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ALLEGED BRIBE GIVER MUM IN GAS SCANDAL Sees Ogden, but Refuses to Link Cooper to Tax Frauds. ‘HOLDOUT IS CHARGED’ ‘Grand Jury Only Answer,’ Says Attorney-General After Conference. Louis H Joers, Michigan City, alleged pay-ofl man in the bootleg gasoline scandal, appeared as scheduled at the office of AttorneyGeneral James M. Ogden this morning, but refused to divulge anything regarding alleged "deals” involving Bruce E. Cooper, gasoline tax auditor, resigned. Joers spent several hours ■with Cooper In conference in Cooper's room at the Columbia Club, Wednesday night, it was learned. Cooper had sent for Joers to come here, before Ogden got a similar message to him at Michigan City. This gave the resigned auditor, who formerly was a state senator and formerly First district Republican chairman, first chance to talk with Joers. Accompanied by Counsel Poole Harrison, Chicago oil man, who has confessed to Ogden that he and his partner. J. T. Conner, Chicago, financed the alleged pay-ofT to dodge the 4-cer.t a gallon gasoline tax, came to Ogden's office .ccompanied by his attorneys. They are B. C. Jenkins and James H. Parker, both of Gary. Harrison was called into the at-torney-general's conference with Joers and is reported to have urged Joers, who really was his employe, to "tell all.” Joers, however, continued to refuse and the conference was terminated, Ogden said. Grand Jury Is Resort "There remains nothing for us to do but take this entire matter before the Porter or Lake county grand jury,” the attorney genera! declared. When this will be done, he refused to indicate. New angle of the scandal reported today was Joers’ alleged "hold-out” of sums said to have been Cooper. It is alleged that Joers charged the Harrison people, for alleged Cooper payments, considerably more than the actual "pay off.” Another is the disclosure, by Harrison, that Clarence P. Fate, securities Investigator In the office of the secretary of state, paid only $2,500 for the seven oil stations he obtained for his son and Malcolm Clark In northern Indiana. These were learned when a tax settlement was arranged with Joers in the state auditor's office. Gentlemen’s Agreement Harrison told the attorney-gen-eral that there was a "gentleman's agreement" to return the stations to him "after the storm.” Fate is in Fpru today, but Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield said he doesn't believe there was such an agreement and Fate didn't take over the stations until settlement had been made with State Auditor Archie Bobbitt. Both Ogden. Fifield and Bobbitt denied that the disclosures had Involved the Republican organization in Lake county In a Chicago-style "racket” in the northern Indiana oil business, which had become a great source of revenue for poliicians through defrauding the state of the 4-ccnt tax. FRANCE REFUSES ALL ON MARNE MEMORIAL •folds No Living Sculptor Is Capable of Doing Work. Mv United Preen PARIS. July 24.—The French Beaux Arts has decided, after looking over a score of projects, that there is not a living sculptor capable of carving out of stones a monument to perpetuate the great turning point of the early days of the World war, the first battle of the Marne. After asking for models and studying the submitted designs, the government, through the Beaux Arts, has decided to postpone for the time being all plans to build the monument, rather than erect on the Marne banks an artistic eyesore. or a monument which fails to capture for future generations the spirit of that epic battle. W 0 MAN STAB S NEGRO Forty Stitches Required to Close Gash on Victim's Chest. Forty stitches were needed to close a gash across the chest of Reese Bowling, 32. Negro. 467 S Indiana avenue, at city hospital on Wednesday night. Miss Marie Warfield. 23. Negro. 2424 Parker avenue, was arrested charged with wielding the knife. > ** New Directory for Anderson Bji Time Special ANDERSON. Ind. July 34Enumeration of this city's population is under way by the Caron Directory Company of Louisville. Early tabulations Indicate that the total will exceed the federal census figure Os 39,788Calf Raising to Be Topic Cm Timet Special ANDERSON. Ind.. July 34. Madison County 4-H Club win make a tour of the county’s leading cattle f .trms to stud}' calf raising. Rummimiie is the starting

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Air Stowaway Toledo Boy Hides in Tail of Plane; Will Ride Home ‘in Style.’

