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‘FREE BILLINGS AND MOONEY,’ EDITOR PLEADS ‘They're Innocent and You Know It,’ Justices Are Told. WITNESS BACKS ALIBIS Estelle Smith Is Branded as Perjurer by Her Mother. BY MAX STERN Times SUIT Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19 —One more confession came into the Mooney-Billings • retrial" here with unexpected and dramatic effect. It was the confession of Fremont Older, veteran editor, that he, once an implacable foe of crooks, now has ceased to believe in revenge, force, war and punishment. Older, 74, with the frame of a giant, but the spirit of a Tolstoy, parried the onslaughts of Justice John W. Preston with words that elevated the hearing from the cat-and-dog fight it has been for many days. "I believe in the sermon on the mount," Older said to one of Preston’s question. “I used to believe quite the opposite. Now I believe that if the world is ever to he saved it must be saved through .jve. through kindness. I think we should judge as little as possible.” Preston tried to connect Older w ith the anti-preparedness ‘‘animus’’ that led to the explosion, of stirring up the wor'd-wide opposition to the conviction of Mooney and Billings. "Result Is Terrible Injustice" Older told him he became con- j vinced of their innocence with the j Oxman perjury expose and has become more and more convinced ever since. Older said he did not think that rx-District Attorney Charles Fickert and his aids deliberately had "framed" the men into prison, but blamed the late Martin Swanson for producing them at a time when the people were calling for blood. "I'm not blaming any one,” he said, but the result has been a terrible injustice. My interest has been in behalf of California, of ; America. I am convinced these men j are innocent, and I think you. ! Judge Preston, are too. Wc all are.” ] Monday's hearing developed other j surprises. One was an affidavit from Estelle Smith's mother, Mrs. j Alice Kidwell, branding her own daughter a perjurer. She told of hearing conversations in which Fickert promised reward money to her daughter. “To Fix Bombing Blame” Another was the new testimony of Bernard Dunn, assistant superintendent of the Eilers building, corroborating the word of some twenty witnesses, the clock and the camera to the effect that the Mooneys were or. the roof of his building between 1:45 and 2:10, on the afternoon Oxman and MacDonald swore they saw Tom Mooney with Billings a mile away just before the explosion. The hearing may extend beyond the present week. Cunha and Fickert have asked to be heard. State Senator Edgar Hurley, who Billings said paid him $25 for the suitcase carrying trip to Sacramento that led to his first arrest, has demanded to be heard in denial. And Preston has declared he “will produce witnesses that will show beyond a doubt just who planted the bomb.” MAN IN U.S. 14 YEARS TO FACE DEPORTATION Native of Hollard Fined at Ft. Wayne Deserted Ship's Crew. Fv Timet Special FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Aug. 19.—John Hartog, 46. who entered the United States without a passport and has been in the country fourteen years without making an effort to become naturalized, may be deported to his native Holland. Authorities here plan to place his case before the immigration authorities. He was fined sls here on a charge of loitering, it being charged he made insulting remarks to women at homes where he begged food. Hartog says he was a sailor on a Dutch ship which docked at New York fourteen years ago. and he deserted it. AUTHOR WITH PARENTS Material for Book Being Collected by Visitor in Richmond. £v Timet Soecial RICHMOND. Ind., Aug. 19.—Carl W. Ackerman, native of Richmond, who is the author of five books, is spending several weeks here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman. His 1 test book, published this year is a bK graph y of George Eastman. through whose efforts the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was established. Material for another book is being collected by Ackerman. He formerly worked on newspapers at Indianapolis and Cincinnati He is now a resident of Lambert. N. J. Church Session Open* Fv Times special FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Aug. 19.—The annual conference of the Missionary Church Association opened here Monday to continue through the week. The session is under auspices of the Central district of the church, which comprises Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Sessions are being held in the First Missionary church of which the Rev, W. o. Klopfenstein is pastor.

