Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 68, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1930 — Page 1

*!Hollywood Stoni t

CHAPI*EH ONE * r\AN ROKIMEft had been in Holly wooO two weeks when he got an airmail letter from Ziggy Young in New York. Ziggy was on the Herald-Tribune, and be was occupying the apartment in East Forty-second street Miat Ronmer recently had vacated to go to Hollywood and a scenario-writing job with Continental Pictures. Rorimer was m a hurry to get up to his room and change his clothes It was Saturday afternoon and Paul Collier was going to pick him up to play golt. So when the clerk at the Roosevelt handed him the letter Ronmer stuck it in his pocket and made for the elevators. Later cn, attired in linen knickers and a light pull-on sweater, he telephoned lor a bellboy to bring him some ginger ale and ice and pick up a suit to be pressed. At the Knock on his door he said, "‘Come in,’' and Collier entered, triumphanty escorting the gnnning P ilipino boy and carrying the tray himself. “Just in time,” he announced cheerily. “Playing the nineteenth hole first?” ' “I’m hct ” said Rorimer, “and I’m thirsty, and I’m not in the best of numor. He.p yourself while I clean out the poek-

ets of this suit.” Collier, mixing himself a drink and taking it over to the comfortable arm chair beside the window, said, “What’s the matter, Dan? Finding they don’t appreciate your talent at Continental?” He stretched his long, well-pro-portioned frame lazily and reached lor one of Rorimer’s cigarets. Dan grunted. “I learned today that they've cast Frederick Atwood as the newspaper reporter in ‘Grim Holiday.’ Can you imagine that sheik doing a convincing job as a newspaper man?’ - “You should be glad, ’ Paul Collier told him. “that they’re starting at last to make a picture of your story. When they buy them it doesn’t always mean that they produce ’em. Tnev do funny things in Hollywood.” He sighed. “Hurry up and grab your drink, Dan. ‘l'm parched.’’ a a a RORIMER tipped the bellboy and dismissed him. 'Here's a Jetter,” he said, “from Ziggy Young.” He picked up his glass, said "Here's how,” and sat on the bed. “Down the hatchway,” Collier responded mechanically. “What’s Ziggy up to?” Rorimer ripped open the letter, read and frowned. “It’s long enough.” he said presently. “I’ll read the postscript—Ziggy always put his news in a great big P. S. He was never known to put the punch in his lead.” “How much does he want to borrow?” Collier asked lazily, and Rorimer got up from the bed with an oath. “Can you beat that!” he exclaimed. “He wants me to look up some girl friend of his out here and try to get her a job in pictures. Me; .. . Listen: *“P. B.’ Bea regular guy for once in your life and do me a favor.’ - And I've been doing nothing but favors for him ever since I’ve known him!—’There's a swell little girl out there in Hollywood from that dear old Tulsa, the town that gave Ziggy Young to the world. Her name is Anne Winter, and her family and my family have been just like that ever since my voice started to change.’ ” "That's a long time,” said Collier. "Don't interrupt,’’ said Rorimer. “I've just learned from my mother,'’ he read, “ ‘that Anne left for Hollywood about two weeks ago, all fired up with ambition to break into the movies. Her folks dont think much headed.’ ” “Most of them are.” Collier observed. “'I haven’t seen Anne for about five years. She was nothing but a kid then—a trifle leggy and with lots of freckles. If she isn’t good looking by this time she never will be, and, if you don't look her up and buy her a dinner whenever she’s hungry I’ll be off you for life. Maybe you can get her a break in the movies. You've got some kind of a pull or you wouldn't be out there yourself. And those big stars like Clara Bok and Dolores Del Whoozis can't last forever, so why not give Anne a chance?* “That,” Rorimer announced, flinging the letter down on the bed. “is what I call a 10l of crust I should spend my time and money being a nice friend of Ziggy’ Young’s family down in Tulsa?” Collier was laughing heartlessly. “You haven't got a chance in the (Turn to Page Nine)

Detroit Takes the Spotlight Chicago and its gangster orgies, temportjily at least, has been shoved out of the limelight. Now Detroit takes thf center of the stage, with tne sensational re 1 clations concerning vice, crime and graft that are being unearthed in the wake of the recall of Mayor Bowles and the murder o? Gerald Buckley, radio announcer, who was Bowles’ chief foe. Bruce Catton. writer for The Times and NEA Service, is in Detroit, and is writing a vivid series of stories on the situation in that city. The second appears today on Page 6. The third, to appear Wednesday, will tell how prohibition actually is enforced in Detroit today. making the 'City as dry as the Sahara, as an aftermath of the electl-m and the Buckley murder.

