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CASE AGAINST TOM MOONEY IS CRUMBUNG Woman Witness for State Bolsters Defense by Rambling Tale. OFFERS BILUNGS ALIBI Contradictions in Evidence Leave Court Justices in Dizzy State. BY MAX STERN Tlmrt Staff Correspond*at SAN FRANCISCO, Aug s—The crumbling structure of th<; Fickert prosecution of Mooney and Billings appeared doomed today as the stories of the second state’s witness, Estelle Smith, were being battered Into a tangle of contradictions by the ex-laborites’ lawyers, at the supreme court pardon rehearing. Under fire of Mooney’s counsel, Frank Walsh, today Miss Smith was in a fair way to leave the stand as completely discredited as John MacDonald. Her rambling accounts of what she had read, heard, or seen of the 14-year-old case, have left the seven judges in a dizzy state. It no longer was a case of having to choose between the incompatible stories of the two states’ witnesses, MacDonald and Miss Smith. It became impossible to believe Miss Smith’s story and still have a shred of faith that either Mooney or Billings are guilty.

Offered Large Sum Miss Smith has refused to implicate Mooney at all. She has, sworn twice that Frank Oxman offered her a sum “in five figures'* if she would say she had seen Mooney at her dental office, the supposed rendezvous of the “dynamiters.’* And at the end of Monday’s session her story had left Billings where the clocks had placed Mooney and his wife—on top of a building at or about the time of the 2:06 explosion. The clocks placed the Mooneys on the Eiler building roof at 2:04. Miss Smith's story left Billings either inside or on top of the same building at that time. Furthermore, it had sent away the only means of locomotion that by the wildest stretch of imagination could have carried him in time to the scene of the crime threequarters of a mile down the street, a Ford car. Auto Moved Away She testified that Billings was in the building after she had waved the towel from her window to Mayor Rolph. The street clock shows that to be 2:51. She said that the auto in the street below had been moved away by the police before Rolph arrived. The pictures corroborate that statement. Billings. she said, had told her in a “confession” he made to her from his jail cell that he had gone on her roof to fill his syringes witff acid to squirt on autos. The dirty brown suit case, that MacDonald saw at the explosion scene she described as a small dark affair that weighed forty pounds and looked like a doctor's case. Billings told her it contained acid bot* ties and she believed it did. She added tlu r. Fremont Older, local editor was present when Billings confessed his sabotage. Thus in two days, by the prosecution's own witness, Billings has been provided a brand new alibi and has been turned from a dynamiter into a saboteur. Mrs. Mooney in Court Drama was fumishtfd Monday by two persons, Edwin McKenzie. Billings' law yer, and Mrs. Rena Mooney. Although McKenzie's brother and aid in the preparation of the case, was stricken Monday with apoplexy and was taken to a hospital in a dangerous condition, the defense lawyer continued his cross-fire of questions all day. Mrs. Mooney came to court dressed in the same old-fashioned black-and-white suit she wore on top of the Ellers building, was introduced to Miss Smith in the courtroom by McKenzie and then identified by Miss Smith from the Eiler building picture as Mrs. Mooney. She previously had sworn to have seen Mrs. Mooney at the foot of the stairs of her office waving frantically for Billings to come below. The hearing is likely to continue for a week or two. Justice Preston says that the justices are willing to continue indefinitely. Thus it may come about that Mooney and Billings will be called from their prison cells. Remaining to testify are Fremont Older, Ed Nockets and the MacDonald Baltimore lawyers. WILKINS WORKS ON SUB Supervisors Remodeling of North Pole Undersea Craft. Bv United Press PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s—Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins is here to supervise the remodeling of the submarine, the Nautilus, which will be used for a cruise to the north pole. The noted expiorer hopes to begin his attempt to reach the pole by an undersea route next summer.