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WEST POINT JOINS IN ATTACKER HUNT

Captured After Assault of Girl Camper, 16, Man Escapes Again. ' Bu United Press STONY POINT. N. Y., Aug. 19. A passe composed of West Point j cadets, marines and state and park police, aided by bloodhounds, was closing in about the wooded shores of Lake Cohasset today on a man alleged to have attacked a girl camper. The man, who was captured once and escaped, gave his name as William Horner. 24. of New York. He had been acting as chef in a boys’ camp. Authorities said Horner entered a tent in which four 16-year-old girls were sleeping, dragged one away, and left her unconscious in the underbrush nearby. Name of the girl and the camp she was attending were withheld. After Horner's escape from the Palisades interstate park police shack Monday, a posse was organized. A detachment of forty marines was sent from Ironis island, and when Colonel R. C. Richardson arrived and learned of the hunt, he offered the aid of the 300 members of the “Plebe” class at West Point who were in his charge on a fourday hike. Homer was arrested early Monday soon after the alleged attack. At first he attempted to escape in a row boat across a small lake near the girls' camp, but Captain Elmer Mandigo of the park police saw him and fired two shots. Horner then came ashore and surrendered. The man confessed to the attack, police said, and was quartered in the shack. How he made his escape was not revealed. VACATION COMES HIGH Hammond Couple Returns to Looted and Damaged Home. Bn United Press HAMMOND. Ind., Aug. 19.—Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brooks have just completed what Brooks terms a very costly vacation. Among the things which the couple discovered upon returning home after two weeks' absence were: Mrs. Brooks’ fur coat and seven of her dresses had been stolen; the house had been on fire; the radio had been stolen: Brooks had forgotten to turn off the electric lights in the basement and the light bill had trebled, and somebody had driven golf balls through all the garage windows. Fair at Connersville t.u Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 19. The twenty-seventh annual Fayette county fair opened here today to continue through Friday.

ZUTA RECORDS SHOW ‘LOAN’ TO EVANSTON POLICE CHIEF

Official Alleged to Admit Receiving S4OO From Slain Gangster. 11 it United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 19— A suburban chief of police, William Freeman of Evanston, was drawn today into the astounding web of circumstances which investigators are weaving in an effort to disclose a definite alliance has existed between Chicago’s powerful gangs and her high officials. Freeman confessed, investigators claim, that he accepted S4OO from Jack Zuta, gangland chieftain, who kept a set of books that revealed how his gang turned over part of its enormous profits to officials, presumably in exchange for protection. Zuta. generally accredited with being the man who engineered the murder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune reporter, was slain recently at a Wisconsin summer resort hotel. In Zuta’s Records Freeman's name was found signed to a letter, written on official stationery of the Evanston police department. The chief gained fame for his part in solving the LoebLeopold murder mystery. The letter was undated. It read as follows: “Dear Jack: lam temporarily in need of four 'C'S' for a couple of months. Can you let me have it? The bearer does not know what it is. so put it in an envelope and seal it and address it to me. Your old pal, BILL FREEMAN. “P. S. Will let you know the night of the party, so be sure and come.” Freeman, it is alleged, said loss of a lawsuit made it necessary that he raise money and he had gone to Zuta for it. To the list of public officials already named as recipients of Zuta's gang profits today was added that of State Senator Harry W. Starr. Two checks, each for S2OO. and signed “Jack Zuta,” were given to Starr, Roche revealed today. At the time Starr received the checks he was running for state senator. Had Zuta Cash Check Another new name also was added today to the li*t found among the Zuta records. It was that of John Craig, city editor of the Chicago Daily News. A check for SSO. made payable to currency and signed by Craig was found in one of the secret vaults. Craig explained to investigators that he had cashed the check at a roadhouse, that when the check did not come back through his bank in a month he asked Zuta about it, was told the check had been torn up and gave Zuta the money in

Doggun It! Cop Aims at Unruly Pup, Hits Water Pipe, Floods Cellar.

AS five revolver shots rent the air of a north side neighborhood at 5 this morning, sleepy neighbors sat up suddenly, visioning a neighborhood murder, looked at the clock in order to be able to tell the time if called to the witness stand, and returned to their slumbers. Meanwhile, a comedy of errors was progressing nearby. A neighbor’s police dog had become, if not mad, at least somewhat angry, during the early morning hours, in the basement. Police were summoned to relieve the dog of his foolish notions. One cop stuck his head in a basement window. "Just a minute, and I’ll fix him,” he said. Drawing his revolver, the officer blazed away in the lighted cellar. The shot was followed by a clank and the sound of a torrent of water. A water pipe had been severed neatly. Three more shots and boxes and jars fell from shelves to the floor The fifth shot ended the dog's curiosity. “This is anew gun and I haven’t practiced with it much,” the cop explained, as the homeowner began a frantic search for a plumber to prevent the home from being flooded.'

