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HOOVER WILL EXPRESS VIEWS ON ALL ISSUES G. 0, P. Nominee to Avoid Same Speech Twice in Campaign. AT LOS ANGELES FRIDAY Farm Stand Is to Be Explained Fully in lowa Address. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent PALO ALTO Cal., Aug. 14.—Herbert Hoover has laid out a tentative speaking program for his Republican presidential campaign, under which he will discuss in his dozen or more big addresses the subjects which he treated only lightly in his acceptance speech. The nominee intends to take up in these prospective speeches the subjects of waterway development, highways, aviation, irrigable lands, merchant marine, promotion of education, more effective administration of criminal laws, the relation of Government to public utilities and railways, the primary necessity of consfervation of natur&l resources and measures for further economy and reduction of taxes. Each Speech Different Due to development of the radio, it now practically is impossible for presidential candidates to make the same speech twice. Hoover intends to avoid repetition so far as possible and so conduct his campaign that when he is though his speeches might be printed in book form as one big speech which included everything he has to say about the issues as he sees them. Announcement has been made that he would take up the Boulder Dam issue, and perhaps state his views regarding public utilities and railroads, in his speech Friday at Los Angeles. He will amplify his farm views at West Branch, lowa, his birthplace, a week from today. He will take up the prohibition question in an October speech in the East. Ready to Start East The nominee has finished his brief Los Angeles speech and his long farm speech and is ready to start home. He is cleaning up his desk and Mrs. Hoover is arranging household affairs in preparation for their departure Thursday night. Hoover contemplates no further important conferences before he leaves. The nominee received an optimistic Arizona report late Monday from Hiram S. Republican national committeeman* there. Corbett asked the nominee to stop off at Phoenix, but the itinerary of his homeward trip already has been arranged and will not afford sufficient time for a stop in Arizona. Smith Completes Speech BY PERCY B. SCOTT United Press Staff Correspondent ALBANY, N. Y„ Aug. 14.—With one of his most important conferences of the year behind him— Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential candidate, devoted his time today to completing his speech of acceptance. The speech was practically finished at 2 a. m. today. The last of the “copy” will be sent to the printer before night and it is expected that distribution will be made to newspapers and press associations Wednesday. Silent On Contents It is understood that the speech will run 6,000 to 7,000 words and that it will take about an hour to deliver. Smith will devote a great deal of time to farm relief and prohibition. The next most important topic to be discussed, it is believed, will be reorganization of and honesty in the Federal government. So far the Governor and his advisors have maintained absolute silence on the contents of the speech. His ideas have not been divulged to his closest friends among the newspapermen. Work on the document, which formally will open the presidential campaign of the Governor, has been carried on at the executive mansion at night, with two or three stenographers continually at Smith’s call. Satisfied Over Conference. Smith and his friends today expressed themselves as satisfied at the outcome of the result of the conference he had Monday with nine far mleaders from middle western and southern states headed by George N. Peek, Moline, 111., an ally of Frank O. Lowden, Illinois, in the Republican pre-convention campaign. The conference, which began at noon, did not break up until nearly 5 p. m. The farm leaders and Governor all insisted that politic- had not been discussed by them t but that they had devoted their whole time to talking over the subject of farm relief, the leaders imparting their ideas to the Governor, rather than asking him for his. Drowns When Boat Upsets By Times Special KNOX, Ind., Aug. 14.—Earl Everhart, 20. North Judson, was drowned in Bass Lake Monday when a speed boat he was operating capsized.

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Bandit-Gunman at 14 Is Hunted in Indiana GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 14.—Authorities here and in surrounding cities are bending every effort toward capture of Otis Moncarde, Louisville, Ky., who at 14 is known as a bandit gunman. The boy slipped a revolver and some saws to Wallace Cobb, 15. and Roy Windham, 14, Chattanooga, Tenn., held in the Decatur County jail here charged with stealing an automobile. With the saws and gun, Moncarde gave the following advice: “Shoot your way out and go with me.” The other boys lacked courage to follow the advice, and Moncarde returned to a window in the jail and compelled them to return the revolver and saws, remarking:’ “If you haven’t got any nerve, hand over that gun to someone that can use it.” Cobb and Windham told Sheriff Maddux the Moncarde boy had S2O which he said he obtained by “sticking up a Greek.” The youthful bandit, describing the robbery, told the prisoners, “Boy, how he did cuss wnen I took his money.” Moncarde became acquainted with the other boys while in the jail for lodging. He dresses in movie bandit style, wearing a wide brim hat, blue shirt, khaki trousers and canvas shoes. Officers here believe that the boy is a born criminal and would not hesitate about shooting to kill if caught in close quarters.