DETROIT. July 24.—8i11y Jeavons, 11. Cleveland, who stowed away on an airplane of the Thompson Aeronautical line, today was shopping in Detroit and probably was going to talk over the radio and tell his experience tonight. Early today Billy crawled aboard the Detroit amphibian and hid himself in the tail. Ten minutes out, the pilot, Otis Beard, noticed the tail was heavy and set the plane down on Lake Erie to investigate. “I just wanted a ride to Detroit on a plane and I didn’t have the money for it," Billy explained as he crawled out. At Detroit a restaurant proprietor took him downtown for breakfast and other passengers supplied him with an aviator’s outfit. The Thompson line assured him they w’ould take him back home, but not riding in the tail.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBEIIQUITS Whiteman Resigns After Drunk Driving Arrest. Lewis E. Whiteman, 40, of 801 Yoke avenue, awaiting trial July 29 in municipal court three on drunken driving charges, resigned from the school board today. In special session the board accepted his resignation, to become effective at once, and named Merle Sidener, member-elect, to take office. Whiteman’s term would have expired Jan. 1, 1932, when Sidener, elected last November, would have succeeded to the board. Whiteman was arrested at Washington and Illinois streets Tuesday night, after he is alleged to have driven his son's auto on boards covering a street excavation there. His written resignation from the school board explained that he wished to retire immediately because of “personal and business reasons.” He did not attend the meeting. Sidener is expected to accept the post. Whiteman had been active in factional disputes among the board members since he took office Jan. 1, 1928, being aligned first with Theodore F. Vonnegut and Charles W. Kern, forming a majority, later forming a ne./ majority with Mrs. Lillian G. Sedwick and Fred Kepner until the present citizens ticket beard members took office in January.

LIFTS TREE RECORD City Champ Nears 250Hour Mark in Foliage. Acknowledged champion non-drop branch sitter. Palmer McCloskey, 14, of 328 North Temple avenue, neared the 250-hour mark today. At 9 this morning he had been in the foliage of his tree 237 hours. Nearest him were Warren Winzenread, 12, at 3123 North Sherman drive, and David Smith, Beech Grove, each thirty-two hours behind the leader, SHOWERS PROMISED Mercury Probably Will Remain Unchanged. Thundershowers were promised Indinapolis and southern Indiana this afternoon or tonight, in the forecast of the United States weather bureau here this morning. Temperatures probably will remain unchanged tonight and Friday, the forecast stated. Average temperature Wednesday was normal, 76 degrees, varying from 69 degrees at 6 a. m. to 85 degrees at 3 p. m. Nuts# Shot; Keeps Silence CLEVELAND July 24.—For two days Helen Toth, 20. student nurse, went about her work with a bullet wound in her side, choking down the pain and saying nothing about her injury. Since being taken to a hospital a week ago, she has steadfastly refused to tell how she came to be shot.

MOONEY ‘KEY’ WORN OUT; ‘HIDES’ UNTIL HEARING

Bv United Prets SAN FRANCISCO. July 24.—John MacDonald, witness in tne trial of Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings, was “in hiding” today, exhausted by the excitement he caused when he admitted his testimony was false. MacDonald, whose testimony largely was responsible for the convicition of Mooney and Billings as the perpetrators of the 1916 San Francisco bombing in which ten persons lost their lives, left San Francisco Wednesday, presumably for

ARRESTED ‘MAYOR’ HAD EVERYTHING IN POCKETS BUT MONUMENT

C| RAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. July 24.—Ernest Kellogg, guntoting "mayor' 1 of Lynhurst, Indianapolis suburb, lawyer, insurance salesman, fire extinguisher peddler, notary public, etc., gave evidence of his many occupations wh"j| arrested here on suspicion

