Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1930 — Page 9

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Big Boom Whole Hill Went Skyward When British Touched Off Mines.

THIRST award, of prizes in Thr> Times World, War Story contest, today brings a j $lO bill, to Thomas C. Shepherd, Route C, Nashville, Ind., with the second going to Henry A. Walsh, 118 Virginia , arenas. Shepherd’s “bedbug stori/’ appeared on March 24 i in The Times and Walsh's I " Good. Friday” yarn on\ March 19. They're still eoming In fast, in the second week of competition. Keep ’em short and we’ll publish all that j we can And space for. There's another pair of prizes this week, so | get busy and rush in your World j war tala. * • * Starting them off today is j J. F. Murphy . 41 South Tux-\ edn street: At the time Hill 60 was blown up by the British, the vibration was felt In England. At that time I was attached to the Seventy-third brigade, machine gun corps, and was chosen to go over the top at what was known as the ted line. During that battle there were three different lines to take, the red being Shrewsbury woods. As each line reached Its objective the other parsed over, until the final objective was made. Only machine gunners can appreciate the work at a time like that, with mud, carrying tripods, machine guns, ammunition, etc., besides trying to dodge the bullets and shells. Two nights before the blowing up of Hill 60 my company got in position for barrage firing to protect the first advance. Our position was discovered next morning and we were helled, with heavy casualties. Every one close to the hill was warned just before the zero hour. The news did not reach my outfit. Just before the explosion things became quiet One of the boys went back to 8 funk hall to make somej ea. During the absence the hill was j blown up. The ground trembled like an I earthquake, sandbags fell in and die ! dirt ascending the air made a kind! of darkness. Believe me, we were j scared, not knowing what had hap- i pened. We never had witnessed; anything to equal it. in the excitement we had forgot- j ten the guy wdio went out to make j the tea. When the rumbling noise: died down he showed up. The funk j hall had fallen in on him and spilled all the tea. It was comical to hear his explanation of the explosion. He thought that he was the only eyewitness to it. Shortly after came the real storm. German artillery got into action. There were no trenches here, owing to the war; no cover from the shells and shrapnel, yet every one looked for shelter. Corporal Jackson crawled up a sewer pipe for cover. After missing him someone locked into the sewer pipe that ran under the road. Believe it or not, we had to burst the pipe to get him out. he fit in so tight. a a a Ralph R. Davis, 1904 South Meridian street, spins one on the unhappy sergeant: IT was in October, 1917, during the American doughboy’s first trip to the trenches. The old rolling kitchens were pulled up under a hill so close to the front lines that they were under shell fire, although the shells could not hit the kitchens because of the hill. The Germans used shrapnel, which exploded overhead. Because of this security from high explosives, the doughboy’s used to line up for mess. One evening during mess the shrapnel commenced to explode and mess kits went in every direction as everybody headed for the nearest dugout. n the rush one sergeant fell into a big mudhole, and every time he tried to get up somebody would run over him and knock him back in the mud again. Finally he gave up and cried out, For God’s sake, give a man a chance, won’t you?” a a a Clyde Franklin, 550 Bell street, Company L, Three hundred sixty-second infantry, rings the. bell with this one: 4 MONO the first colored troops v m. arriving at the front, was a Philadelphia Negro, who also was .mong the first wounded. He came running back from the front one day, holding the stump of his ight forearm, which was bleeding profusely. All at once he stopped near a captain, looked at his forearm, hand missing, then his gaze wandered back toward thp front. He hesitated, then started toward the front at a run. The captain, thinking him confused becaused of his injury, halted him and asked him where he was going. The Negro replied, ‘Tse goin’ back to the front, sah, and find my hand.” The captain told nim there was no need to get the hand, for it could never be put on again, and that he was taking great chances in going back, but he replied, "Captain, sah. I got to find that hand, it had mah dice in it.” Aged Woman Dies EAGLETOWN. Ind . March 26 Mrs. Grant Stephens, 73, Is dead at her home here. She leaves her husband and a son. The family moved here recently from Sheridan,

