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U. $. CAN CUT NAVY, STIMSON TELLS POWERS Parity With Britain Keynote of His Address at London Parley. NO HOSTILE QUESTIONS American Secretary of State Defines Needs as ‘Relative.’ BY WEBB MILLER l nit.il Pres* Staff Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 23.—The five powers at the London naval conference today were invited in effect by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson to attempt not merely limitation, but a general reduction of navies. He expressed the willingness of the United States to reduce its navy, if the others do likewise. The United States plenipotentiary made his declaration at the first business session of the conference in St. James palace, at which the chief delegate of each nation presented his country’s naval views in general terms. Stimson’s declaration, while brief, probably was the most specific utterance of the day. He made no statement of American naval requirements, stressing merely that equality with Great Britain was an understood principle. He then said national defense requirements of the various nations are relative and added the significant statement, “and therefore, if this conference can find a way by which general reduction can be secured, our own navy likewise can be reduced." The session was private, and a digest of the events was given to the press after the meeting. '•lnteresting,” Premier’s Comment “It was most interesting, most informing and most friendly,” Prime Minister MacDonald told the press In reporting on the session. “The business was a report of the naval needs of each country, not in terms *of naval strength, but in terms of lgeographieal_position and political (responsibility | “There were no hostile questions fit one delegation to another.” I After electing Sir Maurice Hankey as secretary-general and going through the formality of naming ail of the delegates to the permanent committee of a whole, the conference was adjourned until next week. Separate conversations were resumed in the afternoon and the negotiations which have been under way privately all week will be continued. The general attitude of the five powers as presented to the conference today may be broadly outlined as follows: United States The United States naval strength could be reduced if the conference finds a basis for agreement. National requirements largely are relative, Stimson maintained. He iwid the keynote of the United States requirements is parity with Great Britain. Great Britain Prime Minister MacDonald emphasized the necessity of Great Britain’s free access to the sea to satisfy the will to live. He said that was the foundation of the British naval problem and indicated the risk to Britain in being a small Island twenty miles from Europe, and dependent on sea-borne traffic. British Empire The empire representatives addressed the conference briefly and In general terms regarding the importance of the success of the conference. France Premier Andre Tardieu elaborated tun the French memorandum of Dec. 20. stressing France’s claims to a large fleet because of her colonial empire. In the memorandum. France declared there could be no difficulty in justifying her national requirements, he explained. France, he continued, will make known her tonnage requirements corresponding to her national needs and taking into account her geographical position on three seas and the extent of her colonial empire area. Italy Foreign Minister Dino Grandi urged the necessity for security of each country from a relative and reciprocal standpoint. He also stressed the relation of naval requirements to other armaments. He said Italy recognizes the connection between armament requirements and security and accepts the principle of the League of Nations that armaments should be reduced to a point compatible with defense needs. Visit Cenotaph Bv United Press LONDON. Jan. 23.—The American delegates to the five-power naval conference paid tribute to Britain’s war dead at the Cenotaph in Whitehall today. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, head of the delegation, proceeded to Whitehall, accompanied by all other American delegates and advisers, besides representatives of the British government. Grocery Is Robbed Burglars stole $lB worth of groceries from a Standard grocery at 704 Roosevelt avenue on Wednesday

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CONCENTRATE FLOOD RELIEF WORK WITH VINCENNES AS BASE

Subzero weather doesn’t daunt airmen when there’s flood relief to be carried on—even though the expedition has to be made in an open plane. Lieutenant Paul Zartman (left) piloted the national guard plane dispatched to the flood-stricken Vincennes area this morning by Adju-tant-General Manford G. Henley. Zartman’s companion (right) was Carlos Lane, staff correspondent for The Times.

