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KLAN’S GHOST IS VILLAIN IN DETROIT WAR Mayor Bowles, ‘Reformer Who Didn’t Reform,’ Is Backed by Kluxers. ROSE FROM OBSCURITY Fought Way to Executive’s Chair in Six Years; Now Faces Rout. Thu la the first of **T*rl storirs hr ftrorc Cotton. staff writer for The Times and NKA Serrtee on the remarkable situation now astatine in Detroit. BY BRUCE CATTON NEA Serrtee Writer (Ooprrtrht. 1930. bv NEA Service. Inc.) DETROIT. July 28—An experiment in municipal government, indulged in because the ghost of the Ku-Klux Klan still stalks through the streets of America's fourth city, just is coming to an exciting conclusion. Mayor Charles Bowles, recalled by the voters at a special election last week, faces almost certain defeat in the special election that will be held in September to choose his successor. The experiment was a peculiar one. Detroit elected a mayor on a reform platform and found the gamblers and liquor dealers enjoying a strange new prosperity under his regime. Mayo*- Is Strange Figure Detroit defeated the candidate who called fer an ‘open town”—and then found that the town was more •‘open” under the man it elected than it probably would have been if the other chap had won. Now, since the murder of Gerald Buckley, radio vice crusader . an unprecedented cleanup has taken place. Mayor Bcwles, storm center of ♦he most hectic administration Detroit ever had, is a strange figure. Born in the small town of Yale, Mich, a former street car motorman and then an obscure lawyer, he was practically unheard of in Detroit untii six years ago. Then he ran for mayor with Ku Klux Klan backing—although he always has denied ever being a member of the klan himself and j surprised everybody by polling j 70,000 votes Dan Backs Ilim He ran again in the next election. Again he was beaten, but again the klan helped him get a huge vote. Bowles thereupon ran for a judgeship in the recorders court, won election, and bided his time. . ~ ~ . A year ago he entered the lists again. Victorious in the primary, he faced former Mayor John W. Smith in the fall election. Smith is a Catholic and a wet. Bowles set up a law-and-order platform. Nightly he demanded a cleanup in the police department. He urged the closing of blind pigs —as speakeasies are known here—gambling joints and disorderly houses. Simultaneously, the religious issue entered the campaign—not. in the open, but underground. The klan as an organization is moribund here; but its ghost still lives, and the religious issue won many votes for Bowles. He beat Smith by about 8.500 votes. Elected, Troubles Begin Bowles' administration hardly had begun before he was in hot water. First he tried to raise street railway fares from 6 to 8 cents and to cut bus fares from 10 to 8 cents. It was charged that the effort to cut the bus fares was an attempt to reward voters in the outlying districts, who had gone heavily antiSmith in the election; at any rate the city council refused to approve the move, and it was dropped. Then Bowles appointed to the commissionership of public works one John Gillespie. Gillespie was head of the Detroit Reduction Company. which held a profitable city contract for the disposal of garbage. City ‘Opens Up” When he took office Gillespie announced that he had severed connections with this company; nevertheless. he had not been in office ten days before he got the council to re-award the contract to the Detroit Reduction Company, and fought sharply to kill a proposal fer construction of a city-owned reduction plant. Gillespie also was accused of interfering in the conduct of other departments, notably the police department. It was noticed. f *vvrmore, that gambling houses were beginning to reopen, and that "blind pigs” were running full blast. In addition, it was recalled that even during the campaign the city's gamblers had been reported to be contributors to Bowles’ campaign fund. Raids Start Trouble Detroit soon became, once more, a wide-open town. The newspapers stormed about it for a long time without getting action. Finally Mayor Bowles went to see the Kentucky derby, and during his absence Police Commissioner H. H. Emmons went out and made a series of raids on gambling joints and blind pigs. Bowles got back to town two days later and { romptly removed Emmons from office, putting Thomas C. Wilcox in his place. That was the move that provoked the recall movement. It gained impetus from that date, and the recall campaign just ended was one of the most spectacular and exciting in Detroit's history. (To Be Continued)

