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AL SMITH TO MAKE DEBUT AS CANDIDATE Governor to Speak Twice i Today, First Addresses Since Nomination. \ QUIET DAY FOR HOOVER Secretary Decides Against Yacht Cruise Down Potomac River. BY PERCY B. SCOTT United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 4.—Governor Alfred E. Smith made his first public appearance today as a candidate for the presidency of the United States, but his public addresses are expected to be of non-political character. This morning the Governor went back to the organization that gave him the chance to become the Dem- • ocratic presidential nominee—Tams many Hall-rto be the principal speaker at that organization’s annual Independence day celebration. It will be the last meeting in the old Fourteenth St. wigwam of Tammany. Will Address New Voters Then tonight Governor Smith will address 15,000 new voters in front Os the city hall. Smith has indicated he will not discuss politics in either speech, but probably will use the familiar Fourth of July subject of patriotism for his two addresses. These are the only appointments on the schedule of the Governor for the day. The rest of the time he. plans to remain in his suite at the hotel and wor kon his correspondence. Tomorrow he will return to Albany. It is quite possible that after the exercises at Tammany hall are concluded he will meet George W. Alvany, head of the wigwam, and talk politics. Olvany and the Governor have not met since the latter came to the city Sunday night. Plan for Notification Arrangements for notifying the Governor of his nomination will be made Friday, when Senator Key Pittman of the notification committee appointed by- the Houston convention comes here to consult Smith. The ceremony will mark the real beginning of the Democratic campaign and probably will take place at Albany early in August. There is possibility that the Governor may decide to set up headquarters for his campaign in Washington, using his hew York headquarters merely as i., workshop, Quiet Day for Hoover Bu United Pri ss WASHINGTON, July 4.—Secretary of Commerce Hoover will spend a quiet Fourth of July with his family at their home here. There will be no speeches and his tentative plans call for no work. Urged by his associates at the Commerce Department to make use of the navigation commissioner’s yacht, Kilkenny, for a trip down the Potomac, Hoover considered a short cruise, but finally decided against it. The yacht lies at anchor at Annapolis ready for his use, however, and Hoover may change his mind this afternoon. His friends have argued that a river trip would provide a complete change from the arduous routine of combined secretarial and political duties. Hoover has spent his mornings this week conferring with political advisers and friends and his afternoons working on the Commerce Department budget. He is understood to have done some work on his acceptable speech also. A definite time fop the start of F ‘Hoover’s Western trip has not yet been fixed. Apparently he is awaiting the return of Secretary of Interior Work, his campaign manager, from Wisconsin, where Work conferred with President Coolidge, before deciding when to leave. STORE THIEF CAPTURED Negro Caught by Police in Downtown Dry Goods Store. Lawrence De Bow, 23, Negro, 2335 Indianapolis Ave., was charged with burglary and grand larceny when caught by police in the Nathan Wolf dry goods store, 1214 N. Senate Ave., early today. John Roberts, 22, Negro, 733 Center St., also was arrested as a vagrant, after De Bow said Roberts was watching for police outside the store. De Bow had a suitcase containing three dresses, two pairs of trousers, caps and neckties when . arrested. Wolf identified the arti- | cles. I PHONE BOOKS GO FAST 885,000 Copies of “Best Seller” in First New York Printing. NEW YORK, July 4.—The best selling book of the month is the New York telephone directory. The first printing ran 385,000 copies, a few record. It weighs 4 pounds, 12 unces and stacks 350 to the cord. Sex is mentioned only once in the ew volume—Thomas L. of 140th. St. Newspapers are referred to as “Pubs.”

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HOLIDAY SPIRIT RULES, DESPITE MORNING RAINS

Keep ’Em Off tt tt a That’s Flagpole Sitter’s Plea to Skyrocket Shooters.

Bu United Press QT. LOUIS, July 4.—The heat wave which caused one death here is proving “unbearable” to Ben Fox, sitting on a flagpole sixty-five feet above the roof of the fourteen-story First National Life Insurance Bldg. “I haven’t slept for the last forty-eight hours,” he said in a note. “If it wasn’t my first appearance here, I’d come down. I’m able to move only a few inches, and Monday night a skyrocket almost exploded in my face.” Fox has been on the pole since last Thursday. He broadcast an appeal to Fourth of July revelers to point their rockets the other way.