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LUXURY TRAIL LURES LOVERS TO END LIVES Cleveland Couple’s Path Had Led to Tokio, Gay Riviera, Finally Death. LACKED FUNDS AT END Body of Chemist Identified by Father; Fortune of Family Lost. Vv Unite., Preet VIENNA, March 26.—The last j four months In the lives of Ernst Watzl. Austrian chemist, and the j exotic Mary McGranahan of Cieve- j land, O, with whom he carried out a suicide pac;, early this week in i (he royal suite of the Sach c r notel ! here, were a travelog cf luxury. Retracing the steps by which the ! couple arrived in the Austrian cap- j ltal, the police have covered a trail reaching as far as Tokio. and ex- j tending to the sunlit shores and ! glittering casinos of the French j Riviera, The finale of their tragic romance ! was staged in tours of the Aus- i trian mountains and in the flam- j ing night life of Vienna's cases. The dance ended when the last | of Watzl's money disappeared. And If Watzl had had any hope | of calling upon his once-wealthy ! father, Franz Watzl. a watch dealer. for funds, his hope would have been ill-founded. The family fortune had been swallowed up in the wreckage of Austrian government securities, following the financial debacle after the World war. Watzl's body was identified by his father, who had mourned him as dead since the discovery of his son's wrecked and burned automobile near Pottstown. Pa., last November. Wrote Own ‘Obituary’ By Scrippu-Hotcard Kewtpaper Alliance NEW YORK, March 26 —A cable i from Vienna announcing the execution of a suicide pact there in j which Ernst Watzl shot and killed Mrs. Mary McGranahan and then took his own life brought to light today a. letter obviously written by Watzl in which he sought five months ago to lead his friends to believe that he as dead. The letter was written to James P. Kirby, a Cleveland, (O.) newspaper man and a friend of the Watzl family, who is in New York today. While its author sought to give the impression that it was penned by an acquaintance of Watzl, Kirby has no doubt that Watzl himself wrote it. He believes that It wa6 prompted by a desire on Watzl’s part to cover up the elopement then imminent of Mrs. McGranahan and Watzl. Mrs. McGranahan was a stenographer employed by Watzl in his Cleveland chemical engineering office. She also posed as his model in his studio in Cleveland in which Watzl produced bizarre paintings in a style that was all his own. After her disappearance from Cleveland last December her husband sued for divorce naming Watzl as co-respondent. EXPECT 5.000 PUPILS AT HOME EXPOSITION Miniature Cardboard House* to Be Exhibit Feature. More than 5,000 Indiana high school and college students are expected to attend the ninth annual home complete exposition, at state fairground April 5 to 12, J. Frank Cantwell, home show director, said today. Railroads, interurban and bus lines have promised co-operation in bringing high school and college classes to the show, Cantwell said. Featured at the exposition will be "Tiny Town,” a display of cardboard minlacure model homes entered by Marion county grade and high school students. STREET ACTION IS NEAR Property Owners Indicate Favor of Widening of 16th. Early action on proposed widening of Sixteenth street, from Northwestern avenue to Delaware street, was forecast today after replies of property owners on the street to the board of public works, appeared to favor the improvement. The works board probably will act on the project wiluin a few days, said E. Kirk McKinney, president.

They Wouldn’t Do Much Else pv Times Special IT-OUTS. Ind., March 26.—Kouts is a small town, but Its citizens can not live up to a small town tradition—that of going to the station to watch the trains come and go—because seventy-six trains pass through here every day. a a a Cat Mothers Orphan Pup Time* Special OOUTH BEND. Ind.. March 26 - Fluffy, a Persian cat, owned by Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Gossett, has adopted a pup, left alone when Its mother and six other

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Hu 7 i mre Special WESTFIELD. Ind., March 26. Mrs. Andrew Tracy, 58, is dead at his home here. Funeral services will be held at Eagletown, her former home, and burial will be at Lebanon. She leaves her husband and the following children; Mrs. Maurifie Robson, Carmel; Merle Tracy, Chicago, and Mari’ and Maurice Tracy, at home. She was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Emma Kendall, Hamilton county recorder. Bank Merger Is Favored EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 26. Stockholders of the Mercantile Commercial bank and Morris Plan bank today approved consolidation of the two institutions. The new banking company will have quarters in a ten-story building now under construction by the Morris Plan bank. The new bank will have assets of $6,000,000. . De Pauw Revue on Air GREENCASTLE. Ind., March 26. —De Pauw university will broadcast a special musical program over radio station WFBM, Indianapolis,

Die by Pact

Victims of a suicide pact, Dr. Ernest Watzl, Cleveland, 0., chemist, and a girl who left a note stating she was Mrs. Mary McGranahan, his secretary and art model, were found in a hotel at Vienna, Austria, where Watzl formerly lived. They disappeared from Cleveland several months ago. Watzl killed himself only a few hours before his $63,C00 life insurance policy, in favor of his wife, was due to expire.

