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TEN MILUON PRAY AS FOCH GOESTO REST Masses Held in Every French Village During Final Tribute. WALES AT FUNERAL Tears in Pershing’s Eyes as He Passes Casket After Services. BY RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff Corresnotsdent PARIS, March 26.—Marshal Foch lies at rest in a narrow crypt of honored today with the greatest funeral in the history of France. .Entombment in a crypt in the Invalides beside the ashes of Napoleon, the final honor which an adoring nation could give, was marked by the simple dignity Foch loved. Princes an potentates, the mighty warriors of other lands and the humble citizenry of his beloved Paris bowed low over his bier as at ten minutes past 2 o’clock it was borne down the shadowy steps lit only by the candles to the temporary tomb beside Napoleon’s. Only one unfortunate incident marred the occasion. War veterans, deprived by the press of time from a chance to pay their respects to their dead leader by passing th# catafalque, threatened disorder, shouting: “Long live the army,” and “Down with parliament.” Tribute by Poincare Premier Raymond Poincare, standing beside the catafalque on which the body of Marshal Foch rested at the Invalides esplanade, paid highest tribute to the dead warrior as a man who did not seek war, but who swore to use war, when thrust into it, as a means to permit France to maintain “independence in full security.” The simple oaken casket, draped with the tri-color of Fran-.a, was placed on a gun caisson at the Cathedral at 10:04 a. m., and the procession started its long march through the city. While a crowd estimated at close to 1,000,000 knelt in prayer before the great doors of the Cathedral low mass was held for the dead warrior of France. 10,000,000 Persons Pray Inside the cathedral the President of France; the distinguished representatives of foreign nations, including the prince of Wales; outstanding military leaders of the World war and a host of soldiers and ambassadors in full dress uniform stood massed against the black draperies during the ceremony. Simultaneously, 10,000,000 Frenchmen paid a final tribute to the Generalissimo of the world’s mightiest army. In even the smallest villages of the nation memorial masses were held and a solemn funeral mass was held at Saint Michels church at Saint Brieuc, where Foch was married in 1883. The prince of Wales, representing King George, arrived shortly before the ceremony started, wearing a red uniform and the black bearskin of a colonel of the Welsh guard. His breast was covered with medals. He appeared deeply impressed and nervous. Abbe Verdrie -said the mass starting at a few minutes after 9 a. m. Pershing in Parade As the ceremony started the great bells of the old cathedral were rung and the great crowds of men and women —many of them clutching prayer books —sank to their knees before the entrance to the cathedral. Cardinal Dubois ended the ceremony, representing Pope Pius XI, and then the dignitaries passed before the coffin. President Doumergue, his lips firmly drawn; the prince of Wales, splendid in his uniform: General John J. Pershing and the others, sprinkled holy water as -they filed past. Pershing’s eyes were _ with tears as he passed b,> ale casket. Cardinal Lucon, heroic defender of the Rheims cathedral, and Cardinal Dubois, followed by eight bishops, took their places at the head of the procesison as the casket was removed from the cathedral. Outside, where the crcfwd was packed twelve deep for blocks down the street, there was hardly a sound. Only as occasional sob or a quiet “God bless Foch” was heard as the coffin was placed on the caisson. The “Little Warrior's” great coat of horison blue, the coat which he had worn in the triumphal entry to Metz, was thrown over the casket and the profession started almost immediately. Thousands See Procession Foch’s favorite charger was led behind the caisson, black cloth covered with silver stars almost hiding the sorrel mount which had" carried the World war marshal. Two miles away, at the end of the route, a crowd of almost 50,000 persons already had gathered. They heard the cathedral ceremonies hrough wireless amplifiers. A corps of ambulances and a great police guard was stationed along the funeral route, which had been crowded since before dawn.