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DELAY FIGHT ONBUS LINES Hearing on Route Changes Set for September. Legal fight between the city and bus line operators to close-in suburbs will be delayed until September term of Circuit Court, it was agreed today by attorneys for all sides. Smiley Chambers, assistant city attorney, announced the order changing certain bus routes within the mile square will not become effective Wednesday as announced and hearing on the suit for temporary injunction was put off until September. Fred E. Barrett, attorney for Martin J. Linsky and Tony Poparad, Ben Davis line operators, brought suit to prohibit the city from enforcing its order for change in the routes. The order would have kept Ben Davis busses west of Capitol Ave. and south of Maryland. Indianapolis safety board adopted the new suburban bus route ruling covering the downtown “mile square” for the purpose of “harassing and. destroying the South Side Motor Coach Company.” Such is the charge made by Garth Melson, attorney, in the appeal from the city ruling filed late Monday with the public service commission. 0, K. ONJLOOD PLAN Coolidge Approval Given to Engineers’ Report. By United Press SUPERIOR Wis., Aug. 4.—President Coolidge has approved the Mississippi flood board report submitted to him last week by Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief Army engineer, it was announced at the executive offices here today. The report follows the plan advocated by Army engineers, recommending the use of floodways and spillways in the flood control project. SET CAMPAIGN START Democrats to Launch Vote Drive at Salem, Aug. 31. The Democratic State campaign will be opened Aug. 31 at Salem, Ind., with addresses by Frank • C. Dailey, gubernatorial nominee; R. Earl Peters, State chairman, and State candidates, it was announced today by Homer Ormsby, Huntington publisher, and director of publicity for the State central committee. Dailey’s address will be the signal for waging a vigorous Statewide campaign, Peters said. In keeping with party tradition, Salem was chosen for the opening guns, because it was there that the victorious campaigns of Thomas A. Hendricks, Claude Matthews, Thomas R. Marshall. David Turpie and Daniel W. Vorhees were launched in former years.

BLOCKADE ORDERED BY U. S. TO HALT 2 RUM FLEETS

Bv United Press BUFFALO, Aug. 14.—United States Coast Guard officials today ordered all available rum chasers in this district to form a blockade on the American side of the international line to checkmate any attempts to run contraband to American shores. The orders came as a result of the forming oi two run fleets, one

Florida Law Provides That Second Wife Shall Be Sole Heir. Entire estate of the late James A. Allison, multi-millionaire capitalist, will go to his bride-widow, Mrs. Lucille Mussey Allison, lawyers interested in the case believed today. Allison left no will, leaving disposition of the estate, valued at from $2,500,000 to $6,000,000, to the Dade county court of Miami, Fla., his legal residence, Miami dispatches Monday said. Indianapolis and Miami society has been awaiting eagerly to learn who will receive the major portion of the estate because of the divorce of Allison from his first wife, Mrs. Sarah C. Allison, who now is suing the second Mrs. Allison in Indianapolis for $2,000,000 for alienation of affections. Wife Gets All Under the 1920 revision of the Florida statutes, attorneys found, where a person dies without a will, “and if there be no children, or their descendants and the decedent be a married man and his wife survie him, all his property', real and personal, shall go to the wife.’ However, there may be later changes in the law that would allow Mr. Allison’s mother and brother of Indianapolis to share Il\ the enormous estate. It was difficult in a preliminary examination, lawyers pointed out, to find all the law governing descent in Florida, due to the fact that Indiana attorneys are not in close touch with the Florida laws. Local attorneys interested are seeking the opinion of Florida lawyers. News that Mr. Allison, builder with Carl Fisher of the Indianpolis Motor Speedway and developer of Miami Beach, had left no will, was revealed when Crate D. Bowan, of the Miami law firm of Shutts and Bowen returned to Miami Monday from Indianapolis. Gets Florida Home Here he interviewed relatives of his late client regarding disposition of the estate. If the 1920 statutes, discovered today, prevail, the widow will obtain possession of the $2,000,000 mansion home of Allison in Biscayne Bay. Whether the Riverside Springs home in Indianapolis will be included was a matter of conjecture. Those close to the Allisons said this property is in the name of the Motor Speedway Realty Company, whose stock is owned jointly by Allison and Fisher. If such is the case, the second Mrs. Allison might only come into possession of half of this as personal property, it was said. DETROIT ""SUBURBS"” JOIN City of Fordson, Dearborn to Use Latter’s Name. BylJnitcd Press DETROIT, Aug. 14.—The city of Fordson went out of existence Monday night when a commission chosen at the recent election which united Dearborn and Fordson decided the combined community would henceforth be known as Dearborn. Henry Ford’s home is in the center of the new city, and it is understood the commission was motivated by his desire to retain the name which has a historic interest rather than the advertised name of a tractor. Lives 99 Years in House By United Press THOMASTON, Conn., Aug. 14. Edward Stevens celebrated his 99th birthday today in the house in which he was born and always has lived. The house has been owned by Stevens’ family for 150 years.