Flood Area Is Vast Sea of Ice When Viewed From Plane Cockpit. BY CARLOS LANE Timrs Staff Correspondent VINCENNES, Ind.. Jan. 23.—From the air alone can the full extent of the disaster of flood and cold to southwestern Indiana be realized. From the air alone can relief reach many of these families. The air alone affords the only means by which relief workers can find the isolated farm houses where disease or death may be stalking and where medical aid, food or clothing is essential. Vast plains of ice, a virtual trap for human kind, barren of life, appear from far above as smooth and unbroken as a sheet of white paper. Swoop Near Surface When Lieutenant Paul Zartman of the Indiana national guard, volplaned down to near the surface, however, the impossibility of rescue or relief work with sleds was apparent. Jagged, up-ended, with crevices between, the cakes of ice form an almost impassable barrier. The danger to southern Indiana and southwestern Illinois is not over. We passed above the Wabash river near Palestine, HI., and there a wilderness of ice backs up the flood waters, forming a wall six feet high. Release of this ice gorge would send a grinding pack of ice downstream a height of water to menace many of the communities now the refuge of lowland families, marooned by the flood and ice. Refugees Wave Here and there an isolated farmhouse was a mere roof in the sea of ice. At times, as we swooped low, hopeful refugees waved from windows or from the small plots of ground about the marooned homes. Arriving in Vincennes, Lieutenant Zartman made a preliminary tour to locate the isolated communities, taking a guide from Princeton for the work. During the afternoon the Indianapolis plane was to come into active use as a relief ship, and several trips with supplies and medicine were to be made to the flooded sections. WORK ON GOAL BILL Big Problem Up for Action in Great Britain. Bv United Press LONDON, Jan. 23.—With disarmament the big international problem now engaging Great Britain's attention, the coal question, about to come before parliament, holds an almost equally important place in her domestic politics. Passage of anew coal mines bill, seeking to establish control of production and prices, is expected to result from the discussion, but only after extensive debate. Under the bill, supply and sale of coal is to be regulated by a central co-ordinating scheme for the whole of Great Britain, with district schemes for the colliery sections. These schemes will have statutory effect, and will be so framed as to insure within reasonable limits that the quantity and price of coal offered by any colliery shall be in accord with the current demand. Archbishop Is Named Bp United Press _ VATICAN CITY. Jan. 23.—Bishop F. J. Beckman of Lincoln, Neb., today was named archbishop of Dubuque, la.

LINER GROUNDS; ALL ARE SAVED 1,200 Passengers Removed From Big Steamer. By United Press BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23. An intercepted radio message from Ushuaia today said all 1,200 passengers had been removed safely from the steamship Monte Cervantes, which went aground near the southern tip of South America. The message, which was not confirmed officially, said the passengers were taken ashore and the vessel was deserted. Anxious parents and relatives of some of the 1,200 passengers besieged the local offices of the Ham-burg-South America line today for information from the ship. The passengers were vacationists, who set sail Jan. 11 for a two weeks’ tour of “Argentina’s wonderland” of Tierra Del Fuego. The steamship went ashore on a barren, cheerless coast near the Argentina “frozen penal colony” of Ushuaia. RIOT TOWN GUARDED 40 Beaten as Whites and Filipinos Battle. Bv United Press WATSONVILLE, Cal., Jan. 23. An additional force of deputy sheriffs was rushed here today from Salinas, county seat of Monterey county, to guard against renewal of race riots between whites and Filipinos. The rioting started on Wednesday night with forty persons beaten. Although sheriff’s officers from two counties and state traffic patrolmen already were concentrated here, the force was feared inadequate to cope with the threat of renewal violence. 111-feeling was brought on because of the presence of a dozen white girls as entertainers at a club house frequented by Filipinos. proposes”fox board Trustees Suggested to Manage Affairs of Film Company. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—A board of trustees consisting of Charles Evans Hughes, John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for President In 1920, and a representative of a large financial house, to manage the affairs of the Fox Film Company was proposed by Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for William Fox, today. Untermeyer outlined his proposal at a meeting of the various groups concerned in the two equity receivership proceedings filed against the company within the past week. The meeting was held in the chambers of Federal Judge Frank Coleman.