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DEATH PLOT LAID TO GOVERNOR IN OUSTER ATTEMPT

Louisiana House May Vote Today on Nineteen Charges. Bn United Press BATON ROUGE, La., March 26. —Affidavits charging Governor Huey P. Long sought to hire an assassin to kill a member of the state legislature and “leave i is body in a ditch by the side of the road” will be introduced late today when the Louisiana genera l assembly meets to hear charges of impeachment against the Governor. It was learned this afternoon the impeachment committee of the house, which voted the charges earlier in the day, had in its possession an affidavit- containing details of the alleged assassination plot. The document was signed by H. A. (Battling) Bozeman, former personal bodyguard for Governor Long. Near Riot in House Reports that Governor Long si@,s planning to call out the National Guard to prevent the legislature from reconvening climaxed a night o! state political convulsions embrancing the following developments: 1. A near-riot in the house of representatives caused by, the charge that Governor Long had tried to induce his former body-guard, one “Battling” Bozeman to assassinate State Representative J. Q. Sanders of Baton Rouge. 2. An attempt to introduce an affidavit to that effect and the subsequent quashing of the move by the chairman of the house. 3. The convening of the committee to draft impeachment articles. Governor Long said he would not call soldiers unless it was necessary to stop rioting. Other Charges Made The assassination plot against the Governor was made by Representative Cecil Morgan during argument over a motion to adjourn. He said Bozeman hold told him the Governor had urged him (Bozeman) to assassinate Sanders. And had offered him immunity if he would kill the legislator. The impeachment articles, in addition to the murder plot charge, charges bribery, misuse of appointive power, misuse of state funds and violent abuse of state officials and the public. OPEN BURGLAR TRIAL Slow Progress Is Made in Habitual Criminal Case. Slow progress was made in criminal court today in the trial of William Ollis, 3,0, of 1614 Naomi street, alleged burglar, charged with being an habitual criminal. Ollis is alleged to have stolen a diamond ring, valued at S6OO, and other articles, including clothing, from the home of Thomas Skinner, 1006 South Sheffield avenue, in August, 1928. George Kinney, Nickel Plate railroad detective, who arrested Ollis and a companion in an empty freight car in the Nickel Plate yards, and William Miller, city detective, who questioned Ollis at police headquarters, were the only witnesses this morning. Skinner identified Ollis as the burglar Monday.

BANDITS GET $2,000 Three Unmasked Men Rob Cutler Bank. Bu Times Special CUTLER, Ind., March 26.—Three unmasked bandits robbed the Cutler State Bank here today of $2,000 and escaped in an automobile. Miss Ruth Draper, an employe, was alone in the bank when the robbers entered at 9:30 a. m., shortly after the bank was opened for the day. ARGUE~ MURDER CASE Attorneys Heard in Ratcliff Case at Williamsport. Bu United Tress WILLIAMSPORT. Ind., March 26. Arguments were heard today in the trial of Kenneth Ratcliff, charged with the murder of Victor M. Briggs, wealthy farmer, whose body was found on the porch of his home with bullet wounds. The defendant fias testified that he never knew Briggs and denied being offered $5,000 to Kill him. The defense made a surprise move in the case when it called Ratcliff to the witness stand. two merchants'fined Pay on Charges of Violating Pure Food Law. John C. v. '-‘•“in, operator of a meat market . * -ih Senate avenue, and Be: ,o. operator of a grocery at .'forth Senate avenue, today were each fined $lO and coats for violation of the pure foods laws by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron. J. R. Dunwoody city chemjst. testified he found sulphates in samples of hamburger purchased at the two places.

Genial Gene! Bu United Press SEVILLE, Spain', March 26. —So pleased was Gene Tunney with a Spanish popular song, “Fande.nguillo,” sung at a festival here, that the former heavyweight pugilist gave the singer SI ,000, it became known today." Yunney and his wife are vacationing here.

FLY ATLANTIC; FfIILOF GOAL Spanish Aces Land Short of Rio de Janeiro at Bahia, Brazil. By United Press BAHIA, Brazil, March 26. Captains Francisco Jiminez and Ignacio Iglesias, who took off from Seville, Spain, in a single-motored land plane shortly after noon Sunday landed at the Camassary airdrome here at 10:30 a. m. (8:30 a. m. E. S. TANARUS.) today, almost 800 miles short of their goal at Rio de Janeiro. The fliers were taken immediately from the airdrome, almost fifty miles from the city, by automobile to the Grand hotel here by the Spanish consul and high government and city officials. Captain Iglesais was reported to be ill, but his condition was said not to je serious. The fliers said they will remain in Bahia for two days before resuming their trip to Rio de Janeiro. The plane and its motor were in perfect condition, mechanics who went over it at the airdrome reported. The Spanish colony, the government and the populace generally are planning sumptuous entertainments for the fliers during their stay. The aviators missed establishing anew long distance flight record by approximately 379 miles, according to figures of Captain Nelson De Guillobel oi the Aero Club of Rio de Janeiro. West-East Hop Fails Su United Press WILLARD, N. M., March 26, Okey Bevans, attempting a nonstop solo flight from Los Angeles to New York, landed on a ranch three miles southwest of here today. He indicated he was forced to land because he had misjudged the height of a cloud bank and was unable to gain sufficient altitude. His plane was not damaged. Bevans took off from here at 10:30 a. m., presumably for Amarillo, Tex. OFFICER IS SUSPENDED Faces Trial on Charges Brought . By Chief. Patrolman Turner Robinson, Negro, was suspended from the police department by the board of safety today following filing of charges by Police Chief Claude M. Worley. He will be tried April 2 on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, insubordination, and intoxication.