LYNCH NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA Victim Accused of Attacks on Tiny Girls. TARBORO, N. C., Aug. 19. Oliver Moore, 35, Negro, accused of attacking two white girls, was lynched here early today by 200 men who stormed the Edgecombe county jail. Moore's body was cut down from a tree where officers found it several hours after the lynching. Between fifty and sixty bullet holes marked the body, Deputy Sheriff R. O. Watson said. Moore was arrested Saturday and accused of attacking Ethel Morgan, 7, and her sister Incille, 5, as th?y played in their father’s tobacco barn. It was the first lynching in North Carolina since 1921.

And No Tarzan Savage roaring of a lion all night drove residents in the vicinity of Lincoln and East rtreets from their slumbers k 'nday night. . autious householders dou-ble-oarred their doors, got out shotguns and nervously awaited the dawn, visioning wrecking of a circus train and escape of a herd of wild beasts. Every dog in .the neighborhood added his voice to the general bedlam. Daylight revealed a large lion, in a small menagerie wagon, merely an ad stunt.

FIREBUG SUSPECTED South Side Garage Blaze Is Laid to Fiend. The south side firebug was believed at work again Monday night when a fire of incendiary origin in a garage of G. Tarion, 1365 Calhoun street, caused $520 damage. Two garages were destroyed in the same locality by incendiary fires last week. Damage of $lO was caused to a vacant house at 2162 Tacoma avenue Monday night. The fire, also of incendiary origin, was started in a closet on. the second floor of the house. WHIST L E BAN TO STA Y Congratulations Pour Into Office of New York's Police Commissioner. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—50 many congratulations have poured into the office of Police Commissioner Mulrocney since he ordered traffic policemen to stop using their whistles that the ban, adopted a week ago as an experiment, will become permanent.

TOY GOLF TOURNAMENT FAVORITES ADVANCE

CLOSE matches marked first round of play Monday night in the championship flights of The Times city-wide toy golf tournament with four men and four women advancing to the semifinals of each flight with six victories and two defaults. Miss Mary Jane Meyers’ 1 up victory over Miss Florence Brown at the Tom Thumb course. Fiftysixth and Illinois streets, probably was the feature match of the round. Miss Meyer was 4up at the Nr *

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LESLIE’S HOPE FOR DROUGHT LOAN SHAKEN Elmer Stout, Bank Chief, Decides That Law Blocks Action. CONFERENCE IS PRIVATE Federal Roads Bureau Head on Hand to List State Moves. BY DAN M. KIDNEY Hope for the state highway commission to get $1,000,000 loan from the general fund, which seemed bright at the Governor’s drought conference Monday, was at low ebb this afternoon. Elmer Stout, president of the Indiana Bankers’ Association and the Fletcher American National bank, emerged from a conference with Governor Harry G. Leslie and state highway commissioners, to announce to the press that it had been concluded that the highway department can not borrow from the general fund under the law. On Monday Stout had expressed the opinion that the money might be loaned to the general fund at 4 per cent, payable by tax collections in December. Conference Is Continued The conference continued this afternoon behind closed doors. Leslie had planned on getting the $1,000,000 loan and matching it with another $1,000,000 in federal highway aid, the total to be spent in road labor for burned-out farmers in southern Indiana. J. T. Voshell of the federal roads bureau is on hand to tell what requirements are necessary to get the federal aid available now. Meanwhile the drought relief committee drifted plans for organizations in every county to find out the exact needs. Suggests Contractor Move To save some of the road program Stout suggested getting contractors to take deferred payments on money now owed them by the state highway depart, lent and using the current funds trom gasoline taxes for drought rel'ef roaa work. Leslie appointed a committee of five to carry out drought relief plans, aside from the highway program, with which they will cooperate if the $2,000,000 is obtained. Members are Dean J. H. Skinner of Purdue university; William Fortune, director of the Red Cross; William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation; Albert J. Wedeking, state highway commission chairman, and Stout.