Heat Madness Afflicts Nature as Well as Men as Mercury Keeps Mounting

Bu l ulled Pmt ST. LOUIS. Aug. s.—Swarms of bees in this section have returned to their hives and are eating their own honey, unable to find fresh flowers from which to obtain nourishment. Bee keepers have suffered substantial losses.

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The Indianapolis Times Somewhat unsettled tonight and Wednesday, possibly preceded by local thundershowers this afternoon. Not so warm tonight.

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Army Hero to Become Staff Chief

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Maj.-Gtn. Douglas Mac Arthur General MacArthur Named to Post; General Fuller to Head Marines. Bu United Pros WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—Appointment of Major-General Douglas MacArthur as chief of staff of the United States army and Briga-dier-General Ben H. Fuller as commandant of the United States marine corps were announced by President Hoover today. General MacArthur will succeed Major-General Charles P. Summerall and General Fuller is to fill the vacancy left by the recent death of Major-General Wendell C. Neville. The men Mr. Hoover picked to head the army and marine corps staffs both served with distinction in the Boxer rebellion in China when Mr. Hoover was there with his bride as a young engineer. MacArhur Dashing Figure General MacArthur is one of the most spectacular and dashing figures of the army. When he was made a major-general at the Age of 45, he was the youngest in the army with this rank. MacArthur's first fame came in the Boxer rebellion. He was chief of staff of the Rainbow division in France and was decorated for bravery under fire. At present he is commanding the department. Wears Seven Decorations MacArthur wears both the Distinguished Service Cross and Dis. tinguished Service medal, each having been bestowed for service in the World war. In addition he has five foreign decorations. General Fuller. 60, saw battle action in the Philippine insurrection and in the Boxer rebellion, for which he was commended for gallant conduct. From 1918 to 1920 he commanded marines in the Dominican republic and in 1924 commanded marine forces in Haiti. Since 1925 he has been assistant commandant of the marine corps and has been acting chief since General Neville’s death.

ASKS CLOSING OF2BEACHES Bathers’ Health Periled by Drought, Morgan Says. Closing of McClure and Warfleigh municipal beaches because of the drought was recommended to the city park board today by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city sanitarian. Tests of the water showed high bacteria count, making the water dangerous for swimmers. Dr. Mor - gan reported to a conference of recreation officials in Mayor Reginald Sullivan's office. Recreation Director David S. Kilgore said the park board will act on the recommendation Thursday. Water in White river has grown stagnant because of the low water, causing a condition likely to spread typhoid if bathers continued to use. A confirmation test will be requested of the state health board. Dr. Morgan said a good heavy rain probably would relieve the condition. KEEPS m PERCH Palmer McCloskey Passes His 530th Hour. Palmer McCloskey, Indianapolis’ chief limb lounger, celebrated his 530th hour aloft in a tree near his home at 328 North Temple avenue today, and said he would continue his tree-sitting endurance test until cold weather. David Smith, Beech Grove, his nearest competitor is a day and half behind Palmer. Asks Dry Co-Operation Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—An appeal for support of the government's campaign for more effective obedience to the prohibition laws was made Monday night in a radio address by Amos W. W. Woodcock, new prohibition director.

Bn Unite* Peru VIOLA, Kan.. Aug. s.—Apples hanging on the trees in L. L. Williams’ orchard have been so thoroughly baked by the sun, he avers, that they can be plucked and served for breakfast with sugar and cream to pacing tourists.