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CHAPTER I MILDRED adjusted her hat before the mirror in one of the gum-vending machines and tucked in a straying brown curl. A man slipped furtively through one of the turnstiles, glanced rapidly up and down the subway platform and brought his eyes to rest on the fox neckpiece around Mildred's shoulders. She was very proud of that scarf. It had been given to her by a woman guest in the hotel where she was employed just before the woman sailed for Siam with her husband. Mildred did not notice the stealthy approach of the slylooking individual who stopped and leaned against a nearby mllar. half hidden from her i^ht. Her attention was focused on i young man down by the newsstand. They bumped together on the stairs. There

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SLAY WOMAN IN DRY RAID ON RESIDENCE I j Terror-Stricken Boy, 9, Grabs Gun and Shoots Sleuth Who Kills Mother. RAIDER BADLY INJURED Husband Suffering After Clubbing by Agent; Use Gas Bombs. By United Press AURORA, 111., March 26.—State dry agents, early today stormed the home of Joseph De King after bombarding it with .gas bombs, killed Mrs. De King, and clubbed her husband. „ • floored De King and then, it is charged, clubbed De King with the butt of his gun. Terror-stricken when his mother was shot to death, Gerald, 9-year-old son of the De Kings, seized a revolver and shot one of the raiders in the leg. Armed with a search warrant, the raiders first went to the De King home Tuesday night, Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith, leader of the raiders, said he demanded entrance to the house, which he said was a speakeasy. De King refused to allow the raiders to enter so Smith retired for reinforcements. Armed With Mustard Bomb Armed with mustard gas bombs, Smith and four other deputies returned and surrounded the house. Smith again called on De King to come out, but he refused. Smith entered the house, only to be met by De King with a shotgun. Smith said De King hit him with the butt of the gun. The deputy retaliated with a blow to De King’s jaw, which floored De King. Smith said Mrs. De King then reached behind a telephone stand as if for a gun and he shot her. She died on the way to a hospital. Gerald, seeing his mother shot, got a revolver and shot Smith in the leg. The father and son were taken to the sheriff’s office for questioning. “Got One Who Killed Mamma” “I got the one who killed mamma," Gerald sobbed at the sheriff’s office. Robert A. Milroy, former assistant United States district attorney, reported later that he was called on the telephone by Mrs. De King, who was pleading frantically for help. “I heard her calling ‘help’ and then I heard a report that sounded like a shot,” Milroy said. “Then came a scream and the wire went dead.” When he arrived at the De King horns, the battle was over and the principals were gone. George D. Carbary, state’s attorney of Kane county, of which Geneva is the county seat, has been conducting a vigorous campaign against liquor law violators since his induction into office last December. New De Molay Head Named KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 26. John H. Glazier of New York will succeed the late Judge A. G. Cochran of St. Louis as grand master councilor of the Order of De Molay, it was announced at national De Molay headquarters here today. Glazier will have his office here.

had been an echo of a quick “Sorry,” a fleeting, polite gesture with a soft, gray hat and he was gone, hurrying on in a vain attempt to make the train. Mildred hurried also, but they were both too late. She was annoyed. Just those few seconds lost in the collision would cost her several minutes. Well, Mr. Grant Hurry, whose fault it was. had missed the train, too, she saw with satisfaction. Served him right to go tackling traffic as though he were on a footbail field. It further annoyed her to note that he didn’t seem to mind. Apparently he was absorbed in the paper he held in his hands. ‘'l’ll bet ne hadn’t a dam thing to hurry for," Mildred thought resentfully, casting another crossdance at him. Nice profile. Sort of a Wall Street young broker look ’out his clothes, too. Surely there wasn’t any need for mm to worry about getting home before dinnei was spoiled. And this was chop night at her house, Mildred reflected ruefully. Well, maybe her mother hadn’t cooked all of them. ’ "Anything but warmed-up chops!"