at Bridgeburg, twenty-five in number, and the second fleet of ten boats anchored off Port Colborne, Ontario. It is believed by Coast Guard officials that the two fleets of rum runners will move towards the American side together, thus hoping to break through the blockade without the loss of many boats.

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WEST FLORIDA FACES MENACE OF HURRICANE ! Heavy Northwest Wind Will Strike Today at Tampa and Mobile, Ala. EAST REGION ESCAPES Gale Reaches Velocity of 65 Miles an Hour at Punta Rassa. Bu United Press TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 14.—Tropical disturbances continued to threaten disaster to part of Florida today, after almost a week of high winds in which upwards of $1,000,000 in damage was done. The worst threat was to the west coast where, according to reports, ; a heavy northeast storm is approaching. ■This stbrm should strike sometime this morning in the district of Tampa, Cedar Keys and as far as Mobile, Ala. The new storm will reach gale proportions, the Weather Bureau advices said. East Coast Escapes The east coast apparently has escaped new damage. Rain and high winds, which drove the people from Miami streets late Monday, subsided during the early evening and there was no new threat. However, a terrific storm struck Havana during the early evening, but it is not believed it will whip across to strike Florida. Already some effect of the west coast storm—reported moving up out of the Gulf of Mexico—were reported along the west coast. Storm warnings have been posted for the entire territory north of Tampa and residents have taken precautions against high winds. At St. Petersburg the wind reached a velocity of thirty miles an hour, but reports said the wind would reach greater power during this morning Punta Rassa reported a slxty-flve-mile an hour gale with little damage. Save Ship Passengers Captain William White of the Peninsular and Occidental steamer Cuba arrived at Key West Monday night from Tampa and reported his craft had been struck by a forty-five-mile an hour wind. Seventy-five passengers of the Munson liner Munamar, who were stranded when the vessel went aground near Abaco Island while the high tropical winds were blowing, were safe aboard the liner Lady Cordeaux and en route to Nassau, Bahama Islands, today. They were removed last night. Storm Sweeps Cuba By United Press HAVANA. Cuba, Aug. 14.—One person was reported drowned, many houses unroofed and considerable other damage done in a heavy wind and rain storm late Monday in the vicinity of the Guantanamo naval base. Reports to the newspaper El Pais said a total of eleven inches rain had fallen at Guantanamo and that the wind there had reached a velocity of eighty miles an hour. Many houses were unroofed at Caimanera, a small seaport, while a number of fishing vessels and small launches were driven ashore. CARNIVAL IS CLOSED Shows Sponsored by Lodge Barred by City. Closing of a carnival which was being held between Keystone and Tacoma Aves. on E. Washington St. was announced today by Sterling R. Holt, city controller. The carnival was held under the auspices of the Modem Woodmen of America and was being managed by a promoter whose name was not made public. The carnival was closed Monday night on Holt’s orders after an investigation by his office which provides that a percentage of property owners within 500 feet of a carnival must sign a petition approving the location of the show. According to Holt, it was learned that of the thirty-eight signers on the petition only two were property owners. The promoter filed the approval petition, Holt stated. A committee from the lodge sponsoring the event conferred with Holt this morning.

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‘SHIPWRECK’ KELLY’S OFF; MOUNTS FLAGPOLE PERCH TO STAND FOR 100 HOURS

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Shipwreck Kelly standing on the Denison Hotel flagpole as he appears from the street. Insets show closeups of Kelly, who will remain on his perch above the Denison until Saturday afternoon.