MILLIONAIRE’S MISSING SONS FOUND BY PILOT Located Near Cat Lake in Manitoba Wilds; Absent for Month. Bu United Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Aug. 19. Roger and Bruce Manternach, 18 and 15-year-old sons of a Hartford (Conn.) millionaire, were lound today by Pilot Harvey of the Ontario forestry air service. They were found at Lake Kapikik, near Cat Lake, where they had gone on a side trip. When they failed to meet their courier it was believed that they were lost in the wilds. They had not been heard from for nearly a month. CANT SHAKE BADTUCK Out of Work for Months, Gets Job; i Injured by Bolt. Bu United Press 1 NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Until, Monday Gilbert Nicoll had been one | of the thousands unemployed. Out of work for months, he was overjoyed when the Bank of New York hired him as a messenger. He started to work right away. Six hours later, while passing a tall office building on an errand, a bolt dropped from the fifty-seventh floor and struck him on the head. His condition was described today as serious. WOMEN FEAR ‘BUND PIG’ Regard it Worse Evil Than Saloon, Says Liquor Reform Speaker. Bu United Press LITCHFIELD, Conn., Aug. 19. Women now fear the speakeasy more than they feared the saloon j of pre-prihibition days, Mrs. John M. Cates, New Haven society leader, j told a meeting of the women’s organization for national prohibition j reform here Monday night. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 60 10 a. m 72 7 a. m 61 11 a. m 73 Ba. m 66 12 (noon).. 74 9 a. m 71 1 p. m 76

fifteenth, but Miss Brown rallied gamely to win three holes in a row, the last two being holes-in-one. Miss Virginia Quigg scored the most convincing victory, defeating Miss Jeanne Schlosser, 7 up, at the Plaza course, Michigan and Pensylvania streets. Other results were: G. Abbott defeated John Maloney. 2 up. Fail ground course, Thirty-eighth and Pall Creek. Theodore Sicner, elimination

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LINER CAPTAIN TO BE FETEO r Tumultuous Greeting Awaits Ship Disaster Hero. Bu United Press PAGO PAGO, Samoa, Aug. 19. A hero’s welcome awaited Captain W. R. Meyer of the Matson liner Ventura today as the ship neared this island port with 251 survivors from the British steamer Tahiti, which floundered Sunday in the south seas. The Ventura is due here about 2 p. m. (7:30 p. m. central standard time), and upon its arrival island residents will pay homage to Captain Meyer and his crew for their heroic work in speeding 700 miles across the Pacific, arriving just in time to remove those aboard the disabled Tahiti. That there wasn’t a moment to spare was indicated in a message, telling of the rescue, sent out by F. N. Davidson, radio operator of the Tahiti. “Passengers just got on Ventura in time as all bulkheads started giving away,” the message said. “The forward part of the ship was listing heavily, but nose much deeper than stern. She sank nose first. “All the letter mail was saved, but the newspapers were lost. Part of mail damaged by sea water. Sank at 4:30 p. m. Sunday.”

Rather Fishy Bu United Press MONTAUK BEACH, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Here’s one from the press agent at Montauk Point: “Fred Phipps, 28-year-old fishing guide, rode for four hours Monday night on a life raft that was attached to a 700-pound swordfish by a harpoon. He was in a party headed by John Wanamaker Jr. They speared the fish and followed it for awhile. “Wanamaker had to return to New York because of an appointment, so Phipps volunteered to go over the side on the raft and wear the swordfish down. IJ; took him four hours to do it, and the crew of another fishing boat helped him land the fish.”

FREE POTATO KILLER Jury Clears Farmer Who Slew Hungry Pair. Bu United Press TOLEDO, Aug. 19.—A grand jury :oday cleared Lester Coy, 23-year-old farmer, of criminal liability in the killing of a destitute father and his young son, who were stealing $2 worth of potatoes from Coy’s patch. The two victims, Elmer Tilton, 36, and his son, Louis, 17, were shot and killed by Coy while Mrs. Tilton and her six other children waited for them to bring home food.. DELAY CAROL CROWNING Inability to Reconcile Princess Helene Reason for Action. BUCHAREST, Aug. 19.—The coronation of King Carol has been postponed until the spring of 1931, due to the inability to reconcile Carol and his divorced wife, Princess Helene, it teas confirmed officially today.

round medalist, defeated Gilbert Malone, 2 up, Mapleton course, Thirty-eighth and Illinois streets. MRS. MYFTXE *BANTA defeated Miss Rosalind Pugh, 5 up, The Fairway course, Southern and Madison avenue. Burke Whittaker defeated Ted Wolf. 1 up. Ten-Em course. Tenth street and Emerson avenue. Miss Louise Leonard won by default from Mrs. Flora Kinder and Morris Mclntyre won by default

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Van Lear Black , Publisher , Falls in Sea; Drowns Bu United Press BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.—Van Lear Black, chairman of the board of the Baltimore Sun and noted air enthusiast and yachtsman, fell overboard from his boat Monday night and was drowned, according to information received here today. Black’s enthusiasm for air travel had taken him into all sections of the world and he recently made an around-the-world flight.