PLAZA CHURCH PURCHASE NEAR Appraisal Board Pledges Report Soon. Purchase of two churches on the War Memorial Plaza came a step nearer today when members of an appraisal board, appointed recently by county commissioners, indicated they will make a final report “within a reasonable time.” In letters addressed to the county board today, J. K. Lilly, president of Eli Lilly & Cos., and Elmer W. Stout, Fletcher American National bank president, appraisal board members, said that a meeting has been held with J. J. Reilly, realtor and third board member, preliminary to final action. HOTEL LEAP VICTIM’S CONDITION IS SERIOUS Prince Ali Denies His Room Scene of Jump by City Girt Mrs. Juanita Freels Bosdyk, alias Juanita Riggan, who leaped from the window of a Kokomo hotel room occupied by Abdul Kaahn, Hindoo see:. Monday, continued in a serious condition at city hospital here today. Mrs. Bosdyk had attempted suicide on many other occasions, police assert. She is suffering from a fractured skull and fractures of both legs. "Prince Ali.” Kaahns employer, vigorously denied first reports that it was from his (Ali’s) room that the girl had leaped.

VARIETY SPICES LIFE FROM DAY TO DAY IN HOOSIER STATE

pups died. Three kittens of Fluffy died shortly before the dog mother. When the forlorn pup was brought to the Gossett home the cat immediately assumed the role of mother. a a a Fewer Single Men in State Prison Hii United Pres ■jyjTCHIGAN CITY, Ind., March -*-*-*- 26.—Whether marriage is a cause of crime is a debatable question. but records of the Indiana state prison here show that 1,402 of the 2.188 Inmates at the end of the last fiscal year had been married, 870 of them being married at the time of their incarceration and the others were either separated, divorced or widowed. Married men with children lean 1

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Monday afternoon from 5:30 to 6. The program will be made up entirely of song hits from the recent all-campus dramatic production, "The Moan-On Revue,” written and produced by De Pauw students. Accuse Two in Death Bp Timet Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 26. The St. Joseph county grand jury to convene Friday will inquire into circumstances of the death of Ervin Sniadecki, 13, victim of a hit and run motorist. John Claeys, 25, and Edward Russell, 23 are in custody charged with being occupants of the death dealing automobile. Pay Reduced; 30 Strike CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind.. March 26.—More than thirty men are idle, due to a strike at the Standard Manufacturing Company’s plant here at Cambridge City. Judge Rules Self Out EVANSVILLE. Ind., March 26. Judge Charles Bock of Vanderburg circuit court has disqualified himself to preside at the trial of Luther Bell, Negro, charged with the murder of Ernest Tidrington, Negro politician and lodge leader. Needy Man Admits Arson LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 26. Willard Wcese, 24, farmer, is a prisoner in the Tippecanoe county jail here today, following confession to setting fire to a barn on a farm he rented in an effort to obtain SBOO insurance. He told authorities his wife and baby were hungry and that he was penniless. SIO,OOO Asked for Boy COVINGTON, Ind., March 26. Damages of SIO,OOO are asked of the otty of Veedersburg in a suit filed in Fountain circuit court here by James Roland, in behalf of his son, Freeman, 9. Murder Charge Faced JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., March 26.—Clyde Thompson. 25, will face a murder charge, according to Walter E. Prentice, Clark county prosecutor, as a result of shooting Louis Hatfield, 30, relative of West Virginia feudists. Kidnap Attempt Charged BRAZIL, Ind., March 26—Mrs. Minnie Brossman, living northwest of Brazil, reported to Sheriff Tiffee that an attempt had been made to kidnap her while she was sleeping in her home. Butter Racketeer to Prison SEYMOUR, Ind., March 26.—Selling oleomargarine without marking packages containing it to show it was a butter substitute, has sent Morris Jones, Georgetown, to the penal farm for thirty days and resulted in a fine of SSO and costs. The sentence was imposed by Mayor C. W. Burkart in city court here. Flood Curb Planned VINCENNES, Ind., March 26 —A meeting will be held here Friday afternoon for the purpose of forming a Knox county unit of the Wa-bash-Maumee Valley Improvement Association. Wright Shrine Plans Given NEWCASTLE, Ind., March 26. Plans have been submitted by Charles W. Taylor, Newcastle, architect, for a memorial it is proposed to erect in honor of Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the airplane, at his birthplace six miles northeast of here. A five-acre tract as a site for the memorial was purchased a year ago by the state. COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., March 26.—Coroner O. F. Lehmberg announces that he has closed his investigation into the deaths of Miss Gladys , Allen, 30-yea.r-old music teacher, and Dr. Alice B. Williams, after he learned that each received medical attention before dying.