SLASH PAY ON ROADS TO GET TWOPROFITS Chicago Man Won Contract on No. 54, Then Sublet to State Firm. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Because a Chicago contractor takes a profit without doing any work, may be one of the reasons why laborers on state paving projects in southern Indiana must toil for 20 cents an hour, it was learned by The Times today. On State Road 54, from Elliston to Linton, the contractor on the job, R. D. Baker Company, Bloomfield, Ind., and Royal Oak, Mich., is paying laborers as low as 20 cents and water boys, who frequently are men, 15 cents an hour. This was learned by The Times on a trip to the project, which is nearing completion. The answer at the state highway department this morning was that Baker doesn’t have any state contracts. Figured at 40 Cents This particular job was let to the Duncan Construction Company of Chicago on Oct. 21, 1929, with labor figured in the state estimate s at a 40-cent an hour minimum, according to Ralph E. Simpson, chief cleric in charge of contracts. Duncan sub-let the contract to the Baker company, taking a profit and doing nothing, and then Baker cut the 40-cent minimum in two so that his profits might be enhanced. Out of the small Indiana towns come the laborers, from Elliston, Linton, Switz City end others. One of them told The Times Monday he started unloading cement but couldn’t find out how much he was going to get paid. He worked ten hours a day, and later learned he made $2. Throughout the “hottest summer In history, men, old and young, have continued to work under the broiling sun for this low wage. On some of the tasks, 25 or 30 cents is paid. But 30 cents was the highest any man was getting in the entire group interviewed by The Times. It hasn’t rained in that vicinity for months and the men work in dust well over their shoetops. Trucks speed by leaving a dust cloud as thick and inpenetrable as a smoke screan. On some of the positions the dust is flavored with a dash of flue, flying cement. Close of the day finds the men with an encrustation of dust, mixed with cement and perspiration. The day starts at 6 a. m., and there is thirty minutes at noon to eat out of their lunch buckets. They work until 5 p- m., they said, but some days the ten and one-half hours have run into twelve or more. Thought He Had Raise

One old man tnought he got a raise from his 20 cent pay, because he drew $22 for two weeks work. Pay day is every fortnight. But he had been off two days and had worked overtime enough to make up the difference in the ten days, for the $2 extra. But, although he has been working all summer for 20 cents, he isn’t quite sure that he didn’t get 22 cents last time. Duncan got the contract for paving 15.707 miles for $288,797.88, which was $58,653.87 below the engineer’s estimate. What they sublet it for could not be learned at the highway department. It was admitted, however, that in such deals, the original contractor appears only in the role of broker. Chairman Albert J. Wedeking of the commission has declared that where a 20-cent wage scale on state paving projects was disclosed “some* thing will be done about it.” The commissioners are expected to assemble Wednesday and the figures now are available. Besides gathering its own data and visiting various projects on roads throughout the state, The Times is co-operating in a statewide survey of state paving wages beivg conducted by the Indiana State Federation of Labor, through Secretary Adolph Fritz, Peoples State Bank building. HOOVER PLANS~DELAYED Western Vacation Still Is Hope of President. By United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Although President Hoover has made known Iris hopes of going to Glacier national park for a two-week vacation the latter part of this month, he has been unable yet to make any definite plans for the trip, it was learned here today. The tentative dates under consideration are understood to be from Aug. 15 to Aug. 28. but no definite decision has been reached. COP SHOOTS BOY, 14 Fires to “Scare” Groups Throwing Pebbles; One May Die. Bv United Press CHICAGO. Aug. s.—When small boys started throwing pebbles at him, Robert Anderson. 70-year-old policeman fired his revolver “to scare” them. James Hickey, 14, fell critically wounded with a bullet through his chest.

Bu Unite 4 Press NEW YORK. Aug. s.—Karl Hersog and Fritz Vogel are balked, for the present, in their plan to sail the Atlantic in a large rubber ball. Officials of a rubber company, whom they asked to furnish the ball, declined.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930

Times Change Fifty-four years ago, Mrs. Rettie Burton Taylor, 77, of Dallas, Tex., left Indianapolis as a pioneer of the covered wagon trails of the Northwest. Today she returned after a half-century to take her first airplane ride over the city that was a village when she left. Mrs. Taylor is visiting her nephew, Arthur Wolf, 4136 North Meridian street, during h°r stav here. Wolf accompanied the aged woman on her rirst plane ride.