RELIEF FROM ZERO COLD PREDICTED FOR TONIGHT

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Ice Jam Continues Menace to Hundreds of Homes; Planes Drop Medicine, Food to Sufferers. Bn Times Special VINCENNES, Jan. 23.—1n a desperate battle against time, working under the menace of an ice jam which, if loosened, might sweep away hundreds of homes and cause untold loss of life, southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois flood relief workers today concentrated their efforts here. The entire relief operation for the flood-swept, ice-bound districts will be centered In Vincennes. The Bed Cross has established an emergency landing field here, in anticipation of the fact that the bulk of relief work must be from the air. A fourth relief station was established this aftemono a few miles west of Vincennes and a truckload of food, clothing and medicine was distributed to flood sufferers by auto and sleds. Reports received from Decker said sickness in that area was increasing and plans were being made to rush additional medicinal supplies this afternoon. Planes From Illinois With two planes from Indianapolis operating out of here today in relief efforts, additional planes afe expected within a few hours from Illinois where Governor Louis L. Emerson has acted to take part in the relief. Governor Emerson today notified H. B. Williamson, national Red Cross representative, that he had issued an appeal for funds for the | Red Cross relief work and that the i Illinois work also would be centered at Vincennes. At the same time, new attention was called to the ice jam in the Wabash river at Palestine, 111., where the gorge is growing hourly and a wall of water more than six feet high is held behind the Icy barrier. A smaller gorge twelve miles up river added to the peril, government engineers fearing a break in this lam would cause the larger blockade to turn loose. Break of the Jam would threaten portions of Vincennes and many small towns downstream. Taken From Homes Fifteen families were taken from their homes near Palestine in boats Wednesday afternoon and this morning. Physicians waded through two feet of water to reach the tuberculosis sanatorium on the outskirts. Consolidation of all relief work by Indiana and Illinois at Vincennes was looked upon as the most efficient method of insuring the earliest possible access to the isolated families and communities. During the afternoon an effort was planned to reach Griffin, where many marooned families are without food and fuel. Seventy-five families are marooned at Griffin and no news has been received from thirty-five families. Suffering Is Intense With below zero weather prevailing, suffering was increasingly hourly. Many of the isolated families have had no fuel for several days and. are huddled together for warmth in one room of the houses where they are cut oft from the outside world by the flood waters, covered by a sheet of ice. Developments of the last twentyfour hours have added to the tensity of the situation. They are: Pneumonia, influenza and smallpox are sweeping the flooded districts with physicians unable to reach the sufferers. A government plane, manned by Lieutenants Lawrence Genaro and Walter Peck, dropping food and blankets to isolated communities, was forced down at Orrville when a blanket, unwrapped from its bundle, became entangled in the plane tail Wednesday alternoon. The plane was able to take off from its forced landing place. H. B. Williamson, national Red Cross representative, in a statement declared 2,265 families in the flood district of Indiana and Illinois were suffering. DORAN IS *ON~~CARPET’ House Group Demands Information on Alcoholic Permits. Ba United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The house expenditures committee called upon Prohibition Commissioner Doran today to provide information concerning industrial alcohol permits issued in the Chicago district during the past two years. Doran had declined to give the information Wednesday when questioned by Representative Schaeffer (Rep., Wis.), a wet.

lowing that hour, Indianapolis continued to suffer in the grip of a cold wave. Relief was promised for tonight and Friday by the United States weather bureau, rising temperatures being forecast with the lowest temperature 5 to 10 degrees above zero. The lowest temperature early Wednesday was 4 below ztro*