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STATE MAY ACT IN MINE FIRING Appeal to Leslie in Bono Case Considered. Governor Harry G. Leslie may be appealed to for state aid in capture and prosecution of persons alleged to have fired the Bono mine at Wana near Clinton, Ind., Friday night, it was reported at the statehouse today. State Fire Marshal Alfred E. Hogston announced his department will investigate the affair at once anc that Deputy George Coogan has been assigned to the case. “Interested parties,” whose names he refused to disclose, appealed to Attorney-General James M. Ogden to assist this morning. He informed them that any such command for the attorney-general’s office to enter the case must come from the Governor. A year ago, when rioting occurred at the mine, the Governor asked Ogden to aid local authorities in prosecutions. This the attorneygeneral did. The mine has been operated bej low the union scale on a so-called i "co-operative” plan. FIGHT PIGMY LINKS City Moves Against Club in Injunction Suit. Decision to file a supplemental complaint, making the Meridian Park Golf and Athletic Club, Inc., a party defendant in the suit for a restraining order, was reached today by Corporation Counsel Edward H. knight and Albert Stump, plan commission attorney, in their fight to prevent violation of the zoning law at the miniature golf course at Thirtieth and Pennsylvania streets. When the city obtained an injunction against Paul O. Brown, operator, the lease was transferred to the newly formed “private club,” to evade the zoning ordinance. The additional complaint was to be filed before Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin, where the original suit was filed. RECESS STEEL TRIAL Heat Brings Merger Move Hearing Delay. i Bu l sited Press YOUNGSTOWN. O . July 28 j Trial of Cyrus S. Eaton's suit to | block the billion dollar Youngstown Sheet and Tube-Bethlehem Steel i Corporation merger, was adjourned after a two-hour session today, because of the heat. I Trial Judge David G. Jenkins coni sented to the adjournment. Eaton j is fighting the proposed eonsolidaj tion on the grounds that Bethlej hem’s merger terms are unfair. SYD CHAPLIN ACCUSED (• Young Actress Charges Star With Slander, Libel. Assault. ! B United Press ! LONDON. July 28.—A writ charging assault, libel and slander has been | served on Syd Chaplin, motion picture star, by Miss Molly Wright, a promising young talkie artist, according to the Sunday Dispatch. Both worked on the same picture at a studio recently.

Bishop Defends His Ownership of Public Bar Bu United Press LONDON, July 28.—Owning a bar is just as natural an investment ior a clergyman as for any other individual, says Dr. A. G- Rawstorne, bishop of Whalley, Lancashire, who is attending the Lambeth church conference here. “I own a fully licensed public house near Blackburn,’” said Bishop Rawstorne, discussing problems before the licensing commission. “A public house, run as it should be run, can be as clean a business as any other,” the bishop said. “It was not only a moral impulse that led me to purchasing these premises, of which I have a freehold. I did it like any one else making an investment.” TRIES TOJND LIFE Gun Fails to Shoot After Man Takes Poison. Snapping a revolver at his heart. James Wilson, 21, of 811 North Pennsylvania street,, was foiled m a suicide attempt at the home of a brother, Joseph V/ilson, 1421 Broadway, when the cartridge failed to explode. Alonei n the room, he examined the gun and pulled the trigger again. The second cartridge exploded and the bullet was buried in the ceiling. Wilson had placed the gun against his chest again when C. A. Morris, 1422 Broadway, ran into the room and knocked it from his hand. Wilson told police he also had taken poison. He was rushed to city hospital. Domestic troubles are blamed | for his act. NOTED FLIER GROUNDED Roger Williams Suspended 90 Days for Unauthorized Hop. j P>u United Press WASHINGTON. July 28—The transport pilot license of Roger Q. Williams. trans-Atlantic flier of New York, has been suspended for ninety days for violation of federal air commerce regulations, the commerce department announced today. Williams' license was suspended because of a flight he made June 29 over Bermuda without approval of authorities of the island. BOAT GOES TO RESCUE Fishing Smack Saves 28 When Anothei Gets in Trouble. Bis f'nitrd Prr g s VENTURA Cal., July 28.—The fishing snruk, Mary Ann saved the fishing beat Starlight and the latter's t went 5 -five passengers and crew of three from disaster today in heavy seas. The Mary Ann returned this morning to report that it towed the Starlight to the Anacapa Islands after it found the craft floundering in rough water in the channel near the islands. PUPS BORN - AT RILEY Litter of Wire-Haired Puppies Arrive Under Sunhouse. A mother dog got slightly mixed on her hospitals last week. Instead of choosing Coleman, the maternity hospital, she selected Riley as the birthplace for her litter of wire-haired puppies which were born under the porch of the sun house on the playground.