PROSPECT ROBS AUTO SALESMAN Likely Buyer Takes Car, Ring and Money. A prospective customer while on a demonstration tour today held up Frank Krause, 36, Elks Club, salesman for the Reo Indiana Sales Company, Inc., 923 North Meridian street, and robbed him of anew Reo Coupe, a SI,OOO ring and S3O in cash, he told deputy sheriffs. He left Krause seated on a stump in a woods, near Sixteenth street and Franklin road, and fled northward in the coupe. Deputy sheriffs’ emergency squads were combing that sector of the city for the bandit early this afternoon. The gunman, a large, well-dressed man, about 42, entered the salesrooms and asked Krause for a demonstration of an auto. On National road, east of the city, he drew a gun and ordered Krause to drive over a series of lonely byways. After riding more than half an hour, the bandit ordered Krause to stop the auto, and forced him into the woods, where he took Krause’s pocketbook, relieved him of the diamond ring and then fled in the car, Krause told deputies.

COP HAS TO WALK 24 MILES TO GET MAN Cleveland Detective Finds Prisoner Helping Marshal Plow. Bu United Press CLEVELAND, Aug. s.—Detective Alfred Labrig tramped twenty-four miles to get his man Monday. Arriving in Hiram, 0., to return G. E. Dreger, 23, charged with traffic law violation here, he had to walk ten miles to Marshal Jerry Walton’s home for his prisoner. Back trudged the detective and his prisoner. Lack of a jail at Hiram caused the marshal to keep the prisoner at home. Marshal Walton said. But Detective Labrig said he found his prisoner helping the marshal plow com. DOG,~SENTENCED TO DIE, SAFE IN NEW YORK “Jiggers” May Enjoy Life as Long as He Shuns New Jersey. Bu United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 5. “Jiggers,” 2-year-old Fox terrier, may continue to frisk about enjoying life as long as he stays out of New Jersey, Joseph Altman, police recorder, has ruled today. The wire-haired dog was sentenced to death last week for biting a woman, but when authorities called at the home of his owner, Mrs. Dora Gaulker, they found that she and the dog had fled- to New York. At first there was some talk of extradition and such things, but the recorder finally admitted there was nothing the state of New Jersey could do about it unless “Jiggers” were foolish enough to come back.

PAYS 18-YEAR DEBT Man Who Cheated Railroad v Relieves Conscience. Eighteen years of worry ended for an Indianapolis man this morning when he paid $3.20 into the Big Four railroad's conscience fund, and departed in happy mood. Entering the Big Four office, he asserted that he had cheated the ccnducter of a passenger train on a trip from Indianapolis to Terre Haute and return in 1912 and wanted to make restitution. It was the work of several minutes, searching old tariffs to find what the debt, amounted to. REZONING IS SOUGHT Approval of Forty-Ninth Street Section for Business Asked. Rezoning of Forty-ninth street, across from Butler university fieldhouse, for business use, was asked in an ordinance introduced in city council Monday night by Councilman Leo F. Welch. The property is owned by Frank Sidensticker, the request having been rejected by the city plan commission. Serious Rioting in India Bu United Press LONDON, Aug. s.—Serious communal rioting at Sukkur, India, resulting in a number of casualties, was reported today in a Karachi dispatch to the London Evening News.

Bu United Press BROOKLYN, Aug s.—The nonstop roof-sitting record had reached 28 hours at noon today, and Charles Nemarow, 13-year-old claimant to the tifle. was undaunted by the threat of a further rise in temperature or thundershowers^