FIND GIRL DEAD IN ADTO ON LONELYROAD Keeps Tryst With Man, Unidentified; Coroner Holds Verdict Open. NOTE LEFT AT HOME Auto Doors Locked, Keys Gone, Body Lying on Rear Seat. Leaving a note at her home declaring “everything will be all right now,” Miss Frances M. Thompson, 26, of 309 North Mount street, b'onde divorcee, drove to a lonely country road to hold a tryst with an unidentified man, then presumably swallowed poison to end her life Wednesday night. Her body was found slumped in the rear seat of her light sedan parked at the side of the Seerly toad five miles west of Maywood early ; today. Identity of the man who was seen 1 seated in the car with her by two ! youths late Wednesday night had ; not been established today. Sheriff George Winkler believed a suicide pact between the girl and man may have existed and that the man failed to carry out his part of the 1 pact. Performing a post-mortem on the body, Deputy Coroner Bakemeier announced he would leave the verdict open. Despite the girl's note left at her home, Deputy Coroner Bakemeier declared she might have taken the poison or it might have been forced down her throat. “The note left by this girl said nothing definite about suicide,” Deputy Coroner Bakemeier said. “It might have been written by a girl leaving home to meet a man to elope.” Car Doors Are Locked The poison bottle was found twenty feet from the car in a field. All four doors of the car were locked, the right front door from the outside, but right rear window was lowered half way. Deputy Coroner O. H. Bakemeier believed death due to suicide and discovery that Miss Thompson had left a note at her home when she left at 5 Wednesday afternoon bore out the belief. In the note she directed that a sister, Miss Bessie Thompson, 17, be educated with her bank account and that her jewelry be given the sister. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson, did not report finding of the note to police. Besides the parents and sister. Miss Thompson is survived by a brother, Harry Thompson, 21. Body Found by Boys Sheriff Winkler was told Miss Thompson formerly was married to John Berne, a Canadian, a private at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Miss Thompson was granted a divorce two years ago, her maiden name being restored. Miss Thompson had been receiving attentions from Noble Brewster, a taxi driver, for some time, her parents said. A search for the girl's male companion was started this afternoon, when Brewster established the fact he and the girl had disagreed a week ago and that she had been in company of another man. The body was discovered early today by James Pierson, 18, of R. R. 7, Box 150, who passed the parked car. He saw the girl in the rear seat, slumped over, her head on a pillow. Believing her asleep, he called to her. Robert Harvey, 14, of Bridgeport also arrived and the two boys, investigating, concluded the girl was dead. N Employed as Stenographer They called Sheriff Winkler. Pierson told Winkler that, with Paul Koolman, 19, of R. R. 7, Box 130, he passed the parked car late Wednesday night and that a man occupied it with a girl at that time. The spot is a lonely one, with dense woods nearby. Miss Thompson was employed as a stenographer in the United States internal revenue agents’ office. She left work July 7 for her annual vacation, which would have terminated July 30. She had been employed there for a year. Ball Classes Exceed 7^>o MUNCIE. Ind., July 24.—More than seven hundred men and women have registered for the second summer term at Ball State Teachers college. The term will continue for five weeks.

Lo 6 Angeles, although it was thought he might have used that objective as a blind.

With him were his two attorneys, Hilary Gans and Charles Ruzicka of Baltimore. MacDonald will not be needed here until Thursday, when the supreme court of California will give a hearing to the man who claims that the testimony he offered in the trials of the two men was false and that he was coerced into identifying them by the San Francisco police.