PETTY THIEVES REAPHABVEST Stores and Homes Robbed in Burglary Wave. A series of small burglaries was reported to police today. Loot varied from fireworks to a brass kettle. Ed B. Hall, druggist, 2320 -W. Tenth St., reported his store entered by burglars at 5 a. m. They stole cigars, cigarets and fireworks valued at sso* A man living at 1026 N. Pershing Ave., whose name was not learned by police, surprised them. He said they were three Negroes in a car bearing a Pennsylvania license. A gas stove, brass kettle and a tarpaulin were stolen from a restaurant at 515% Indiana Ave., owned by Anna C. Bowman. William Reible, attendant of the Western Oil Company filling station at Forty-Ninth and Pennsylvania Sts., Reported the station entered by thieves, who broke a window. Amount of money obtained was not estimated. Two watches and an honor medal were taken from the home of Charles Diggs, 145 W. Twenty-Sec-ond St., Apt. 2. Mrs. Lula Jackson, 319 E. Fifteenth St., reported a thief forced a window in her house and stole a bank containing about SSO. DIES IN BOAT CRASH Sailor Drowned, Another Is Missing. By United Press SAN PEDRO, Cal., July 4.—One sailor was drowned and another was missing today as result of a collision last night in San Pedro Harbor between an officers’ boat on the West Virginia and the Standard Oil tanker District of Columbia. H. D. Cook, 19, seaman second class, of the West Virginia, was drowned, and H. E. Hale is missing. The engine in the officer’s launch from the West Virginia stalled and the small craft drifted into the path of the tanker. Lands 300-Pound Swordfish MONTAUK, N. Y., July 4.—Oliver C. Grinnell brought in the biggest swordfish ever caught on the Atlantic coast. It weighed between 300 and 350 pounds and required more than six hours to land. *

GRIP OF HEAT WAVE IS BROKEN BY RAINSTORMS

Thunderstorms early today brought relief-to.lndianapolis from the heat wave which jumped the mercury to 90 degrees, anew high mark for the summer, Tuesday afternoon. A thunderstorm at 4 a. m. brought a rainfall of .12 inch, half the rainfall for the night, in seven minutes. ( At 6 a. m. the wind was blowing from the northwest at 40 miles an hour, a near-gale velocity. More thunderstorms are likely

By DAN N. KIDNEY “T WON’T eat spinach because I A don’t like it, and if I eat it I might like it and then I would want to eat it and I just hat it.” This somewhat illogical dietary stand, attributed to an average American boy, i given more or less support by Dr. William F. King, State Health Board secretary, who has voted favorably on an emancipation proclamation for yqung spinach eaters. Tired parents will have one less argument at the family dinner