LOVE’S DREAM ENDED; BOY, 16, TAKEHOISON Clayton Youth in Critical Condition; Leaves Note to Sweetheart. “I had a dream that, some day, ‘WE’ would have a home, the sweetest of love woven into it—never to break. “But that was a dream of yesterday. “Today, life is a sting—a few short hours of life with all my hopes—gone.” Depicting the despair of young love Walter (Autey) Oldham, 16, farm boy of Clayton, Ind., penned what may be his last message to his child sweetheart. Miss Wyona Leathers, 15, of 69 East Harrison street, Mooresville, Ind., then took a slow-acting poison late Monday. Today his condition at city hos-

hopes—gone.” Depicting the despair of young love /alter < Autey > Oldham. 16. farm oy of Clayton. Ind., penned what ' lay be his last message to his hild sweetheart. Miss W.vona eat hers, 15. of 69 East- Harrison JPI * **%<,& v net. Moon ville. Ind. then took a ByXBBBU&E ow-acting poison late Monday. "%*• y; >r^ Today his condition at city hos-

pital was critical and his -sweetheart, with his father, were expected at his bedside. Apparently repentant over his action, he went to the home of Herbert Bristow,. R. R. 2, Box 374, after taking the poison tablets and asked for aid. Letter on Creek Bank

One of two letters found on the Eagle creek bank near New York street, reads in part: “Dad. it will be a hard blow to her. We love each other but it is all ended. “She will come to see me, Dad. Welcome her, she’s a nice girl, treat her as you would your own daughter. She knows, and she will tell you everything. Treat her kindly, Dad, love her, for she is the girl I love and I’m not ashamed to say so.” The other letter was headed: “The End of the Journey,” and addressed to the sweetheart, Miss Leathers. It read in part: “I am out on the river bank, out where everything is so quiet and peaceful. Dear, I studied every side of the affair last night. I am so sorry, but it is the only thing I can do. I am not the man I should be, or I could face the world. Little Pal, you may think you are the most lonely and saddest person on earth, but I am sad, too. “Dream of Yesterday” “I had a dream that, some day ‘WE’ would have a home, the sweetest of love woven into it, never to break. But that was a dream of yesterday. “Today life is a sting, a few short hours of life with all my hopes—gone. “Sweetheart, you can never know the thoughts that are coming to me in these last few hours of life. Those words of Dad, "when Wyona and Autey come home to eat with us,” — yes—when they do! These words are the saddest memory I have of my last time to eat at home. “Oh, Little Pal, life is just one sorrow after another. I am weak, dear: good-by, and here’s to your health and happiness. Love.” “P. S.—Try to be brave. Keep a memory of me and live for the best. Love.’* Oldham reached Indianapolis Sunday, police learned, and had sought employment in vain. BOND ARGUMENT SET Protest Against Power and Light Issue to Be Heard. Oral argument on the protest against the Indianapolis Power and Light Company petition for a $12,267,075 securities issue will be held before the public service commission at 10:30 a. m., Wednesday it was announced today by Commissioner Howell Ellis. The argument will involve jurisdiction on purchase of right of way for high tension lines.

Bu United Press CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aug. 5. The residential section here was patrolled by policemen on the lookout for green lawns. Persons who sprinkle the grass the next two weeks will be considered law violators. There is a water shortage.

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HOOVER PROMISES U. S. AID TO REGIONS STRICKEN BY PROLONGED DROUGHT

‘Go’Sign Means but Little to Old J. Pluvius

Both may be dressed for it, but Miss Mabel Henry, 3357 North Pennsylvania street, at the left, doesn’t propose to get her bathing suit wet—not even a little bit. Her parasol proved suffcient protection for a stingy shower Jupiter Pluvius doled out to sweltering Indianapolis this morning. Thinking he might “bait” a downpour. Traffic Officer Tom Lynch at Capitol J/enue and Washington street, donned his “sou’wester and gave the sprinkle the “Go,” but to no avail. “But It’ll rain,” grinned Lynch. “It always has!”

DOCTOR DIES IN BABY OPERATION Last Words for Patients’ Safety; Both Live. Bu United Press BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Aug. 5.—A surgeon performing a caesarian operation today was stricken fatally with a heart attack before his task was completed. Colleagues brought the child safely into the world, and also saved the life of the mother. The dead surgeon was Dr. T. H. Williams of the South Highlands hospital staff. Dr. R. M. Coston and Dr. J. D. Dean finished the operation Williams had begun. Mrs. L. H. Day, 25, the mother and her eight and three-fourths-pound baby girl, were reported in satisfactory condition. As he collapsed, Dr. Williams* first thought was for the safety of his patients and the success of the operation. “Watch it doctor,” were the last words the stricken surgeon uttered. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Fellow surgeons said undoubtedly Dr. Williams had suffered a heart attack.