DURANT BACK AT AUTO POST Company to Make, Sell Tiny French Car. Bu United Press DETROIT, Aug. 19.—William C. Durant today returned to active head of the Durant Motor Company, a position he resigned eighteen months ago. Wiih Durant's return to leadership of the company, announcement was made that he had signed contracts for the manufacture here of the Mathis car, a French automobile of midget size. The Mathis will be put on the market in competition with the American Austin, English designed car, now manufactured in the United States. The Durant line will be continued. Durant, following a meeting of the board of directors, said E. E. C. Mathis, president of Mathis Corporation, together with his executive officers and his sales force, will be installed at the Lansing plant. Contracts, Durant said, call for manufacture of 100,000 of the smallsized cars. Production will get underway by Dec. 1. The Mathis, it was announced, will sell for about SSOO. It will be a four-cylinder motor, with a tread only a few Inches narrower than a standard size car. Bad Tooth Leads to Death B,u Times Special LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 19. Roy M. Sherrill, 44, widely known among Cass county farmers through his connection with the county farm bureau station as manager, died during an operation to remove necrosis condition from his lower left jaw which was caused by an infected tooth. Quakers in Session Bu Times Special PLAINFIELD, Ind., Aug. 19.—Today's session of the Western Yearly Meeting of Friends which opened here Monday was devoted to organization, committee reports, roll call of delegates and instructions to the nominating committee. Erna O. Nixon, Chicago, children’s leader, started his work today. Mother of Four Sues Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 19.—Anna Hooks filed suit for divorce from George Hooks, alleging she raises garden produce which her husband sell? to obtain money which he uses when he associates with immoral persons. The couple was married in 1920 and are parents of four children.

from W. A. Baker. Mclntyre then shot a practice round at the Original Tom Thumb course. Thirtieth street and Kessler boulevard, bettering par one stroke with a 43. No matches will be played tonight. Semi-final matches of 36 holes will be played Wednesday night at four courses to be named in Wednesday morning’s edition of The Times. Contestants are asked to watch for notice of their course assignments. *

AIMEE M’PHERSON IS OLIND AFTER NERVOUS BREAKDOWN SUFFERED TWO WEEKS AGO Secretary Admits Evangelist Is Afflicted, but Denies Face Lifting Operation Abroad Is Responsible. STAYS HIDDEN AT FRIEND’S HOME Woman Preacher “Has No Doctors," Is Report; Hundreds of Followers Pray Daily at Angelus Temple. 4 Bu United Prtß LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19. —Aimee Semple McPherson has lost her eyesight, it was announced at Angelus Temple here today. The evangelist’s affliction followed a nervous breakdown two weeks ago, it was said. Whether the condition merely is temporary, is not known at this time, according to Miss Emma Schaeffer, secretary to Mrs. McPherson. “Sister McPherson is blind, at least temporarily,” Miss Schaeffer said. “This condition resulted from the nervous breakdown she suffered two weeks ago and which affected her optic nerves last Saturday.”