City Celebrates Fourth in Customary Way, With Maximum of Noise. That the people of America might enjoy “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” the greatest minds of the country gathered in Philadelphia, just 152 years ago today and signed the Declaration of Independence. Indianapolis residents noisily celebrated that event today in their home, with picnics and patriotic celebrations, despite the early downpour. The survivors of one of the Nation’s wars met for an Independence Day celebration at the Palace Theater. Many uniformed members of the G. A. R. and hundreds of school children were guests there this morning of the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays. Community singing and flag exercises preceded the showing of two moving pictures, “Old Ironsides” and “The Flag.” The program in honor of the veterans was concluded at 10:45 a. m. Program at Fort At noon an Independence day program was held by the Citizens Military Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. More than 1,500 youths from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia participated. Visitors attended from four States to witness a regimental parade and other features of the program. Members of the National Guard, American Legion and officers’ reserve corps inspected the camp. Thousands of other citizens, having life and liberty, centered their efforts on the pursuit of happiness. Picnics, family reunions, golf, tennis and bathing came in for a major share of attention. The shooting of fireworks, however, was not neglected. Plan Fireworks Display Ellenberger Park will have a fireworks display tonight, expected to draw more than 10,000 persons. Irvington Post, American Legion, is sponsor, with Merrill Wood, post commander, in charge. Albert Stump, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, is scheduled to give a patriotic address. Spades Park also will have a fireworks display open to the public. Avalon Country Club will have a display for members and families. A golf tournament will be held this afternoon. About thirty-five picnic permits have been issued by the city park board. Most' of them were held at Garfield Park. Broad Ripple Park, Walnut Gardens and Riverside Park all have programs of entertainment, including fireworks, vaudeville and balloon ascensions with parachute leaps. Many Play Golf Municipal golf courses were well patronized, despite rain, as were tennis courts. The Sarah Shank Memorial golf course at Troy and Keystone Aves was opened this morning. The Fourth of July marks the first anniversary of the Sarah T. Bolton Memorial Park, where the Beech Grove Civic League celebrated the day. Modern Woodmen of America, Indianapolis, attended a mid-State reunion at Porter's Camp, Flat Rock. A pushmobile derby for youngsters was scheduled for 5:30 p. m. on Irvington Ave. Childreen of the Riley Hospital wll be entertained by the Riley Hospital Cheer Guild with a program which Includes fireworks starting at 8 o’clock on the playground. The little patients will sing patriotic songs. The public is invited. Abandoned Car Found A Buick automobile, license 642037, is held by police, who found it deserted Tuesday night in front of the home of Leo Gauss, 645 S. Meridian St.

today and tonight, the United Sttaes weather bureau predicted. Rainstorms occurred over the entire State during the night, according to the weather bureau. Covington had the heaviest fall, 1.04 inch, while Lafayette reported .96, and Terre Haute, 88. There was a light hail at Columbus. Hourly Temperatures 7 a. m.... 68 9 a. m.... 68 Ba. m.... 69 10 a. m.... 69

WHAT? NO SPINACH! WELL, WHAT OF IT? INQUIRES HEALTH SECRETARY

table if they take Dr. King’s advice. “If the youngsters abhor spinach, don’t force them to eat it,” is the doctor’s somewhat revolutionary statement, which will be received joyfully by parental ears. “Spinach has been used by dieticians for a long time as a representative type of green and in this manner it has become confused in popular thinking with an absolutely essential item of diet,” he says.

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ARCTIC RESCUE SHIP GAINS IN DEAffl RACE Russian Vessel Plowing Through Ice Toward Nobile’s Men. FLOES BREAKING FAST Italia’s Crew and Swedish Aviator Reported in Growing Peril. BY FRANCESCO REA United Pres* Staff Correspondent ROME, July 4—The big Russian ice bleaker Krassin, slowly ploughing through the fast cracking icc of the Arctic area, now is within fifty-five miles of the six men stranded on an ice floe off Northeastland, the Citta di Milano advised today. The six men, including five members of the crew of the ill-faterl dirigible Italia and Lieut. EinerPaal Lundborg, now are fourteen miles east of Foyn Island, the ship advised. They have reported that ice about them is breaking rapidly and recently Lieutenant Lundborg urged that relief be rushed. Fogs Halt Relief But airplane relief at present is impossible, owing to the dense fogs that hang over the encampment. Tuesday, Swedish airplanes, hav • ing their base at Hinlopen Straits, attempted to fly over the encampment and drop fresh supplies to the men. The planes failed in this because of the dense fog that obscured the encampment. This was the only air expedition attempted to the men Tuesday. Meanwhile, Major Ravozzon!, Italian flier, who is aiding in the relief expeditions, Tuesday flew for four and one-half hours over the territory where it is thought that Roald Amundsen and the crew of the Latham seaplane might be down. He made the flight under most trying weather conditions and reported that there was no trace of the missing explorer and his aids. Will Move Base Commander Bomagno of the Citta di Milano has advised Ravazzoni to move his base to Bear Island as soon as the weather permits, so he can combine his relief measures with those of the French cruiser Strasbourg. The Citta di Milano also advised that no word has been received as to the. whereabouts o' the famous Russian aviator, Bartishkin, who started on a reconnoitering tour Friday and has not been heard from since. Babushkin had two aides with him and hope is held that he made a landing and is awaiting the lifting of the fog before flying out. 'Deny’ Amundsen Saved Bu United Press BERLIN, July 4.—The semi-of-ficial Norwegian news agency today said that rumors of Roald Amundsen being rescued by a British yacht were without foundation. The news agency said that British and French consuls In Norway had investigated the rumor of Amundsen’s being rescued without being able to confirm the report. Nobile Offer Refused Bn United Press COPENHAGEN, July 4.—General Umberto Nobile’s offer to aid the Russian ice breaker Krassin in its rescue expeditions for several of Nobile’s men has been refused, the newspaper Berlingske Tidende said today in a dispatch from Kings Bay. Nobile, injured on the ice flow from which he was rescued by Lieut. Einer-Paal Lundborg, is on the steamer Citta Di Milano at Virgo Bay. He made the offer to the Krassin recently, it was said. SEA FLIGHT IS STARTED Monoplane Headed for Buenos Aires from Rome. By United Press PARIS, July 4.—The French govment has advised all ships in the Mediterranean and all military camps in Algeria and Morocco to be on the lookout for the Savoy monoplane which is attempting a flight from Rome to Buenos Aires. By United Press ROME, July 4.—Official advices here today said that the trans-At-lantic airplane Savoy passed Gibraltar at 5:15 a. m. today. The plane was making about 135 miles an hour.