BAMBINOJITS 41ST Ruth Smashes Home Run in Game With Senators. B YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, Aug. s.—Babe Ruth hit his fortyfirst home run of the season in the sixth inning of today’s first game of a double-header against the Washington Senators. The drive in right center close to the score board, a distance of about 450 feet, came with no one on base. Irving Hadley was pitching. BUYS STOCK AT AUCTION Leader Company Acquires Goods of Bankrupt Kokomo Store. Operators of the Leader department store of Indianapolis today purchased at auction at Kokomo the stock and fixtures of the Boston store, bankrupt Kokomo store.The price paid was $48,600. Lease on the building occupied by the Boston store was not included in the sale. A Newcastle store owned by A. Anspach, Boston store owner, will be sold Wednesday.

Bu United Press PITMAN, N. J., Aug. 5.-A 69-year-old farmer, John Welch, lost his temper during the hot weather and beat his wife, who was 93, until she was critically injured. Then, growing remorseful, he hanged himself if his barn.

Agriculture Department Making Survey to Learn Full Extent of Damage; Railroads May Be Asked to Help. LITTLE RELIEF FOR CITY IN SIGHT Dangerous Situation Confronts Sun-Parched Southern Indiana Area; Farmers Forced to Travel for Miles to Obtain Relief

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 79 10 a. m 88 7a. m 83 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 86 12 (noon).. 87 9 a. m 87 1 p. m 89 Sun-parched Indiana today had but slight relief from the heat and draught which has reached record-breaking extent. Somewhat unsettled weather, predicted for tonight and Wednesday offered hope of local showers to some sections, but no general rainfall, such as experts declare the state must have to save any portion of its crops, was in prospect, according to weather bureau officials. Water shortages menace many cities and towns in the state as the drought continues and as wells, springs and streams dry up. Overcast skies early today gave but little relief in temperatures, the official reading at 9 this morning being 87 degrees. This mark remained at noon, cloudiness having persisted most of the morning with scattered light showers. There was little liklihood of the mercury reaching the 96.7 mark it attained Monday afternoon. 5-Degree Drop Predicted Somewhat cooler weather was predicted tonight or Wednesday by the weather bureau, but the drop will be only about 5 degrees, it was indicated. Southern Indiana residents are confronted with threats of a serious and dangerous water shortage, a survey today showed. For weeks, wells and cisterns in the worst stricken sections have been going dry, and now the municipal water plants in some towns can measure their water supplies in numbers of days the water wiU last without heavy, replenishing rains.

Batesville Faces Failure Without a rain of several hours duration, the municipal water supply at Batesville, Ripley county, will fail within ten days, it was learned. Private wells there that were tested were reported to be producing water unfit for drinking without first boiling. Arrangements were being made to haul water In tank cars to Batesville from the Ohio river, a distance of thirty miles, should there be no relieving rains. It was said the cost of hauling the water would amount to S3OO a day. A dam is being built near Batesville to increase the capacity of the municipal reservoir, but it will not be completed in time to prevent a water failure, engineers said. Even if it were ready for use now, they explained, there is no water to be stored behind the barrier and probably will be little until winter. Bloomington Running Short Bloomington, with its municipal reservoir built during recent years, was running short of water, but there appeared to be no immediate threat of a failure, reports indicated. Salem, in Washington county, was said to ’ ave a water supply that would last only a short while longer than that at Batesville. Residents at Salem have proposed hauling water frem a nearby town, but engineers have set to work in an attempt to pipe spring waters from surrounding hills. Shelbyville. Scottsburg and Farmersburg today reported water shortage, not yet alarming, but nevertheless shortages that may become serious if the drought continues until the fall rains set in. Dicease Still Kept Down There have been no unusual reports of typhoid cases or illness breaking out in those localities where the water is low, the state beard of health reported. A bulletin from the department of sanitary engineering, state board of health, said: “In all cases where shortages develop, it is extremely dangerous to use untested wells as a source of drinking water and that if it should become necessary to use water from such sources, the water should be boiled for twenty minutes before being used for drinking or culinary purposes.” RELIEF—A MILE HGH Kansas City Physician Finds Cooler Weather—Far Above Clouds. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. s.—One has to fly a mile high to escape the heat here, Dr. John D. Brock, flying physician, said today after a flight to gain relief.