Wednesday morning. In his pockets, when he was searched at police headquarters, officers found two wallets, two check books, several catalogs, a bar of soap, a wash rag. a razor and a package of blades, a knife, a plugged nickel a clasp from a

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930

Rabbit Waves ‘Bye,’ Flies to Red Sox

- ■' aROLD (RABBIT) WARSTLER, Indians short- ~~ „ 1 A A stop, isn’t in the habit of missing much be- ™ tween second and third, but he almost missed this chance to wave good-bye this morning on his aerial . .-c*'-' trip to the big leagues. ...... * fiA Two taxis finally rushed him to Mars Hill air- * ■ port. Where he boarded aT.A. T. air liner for St. £ Louis to wear the crimson hose of the Boston Red - I* TBp jHk 9* '' 'i SOX against the Browns this afternoon. ' 1 Despite his hurry’, Rabbit took a minute off to bid ' mKm I his family, Virginia, 8: Mrs. Warstler and Bobbie, % i ’ farewell so ra few weeks. Soon they will move from Plainfield to join him in Boston. EDITORS CALLED V IN RACKET QUIZ - ' \FF L Newspaper Men Will Face 8 CHICAGO.' July 24.— The Cook ! JK Js&g county grand jury charged with in- ft jlKr ißglgp ' Jp? 1 " vestlgation of the gang murder of | fflkr IJH - M ’ Alfred J. Lingle, Tribune police re- .■* porter, recognized charges today &§?; that certain newspaper men are m racketeers and called ten newspaper *&/ • officials and two ponce officers as jrV/ * • ,

EDITORS CALLED IN RACKET QUIZ Newspaper Men Will Face Chicago Jury Grilling. 8 July 24.—The Cook county grand jury charged with investigation of the gang murder of Alfred J. Lingle, Tribune police reporter, recognized charges today that certain newspaper men are racketeers and called ten newspaper officials and two poficc officers as witnesses. v The racketeering charges were made by Harry T. Brundidge, St. Louis Star reporter, in a series of articles, several of which were reprinted here in the Tribune. Brundidge testified before the grand jury early this week and is understood to have named several newspaper men. After it was learned that F.obert M. Lee, city editor of the Tribune; Read, city editor of the Eve-, ning American, and Harry Reutlinger, assistant city editor of the American, had been called to testify today, State’s Attorney John A. Swanson announced that ten more witnesses would be heard Friday. Those called are William F. Russell, former police commissioner and intimate friend of Lingle; Captain John Stege, ousted with Russell; Ted Tod, Herald and Examiner reporter; William Stewart, political editor of the American, and Samuel Ettelson, corporation counsel; Walter Strong, Daily News publisher; Leland Reese, Daily News crime reporter; Richard Finnegan, Daily Illustrated Times managing editor; Jimmy Burke, former Times reporter; Roscoe (Duffy) Cornell, Her-ald-Examiner circulation manager.

Memories E,u Tim cf Special GREENSBURG, Ind., July 24.—Ben Meeker, 93, halfbrother of the late Ezra Meeker of the old forty-niners, who was a drummer in the Civil war, from a sick bed at the home of a daughter, heard the Batesville American Legion drum and bugle corps give a special serenade in his honor. As he sat up in bed to hear better, his thin fingers twisted and bent upon the bedclothes in rhythm with the rols which he had once played. Tne concert was given during th j drum corps’ attendance at a Greensburg Legion program at Newpoint.

BOY PURCHASES RUM Nathan Benson Held for Alleged Sale. Sale of liquor to a 16-year-old boy is charged against Nathan Benson, 34, of 1633 Holliday street, arrested Wednesday night. He is charged with operating a blind tiger and with contributing to delinquency of a minor by Sergeant O’Brien, whose squad made the arrest. A small quantity of liquor was seized, police say. Death Follows Operation Bu Timen Special HAGERSTOWN, Ind., July 24. Lawrence G. Macy, 45, of Hagerstown is dead following an operation. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Lulu Macy, near Economy; four brothers, Harry, Cambridge City; Byron, Hagerstown; Frank, Pittsburgh, and Forest, Dublin. Father of Three Dies B.u Timen Special . . GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 24. Funeral services were held here for Hugh Smock, 42, Madison township farmer. He leaves his widow, three children and three stepchildren.

woman’s mesh bag. a fountain pen, a pencil, a glass cutter, loose com, papers, crumbs and a screw driver. With quick suspicions of burglary, officers demanded what Kellogg used the glass cutter for. He claimed he had -%ut glass to