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INDIANA CROPS ARE HELPED DY COOLING RAINS Renewal of Heat Wave Is Likely After Drop in Mercury Tonight. Hoosierdom inhaled its first comfortable breath in two weeks early today after the mercury had slunk from, record heights to 70 degrees, relieving one of the most severe heat waves in i.nnals of the United . States weather bureau here. In the north sections of the state, rains Monday afternoon and night are believed to have saved many crops. South portions may share in rainfall and thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, the weather bureau forecast. Probability that the thermometer here, which registered 1C degrees at 6 a. m., and onlv nine degrees higher three hours later, may reach 90 this afternoon was shaded by possibility of refreshing thundershowers here, too, this afternoon. The weather bureau’s forecast predicted slightly lower temperatures throughout the state tonight, but with fair weather Wednesday, the mercury .again may rocket into the nineties. Monday afternoon a reading' of 101.1 degrees shattered heat records here for the last twelve years. In many other Indiana cities and towns record temperatures were reported. Among them: Washington, 113; Madison, 110; Princeton, 110; Columbus, 110; Bedford, 110; Bloomington, 109; Jeffersonville. 108; Evansville, 107.3; Terre Haute, 106; Martinsville, 107; New Albany, 105; Crawfordsville, 105; Noblesville, 103.5, and Shelbyville, 103. Southern Indiana farmers, have suffered intensely from the heat and drought, which has dried up almost every pond and stream, leaving them without water supply for livestock. Pastures Are Burned Out Pasture areas are burned out in most parts o( the state, and farmers have been forced to use winter feed to keep their animals alive. County and city officials, in southem-Indiana, have acted to aid suffering farmers, supplying water. Much water is being hauled by motor transport and in wagon tanks to outlying farms. Everywhere in the state humans were suffering from heat, and many prostrations were reported. Bathing beaches, state parks and particularly the northern Indiana lakes region have reported record crowds daily. Water Consumption High Water consumption in Indianapolis is the highest in the history t of the Indianapolis Water Company, according to T. C. Mauch, superintendent. A section of paving on the Sixteenth street road, west of the city, raised a foot Monday because of heat. Pavement exploded at Michigan street and Elder avenue, and on Sherman drive, north of Thirtieth street. Sets 30-Year Record Bit Vnltrti PrcA* WASHINGTON, July 28—Govern-* ment forecasters today predicted more moderate weather generally throughout August. Not in thirty years has such terrific heat persisted over so many states as during the last three weeks. More than thirty stations between the Rocky mountains and the Atlantic seaboard reported 100' degrees or more Monday. The Arctic breath which centered over Alaska last Friday, crossed the ’ Canadian harder Monday, bringing a drop of 16 to 20 degrees in North , Dakota readings. The cool area will i pass over the entire northern half ■ of the United States to the Atlantic ! coast, bringing considerably lower temperatures to all states north of Tennessee. LORDS PASS TREATY British King No* Must Sign London Sea Pact. % . Bv t ’■'*# Press LONDON. July 29.—The house of lords oday passed all of the remaining stages of the London naval treaty bill. The jung still must sign it.

