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MOONEY CASE QUIZ RENEWED AFTERRECESS Counsel Battling to Bar ‘New Evidence’ Held to Be Irrelevant. SLAP RADICAL CHARGE Testimony of Billings at Prison Thursday to Be Climax of Week. Bv United Prets SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.—A promise to end the Warren K. Billings and Thomas K. Mooney "retrial” before nightfall, “if granted proper leeway.” was made today by Edwin V. McKenzie, attorney for Billings, as the California supreme court resumed an investigation into San Francisco's Preparedness day bombing of July 22, 1916. BY MAX STERN. Time* SUff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.—The battle to free Warren Billings and, incidentally Tom Mooney, now waging before the seven supreme court judges of California, entered Its second phase today as sessions were r sumed alter a five-day recess. The first phase has been a drive led by the Mooney-Billings volunteer counsel to destroy the entire prosecution structure, to impeach its last two witnesses, John MacDonald and Estelle Smith, to batter down their perjuries by the invincible testimony of clocks, cameras and logic. The new phase is defensive. It took the form today of a fight by lawyers Edwin McKenzie and Frank P. Walsh to keep the case from being side-tracked through introduction of irrelevant matter and confine the testimony to the simple question of guilty or innocence of the pair. Evidence Was Barred It was the obvious intention of the 1916 prosecution chiefs, Charles Fickert and his two former aids. Banker Ed Cunha and Attorney Jim Brennen. to seek again to try Mooney and Billings in the newspapers by means of “new evidence" concerning alleged radical activities of the two laborites prior to their arrest. The final phase will be a counter offensive by the pardon crusaders to wipe out the last straggling vestige of credibility of the Fickert-Cunha-Brennyi witnesses through charts, conflicting evidence and direct witnesses. In this phase the almost perfect alibis of the two will be presented in detail and reinforced by witnesses. “By the prosecution's own witnesses we have destroyed the state's case against these men,” said McKenzie. "Now we are confronted with alleged ‘evidence’ that was barred from the Billings and Mooney trials and which adopts an entirely new theory, that of conspiracy. Met Bcrkman Twice This “evidence” purports to link Billings to a radical conspiracy. I can prove Billings never saw a copy of The Blast, nor did he meet the anarchist Berkman. except twice, once when introduced to him in a saloon and once when he went to his house to deliver something to him at someone else's request. "All this stuff is part of the same sort of propaganda that went out to the world to brand Mooney and Billings as radicals. It did not then have the slighest relation to the bombing crime, as Judge Dunne then ruled it. It has none now. Billings and Mooney were convicted by two things—perjury and prejudice. Now’ they want to keep them in jail for life by the latter means.” McKenzie load Cunha and Brennan on the grill in a blistering cross-examination today. He reminded the former of his fatal admission that the pair, though he considered them guilty, should be paroled. He reminded the latter of his even more revealing admission that, though guilty, they should be pardoned “for reasons of social expediency.” He also reminded them of their remarks that the two defendants had been tried on their general reputations “and outside circumstances.” The climax of this week's hearings will come at 5 Thursday afternoon when six out of the seven judges will sit for the first time inside bleak Folsom's walls to hear the story from Billings’ own lips. Justice Richards will be absent on other business, but Justices Waste. Preston. Shenk. Langdon. Seawell and Curtis will be there. The hearing will be held after the “lock-up" of the big prison's 2,200 inmates. It may be that the questioning will last far Into the night and the unusual session may have to be continued until Friday night.

GIRL FLIER SOCKS COP Society Ariatrix Scores With Nose Punch When Paper Is Served. Bu Untied Press LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. 12.Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes. Pasadena society avtatrix and holder of the women’s speed record, can land a devastating blow on the nose as well as win victories in the air. Deputy Sheriff George Staige said today*. Staiga told his superior officers that he handed Mrs. Barnes a subena pm t after she won the “Tom Thum" aerial derby at Long Beach Sunday and that she squared off and struck lum. Afterward she apologised and accepted the paper, the deputy saacL

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Bv United Press SOUDERTON. Pa., Aug. 12. An B’ 2 -pound son was born today to Mr. and Mrs. William Kenneth Moyer, who before their marriage in October agreed that if they did not have a child within two years-either would be free to seek a divorce. Today Moyer, novelist and poet, forgot his plot structures and iambic pentameters in the allengrossing problem of seeking a name for the child. The responsibility apparently was greater than in normal christenings because of the wide publicity which the pre-nuptial agreement of the Moyers attracted.