HAROLD (RABBIT) WARSTLER, Indians shortstop, isn't in the habit of missing much between second and third, but he almost missed this chance to wave good-bye this morning on his aerial trip to the big leagues. Two taxis finally rushed him to Mars Hill airport, where he boarded a T. A. T. air liner for St. Louis to wear the crimson hose of the Boston Red Sox against the Browns this afternoon. Despite his hurry, Rabbit took a minute off to bid his family, Virginia, 8; Mrs. Warstler and Bobbie, farewell so ra few weeks. Soon they will move from Plainfield to join him in Boston.

HOSPITAL HEADS TO KEEP POSTS Dseppers, Hess and Morgan to Be Retained. Reappointment of Dr. William A. Doeppers, city hospital superintendeni, Business Manager Clarence Hess and Dr. Herman G. Morgan, board secretary, is scheduled for Friday at the annual reorganization meeting of the city health board, it was predicted reliably today at city hall. Election of Dr. Frederick E. Jackson, Democratic member, as president of the board, succeeding Dr. Henry S. Leonard, Republican member, was understood to be on the health board program in accordance with the administration policy to have Democrats head all city departments. Dr. Leonard was named on the board by former Mayor L. Ert Slack and has served as president for the past year. Jackson formerly served as board president and was instrumental in starting the present hospital building program. Evans Woollen Jr., the other Democratic board member, who was appointed in June by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, was discussed for the presidency, but it was believed selection of a Democratic physician, rather than a business man, would meet with more hearty approval from the medical profession. With his re-election as secretary and city sanitarian. Dr. Morgan will begin his nineteenth year in the health post.

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 71 10 a. m 83 7a, m 75 11 a. m 84 Ba. m 78 12 (noon).. 86 9 a. m 82

Here’s Knockout Series for Tom Thumb Golfers Thousands of Indianapolis people are turning to. the Tom Thumb golf courses for their amusement and thousands of others are talking about the game and becoming converts. They say it’s great sport in itself and, besides, it helps your putting greatly if you’re a “regular” golfer. So The Times, hoping to help your miniature golf game, will publish a series of six articles by Denny Shute, in which this expert will advise those who have taken up the new pastime how they can improve their play. . . The really good golfers are the really good putters, Shute declares, those who can hole out in one or two putts. Shute’s articles offer instruction to the beginner in putting stance, stroke and temperament and those who read them are bound to improve their game, both in regulation putting and in Tom Thumb golf. . , „ Watch for the first article of this senes in Friday’s Times.

YOUNG WIFE IS SLAIN Found Beaten to Death; Husband Held for Questioning. Bv United Press HARTFORD, Conn., July 24. Irene Diamond, young housewife, was found beaten to death today. Nearly three hours after the discovery of her body, detectives found her husband, Nathan Diamond, taxicab driver, and took him to police headquarters for questioning.

make a mirror for his wife before leaving home. The screw driver he declared he had used to make a porch swing for his wife. Clipping in a wallet established his identity as the "mayor” of Lynhurst, who cleared the town hall with a drawn revolver when

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SLAYS WOMAN, CHOPSUP BODY Ohio Killer Uses Quicklime to Hide Crime. By United Prets AKRON. 0.. July 24.—A mutilated body found in a berry patch last night was identified today as that of Mrs. Clyde Smith, 30, wife of the marshal of North Randall village. Death had been caused by a bullet through the skull. The head, arms and legs had been severed, and the entire body covered with quicklime. Marshal Smith identified the body this morning by filling in the teeth. Mrs. Smith had been missing from her home since June 16. Her car was found near a cemetery on June 19. There were no marks of a struggle. The marshal said he had not been worried over disappearance of his wife, because she frequently left home to visit relatives. Clarence Collins, 13, found the body while picking berries just before dusk. The head, limbs and torso had been distributed over a radius of several feet, hdiden by berry bushes. FLIER WARNS OF FIRE Air Mail Pilot Circles Over Town to Spread Alarm. By United Press FRANKLIN, Pa., July 24.—A New York-Cleveland air mail pilot circlded his plane over Clintonville today to arouse residents after he had discovered a burning house one mile eaat of town. The house, owned by Mack McCurdy, and which was unoccupied, burned to the ground, however.