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JUDGE IGNORES JONES PENALTY Refuses to Send Bootlegger Up for Five Years. Bn United Press SANTA ANA, Cal, March 26. Until an opposite ruling is made by the state supreme court, the drastic Jones law and its heavy liquor violation penalties will be ignored by Superior Judge James L. Allen of Orange county on the theory that the law can not be applied in California, he said today. Judge Allen Monday declined to impose the Jones law penalty in the case of a convicted Sunset Beach bootlegger. Deputy District Attorney Collins had asked that the man, W. P. Snyder, be given the Jones penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a $lO,000 fine, bill Judge Allen sentenced Snyder to the county jail for six months. The jurist held that the Wright act, California’s liquor prohibition enforcement law, was overstepping its constitutional rights when it provided that California would accept federal amendments to the accepted Volstead act. “The Wright act accepted the original penalties provided for in the Volstead act, which was legal in this state,” Judge Allen ruled. “However, that could not provide for acceptance of future amendments or changes. “The constitution of California provides lawmaking power be vested in the state and that it can not be delegated to other states or outside agencies.” Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 42 10 a. m 47 7a. m.... 42 11 a. m.... 48 Ba. m.... 42 12 (noon).. 50 9a. m 44 Ip. m.... 52

SHE looked at her wrist watch. Nearly an hour late. Well, at least, she had escaped the terrible crush of the subway rush hour. She went over and took a seat op a bench, snuggling her chin down in the luxurious platinum fox. It always gave her a pleasant sensation to do that. Her mother had looked grave when first she saw the gift. “I don’t want my girls getting used to finery they can’t afford,” she said. Mildred had sighed over that. Her life was spent in getting used to things she couldn’t afford. All day she saw fashionably and expensively gowned women coming and going in the Judson hotel. It was rather a hard contact for a very pretty girl whose salary was needed at home. A train pulled in and she stepped quickly aboard, taking a seat by an open window with her back to it. She noticed that the nice looking young man wa- not in her car. Neither was he in any other. Back on the platform he lifted bis eyes from the sports page and swore feelingly. “Stood right here like a dumo ox and let It O o pas’ me,” he lamented in disgust. As the departing trail* pulled farther away the words he chose to express his emotions grew stronger. ' Then, far up on the platform, a man thrust an arm through the open window at Mildred’s back, gave . a swift jerk and withdrew it before anyone could stop him. With it came Mildred's scarf. She felt the sharp tug at her throat when the clasp

Woman Admits Using Chloroform to End Husband’s Life. B.n United Press HARTFORD, Conn., March 26. What apparently had been an accidental death turned out today to be one of the strangest murders in New England history with an attractive young wife admtiting that she stood over her husband and dropped chloroform on a handkerchief over his face until he died, Mrs. Olive Storey Adams confessed late Monday that she had “finished” her husband because he was “unfaithful and cruel and even brought other women home to dinner.” The dead man is Harry E. Adams, 32, meteorologist in charge of the United States weather bureau here, whose uncanny forecasting of the Vermont floods brought official commendation from the government. As emotionless as the Buddha image that stood in her home, Mrs. Olive Adams, 31, was arraigned today for murder. She wffived examination and was bound over to the April term of criminal superior court without bail. Charges Mate Unfaithful A tragedy that goes into the intricacies of oriental religion for its root was revealed by the confession Mrs. Adams was said to have made to police. They said she confessed she killed her 32-vear-old husband because he was unfaithful. Adams’ death was at first pronounced accidental. Adams was found dead in bed Sunday when the family physician called in response to a telephone message from Mrs. Adams. Medical Examiner Henry Costello questioned the woman. She told how Adams had been suffering from insomnia, how he had hit upon the plan of putting a few drops of chloroform on a handkerchief to aid him in going to sleep. Dr. Costello gathered all the facts and pronounced death “due to accident.” “My husband must have taken too much chloroform, ’’Mrs. Adams told Costello. Police Doubt Story Police were suspicious. They showed Mrs. Adams a statement from experts that it was virtually impossible for a person to administer a lethal dose of chloroform to himself. They asked her about reports that her husband had been going with other women. At last Mrs. Adams said: “All right, I finished him.” “He was unfaithful and cruel to me,” Mrs. Adams said. “Once he even brought a woman here and made me cook a dinner for both of them. I stood it as long as I could.” Mrs. Adams’ confession revealed that her husband had devoted much of his time recently to the study of occult sciences and oriental religions. He recently became a convert to Buddhism and on the mantle of the Adams home a stone image of Buddha squats between two high candles. WHITEMAN ON WFBM Famed Orchestra Director to Play on Columbia Hookup. Beginning at 8 tonight, WFBM will be on the Columbia hookup for the Paul Whiteman’s Old Gold hour regularly, Blythe Q. Hendricks, director of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company radio station, announced today.