HOOVER’S WESTERN TRIP IS CANCELED

Babe on Air Fans from coast to coast will hear two of baseball’s greatest celebrities on the air during August. On Wednesday, Aug. 13, Babe Ruth, now in the thick of another home run battle, will talk over the National Broadcasting hookup, with Grantland Rice shooting the questions. Babe’s baseball lessons and articles on current diamond events are a feature of The Times sport page. On the night of Aug. 27, Rice again will turn loose a flock of timely queries with Connie Mack, manager of the world’s champion Athletics on the receiving end of the questionnaire. Both broadcasts are on the Coca Cola hour and were are ranged by Christy Walsh, business representative for Mack, Ruth and other figures in the world of sport.

SUPPORT IS PLEDGED G. 0. P. to Back Rebels If Nominated. United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Support in the fall elections of senatorial candidates nominated as Republicans, even though they have strayed from the party fold in the past, will be the policy of the Republican national committee under its new chairman, Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio. This rule will apply to Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, who bolted the party to support Alfred E. Smith and frequently has opposed the administration, if he is nominated, Fess said in discussing his policies before leaving here on a brief vacation.

WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM MARION AFTER FUNERALS

B >/ United Press MARION,. Ind., Aug. 12.—Normal conditions prevailed in Marion again today, after the most exciting weekend in the city’s history*, subsequent to the lynching of two Negroes on the courthouse lawn Thursday night. State troops, composed of Company K, Fort Way*ne, and I, South Bend, under command of Colonel George H. Healy, left last night for Camp Konx, Ky., to resume training. and all but three members of the state police squad likewise returned to regular duties. Local officials agreed that they wculd be able to handle the situation. after funerals of the two Negroes Monday. With the burial of the two Negroes lynched, Abraham Smith

COP’S FAN DANCE FAILS TO PERSUADE JURY TO IND ICT EARL CARROLL

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.—The county grand jury today refused to indict Earl Carroll anff* several members of the cast of his “Vanities’’ on a charge of presenting “an obscene and indecent theatrical production.’’ A magistrate’s court had decided the producer was entitled to a jury trial. Failure of the grand jury to indict indicated the charge probably will be dismissed. Carroll. Jimmy Savo, comedian, and Sveral girls were arrested

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The family was willing to help. “Name him Andrew Owen Moyer,” said Grandmother Moyer. “Give him half a dozen names so he can choose for himself when he grows up,” suggested Grandfather Moyer. Grandmother Owen, mother of Ethel Owen Moyer, held, out for William O. Moyer. “Abner O. Moyer is what I favor,” said Father Moyer. “Abner is a favorite name in my family.” Mrs. Moyer has not expressed a preference. Dr. I. Z. Kinzey, who attended Mrs. Moyer, said the child was one of the most perfect I have ever seen in years of practice.”

President to Remain in Capital to Organize Drought Relief. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—President Hoover announced cancellation of his proposed two-weeks’ vacation trip to the northern Rockies today, saying he would remain in Washington to organize drought relief workThe President has the conference here Thursday and Friday with state Governors and farm organization representatives, and the seriousness of the drought situation will require his close attention probably for some time afterward. Previously, he had planned to leave next week for a two weeks’ vacation. The President does not consider the condition of crops as reported by the agriculture department Monday as indicating the entire extent of damage that may be expected from the drought. This report predicted a 7 per cent decrease in crops. The shortage in the corn crop, which the agriculture department predicted Monday would be 400,000,000 bushels below that of last year, will not be felt so much by the nation as . whole as in certain localities where the crop failure is almost total, it was pointed out. The shortage in feed crops is the most acute, it was explained. This may necessitate drawing from the surplus of wheat to balance the shortage of corn, hay and other feed grains. In this way, it was pointed out, the drought may balance up the total food requirements for both humans and animals, and thus result in creating a more normal situation than has existed for the last year or two. While Mr. Hoover’s western trip now is eliminated from his plans, the President may take a vacation in October after two speaking engagements in the early part of the month.

