAN Tragedy Stalks Circus on Way to Memorial. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 11.—On the day Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was to hold a memorial service for eightyfour performers killed in a railroad collision nine years ago, the circus suffered another accident near Chicago which resulted in death of one man and injury of six other persons. An interurban train crashed into a herd of elephants being loaded in Aurora, 111. Audrey Stickwell, trainer, was crushed to death when one of the animals fell on him. The elephants stampeded and ran through the streets, but were captured before they did any damage. Later in the day the memorial service was held at the graves of fifty-eight victims of the wreck of June, 1918, who are buried in a Chicago cemetery. 4 HELD IN DANCE PAVILION ROBBERY Arrests Made In South Bend After Hold-up July 3. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 11.— Four of five men, sought in connection with the robbery of nearly 100 guests at Butter’s dance pavilion near Bremen, Ind., early in the morning of July 3, were under arrest today. They are Hubert Greer, 19; Everett Slabaugh, 21; Harold E. Miller, 26, and Lawrence Morgan, 21. In true western fashion the bandits broke into the pavilion and lined the guests along walk while rifling their pockets of jewelry and money. Returning to South Bend, the bandit machine ran into a gun battle with police here, but escaped. When arrested, Greer was found to have been shot in the head and neck with shotgun slugs. The prisoners were taken to Marshall County to face trial for auto banditry.

WIFE NABS COP KISSER Bv United Press WASHINGTON, July 11.—The legend about cops flirting is true, says the wife of Policeman W. N. Kellum. She led two fellow officers who found him with a girl. They arrested him. He was said to be so indignant he struck a lieutenant. He was suspended,

SAPIRO EXPECTS SETTLEMENT IN ROW WITH FORD Libel Litigation to Close by Tonight, Announces Farm Organizer. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Juty 11.—Aaron Sapiro, Jewish co-operative organizer who sued Henry Ford for $1,000,000 libel, announced today he expected settlement of his litigation with the billionaire to be “practcially completed” by tonight. In his first detailed statement since publication of Ford’s retraction of attacks against Sapiro and other representative Jews, the Chicago lawyer said he was “entirely satisfied” and that he believed “Mr. Ford is absolutely sincere in his retraction.” No Knowledge of Articles Sapiro returned home last night from Canada. He was in Saskatchewan organizing a farm co-operative similar to those criticised by Ford’s paper, the Dearborn Independent, when announcement of the motor manufacturer’s change of attitude was made in New York. “When the suit against Mr. Ford was filed, our purpose was to make him realize the libelous and untruthful nature of the attacks on the Jewish people,” Sapiro said. “I believe that purpose has been adequately fulfilled and I am thoroughly satisfied. “I also am convinced Mr. Ford had no real knowledge of the Dearborn Independent’s editorial policy and that he actually did not know the nature of the charges the paper made and he did not know they were untrue. Apology “Complete Surprise” “Filing of the suit against him probably turned his attention to the articles, but prior to that time I do not think, as he says, that he ever read them.” Sapiro stated Ford’s retraction was a complete surprise. He refused to say what details will be involved in the settlement of the suit. He did not intimate what arrangements had been discussed for paying the huge costs of preparing the libel case for trial. The suit was declared a mistrial following publication by a Detroit newspaper of a reputed interview with a juror. It was to have been retried this fall.

NAVAL PARLEY IS KEPT ALIVE Postponement of Plenary Session to Help. Bu United Press GENEVA, July 11.—Wrecking of the Coolidge Naval armaments conference may be averted today through a move by the British td postpone the plenary session of the conference set for 3 p. m. The British delegation was called in session to decide on postponement on the basis of instructions received from London. Up to late yesterday the break-up of the conference at the plenary session scheduled for today seemed imminent, the delegations entering the session hopelessly deadlocked on the question of cruisers. When all ;emed darkest, W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the British admiralty and head of the British delegation, announced that he had received new instructions from his Government. It was the first hopeful sign in many days. In official announcement of the changed plans, there was no hint of an impending collapse of the conference. It was said by Secre-tary-minister Wilson that the meeting would not be held today, “in deference to the death of Kevin O’Higgins, vice-president of the Irish Free State, who was assassinated yesterday.”

AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR RUNS AWAY WITH GIRL Apartment Owner Sued by Guest Who Had Ups and Downs. Bu Times Svecial ■ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ July 11.— A wild trip in an automatic elevator that kept going up and dropping down but could not be stopped from the inside is the basis of a suit in the circuit Court here brought by Freida Brode, an Atlantic City girl, against the owner of a Boardwalk apartment house. According to the girl, she stepped Into the elevator and pushed the operating button to cause a stop at the second floor. When the lift failed to stop at the second floor, she says, she pushed she button marked “Alarm” and “emergency stop,” but it went to the top of the shalft and then dropped to the bottom, continuing this time after time until she fainted with fright. An occupant of the building jerked the door open and dragged the girl out.

DELAYS HEMPEL RULING Judge Thinks Over Motion for Dismissing Suit. Bv United Press NEW YORK, July 11.—Supreme Court Justice Jeremiah Mahoney reserved decision today on the motion of attorneys for August Heckscher, millionaire philanthropist, for dismissal of suit for damages brought by Frieda Hempel, opera and concert singer. Mmp. Hempel contended in her suit that Heckscher had agreed to pay her $48,000 a year for life in exchange for her agreement first to give up all concert singing for money which would keep her out of New York for more than three consecutive days; and second, to sing for him or for chanty enterprises whenever he requested it. Heckscher paid her $12,000 on the contract and then stopped payments, she charged,

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How Probe Started Is Told by Thomas Adams, Editor

BY THOMAS H. ADAMS Last May a year ago a small group of newspaper men met for a conference in the Claypool Hotel, where was discussed information and rumors that had come to them from time to time concerning irregularities and corruption in Indiana government. The group consisted of out-State newspaper men, sixteen or eighteen, including officers of the Republican Editorial Association. In the discussion held that day it was unanimously agreed to probe to the bottom all the information that had been received. It was decided to call upon the political leaders and ask them to assist in the investigation. Governor Jackson was called upon, and he declined to take any part in the discussion. Other officials were sought and they refused. The editors then decided to appoint a small investigation committee to continue the work. Thomas H. Adams was selected as chairman. All this is a matter of record. The editors’ meeting at the Claypool Hotel was unanimous, only one editor withdrawing, and he excused himself on the ground that he thought an investigation was not necessary. The chief topic of discussion was the framed indictments against the highway commission, which have since been thrown out of court. Then followed from week to week a tremendous amount of research work and during July and August a number of exposures seemed imminent. Then it will be remembered a letter came to the committee from behind prison walls in which Stephenson related a startling arraignment of what he could tell if the newspaper committee, consisting of Thomas H. Adams, Vincennes; Will Feudner, Rushville; E. H. Harris, Richmond, and others, would give him an opportunity to talk. The committee made an attempt to reach him in the prison, but the prison doors were closed to us. Governor Jackson would not recognize us and referred us to the trustees of the penitentiary. From the day the Stephenson letter was published (and it was broadcasted throughout the entire country) , every means known to machine influence and official domination was used to discredit the investigation and stop the exposure. Thomas H. Adams was chairman of the Republican editors’ executive committee, and Will Feudner was secretary. Frank McDermond of Attica was president. The machine vented its spleen on McDermond, and he was told that the Walb State committee would send a wrecking crew to Congressman Purnell’s district and defeat him if he, McDermond, did not stop. The Indianapolis Times, although not a Republican newspaper, conducted an investigation, sent dozens of witnesses before the grand jury and cooperated'with the press probe committee in every possible way. Stories were made up that Adams and Feudner did not represent the press. One by one the political machine attempted to injure the members of the investigating committee. One by one the newspapers were approached and any publications made on the subject were made as embarrassing as possible. The grand jury in Marion County started a wholesale investigation. But the press probe went on. In the first instance the Indianapolis press was silent except in the case of The Times. The Times took up the battle, The out-State gapers were

ing. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Funeral services for William McAnany, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. McAnany, 1126 Bradbury Ave., killed in a similar accident at about the same time in front of his home, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 at St. Patrick’s Church. Burial in Holy Cross cemetery.

