Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 107, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1930 — Page 1

BRADFORD IS LOSER IN TILT WITH LOOMIS District Attorney Regarded as Victor in Opening Legal Maneuvers. FIRST ON JURY SLATE Reform Czar's Aids Hurl •Frameup’ Charge at > Prosecutors. Bu United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept.. 12. The case of Ralph B. Bradford of Gary, “reform czar” of politics in the Calumet district, now out on $25,000 bond awaiting trial for an alleged conspiracy to violate the narcotics act, will be the first case on the calendar of the federal grand jury when it convenes here Monday, it was learned from local federal officials today. Legal experts accepted the announcement as a victory for the forces of the prescution In the maneuvering that will precede the trial. . „ , Bradford, enemy of the dictators of the regular Republican party machine in Lake county and the director of his own personal faction of no little power, was arrested Saturday night on the drug act charges when government agents Intercepted a $5,000 shipment ot narcotics at Bradford’s Lome. The shipment consisted of 100 bottles of morphine that had been shipped from New Orleans. Charges He Was “Framed" Bradford started his defense with a public statement that he had been framed by his political enemies. His attorneys agreed to a hearing before United States Commissioner S. O. Dwyer in Hammond Sept. 20. In accepting the date, Bradford lost a point to Oliver M. Loomis, United States district attorney, and to George L. Rulison, assistant district attorney. Inasmuch as the grand jury convenes five days before the hearing the government hopes to obtain an indictment before the hearing. Attorneys for Bradford awoke to the situation Thursday afternoon when they repeated then; client’s earlier charge of “frameup," only in this case it was directed at Loomis’ office for having set the hearing date after the grand jury opening. Bradford’s Secretary Held Whether or not additional charges of selling narcotics will be filed against Bradford has not yet been determined. Bradford’s secretary, Miss Martha Machacek, 30, is at liberty under $1 000 bond under the same charges as Bradford. She signed the receipt lor the package of morphine. Government officers at first considered holding her as a material witness under SSOO bond, but finally filed a direct charge with higher bond. While the government has given no intimation of the complexity of the case, it is assumed that the case will develop ramifications almost as startling as those revealed in the grand jury hearing just a year ago. In that instance, Bradford was on the other side of the fence, furnishing evidence which led to the indictment of scores of members of the regular machine on charges of conspiracy in the operation of liquor and vice rackets.

TRAFFIC IS REROUTED FOR STREET WIDENING Diverted to Washington, Michigan Fending Improvements. Rerouting of traffic on New York Btrcet, during widening of the thoroughfare between Randolph and Tuxedo streets, was announced today. The street project will be completed Nov. 1. Motor traffic will be routed from New York street to Washington and Michigan streets. Busses on the New York street, Sixteenth and Emerson, Twenty-first and Ritter and the Tenth str et lines, will detour to Michigan street. Eastbound bu; as will use the regular route to Walcott street and then detour to Michigan street. They will return to the regular route at Hamilton avenue. Westbound busses will follow the same route. whimperinFcampaign BY G. 0. P. IS CHARGED Fat Harrison Assails Hoover’s Rule in Radio Speech. 8 1/ Titiied Fret s WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—A plea for repudiation at 'the polls of “every administration official” who has contributed to the present "deplorable state of affairs” was made Thursday night in a radio speech by Senator Pat Harrison (Dem.. Miss.', who called into play all his fiery’ oratory in assailing the administration’s record. Republican leaders "can turn the whispering campaign of 1928 into the whimpering campaign of 1930, but an aroused public will demand a discussion of the real issues," Harrison said. He also referred to the Republican chieftains as “cry babies” MRS. JUDSON IS DEAD Widow of Noted Educator Had Been 111 Since Trip to Europe. B y Vnited Prett CHICAGO. Sept. 12.—Mrs. Harry Pratt Judson. 70, widow of the second president of Chicago university, died today. She had been ill since returning from a pleasure trip through Europe last June.