KIDNAPING OF GIRL IS FOILED Woman’s Screams Lead to Police Action. Ray Rough, 25, of 426 W. Washington St., faces assault and battery and vagrancy charges today, and two companions also are held as alleged gas hawks. The three men were captured by Sergeant Robert E. Woolen and his squad 6f night riders after a chase shortly before midnight Monday. When their car passed that of the police on Kentucky Ave., the officers were attracted by screams of a woman who was struggling with Rough in the back seat. They overtook the machine at Kentucky Ave. and Morris St., and placed the three men and Mrs. Ella Mitchell, 21, of Brownstown and Indianapolis, under arrest. The woman is being held as a witness. Mrs. Mitchell told police she had been married to Frank Mitchell, Brownstown, for six years, but had not been living with him for the last four months. She was eating in a restautant at 101 W. Washington St., she said, when Rough, whom she did not know, entered and came to her table. He offered her $lO to go for a ride, which she refused, she said. Rough waited for her on the street and forced her into the rear seat of thp Chevrolet sedan where she was struggling when police halted the car, she declared. Nick Thomas, 32% N. Senate Ave., night man at the restaurant, verified Mrs. Mitchell’s story of the kidnaping. BEDROOMS ENTERED Report Attempts to Attack Sleeping Small Girls. Two house-breakers who attempted to attack small girls were reported by parents to police today. Mrs. Marie Light, 2153 N. Oxford St., said that her daughter, Virginia, 12, awoke Monoay night and found a man leaning over her bed with a bottle placed to her nose. She screamed and he fled. Police found a front window open, from which the man is said to have escaped. The girl believes he was attempting to cholorform her. She described him as being white, between 30 and 35, wearing a khaki shirt and dark trousers. She told the officers she thought she could identify the man. Brance Pruitt, 724 Lord St., reported that his two daughters, ages 12 and 14, were awakened when a man entered their bedroom by removing the screen from a window. He also escaped when the girls screamed.

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Daredevil Will Not Leave His Lofty Aerie Until Saturday Afternoon. “Well, he’s up there!” Alvin (Shipwreck) Kelly, famed dare-devil endurance athlete, scramoled up the elghteen-foot flagpole on ihe northwest corner of the Denison Hotel at 9 a. m. today and took nis perch on the thirteen-inch disc where he proposes to stand for 100 nours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds. If Shipwreck succeeds in his hazardous undertaking he will not leave his lofty perch until Saturday at 1:13 p. m., when he will go to Walnut Gardens to give a physical culture exhibition. Exclamations of Wonder Exclamations of wonder came from those who craned their necks for a view of the daredevil athlete who must remain standing, regardless of weather conditions, until Saturday afternoon. During the night, a large electric light will illuminate the flagpole tip where “Shipwreck” must fight off sleep or tumble to the pavement. During the feat, Kelly will take only liquid foods, including coffee, broth and orange juice sent up to the standing platform by his assistant. Kelly’s gruelling experience would be Impossible of achievement, he says, but for his perfect physical condition. Throngs Watch Feat Arrangements are being made to bring an airplane to Walnut Gardens Saturday so that Kelly can stand and sit on a fourteen-foot pole on top of the plane traveling from 50 to 100 miles an hour. A daily story direct from “Shipwreck’s”’ high mount will appear in The Times. In the meantime the crowds will be swarming the intersection of Pennsylvania and Ohio Sts. for a glimpse of the athlete. Hurt; Keeps Worry From Mother BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 14. Joseph Cotten, 11, was knocked down by a street car, pinned by one of the wheels, directed his own rescue and then sent at younger brother home to tell mother “not to worry because I only got a scratch.” He may lose one of his toes.

FAMOUS JAZZ COMPOSER REFUSES TALKIES’ GOLD

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 14—The talking movies are dangling a bag of gold before the eyes of George Gershwin, famous jazz composer and pianist, but thus far he has resisted the temptation to have his musical hits made into “talkies.” Gershwin told the United Press today that the Fox Movietone Company had offered him an “alluring sum” to write a musical comedy exclusively for the talking motion pictures. “But I have not been won over by the ‘ tallies',” Gershwin said.