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Bu Times Special f OS ANGELES, July 28.—HowJLz ard Lee, bom Levi, awoke this morning with a headache. It wasn’t his first headache, but this one was different—not the kind you cure by reaching for an aspirin instead of a sweet. Maybe it was the head, maybe it was the humidity, maybe it was just the moonlight—or the moonshine. Anyway, when Howard made his way to the shucks last night, he was married. When he cocked one inquiring eye out at the California sun this morning, he was well on the way to being otherwise. Howard came out of Evansville, Ind., with a rush. That was Howard’s way. Down on Fulton street and up on some of the more prominent boulevards, he had zipped at high speed, until the old town palled on him. It made him weary to look at the Levi department store, down on Fulton street, so he came to Hollywood and Los Angeles. To Los Angeles, also came Mrs. Eugenia Bankhead - Hoy - Butt, daugther of Congressman William B. Bankhead of Alabama and sister of Tallulah Bankhead, the famed actress. Eugene had been married so many times that she had cut-rate privileges with the railroads running from Hollywood to Reno. She looked over the flaming Howard in a musing way and so, in an absent-minded moment, they were married. It was careless of Eugenia, but when Howard breathed into her shell-like, pink ear the story of his wealth and social standing, she believed him. Hence the headache for Howard this morning. Mrs. Eugenia Bankhead-Hoyt-Butt-Lee appeared in court today with a plea that the latest of her matrimonial dives be made null and void and otherwise wiped off the map, this time without even making her customary seasonal trip to Reno. Mr. Lee’s social standing stood at exactly zero, to quote the fair Eugenia, and his financial standing was only a couple of zeros better, she stated in bitter tones. So Howard, blinking up at the California sunshine this morning with a bilious eye, vowed that the next time he would choose some unsophisticated lily of the matrimonial fields, like Peggy Hopkins Joyce, for example, before stepp/ig proudly to the altar.

BABIES SHUFFLE IS DEADLOCKED One Family Satisfied, but Other Isn’t; Talk Suit. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 28.—The Wat-kins-Bamberger baby mixup was settled today—and it wasn't. It depended upon whether you asked the Charles Bamberger family or the William Watkins family. The Bambergers said it was, that they could prove it because the baby they have has been christened George Edward Bamberger, and that was that. But the other baby has not been christened and apparently isn’t going to be because the Watkins have him, but do not think he is theirs. They are so sure of this they contemplate bringing suit to compel the Bambergers to exchange with them. The babies were born at Englewood hospital June 30 and their mothers left the hospital at the same time. The controversy started when Watkins discovered on his baby's back a piece of tape bearing the name Bamberger. The baby at the Bamberger's had been labeled “Watkins,” it was learned, but Bamberger contended from the start it was the tags, not the babies, that were in the wrong homes. Watkins, having failed in his attempt to stop the baptism, announced he might file a habeas corpus petition to force Bamberger to bring the baby into court and either let a judge settle the dispute or make an exchange according to the findings of a jury of scientists who decided the babies were mixed. CURTIS HOLDS TONGUE Vice-president Refuses to Talk of National Politics. Bu United Press TOPEKA, Kas., July 28. VicePresident Charles Curtis is in Topeka for the Kansas primaries. He declined to discuss either state or national politics. “You know’ the Vice-President is not supposed to talk,” he said. Curtis arrived Saturday night and went to the home of his sister, Mrs. Rome Colvin. IN FIFTH DAY OF RACE Boy Cyclists Near 700-Mile Mark in Marathon. Starting the fifth day's ten-hour run in the 100-hour bicycle marathon on the east side, boy cyclists were nearing the 700-mile mark at noon today. Ray Kealing and Byron Conroy held the lead with 645 miles Sunday night, with James Baon and George Worley second, Stanley Williams and Robert Lankford third and Bud Kroeger and Edward Dahl fourth.