was dr avn against it before she knew that anything was happening. Fortunately the clasp parted. Her hand flew up instinctively and she cltched frantically at the brush of the fur as its tip disappeared from her sight. Simultaneously she screamed but for a few seconds she vas too bewildered to move. Then she jumped to her feet and ran through the cars to find a guard. He could do nothing for her. It was not anew story *lO him. He advised Mildred to leave the train at the next station and return. Her helplessness brought a sense of complete loss to Mildred. The only good fur she’d ever owned! The thief would be many blocks away before she could get back unless he were caught. There was a chance that someone had seen him snatch the fur, she told herself encouragingly as she hurried over to take a downtown train. She found a crowd gathered at ihe scene of the theft and when she had pushed her way into the presence of the officer at the center of it she was too breathless to speak for a moment. 000 HE HAD expected the owner to return; had, in fact, delayed in starting for the police station with the man whose arm he held in an iron grip. But he couldn’t wait any longer. The crowd would not disperse so long as there was something to be seen and the officer knew there was (Turn to Page Eleven

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SPECULATORS LOSE MILLIONS AS STOCKS DIVE IN WORST MARKET BREAK IN YEARS

Beer, Law —Grl By United Press LINCOLN, Neb., March 26. A group of University of Nebraska students formed a club of beer drinkers to break the habit of drinking whisky and alcohol, J. E. Taminosian, former Omaha dry cleaner and erstwhile evangelistic worker, told a district court jury here. Tamfhosian merely acted as the custodian of the beer for the group of students, he said, in denying that he was guilty qf a charge of manufacturing beer.

GRAF ZEPPELIN AT JERUSALEM Battles Way Through Heavy Winds to Fly Over Holy City. Bn United Press JERUSALEM, March 26.— I The dirigible Graf Zeppelin, which sailed across the Atlantic ocean to Lakehurst, N. J., last fall, and back again to Friedrichshafen, Germany, today dipped its great silver gray nose out of the wind-torn sky, and glided low over the Holy City. After battling strong head winds all day, Dr. Hugo Eckener, master of the big air liner, brought his craft with its twenty-seven guest passengers over Jerusalem at 7:15 p. m. Eckener had planned to arrive here shortly before noon. Hundreds of thousand of people filled the streets of the city and shouted greetings. Passengers could be seen at the windows of the dirigible’s cabin waving to the people below. It .was the first time since the war that a dirigible has been seen over the Holy City. U. S. SM MEXICO Warcraft at Mazatlan to Protect Americans. Bu United Press MAZATLAN, Sinalo, Mexico, March 26. —The United States destroyer Robert Smith arrived in the harbor here today. The craft was dispatched from Sandiego Saturday at the request of Anferican Consul William Blocker who feared that American lives and property were endangered by the federal-rebel battle. STREET LEVY URGED Need for 5-Cent Widening Levy Is Explained. Need for a 5-cent tax levy for street widening and straightening was pointed out by City Councilman Albert F. Meurer Monday before the Scientech Club at the Chamber of Commerce. “I don’t think the price of real estate will be much cheaper in the near future in Indianapolis. It seems to me that now is the time to buy the property needed for widening streets before the price is increased,” Meurer declared. Meurer said he believed the street car company should reroute the downtown cars so as to eliminate some of the congestion on Washington street. CREW HELD IN WRECK Trainmen Face Charges in Crash Which Took Fourteen Lives. By United Press PARRY SOUND, Ont.. March’ 26.—Three trainmen were charged with manslaughter today for trial May 14 In connection with the crash of a west-bound and eastbound train at Brocourt last Wednesday which took fourteen lives. A coroner’s jury placed blame j for the wreck on Engineer L. W. j Alexander and Fireman E. V. Riley j and Brakeman E. C. Correy, the j only surviving crew members of the j west-bound train. MULE GETS ESTATE ■ ■ 1 Inherits Twenty-Seven Acres and j $2,000 From Homesteader. By United Press CHICKASHAW, Okla., March 26. j —Years of service for an eccentric master have resulted in a mule becoming owner of a twenty-seven-acre tract of land and a $2,000 bank account. After the death of W. H. Draper, Harvard graduate who homesteaded the tract, the estate went to Jack, the mule. Jack’s expenses for corn and hay are kept track of by an administrator.