ASSAIL LOW WAGES PAID IN ROADBUjLDING Contractors Enrich Selves by Unemployment Crisis, Says Fritz. ‘ls CENTS AN HOUR’ Labor Figured at 40 to 50 Cents in Prices Charged State for Highways. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY. By taking advantage of unemployment to pay low wages for labor, contractors are enriching themselves from Indiana’s record-breaking highway construction program this summer, it w T as learned today. The disclosure followed the announcement that Attorney General James M. Ogden has ruled in favor of permitting the state highway commission to borrow additional paving funds from the general fund, such loans to be repaid. Several millions of dollars in contracts have been let by the state highway department on the basis of labor costing 40 to 50 cents an hour. However, contractors who obtained the contracts on this basis now are paying wages as low as 11% cents and 20 cents an hour, according to Secretary Adolph J. Fritz of the Indiana State Federation of Labor. As Low as 15 Cents “I Jiave heard that some contractors on state highways are paying as low as 15 cents an hour,” Fritz told The Times. “Is the state of Indiana to stand idly by and see its working men reduced to penal servitude? “This is a scandal of such proportion that I intend to see that it is brought before the state-federa-tion convention this #fall. . “Director John J. Brown of the highway department is authority for my figures of 11% cents. He told me that he had heard that was the amount being paid by the contractor doing the job just outside of Indianapolis on West Washington street. "I know myself that contractors doing state work in Greene county are paying as low as 20 cents. Demands Honest Share “I do not want to see the state take advantage of low wages, but rather let the contractor give labor its honest share of this money being expended for state work.” Unusually favorable weather had permitted the year’s paving projects to be pushed so far in advance that the commission’s road building funds were depleted. In urging the state finance board to O. K. the fund transfer, Governor Harry G. Leslie particularly stressed the benefit it will be to labor in the state. He said nothing of the low wage scale. Nor has this been taken into account in making the most recent awards of contracts by the department, according to Chief Engineer William J. Titus of the state highway department. "I suppose it’s up to contractors to take advantage of the labor market,” he asserted, and declared he never heard of the war-time ruling of congress declaring that labor can not be classed as a mere commodity. Below Old Scale • "Contracts are contracts in this country, and we couldn’t cancel any of them after they are sigped,” he explained. Then he recalled that bids this year were somewhat further below the estimates than usual, although the department still was figuring at the wage scales which have prevailed in 1928 and 1929. Under the Ogden ruling, the highway department may expend funds, not to exceed their annual budget, from the eities, counties and towns share of the stale gasoline tax, and then return the money later when the ' 1931 automobile license plats money comes in. This will give the department additional millions at this time it was estimated and the paving program will be pushed. EX-RESIDENTS TO FROLIC .Spencer County Reunion Will Be Held Sunday at Garfield. Former residents of Spencer county will hold the tenth annual Spencer county reunion at 11 a. m. Sunday in Garfield park. Fourth annual reunion of the DeHart family will be held in Garfield park Sunday.

16 LIVES LOST AS LAKE BOAT SINKS

Bv t ufted Press ERIE, Pa., July 29.—Fifteen members of the crew and one woman were drowned when the sand dredge George J. Whalen sank after its cargo shifted eighteen miles west of Dunkirk. N. Y.. in Lake Erie, Monday night. , The woman was the wife of the cook of the dredge. Six surviving members of the crew were brought here today by the freighter Amassa Stone. Coast guardsmen, who went to the scene of the tragedy, were unable to locate bodies of the victims. Cries of the half dozen survivors attracted /he lookout on the Amassa Stone as she passed by en route to Erie. Captain W. H. Neil and his crew found three of the men with life belt* supporting th Othfit three*

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1930

New British Air Liner Far Out Over Atlantic In Flight to U. S.

The British Airship R-100 HERE are scenes aboard the new British dirigible R-100—the biggest airship in the world—a veritable “flying hotel,” which is undertaking its first flight from England to Montreal, Canada, and return, prior to beginning regular trans-Atlantic service. The main dining salon is lectured at the upper right, while a deck scene is shown at the lower left. Upper left is a closeup of the three motor gondolas that hang from the ship’s belly. The diagram shows the construction of the three-story quarters for passengers. In at nutshell, interesting facts about the great air liner are:

PASSENGERS—BuiIt to carry 100 in regular trans-Atlantic service. Passenger accommodations are completely inclosed within lower part of bag, view (even from deck) being through windows. Most cabins accommodate four persons. CUSINE—Main dining salon seats fifty-five, being designed to serve all passengers at two sittings, as on ocean liners. All cooking done by electricity and full-course dinners available. MOTIVE POWER—Three hanging gondolas, each containing two 600-horse power Rolls-Royce Condor petrol engines. Propellers are reversible, and thus ship can move swiftly astern. All motors aft of passenger cabins, thereby eliminating noice. Can develop 4,200 horse power. SlZE—Slightly shorter but.bigger in girth than

