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BALK COFFIN -MOVE TO GRAB ! COUNTY RULE Dodson Faction Checkmates Trick to Win Council and Commission. BALANCE IS MAINTAINED Moore Refuses Deputy Job and Equal Control Is Assured. A cunning bit of political intrigue by which the Coffin-Hawkins faction of the county Republican organization almost gained control of both major administrative bodies of the county government, the council and the commission, was revealed today. Only by the refusal of Councilman Grant Moore, a member of the Dodson faction minority, to accept a commission as deputy sheriff early in August, were the four controlling Coffin-Hawkins supporters thwarted. Moore said today. Acceptance of the commission would have rendered Moore incapable of holding his council job, creating a vacancy to be filled by the four Coffin-Hawkins councilmen. Council Deadlock Looms At present, the council of seven members is controlled by the four Coffin-Hawkins members, the other three being Dodson workers. The opposite balance of power obtains on the commission, two of the three being Dodson men, and one being of the organization. A possibility that the council will be deadlocked, three and three, after the November elections, as a result of the maneuvers incident to the Moore appointment, was admitted by both sides today. The situation arose when John E. Shearer, a Coffin-Hawkins majority member, won the Republican nomination for county commissioner over his Dodson opponent. If Shearer is elected, which is considered likely, he will resign as councilman, ending the Coffin Hawkins majority control of that body, and substituting a Coffin-Hawkins majority on the commission, for a Dodson combination that has been in power there two years. Ready to Help Foe Facing this deadlock, the gaining of a seat now held by a Dodson supporter was the only way the Coffin organization could retain its control of the council, observers pointed out. Sheriff Omer Hawkins, also county chairaian and joint ruler of the organization in the county, said today that Moore "always wanted to be a deputy. I told him some time ago I'd put him on, but nothing ever came of it.” Moore has aligned himself consistently with the faction that oppose Hawkins in his own party. "It became known they were ready to appoint me a deputy,” Moore said. Hurried conferences with Dodson conferes resulted in Moore's refusal to accept. Moore said he does not know whether the papers ever were drawn up for his appointment. Had he been sworn in, the four CoffinHawkins members could have declared his council seat vacant, filling it by their own vote, it is believed. Control May Shift Whether Auditor Harry Dunn, a Dodson cohort, gets the deciding vote in case of a tie on the council is being investigated today by attorneys for both groups. If Dunn is allowed a vote, it seemed likely that Shearer’s seat will be filled by a Dodson man, shifting the power of the Dodson men from commission to council and the Hawkins-Coffin control ' from council to commission. Unless the Republicans lose Marion County, Shearer will be elected to the commission to work with George Snider, Coffin-Hawkins member, who has been the one man minority two years, opposed to Cassius L. Hogle and Chrales O. Sutton. It is Hogle's seat which Shearer will assume, if he is elected. With Moore in the Dodson minority on the council, are James Edwards and Frank Cones. The administration consists of Shearer, George N. Montgomery, council president, Paul Dunn and Dr. Sollis Runnells. ROSA PONSELLA HURT ■Opera Star Suffers Concussion V. aen Hit by Golf Ball. By United Press LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Aug. 24. Under care of a physician, Rosa Ponsella, opera star, was reported today to be recovering from slight concussion of the brain and shock caused by being struck over the right eye by a golf ball Thursday. Playing with Professor Romano Miss Ponsella was on the eighth green when a ball driven from the fairway struck her. She fell to the green unconscious. When her shock had subsided she was taken to her summer home on the lake. Hourly Temperatures 7 a. m— 66 11 a. m.... 64 8 a. m... 67 12 9 a. m.... 65 1 p. m.... 67 10 a. p.... 64 n

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Cupid Flies 100 Couples Offer to Be Married in Air at Airport Festival.

Bn United Press Selins grove. Pa., Aug. 24. Selins Grove is to have an epidemic of airplane marriages this afternoon. In planning the dedication of the Ideal airport officials in charge of the ceremonies announced that SIOO would be paid to any couple married in an airplane. This brought 100 responses from persons willing to make the matrimonial jump high in the air. Airport authorities then decided that every couple, who came to the airport armed with a marriage license would be taken aloft and married. Only the first couple will receive the SIOO. Already more than thirty couples have registered for the adventure.