and Thomas Shipp, there seemed to be no further need for the troops or state police here. Complete and thorough investigation and prosecution of the participants in the double-lynching is the program mapped out. The situation was studied at a meeting late Monday in the office of Attorney-General James M. Ogden, at which were present Earl B. Stroup and Marie Wall, two deputy attomeys-general: Harley F. Hardin. Grant county prosecutor, and L. O. Chasey, secretary to the Governor. The prosecution will be pushed under the provisions of the state lynching law. which provides a penalty of life imprisonment or death, Hardin said.

after James -Coy, acting police captain, imported several showgirls were appearing on the stage wearing insufficient clothing. He particularly criticised Faith Bacon, a dancer, who was accused of bringing to Broadway the same costume Lady Godiva wore centuries ago. The only obstruction between Miss Bacon and the audience, Coy reported, were two feather fans which she waved with a high degree of efficiency.

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FEAR WEALTHY PAIR TRAPPED BY KIDNAPERS i Manufacturer and Wife Are Believed Decoyed by Gang of Swindlers. CARRIED $70,000 DRAFT Auto Loads of Cops Scour Ohio Highways Hunting Confidence Men. Bv United Pregs DEFIANCE, 0.. Aug. 12.—Authorities of northwestern Ohio were searching the highways and towns along the Indiana border today for trace of Charles Kern, 80, wealthy St. Louis man, and his wife, who disappeared this morning, while carrying a bank draft for $70,000, Authorities fear the aged couple may have been kidnaped by a gang of swindlers. According to the story pieced together by police of Toledo, St. Louis, Defiance and Ft. Wayne, the Kerns left St. Louis Monday, carrying the $70,000 draft -with which Kern planned to “close a real estate deal.” Met by Two Men At Ft. Wayne they were met by two men, whom they received as friends and who rode with them to Defiance, where they were met by several other men in an automobile. The party drove away and the Kerns have not been seen since. Although the “real estate deal" may have been a legitimate business venture, authorities fear it was a trap of the confidence men. Kern’s hesitancy to tell St. Louis bankers what he was going to do with the money, the disappearance of the entire party in the automobile; and the fact that Kern only at the last moment decided to take a draft instead of cash, lent color to the fears of officials. “Put Crimp in Plans” “I think he probably was the victim of confidence men,” Chief of Police Haas of Toledo, said. “They probably expected him to bring the $70,000 in cash, and when he brought a draft, it put a crimp in their plans.” All banks in the district have been notified of the draft. Deputy sheriffs from Defiance and other towns patrolled the highways for the missing car, and persons who saw the party detrain here were questioned by police. Chief Gives His Views Chief Haas, questioned by telephone, was asked why he feared the couple were kidnaped. “I didn't say they were," he replied, “but when we lost trace of Kern and his wife, with all that money in their possession, we got worried. “If it was confidence men, they probably were working the old game in which the swindler promises the victim big money if he will invest a large amount of cash hurriedly. Kern’s bank draft would have upset such a plan.” i

SHOWERS ARE DUE Further Relief for Farms Is Predicted. Further relief for farmers was forecast today by the weather bureau, with the prediction that showers, which are due tonight in various parts of Indiana, will be statewide Wednesday. The mercury is due to rise today to temperatures slightly higher than Monday, when the highest was 73. The showers will be followed by normal temperature for at least several days, weather forecasters said. TALLEY TO SING AGAIN Quits Farm to Make Records; May Return to Operatic Stage By United Pri ss CHICAGO, Ag. 12.—Marion Talley, the young woman who sang her way from a church choir to the footlights of the Metropolitan opera house, and then turned down success to operate a farm, again has changed her mind and her occupation. Between trains today on her way to New York, Miss Talley, accompanied by her mother and sister, admitted that she will make several phonograph recordings, and hinted that she might go back to the operatic stage. HOME IS PLUNDERED Burglars Steal Clothing. Silverware Valued at $595. G. S. Henry of 447 Hampton drive, today reported to police that someone gained entrance through a rear door of his home Monday night and stole clothing and silverware valued at $595.

COY appeared before the grand jury today, and , according to reports, gave another of the impersonations for which he has become noted ever since the day he showed a jury how Mae West and her troupers performed in the play, “Pleasure Man.” The captain's equipment today consisted o l a straw hat, which he asked the grand jurors to imagine was the fans Miss Bacon used in her choice.