compelled to occupy a receptive po- j sition and not an active position, j When the Legislature convened, politicians openly avowed that body would not permit an investigation. A resolution was introduced which demanded an investigation, and was defeated In the House by a strict party vote, after the same had been pigeon-holed in Judiciary A for , many days without consideration, j Following this a resolution ask- ■ ing the impeachment of two judges: was offered and killed on the ground 1 that the Legislature had no authority. A few wseks later the same] committee authorized by a resolu- i tion the impeachment of Judge | Clarence Dearth of Muncie by a| vote of 91 to 1. But from week to week there came! to pass first one discovery and then another. The probe investigators! had not received from Stephenson] further information, but the investigators in the prosecutor’s office had spent nearly twelve weeks tak-! ing testimony of all kinds. The work had been slowly and laboriously pursued until the events of the past few days resulted in Stephenson filing a petition for parole, which was denied; a plea in Supreme Court on habeas corpus; and an investigation by the prison board. Last week a committee of newspaper men called at the prison to see if he would talk. Boyd Gurley of The Times was spokesman. A day or two later the court investigators interviewed Stephenson and for four hours he related a story. What he said is in the Stephenson notes. Then Stephenson gave to the committee an order on his attorneys for certain papers. He also ordered Lloyd Hill, his attorney, to turn over to Boyd Gurley and Thomas H. Adams some documents and there are more to come. Political domination has not yet smothered the investigation, though no machine ever attempted a bigger or more drastic task. The truth is slowly forthcoming. POINTS TO WAR BY AIR Chief of Sky Corps Says United States Must Be Prepared. Bu United Press SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 11.—An air attack on America by a foreign power is a possibility and the only way to guard against it is by the use of aircraft, Major Gen. Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Corps, declared here at a Chamber of commerce luncheon at the Guyamaca Club. The navy knows this as well as the army, and if the nation is to face the issue squarely it must continue their services. “In ten years, travel by air will be safer than any other method of transportation man employs,” he said.

ENDS LIFE WITH RAZOR William Holtman Despondent Over Continued 111 Health. William H. Holtman, 45, of 611 N. Temple Ave., killed himself in the back yard of his home about 11 p. m. Sunday by cutting his throat with a razor. The body was discovered by his wife. He had been employed at the Panhandle Railroad shops before becoming ill a year ago, she said. He often had threatened to kill himself since he had been ill, she said)

WOMAN RACER BURNS DUST OF ALLJUGHWATS Says American Roads Finest When They’re Good, but Sometimes Rotten. • ! Bu United Press : NEW YORK, July 11.—After havj ing been driven on the roads of the | five continents in a motor trip ] around the world, Miss Violette Cori drey, English automobile racer, said J that the roads of the United States were the best in the world when i they were good, and as bad as the j worst when bad. The roads of AusI tralia were, in general, the worst in the world, she said. ! “Your roads are magnificent,” she said, "but when the bad stretches are reached they are terrible. Service is provided along the way in a very satisfactory manner. The roads of India are probably the very finest, except that they are very dusty.” Left England Feb. 9 Miss Cordrey is 25 years old and has piloted racing cars on all types of tracks. She left England Feb. 9 in an eight-cylinder Invicta car, accompanied by Miss E. V. Simpson, a friend; R. W. Sprague, chief observer of the Royal Auto Club, and Ernest Hatcher, who has been her mechanic throughout her racing career of seven years. It was planned to cover 15,000 miles, but thus far the car has covered only about 11,000 miles. Miss Cordrey alone has been at the wheel throughout the trip. Her desire to avoid the New York heat of late July and August prompted her to cancel a visit to San Francisco, thus cutting down on the total mileage. i Study Auto Service The object of the trip was to study the service an automobile could give under all conditions rather than to make a time record. “I was not looking for thrills,” said Miss Cordrey. “I get my thrills on the racing track. But I wanted to see the world and test the car. How- , ever, the thrills came regardless of ; what was wanted. We had two up- : sets in the United States, one be- : tween Denver and Salina almost re- ! suiting in a complete turning over of i the car. No injuries have been eufi sered thus far.” . The car weighs two and one-half tons when fully loaded. When it is transferred by boat it is driven into a great canvas bag, which is locked and sealed by Mr. Sprague, whose presence will sanction any claims to records that may be made.