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HANGS SELF -IN, JAIL • . Son of Slain Detective Leaves Lone Note sot- Wife. Bu. United Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 29. Hoke Smith, 19-year-old son of the late City Detective W. D. Smithy who was slain oy Watson Moultrope and Roland Lalone here list winter, hanged himself in the county jail today. Young Smith, in jail for alleged robbery, left a love note to his wi?eT Moultrope and Lalone was notorious Connecticut convicts. MAPS JOBS SURVEY Hoover Will Name Group to Study Employment. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, July 29.—A new government commisison to collect statistics on employment and toVfford a basis of co-operation between the governtrfent departments and business officials will be appointed, President Hoover announced today. One purpose of the new body will be to gather statistics regarding unemployment. STICKS TO HIS TREE Limb Lounger Continues Rock-a-Bye Feat. Ccme heat waves, showers, or a blizzard. Palmer McCloskey, 328 North Temple avenue, with two weeks and a day to his tree-si;ling endurance feat, today declared he would continue his rock-a-bye pastime indefinitely. Several other Indianapolis youths have not been disheartened by Palmer’s tenacity to his branch, and still are in tree tops.

Captain W. T. W. Wage of the George J. Whalen went down with his boat along with Marshall Emline, second mate, and Arthur Walters, chief engineer. Survivors reported the lake was calm until a wind storm which came at daybreak. Shortly afte • midnight, the' huge sand dredge lsted. Before the £la* could be spread j the decks swung over into the water, I turning the dredge bottom up. The rescued men scrambled to the top. Three of the men seized life preservers as they crawled on top the turning hull. The dredge siovly settled into the lake. Using the life belts the men managed to keep afloat until picked up. i

Graf Zeppelin, having capacity of 5,000,000 cubic feet of gas to Graf’s 3,700,000. Total length 709 feet, diameter 133 feet. Stood on end, the airship would tower 154 feet higher than the Washington •monument. SPEED—Seventy-one miles an hour when fully loaded, with maximum of eighty miles an hour. Can cruise 3,500 miles without refueling when fully loaded. Scheduled to cut steamship time across Atlantic by half. COMMANDER AND CREW—Commander is R. S. Booth and second in command is Major H. G. Scott, who flew the R-34 to New York and back to Scotland in the first trans-Atlantic dirigible crossing: crew will be changed entirely on this return trip, anew crew being brought over from England by steamship.

Conservatives Victors on Issue of Fighting U. S. Tariff Barriers. Bu T 7 nited Press MONTREAL, Quebec, July 29. The victory of the Conservatives, led by the Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, over the liberal government of Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King, in Monday’s election, became increasingly decisive as returns from additional districts came in today. At noon with only five districts not heard from the Conservatives had won 136 seats in Commons, the Liberals 85, United,Farmers 10; Progressives 2, Liberal-Progressives 2, Labor 3 and Independents 2. One hundred twenty-three seats were required to control the house of commons. The conservative victory was an indorsement of the party’s stand for a high tariff, as retaliation against the Hawley-Smoot rates in the United States. Dunning Bears Brunt Five members of Prime Minister King's cabinet were defeated. The most prominent of these was Charles A. Dunning, minister of finance and author of' the budget, who bore the brunt of the conservative attack Other cabinet ministers who lost in their ridings were Lucien Cannon, solicitor general; T. A. Crearer, minister of railways; Cyrus MacMillan, minister of'fisheries, and W. F. Kaye, minister without portfolio. Prime Minister King, Vhose party has been in power for nine years, .except so- a brief interval, was elected from the riding of Pripce Albert, Saskatchewan, but by a smaller majority than last time. His election was conceded with 101 districts out of 146 counted, when his majority stood at 1,000. In the last election his majority was 4,000. The contest was one of the most spirited in Canada's history. Bennett and King toured the country and spoke in every province except the Yukon. Asa result of the Conservative victory, it is expected' a high tariff will be drafted in the near future, chiefly as retaliation against the duties in the new United States tariff act. Sunday School Success Bennett, who will be the new prime minister of Canada, may credit much of his success to his regular attendance at the Methodist Sunday .school in the days of his youth. His Sunday school teacher became Mrs. R. B. Eddy, whose husband died leaving her millions amassed in the lumber business. When she died she left to Bennett, whose friendship with the Eddy family began in Sunday school, a share of the fortune so large that today he is one .of the wealthy men of Canada, whose wealth is said to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Bennett is m his sixties, and has never married. He is a big, powerful man of juddy face and 'for years his oratory has rung in the courts of Canada, in the house of commons and as an attorney for large Canadian interest, in the chambers of the privy council in London.

