Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1928 — Page 3

OCT. 6, 1928.

AL HIPS DRUNK CHARGES MADE AT WINONA. IND. Albany Minister Disclaims ; Statement; Witness j Files Affidavit. ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A statement, with affidavit attached, bearing upon another report that Governor Alfred E. Smith was intoxicated has been issued here by Edward Griffin, counsel to Governor Smith. The statement follows: “A communication was received at the executive chamber stating that ’ the Rev. Manning E. Van Nostrand, pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Albany, N. Y„ had made a statement at the Bible conference held at Winona Lake, Ind., that Governor Alfred E. Smith was so intoxicated when he was trying to talk over the radio immediately after he was .nominated at Houston that two men had to hold him up. Denies Statement repeated the question. Van Nostrand communication, Van Nostrand at the request of the Governor, visited him at his office in the executive chamber. “The Governor, in the presence of his secretary, George B. Graves, and myself, then read the ocmmunication to Van Nostrand, giving the name and address of the writer, and asked Van Nostrand the direct question: “ ‘Did you ever make such a statement about me?’ “Van Nostrand then asked the Governor whether the writer said that Van Nostrand had made the statement directly to the writer. The Governor then read the letter and repeated the question. Van Nostrand then said, ‘I never said it.’ Swears to Remarks “Since that time there has been received the following affidavit: ‘“State of Indiana, County of Carroll: “ ‘The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says that he or she on or about Aug. 23, 1928, while in attendance at a Bible conference held at Winona Lake, Ind., heard one Dr. Van Nostrand, supposedly from Albany, N. Y., make a statement substantially as follows: “‘“That Mr. Smith (referring to Alfred E. Smith of New York) was so intoxicated when he was trying to talk over the radio the first Sunday after he was nominated at Houston that two men had to assist him in standing. Also, that on another occasion in the railroad station where Mr. Smith was preparing to board a train, he was much under the influence of liquor and was passing it around to men and ladies in his party.” Intended ‘to Belittle' “ ‘The deponent further says that the statements were made on a public rostrum or platform at Winona Lake, evidently with the intent of belittling the character or personality of said Alfred E. Smith, who now is candidate for President of the United States. “‘Further the deponent sayetii not. Signed, Mrs. A. J. Wickard. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of September, 1928. Signed, Frank Poundstone, Notary Public.’ ”

MRS. REMINGTON RITES ARRANGED FOR SUNDAY Widow Will Be Buried in Union County. Funeral services for Mrs. Minerva May Remington, widow of Moses Remington, who died Monday, will be held at 9:30 a. m. Sunday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Howard, 5723 N. Meridian St., with burial at Brownsville, Union County. Mrs. Remington spent most of her life in Union County. She was married to the late Mr. Remington, Oct. 31, 1872. Her husband served two terms as Representative and State Senator from Union and Fayette counties. He died in 1915. Besides her daughter, she is survived by a son, Odin Remington, head of an electrical equipment factory in Melbourne, Australia, who will arrive in Indianapolis, Sunday, for the funeral.

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Bn United Press A statement was issued on Governor Alfred E. Smith's behalf intended to “spike” a “whisper,” allegedly spread by Rev. M. E. Van Nostrand of Albany, that Smith was intoxicated while making a radio speech. Smith, getting ready for another campaign tour, laid lines for capturing strategical States Nov. 6. Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential candidate, was en route to Elizabethton, Tenn., to make a speech there at 2 p. m. Senator Robinson, Democratic vice presidential nominee, kept a speaking date at Amarillo, Texas, after a train explosion scalded his ingineer and fireman. A doctor ordered Senator Curtis, Hoover’s running mate, to remain -bed today in a Chicago hotel. Curlis has a sore throat. Contributions to the Democratic national campaign received in September totaled $876,420, Finance Director Lehman said. This brings the Democratic total collections to $1,392,920, compared with the Republicans' $1,733,289. BOY,” 8, RUN DOWN Lad, Hit by Auto, May Recover From Injuries. August Hoilman, 8, of 802 Broadway, may recover from injuries received Friday when he was run over by an automobile driven by Harry Pringle, 21, of 1971 Madison Ave., on Market St., near East Sc.