MOONEY FILES 1 NEW PETITION FOR CLEMENCY Renews Pardon Request on Eve of Billings High Court Hearing. MACDONALD TO RECANT Bombing Case ‘Key’ Expected to Admit He ‘Lied’ Pair Into Prison. BY GEORGE D. CRISSEY United Pres* Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. Preparations were made today for a session of the California supreme court in which the case of Warren K. Billings, convicted of complicity in the San Francisco Preparedness day bombing, will be “re-tried.” Indications are that the hearing, to start at 10 a. m. Tuesday, will be devoted largely to the testimony of John MacDonald, recanting witness, who came from Baltimore to tell the seven supreme court justices that he lied at the trial of Billings and Thomas J. Mooney in 1916. Questioning of MacDonald will be by the justices, but it is likely that some cross-examining by Charles M. Fickert, the prosecutor who convicted Mooney and Billings, will be permitted. Asks Pardon Again As though anticipating that the Governor will use the court’s recommendation on Billings as a guide in his case, Mooney today sent anew petition for a pardon to the Governor’s office in Sacramento. Frank P. Walsh, New York attorney, drew up the petition. It said that Mooney was convicted on the testimony of MacDonald and Frank Oxman, Oregon cattleman. MacDonald has confessesd that he was a perjurer, the petition said, while Oxman’s testimony was discredited years ago, even by those opposed to a pardon for Billings and Mooney. Meanwhile, the disappearance of two reports on the case for police files here was reported. The reports are the basis for a denial by Police Captain Charles Goff, that he identified Mooney and Billings for McDonald, as the latter charges in his repudiation affidavit. Both Want to Appear Both Mooney and Billings desire to appear personally at the hearing, but it is unlikely that either will be permitted to do so. A petition by Mooney, asking that he be summoned as a material witness, is before the court and probably will be denied before the opening of Tues- | day’s hearing. The court has indicated it intends to limit the hearing to Billing’s case as the justices are without authority to act in behalf of or against Mooney. In California, a pardon for a twice-convicted man, such as Billings, may be issued by the Governor provided the supreme court recommends it, and this week’s hearing is being held under the authority of that provision. Action on a Mooney pardon petition must come direct from the Governor and for that reason the’ court is not interested in the Mqoney phase of the bombing case, even though both men were convicted on the same evidence. Rejected Other Petition The hearing is the second one the court has held on the Billings case, having rejected his petition early this month. The return of MacDonald, who wants to deny his testimony that he saw Billings plant .he dynamite bomb that killed ten persons, resulted in a decision for the rehearing. While Mooney will have no part in the hearing, it is of importance to this case. Governor C. C. Young denied Mooney’s pardon application recently, after the supreme court declined tv recommend a pardon for Billings. Ho explained that he considered the cases as parallels and that if one deserved a pardon, both did. In view of his previous action, it is expected that Governor Young will follow the judgment of the court agahi. TWO bandits slain Robbed Roadhouse Proprietor Fires at Fleeing Robbers. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 28.—Two bandits were shot and killed yesterday by Tony Sodo as they fled after holding up patrons in Sodo's roadhouse on the outskirts of Chicago. A third bandit escaped. The dead men were Milton Simon, 20, and Alex Zill, alias Zilenski, a paroled convict. THIEF ALARM FOILS CAPTURE OF BURGLAR Chicken Coop Trap Startles Man;! Maraude’- Escapes. Startled wher his own homemade burglar a 1 arm sounded as he stalked a Negro chicken thief at his home Sunday morning. Elmer Glaze, 1527 Chester avenue, fired a premature shot from a shotgur at the prowler and the man fled unhurt. Glaze told police he had rigged a catsup bottle to a string, attached to his chicken house door after the coop had been looted twice last week. His wife saw the thief Sunday, and Glaze was stalking the man when the bottle dropped and Glaze, startled, fired the shot which set the thief to flight.

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Heat Wave Break Promised Tonight; 98 Here at IP. M. Temperatures as Low as 60 to 65 Degrees Early Tuesday] Possible, Weather Man’s Good News for City and State.