YOUNG AIRMAN HELD IN MINES SKY BOMBING Son of Retired Coal Operator Is Accused as Flying- Raider of Nonunion Workers Bv United Pregg , , , MURPHYSBORO, 111., Aug. 12.—Paul Montgomery, 23. who has been planning a trans-Atlantic flight for two years, but has been unable to start because of a series of financial difficulties, was arrested today and held for Kentucky authorities in connection with the airplane bombing of a nonunion coal mining field near Providence, Ky., Monday. Sheriff William Flanigan said no formal charge had been brought against Montgomery, who has admitted his yellow and black Barling monoplane was in the air at approximately the time of the bombing, Montgomery denied knowledge of the aerial attack. He informed police he took a companion and two girls for a “joy ride” around dawn

Monday, after a party. The license number of Montgomery's plane is 508-M. The number of the bombing craft was reported as 5088. Montgomery is the son of a retired coal operator of Elksville. 111. Times Is Commended Central Labor Union adopted a resolution commending the Indianapolis Times’ expose of the methods of state and county contractors in paying meager wages to laborers, at its Monday night meeting. A committee was appointed to attend city and county budget conferences to protect interests of the working people. A resolution asked that funds be given the park and recreation departments to extend rather than curtail activities, according to William E. Holmes, city hall custodian and union president. Molders’ Union No. 56, also adopted a resolution praising the work of The Times in “uncovering damnable conditions,” according to Arthur Vance, 1330 Wade street, secretary. New Bombing Feared Bv United Press PROVIDENCE, Ky., Aug. 12. Men going to their work in the coal mines of Webster county today cast uneasy glances toward the skies, fearful that the orange colored monoplane which dropped nine bombs in the district might reappear. A mass meeting of nonunion miners, called in the belief the air raid had been directed at them, was held here Monday night and a reward fund started. No actual damage was done by the bombs and no one was injured although one missile exploded near a group of 100 nonunion men. Mine operators interpreted the attack as a declaration of open warfare by a comparatively small group of striking men who, they said, had been attempting Since July to unionize the Providence coal fields, generally claimed as a stronghold by nonunion workers.

WOMAN EDITOR FINDS BOSSING MAN SIMPLE Task No More Difficult in Office Than in Home, She Says. B u United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson, new edi-tor-in-chief of the Washington Herald, sees no reason why “it should be a worse job to boss men in the office than to boss them in the home,” she wrote today in an article* replying to various inquiries received since assuming her new post. “Men always have been bossed by women anyway, although most the time they don’t know it,” the woman editor wrote in answering a question as to “how a woman proposes to boss an office full of men.” FLORISTS TO GATHER State Association to Meet Aug. 15 in Marion. The State Florists’ Association of Indiana will meet Aug. 15, in Marion, as the guest of Albert Lindahl. A lunch at the Spencer hotel, followed by a business meeting in the afternoon and sight-seeing tour will feature the session. Members of the association will be admitted free at the annual gladiolus show in Marion. QUITS BURNING MONEY Treasury Worker Retires; Helped to Destroy $13,000,000,000. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Edmund E. Schreiner, 83, who probably has destroyed more money than any man alive, has retired from the treasury department after sixty-seven years’ service. More than $13,000,000,000 has been destroyed by the office of the controller of the currency while Schreiner was employed in its redemption division. POLICE SPY ON LINKS Guard Against Watering Country Club Greens at Night. By United Press CUMBERLAND, Md., Aug. 12. Police have been ordered to patrol the local Country Club at night to see that nd water is used to sprinkle golf greens. The city council ordered police supervision when it received reports that greens were being sprinkled at night in violation of a recent ordinance.

Presumably he danced, dexterously moving the straw hat about m the fashion made famous by Miss Bacon before the law seized Carroll. Savo, chief comedian in the Vanities, and Miss Bacon also appeared before the grand jury. If Miss Bacon danced, it must have been a demonstration of whirlwind terpsichore because she was in the grand jury room only five minutes.