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Notorious Indiana Bandit Caught Raising Note in Prison. Caught converting a one dollar bill into a twenty, with pen and ink in his cell in the Tennessee State prison where he is serving a thirtyyear robbery sentence, Ralph Lee, Indiana bandit and escape king, today was in solitary confinement as punishment, according to dispatches from Nashville, Tenn.. Lee was caught in the act of raising a one dollar bill Friday. When officers seized him he attempted to swallow the note. It took three men to throw him to the floor where Warden A. A. McCrkle choked the money from his throat. Steel Saw Found Prison authorities believe they have thwarted a prison escape by their seizure. The diminutive Hoosier bandit, who already has escaped from various prisons over the country twelve or thirteen times, had gone into the money raising business in his cell to raise funds for a escape, according to dispatches. A steel saw was found in a crack in a table top in Lee’s cell. Other saws and a complete hypodermic outfit were found in cells of Lee’s prisoner friends. Pens and ink were concealed in Lee’s cell hanging by a string in a drain pipe. Prison authorities have been watching Lee for some time after secret service agents had decided that a number of raised bill* being passed in Tennessee were his work. Ralph Lee, who is about 30, still is under indictment here for the murder of Abner Peek, Speedway Ave. grocer, killed in a hold-up July 3, 1924. Led Prison Break Tried at Franklin in 1926, a jury dis agreed, eleven for conviction to one against, and he was taken back to Tennessee to serve the remainder of his prison tenn. He had led fifteen other prisoners in an escape from the Tennessee prison a few months before, after overcoming a guard with a wooden pistol. He was captured in Buffalo, N. Y., and brought here to face the murder charge. Earlier Lee escaped twice from the Johnson County jail at Franklin while awaiting trial on the murder charge.

SCHORTEMEIER HONORED Chosen on Executive Board of National Safety Council. Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier was chosen from 8,000 delegates to represent Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio on the executive committee of the national safety council at the seventeenth annual conference in New New York City this week. Seven directors meets monthly to formulate policies for the chapters in sixty-five leading American cities. CHURCHMEN GUESTS Christian Campaign and Victory Sunday Discussed. Pastors, board chairmen, Sunday school superintendents and representative laymen of the Marion County Christian Churches, were guests at a dinner at the Y. W. C. A. Friday night, in the interest of the Washington Day Victory Sunday, observance to be held Oct. 12. Speakers stressed the importance of the successful conclusion of the campaign for $1,750,000 to construct a national Christian Church in Washington. Petitions to Run Bus Lines Petitions to operate bus lines between Shelbyville and Greensburg and between Connersville and the Ohio State line have been filed with the public service commission by the Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad Company, successor to the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company.

CITY HOSPITAL SET IN DREARINESS; NO MONEY TO GLADDEN EYES OF SICK

BY HELEN O. MAHIN WEEDS, wild scrub and a few degenerate domestic shrubs gone to join them; rubbish in Fall Creek; a desolate, disheartening place, with its fringe of sun-baked eindery huts. A stretch of land that tells the onlooker drearily, -Nothing happy ever happens in the world.” This is the environment of the great hospital unit of Indianapolis—the city hospital, Long, Coleman and-, the Riley hospital for

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UPDIKE IN CAPITAL Checks on Probe of Theft of Mailing List. H p Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Representative Ralph Updike made a flying visit here to check up on progress being made by the Department of Justice in tracing mailing lists which disappeared from his office here last Sunday night. He said he was satisfied with the progress of the inquiry, and that the investigators have taken fingerprints off the filing cases in which the list was. It contained between 50.000 and 100.000 names of persons in the Seventh district, he said, with whom he has had correspondence, and is “extremely valuable” to him in his present campaign.” I wouldn't have taken SIO,OOO for it,” he said. Updike said Herbert Hoover would carry Marion county by 40,000 and would take the State ticket with him. He expressed satisfaction over his own prospects for re-election. HEAD MASTER HONORED Orchard School Director Is Guest at Anniversary Fete. Fifty persons attended a banquet commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Orchard School Friday night. Chester A. Matravers, new head master, was the guest of honor. Dr. Stirling A. Leonard, head of the English department of the University of Wisconsin, was the principal speaker. NAVY OFFICER TO TALK Commander of U. S. Hawk Will Address Legion Post Tuesday, Lieut. O. F. Heslar, commanding officer of the U. S. S. Hawk, will speak at the Navy Day dinner Tuesday night sponsored by the John H. Holliday Jr. American Legion Post at First Presbyterian Church. Claude M. Worley, police chief, will discuss the drive against crime conditions. Railroad Head to Speak £',)/ Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Oct. 6.--L. A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Railroad, will be the principal speaker at the opening meeting of the Faculty Club of Indiana University Tuesday. He is a native of Greencastle and a graduate of Purdue University, Lafayette.