Hourly Temperatures 6a, m 83 10 a. m 91 7a. m 83 11 a. m 93 Ba. m 87 12 (noon).. 97 9 a. m 91 1 p. m 98 1:30 p. m.. 99 With temperatures soaring early today, the United States weather bureau here promised relief for Indianapolis and Indiana from the heat wave tonight or Tuesday. Local thunderstorms this after-

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HOLD NEGRO AS HATCHET KILLER Suspect in Gary Attacks Is Identified by Woman. Bu United Press GARY, Ind., July 23.—A Negro, Long souglit as “the man with the limp” in connection with a series of hatcht murders, robberies and attacks upon wcinen in 1929, was identified today as one of the two Negros who terrorized Gary a year ago. The identification was made by Mrs. Leola Calloway, Negro, one of the women who were set upon and seriously wounded. The Negro suspect, whose name was withheld, was brought here from Richmond, Ind., where he was arrested Saturday. Ulysses Mack, believed to have been a companion of the suspect, is in Poliet prison under sentence to death, after conviction of three murders. 0. K. HUNGARIAN KING Britain Will Offer No Objections to Restoration of Throne. LONDON, July 28.—The British government will offer no objections to restoration of Archduke. Otto to the Hungarian throne provided certain conditions are met, the diplomatic writer of the London Sunday Referee said in an article Sunday. The diplomatic writer said Great Britain would insist that the restoration must not result in internal disorders; must not lead to a relinking of Austria and Hungary under Harpsburg rule, and must have the consent of all powers concerned. WOLF LITTER IS FOUND Berry Picker Gets 542 Bounty for Seven Pups. Bu United Press BRAINARD, Minn., July 28.—Blue berrying is good business if you don’t stick too closely to picking blue berries. Kieth Williams, Ideal township, leported today. Whiie blue berrying, he found seven wolf cubs. He came to town today to collect $42 bounty. WARNS ON LICENSES 1,500 Truck Owners Told to Get City Permits. Notices to obtain city trucking licenses were sent 1,500 Indianapolis truck owners today by Captain Otto Ray. city license inspector. Ray has completed a carefdY check of the city license list against the state truck license list, finding 1,500 are evading the local ordinance. If local truckers do not conform with the request to obtain licenses at the city controller’s office within a reasonable period, prosecution will be ordered, Ray said.

noon or tonight were forecast, with cooler weather due Tuesday. Temperatures as low as 60 to 65 degrees early Tuesday are possible, J. H. Armington, meteorologist, declared today. “There will be a decided break in temperature,” he promised. At 1 this afternoon the thermometer had soared to 98 degrees, indicating a record heat for the day unless the promised thunderstorms de-

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SINGER SIGNS PACTOFPEACE Agrees Not to Fling Flower Pots at Radio Owner. Bu T'nitrd Pro* CHIC AGO, July 28—The Schultzes and Mme. Ada Paggi, opera singer, have* signed a peace pact. The pact articles are simple. The Schultzes, Otto and Walter, agree not to offend Mme. Paggi’s musical nature by playing loud radio band music early in the morning. Mme. Paggi agrees not to throw any more flower pots. The treaty was reached Sunday after the singer, unable longer to stand the radio music drifting from the Schultzes’ home next door, seized a flower pot and hurled it through their window. VOORHIS PASSES 101 Tammany Leader Eludes Reporters on Birthday. Bu I'niled PrrKs NEW YORK, July 28.—John R. Voorhis, New York’s most celebrated centenarian, passed his 101st anniversary Sunday at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. William H. Newell in White Plains. Voorhis is president of the New York city board of elections and grand sachem of Tammany hall. The Tammany leaded eluded reporters and other well-known wishers at his New York home by leaving early for the home of his daughter, where he spent the day with relatives and intimate friends. CONVICTED BY JURY White Man Found Guilty of Slaying Negro Student. B u T'niteff Prrss ATLANTA, Ga„ July 28.—T. L. Martin, one of seven white men indicted on charges of slaying Dennis Hubert, Negro divinity student, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter today with the recommendation he be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than twelve or more than fifteen years. An alleged insult upon a white woman provoked the slaying on June 15. The defendants accused Hubert of the insult and said he threatened thier lives when they tried to arrest him. Two days after the defendants were denied bond, the home of Hubert’s father—a Negro Baptist preacher and member of a Negro family prominent in educational work in the south—was burned to the ground under mysterious circumstances. Auto Theft Alleged MARION, Ind., July 28.—July 28. —George Smith, 24, is held by Marion police with an automobile reported stolen from the U-Drive Company at Norfolk, Va„ in his possession. He waived extradition.

