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ANTI-SALOON CHIEF GENIES ' HOOVER LINK League Not in Lobbying Field, Mcßride Tells Probe Group. LASHED AT BY BLAINE Caraway Steps In to Fling Sarcastic Hints at Superintendent. £i / T nilfl /V- •< WASHINGTON, May B—The Anti-Saloon League never has conferred with President Hoover regarding legislation or appointments to public office, and has established no contact with Mr. Hoover “to my knowledge,” F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the dry organization, told the senate lobby committee today. Mcßride was called at the behest of Representative Tinkham fßep., Mass.), a wet. who demanded an inquiry into the league’s activities. The dry leader, successor to the late Wayne B. Wheeler, also denied the league communicates with judges, “as far as I know.” No briefs are submitted to judges, he said, although state branches of the league do communicate with prosecutors, giving information only when it is requested. Do Not Include Branches The league's expenditures last year were $273,049, Mcßride said in picturing the organization as a restrained and abstract advisory organization instead of a powerful political lobby. He pointed out these figures do not include any of the various state branches, which keep separate accounts, although their work dovetails with the national organization. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment spent $467,000 in 1929. but this figure included all national activity. The only lobbying done by the league, Mcßride explained, is in “keeping the home fires burning for legislators.” Calls on Candidates *Questioned concerning this oy Chairman Caraway, the league official said: “Most of our work on legislators is not here, but bask home. The influence of Washington is not good. If the work is done right in the primary' back home, there isn't much to do here." Mcßride admitted that if a legislator is “inclined to wander,” the league calls on him. That is the extent of the organization’s lobbyin*, he asserted. Mcßride ‘old the committee he did not 1 lieve any group should control legislation or governments, but believed the Anti-Saloon league represented a majority of the people, and he was in favor of I letting the people control. Applaud Blaine’s Remark Senator Blaine <Rep.. Wis.) asked why the league did not participate in the 1926 Illinois referendum and , ather referenda. w “It's because your league fears a popular vote on this question, is it not?” asked Blaine, the only wet on the committee. “That is not true,” said Mcßride. •“Well, I assert it,” insisted Blaine. “You can not speak for our league,” Mcßride said while the crowd applauded. “That is gratifying to me, because I would not want to be in a position where I would speak for your organization,” Blaine said. The appiause at this remark was so prolonged Chairman Caraway asked the audience to restrain itself. Caraway Turns Sarcastic Mcßride said he was very much In favor of the Jones “five and ten” law. “We think it has worked very well,” he declared. “Did you write that bill?” asked Caraway. “No. We do not write bills.” “Well you wrote the Volstead act?” “No.” “Who did?” “The house judiciary committee.” “Oh. I was a member of that committee then and it fell before us like manna from heaven. Do you know who furnished it to us?” said Caraway. “Well. Representative Volstead int troduced it. I believe,” answered McPBnde. “He put his name on it. but he was not very' well acquainted with it,” commented Caraw'ay.

REALTORS HEAR TALK BY TAX COURT JUDGE Various Factors to Be Considered in Appraisal Discussed. Original cost, the selling price, agoing concern value, replacement value, income valua. loan value, sentimental value, market value, cash value and possibly social value all are factors which must be considered in appraising real estate for taxation members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board were told at their meeting at the Lincoln today. The speaker was Judge Lee Hecht of the Baltimore. Md., city tax appeals court. His subject was “Appraising Real Estate for Taxation. - ' He explained the Baltimore plan of having assessors under civil servi Ice and appeals befoie a bipartisan city court with power of further appeal to the state tax commission. i Members of the Indiana tax board were guests.

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 310

A MOTHER—UNDYING HOPE

Death Is Defied

Bn Uni tell Press PARIS. May 8— Madame Nungesser, the little old mother of Charles Nungesser, sat all day long weeping and praying in the bedroom of her lost son, still refusing to believe that he died when the airplane White Bird went down on the Atlantic three years ago today. All France had sympathy for the widowed mother who has clung so desperately to the belief that her son is alive. Since the flier son departed with Francois Coli on the trans-Atlantic attempt that was

the tragic prelude to so many disastrous flights, the world has long recognized that both were lost. But Madame Nungesser never has given up hope.