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DIVORC c n VER SARCASM Wife of Prominent Surgeon Declares Marriage Was Spoiled Bu United Press RENO, Nev., July 29.—Charging her married life was spoiled by'her husband’s “fits of carcasm,” Mrs. Esther Hopkins Pool was granted a divorce from Dr. Eugene Pool, prominent New York surgeon. A property settlement was made out of court. The couple was married in New York in 1904 and have two sons. JAIL FOR ACTRESS Mary D’Arcy Must Serve for Drunk Driving. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, July 29.—The legality of her ■ conviction having been decided by the appellate division of the supreme court, Mary L. D’Arcy, movie actress, must serve ten days in jail for reckless driving. Miss D'Arcy had been found guilty in municipal court of driving while under the influence of liquor. RETAIL PRICES DOWN 10 PER CENT IN YEAR Volume of Sales for Nation Remain About Stationary. Bu Times Slteeiul WASHINGTON. D. C., July 29. Retail price levels over the nation are an average of more than 10 per cent lower than those of a year ago, federal reserve board reports showed today. While Indianapolis departments stores, with five reporting, showed a 14 per cefit decline in total sales during the month of June compared with June, 1929, the price decline indicated that the sales volume remained about stationary. For six months ending June 30 combined sales of the same five stores decreased 7 per cent from the same period in 1929, the figure indicating an increase in the volume of goods sold because of the lower price levels.

DOG TRACKSUIT IS QUASHED IN COURT

Court battle by the owner of a preposed new SIOO,OOO dog track project at West Minnesota street and Holt road to begin operations without interfecjer.ee of authorities, was lost today when Superior Judge Joseph M Milner threw the action out of court by sustaining a demurrer to the owner’s complaint. Branding the promoter's suit an ‘attempt to make courts a party to the <iog racing business,” Milner ruled that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant issuance of an jrder restraining Sheriff George L. Winkler from making arrests after the trade is in operation. . t

R-100 Challenges German Claims to Dirigible Supremacy. BY KEITH JONES, United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, July 29—The airship R-100—Britain’s challenge to German dirigible achievement—sailed westward over a northerly route to Canada today on a test of skill and strength which may influence greatly the future of commerce of the air. Her radio occasionally breaking the silence over the cloudy, rainspattered Atlantic ocean, the dirigible flew against “rather adverse winds.” Last reports, placed the ship 100 miles off the coast, with the weather good. With the youthful squadron leader R. S. Booth in command, the air liner began her first trip over the Atlantic at noon (5 a. m. central standard time) when she turned westward from the islands of the north channel between Scotland and Ireland. Making Good Time An hour later the R-100 reported to the air ministry that the ship was making forty-eight knots and at 2 p. m. (8 a. m. eastern standard time) it was making its way through low clouds and adverse winds, but “otherwise okay.” The flights of the R-100 for Canada was considered the first severe test of the ship, which with the R-101, was built for commercial use between different parts of the empire, competing with the German strides toward lighter-than-aircraft routes between the continents bordering the Atlantic. Charged Out-Dated Some authorities considered the R-100 “out-dated” before it was completed, but others contended its structure—somewhat like a luxurious ship—was superior to any other. Forty-four persons, including seven passengers, were aboard the big airship when it rose from the Cardington airdrome and roared away .toward Ireland, Greenland and Labrador to the tall new mast that awaits it at St. Hubert, Quebec. The ship was provisioned for five days, however, including three days of ordinary rations, a day’s reserve rations, and a day’s emergency rations. It also carried 500 gallons of drinking and washing water, and a barrel of beer. Like the Graf Zeppelin, however, no smoking will be allowed aboard. MISSISSIPPMS LOW River Reaches Shallowest Stage in Years.. Bu T:nited Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 29.—Navigation on the Mississippi was threatened today by the lowest stage the river has reached in many years. Shippers reported difficulty in getting riv‘er boats past the shallower portions of the stream between Cairo, 111., and Memphis, Tenn. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 70 10 a. m 79 7a. m 72 11 a. m 81 8 a. m.... 76 12 (noon).. 82 9 a. m 79 1 p. m 82

