Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 108, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1930 — Page 1

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INDICT SCHROEDER IN TORCH KILLING

NATIONS VIE IN PRAISE OF BRIAND PLAN France Policy Consistent With Withdrawing Last Troop From Saar. SINCERITY FACES TEST League Committee Will Be Formed to Revise United Europe Plan. />v T'nitrrt Pres * GENEVA, Sept. 13—While European nations almost vied with each other before the League of Nations assembly in praising Aristide Briand's plan for a United States of Europe, the assembly received tangible evidence of European rapprochment in the announcement of the league council that the last allied troops would be withdrawn from beyond the Rhine, where they are guarding the coal trains of the Saar valley. Briand, who had talked so eloquently for peace and European rapprochement, was unable consistently to refuse to favor German Foreign Minister Julius Curtius by the release of the mere 300 allied soldiers in the Saar, and to consummate the late Dr. Gustav Stresseman’s program of complete independence from foreign occupation in Germany. Policy Is Consistent Although Briand's gesture might cause criticism in France, he was shown to be attempting to follow a consistent policy for bringing peace to European nations. In the same spirit the Soviet republics' were invited to attend the league conference for the limitation of the manufacture of narcotics, to be held in London in October. Although the league council realized months ago that the Soviets should be invited to the conference, the invitation had not been sent. Tire assembly soon will reveal clearly the course for Europeans to take, as a committee is to be formed to attempt to rationalize Briand's program for a United States of Europe. Majority of European nations eloquently have been in favor of the plan, but it remains to be seen whether their sincerity reflects * their good intentions or whether it is based merely on political expedients. * The proposed European federation received staunch support, despite numerous pesimistic comments on the tardiness of various other league functions. Others Praise Plan Paul Hymans. Belgian foreign minister, told the assembly "Belgium naturally is committed peacefully, and consents to the principle of a European union.” Johann Schober, federal chancellor, added Austria’s indorsement to the Briand plan. Baron Ramel. Swedish foreign mmister, expressed the idea that most league endeavors are slow of realization, but he welcomed attempts to bring about fuller and closer collaboration beiween European countries.

How the Market Opened

n NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—Stocks declined fractions to more than a point at the opening on the Stock Exchange today. Trading was active. United States Steel opened at 169%, off Standard of New Jersey 69%, off %; Allied Chemical 276. off 4; Public Service 94%, off \. Consolidated Gas 109%, off %; Kennecott 34%, off l's; American Can 130%, off %, and Woolworth 66%. off %. North American, exceptional to the trend, rose 1% to 107. Small gains were made by Montgomery Ward, Standard Gas. Standard of New York and Yellow Truck. American Smelting. Packard, Phillips Petroleum. Pennsylvania Railroad, Paramount, and General Electric opened unchanged from the previous close. During the early trading United States Steel moved up to 170 Vi, up •% from the opening and unchanged from the previous close. Other issues moved irregularly with oil shares showing rising tendencies in fairly active turnover. Dealings generally quieted down after the first wave of selling which was attributed partly to those needing funds to meet the mid-Sep-tember instalment of income taxes. Chicago Stocks Opening (By James T. Hsmtll & dor' —Sept. 13— Auburn Mo ....125 Elec Hsehld ... •4% Bendix Avia... 32% Insull Com 55% Bont War 29% Lvnch Glass... 20 Cent So West.. 22%* Lion Oil 18% Cord C-orpn... 7\ Mat Hsehold... 44% Chao Corpn com 11% Mash Welds 40% Chao Corpn old 42% Mid Com 28% Chao Sea, 22J4: Swift &Go . 52 • gay* 1 :::: 'Sli-S.B ” In the Air Weather conditions In the air at 9 a. m-' Sooth wind, 9 miles an hour: barometric pressure, 29.84 at sea level; temperature, 72; ceiling, 2,000 feet; visibility, 5 miles; field, good.

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VOLUME 42—NUMBER 108

Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile (Ala.) business man, central figure in the High School road auto-pyre murder of May 31, was indicted today by Marion county grand jury on three counts, charging first degree murder of an unidentified person. The indictment was one of the longest ever returned in this county and was handed with fifty other true bills to Criminal Judge James A. Collins. It accuses Schroeder of killing a man found in his blazing auto by stabbing, burning and “methods unknown,” giving the state leeway to fit any theory of murder to the crime. The true bill alleges that Schroeder, “with premeditated malice, caused the death of a male person, whose name and identity is unknown,” and then describes the body found in the auto. The history of the crime also is outlined in the indictment.