Complete Wire Reports of UNITED PRESS, The Greatest World-Wide News Service

The Indianapolis Times Unsettled tonight and Saturday; probably showers or thunderstorms; cooler by Saturday night.

VOLUME 42-NUMBER 107

‘Tieart ...‘Tlunorv | O '930 nea sepvkt /Inc |

CHAPTER ONE ROGERS whirled about. Then the color in her cheeks deepened and a fluttering little laugh caught in her throat. “Oh, hello ” she began, but was interrupted. "Say, Celia, where in the world are you rushing off to on a hot day like this? Guess I surprised you. Oh, but I’m glad to see you—l’ve got the most exciting news!” The second girl was taller than Celia. She was slender, dressed in becoming beige silk and radiating youthful assurance. Before the other had time to speak she hurried on pell-mell. “We’re going to Europe. Isn’t it grand? Mother and I. We’re going to take a northern cruise—England, Scotland, and the Scandinavian countries, and then finish up with Paris. Isn’t it marvelous? Oh, but it’s so hot here. Let’s have a soda and cool off and I’ll tell you all about it. Besides, I want to know what you’ve been doing.’\ v^ There was the slightest perceptible tightening of Celia Rogers’ red lips. “Sorry, Helen. I’d love to, but I really can’t ” “Oh, yes, you can. Come on. It won’t take five minutes.” The other smiled. “No. I—l’ve got an appointment. I’m awfully glad you're going to have such a wonderful trip, and I do wish I could hear all about it. Maybe I’ll see you again before you leave.” “Well, we’re sailing a week from tonight.” “Good-by, then. Have a grand time! Good-by!”

QUIET WELCOME FOR SEA FLIERS Coste Asks Ceremonies Be Omitted in City Visit. Declining offers of a blaring welcome, Maurice Bellonte and Dieudonne Coste, French trans-Atlantic fliers, will be received quietly by Indianapolis city officials and residents at 12:30 next Wednesday afternoon when they land their plane, Question Mark, at Mars Hill airport. The arrangements were made today by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Chamber of Commerce officials. The stop will be made as part of their good will tour throughout the nation. The tour will end Oct. 10. The fliers will be greeted by Governor Harry G. Leslie and Sullivan, who will give short talks. The aviators will not leave Mars Hill field. They intend to leave the city within an hour. Indianapolis medals, of the Chamber of Commerce, will be presented to them before a private luncheon at which they will be guests of the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association.

UPTON’S YACHT IS GIVEN FINAL TEST

English Only The question of the hour— Shall Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, the French trans-Atlantic fliers, be addressed in French or English by the Indianapolis reception committee Wednesday? Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Paul Q. Richey, Chamber of Commerce president, debated the matter today. “I’ll speak in English and to the point,’’ Sullivan said. “Do you want to try French?” “I’m not Jceen about French, so I’ll try English and if that doesn't work, I’m going to say my say in Latin,” Richey answered.

MOB ACTION HINTED Ogden Indicates Move If None at Marion. Attorney-General James M. Ogden indicated today he will proceed by affidavit in the Marion lynching case if the present Grant county grand jury fails to act. The only direct statement by the attorney-general as to when he will do something about it was, “in less than six months.” That is the length of the grand jury session. Under the state law to prevent lynching, the attorney-general is charged with bringing action to oust the sheriff when a lynching occurs. Sheriff Jacob Campbell, who also is Grant county Republican chairman. was warned of the danger of lynching, but failed to remove the prisoners, according to reports submitted to the attorney-general. BANK CASE ENDING Alleged Embezzlers Stay Off Stand at Trial. , Bu Vnited Press CHICAGO, Sept. 12—Elmer Langguth, portly president of the People's State bank of Maywood, and Miss Laveme Lindgren, pretty telephone switchboard operator whom he promoted to cashier, placed their confidence of acquittal of bank wrecking charges in other witnesses today. Neither was called to the stand to deny the state's charges that they conspired to embezzle $173,000. The defense rested and after brief arguments, the case was expected to go to the jury early in afternoon.