Bu United Press T>ATEIISON, N. J., Aug. s.—Heat was said today to be responsible for the death of six hoboes who gathered in a ‘’jungle” under a railroad viaduct for a drinking bout. It was canned heat.

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W A^fiINGTON, Aug. 5. No stone will be left unturned by the federal government to render assistance to local authorities in regions stricken by the extended drought, President. Hoover announced today. Already an investigation, has been undertaken by the agriculture department into the extensiveness of the situation and a report will be made public next Monday, the President said. Railways have been requested by the chief executive to determine how they may lend assistance either through voluntary reduced rates on hay and feed into the drought regions and livestock from them or by other means. “There can be no doubt as to its most serious character in many localities,” Mr. Hoover added. “And that unless relieved there will be real suffering. Subject of Conferences “The drought situation has been the subject of several conferences between Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, Chairman Legge of the farm board and myself. The department of agriculture has undertaken a detailed survey of the situation. They will report next Monday upon the condition in each era in the country. “The information so far indicates great variation in the effect of the drought, both as between states, between counties in those states, and even between farms in the county. “The maximum intensity seems to lie in a belt roughly following the Potomac, the Ohio, and the Mississippi rivers. “The meesures of assistance that the farm board and the other agen> cies of the federal government can and should undertake are being determined.

Discussed With Cabinet "It is evident already that large measures of feed movement to the livestock in .the drought areas or movement of animals out of the worst areas will need to be undertaken later in the fall. “It is too early to determine the precise character of relief; much depends upon the further spread of the drought, but no stone will be left unturned by the federal government in giving assistance to local authorities.” The President issued his statement after discussing the situation with his cabinet at their regular meeting. Showers in Midwest Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. s.—Thunderstorms shot holes in the midwestern heat blanket today. Sweltering remained general between the Rockies and the eastern, seaboard and “not much change in temperature” was the hopeless refrain that rain through noon forecasts for the central states. Cloudy Weather Predicted “Indications are,” said the Chicago weather bureau, “for partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled weather over the north central states tonight and Wednesday, with some possibility of a few widely scattered showers over the corn belt. Temperature changes will .not be important.” Then the weather man reviewed the 100-degree temperatures of the last twenty-four hours to show what he meant by no important change. Today’s rains were reported from Kansas City, Dubuque, Des Moines, Chicago and Springfield, 111. From the southern portion of the Great Lakes region westward over lowa and Nebraska temperatures were moderating slightly. Rains in Nebraska Cooling winds accompanied the rain in Nebraska. Also there were some spiral clouds, whose appearance sent persons living in the northeastern Nebraska cyclone belt diving into their storm cellars. A few farm outbuildings were knocked down, but the damage will be small. While scattered showers in the last twenty-four hours cooled west Tennessee, most of the "tate looked in vain for substantial rains to relieve the seventy-nine-day drought. Main fell in Memphis before midnight, causing the temperature to drop from the high 90s to 80 degrees.

Bu Times Koecial CLEVELAND, 0.. Aug. 5.—A youth who used a wooden gun in sticking up his robbery victims was arrested here today after a police chase. When victims resisted, he told them he was only fooling, police say.

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