PROTEST COAST GUAROJITTACK Ohio Millionaire Charges Yacht Fired On. By United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 24,-Ac-cording to telephonic advices from Buffalo today, Rear Admiral F. C. Bullard, commandant of the Coast Guard, has ordered a thorough investigation of charges that a Coast Guard cutter here fired on the Buddy, a yacht owned by M. F. Bramley, millionaire Clevelander. Lieut. M. W. Rasmussen, in charge of the Eighth Coast Guard district at Buffalo, telephoned the United Press that he had been ordered to Cleveland to launch the inquiry and would arrive either Saturday or Monday. Bramley went forward today with plans for an official protest to Washington. He claims the cutter fired across the Buddy's bow without warning and that Coast Guardsmen later boarded the craft in search of liquor. Bramley was taking nine Cleveland terminal contractors on a cruise at the time. Congressman Charles A. Mooney and Congressman Theodore E. Burton also are' filing protests. According to dispatches from Washington, no official action will be taken until Rasmussen's report is received. DEMOCRATS TO MEET Women Will Hear Talk Tuesday by Raymond Murray. Raymond F. Murray, Democratic nominee for Marion County prosecuting attorney, and other county and State candidates will address members of the Seventh District Democratic Women’s Club at a dinner meeting Tuesday evening at the Indiana Democratic Club, 319 N. Pennsylvania St. Mrs. W. C. Smith, president of the women’s club, will preside. SAVES TOT FROMTRAIN Flagman Leaps From Caboose, Rescues Baby. By United Press COLUMBIA, Pa.. Aug. 24.—F. T. Calhoun, a flagman, leaped from the caboose of a westbound freight train and carried a 2-year-old baby off the tracks just before an eastbound train sped over the spot where the baby had been sitting. The child had wandered away from its home, which is about 100 yards from the tracks. LINDBERGH, PLANE REST Idle After Making Svprise Trip to Los Angeles. By United Press SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug. 24. —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his plane rested here today after a surprise round trip to Los Angeles Thursday. The air hero flew to Los Angeles for lunch and returned here late Thursday night. G. 0. P. TOUR OPENED Candidates Turn Campaign Guns to Second District Republican State candidates and district leaders today began a tour of the Second District, Ewing R. Emison of Vincennes, Second District chairman, anounced. Included on the Itinerary are Bloomington, Martinsville, Sullivan, Vincennes. Shoals, Washington, Bloomfield and Spencer. ,

5 CENT CUT IN PROPOSED CITY TAX RATE EXPECTED

Reduction of the proposed city tax rate for 1929 to sl.lO by city council was forecast today at city hall. The council finance committee is expected to reduce Mayor L. Ert Slack’s requested levy of $1.15 i or 5 cents, according to reports. Tlie council has had several conferences with the mayor the last two weeks in an effort to cut *he appropriation in all departments. William H. Book, Chamber of Commerce civic director, who has been advising the council on budget