Before Helen Spencer could detain her longer Celia was off down the street and the bright smile with whiph she had nodded was faded. Celia did not look back, but walked on briskly. There were two excellent reasons why she could not waste time over an ice cream soda with Helen Spencer that afternoon. One was to be found in the painfully slim little purse clenched in Celia Rogers’ left hand. The other was an address written in pencil uDon a slip of paper within that purse. Celia was on her way now to that address to apply for a job. She had to have the job—she had to! a tt n CELIA was repeating this to herself firmly as she hurried along the hot sidewalk. It was a fact sh£ did not need to be reminded of, but the habit had been formed during these long days of job hunting. The office just ahead might be (Turn to Page 20) Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 70 10 a. m 74 7a. m 70 11 a. m 77 Ba. m 71 12 (noon).. 78 9a. m 72 Ip. m 79

Shamrock V Gains Favor as Time for Race Classic Draws Near. Bu Vnited Press NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 12.—With the beginning of the races for the America's cup, symbol of yachting supremacy, less than twenty-four hours away Shamrock V. and Enterprise, challenger and defender, were given their final trimming today. Shamrock, with its full racing crew aboard, went out for a brief sail before a breeze which was blowing from the northeast at about eighteen knots. The wind whipped up a lively sea which the Shamrock rode prettily. Enterprise, with Harold S. Vanderbilt, . her master, aboard, was towed to the Bristol yards of the Herreshoff company where it was built. The purpose of the trip was shrouded in some mystery but it was understood some additional fitting of the sails was the main reason. Pilot Is Replaced Johnston de Forest, member of the New York Yacht Club, was named today as the representative of the cup defenders aboard Shamrock during the sa ling of the races. Colonel Sharman Crawford will represent the challe.. rs aboard Enterprise. Something of a flurry was created by word that Bill Champion, an experienced pilot well acquainted with the waters around Newport, who was to have been navigator of Shamrock, would be replaced by a British navigator. It was believed due to a desire of Sir Thomas Lipton to have an all-British crew. Sir Thomas today issued a typically sporting statement preliminary to the race. Many Favor Shamrock “This is the fifth time I have tried to lift the America’s cup,” he said. “This year, it seems to me, I have a boat which has the best chance of taking the mug back home of any that have been built for me. “And yet, if I lose, I will have the satisfaction of knowing that I lost squarely and fairly. 'May the best boat win.’ ” As the hour of the first race drew nearer there was an increasing number of persons who were picking Shamrock to win. STETSON IN SCOUT POST New School Chief Made Member of Executive Group. i'idianapolis Boy Scouts welcomed a lew leader today with appointin' nt of Paul C. Stetson, new city schools’ superintendent, as a membei of the scout executive committee.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930

STATE LABOR DEMANDS BAN ON‘SLAVE PAY’ Federation Asks Road Heads to Refuse Contracts to Profiteers. CRUSADE IS COMMENDED Final Session Closes With Terre Haute Selection for Next Session. Demand that the Indiana state highway commission refuse road contracts to construction companies that have profiteered on cheap labor was made by the Indiana State Federation in its final session today in the Claypool. The resolution adopted by the forty-sixth convention commended The Times and Adolph J. Fritz sec-retary-treasurer of the federation, for exposing low wages on state roads in a recent campaign. “I don’t know what the highway commission will do, but we’re going to see to it that contractors who paid wage scales as low as 20 cents an hour are not awarded contracts in the state,” asserted Fritz as he urged an ever-watchful attitude on the part of labor for wage slashes. Offered 10 Cents an Hour ‘‘Right now,” Fritz continued, there’s a pipe -line being built from Houston, Tex., into the state by way of Montezuma and that company is paying 10 cents an hour for laborers. “I sent a man down there to get a job and he reported back that he w r .s offered the 10 cents an hour. He said he asked the employer, ‘How can I support a family on a $1 a day?’ “The employer replied, ‘Well, that’s more than you can get walking around and hunting a job!’” The convention unanimously made Terre Haute the convention city for 1931. Judge Hay Boycotted Problems of Indiana miners called forth the first political boycott of the convention when William Mitch, third vice-persident of the federation, urged the labor delegates to defeat Judge Linn D. Hay of superior court two, for re-election this fall in Marion county. Judge Hay’s action in granting an injunction against the miners at Bicknell organizing or holding meetings was the reason given by Mitch for asking, “Give him the veto.” Condemnation of the Illinois rebels in their fight against the United Mine Workers of America and efforts to bring Indiana coal laborers into their rebel federation ■was voiced in anbther resolution adopted by the convention. Other Resolutions Passed Urging use of Indiana coal, restriction against Filipino immigration, requesting that the government of the United States not be made a party to wage cuts by contractors on public building, were other resolutions passed by the convention on its final day. When the convention ends late today the delegates will attend parties at the Indiana and Circle theaters. The 1931 convention will be held the week of Aug. 3, in Terre Haute.