BYRD SOUNDS PLEA FOR AID IN ANTARCTIC Rear Admiral, Men Trapped Behind Pack Ice in Little Amerca. LIVES AT STAKE, REPORT Assistance of Norwegian Whalers Is Asked by State Department. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Emergency assistance for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s Antarctic expedition has been requested of the state department by Byrd’s backers. Byrd has reported that the lives of several members of his party are at stake. The state department earlier today had asked, through the Norwegian government, that Norwegian whalers aid Byrd by breaking through the pack ice, behind which he and his men apparently are prisoners. Acting Secretary of State Cotton cabled the plea to the American legation at Oslo, Norway. Quick Action Necessary “It has been represented to the department,” Cotton said, “that unless Admiral Byrd receives assistance within thirty days no vessel of arts character could be of use and that to insure a safe passage, the expedition should be brought out within fifteen days. “The expedition is not equipped to spend another winter on the barrier | as the food supply virtually is exhausted and Admiral Byrd has reported that several members of the expedition could not survive such an experience.” Cotton also cabled Ambassador Dawes in London asking that a British whaler, believed to be fishing some distance north of the ice pack, stand by in case of need. Aid Is Refused One Norwegian whaler, the Nil-sen-Alonza, commanded by Captain Vermeli, is steaming northward through the pack, the department is informed, but Vermeli has refused to assist Byrd without orders direct from his owners. Five Norwegian and one British whaler are north of the ice pack and the five Scandinavian vessels are believed to be in the vicinity of the Byrd expedition. Byrd’s backers informed the state department that abnormal conditions in the Antarctic apparently will prevent the expedition vessels City of New York and Eleanor Bolling from breaking through the Ice pack to Little America, where the exploring party awaits relief. Compensation Promised Adequate compensation for the whaling vessel, co-operating in the relief of Byrd and his men, has been promised by the executive committee of the Byrd aviation associates, which provided financial backing for the expedition. Vessels believed to be in the vicinity of the Byrd party are, in addition to the Nilsen-Alonzo, the Kosmos, C. A. Larsen, and the Sir James Clarke Ross and possibly one other of Norwegian registry and the British whaler, Southern Princess. The latest date upon which a relief vessel should get away for the Antarctic headquarters is believed to be Feb. 5. MINE CHIEFS ROUTED John L. Lewis Is Loser by Illinois Verdict. By United Press SPRINGFIELD, HI., Jan. 23. Illinois district union executives of the United Mine Workers of America scored a smashing victory over John L. Lewis, president of the national organization today, when a circuit court decision made permanent a temporary injunction restraining Lewis from revoking the state charter and setting up a provisional district government. The decision, made on a motion by Lewis asking dissolution of the temporary order, completely disposed of the case. By reason of permanent injunction, Lewis is restrained from any interference with Harry L. Fishwick, president; Walter D. Nesbit, secretary and treasurer, and other executives of the district union. BODIES REMAIN IN SEA Abandon Search for Five of Ten Lost in Plane Collision. By United Press SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jan. 23. A sea whose sullen swells have blocked rescue efforts for days will continue to hold the bodies of five of the ten men, who perished when two movie planes crashed in mid-air and plunged into the Pacific. Search for the bodies was abandoned Wednesday after part of the wreckage of one plane was raised, disclosing no trace of the pilot and four Fox Film employes, whom it canted into the ocean.

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Refuses to Allow Pain to Stop Son s Wedding

Bv United Press HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23.—That ancient tenet of mother love—let son’s happiness come first—led to a wedding at the bedside of Dr. Violetta G. Shelton, plastic surgeon of Cincinnati, here Wednesday. Dr. Shelton was Injured seriously in an automobile accident while she was driving to Hollywood recently with her son’s

HOOVER MEETS TRADE CHIEFS Conference Is Called on Business Situation. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The nation’s leaders in business and finance, including the heads of a dozen national corporations, met with President Hoover today to discuss the business situation resulting from the recent stock market crash. They called at the White House after a meeting at the United States Chamber of Commerce and remained in conference with the President for more than an hour. None of the group would comment on the talk, saying any statement must come from Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover’s visitors included members of the executive committee appointed by the national business survey conference, called here last fall after the stock market crash. They have been working steady for several months in an effort to maintain the normal flow of business and overcome any deleterious effects which might have resulted from a decline in stock values.