Hugh Frye of Louisville, the promoter, was not in court when Milner made his decision, nor was Frye’s attorney Ira M. Holmes. Holmes had asked in the suit that the court pass on the legality of the plan of operating. Milner, in his ruling, upheld ten allegations in the defendent's demurrer holding Frye's suit to be incomplete. Neither Frye nor Holmes could be located for comment on their plan of action under Milner's ruling. The promoter has net started construction of the track. *

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MOONEY ‘KEY 1 BEFORE COURT i TO BARE‘LIES’ Supreme Justices Hearing MacDonald Tell Story of Bombing Perjury. ‘FACT-FINDING GROUP/ ‘By Your Own Judgment You May Know I Give Truth,’ Says Witness. . BY GEORGE D. CRISSEY 1 United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 29. John MacDonald, recanting witness, went before the California supremo court today to repudiate his testimony against Warren K. Billings, convicted of complicity in the 1916 Preparedness day bombing in San Francisco. , The session of the supreme court began shortly after 10 a. m., when MacDonald was sworn in by Chief Justice Waste. Responding in a low tone, almost a whisper, the prematurely aged man who was a star witness against Billings in 1916 and against Thomas ( J. Mooney, convicted of the same crime in 1917, swore to tell the truth in regard to his part in the murder conviction of Billings. Formality was disregarded by Chief Justice Waste, who explained that today’s session was not a meeting of the supreme court but that the seven members of the court “are serving as a fact finding commission for nis excellency, the Governor.” Judge John W. Preston of the court was appointed by the chief justice to conduct the questioning and after the usual preliminary queries as to residence, age, etc., swung directly toward MacDonald’s repudiation story. “Committed a Wrong” “I have a regard for the truth,'l MacDonald said as his watery blue eyes darted nervously around the justice chamber. “I am aware of the great interest created by my affidavit which tells that I committed a wrong in testifying against Mooney and Billings.” One of the early questions put by Judge Preston was: “How an we to know you are telling the truth now and did not tell the truth then?” The judge referred to MacDonald’s original trial testimony in 1916 when he identified Billings as the maw who planted the bomb at the scene of a pre-war parade which, when it exploded, killed ten persons and injured forty. “By your own judgment,” MacDonald replied without a pause. Affidavit Is Filed Just before the questioning began Frank P. Walsh, New York, attorney for Mooney, attempted to force consideration of his client’s case into the hearing by asking that a transcript of an interview betweeen MacDonald’s attorneys and Governor C. C. Young be given the judges. “Governor Young has indicated,’* Walsh said, “that the recommendation of the court in regard to a Billings pardon will be used as a guide in disposing of Mooney’s case.” The court, however, did not rule either way on Walsh’s request. Hiliary Gans and Charles Ruzicka, Baltimore attorneys who accompanied MacDonald here, introduced an affidavit pertaining to their knowledge of the case. The document was accepted by the court, but was not made public. Prosecutor Is Present At a spectators’ table sat Charles M. Fickert, the district attorney who prosecuted Mooney and Billings. “I have proof that will blast MacDonald’s story and I’ll explode It as soon as I get the chance,” said Fickert. MacDonald was a Star witness for Fickert in 1916 and also was used against Mooney in 1917. The court room was filled. Newspaper men, attorneys and idly curious were gathered around the tables in front of the big court bench, behind which* sat the seven justices. Admission to the hearing was by ticket issued by the court, and only 100 persons received tickets. Across McAllister street, lined along the curb, standing on running boards of automobiles and on the civic center lawns were curious citizenry. The court was tense. All eye* were centered on the witness. Denies Under Influence “Are you allied with any influences?” Justice Preston asked MacDonald. “No.” ‘I was in the clutches of Fickert and could not get away,” MacDonald sa'd when asked to explain his alleged falsification at Billings trial, fourteen years ago. Fickert. once known as “the thunderbolt’’ sa’ immobile and silent, facing MacDonald. Technically, the hearing involves the application of Billings for a pardon from Folsom prison, the state penal institution for “two-time losers.” Actually, it amounts to a retrial for both Billings and Mooney, convicted of causing the deaths of ten persons in the bombing. Today’s hearing of Billings’ plea has brought hope that now, after fourteen years of delay and discouragements the men at last will be free. Truck Driver Killed LAFAYETTE. Ind., July 29. tal injuries were received by Henry ] H. Forbes, 41, Lafayette, when a I truck he was driving was over-J turned in a crash with another caqß and he was pinned beneath.

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