KIDNAPED, TORTURED Rum Importer Pulled From River Bound. Bu Vnited Press BUFFALO. N. Y., Sept. 12.—Kidnaped .nd held prisoner for five days during which time he was subjected to torture, William Shissler, 24, said to be the former partner of James Sulvania, Bridgeburg, (Ontario) liquor exporter, was cared for by police today while a general alarm was sounded for the four men he laims were his captors. Shissler was rescued from possible drowning when he attracted the attention of a passerby who helped him from Buffalo harbor, where he said he was thrown, bound hand and foot, in a semi-conscious condition. Two men described as Detroit racketeers were arrested. PLAN FIRE PREVENTION C. of C. Officials, Department Head Discuss Oct. 4 Program. Members of the fire prevention and insurance committees of the Chamber of Commerce met today with Virgil T. Furgason. five prevention chief, to arrange for observance of fire prevention week which will start Oct. 4.

Do You Still Thrill at Homers? Cast a Vote! Has the home run lost its popularity? Has frequency cheapened it to the point where fans long for a return of the old-time airtight pitchers’ battles? Or does the “pill” sailing far over the outfield wall still give the fans of the country their greatest thrill? Baseball followers have been divided into two factions. One group of fans is tired of seeing slugfests frith top heavy soores that read like football results. The other faction clings to the theory that the home run is baseball’s greatest and most devastating accomplishment. For them the home run still has its thrill. What is your opinion? On The Times sport page today is printed a ballot by which you may record your belief. By expressing your opinion you will be taking part in a nation-wide poll on the subject in which The Times is co-operating with NEA Service. Mail your vote to the Sports Editor, The Times.

Schoolboy, 12, in Crying Coma, Is Near Death Bu United Brens WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 12. The strange “sobbing coma” into which 12-year-old Joseph Ruseckas lapsed when he was unable to remember a lesson at. school Wedensday, still held him near death today. At 12:30 p. m., the boy had been unconscious more than fifty hours. After examining him this noon, physicians reported he had shown no improvement, • Early today Ruseckas’ intermittent sobbing ceased, but hospital authorities believed it might resume momentarily. He had been crying at intervals since he broke into tears in a class room. Unable to take nourishment, i/he boy was reported in an extremely weakened condition today.

HURRICANE HITS NORTH CAROLINA / Santo Domingo Gale Lashes Towns on Coast. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The tropical hurricane which virtually demolished Santo Domingo several days ago, turned up along the North Carolina coast toda - ', with revived strength, after mo .‘ing about the gulf and across Florida, The United States weather bureau issued a warning, advising that the disturbance, while of smaller diameter, was of hurricane intensity and said its center would move over the North Carolina coast this afternoon, south of Beaufort. Weather bureau officials explained that the hurricane is of small diameter, but of considerable force at its center, and said it might cause damage in a restricted area if its path lay across a populated section. Telephone lines between Morehead City and Beaufort, N. C., several miles to the east, went out of order as the storm descended/ At 1 p. m. the storm was increasing in intensity, but its effect elsewhere was not immediately known. Streets in Morehead City became streams of water as the rain poured down and the high wind drove all citizens to points of safety.