ACID FUMES ARE FATAL TO 1 STOWAWAYS Three Others Dying and Six Overcome When Ship Is Fumigated. 16 TRAPPED IN HOLD Desperate Fight to Escape Indicated: Other Bodies May Be Found. By United Pr<ss BALTIMORE, McL. Aug. 24. Seven men were killed, three are dying and six others were overcome today by lethal acid fumes when the freighter. Steel Inventor, on which they were stowaways, was fumigated for yellow fever at United States Quarantine, off Hawkins Point. Unknown to the captain of the ship and Quarantine officers, the sixteen victims, and perhaps others, were trapped in the hold when hatches on the boat were closed before hydrocyanic acid was poured into the vessel. Rescuers said the stowaways were hidden under manganese ore. the ship's cargo, and a further search, they said, may reveal other bodies. At the South Baltimore general hospital where the dead and dying were taken in three municipal ambulances and police cars, the condition of the victims, it is said, indicated a desperate battle took place among the men in an attempt to beat each other out of the hold. Several of the dead men's arms and ribs were broken, others showed lacerations and large bruises on their heads and bodies. Physicians said such injuries could only have been incurred In fighting one another. All of the known victims appeared to be either Portuguese or Brazilians. Their bodies indicated they had suffered starvation, vermin and many other sacrifices as stowaways to win their way into the United States. TRAPPED BY EXPLOSION Watchmen Dying After Rescue From Produce Plant Fire. By United Press ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Aug. 24.—A night watchman poisoned by ammonia fumes is dying today, another is injured and F. C. Crittenden plant here, swept by flames, is damaged with a loss estimated at more thar, $75,000. Paul Zimmerman. 51. the watchnan, was trapped in the building by explosion of ammonia tanks in the large produce company. Firemen with gas masks fought their way through the flames to reesue him. His condition is reported critical. INJURED MAN JAILED Truck Driver Arrested for Failure to Heed Stop Sign. After having had his wounds dressed at city hospital early today, George Lawrence, 33, of 1329 N. Olney St., truck driver for the Booth Fishery Company, was taken to headquarters charged with failure to stop at the stop and go sign at New York St. and Keystone Ave. His truck was struck by a touring car driven by Harry Baker, 36, of 4012 E. Michigan St. Lawrence was cut and bruised. cold Trips NORTHWEST Freezing Temperatures Follow Storms, Causing $2,000,000 Damage. By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 24.—Freezing or near freezing temperatures were reported in the Northwest today after two storms which earlier in the week caused nearly $2,000,000 damage to crops and buildings, and the death of nine persons. Fessenden, N. D., was the coldest spot in the Northwest, with a reported temperature of 28 degrees. TEDDY’S~AID FOFSMITH Roosevelt Manager Indorses Al’s Stand on Waterway. B,y United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—C01. E. C. Carrington, Maryland campaign manager for Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, has announced that he will vote for Alfred E. Smith for President this year, "because of Smith’s stand in favor of the all-American route for a lakes to gulf waterway.”

matters, is expected to have a recommendation ready Monday. A legal opinion as been asked of Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom on the proposed $30,000 emergency fund, out of which it is planned to maintain a municipal landing field. Abolishment of the fire watch tower on the Merchants Bank Bldg , at a saving of approximately $7,000 a year was decided at a session, Thursday night. It is reported that all salary increases except a few in the engineering department have been eliminated.

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CHILD OF NEW AGE Billy, 2, Knows His Airplanes

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Billy Shank, 2, can tell you the make of various kinds of airplanes by sound when they’re overhead. When Billy isn’t flying with his father he likes to ride his Teddy Bear, but that’s tame.

WTLLIAV. SHANK, 2, may be a future Lindbergh, his father, Bob Shank, Hoosler Airport president, believes. Billy has learned to distinguish one make of airplane from another while they are in the air, his proud father boasts. Recently, while Mrs. Shank ras having difficulty in getting 'Silly to take his afternoon nap, she heard an airplane overhead. "Look, there goes an airplane. Maybe It is Daddy,” she said. "That not Daddy. That just a Waco,” Billy replied disdainfully, after a glance. “Daddy flies a Travelair biplane.” “And it really was a Waco,” Mrs. Shank declared. A few days later M’-s. Shank heard another airplane and asked Billy what kind it was. "That’s a monocoupe,” Billy lisped. Billy took his first airplane ride on his first birthday. On that occasion his father took thirteen guests, all between the ages of 1 and 3 years, for airplane rides. Since that time Billy has had many hours in the air. His longest airlapne ride was from Huntington. W. Va.. to Columbus, Ohio. 19 DIE IN VIOLENCE July Report Shows 699 Accidents in State. Six hundred ninety-nine accidents occurred in Indiana during the month of July. Nineteen persons were killed and 433 injured, according to the report of the State police department to Frederick E. Schortemeier, Secretary of State. Involved in the accidents were 890 automobiles, of which 428 were damaged: sixtysix trucks, of which thirty-two were damaged: seven busses, three of which were damaged, and ten motorcycles, of which one was damaged. Thirteen persons were killed when motor vehicles hit pedestrians: four killed, when motors hit motors; one killed when motors hit trains, and one killed when a motor hit a fixed object, the report shows. Wife, 78, Asks Divorce By Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind., Aug. 24. Mrs. Laura Clayton, 78, is seeking a divorce from Isaac W. Clayton.