“'T'HE fact is, any green, such ■A as lettuce, cabbage, leeks, dandelion, young clover and alfalfa, is every bit as good as spinach. They supply the same necessary factors to a well balanced diet. “One of ten hears that spinach contains iron. Well, I suppose it does, but so do these other things.” Dr. King is of the opinion that many folks take their diet too seriously. He points out that the

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Survivors of G. A. R. Quartet Aid in Celebration

V I — l ■ Ml U. S. VICTOR IN gp | BALLOON RACE 423 Salem St-, < • n ■■ and the America Permanently. 'iluSteiT ll B Detroit!" July 4.—The Unitei 3921 N. Dela- * ~ 1588 States Army balloon which landec ware St. at, Kenbridge, Va„ after a 472-milt

Mahlon D. Butler. 1814 Park Ave., was one of two survivors of the G. A. R. quartet which sang today at patriotio exercises. The bugler boy is Scout Frederick G. Lorenz, 3423 Salem St„ and the other scout is Lyman Hunter, 3921 N. Delaware St.

YOUTri and age contributed their bit toward making a success of the patriotic program at the Palace this morning. Youth was represented by two Boy Scouts and age by the surviving

BANDITS STAGE FOUR HOLDUPS Druggist’s Life Menaced by Robbers. Bandits staged four holdups early today and Tuesday night. Two bandits took $5 and a S7O watch from W. A. Thomas, 1221 N. Rural St., a Big Four Railroad fireman, at Olney St. and Brookside Ave., while he was on his way to work at 2 a. m. The Negro “taxicao bandit” robbed Charles Herran, 1007 E. Ohio St., taxi driver, of SB. The Negro entered the cab at Vermont and West Sts. Two bandits help up the Aelred Fowler drug store, 2434 E. Washington St., at 11 p. m. Tuesday, taking $l5O. The bandits threatened to kill Fowler and C. R. Rodkin, 2030 E. Washington St., clerk if they moved. Leonard Beeker, 610 Madison Ave., reported that he was held up by three men in a sedan on TwentyFirst St., near Emerson Ave. They took $5 and a SSO watch. A young woman riding with Beeker was not robbed. HELD AS BOND JUMPER Prisoner Said to Be Fugitive From Louisville. George Gagnon, 26, giving his address as 121 W. New York St., was arrested today on a fugitive from justice charge. Gagnon, police said, is wanted for jumping a SI,BOO bond at Louisville, Ky., where he is charged with housebreaking. Gagnon was cooking in a N. Pennsylvania St. restaurant and was recognized by a customer who formerly lived in Louisville. Motor Policemen Bernauer and Smith said Gagnon admitted jumping the bond, and said he was charged with robbing a drug store of a large supply of whisky.

modem menu includes fruits, vegetbles and other items that contain the necessary quota of vitamines and the best thing to do is to eat and enjoy it. “The average man is a rather sound fellow after all,” Dr. King asserts, upholding democracy, at least so far as diet is concerned. “He will eat about the right kind and quantity of food when it is possible to obtai nit. He thrives and doesn’t worry too much about his stomach.”