NORTHWEST ROADS BLOCKED BY SNOW

All northern Indiana roads were reported by the state highway department as closed by snow today. Although automobiles were traveling United States Road 31, between Indianapolis and South Bend, APRIL 5 DEADLINE FOR VETERAN CLAIMS Requests of World war veterans for compensation for disability must be filed at the regional office of the United States veterans’ bureau, not later than April 5, it was announced today. This time also Is the deadline for survivors of deceased veterans to file for compensation, bureau officials stated. Forms for the execution of the claims can be retained at the Indianapolis rureau office or at the American Legion, Red Cross or Veterans of Foreign Wars office.

more toward crime than those without, the records showed; 625 had children as compared to 245 without. Os the men who had been separated from their wives, thirtythree had children and seventy-two were without, and 132 of the divorced men had children, compared to 114 without. Os the widowers, 102 were fathers and fifty-nine childless. B M M Church Burning as Pastor Prays Times Special Somerset, ind., March 26.--Whiie the pastor of Richland Methodist chapel, four miles east of here, was engaged in prayer before the congregation, his small son rushed to him, telling him the

HAYS PUSHES MORALS CODE FOR JSOVIES Ridicule of Law Banned In Proposed Program of Ethics. " OBSCENITY UNDER BAN Sanctity of Marriage and Home Must Be Upheld, Says Dictator. BY GEORGE H. BEALE United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, March 26.—The screen colony has anxious eyes on New York this Wee> wondering what Will Hays and the members of the motion picture producers and distributors are going to do about a code of ethics for .he talking pictures. Hays, reports hare indicate, is whipping the code into shape preparatory to placing it before the eastern organization at its annual meeting on March 31. The code, a virtual censorship from within the industry, was suggested and passed by Hays’ western group, the Association of Motion Picture Producers. Adoption of the code has become of increasing importance since Representative Grant M. Hudson of Michigan has been pressing congress to pass his bill for a federal censorship of motion pictures. No Ridicule for Law In general, the code commands that no member of the Hays’ organization produce a picture which will lower the moral standards of life — subject only to the requirements of the drama—be skown and that no picture shall ridicule law. Among matters specifically outlawed by the code is the presentation of a crime in such a way as to throw sympathy to the criminal or to inspire a desire for imitation. Furthermore, the methods of crime shall not be detailed. The code also holds that illegal drug traffic never must be represented. ‘‘The sanctity of the institution of marriage and the home shall be upheld,” the code reads. “Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be justified nor treated attractively.” Other sections of the code provide: That scenes of passion must not be treated in a manner to stimulate the lower and baser elements. That white slavery shall not be used at all. That obscenity In word, gesture, reference, song or by suggestion is forbidden. Ban Placed on Nudity That complete nudity never will be permitted. That indecent or undue exposure is forbidden. That no film may throw ridicule on any religious faith. That ministers should not be used as comic •characters or villains. That salacious, Indecent or obscene titles must not be used. The code concludes with a paragraph that demands the following subjects be treated with "good taste”: Actual hangings or electrocutions, third-degree methods, brutality and possible grewsomeness, branding of people or animals, apparent cruelty to children or animate, a woman selling her virtue.

traffic between this city and Chicago was cut off. The following roads were reported blocked: Road 2—East and west of La Porte, and from Hebron to Westvllle. Road C—lllinois line to Westvllle. Road 10—Bass Lake to San Pierce. Road 12—Illinois line to Michigan City. Road 14—East and west of Winamac.” U. S. 20—East of Michigan City. Road 22—Illinois line to Road 52. U. S. 24—Illinois line to Wolcott. Road 29—North and south cf La Porte. U. S. 30—East and west of Valparaiso, and from Illinois line to Road 43. U. S. 52—North of Lafayette. U. S. 41—North of junction with Road 52, and from Hammond south. Road 55—Hebron to Gary. Road 53—Detour north' of Rensselaer blocked. U. S. 20 and 2—Closed between South Bend and Ft. Wayne. Road 34—Between Crawfordsville and Danville, 111. Resident 74 Years Dies SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 26. Funeral services were held today for George Knoblock. 84, a resident here seventy-four years, and a pioneer mason contractor. He was the father of Roy A. Knoblock, South Bend fire chief. *