children. Within the buildings all has been done that can be done to relieve the mind as well as the body of pain. But the surroundings strike the approaching visitor with depression. B B B A LITTLE space has been cleared east of Riley for a playground. It has clipped grass, a sand pile and play apparatus, and the children are happy there. But it has no trees, and its sur-

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BYRD DISCLAIMS PLAN FOR RACE TO ANTARCTIC No Contest With Wilkins in Expedition, Says Explorer. Bp United Press LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6.—Commander Richard E. Byrd, stopping here on his way to Join his south polar expedition, denied today that there is any contest between him and Sir George Hubert Wilkins, who also is planning a trip into the unexplored south. “There is no contest,” Byrd said. “We are prepared and equipped to make researches and experiments that another expedition could not attempt. We plan to establish bases throughout the region and to chart hundreds of thousands of square miles.” Byrd’s stay in Los Angeles may be lengthened because of a severe cold which he has contracted. He had a high fever when he arrived here Friday and may be forced to delay supervision of final preparations. Mrs. Byrd, who accompanied her husband here, will return to New York after Byrd and his party sail from here on the whaler C. A Larsen to Join the expedition. PUPILS OFFERED PRIZES FOR NAVAL DAY ESSAYS Trip to Washington Award to Winners From City Schools. An Indiana Naval day essay contest in the public, private and parochial schools is planned by the Indiana naval day committee. One boy and one girl will be given a five-day trip to Washington for the first prize and will meet President Coolidge. “Our Navy—lts Relation to Commerce and Defense,” is the essay topic. Essays should be mailed thee ommittee, 13 Union Trust Bldg., noo later than Friday.

NOMINEE CHOICE UP ..Substitute for Branaman Must Be Named. Democratic county chairmen and committees from Jackson, Scott and Washington counties are faced with selection of a candidate for joint State Senator to take the place on the bailot of Senator Thomas H. Branaman, who has withdrawn from the race. Branaman was successful in getting on the ticket to succeed himself and later was chosen candidate for Supreme Court judge at the Democratic convention. RULES ON TAX FERRETS Must Be Used as Last Resort Only, Says Gilliom. County commissioenrs can employ private persons to collect delinquent taxes only after every effort has been exhausted by the county treasurer and there is an "indispensable public necessity.” This opinion was given by Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney general, on request of Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the State board of ac counts. Fraternities Cut Grades Bp United Press NEW YORK. Oct. 6.—Scholastic rating of non-fraternity men is higher than that of fraternity men at Columbia University, according to an announcement of the interfraternity council. Tied Up, Swims Two Miles NEW YORK. Oct. 6.—Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoeminell swam nearly two miles from the Statue of Liberty to the Battery with her hands and feet tightly tied. It took her an hour.

roundings arc as bare and desolate as they were 100 years ago when an insect blight cleared the land for the settlers. Here and there over the straggling acres a planted sapling rears its hopeful head, with a promise to sick bodies and spirits. The greater part of the tract of land surrounding the hospitals, lying, roughly, between White Rive • on the west and Agnes St. on the east, Michigan St. on the south and Tenth St. on the north,