Broken Love Is Buried in * Whirlwind ’ Jazz Craze When Sybil Thome was younger, people said she was the most beautiful girl in Boston. Her photograph appeared in the best newspapers every day or two, and everyone i ke her. Then came the war. Sybil was only 18 when she first got herself “talked about.” But that was after the war, and Sybil was trying hard to forget. A beautiful love for John Lawrence, was halted when he went to war. He was reported killed in action. Her brother “Tad,” came home from the war with silver bars, a Croix de Guerre and two wound stripes. Then all the world went crazy and Sybil led the vanguard of the “younger generation.’ Girls and boys smoked and drank. The Eighteenth amendment was blamed for that, and older people were worried even shocked Another man, the most eligible bachelor in Boston, came into Sybil’s life. But you can read all about that by turning to Page 24. and reading “Whirlwind,” that exciting new serial story by Eleanor Early.

U. S. JURY TO HEARROZELLE Marshal Who Quit Ready as Witness Today. By Times Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 24. Waiving immunity, Frank E. Rozelle, Lagrange, was to appear before a Federal grand jury here today to testify to operations of the Omaha Tapestry Paint Company, a mail order concern with which he is connected. Rozelle resigned this week as United States marshal for the nortern Indiana district, following charges that the company defrauded its patrons, declaring he did not desire to embarrass the Department of Justice by remaining in office while the mail order operations were under investigation. Robert E. Hicks. South Whitley, former publisher of the Specialty Salesman, a magazine, was first to accuse the company with which Rozelle is connected. He said he served a Federal prison term for operations the same as those of the Rozelle company. Hicks has been seen about the building here, where the grand jury is in session. allisoiTsuit asks’ administration papers Move to Probate Estate Filed in Probate Court Here. Letters of administration for the estate in Marion County of the late James A. Allison, Indianapolis and Miami (Fla.) capitalist, were asked by Luther M. Langston, Allison’s secretary, in Marion Probate Court, Thursday. The estate in Marion County is small, while the bulk of the $3,000,000 to $6,000,000 estate is believed to be in Florida, to be handled by the Dade County. Fla., courts. The Fletcher American National bank and Ray H. Briggs were suggested as co-admniistrators. Briggs said he would serve. Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash will not be on the bench until September. Marion County real estate was valued at $6,000, while personal property was listed at $900,000.

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RADIO FROM LOST FLIERS HELD HOAX Inquiry Along Newfoundland Coast Reveals No Trace. ‘FAKE.’ SAYS EXPERT Amateurs of Several Cities Get Messages Alleged From Hassell. Bv 7 tint mSm rial NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Radio messages purporting to be from Hassell and Cramer, lost Greenland fliers, received Thursday night by amateurs in several cities, generally were regarded a hoax today. This belief was expressed by Don Mix, radio expert, Madison. Wis , who helped install the apparatus on the Greater Rockford. At the same time exhaustive inquiry along the north coast of Newfoundland failed to reveal that, the fliers had landed on nearby islands, as reported in the radio calls. Mix pointed out that, the plane's radio operated on a wave length of 32.5 meters, whereas the messages heard were reported on 22 and 43 meters One message said they were using a generator for power. Mix said the plane depended wholly upon batteries. Well-authenticated advices from the Governor of Greenland reported that a plane, almost beyond doubt the Greater Rockford, had been seen flying over the western coast of Greenland Sunday morning. Two amateur operators in Brooklyn, N. Y., one in Toledo, Ohio, and one in Chicago reported picking up the message Thursday night! Joseph E. Williams. Toledo, advised the United Press he had been in communication with a radio station that signed itself KHAH arid the sender reported “we are the Rockford to Sweden fliers” and said they were down "on a small island 100 miles north of Newfoundland ” The coast guard cutter Marion was headed toward Ivigtut, Greenlnd today in search of the Greater Rockford, according to a wireless message received at coast guard headquarters. DRIVER FINED sls FOR ‘BEATING TRAIN’ Traffic Officer at Crossing Nabs Motorist, "Beat the train’’ bravado i> wasted on Lieu :. Frank R. Owen, tr charge of the police department’s accident prevention bureau. Alarm bells rang for an approaching freight train when Lieutenant Owens, practicing what he preaches, pulled his car to a halt at the Shelby St. crossing of the Belt railroad Thursday night. The driver of a truck ahead of him stepped on the gas and dashed across the track. He espied "Drexel Cleaners” on the truck and drove to that establishment at 1337 Hoyt Ave., where he arrested Arthur Fields. In Municipal court today, Judge Paul C. Wetter fined Fields $5 and costs fori speeding and $lO and costs for trying to beat a train to a crossing. FIRE DAMAGE $3,000 Leonard Cleaners Plant Suffers Loss. Spontaneous combustion was given as the cause of the fire at the Leonard Claeners and Dyers, Inc., 2216 W. Michigan St., which resulted in damage estimated at $3,000 Thursday afternoon. The damage was to machinery and clothing in process of being cleaned. The building is of brick and owned by William Leonard. Founder of D. A. R. Dead By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Mrs. Jennie Davis Garrison, 85, one of the founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of the Daughters of the Confederacy, died here Thursday,