OUTLINE EVIDENCE IN BANDITRY TRIAL OF ALGER’S WIFE

BY DICK MILLER Times Staff Correspondent WABASH, ind., Jan. 23.—De. sense and state attorneys today outlined evidence they will present in the court fight Mrs. Josephine Alger, wife of Gene Alger, convict, is making to save herself from a prison sentence on a charge of aiding her husband in the robbery of the Lafontaine State bank, Oct. 16. Opening statements were made by D. F. Broks, special deputy prosecutor, for the state and Claude McBride of Jeffersonville, defense attorney, immediately after a jury, made up of ten farmers and two business men, was sworn in by Judge Frank O. Switzer shortly before noon. Says Alger Seen Brooks, in a positive tone, told jurors the state will produce evidence showing Alger was seen with the defendant in the town several hours before the robbery. He deMENINGITIS TOLL 58 One Death, Two New Cases Are Reported Here. Deaths here from cerebro-spinal meningitis today mounted to fiftyeight within the last six weeks with the death of Lawrence Bell, 17, of 321 North Elder avenue, at city hospital. New cases reported were Mary McDaniel, 6, of 146 Bright street, and Lois Scotten, 18 months Id, 238 Whitcomb place, making a total of eighty-six cases in the city and vicinity. Dr. E. T. Thompson, administrator of Long hospital, announced the hospital probably will begin admitting patients Monday if no carriers of the germ are found. Five hundred cultures have been taken and no positive carriers found. A nurse died Tuesday. POISON IS TAKEN BY WOMAN, POLICE TOLD Taken Back to Hospital After Examination Is Futile. Mrs. Alice Mitchell, 21 West Tenth street, today was in city hospital, after friends informed police she took poison Wednesday night. Mrs. Mitchell was taken to the hospital early Wednesday night, but physicians released her after they said they found no traces of poison. However, she was returned to the hospital after friends again called. Police said Mrs. Mitchell was to have been tried In Judge Dan V. White’s court today on a charge which was file after her car recently struck a traffic signal at Tenth street and Capitol avenue. Fugitive Sentenced GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 23. George Howard, penal farm fugitive from Kentucky, was sentenced to from one to five years in the Indiana state penitentiary by Judge James P. Hughes in Putnam circuit court. On the completion of his term, he will be turner to South Carolina authorities for prosecution on a forgery charge.

fiancee. Miss Ethel Raney, 18, of Norwood, O. Physicians said Dr. Shelton faces three months of convalescence in a local hospital. Rather than postpone the happiness of her son Gilman, 19, Dr. Shelton insisted that the wedding be held as scheduled. While the mother lay with her head and neck in a cast the young couple stood by her bed and spoke their marriage vows.

ROBBED. BOUND, LEFT TO FREEZE Holdup Men Wire Hands and Feet of Taxi Driver. Binding the hands and feet of George Allen, 35, of 914 East Twenty-fifth street, two holdup men tossed him from his taxicab into the snow on the Allisonville road at midnight Wednesday and left him in the below-zero weather. Bound with insulated wire, Allen worked in the intense cold to get his hands free, and then, untying his feet, hobbled in agony from the cold to the home of W. E. Miller, 5204 Allisonville road. The two men engaged his cab at 1001 North Delaware street and robbed him of sl6 at Keystone avenue and Forty-sixth street. Binding his hands, the tw’o men forced him into the rear of the cab, where one stood guard over him, while the second man drove the car. On the Allisonville road, onefourth of a mile north of Fiftysecond street, the two stopped the cab and bound his feet, throwing him into the snow. The cab was found by police an hour later at Eleventh and Alabama streets.

dared Alger’s movements would be traced until the time he left his car in front of the bank, with the defendant at the wheel, and entered the bank. Brooks also asserted Mrs. Alger not only would be identified as the auto driver, but that evidence would show she aided the bandit in boarding the car when he slipped on the running board as the auto gained speed after the robbery. Mcßride related his acquaintance with the family and declared he would prove, without doubt, that the woman who drove the bandit car was not Josephine Alger. The state witnesses testified this afternoon. Jurors are: Charles Hawer, town trustee of North Manchester; Clyde Ogan, storekeeper; Don Hecathorne, Charles Heilman, Preston Peebles, Frank Maurer, Fred Piles, Jacob Diehl, Elva Unger, Charles Ebblinghouse, Mont Ridenour and Sam Pillett, fanners. Clings to Mother Emotion was stirred for a short time when court opened today and Mrs. Alger clung to her mother, Mis. Runnels Miller, when the latter arrived with other members of her family. Mrs. Miller and her defendant daughter sobbed. Mrs. Alger’s sisters, Edna and Hazel, pressed her hands and pleaded with her to “brace up.” Josephine smiled through her tears. She was garbed in a dark green, one-piece dress and was wearing a black coat and a plain black, felt hat. Mrs. Alger’s appearance was far different from that she presented after her marriage to Alger. Appears Worn She seems worn by the strain of jail life. She wears no rouge or lipstick and two locks of auburn hair escaping from her hat offset her pale face. Frank Plummer, defense attorney, and Garl Alger left this city late Wednesday and were reported to be seeking an eyewitness to the bank robbery. Gene pleaded guilty to the Paris Crossing State bank robbery in August, and last month was sentenced to twenty-five years and now is in the state prison. He was transferred to the Michigan City institution two weeks ago, but word of the move did not leak out until Wednesday. Prison Warden Walter Daly said the transfer was made because Gene was a bad influence on other young prisoners at the reformatory.