NYE DENIES CHARGE OF MRS. M’CORMICK Says Nominee’s Home Not Invaded by Senate Committee Agents. Bu Vnited Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Chairman Nye of the senate campaign fund committee emphatically denied today on his return here that agents of his committee invaded the home of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican senate nominee in Illinois. “The committee has not hired men or women to do that kind of work,” Nye said, “and the committee knows its agents have not done anything of that kind. The committee has nothing to be ashamed of.” SWINDLERS’ VICTIM DIES CHASING MOB Heart Attack Claims Business Man on Trail of Gang. By Vnited Press EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo„ Sept. 12.—George C. Gair, 60, wealthy retired New York business man who spent the last year of his life trailing men who swindled him of $60,000 or fictitious horse race bets, died here Thursday. His body was found in his hotel room. Physicians said he died suddenly of heart disease. Gair came here last spring looking for the confidence men who took a fortune from him through an old horse race swindle. One of the men had given h’s name as F. G. Williams, Kansas City, but he was not found. MACHINE SPARKS ARE BLAMED FOR FIRE Cleaning Fluid Ignited at Plant of Manufacturing Plant. Sparks, probably from a welding machine, ignited a tank of cleaum, cleaning fluid, in the Basca Manufacturing Company plant, 1917 Martindale avenue, today, shooting flames to the ceiling while employes and firemen battled more than an hour to subdul? them. Damage from the fire was slight, company officials said, although water damaged other machinery in the room. The cleaum was used to prepare steel funiture made by the company, for paint an<j lacquer treatment. Water failed to extinguish the flames, and a city fire department chemicals company was called.

FATHER SUES FOR GIRL SOLD TO PAY DEBT "Bonded’ Child, 17, to Neighbor; New Farmer Wants Her Back. COURT WRIT IS SOUGHT Strange Story of Legal Battles, Kidnapings and Attacks Told. Bu United Press TIFFIN, 0., Sept. 12. Samuel Long, who once sold his 17-year-old daughter into bondage to discharge a debt, has taken recourse to the courts to win her back again. The fight that Long, a Sulphur Springs farmer, has waged to regain custody of his child, J,ola, today had reached a dual climax and little hope was held for an early settlement. While common pleas court was deliberating upon an application for a writ of habeas corpus with which the girl would be forced to return to her paternal home, the Seneca county grand jury was returning charges of assault, preferred against the parent by Mrs. Milton F. Reiff, to whom, in addition to her husband, Lola had been “leased” in payment of a debt. Assault Charged Amicable negotiations, court fights, alleged kidnapings and now charges of assault, all have found their way into this strange case which traces its origin back a year when Long “bonded” his 17-year-old daughter out to the Reiffs in repayment for a debt, the nature of which never has been disclosed. When the debt had been satisfied, and the father sought first through friendly means and then through litigation to have Lola released, the Tiffin juvenile court held that his act in bonding the girl to the Reiffs constituted an adoption and consequently sound her as a permanent ward of her guardians. Girl Was Missing _ Long resumed his battle in the juvenile court at Bucyrus, where his claims were supported and an officer dispatched to the Reiff home to escort the girl back to her father’s farm. Upon his arrival, however, Lola was ml sing. The girl’s whereabouts remained a mystery until two months ago when she reappeared at the Reiff home. Almost simultaneously Long appeared and attempted to carry her off bodily but was thwarted by the arrival of Mrs. Reiff and a Tiffin dentist. During an ensuing scuffle Mrs. Reiff and the dentist allegedly were thrown to the ground, out of which arose the charges of assault.