WOMAN SLAYER ENOS OWN LIFE South Bend Man Near Capture Kills Self. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 14.—Just as police were about to arrest him In connection with the murder of Mrs. Lillie Carmean, Austin Pavey, 37, a musician, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head today. A few minutes later police battered down the door of his room and found Pavey dead. His death closed the only avenue by which authorities expected to explain the slaying of Mrs. Carmean. Mrs. Carmean was shot four times Monday while walking in a busy street. The shots were fired from an automobile that stopped a few feet ahead of the woman. Police .said they had identified the slayer as Pavey. Pavey was a member of the Studebaker corporation’s well known “Red Coat” band. His father lives in Covington and a daughter in Cates. Mrs. Carmean leaves her husband and a ten-year-old daughter. SSO~OOO FOR SMITH Du Pont Sends Money to Aid Governor’s Campaign. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—A contribution of $50,000 was received by Democratic national campaign headquarters today from Pierre S. Dupont, chairman of the board of General Motors and E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Cos. Dupont, who recently declared for Governor Alfred E. Smith, sent the check direct to John J. Raskob, national chairman. Hourly Temperatures 7 a. m.... 62 11 a. m..,, 79 Ba. m.... 65 12 (noon).. 80 9 a. m,... 73 I p. m.... 83 10 a. m.... 79

“I have had several fine offers, one for $50,000 for the use of my ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ I am thinking these offers over, but I haven’t agreed to anything yet.” Organized musicians generally have been opposed to talking motion pictures because of the inroads they threaten to make on the income of orchestra members and individual artists. Gershwein returned from Europe recently, where he was received enthusiastically by music lovers in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and London.

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SEEK SOLDIER AS STATE ACE IN DEATH CASE Detectives Think Witness Can Batter Down Smith Defense. READY FOR HIS TRIAL Green Mill Killing Suspect Eager to Have Action Hastened. Detectives today were seeking to question a solider, said to have been a witness to the shooting of Terrence King, rum runner, at the Green Mill barbecue early Thursday, In an effort to disprove the defense of Philip Smith, held as King’s slayer. Smith, who surrendered to police Monday, admitted firing the shot that killed King, as a climax to a drinking party, but declared he fired in self defense, according to detectives. He saw King reach toward his pocket and believed he was about to shoot, Smith told the detectives. None of the witnesses of the slaying as yet located by detectives, according to Detective Chief Jerry Kinney, has admitted that he saw the actual shooting. Soldier Is Sought The soldier is being sought in hope that he witnessed the shooting and that his story will discredit Smith’s self-defense plea. Miss Grace Ford and Miss Gladys De Voe, entertainers at the barbe-cue-dance hall, who had been at the table at which they said King and Smith and the soldier were sitting, declare they left the table before the shot was fired and were twenty-five feet away, faced In another direction. It was King’s action in carelessly putting his arm about Miss De Voe which started the quarrel which led to the shooting, the girls said. The girls said they knew the soldier in the party only as Byron. Will Quiz Witness According to Detective Chief Jerry Kinney, detectives have learned the name of the soldier, and Detective Dennis Houlihan and John White, who questioned Smith after his surrender Monday, will grill him. Smith waived arraignment in municipal court late Monday and is being held in county jail for grand jury action. He will be ready for trial as soon as the State is ready, his attorney, James E. Deery, who arranged his surrender, said. The trial is expected to be set for late in September. Norman E .Millikan, owner of the Green Mill property, today held a conference with Deputy Prosecutor V H. Manifold and laid before him plans for making the place into a chicken ranch. Manifold stated that the proposal would not prevent his asking a restraining order against the sale of liquor there, hearing of which is scheduled before Judge Joseph M. Milnor in Superior Court 5, at 10 a. m. Wednesday. The chicken ranch idea may block padlock proceedings, but Manifold declared that Millikan should be made to post a high bond before he can proceed with chicken farming at the site of the double murder scene. FIREMEN SAVE PONY Drowning Animal Hauled From Well by Rope. A quartet of husky firemen pulled a pony from a twelve-foot open well in the rear of 2756 Tindal St., this morning. The pony belongs to George Goodnight, 1715 Gimber St. and is alive and well. It fell when crossing the well on a piece of tin, which had been thrown over the top. An alarm was sent to Truck 29. 2302 Shelby St. Lieut. WXliam Pallikan took charge of the pony rescue squad. A ladder was put down and one of the men fastened ropes around the pony. STICKUPS MAY RETURN Return $5 of $8 to Victim; Promise to Be Back Tonight. Jessie Lewis, 16, of 283 N. Elder Ave., is wondering If the two men who held him up Monday night will repeat the performance tonight, as they said they would. Lewis was crossing the New York St., bridge over White River when the pair seized him and took SB. They thrust $5 back in his pocket and explained they only needed $3 then but would be back and get the remainder tonight. DELAYTSSASSIN TRIAL Defense Investigates Sanity of Obregon’s Slayer. By United Press MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14.—Delay of another week is expected in the trial of Jose Toral, confessed assassin of President-elect Alvaro Obregon. The defense desires that much time to investigate Toral's sanity, it was understood.