FORE! OIL MAGNATE!

Woman Golf Ace Wins Millions

fiu f nitni Press LOS ANGELES, May B—Miss Marion Hollins of Pebble Beach, winner of the 1921 women’s national golf championship, has taken anew leadership, this time in the oil industry. To Miss Hollins was credited the organization of the Kettleman Oil Corporation, which has been sold to the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company and the Standard Oil of California for approximately $10,500,000. Divisioin of the oil bonanza among the larger shareholders in the Kettleman company showed Miss Hollins’ share to be $2,500,000, while the remainder was proportioned among Harold E. Talbot Jr., McKim Hollins, Payne Whitney estate, Walter P. Chrysler, Samuel Mcßoberts and others. Miss Hollins’ coup was the culmination of her conquest of the Kettleman Hills district—fabled in politics and finance as the richest oil bonanza in the United States. The former golf champion took the lead in the affairs of Kettleman Hills after her friend, Colonel Franklyn R. Kenney, then Marland Oil Company president, had been refused financial aid his company sought for development of the field. u n tt WHEN the Maryland company was faced with relinquishing its government permits, Miss Hollins w'ent to New York and interested Payne Whitney in the project. With a capital understood to have approximated only SIOO,OOO, most of which was spent in the purchase of government permits, the Kettleman Oil Corporation started operations. The late Ogden Mills Sr., for a slice of the stock in the new company undertook to have the Mexican Seaboard Company drill the

TWO BOYS DIE IN LAKE STORM Third Rescued After Night of Clinging to Raft. Pu United Prat* INDIANA HARBOR, Ind., May 8. —A 14-year-old boy was rescued from Lake Michigan today, after drifting with two companions all night on a raft. The other two boys were drowned and coast guardsmen are searching for their bodies. The three, John Kordich, 13; Mike Muday, 14, and Peter Yorrch, 14. boarded their raft late Wednesday. It was tied up at Buffington Harbor, but high wind blew the boys out into the lake. They drifted all night, slowly getting farther from the harbor. Finally, Kordich volunteered to attempt to swim back to land and notify coast guardsmen of his companions’ plight, but did not reach the shore. A wave washed both of the surviving boys from their precarious perch. Mike fought desperately against the wind and waves, but sank from sight. Peter managed to clutch the edge of the raft and during a lull pulled V r nself aboard. Coast gardsme ighted the raft today and pickec .te boy up. FLEE WITH SIO,OOO Bandit Trio Robs Hammond Bank and Escapes. Pu United Press HAMMOND. Ind., May B.—Three bandits robbed the Maywood Trust and Savings b\nk here today of about SIO,OOO ir cash, escaping in the direction of Chicago Heights. The bandits forced three bank employes and two f '.stomers to lie down against the wall, while one of the men scooped up the cash from the cashier's cage. The bank was robbed about a year and a half ago of $5,000 in cash. Today’s robbery occurred only a short time after the bank opened for business. Veteran Vaudeville Star Dies Bn I nited Press ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., May 8. —Will Martin Cressy, veteran vaudeville trouper, died here today. He had written some 200 vaudeville plays and with his wife formed the old Cressy and Dayne team. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 64 10 a. m 77 7a. m 65 11 a. m 78 Ba. m 69 12 (noon).. 80 9 a. m 75 1 p. m 82

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first well. The noted gusher came in October, 1928. Colonel Kenney later resigned the presidency of the Marland company and became associated with Miss Hollins in the Kettleman Oil Company, through a purchase of stock a year ago.