The Schroeder case was one of the most important on the docket of the grand jury, and has been under consideration for several days, during which time many witnesses were called. Schroeder has been held in the county jail since his capture in Mobile in June. While Schroeder from his jail cell maintains he is innocent of the crime prosecutors began assimilating evidence, looking toward one of the hardest fought criminal cases in years. From the maze of evidence collected since Schroeder’s burning car was found to contain the charred remains of a man— evidently stabbed to death before his body was fired with some combustible fluid—the state must construct a case proving Schroeder executed the slaying with premediated malice. Lays Death to Crash Against this, is Schroeder's story of how the man was hurt fatally or killed when the car crashed into a ditch near Terre Haute. Schroeder said he was afraid of being accused of the man’s death, admitting he set fire to his Chrysler sedan. May 31, making his escape to the south in the next two or three days. Authorities tracking down clews found at the death scene, strongly credited the theory that Schroeder committed the murder to collect $50,000 insurance. Chance discovery cf Schroeder’s raincoat in an alley 'n downtown Indianapolis shortly afer the fire, shattered belief that the body in the buried car was that of Schroeder. Search Nation-Wide As result, a nation-vide search finally centered on Schroeder’s home and business place in Mobile. Sheriff George L. Winkler, George Eggleston, deputy prosecutor, and several detectives spent more than a week in the Alabama city piecing together threads of evidence. Without finding the object of their search, the Indianapolis party started the return trip. Two hours after they left, Schroeder was captured, haggard and weary, by a Mobile citizen, hiding in the dense weeds of a lot adjoining his home. Also Faces Arson Charge Schroeder signed a confession claiming the torch car victim died of a broken neck in the crash near Terre Haute. Sheriff Winkler and aids hurried the central figure to Indianapolis where affidavits charging him with arson had been filed by Stark. In later legal maneuvers, Judge James A. Collins issued an order prohibiting authorities from quesioning Schroeder without a court order. Ira M. Holmes, Schroeder’s counsel, charged detectives with applying “third degree” tactics in questioning the central figure. Grilled for 12 Hours Before this, detectives grilled Schroeder more than twelve hours without interruption. A near brawl resulted, when Holmes attempted to break into one grilling session at Stark’s office. He shouted warnings to Schroeder to “say nothing.” Roland Snider, chief jailor, attempted to oust Holmes, and a fistic encounter followed. With filing of the indictment, Holmes said he would take no action until prosecutors fixed a date for trial. It is probable. Holmes indicated. the case, will be venued from Marion county. 2 GROCERIES ENTERED Merchandise and S3 Cash Stolen From Standard Store. Burglars who entered the Standard grocery at 4024 East Michigan street early today stole $8 and a quantity of merchandise, the value of which could nto be determined, police were told. A thief who smashed a window in other Standard store. 201 South War man avenue, fled before obtaining any loot, police learned. Orin Hall, 17, of 337 South Holmes avenue. said the man ran as he approached the store. POLICE SEEK FIREBUG Man Seen Fleeing as Garage Bursts Into Flames at Midnight. Police today sought a firebug who fled from a garage in the rear of 640 North West street, at midnight as fire broke out in the building. Firemen extinguished the blaze before serious damage was done. The garage is the property of C. J. Walker. John Spear. 638 North West street, told police he saw the man flee. Hourly Temperatures 6 a* m 69 8 a. m 71 7 a. m..... 70 9 a. m..... 72

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AUTOS TAKEN BY BANDIT TRIO Holdup Men, Who Keep Busy, Are Hunted. Three bandits, who did a brisk business in money and automobiles Friday night, were hunted by police today. They stepped to the running board of an automobile in which W. M. Madden, 19, of 1436 North Alabama street, was about to drive away with a young woman on Forty-third street between Central avenue and Washington boulevard, ordered Madden and the girl into the rear seat, and took the wheel. On Kessler boulevard, several miles west of the city they robbed Madden of sl, took another $1 bill from the girl’s purse, and left the couple to walk home, taking Madden's sedan. Then they crowded C. C. McKown, 518 East drive. Woodruff Place, off the pavement on Thirtieth street, west of Speedway and robbed him of $35 and a $75 watch. Disconnecting the ignition on Madden’s car they drove away in McKown's roadster. ——— :

VILLAGE IS SAVED Forest Fire Will Miss Tiny Wisconsin Town. Bn United frees MENOMINEE, Mich., Sept. 13. The village of Koss, composed of a dozen homes and a saw mill, was believed safe today from a forest fire which leaped across the Menominee river from Wisconsin to Michigan. Although volunteers maintained an all-night vigil in protecting their property, officials said they believed the flames would die before reaching Koss. The flames, fanned by a strong wind, suddenly leaped across the drought-narrowed river Friday after smoldering for eight weeks. RAMSAY MACDONALD’S DAUGHTER ENGAGED Betrothal to Alastair MacKinnon, East Africa, Announced. Bn Lifted Press LONDON, Sept. 13.—Miss Joan Margaret MacDonald, second daughter of Premier Ramsay MacDonald, is engaged to marry Alastair MacKinnon, son of the late Dr. John MacKinnon of Somerset, East South Africa, it is officially announced from the premier's residence, No. 10, Downing street. FOUNTAIN IS DEDICATED South Irvington Group Celebrates Improvement in Court. The new fountain in Irving court, Audubon road and University avenue. was dedicated Friday night by members of the South Irvington Improvement Association and hundreds of Irvington residents. Russell J. Ryan, park board attorney; Albert Stump, attorney, and Mark R. Gray, association president, spoke. PLAYS POOL; SUSPENDED Patrolman Is Punished for Daily Loafing on Beat. Pool playing while on his beat resulted in suspension today of Patrolman Eldo Landis, by Captain; John Mullen. Mullen said Landis had been playing pool several hours j daily while on his beat on the west side. Landis was appointed to the police force D&. 28, 1929.