KILLER NAMED BY DYING GANGSTER

Revived by Heart ‘Shot/ He Lays Fatal Attack to His Chieftain. Bu Vnited Press CHICAGO, Sept. 12—A dying gangster “talked,” and as a result Nicholas Muscato, reputed leader of the notorious “42’s” and known to his friends as “the little man,” was charged today with murdering two of his own followers. Police said Muscato had blundered by trusting a boy and by not making sure that his second victim, Peter Nicastro, 25, known as “the ape,” was dead before he rolled him from a speeding automobile into a street. “The ape” appeared to be dead when officers picked him up, but they rushed him to a hospital. An injection of adrenalin revived him long enough for him to tell who had shot him. Muscato, called “the little man” because he is only five feet one inch tall, joined the “425” when he was 16 years old, detectives say. The gang then confined its activities largely to automobile stripping. Muscato was caught, sent to a reformatory, and returned a lev? years later a “hero” in the eyes of his comrades. He became their leader. The “425” became ambitious, officers charge. Led by “the little man,” they became alcohol runners and allies of the “Red” Bolton gang. Muscato's lieutenants were Nicastro and Frank Petito, who was only 17. Petito, according T o Nigastro's dying statement, failed in his trust, betrayed his fellows by “hijacking” a Bolton still, and was killed by “the ape” and “the little man.” That was the first time murder had entered into the activities of the “425.” It was something to boast about. Nigastro did boast—when "the tittle man” was not near enough to hear. He boasted that it was he, not Muscato, who had fired the shots that killed Petito. But “the little man” heard, police say, and there was another murder among the wars.” ARMS PACT APPROVED Japanese Privy Council Will Act Formally Next Monday, By United Press • TOKIO, Sept. 12.—A special committee oi the privy council approved the London naval treaty today. A formal decision of the privy council will be taken Monday, when it is expected that the treaty will be ratified. . .i <

Entered s Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis, Ind.

Faces Court

'!

Barbara Kent LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12.—Accused of fleeing when her automobile collided with another car, Barbara Kent, moving picture actress, must appear in court Sept. 22 to face “hit and run” charges.

TORCH MURDER MOVEJWAITED Grand Jury Is Expected to Indict Schroeder. Indictment charging first degree murder is expected to be returned soon in criminal court by the grand jury against Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile, (Ala.) central figure in the Hgh School road torch car murder. Evidence was presented to ;he grand jury last week by Prosecutor Judson L. SU.rk, including the testimony of several witnesses who saw Schroeder both before and after the body of an unidentified man was found burned in the car. Probabilities are that a second true bill will be returned charging Schroeder with arson, a charge held against him at the present time in an affidavit. Authorities claim they have sufficient evidence to convict the Mobile business man of fatally stabbing the man before he drove the car to a secluded spot west of the city, firing it with gasoline or kerosene. AIR TOUR IS RESUMED 18 Planes on Ford Hop Leave for Davenport, la. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—The eighteen planes in the annuaLFord reliability tour left Curtiss-Reynolds airport starting at 9 a. m. today for Davenport, la., the noon stop. From Davenport, the fliers will go to Wausau, Wis., the night control.

CIRCUS LION ESCAPES, ROAMS THROUGH CROWD Women Faint as King of Beasts Roars; Captured With Ropes. Bu United Press PORT ROYAL, Pa., Sept. 12. A lion, which escaped from its cage at a circus here, roamed fifteen minutes among a crowd of 15,000 persons Friday night before it was discovered. “Look at the big dog,” shouted a little girl. The lion promptly roared and several women fainted. Circus ,men lassoed the animal while state police stood by with drawn revolvers. THREE GIVEN TERMS Youths Are Sentenced by Collins for Thefts. Three youths involved in recent dwelling house burglaries were sentenced to penal institutions today by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Theft of $lO worth of stamps and novelties from the drug store of Charles W. Friedman, 1002 South Meridian street, Aug. 5, drew for Joseph Fuller, 24, a three to tenyear sentence at the Indiana reformatory. Vinton and George Bowen, brothers, ages 18 and 20, respectively, were given one-year sentences when convicted of burglary and grand larceny in connection with the burglary July 10 of a house at 2146 Ashland avenue. MANIAC MAKES ESCAPE Crazed Man Feeling Duty to Kill ‘for God,’ Hunted by Troops. By Vnited Press TRURO, Nova Scotia, Sept. 12. A maniac who considers it his duty to kill “for God’’ was at large today while troops and police forces sought to capture him before he might begin a campaign of wholesale slaughter. The maniac, Otis Guptil, escaped from the Kings County Home for the Insane, where he had been placed in February after it was alleged that he lined up a dozen school children and prepared to fire on them with a shotgun. Guptil was shouting “You have to die for God” when his plan was interrupted, officials said.