TWO CONVICTS KILLED ASLEEP Accidental Gun Discharge Blamed at Ohio Pen. Bu United Press COLUMBUS, 0., May B.—Two long-term convicts were killed and a third wounded as they lay asleep at the state penitentiary today when a machine gun manned by state militiamen was discharged accidentally. The gun had been mounted in front of the prison chapel as a precautionary measure after unruly prisoners isolated in a stockade inside the walls set fire and destroyed their tents. James W. Ross, 40, Cleveland, and Albert Freeman, 25, Cleveland Negro, were killed. Ernest Warren, 45, Cleveland Negro, was wounded slightly. Two bullets were fired according to Colonel Robert Haubrich, commandant in charge of troops at the prison, who investigated. He said there were three national guardsmen at the gun. but that the exact manner in which it was fired has not been determined. The shooting climaxed a night of suspense. At midnight, when the entire prison was quiet, fire suddenly broke out in the tents in the stockade, housing more than four hundred prisoners, segregated as unruly, alter the Easter Monday cell block catastrophe which cost more than three hundred lives. One guard said he saw convicts armed with paper torches run among the tents, igniting them. AFTER LINOY’S RECORD Colonel Roscoe Turner to Leave Los Angeles at Noon Friday. Bn United Press LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 8 Colonel Roscoe Turner, accompanied by a lion cub, will hop off here Friday at 12:01 p. m. in an attempt to lower the transcontinental speed record recently made by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, he said today.

LET BABY ROSE MARIE ENTERTAIN YOU TODAY

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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930

‘My Son Lives’

His be-meaaled French army uniform lay on the bed today, watered by her tears, but kept bright and clean in readiness for his return. His bed was made and his things laid out. Just as they always were wffien he was at home. Two weeks ago a bottle was picked up on the French coast with a message saying Nungesser and Coli were among Canadian Indians and needed help. The message said Nungesser was sick, and was signed “Coli.*’

PRESIDENT IS ANGERED BY PARKER VOTE Likely to Turn to Far West for Next Nominee as High Justice. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 8, —President Hoover is likely to go to the Pacific coast for anew supreme court judge to take the associate justiceship just denied John J. Parker of North Carolina by the senate, it was learned authoritatively today. No names were suggested, however. The President is pictured by his friends as being very much aroused by the 41-to-39 rejection Wednesday of his nominee. He traces this defeat to the same stubborn opposition of the coalitionists which only a few months ago mustered twentysix votes against confirmation of Chief Justice Hughes. The President’s attitude is such that he might fire the Parker nomination right back at the senate again, according to these same friends, but they do not expect he will do it. They believe he will choose a conservative Republican to brave the senatorial fire. Numerous recommendations are being planned by Republican senators who stuck with Mr. Hoover in the long and bitter struggle for Parker. Decline to Be Quoted There was no aftermath of the dramatic Parker vote in the senate. Senators turned from the tension of the Parker roll call to routine business, declining to be quoted for fear their statements might be misinterpreted. Politically, however, it was realized the battle will be carried to the polls in several senatorial elections in November. Many of the border state Republicans who opposed Parker’s selection because of the opposition by union labor and the organized Negro, and then voted for Parker in order to stand with the President, are preparing to encounter the issue on the stump. Garfield Is Mentioned James Rudolph Garfield, prominent Cleveland attorney and secretary of interior in the Roosevelt cabinet, is being considered favorably by Mr. Hoover to fill the existing vacancy, it was learned today from an authoritative source. The 65-year-old Republican has been recommended by several of Hoover’s friends. The President was so impressed he has asked that Garfield’s record be compiled, along with some others who have been suggested. “There will be great rejoicing in the homes of the working people,” William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, declared in a statement Wednesday night. “They will feel that a great moral victory has been won for them. “No one will be disappointed over the outcome, except those who believe in ‘yellow dog’ contracts.” Garfield, son of President Garfield, was born in Hiram, 0., and studied law at Williams, Columbia and Pittsburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1888; Ohio state senator in 1896-99; member of the United States civil service commission 1902-3; commissioner of corporations, department of commerce and labor. 1903-7, and secretary of interior 1907 to 1909.

RAPS U, S. PRISONS ‘Cry to Heaven for Aid/ Wickersham Says. Bu United Pres* WASHINGTON, May 8. Prison conditions “cry aloud to high Heaven for immediate improve ment,” George W. Wickersham, chairman of the President’s law enforcement commission, told the American law institute here today.