STRATON MAKES PEACE GESTURE Invites Deacons Who Resigned to Return to Church. Bu United Press NEW YORK, July 11.—D.*. John Roach Straton made a'gesture of peace from the pulpit of Calvary Baptist Church last night in an evident attempt to heal the breach in his church which arose recently over alleged tendencies of part of the congregation toward “Pentecostalism” in worship. Dr. Straton invited five members of the board of deacons, who resigned in protest against the alleged tendencies toward hysteria in worship, to return to the church. “I really believe these boys hoped to help me by this thing,” he said. “They have simply undertaken to give me a spiritual spanking, but I think the need is on the other side of the house.” He defended practices of the young people’s Bible study class, reported center cf the frenzied search for “the gift of tongues” and the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit.” It was in this class that Warren Straton, 19, son of the pastor, was said to have received the “gift of tongues” at a meeting at which he lay upon the floor and talked and sang in unintelligible words. DIES FROM INJURIES Motorist Steps on Starter; Mechanic Crushed Against Wall. Earl Wellman, 32, mechanic, 1323 Pruitt St., died in St. Vincent’s Hospital today of injuries suffered Friday at the Carl H. Wallerich, Inc., automobile salesroom, 950 N. Meridian St Wellman was working on a car for a customer, when the customer stepped on the starter. The car crushed Wellman against a wall. Wellman leaves the widow and three small children. DIES TO SAVE PET DOG Woman Sees Husband Killed by Milk Train. Bu Times Svecial OSSINING, N. Y., July 11.—Investigation of the death of William ‘F. Williams, 32 years old, struck by a New York Central milk train at Scarborough, disclosed to Medical Examiner Edwin Huntington to Ossining today that Williams sacrificed his life trying to save a pet dog, which escaped. The dog ran out on the tracks. Williams, who evidently thought he could avoid an onn’shing train in time, was cut down by it. His wife stood twenty feet away and saw him killed.

WARNS ABOUT TYPHOID State Health Board Secretary Cites Vacation Danger. Beware of typhoid on your vacation, Dr. Wiliam F. King, State Health Board secretary, warns. Slackening of sanitation standards in camps and other vacation sports is apt to increase danger of exposure he points out. A chart prepared by State Epidermiologist Walter W. Lee shows that twenty-six eastern and middle western States have better typhoid prevention records.

RAP VETO OF COOLIDGE Senator Barkley Tells Farmers’ Congress Relife Is Vital. Bu United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., July 11.—Farmers from all parts of the middle West here attending a conference called by the Minnesota Council of Agriculture heard Senator Alben W. Barkleey of Kentucky criticise President Coolidge for his veto of the farm relief bill. The Kentucky Senator declared that Congress must soon deal with farm relief to prevent serious results.

VIOLENT DEATH TOLL REACHES TENININDIANA Two of Week-End Fatalities Recorded Here. Violent death was the fate of ten persons in Indiana over the week-end. Two of the deaths were in Indianapolis and the remainder at other points in the State. Bennie Lucas, 23, was shot and killed when officers raided an alleged gambling resort on Whitewater River, near Connersville. Patrolmen Long, Crawford and Jones, who made the raid, denied shooting Lucas. Frank Jenkins, 25, was drowned while swimming in a gravel pit at Terre Haute. Edward Lippet, Montpelier, committed suicide by taking poison. No cause has been assigned for the act. Leslie Alexander, 32, a farm hand, shot and killed himself at the home of his employer, Lawrence McAllister, south of Catlin. Alexander is believed to have been despondent over financial troubles and his scatatered family. His wife is at South Bend; his four children have been making their home with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Martin near Ferndale. Accidental discharge of a shotgun was fatal to John R. Sandefur, farmer, at his home, eight miles west of Shelbyville. Frederick Millspaugh. 16, and Robert Hickman, 15, were killed when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into the side of a freight train at Anderson. Four other boys in the car were injured, but none are expected to die. Delbert Leming suffered serious injuries and T. Titus was hurt severely when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at a crossing in Marion. Mrs. H. E. Harrison, Logansport, is in a serious condition due to sunstroke. MELLON TOURING ITALY Sight-Seeing Trip in Naples Made by United States Treasury Chief. Bu United Press NAPLES, July 11.—Andrew Mellon, secretary of the United States Treasury, arrived here yesterday, made a sight-seeing trip of the city and then embarked for Genoa, whence he will begin a motor Journey through Italy. CHILD SHOT BY COP Bullet Fired at Speeder Goes Wild. I Nellie Ray Henzman, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henzman, R. R. 1, Box 377, is recovering in city hospital from a bullet wound in her rjght breast received early Saturday evening when Motorpoliceman Schoen shot to stop a speeder in the 2800 block, Shelby St. The speeder escaped. Police Chief Claude F. Jonnson and R. Walter Jarvis, park superintendent, are conducting an investigation. Schoen was a park policeman. Schoen shot at the fleeing car after the driver began to fire at him, he reported to Capt. Herbert Fletcher. The bullets went wild and one hit the girl seated in the rear seat of a parked car in front of a grocery store. Mrs. Henzman, and Calvin, 3, her son, were slightly cut 6y glass when the bulllet shattered the windshield. They were in the front seat. The father was making some purchases in the grocery. By-standers scurried to safety as other bullets glanced. Schoen was unaware of the mishap and continued the chase through Garfield park. Schoen obtained the license number of the car he chased, he reported. Fire Damages Government House Bu United Press SANTIAGO, Chile, July 11.—Fire partially destroyed offices in Government House here Sunday^