HOME

OaUlde Marlon County 3 Cent*

TWO CENTS

SEN. WHEELER URGES REPEAL OF DRY LAW National Prohibition Is Failure, Says Senator From Montana. ASKS STATES’ CONTROL ‘Bootlegger Is Becoming Greater Power Than Old Saloon,’ He Asserts. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Sept, 12,-Sena* tor Wheeler (Dem., Mont.), long regarded as a prohibitionist, issued a formal statement today explaining that he now favors repeal of the eighteenth amendment because he regards national prohibition as a failure. In explaining why he had changed his mind, the Montana senator said, "The bootlegger is becoming a greater political power and has more influence than the old-time saloon.” He advocated a return to state control. “I voted for prohibition in Montana because I felt that the old saloon/was a curse to the American people and I wanted to do away with it,” he said in his statement. In the old days the breweries in many instances owned the fixtures the building, and the license and in many instances controlled local politics.

"I am no more in favor of the saloon no more in favor of the sale of liquor today that I was before, but under prohibition, we have in many cities more dives and speakeasies where they are openly selling rotten whisky than you had in the old days. “Today in many communities the bootlegger i s becoming a greater political power and has more influence than the old-time saloon keeper as evidenced by the fact that he is able to reach many of our higher officials. ® e generally is k much lower type of citizen. He has had a frightful, corrupting influence upon our social, moral and political life “In view of the fact that this administration and the previous administrations have apparently been helpless in stamping out the evil, I am reluctantly forced to the opinion that national prohibition is a failure and that each state should be left to regulate the liquor traffic as a majority of its citizens deem advisable.” TWO ARE QUIZZED IN RACKETEER SHOOTING Held for Vagrancy; Questioned on Mysterious Attack. Clemie Jeffries, 36, of 925 Church street, and Francis Maier, 24, of 1801 South Meridian street, were held on vagrancy charges today for questioning in connection with the mysterious shooting of Ray Welch, alleged liquor racketeer, two weeks ago. Welch staggered into city hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen. He has refused to name his assailant, but told authorities “111 get him myself.”

INCREASES OF 2,054 IN SCHOOLS SHOWN Enrollment in Grades This Tear 41,743, Says Stetson. Total increase of 2,054 in enrollment of all public grade and high schools for the first week of schools was reported today by Superintendent Paul C. Stetson. Total enrollment in grade schools, according to revised figures, is 41,743, increase of 1,618. Total high school enrollment i5T2,589, increase of 436. Arsenal Technical high school, with 5,156 pupils, gained 280. Stetson said the apparent increase may be reduced somewhat by next week’s figures, explaining that in some years a larger percentage of pupils are enrolled the first week than in other years. RAIN FOR WEEK-END Showers or Thunderstorms Predicted Today and Saturday. Showers or thunderstorms, followed by lower temperatures, were promised by the United States weather bureau for the week-end in its forecast today. Today and Saturday will be unsettled, the latter probably bringing rain, the forecast predicted. Cooler weather will begin in the northern part of the state Saturday, and invade central Indiana by night. ASKS SIO,OOO DAMAGES Conners ville Woman Sues Cab Firm fer Alleged Injuries. Asking SIO,OOO damages for injuries allegedly sustained when she was struck by a taxi June 19, at New York and Illinois streets, Mrs. Margaret Hawley of Connersville today filed suit in circuit court against the United Cab Company, Indianapolis. QUAKES PERIL CORINTH Inhabitants Are Terrified by Temblors; Disaster is Feared. Bu Vnited Press ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 12.—Inhabitants of Corinth were terrified today by earthquakes which began in the morning and grew stronger during the afternoon. The populace feared a repetition of the 1928 earthquakes which destroyed Corinth. I