church was afire. The building was destroyed. Insurance covers the loss. Work of replacing the building will be started at once. a a a Life on Two Planets Claimed by Hoosier By United Press Newcastle, ind., March 26 Edward Stirk claims he is able to remember through a period that extends forty years before he was born. Stirk set down his age as 100 on a Henry township assessor's sheet. When questioned about his age, Stirk admitted he had lived about sixty years in this world, but can remember at least forty years existence in another planet or state. There is no such thing as age, he maintains, as birth in this world is S

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Mrs. Betty Jean Podin, South Bend, who has filed suit for divorce from Nathaniel Podin, Russian sea captain, alleging that promises he made her at the time of their marriage were false and he deserted her in New Orleans, preferring life on the ocean. They were married in Tia Juana, Mexico. Mrs. Podin asserts she was wooed with promises that Podin would recover his ducal estate in Russia, but she learned he had no castles.

BOY PLAYS SO HARD HE BECOMES BLIND

Lad Also Is Unconscious Five Hours; Stricken at School; Recovers. Violent play, with improper respiration, was blamed today by Dr. W. L. Jennings for the sudden blindness and unconsciousness of Le Roy Rcthrock, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rothrock, Drexel Gardens, while playing at the Drexel Gardens school Tuesday afternoon. The lad, blind and unconscious for five hours, regained consciousness Tuesday night and also regained his eyesight. His condition this morning was improved and it. is believed he will return to school scon. Declaring the case an unusual one, Dr. Jennings gave as an example the person who remains in a closed garage with an automobile running. Fumes from the exhaust will cause blindness and unconsciousness, death following In some cases. The Rothrock boy was engaged In hard play at the time he was stricken and Dr. Jennings says he attributes the lad’s unconsciousness to the fact the boy’s lungs did not take in enough oxygen and eliminate sufficient wastes. The result was that the wastes poisoned the lad and overcame him, Dr. Jennings believes. RITES ARE ARRANGED FOR LIBRARY WORKER Services for Miss Breedlove to Be Held at Centerton. Funeral services for Miss Alice Breedlove, 33, for eight years a member of the public library staff, will be held at Centerton Thursday afternoon. Miss Breedlove, resigned from the library last November, due to illness. She died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Breedlove, in Centerton Tuesday. She was a native of Centerton, graduate of Martinsville high school and attended Butler university for two years before entering the library service. She was a member of the Martinsville Christian church, Tri Delta and Tri Kappa sororities.

merely a continuation of a former existence. a a a Free Marriage Saves Walking By United Press CROWN POINT, Ind., March 26. —Justice Howard Kemp’s gift ceremony to the first couple married on the first day of spring, saved James H. Wisener. 22, and Ester Daniels, 21, from walking back to Chicago. The two were married at Kemp's office. “How much do I owe you parson —I mean “squire?’* the bridegroom inquired anxiously. "Nothing,’’ Justice Kemp said, explaining his plan, and showing a tywspaper announcement of his free marriage. The bridegroom registered relief.

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WINS JUDGMENT AGAINST DUVALL William Rooker Is Awarded $3,200 Attorney’s Fee. William V. Rooker, Indianapolis attorney, today obtained a judgment for $3,200 against John L. Duvall, ex-mayor of Indianapolis, in connection with Rooker’s services as Duvall's attorney in the latter's trial for misconduct of office. The judgment was levied by Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy as result of a suit brought several months ago by Rooker. The complaint specifically alleged pay , oe the attorney for legal service 4. ndered when Duvall appealed his criminal court conviction to the appellate court. The appellate court recently affirmed Duvall's conviction on the corrupt practices act.

“I never was so glad to see anything in print,” he said. "We took a train to Gai> and a taxi from Gary to Crown Point. Those 25cent signs on the cabs didn’t mean a thing. It cost me—well, we’d just about had to waik back to Chicago if we’d paid you.’’ ana Court Order Takes Up His Sundays Bu Timet Special WABASH, Ind., March 26. Raymond Clark, 36, Kokomo. must go to church for the next ten Sundays on order of Mayor Showaltcr, given in city court here, with a fine of $lO for being drunk. Police found Clark striving manfully to put a tire on his automobile, but making little progress under the handicap of intoxication.