SMITH FORCES MAP FINALE TO CAPTURE EAST Center Last Month’s Drive to Border States and Atlantic Coast. BY THOMAS L. STOKES. United Press Staff Correspondent ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 6.—Goveinor Alfred E. Smith’s campaign directors are aiming, through the candidate’s personal appearance and speeches in this final month, to clinch an Eastern victory. Except for a visit to Missouri he will campaign entirely "ast of the Mississippi. His purpose is to solidify his forces in the border States, reaching into the solid South, to make a bid in Ohio and Illinois and then to close with a final swee along the “wet” Eastern seaboard. Because of the importance of this final month’s campaign, Smith is personally outlining the schedule. It should be announced today. Exactly one month from today will be election day, Nov. 6. Strength Is in East Smith's strength is in the East. His campaign directors are figuring several prospective "victory” lineups, some based on an entirely Eastern victory, which would require an extraordinary sweep in those States, others with the concession of certain large States in the East to the Republicans, such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois and the addition of Western States. They usually start with the solid South as a base, which includes Texas, and with the five so-called "wet” States in this sector, New York, Massachushetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Smith would have 273 electoral votes if he carried the solid South and those Eastern States, with Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nebraska. Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Nevada and New Mexico. That leaves out Kentucky, Maryland and Oklahoma. Election requires 265 electoral votes. If the Democratic candidate should carry Illinois and Ohio both —a total of fifty-three electoral votes —he would not have to carry a single State beyond the Mississippi, with the other line-up mentioned. That is rather an outside prospect from present indications. Build Around New York Some of the most optimistic are hopeful of carrying Pennsylvania, whose thirty-eight electoral votes would take the place of several smaller “doubtful” States. In that case Tennessee, Missouri and Nebraska, with a total of thirty-eight electoral votes, could be dropped, on the basis of the original lineup of 273 electoral votes, with Smith still winnning. All prospective "victory” lineups are built around New York, with its forty-five electoral votes. The total electoral vote of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut is forty-four. Smith's loss of the later two, only twelve electoral vtoes, might be made up elsewhere. With New York, the five total eighty-nine. There are 114 votes In the ten states of the “Solid South”—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Texas and Mississippi.

FORM SIGN CRAFT UNIT Organization of City Contractors Set for Oct. 13. Organization of a local unit of the Associated Sign Crafts of North America will be effected at a dinner for Indianapolis sign contractors at the Lincoln Oct. 13. A. J. Carey, district governor from Charleston, W. Va„ and E. T. Kelley, editor of Signs of the Times, will attend the dinner here, according to Henry T. Davis, manager of the Indianapolis convention bureau. Jac Leider Is chairman of the local entertaining group. OPEN DRIVE TO BOOST INDIANA HOOVER CLUBS Foellinger Leads Campaign to Enroll Half Million Members, A ha If-million members in Indiana Hoover-for-President Clubs by 6 p. m.. Thursday, Oct. 25 is the goal of one of the most intensive political drives undertaken in an Indiana presidential campaign. Oscar G. Foellinger, Indiana Hoover Club chairman, announced the drive today. “Indiana Hoover Day,” is the designation for the final day of the drive. Letters and instructions are being sent to each county Hoover chairman and vice chairman outlining the drive. On the eveninng of "Hoover Day,” enrollment reports will be reported by block workers to precinct chairmen, and forwarded through ward and township chairmen to county chairmen and State headquarters. The drive and arrangements for making “Hoover Day” a Statewide ovation for the Republican presidential nominee will be directed by Foellinger, Miss Dorothy Cunningham. National Republican committeewoman for Indiana, and Mrs. Curtis Hodges, director of the Indiana Woman’s Hoover organization.

is the property of the city, under the administration ,of the park board. All of it belongs to the city and the State. Ever since its purchase the park board has intended to improve it, and make it a place of cheer and beauty. There even are plans drawn for the landscaping. They provide for a screen of high shrubbery at the boundaries, which would shut out the dreary little houses and the

Air Mail Goes to Mexico

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Here is the first load of air mail to be carried from the United State: into Mexico. The service, just inaugurated, crosses the border a Laredo, Tex., and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Pilot Cardenas is showr to the left, with Postmaster Pedro Medina of Neuvo Laredo. Si: Stimson-Detroiter planes recently were delivered to the Mexican gov ernment for the service.