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CLEMENCEAU IS SERIOUSLY ILL; FAMILYCALLED ‘Tiger of France’ Losing His Memory and Failing Visibly. By United Press Staff Corespondent PARIS, July 11.—Georges Clemenceau, most famous man of France, today was surrounded by relatives summoned to his bedside by doctors who fear their patient is growing weaker. The “Tiger” has been unable to throw off the effects of a cold and his eighty-six years of strenuous life have made inroads qn his once rugged constitutions He is failing visibly. It was understood that Dra. Laubry and Florand, after an examination of the patient this afternoon, informed the family he might recover, but that relatives should remain with him in case a crisis developed. Albert Clemenceau, his brother, and Mme. Jacquemaire. his daughter, slept all night in the apartment. Son Is Called The “Tiger’s” son, Michel, waa advised by telegram of his father’s condition and arrived by automobile from his country home, going at once to the bedside. It was reported that a few days ago the “Tiger” turned to his cook and said: “My father died when he was eighty-six. I do not think that I will live to be much older." Losing His Memory Clemenceau arises but infrequently. A brief, tottering walk In his apartment and then he returns to bed or sits in an armchair, Immediately dozing off. He is losing his memory. Albert, his faithful valet, often Is scolded without reason. “Albert, you have not served me my dinner,” Clemenceau will say after he has partaken half-heart-edly of onion soup or chicken. Or, "Albert, you have not made my bed,” he will admonish while standing by the bed that has been tidied for him.

BIRGER TRIAL JURY SOUGHT Defense Loses in Preliminary Maneuvers. Bu United Press BENTON, 111., July 11.—Selection of a jury to try Charlie Birger, notorious southern Illinois gang chief, and two of his followers on charges of murdering Joe Adams, mayor of West City, is expected to consume the greater part of this week in Franklin County Circuit Court. Starting last Tuesday, the trial spent its first week in legal maneuvering. The defense was denied its request that the defendants— Birger, Art Newman and Ray Hyland—be tried separately. The Joint defense Is expected to brin* unusual developments since Birger and Newman have become bitter enemies. Although once a trusted lieutenant of Birger, Newman has confessed and Involved his former chief in the slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Lory Price. The first panel of prospective jurors was called Friday. Another is to report today. Notoriety of Birger has made the task of finding disinterested Jurors extremely difficult. EAT MORE ICE CREAM Individual Consumes Three Gallons Yearly, Survey Shows. WASHINGTON, July 11.—If you don’t eat three gallons of ice cream this year you won’t get your share. Total production in 1926 was placed today by the department of agriculture at 324,000,000 gallons against 322,729,000 gallons in 1925. The increase would have been greater but for the cool weather of 1926. In 1910, production was only 95,000,000 gallons. The industry uses about 3.8 per cent of all the milk produced In the United States, employs 50,000 persons and has a payroll of $75,000,000 a year. BISHOP CRITICTALLY ILL’ Priests of Chicago Diocese Pray for Prelate’s Recovery. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 11.—Priests in 350 Catholic churches throughout the Chicago diocese offered prayers Sunday for the recovery of Bishop Peter J. Muldoon, one of the most prominent churchmen in the West, critically ill at his home in Rockford, 111., with arteriosclerosis. Physicians say he may live only a few dayß.