Fatal Meal Bv United Press CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Jan. 23.—Overeating at a meal donated by a restaurant proprietor here is believed to have hastened the death of an unidentified man, who died of heart disease in the city hall soon after the meal. A tattoo on the man’s arm was the only clew to identification. It read: “E. D. Jones, bom Oct. 30, 1855.” The man had been making wire and bead trinkets here and at Newcastle for several weeks. He was thought to be headed for eKntucky. He told residents here that he was born in Maryland.

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TWO FRANKLIN MEN DROWNED AS DOAT TIPS Three Others Escape When Small Craft Capsizes In Sugar Creek. FORCED OVER 4-FT. DAM Body of Druggist Recovered Near Scene of Fatal Accident. PV Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 23.—Two Franklin business men were drowned and three others had a harrowing escape when the boat In which they were attempting to cross Sugar creek, six miles south of here, plunged over a dam and capsized late Wednesday night. The dead: CLARK PRATHER, 42, druggist, married, one child. AMADOR WYRICK, 50, dry goods merchant, manned, one child. The three men who escaped and are suffering from exposure are: Floyd Owens, Franklin township trustee. Ray Sellers, editor of the Franklin Star. Arthur McDaniels, budget clerk at the statehouae, who lives in Franklin. Found at Noon Prather’s body was found at nooill today 200 yards below the dam. Indianapolis police today responded to a request for use of their grappling hooks and drag. The five men attended a dinner Wednesday night at the Pekus Club, a summer resort cottage on Sugar creek. They were on their way home in a rowboat- when the fatal accident occurred. Wyrick was at the oars. The swift current and ice in the stream forced the small boat over a four-foot dam capsizing it. Called for Help “We each struggled to help ourselves in the darkness. We never saw Prather or Wyrick after the boat was swamped,” Owens and Sellers related at their homes today. “The boat floated away and we waded to the bank,” they explained, "and then called for help. Sheriff S. E. Vandivier and deputies searched throughout last night and early today for the bodies. The capsized boat was found a short distance from the dam. The fatal accident occurred near the summer home of L. Ert Slack, former mayor of Indianapolis. All the men who were occupants of the boat were well-known in this city and county. MURDER JURY OBTAINED State Attacks Insanity Plea of Defense in Wood Case. By Science Service. MUNCIE. Ind., Jan. 23 —Spurred on by Judge L. A. Guthrie, state and defense attorneys were quick to accept a Jury today to try James E. S. Wood, Kentucky mountaineer, charged with the murdeT of George and Elizabeth Heath, aged farm couple. The jury was selected within a half hour after court convened today, and after three days had been spent in questioning veniremen. Prosecutor Joe H. Davis, in the opening argument for the state, attacked the insanity plea of the defense. CIRCUS LEADER DIES Jerry Mugivan Succumbs After Operation. PV Times Special PERU, Ind., Jan. 23.—Jerry Muglvan, 60, one of the outstanding leaders in the circus business of the world, died in Harper hospital, Detroit, today after an operation, according to word received in Peru. Mugivan was president of the American Circus Corporation here, at one time controlling more than a dozen circus properties, which last summer disposed of a large portion of Its interests to the Ringling Brothers. CLOTHING - PLEA ISSUED Overcoats, Underwear and Shoes Are Sought for Needy. Cast-off, but serviceable clothing, especially overcoats, shoes and warm underwear, Is wanted by the Volunteers of America, 320 North Illinois street, for needy of the city. Earle T. Hites, in charge of the mission, declared hundreds of men and boys honestly seeking employment, are clothed Inadequately. The organization will collect article* donated, FIRE~dTmAGES school Defective Heating Pipe Cause of Blaze; Loss Is SSO. Fire today caused damage estimated at SSO at school No. 49, Morris and Kappes streets. The blaze is said to have started in a defective heating pipe when G. T. Radges, 1734 Lambert stnA, janitor, was building a fire before w Damage was confined to th* scliool basement. Fire of undetermined origin today destroyed a garage owned by P. R. Pfisterer, at 237 North Richland street.

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