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TARIFF BILL IS REGARDED AS POORORPHAN’ Almost Nobody Approves or Wants 1930 Measure; Block Smoot Move. DELAY ON VOTE FORCED Even Reed-Grundy Faction of Pennsylvania Losing Keen Interest. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, May B.—With almost nobody approving or wanting it, the 1930 tariff bill assumed the role of a legislative orphan today as senate and house conferees resumed their efforts to compromise differences in the bills as passed by the two bodies. Opponents of the measure won a minor victory when they killed Senator Smoot’s proposal that the senate accept a partial conference report on noncontroversial items, as the house did, and forced postponement of a vote until he could submit a completed report. Had Smoot's view prevailed, half the battle for eventual passage might have been won, even though later developments may incline different groups to oppose the measure. Several high tariff advocates showed no enthusiasm for the bill as it has been modified by both senate and house in the last few weeks. Resent Rate Cuts Spokesmen for skyscraper duties resented the house action in cutting the sugar and cement rates, and in restoring lumber and shingles to the free list. Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania was not on hand to give support to Smoot, and it is understood that even Reed of the same state is rather indifferent to the whole affair. The bill has been changed in many respects since Reed left for the London naval conference early in January, and he is said to have lost his enthusiasm for it. Many of Pennsylvania’s products are not as well protected as he would like them to be. ~" Western senators are insistent upon a lumber tariff, while a small group would like to see the duty on silver retained. Sugar spokesmen are disappointed at the acceptance of the lower rate by the house. Mosto f the progressives admit they would just as soon see the bill die, if it does not contain the debenture, which was refused in the house by an overwhelming vote. The Democrats are insistent that the flexible provision giving congress power to change rates be retained, while administration spokesmen refuse to budge from their stand for the house plan vesting complete authority in the chief executive Fight on Cement Another bitter fight may be made on cement. Though the house agreed to the senate’s lower duty of 6 cents, it would not accept the Blease amendment permitting free importation of cement to be used for public works. This commanded considerable support in the senate. Since the administration leaders have almost complete control in the house, the only chance of defeating the bill rests in the senate. It is expected the real battle will begin in a few days, for the conferees plan to meet, agree to disagree, and the senate representatives then will return to that body for further instructions. If Democrats interested in retention of their flexible clause line up with progressives insistent upon the debenture there may be a long struggle before the measure can be passed, especially in view of the lack of interest shown by the ReedGrundy group.

1,500 HARVARD STUDENTS, IN PAJAMAS, BATTLE COPS

Bu United Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May B. Armed with bottles, buckets, sponges, fruit and eggs of dubious age, 1,500 pajama-clad Harvard students clashed with forty policemen in a riotous scene on the Crimson gold coast here early today. Two freshmen, Samuel C. Davis Jr. of St. Louis, Mo., and John K. Bottomley of Boston, were taken to the college infirmary at the height of the battle after being the targets for bottles w 7 hich were hurled indiscriminately during the melee. Davis’ condition was considered serious, it being feared he suffered a skull fracture. Bottomley appeared to have been less severely injured. Scores of other rioting students suffered bumps and bruises and the police did not escape unscathed. Carroll H. Parker, secretary of the Phillips Brooks Association and one

portunity of reading the life stories of some of the other radio headliners, whose names are household words. Starting today, The Times presents the story of Baby Rose Marie, child wonder of the air. This will run for four days, and

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Accused! Helen Morgan Is Named in Divorce Case Against Song Writer.

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Bn United Press YVJEW YORK, May B.—Helen Morgan, who sat on a piano and sang her way to fame, has been named in a separation suit brought by Mrs. Pearl Freed against her composer-husband, Martin Freed. Freed, the plaintiff charges, was so infatuated with one of the most noted American actresses, he offered his wife SIO,OOO for a divorce. Mrs. Freed’s affidavits, which won her S6O a week temporary alimony, claimed that her husband and Miss Morgan exchanged costly Christmas presents, while Freed entirely neglected his wife and two children. The papys set forth that thp couple married in 1918 when Freed was an organist in a small movie theater. Despite their comparative poverty, they were happy, Mrs. Freed told Justice Frankenthaler, until Freed composed “Broadway Rose,” a song hit of six years ago. “When this song became popular our marriage started to go to pieces,” Mrs. Freed alleged; “my husband told me I was not the kind of woman he needed to advance him. The Broadway type, he said, was what he wanted. “Later I learned he was infatuated with one of the most noted actresses and was spending large sums of money on her while our own family was in want.” Regarding the Christmas present, Mrs. Freed charged that ten days after Freed bought it, she and her son and daughter were dispossessed for nonpayment of rent.