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pair of the Grand Army quartet, one of whom is also the last local member of the Bald Head Glee Club, immortalized by James Whitcomb Riley. The program was arranged by the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays for the uniformed G. A. R. and school children. Scout Frederick G. Lorenz, 3423 Salem St., was chosen bugler lor the event, because he is the local champion. Scout Lyman Hunter, 3921 N. Delaware St., presented a flag and gave the oath of . allegiance because his ancestors fought for the colonies in the Revolutionary War. He is the son of Mrs. F. Ellis Hunter, regent of Caroline Scott Harrison chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution. Mahlom D. Butler, 87, of 1814 Park Ave., and William Wycoff, Southport, were the two members of the old quartet to appear. They sang a duet about the little bronze button, which both have worn many, many years. O tt tt BUTLER is one of two survivors of the Bald Head Glee Club. He also was only one of two not really bald. He isn’t bald yet, despite his years. Before the performance the aged, but erect veteran, chose to reminisce. He recalled the two members of the quartet now gone. They were the late Benjamin Richardson and Dr. W. S. Heiskell. Then there were the glee club members—Burgess Brown, John D. Blake, John C. Slauson, S. G. Woodward. W. S. R. Tarkington, George Macy, Harry Adams, Ed Thompson, Dave Wallace, F. W. Sabold —all dead, except O. D. Weaver, who lives In Chicago. a a a BUTLER prizes an autographed copy of Riley's poem about them. Riley was his friend. He and Burgess Brown used to go out and sing at his bedside at the Lockerbie home when the great Hoosier poet was ill. Brown was the other member of the glee club that wasn’t bald. “It seems like I belong to another age,” the veteran singer declared. “Why, I had been out to Denver in an oxen-drawn covered wagon before the Civil War.’ He had. made the trip West with his father and his brother. There were eleven log huts in Denver then. This fall he plans to make his first return visit to attend the G. A. R. encampment. Last time he came back in a boat made from timbers from the covered wagon.

THIS business of not taking water with your meals is another dietary fallacy, the health board secretary states. • "The time for a man to drink is when he is thirsty,” he continued. "Usually that is just before a meal and may be during the meal also. “The only thing wrong about drinking water with meals is the danger of using it to wash down food that is improperly chewed. That of course would lead to indigestion.”

U. S. VICTOR IN | BALLOON RACE Bennett Cup Will Come to America Permanently. Bn United Press DETROIT, July 4—The United States Army balloon which landed at Kenbridge, Va., after a 472-rniie trip, has won the annual Cordon Bennett international balloon race, which started from Ford airport Saturday, according to unofficial figures made public today by the National Aeronautical Association Capt. W. E. Kepner, pilot of the American balloon, and his aid, Lieut. W. O. Ereckson, landed a distance of only seven miles further than the French balloon, ‘Blanchard," which fell into a mill pond at Walnut Cove, N. C.. but officials declared Pilot. Charles Dolfur probably was automatically disqualified by the water landing. Pilot Hugo Kaulen, Sr., :n the German Barmen, covered 462 miles by his landing near Chase City, Va. If the unofficial figures are confirmed, America will retain permanent possession of the Bennett cup by winning the race three consecutive years. GIRL HURIMN WRECK Driver Forced to Hit Curb to Avoid Crashing Car. Estella Gentry, 15, of 945 N. La Salle St., is in the Indiana Christian Hospital, Injured in an auto- | mobile accident at E. Washington j St. and the Belt Railroad at midl night. j Miss Gentry was riding in an au- ! tomobile driven by Guy De Moss, I 17, who lives north of the city. An j Essex auto passed the car and ! crashed into the railroad abutment. De Moss, in an effort to avoid hitting the wrecked car, was forced Into the sidewalk on the other side of the street. Miss Gentry suffered broken ribs and internal Injuries. The driver of the Essex jumped from the wrecked car and ran. SAFE FOUND IN CREEK Police Start Investigation of Strong Box Robbery. Finding of a safe with the combinations knocked off, half-buried in the sand and water of Big Eagle Creek, south of Floral Park Cemetery, early today, is under investigation of police. All safes hauled away from Indianapolis business houses since Jan. 1, have been accounted for, Detective Chief Jerry Kinney said. The find was reported to police by telephone, and a squad was dispatched immediately to bring it to headquarters.