NEW CODE OF TRAFFIC RULES UPATCONFAB Council Committee Talks Proposals to Better Conditions. Proposals to improve traffic conditions were discussed by the special council committee which is recodifying traffic rules today at the council chamber. The committee composed of Robert E. Springsteen, safety chairman, He: man P. Lieber, Meredith Nicholson, Edward Harris and John F. White was named by Edward B, Raub, council president, to bring the traffic code up to date. Republication of the code will wipe out any question as to the legality of the present code which was distributed by the Hoosier Motor Club, gratis to the city. Favor Cititzens Committee Several councilmen favor the selection of a citizens committee to sit in with the council and traffic department in the study of traffic conditions. The police traffic division has inaugurated several new practice* such as the painting of lanes on main arteries which must be legalized by council action. Representatives of the Hoosier Motor Club, downtown merchants and the Chamber of Commerce, who are willing crafeully to stidy the city's traffic needs probably will be ein vited to join the council group. Mayor L. Ert Slack said he is cooperating with the council, but has no concrete recommendations at this time. Parking Discussed Advisability of establishing flat-to-curb parking on Washington St., which has been recommended by the police department, was discussed. Some dissatisfaction with the present pedestrian regulations which allow them a forty-five second period to skip from one curb to another has been voiced to council. The question of prohibiting right turns on Washington St. in the downtown area, to permit pedestrians to "move with the traffic,” is favored by Springsteen. Chairman Springsteen said there will be an effort to relieve Washington St, of some of the congestion caused from street car routes looping on the main east and west thoroughfare. FORMER CITY JEWELER TO BE BURIED SUNDAY Body of Walter M. Rosenthall Will Be Returned From Florida. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 Sunday afternoon, at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation for Walter M. Rosenthal, 56, former Indianapolis jeweler, who died at Miami, Fla.. Thursday. Rabbi Feuerlicht will officiate and burial will be in the Jewish Cemetery. Born in Indianapolis, Mr. Rosenthal spent most of his life here. Six years ago he established the Key Jewelry Company. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Gertrude H. Rosenthal: a son, Morton: three brothers, Albert, Indianapolis: Edwin M.. Detroit, and Max M. Rosenthal. Davenport. la.; and two sisters, Mrs. Norbert Gunzburger. and Mrs. William Mack of New York.

same time provide something of shade and freshness for the tenants. But the park board never has the money. PRESIDENT JOHN E. MILNOR of the board explained why. All park board activities excepting new buildings and purchases of additional grounds come out of direct taxation, and the present tax rate of 514 cents does not yield enough. / Salaries of employes must come out of it: then this year there has

Relief Fines Bit Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 6.—City Judge Sam Beecher is aiding the Florida storm relief fund by assessing fines. Five motorists before the court on minor traffic rule charges were sentenced to donate $2 each to the fund.

ACCEPT MARINE PROTEST MAIL U. S. Rules Slogan May Be Placed cn Letters. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6lt Is no longer an offense against the Government to mail letters bearing the slogan “protest against United States Marines in Nicaragua,” the Postoffice Department has decided. Last winter letters bearing stickers with a similar inscription were barred from the mails. Protest was made by the American Civil Liberties UnionSeveral months ago new stickers were printed and letters bearing them were sent through the mail. The letters have been delievered since that time, and the department, pointing out this fact when asked about the matter, said “until refused all matter is mailable.” The civil liberties union planned to test the issue in the courts if the letters had been refused. LODGE PARLEY ENDS

Pythian Sisters Install State Officers. Ratification of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias proposal to admit Pythian Sisters to the K. of P. Home at Lafayette, Ind., was postponed until next year by members of the grand temple at the closing session today. The motion will be taken before the grand lodge for approval and to test the legality before grand temple action is taken. The following officers were Installed this afternoon: Mrs. Mary Aikman, Newport, grand chief; Mrs. Daisy Duvall of Richmond, grand senior chief: Mrs. Nell McCurry of Goodland, grand Junior chief; Miss Magdalena Fred of McCordsvllle, grand mistress of records and correspondence; Mrs. Myrtle Billingsley of Greenwood, grand mistress of finance; Mrs. Ocie Jelltson of South Bend, grand outer guard; Mrs. Esther Stephens of Evansville, State press correspondent: Mrs. Georgia Bates of Ft. Wayne, grand trustee, and Mrs. Minnie Johnson of Indianapolis, orphans’ board, ST. CLAIR ESTATE MAY BE MADE CITY PARK Acquisition of Property in Fairview Vicinity Being Considered. Acquisition of the Robert St. Clair estate, Forty-Second St. and Boulevard PI., is being considered by the park board. The board was requested to consider purchase oi the six-acre tract for a north side community center in a petition filed by several hundred property owners. The board did not have a quorum Thursday but President John E. Milnor and Commissioner Michael E. Foley indicated the request will •have Immediate consideration. Foley indicated the property will be acquired if a reasonable price can be obtained. Fairview-Butler Civic League sponsored the petition.

been the widening of Meridian St. to Fall Creek, the improvement of Delaware St. north of Fall Creek, the contract for the swimming pool in Ellenberger Park, and the similar pool in Garfield Park to come. And a good many other things not quite so definitely planned, but quite as essential. They are all things for the well. Will the ground be improved this year? “Next year will be better,” Milnor suggests.