BANDITS GET JEWELRY Lock Store Employes in Basement, Take SIO,OOO in Gems. Bv United Press CLEVELAND, 0., July 24.—Three bandits held up the downtown Rotbart brothers jewelry store here today and escaped with jewels and cash estimated at SIO,OOO. They bound and gagged three employes, locked them in the basement, and leisurely rifled the store.

the town board attempted to diaannex from the town corporation a tract of land added through efforts of Kellogg. Kellogg was arrested while sleeping at the roadside near here. His destination, officers said, seemed to be just any place.”

3,700 DEAD IN EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN ITALY, LATE CHECK OF DISTRICT SHOWS Full Extent of Terrible Destruction Begins to Be Made More Clear by Rescue Work; Toll Expected to Mount. MILLION PERSONS ARE HOMELESS Cities and Towns in Five Once-Flourishing Provinces Are Swallowed or Leveled; New Shocks Are Felt, BY THOMAS B. MORGAN United Press Staff Correspondent BENEVENTO, Italy, July 24.—The full extent of the terrible destruction wrought by Wednesday’s earthquake in southern Ttaiy began to be made clear today. One million persons were estimated to be homeless in the stricken region. The casualties could not be estimated accurately, but approximately 3,700 dead were listed in unofficial counts, while the government, officially, listed 1,778 dead, and 4,264 injured. The terror of the homeless victims, for whom only rough preliminary relief had as yet been organized, was multiplied by the intermittent shaking of the earth, making them fear fresh disaster. Two new shocks were felt in this legion at 9:15 a. m. and 1:15 n. m. today. They were not severe, but strong enough to cause already weakened houses to collapse.

Announcement that the King would leave his summer palace in the Piedmont tonight ana come to console the sufferers by his presence was received with relief by authorities, assured that the king’s visit would do much to calm the terrified populace. Cities and towns in five once flourishing provinces were crushed today beneath the debris left by the quake. Os some of these towns nothing remains but a few survivors wandering aimlessly and in a daze. Reports that came in slowly during the day from isolated centers, and the stories of refugees from stricken towns, increased rather than minimized, the extent of the disaster, and indicated that the

ARREST TRIO IN DETROITDEATH Italians Held in Murder of Bowles’ Foe. Detroit! S July 24.—Three Italian suspects in the murder of Gerald W. Buckley, caustic radio critic of Detroit, were arrested today by Detroit police and state troopers near Ann Arbor. They were returned to Detroit. Buckley was shot down in a hotel lobby by three gunmen early Wednesday after he had finished broadcasting the results of Detroit’s recall election. He had taken an active part in the campaign, opposing Mayor Charles Bowles, who was recalled. Police said the men are Frank Lipore, Riverside, Mich., and Frank Forestieri and Anthony Musnesski, both of Benton Harbor, Mich. Police also are holding twentynine other men, rounded up in a concerted drive Wednesday night and today on Detroit gangsters. Apprehensive over re p o rte and threats, Detroit’s political figures in some instances were under guard today. Robert Okaman, outspoken critic of Mayor Bowles, was reported on his yacht, with the crew armed. Bowles was accorded a police guard after rumors became current he might be killed. tilinTmay bring end TO ODORS FROM BROOK Proposed Improvement at Newcastle Will Cost $58,000. Bi/ Timr* SorriaJ NEWCASTLE, Ind., July 24. Bowery brook, source of odors which caused citizens living along its banks to protest to city officials, will probably be made less objectionable by placing of a large tile. The city council has taken steps preliminary to tiling and final action will be taken at the body’s August meeting. Plans call for use of a six and nine-foot tile. It is estimated the work will cost $58,340. It is proposer! to pay for work by a bond issue which will obligate the entire city rather than by assessments against the owners of property affected. Dranken Driver Sentenced Bji Timet Unerial „ . , _ KOKOMO, Ind., July 24. Convicted of driving his automobile while drunk, Charles King, a contractor, was sentenced to jail for thirty days, fined $lO and suffered revocation of his driver’s license in city court here. His attorneys announce an appeal will be taken. King admitted in court that he drank two bottles of beer. While driving in the west part of the city, King’s car struck a young woman and endangered several children. Bee Sting Causes Illness PERU, Ind., July 24.—As result of a bumble bee sting on her right arm, Mrs. Sam Allison, 48, is seriously ill at her home north of here. The arm is swollen and blue her elbow to shoulder.