POLL LOSES SUICIDE Gary Man’s Act Is Laid to Primary Defeat. fill pji #/>/? prCBS , . _ GARY, Ind., May B.—William J. Fulton, defeated Tuesday for the Republican nomination for county commissioner of Lake county, shot and killed himself at this home here today. Despondency over the result of the primary and worry over the fact that his campaign manager had been arrested on charges of conspiracy to violate the election laws, was believed to have prompted the suicide.

of the most prominent men in Harvard activities, was arrested during the riot and later booked on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was clad in pajamas, with a bathrobe over his shoulders, when he arrived at the East Cambridge police station. A water battle between students in a neighboring dormitory was believed by police to have precipitated the riot. Shouting students swarmed into the streets. Sergeant Charles Bradley was dispatched to the scene. While he tried vainly to restore order, single-handed, a group of undergraduates stripped the number plates off his automobile. A riot call was sent in and soon forty officers had come to Bradley’s aid. The battle continued for an hour, ending only after the arrest of Parker.

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HALL CLAIMS VICTORY OVER HOLMES IN CONGRESS RACE WITH 5 PRECINCTS MISSING G. O. P. Dry Aspirant Estimates Plurality at Between Five and Seven Hundred Votes on Unofficial Count. WILSON ASSERTS SPENCER BEATEN Reach Voices Unwillingness to Remain as Democratic Chairman; Both County Groups Reorganize Saturday.

BY BEN STERN Announcement of Leroy J. Reach that he would not be a candidate for re-election as Marion county Democratic chairman or accept the Seventh district chairmanship featured today’s development in plans for reorganization Saturday of Democratic and Republican county committees. Several names, it appeared, will be presented Democratic precinct committeemen and committeewomen for their county officers at the reorganization meeting in the CJaypool, Saturday at 1 p. m. With primary returns showing the county Republican organization sitting firmly in the saddle, G. O. P. leaders showed an inclination to put off active log-rolling until Friday. Among Democrats mentioned as possible successors to Keach are Thomas A. Riley, apparently defeated candidate for the nomination for county clerk; Charles Sallee, secretary of the park board, former Democratic state chairman and long a party leader; Mark Gray, publisher of the Indianapolis Commercial, a legal newspaper, and Hendricks Kenworthy, Ninth ward chairman and city hall representative of the Indiana Portland Cement group. Give Candidates Chance However, no decision will be reached juntil conference with several nominees, since it is considered the best policy to give the candidates a chance to select county organization heads. Many Republican party leaders urge re-election of Martin M. Hugg, when the county committee meets at 1 p. m. Saturday in the auditorium in the Knights of Pythias building. George Denny, chairman of the election board, reorganization candidate for county chairman in 1928, today was being sponsored by a group of Republican organization members as a probable successor to Hugg. Word has not been passed (town the line from George V. (Cap) Coffin as to whom he will sponsor. It is felt, as usual, Coffin is the man behind the throne, and at his nod anew chairman will appear. Uhl Is Mentioned The reorganization group, which claims eighty of the 331 committeemen, may make an effort to obtain the election of Albert E. Uhl, head of the Marion Club. No decision will be reached until a meeting of the “new dealers” is held, possibly late today. If a fight is started on the convention floor, the cry of “double cross” is expected to be raised because of the apparent defeat of Judge James A. Collins for renomination for criminal court judge. Many members of the Citizens Republican League feel that they had been “traded out” for support of Judson L. Stark. Meet in 24 Hours The nominees, however, will carry the word after they hold a meeting sometime within the next twentyfour hours. Present indications are that George L. Winkler, successful in his campaign for renomination, will be the official mercury and will exert considerable strength because of the forty-five jobs he controls. William L Taylor is scheduled for re-election as district chairman and Wayne Emmelman is favored unanimously to be renamed secretary of the county committee. In accordance with the 1929 act giving equal voice to women in party affairs, each reorganization meeting will be attended by 331 precinct committeewomen, as well as by that number of committeemen.