ASPHALT PLANT GIVEN $25,000 Council Votes Sum to Keep City Project Open. Suspending rules, city council Monday night passed an ordinance advancing $25,000 to the city engineer to keep open the city asphalt plant, where materials for street repair are manufactured. The money will be repaid when the city receives its installment of the cities and towns gasoline fund distribution. If the plant is closed, many employes will be thrown out of work. This is the third time this year the council has come to the rescue. SUSTAIN TRIAL PLEA High Court Backs Demand of Driver for Jury. Supreme court mandate ordering Clifton R. Cameron, municipal judge, to give Tom Moore, United Cab Company official, a jury trial on assault and battery and reckless driving charges, was served on Cameron today. The case grew out of an auto accident in which Moore’s car and another driven by Walter Myers, attorney, collided three weeks ago. Seth Ward, attorney for Moore, Monday sought a jury trial from Cameron, who refused. He also overruled the petition for a change of venue. Cameron, when met by Deputy Sheriff Mann for service of the writ, told Mann to return “after court is over.” “I won’t do it,” Madd said. “I’m serving you here and now.” SLAYER BOUND OVER Girl Who Stabbed Lover Is Held to Grand Jury. Waiving examination, Miss Dorothy Jacobs, 23, of 1039 North Pennsylvania street, Apartment 16, was bound over to the grand jury today on murder charges for the fatal stabbing of her lover, Robert Morrison, 24, Aug. 9. The stabbing, admitted by the girl, took place in the apartment after all night drinking in observance of Morrison’s birthday. SEEK SMOKE BUDGET Abatement Committee Sends Resolution to Mayor. Urging immediate appointment of a city smoke inspector, the executive board of the Woman’s Department Club today adopted and sent copies of a resolution to Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and the Chamber of Commerce. The resolution requests sufficient funds in the 1931 city budget to cover salaries and expenses in the smoke abatement department of the city. Mrs. George A. Van Dyke is chairman of the club’s smoke abatement committee. New Parish Established Bu Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 19.—The first mass of anew Catholic parish here, that of St. John the Baptist, will be celebrated either Aug. 31 or Sept. 7, according to the pastor, the Rev. St. Joachim Ryder. A combined church and chapel for the parish is being built. Boy, 6, Declared Drunk Bp Times Special GARY, Ind., Aug. 19.—Felascano V&rgos, 24, in under arrest and two other men are sought by police following complaint of a mother that they gave her 6-year-old son whisky and that he became drunk. The boy, according to mother, was absent from home four hours while in the men's company.

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Miss Schaeffer reported that she stayed with Mrs. McPherson all last ‘ night and that the woman evangelist slept only a few minutes. “She just kept tossing in her bed and she couldn’t sleep,” Miss Schaeffer said. Her secretary denied reports that Mrs. McPherson was undergoing treatment as a result of a face-lift-ing operation she underwent in Budapest. The evangelist last preached at the temple two weeks ago Sunday. At that time, it was reported she planned to be away from the church for a time “to write a book.” Since then her whereabouts has been kept secret and it was not until directors of the temple met Monday night that the majority of her followers suspected their leader to be afflicted. Her hundreds of followers are offering daily prayers for her. The night watchman at the temple reported early today that Mrs. McPherson “has no doctors.” Mrs. McPherson, who several years ago figured in the now famous desert kidnaping case, returned a few weeks ago from a trip to the holy land. It was understood she had been in failing health since. The watchman said she had not been at the temple for two weeks. Temple officials telegraphed Mrs. McPherson’s two children to retusn at once. Roberta, the daughter, is in Paris, and Robert, the son, is on an evangelistic tour of the middle west. GIRL FLIERS DRIVING ON Six in National Air Derby From Coast Off for Tuscon, Ariz. Iti' United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 19.—Reunited after flying through desert heat waves on Monday’s lap, six women fliers in the national air derby left Sky Harbor airport today for Tucson, Ariz., the noon stop. Douglas, Ariz., is the night stop. Glady’s O’Donnell, Long Beach, Cal., leader of the race, was the first to leave. DATA ON TOWN SOUGHT Finder of Book With Lincoln Names Wants History of Windham. Bu Times Special SPURGEON, Ind., Aug. 19. James Burdette will conduct a search in southern Indiana in an effort to trace the history of Windham, a former town, following the finding of a book which contains names of several members of the Abraham Lincoln family, and also the name of Jonathan Jennings, an early Indiana Governor. The book, dated 1810, was the property of a Windham merchant. It carries the names of Thomas, Nathaniel and Oina Lincoln. ADOPT ‘CANNED’ MUSIC Capital Theaters to Bar Orchestras After Sept. 1. 81l United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Downtown motion picture theaters in the capital plan to dispense with orchestras after Sept. 1 as a result of a dispute with the musicians’ union. Stage presentations will be discontinued and “canned” music used. Service to End Bp Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 19.—The last car on the Kokomo-Logansport division of the Indiana railroad will be run Sept. 15. Authority to abandon service has been given by the Indiana public service commission.

Patience Ends Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 19. Mrs. Alice Whisler says she has endured forty-three years of married life during which her husband, Charles Whisler, associated with and wrote letters to other women, in a divorice suit filed in Madison superior court. She asks the court to award her onc-half squlty in a $3,000 farm in Hancock county.

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