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NAME SUSPECT IN SSOO HOLDUP OF COLLECTOR Arrested in Cab Firm Alleged ‘Hoax’ Theft; Held in Earlier Case. James Carrier, 28, of 1433 East Market street, today was identified as the bandit who robbed Mrs. Clyde Huey, 21, of 3209 East Washington street, Betsy Ross candy stores collector of SSOO, July 19 in the Indiana theater building, police said. Carrier was arrested in the Franklin hotel, at Franklin, Monday night, after he had been implicated in the S3OO robbery of the Red Cab Company, Monday, by George Thompson, 24, of 270 Hendricks place, who police said, confessed his part in the holdup. Thompson also is said to have charged that Charles Nugent, 633 East Pratt street, night superintendent, was the chief figure in the plot to rob the company. Mrs. Huey went to police headquarters today and identified Carrier, police said. Police said Carrier will be slafiV on a robbery charge in connection with both jobs. Nugent and Thompson are held under $5,000 vagrancy bonds. Police have started searching for the second bandit in the candy store robbery. Carrier has denied implication in both robberies and Nugent steadfastly denies his alleged part in the cab company holdup. The candy store holdup was staged as Mrs. Huey ascended the stairs in the theater building with a satchel containing ijioney collected from various stores of the Betsy Ross chain. He then fled through crov.ds across Washington street. STOCKS IN TUMBLE U. S. Steel Leads in Slide; Prices Off 16 Points. Bv United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The stock market took a terrific setback just before the close today when active trading shot prices down from 1 to 16 points. United States Steel, the leader in most major movements lately, led today’s break. A report was issued that steel production had been reduced to 62per cent from 64 per cent of capacity last week. Ship Afire at Sea LONDON, Aug. 12.—The British coaler Brookwood, bound from Tyne to New Caledonia, reported to Lloyds Rionday night that her cargo was afire. The ship was attempting to smother the blaze, and making for Mauritius, in the Indian ocean, some 900 miles distant.

JACKSON AND O’BRINE PASS 534 HOURS IN AIR

BY PAUL 11. KING, United Press Staff Correspondent LAMBERT FIELD, St. LOUIS, Aug. 12.—The red and yellow monoplane, “Greater St. Louis,” today carried Dale Jackson and Forest O’Brine nearer to the world's endurance refueling flight record of 553 hours held by the Hunter Brothers of Sparta, 111. The fliers kept their plane at an altitude of 1,000 feet alll morning, due to chilly air higher up. Two leather coats were lowered to them from the refueling plane, after both complained of the cold. At 1:07 p. m. they had been up 534 hours and were less than twentyone hours from establishing anew record. The present record will be equalled if the fliers still are in the air at 8:53 a. m. Wednesday and a new record established if they are up at 9:53. Jackson and O’Brine remained In apparent high spirits, despite twen-ty-two days in the air cooped up in a shoulder high cabin. The “Greater St. Louis” is similar to the St. Louis Robin, which Jack-

THUS Carroll comes off victor in his second clash with the law, the first was on the occasion of his notorious “wine tub” party when a show girl appeared In a .bathtub full of punch without bothering to don a bathing suit. The producer was tried and convicted of perjury in connection with the investigation and served a term in the federal prison at Atla" . v

CONTRACTORS PAYING LOW WAGES 'BLACKLISTED' FOR FUTURE STATE ROAD IOBS Highway Commissioners Take Action Against Pay Slashers in New Albany Meeting; Indiana Firms Are Lauded. ASK 40-CENT CITY LABOR MINIMUM Federation Joins Local Unions in Demand After Works Board Voluntarily Sets Rate at 35 Cents.