VAN BROTHERS CINCH RULE OF RAIL EMPIRE Cleveland Wizards Annex C. & E. 1.. Control 18,000 Miles of Track. START IN REAL ESTATE Nickel Plate Was Nucleus of Vast Holdings; Gould Dream Eclipsed. Bit United Prett NEW YORK, March 26.—Within fourteen years after they bought a run-down, single-track railroad 523 miles long, the Van Swerlngeh6 of Cleveland - Oris P. and Mantis J.— have come to dominate the world's largest privately-controlled railway empire. Acquisition of the Chicago <fc Eastern Illinois, the newest unit in the steel-banded chain of transportation, gives the brothers partial or complete influence over 18,000 miles of trackage. Tire investment In road and equipment of the several lines totals $2,084,000,000. The capitalization is $838,000,000. There was no hint of the financial greatness to come when O. P. Van Sweringen, the older of the boys, left an Ohio farm to seek his fortune in the city. His first job was as a newsboy and a few years later his brother likewise went to Cleveland and sold papers. Start in Real Estate But the “start” was gained in real estate. The Van Sweringens acquired a large interest in the famed Shaker Heights development, and that project brought them their first million dollars. Their first railroad wax the New York, Chicago <te St. Louis, an ambitious name for a line that, never had reached two of Its objectives. It began at Chicago and ended at Buffalo, getting nowhere nea.r New York or St. Louis. Its sobriquet., "the Nickel Plate,” was based on a reputed remark of William Vanderbilt upon acquiring t.he road for the New York Central, that if the "thing had been nickelplated” it couldn’t have cost him! more than It- did. Railroad circles were surprised when John J. Bernet, who had been a vice-president of the New York Central, renounced his chances of the presidency of that line and agreed to head the Nickel Plate. Soon the nickel became more golden. Bernet In four years raised the operating revenue from $23,969 to $44,867 a mile. Acquire Other Roads Then, rapidly, the Van Sweringens acquired the Toledo. St. Louis <®i Western and the Lake Erie Ss Western. Scarcely were these deals romn’eteri than the brothers began to look with envious ryes upon other roads. The present, mileage of the railroads controlled by the Van Sweringens follows: Nickel Plate 1.690 Wheeling A- Lake Erie ill '"hesanonke <*- Ohio 2.735 Pere Marquette 2.24* N-ie 2.316 Missouri Pacific 7.46 t Chicago A- Ear-tern Illinois 94S Not. nil are owned directly. Some, 'or ioMenro. are o'-’ned through the rc—a' on. 8 i. to all intm sand purposes the Van Sweringens dominate 4 vast system extending from New York to Salt Lake City, from Buff* falo to Brownsville, from Old Point Comfort to Omaha, from Chicago to New Orleans, from Detroit to El Paso. Land Missouri Pacific The Missouri Pacific, which was acquired quietly, comprises such lines as the International Great Northern and Texas & Pacific. It shares with the Western Pacific ownership in the Denver & Rio Grande Western. The latter line ends at Salt Lake, where connection is made with the Western Paciflo to the Pacific coast. The Western Pacific Is known to be friendly to the Van Sweringens and thus the latter have what is tantamount to a transcontinental railway—the dream of such builders as Jay Gould and Jim Hill. And no one in the world of business believes that the Van Sweringens yet have purchased their last railroad. j 19 FILE DECLARATIONS FOR COUNTY OFFICES

Twelve Republicans, Seven Democrats Are Candidates. Declarations of nineteen persons seeking nomination ot county offices in the primary were filed today with Albert B. Snyder, deputy election commissioner. Tw ve are Republicans and seven are Democrats. Thomas E Hamyln, Acton, county councilman now serving out the unexpired term of John E. Shearer, county commissioner, declared ais candidacy for the nomination on the Republican ticket for councilman of the first district. The candidate is considered a strong instrument in the Coffin political machine. Mrs. Margaret S. Shuler, 112 East Ohio street, filed on the Democratic ticket for county recorder. DEMOCRATS ~ WINNERS Sweep Ticket at Kansas City hi Record Poll Turnout. By United Press KANSAS CITY, .To , March 2. Kansas City voters, marching to the polls in unprecedented numbers, selected Bryce B. Smith, millionaire baker, to occupy the mayors chair and with him every Democrat on the municipal ticket rode to victory t