COOLIDGE WILL MAP OUT EASTERN CAMPAIGN TODAY

BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL TRAIN NEARING ALLIANCE, Ohio, Aug. 24. —Herbert Hoover will hold a conference in Washington today with Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican national committee, to plan a speaking campaign through the East. The Republican nominee will make his first Eastern speech on Labor Day at a point yet to be decided. Every week thereafter he will make a trip for one or two speaking engagements, covering most of the large cities of the East and Central West before election day. He expects to have Chairman Work arrange engagements for him in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Illinois and perhaps Wisconsin.

Kidnaped Child Taken by Bandit in Detroit Is Freed in Los Angeles.

By United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24.—Kidnaped from her parents in her {Detroit home, Aug. 10, Elizabeth Duthie, 13, was driven ecross the * country and finally released by her kidnaper here today, she told police. The girl said her captor took her from her home after he held up and robbed her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James Duthie. 2600 Springwell St.. Detroit. The bandit first took SIOO from Duthie and then, preparing to leave, said: “I guess I'll take the girl along,” she continued. Then began a cross-country trip in the bandit’s automobile. The girl said he kept control over her by constantly threatening her with death. "I was afraid he would kill me,” the girl told police, "so I did just what he told me to do.” According, to the girl, they arrived in Los Angeles Thursday night and drove around the streets until early morning. The bandit stopped at a railway station and told the girl to go inside and wait for him. He then drove away. PARIS THRONGS CHEER KELLOGG City Roars Welcome for American Secretary. By United Press PARIS. Aug. 24.—The special train carrying United States Secretary of State Kellogg from Havre to Paris for the signing of the antiwar pact arrived in Paris shortly after 10 a. m. today, after a record run from the port town. There was an unusual display as the train whirled into the station. Municipal guards and police lined the platform to hold back the cneering crowd. After the welcome Mr. ind Mrs. Kellogg proceeded to the American embassy. Kellogg refused to be drawn into a discussion of the peace pact or of American politics. “All arrangements of my visit to Paris have been made and I don’t even know who has been invited to Sunday dinner.” he said. “One thing is certain there will be no speeches during my stay if I can prevent it.” PROTESTS " STREET jog Park Board Asks Imprcvement of Delaware St. Bridge Approach. Elimination of the jog at Thirtieth and Delaware Sts. was asked of the board of works today by the park board. Commissioner Michael E. Foley said the development of a proper approach to the Delaware St. bridge over Fall Creek is contingent on improvements to be made in the vicinity by the yorks board. Oren S. Hack, works board president, said the board will give serious consideration to the park request and endaevor to cooperate in the traffic relief program. WATSON FOR HOOVER Boosts Tariff and Secretary for Farm Aid. By Times Special CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Aug. 24. Herbert Hoover and the tariff were the remedies prescribed for farm relief by Senato James E. Watson of Indiana, addressing an lowa audience here Thursday night. Tariff revision, under Republican direction and with Hoover at the helm, will make good the Republican party’s pledge at Kansas City to “provide adequate tariff protection for such of our agricultural products as are affected by foreign competition,” Watson promised. The Indiana Senator termed “inconsistent” the expressions of Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic standard bearer, and the Democratic platform, on tariff pinciples.