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MILLIONS HEAR CANDIDATES ON AIR HOOKUPS Managers Take Stock of Radio Campaigns; Wonder at Effectiveness. BY LEO R. SACK Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—As the campaign enters its final stages, Republican and Democratic managers are taking stock of their radio efforts and wondering whether they are proving effective. Extensive use of the radio this year presents an entirely new problem in vote-seeking, and as the Democratic national committee broadcasters frankly confess they have “no precedent by which to guide future broadcasters.” Collectively, the Republicans and Democratic national committees will spend nearly $750,000 this year for political broadcasting. Whether it is money well spent time alone will tell, the radio managers say. Hoard by Millions Before the campaign ends every radio station in the country, whether it is a big-time station linked up with either the National or Columbia broadcasting companies' chains or merely a "local” station with less than 100 watts power will have had political programs on the air. Radio managers believe that when Herbert Hoover and Governor Smith go on the air every radio set that can possibly be utilized is tuned In on some station and that, therefore, upwards of 15,000,000 people hear the speakers. Smith’s personality, heretofore known only to New York voters, has become familiar to voters everywhere. Like A1 and Hoover The Democratic candidate has a faculty of Inserting human expressions into his talks. For example, his radio audience laughed with him when at St. Paul he pulled, solemnly, “where there is life there is hope.” in a reference to Republican failures. Again they enjoyed his sally at Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt’s expense when he observed in Milwaukee that. “I am glad I hav* not got Mabel on my hands.” Herbert Hoover’s radio voice is not new to voters. Although his talks are not f.~ry or peppery like Smith’s, he has a real radio “personality” and he goes over good. He speaks slowly, surely and clearly. Occasionally, he borders on the dramatic. Speaker Nicholas Longworth in his recent radio debut proved dull. Senator Fess of Ohio, although with a clear voice and a speech jammed full of good Republican theories, talked too fast. Curtis, Robinson Solemn Senator Borah, like Smith, Inject* his personality—and humor—into his speeches. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi is full of pep and personality. Senators Curtis and Robinson, the respective vice presidential candidates, have developed their radio audiences. Both, however, are solemn speakers.

BATTERY RECORD SET Prest-O-Lite Production Last Month Establishes High Mark An all-time record for battery production was set in September by the Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corporation, it was announced today by J. H. McDuffee, vice president of the concern. The new record comes as part of the enormous growth of the corporation in the last year. All manufacturing departments of the plant are working day and night shifts and more than 1,000 workers are employed at present, an increase of 100 per cent in the company’s pay roll since September, 1927. PREVENTS JAIL BREAK Wayne County Sheriff Learns Noise Hid Saw’s Work. Bp Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Oct. 6.—Whistling and singing at night by prisoners in the Wayne County Jail aroused suspicions of Sheriff Henry Long who on investigation found that under cover of the noise, Wilfred Rodgers, a prisoner, had sawed a bar in his cell. A saw had been provided by GJenn Moore, released from the jail a few days ago. Moore is under arrest charged with aiding in the alleged break. Rodgers is awaiting trial on a charge of stealing hogs. HEADS SCHOOL BOARD L. A. Pittenger, Mancie, Named State Group Chairman. L. A. Pittenger, Muncie, president of Ball Teachers' College, was made chairman of the legislative committee of the State education board at a meeting Friday at the office of / Roy P. Wiseheart. State superintendent of public instruction. Other committeemen are Mrs. Beryl Holland, Bloomington, and George H. Reitzel, Brownsburg. Dancers to Start Friday Bp United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Oct. 6. Dancers from many southern Indiana cities and tow-ns are expected to' be entered w'hen a dance marathon—Monroe County's first —starts here at the Cascade Gardens Dance pavilion, at 9 p. m. Friday. Offers Borer Destroyer Bp United Press GREENSBURG. Ind., Oct. An effective treatment for peach trees which have been attacked by borers is announced here by County Agent Lynn Thurston. It consists of paradichlorobenzine, in the powder form.’ It should be sprinkled around a tree about half an inch from the trunk and covered with a few spades full of earth to prevent it from losing gas.