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Call Money Rate Soars to 20 Per Cent; Highest in Nine Years. SMALL TRADERS SUFFER Excited Dealers Throng Offices of Brokers; Seek to Save Ruin. NEW YORK, March 26Call money swept upward to 20 per cent today, the stiffest rate in nine years, and brought with it on the market one of the worst breaks in the Stock Exchanges history. Losses Monday and today, through the tremendous drops in a long ballooning market, were estimated to run into several billion dollars. The high money rate had its echoes throughout the land. Small and large traders were hit by the continued slump; all security markets were affected and nearly ail commodity markets were under pressure. Curb Market Crashes The stock market break brought a sympathetic crash in the curb market; lower prices in bonds, especially convertibles; demoralized the Chicvago grain market and forced a decline of more than $1 a bale in cotton on the New York Cotton Exchange. Small traders, the men and women throughout the land, who had envisaged "easy money" through the market, saw their profits crumble into losses, and in thousands of instances their capital wiped out as their margins became too small. Grain traders sold wheat recklessly because of the high cost of carrying it on borrowed money. The 20 per cent figure was the highest since February, 1920, when the rate touched 25 per cent. Exchange Facilities Taxed Prices crashed following the posting of 17 per cent money where they had been rallying slightly after the break induced when the figure went to 15 per cent from the renewal rate of 12 per cent. Brokerage houses were swarmed with excited customers as the word was passed about of a bad break in the stock market. Great confusion also existed on the floor of the Stock Exchange and brokers rushed to fill orders. The facilities of the Stock Exchange were severely taxed and tickers ran nearly an hour behind the market. Standing room was a premium at most of the downtown brokersage offices, while uptown branches met difficulties in taking care of angry and excited traders. Banks Withdraw Funds Orders to sell were also pouring into the market from all sections of the country and the steady upward movement of prices during the past several months was quickly Wiped out in today’s tremendous realizing. The facts that banks continued to withdraw huge sums from the call loan market was largely responsible for the call money rate rise, and offerings of new funds were exceedingly scarce at the official rat* of 17 per cent. Interior banks were withdrawing funds in large volume to meet difficulties at their respective centers. The demoralizing break in the grain future market at Chicago also created great apprehension. Reluctant on Loans Banks were exceedingly reluctant to make new loans. Coming at a time when large amounts of funds are needed for the April 1 interest and dividend disbursements, a great, shortage of funds developed. As the market entered the final hour, the tape was sixty-four minutes late. There was no way to get prices from the floor except the few sent every ten minutes on the bond ticker. These indicated that the market was rallying despite 20 per cent call money, the highest since Feb. 5, 1920. The tremendous break earlier in the session had improved the technical position to such an extent that little was required to bring a rise. Sales Near Record However, the prospect of firm money until quarterly interest and individual payments were cleaned up at the month-end prevented buying in amounts sufficient to bring a concerted recovery. Sales bid fair to exceed all previous records in history, totalling 5,639.400 shares to 1:30 p. m., larger than the majority of full days for the last several weeks. Wheat Prices Tumble CHICAGO. March 26.—Wheattumbled nearly 5 cents a bushel fromthe early top today on gen* eral liquidation started by the break in stocks and high coal money.