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casualty lists would grow rather than decrease. Refugees from Ariano reported that town of 9,000 in ruins and that the few houses remaining would have to be torn down. The dead there were estimated at 310. Refugees from Melfi, where the dead so far were listed at 200, said one-fourth of the town was destroyed. Thousands of survivors were living in the open. The towns of Villanova and Montecalvo can be considered completely destroyed. Zungoli and Sansossio were evacuated, the inhabitants living in the fields. Military motor trucks, loaded with blankets, tents and food, began to push into the region today. Carpenters were busy collecting all available lumber for reconstruction. Suburb Is Swallowed Two-thirds of the population of Villanova-Albanese, two days ago a town of 3,000, have vanished. Suburbs of Villanova. in particular that of Villanova Del Battista, suffered even more complete devastation than the main section of the town. That suburb actually exists no more. It is gone wallowed up or ground to bits in the jaws of the earthquake. Villanova is situated on the top of a peak, dominating this province. From its summit one has a sorrowfully impressive view, for miles in every direction, of the devastation and desolation. The earthquake spared not even the more sturdily built homes. Giovanni Venturi, the mayor, and his assistant, Antonio Ciccone, lie dead in the ruins, an officer of the carabineers told me. Villanova Heavy Sufferer Every building in Villanova Is in vuins. Roofs are crushed In and walls have fallen. Those that remain standing lean perilously and are cracked. The entire roof was torn from the cathedral and the building is unsafe. Present information appears to indicate Villanova is the heaviest sufferer in this province. It is located on a mountain top, several miles from a railway, and is reached only by unfrequented paths and roads. Melfi Badly Stricken BY EDWARD STORER United Prrs Staff Correspondent MELFI, Italy, July 24.—This city of 12,000 inhabitants on top of Mt. Vulture has been badly stricken by the earthquake. The correspondent arrived to find 75 per cent of the houses uninhabitable. The prefect of Potenza province said so far he had officially listed 180 dead. 100 seriously injured and 200 slightly injured. Whole blocks of houses here lay in ruins. Broken electric wires twisted through the dibris littering the streets. It will cost many millions to rebuilt the town. The whole population is sleeping and living out doors mostly under I rode fifty miles to Melfi from Foggia through the stricken region. Refugees straggled along the roads, some bound for Foggia, others apparently dazed and hardly knowing where they went, It was extremely hot and calm, which the natives universally described as “earthquake weather.” The fear of another severe shock, augmented by occasional trembling of the earth, is very real and always present in their minds. When I reached Rapolla, a town of about 3,000 a mile and a half from Melfi, I found twenty dead and lf:0 injured. The bodies of the victims still were lying without coffins in a public wash house near the roadside. Bodies are being removed as quickly as possible to avoid the danger of an epidemic. Lifelong Resident Dies Bm Tim?* (ioeeial GREENCASTLE, Ind., July 24. Funeral services were held here for Mrs. Mary Larue, lifelong resident of Putnam county. She leaves two sons, Clem Larue and Harry Larue, and a daughter, Mrs. H. C. Gut tie r.idge, of Waverly, Kas. _

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