Parents also may follow the old fashioned custom of giving their children a raw potaio or carrot without alarm, he believes. Meats for the most part are healthful and should be enjoyed without worrying and even such lonk taboo combinations as lobtser and ice cream can be eaten by the healthy without dire effects, unless taken in too great quantity.

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NEW THREATS OF GANG WAR STIRGOTHAM Four Underworld Leaders Slain; General Police Shakeup Impends. CHICAGO REPRISAL SEEN Inter-Ci :y Feud Scented After Investigation of Killings. By United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—Threat of anew feud arouse police vigilance today throughout the underworld of the Nation’s greatest city. Pour violent deaths, all bearing striking resemblance to gang killings in Chicago, have brought threats of a police shake-up, very few arrests and fears that the feud will be renewed. Edwin Jerge was killed as he sat in his motor car in Manhattan. Frankie Uale, gang leader whose connections were said to extend to the gang elements of Chicago, was traced down and killed by shotgunners. Others Are Slain Benjamin Kanowitz, former bootlegger, was killed when he stepped on the self-starter of his motor car and a bomb was set off. James Senter, a race track gambler and dope peddler, was “taken for a ride,” killed and his body tossed into a vacant lot in Brooklyn. Police are uncertain whether any of these crimes are connected. They point out that Senter and Jerge 1 both were known as dope peddlers i and that Senter's murder might have been reprisal. Uale’s death was brought about by men who rode in a motor car bearing Illinois license plates and talk of a reprisal by Chicago gangsters has been frequent. Kanowitz is not known to have had any connection with the other three. Fear Gang Rescue Detectives cleared one courtroom : yesterday where eleven known members of the underworld were * to be tried. They denied this had ! anything to do with the report that the men and their friends planned a shooting sortie that would lead to freedom for the eleven men A squad of armed detectives continued on guard at the funeral parlors where Frankie Uale's body layin a $15,000 silver casket. There ! was no explanation, other than that | Protection was needed, as the variI ous barons and princes of the underworld called for a last look at ! the men claimed to be most powerful in New York's underworld The murder of Senter was the nineteenth gang killing in New York this year, and this brought word | .rom Commissioner Joseph A. Warren s office that any attempt of gang control in New York would force* * S^ia * ceup * n entire police L E A VEsTimnFTuG HT Federal Agent” Makes Escape When Challenged. A Ford coupe, license 17-469 is being held today by police for the owner to call and claim. J. w Kerns. 1921 Howard St., saw the par parked in the rear of his home and investigated. He met a man in the rear yard who stated he was a Federal agent! Suddenly the stranger ran and jumped over a fence and into the coupe. Kerns followed. The prowler jumped from the automobile and ran. NO ACCIDENTS ON LIST Explosion Mishaps and Fires Are Lacking Early in Day. The usual early Fourth of July fireworks accidents and fires were absent from police and hospital records this morning. Up to early noo nno fireworks injuries had been reported to police and no injured had been taken to hospitals. The early morning rain kept celebrators indoors and delayed the usual procession to hospitals of children and older persons with bums and other injuries. Acid in River Kills Fish Bu United Press GOSHEN, Ind., July 4.—Pollution of Elkhart River by acid refuse from factories is killing hundreds of fish, it is reported. TTie river at a point near here is choked with dead fish of all sizes, and it is doubtful if there is a live fish in that section.

Hoops, My Lad! Bu United Press VEEDERSBURG, Ind., July s.—Walter Florey, 14, had to walk home in a barre’. Florey struck a match on the leg of his trousers and they caught fire. He was working at a restaurant and accidentally spilled gasoline on his trousers. When he started to light an oil stove he struck the match on his trouser leg and the . trousers were torn from him J to prevent him from being* burned. yX