Ten days before election he will cross the country en route to his home at Palo Alto. Cal., where he and Mrs. Hoover will cast their ballots. He is considering a return trip by the southern route which might take him through the “Solid South.” Hoover has decided to concentrate in the East because he believes it is the dangerous ground. The acceptance speech of Governor Alfred E. Smith, placing prohibition in the forefront among campaign issues, is considered a direct bid for the normally Republican East, Hoover advisers believe. They conclude, therefore, that the election will be won or lost on that front. The nominee consulted several eastern leaders on his trip homeward Thursday. Arrangements were made for rear platform appearances at the usual stopping points on the Pennsylvania railroad between Chicago and Washington.

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SHERIFF HINTS FRAMEUP’ IN FLAME DEATH Denies Knowledge of Ca* Blood-Spattered, Left in Garage. VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED E. J. Bliss, Found in Burned Barn Has Crime Record in Three Cities. By Times Special ANGOLA, Ind.. Aug. 24.—An effort to "frame” him and implicate : him in the murder of a man whose I charred body was found in the ruins of a burned barn near Freemont, Ind., west of here, early Wednesday, | was charged today by Sheriff Charles Zimmerman today. The murdered man, who had been killed with some blunt instrument, before his body was placed in the barn and burned, was identified today as E. J. Bliss, alias Baker. Bliss is said to have had criminal i records at Indianapolis, Detroit and in Canada. Dead Man Identified The dead man was identified as Bliss, Coroner F. R. Humphreys announced, by finding of a traveling bag in the attic of a garage at the ; county jail containing his personal S effects. Sheriff Zimmerman, who had | been absent from Angola for two ! days, and who for a time was be- \ lieved to have been the murder victim .returned Thursday and advanced the “frame up” charge to explain the finding of what is believed to have been the murdered man’s auto in his garage. The sheriff declared he had been I to Colon. Mich. A revolver of the sheriff’s was found in the machine, blood-spat-tered and bullet ridden, in which it i was thought. Bliss was carried to the | scene of his funeral pyre after his murder. The sheriff declared the gun had been stolen from his desk. Murder Shrouds Crime Rum runners planted the automobile and suitcase in the county garage to fasteen suspicion on him, Zimmerman declared. Zimmerman has been carrying on a hard fight against bootleggers and has made many enemies in rum ring circles, it is known. Solution of the slaying, however, seemed as far as it was at the time of the finding of the body, judging from informat, on made public bv officials. No full explanation has been given of the absence from Angola for two days of Miss Nellie Coleman. 24, employe in the sheriff’s office, who also returned Thursday. She was said to have been attending a wedding in Chicago. BLINDING RAIN BLAMED FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Girl Hurt When Roadster Crashes With Truck. Heavy rains which made driving hazardous were blamed for a series of minor traffic accidents Thursday afternoon. Miss Mary Stevens, 19, employed at the Central State Hospital, was cut about the face when the roadster in which she was riding with Dorois Wampler, 18, also an employe of the hospital, collided with a Van Camp Hardware Company truck, driven by Frank Earl of 1042 Whitcomb St., at 502 S. Harding St. Marion Swinford, 12, of 1029 W. Eighteenth St., was knocked from his bicycle and cut and bruised when he turned in front of a truck driven by Jesse Moore, 29, of 848 S. Addison St., at 2236 N. Harding St. Lem Siebenthal, 70, of 824 Beecher St., was cut about the head when he was thrown from his junk wagon when a struck a chuckhole in the 2700 block S. Meridian St. FLORISTS’ OUTING SET State Picnic to Be Held at Elkhart, Aug. 28-29. Annual outing of the State Florists’ Association of Indiana will be held at Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 28-29, it was announced today by Secretary Edward C. Grande, Indianapolis. After a short business session at the Hotel Elkhart, the party will go to the Tavern at Christiana Lake, where picnic festivities will be held. Those remaining for the second day will be shown Kunderd’s gladioli farms at Goshen, Ind., and a drive in the lake region will follow. NOTIFY AL’S MATE NEXT Senator Robinson Expected Back to Arkansas Saturday, Bn United Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 24. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Demcratic vice presidential nominee, is expected to return here Saturday from New York to begin active preparations for his notification ceremony, Aug. 30. Col. Edwin A. Halsey, New York, sergeant-at-arms at the Democratic national convention, also is expected Saturday. He will have charge of seating arrangements and other details.