Unlucky Seven

Bu United Press _ „ „ __ NEW YORK, May B.—Truett Jordan, 24, a Negro, was out $lO today as a result of using seven cats to advertise a dance. A policeman arrested him as 1 5 stood in front of a dance hall surrounded by the cats. Around each cat’s body was a canvas placard fastened with wire, advertising a dance contest. He was fined for cruelty to animals.

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Claiming his reports from all precincts in the city indicate he is nominated as Republican candidate for congress by 383 votes, Ira M. Holmes this afternoon declared he had confidential information that “word has been sent down the line to count me^ut.” Victory over his wet opponent, Ira L. Holmes, was claimed early this afternoon by Archibald M. Hall, dry manufacturer, on a basis of unofficial tabulation of votes in 326 of 331 precincts. Os the remaining five precincts. Hall said he expected four would ballot for him, while one was doubtful. He said he thought his total would be between 500 and 700 ballots more than that polled by Holmes. Official returns from 200 precints gave Hall 5,788 votes and Holmes 5,107. Wilson Claims Victory Claim of victory in another clos# race was advanced by Herbert E. Wilson, candidate ’ for the Democratic nomination for prosecutor, who said his personal canvassing of unofficial returns, with only three precincts out, gave him a lead of 391 votes over his opponent, Herbert Spencer. Besides the race between Wilson and Spencer, two other Democratic contests were hard fought as late returns were being tabulated. Chambers on Tap Smiley N. Chambers, candidate for the Democratic nomination as probate judge, led Thomas E. Garvin, his oppenent, less than 400 votes as 297 precincts reported unofficial returns. Two hundred and five precincts in the official count this afternoon gave Chambers 6,931 and Garvin 7,071. Timothy P. Sexton and Frank F. Wooling raced neck and neck for the Democratic county treasurer nomination as 250 precincts in official returns gave Sexton 6,968, and Woolling 6,327. Friends of Jesse J. P. McClure, leading in the Republican contest for county clerk nomination, declared he would win by more than 300 votes. Official tabulations, which have progressed slowly since the canvassing board convened early Wednesday, were speeded up today as the board adopted a system of reading Democratic and Republican votes separately. The board expected to complete its work tonight.

COMMITTEEMAN VOTE IN PRECINCT IS TIED Organization Candidate Objects to Deciding Victory by Lot. When votes were tabulated in the Sixth precinct of the Ninth ward candidates for the Republican nomination as precinct committeeman each received sixty-three ballots. By law the tie would be broken by lot in the presence of the canvassing board. While H. W. Brooks, Citizens Reform League candidate, expressed willingness to settle the election in that fashion, W. T. Hargon, Republican organization candidate, objected. “My bread and butter is at stake,” he explained. Martin Hugg, Republican oounty chairman, said, “We’ll iron out the tie somehow.” STATE BOARD NEEDS GOOD PUBLICITY MAN Utility Head Four Years Never Had Heard of Commission. During the past four years William Martin has operated the Patriot Electric Company, providing electricity to citizens at Patriot and Florence, Ind., and never even heard of the public service commission. So he confessed in a petition filed today by the Switzerland Coupty Utilities Company asking permission to purchase Martin’s electric plant. Under the utilities law all utilities in the state must be under public service commission supetvision, with annual reports filed and rates approved. Martin says he didn’t know that until these Switzerland peo{Sp came to buy his business. Seven Killed in Plane Crash EL PASO, Tex., May B—Seven persons were killed in an airplane crash between San Jeronimo and Zacatecas. Mexico, Wednesday, according to dispatches received here today.

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