Adolph J. Fritz, Indiana State Federation of Labor secretary, today joined the Central Labor Union in demanding that the works board fix 40 cents an hour as the minimum wage for common labor in city contracts. Last week the works board voluntarily adopted a resolution providing that all city contractors pay 35 cents minimum. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan said he would discuss the request with the works board, although E. Kirk McKinney, president, indicated the board will deny the proposal. “I have no use for any one who takes advantage of the serious unemployment situation to enrich themselves at the expense of those who toil in the hot sun and whose families are deprived of a decent living,” Fritz said. “Money Hogs” Cause Unrest “This action on the part of these money hogs causes unrest,” Fritz said, declaring that he had begun a check of the Wages paid by city contractors. Labor leaders contend 40 cents is the established minimum wage for laborers. “We can’t do any more,” McKinney said. “The board stipulated a 35 cents an hour minimum wage when it was as low as 20 before. Competition will have to take care of the situation,” McKinney said. McKinney insisted most city contractors are paying 40 cents and that no city contracts have been reported to have paid the 20-cent minimum. Montgomery said he would fight extradition. The warrant for his arrest was on a felony charge, it was learned later, on request of Sheriff R. L. Overley of Providence. Overley informed police here that three men who witnessed the bombing said Montgomery’s plane was in every way similar to the plane which flew over the community, dropping packages of dynamite. Sheriff Flanigan said he had been unable to identify the other man in the craft with Montgomery, and Montgomery refuses to divulge his name. Plane Is Identified Flanigan said he had information that Montgomery’s plane was in the air from 4:15 a. m. Monday until 8 a. m. The bombing occurred shortly after 6 a. m. G. C. Martin. Bruce Stone and H. Black, the latter two employes of the Lewton Mining Company of Providence, property of which was bombed, identified the Barling monoplane as that used in the bombing shortly before Flanigan made his arrest. The three came by automobile from Providence early today. e Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 55 10 a. m 73 7a. m..... 57 11 a. m 76 Ba. m 60 12 (noon).. 76 9 a. m 70 1 p. m 77

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Faith Bacon, New York’s cop show censor says, brought Lady Godiva’s costume to Broadway. But the grand jury hearkened to Faith when she said, “Don’t you believe it, come and see my act some time,” and they rqfrsed to indict her.

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BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Time* Staff Correspondent NEW ALBANY, Ind., Aug. 12. Contractors on state road jobs who have paid less than a living wage to common laborers were for future state contracts by state highway commissioners in session here today. The commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the contractors, some of whom have paid as low as 20 cents an hour to laborers, and condemned their tactics. The resolution was based on a survey of the situation by The Indianapolis Times, which also met approval of the Indiana State Federation of Labor, Commissioner Jess Murden of Peru said when he introduced the resolution. Without mincing words, the commissioners’ resolution set out that they did not believe “a contractor worthy of receiving contracts for public work, who does not keep up public work who does not keep up Must Maintain Fair Wage The resolution further stated that the commission “will not look withi favor upon contractors whose records disclose they are not maintaining a fair and reasonable scale of wages.” Murden in introducing the action said: “I have based the content of this resolution on the survey made by The Indianapolis Times, and the stories that resulted frem this survey. The Times’ revelations were, supported by the state federation, of labor. In most Instances I find, however, that the low wages were being paid by outstate contractors and subcontractors.” The board approved the suggestion of John J. Brown, state commission director, to employ farmers whose farms have been crippled by the recent drought, on state road projects. Praise State Contractors The resolution fellows: “The Indiana state highway commission is opposed to contractors paying less than a living wage scale for their labor. In all estimates made by the highway commission, living wages are included for all contractors’ employes and the commission does not consider a contractor worthy of receiving contracts for public work who does not keep up the standard of wages. “The laws of Indiana provide that the state highway commission award contracts to the lowest and best bidder and, in the future, the commission will not look with favor upon contractors whose records disclose that they are not maintaining a fair and reasonable scale of wages. “In fairness to the Indiana contractors who have been building excellent roads and paying fair wages to their laborers, we have not found' one instance where they have taken advantage of unemployment to reduce wages.”

PREPARE ‘YOUNG PLAN’ FOR MEXICO’S DEBTS General Financial Rehabilitation Is Planned by Government. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Adoption of what virtually would be a “Young plan” for Mexico, under which the southern republic's foreign and internal debts totaling more than $1,000,000,000 would be funded through a single gigantic banking arrangement, is expected to result from studies and negotiations now in progress here and in Mexico City, it was learned today. This would be preceded by a general financial rehabilitation program to be put into effect by the Mexican government. DRY VOTE IS DEMANDED 1,200,000 Illinois Veters Petition Referendum by State. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 12. Three petitions demanding a state-wide prohibition referendum in the November elections were taken to the state capital at Springfield today under guard. Bearing the names of 400,000 voters each, the three petitions will be presented formally late today to Governor Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State Stratton, and State Auditor Nelson, for filing. R-100 SAILING SET* Giant Air Liner to Recross Atlantic Wednesday. Bu United Press MONTREAL. Aug. 12.—The R-100 will leave on its return crossing of the Atlantic Wednesday night at 10 p. m., it was announced at St. Hubert airport today. All passengers were advised to be aboard two hours before the lcaviu| time.

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