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velopcd during the afternoon to reduce readings. Saturday's highest temperature of 98 degrees at 1 in the afternoon was equaled at 4 Sunday afternoon. No relief was forthcoming during the night, thermometers recording heat in the lower Jgnties throughout the night. Rains in Northern Indian While southern Indiana continued in distress from drought, northern and east central Indiana were benefited by rains over the week-end. Royal Center held first place for rainfall, reporting a total of 2.87 inches falling during the twentyfour hours ending at 7 Sunday morning and an additional .03 inches between 7 Sunday morning and 7 this morning. South Bend had 1.80 inches of rainfall during the same forty-eight hours, Wheatfield 1 inch; Ft. Wayne .86 inch, Marion 1.04 inches, Lafayette .55 inch, Farmland .94 inch, Cambridge City .90 inch, and Madison .49 inch. Indianapolis had .09 inch of rainfall in the twenty-four hours ending Sunday morning while a trace of rain was shown in the report up to ? this morning. Corn Is Suffering The corn-growing section of Indiana in the south reported that any rainfall would be too late to save the crop. The Posey county melon crop will be almost an entire loss, it was indicated by reports today. The county’s melon crop is valued at an average of $750,000 annually. Sunday more than 24,000 visited municipal beaches and pools, David B. Kilgore, city recreation director, announced. Garfield, Ellenberger and Rhodius pools entertained 4,000 each. McClure beach, 6,000; Warfleigh and Willard, 2,500 each, and Douglass, 1,000. Cool Wave Coming Bat Times Filed at WASHINGTON. D. C., July 28. An arctic wave is en route for Indianapolis, Indiana and the entire northern half of the United States. A special forecast by Dr. C. L. Mitchell, chief United States weather bureau forecaster, today said a cold wave has been moving from Alaska toward Idaho and Montana since last Friday and that it crossed the Canadian border Sunday night. By virtue of a general readjustment of barometric conditions over the entire country, the series of hob winds from the south will be broken, leading to predictions of an August generally cooler than July, according to Mitchell. The cool breath from the north, which brought drops of more than 20 degrees in North Dakota today, will not be accomplished by widespread atmospheric disturbances, but electrical storms and thunder showers may be expected during thai next forty-eight hours. Midwest Swelters Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 28.—Sweltering residents of the midwest watched the weather vanes today, hoping, and in many cases praying, for a promised shift in the winds that was to bring relief after the latest of a series of unprecedented July heat waves. The winds which have been carrying in from the southwest one heat wave after another were due, forecasters said, to shift to the northwest and with the shift, it was believed, would come widespread showers. These forecasts applied especially to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, lowa and possibly Kansas and Nebraska, in all of which temperatures Sunday were excessive and where much damage to crops has been caused by the heat. New high readings were reported in southern Illinois and lowa cities and marks of more than 100 were reported in almost all sections of the midwest Sunday. Crops in southern Illinois and lowa were reported cooked and the damage was estimated at millions of dollars. Among the high temperatures reported Sunday were: Carbondale, 111., 110; St. Louis, 106; Evansville, 106; Omana. 106; Cedar Rapids, la., 103; Des Moinefe, 106; Keokuk, Ia„ 106: Wichita. 100; North Platte, 100; Quincy, 111., 107; Topeka, 103. Prayers Are Answered Bu United Press POLACCA, Ariz., July 28.—The | “green corn” dance of the Hopi ; Indians was najted Sunday when : desert thunderstorms put out the ceremonial fires. The dance was an appeal to their rain god, Omesprte, and had been going on for hours when the water ! fell, halted the weird ceremonies and gave promise of an abundant maize crop. Rocking Chair Contest BRAZIL, Ind., July 23.—Roy Brown and Richard Bennett, each 13, have started a rocking chair endurance contest at a drug store. They will rock six hours continuously, then take a fifteen-minute rest period. Negro Shoots Night Watchman HOBART. Okla., July 28.—A posse of city and county officers searched today for a negro who shot iAI Trer.tham city night watchman, j in the district of Hobart late j Sunday night Trentham-died in a I hospital.