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JUDGE COLLINS ! ORDERS VOTE QUIZ TO GO ON Fails to Designate Who Will Direct Fraud Probe by Grand Jury. SI,BOO PAY FOR COX Resignation of Special Prosecutor Is Accepted by Court. Without designating who will direct the investigation. Criminal Judge James A. Collins today ini structed the Marion county grand jury to resume the probe into primary election fraud and corruption. At the same time Collins accepted the resignation of Earl R. Cox for two months’ special grand jury prosecutor, fixing his pay at SI,BOO. Collins warned juFors “valuable time has passed and it may be impossible now to secure evidence that would result in the return of indictments.” ‘ It is your duty under the law to continue the investigation and do the best you can with the facilities at hand,” Collins told the jurors. Aims Slap at Winkler Aiming a political slap at Sheriff George L. Winkler, Collins suggested to jurors that the Coffin G. O. P. chieftain have nothing to do with the probe. “I would suggest that all subpoenas of the grand jury incident to the investigation be served by officers other than those ccymected with the sheriff's office,” Collins said. Attack on the county council for twice refusing to appropriate $5,000 for the probe was renewed when Collins branded their refusal a “flimsy excuse.” “Their alibi is so ridiculous it needs no comment,” Collins stated. Stark May Take Charge When the January grand jury ended its part of the investigation last June, they found “glaring instances of vice, corruption and deceit” in the primary. Referring to the Coffin group, they stated “a political faction dominated the election with a ulterior motive in view.” The July grand jury, taking up the probe where it was dropped by their predecessors, reliably are said to disfavor continuing the probe. Although Stark refused to disclose whether he will take personal charge of the probe at this point, he told The Times he wishes to "avoid any sensationalism.” “My deputies and I will be on the job to enforce the law,” Stark said. “I don’t want to promise the public a lot and then be unable to produce,” he added. Stark was renominated in the primary. Attacks Money to Cox Asked if he concurs with Collins in carrying the probe to an end, Stark admitted reluctantly he doesn’t “agree or disagree.” “Anything uncovered in this whole investigation has been done | by my staff of deputies. I’m not saying what I intend to do,” Stark commented. Stark attack spending of SI,BOO to pay Cox. “I and my deputies did all the work in this investigation without spending a penny,” but now we have a special prosecutor who wants SI,BOO for doing what my deputies did for him.”

200 TO BE GIVEN JOBS | Candy Companies’ Merger Means Employment for Many. Between 150 and 200 persons will i be afforded employment in the per- | iod between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 by | the new combine of the Fishback Candy Company, 216-218 South Meridian street, and the Geiger Candy Company and the Indianapolis j Candy Company. Both candy concerns were purj chased outright by John S. Fish- | back and his associates. Twenty ! persons are employed at present by I the concern. G. M. Williams, president of Marmon Motor Car Company, is vice- | president and Sylvester Johnson Jr. i is secretary-treasurer. 150 “LEFT HOMELESS Others Unaccounted for in Wake of Coast Hurricane. Bn United Press RALEIGH. N. C., Sept. 13.—Leaving at least 150 persons homeless and others unaccounted for, the | hurricane which struck the middle Atlantic capes late Friday moved northward today offshore. . The disturbance was said to be I the same as that which ravaged i Santo Domingo last week. Until its j sudden reappearance in the region of Cape Lookout, it was thought to have blown itself out. Falling Tree Causes Death Bv United Press VEEDERSBURG, Ind., Sept. 13. ; —The body of Joseph Shipman. 66, was found beneath a fallen tree in I a woods near his home and was ! crushed by the tree. Shipman had been cutting timber. He leaves his widow and three childrdfa.

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LABOR PRESSES WAGES BATTLE Convention’s Last Action Is to Slap Profiteering. Up to the time the last gavel fell in the forty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana State Federation of Labor Friday the laborites hammered at low wages in the state. A resolution requesting investigation into the pay scale paid for carpenters and common laborers on the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes climaxed the convention. The resolution stated that common labor was receiving 30 cents an hour and carpenters 60 cents when the scale respectively is 40 cents and $1 an hour. Members of the Clark commission and state officials will be requested to raise the wages on the project to a living standard. The convention slapped at the use of convict labor in constructing buildings at the Indiana state prison by passing a resolution demanding free labor in erecting the buildings because of the present unemployment in the state. An appeal was made by labor leaders of Marion for aid in erecting anew labor temple on the site of the one bombed five months ago. The federation indorsed the appeal. The 1931 convention of the federation will be held the week of Aug. 3 in Terre Haute. POLICE HOLD COUPLE AFTER LIQUOR RAID Search of Poolroom, House Reveals Booze, Police Charge. Six tanks, one of which contained one and one-fourth gallons of alleged liquor, were found hidden in the house and poolroom of Joe Sawyer, 44, of 855 East St. Clair street. Friday night when police raided the place, the officers reported. Sawyer and his housekeeper. Mrs. Erol Meeker, 39. were held on charges of operating a blind tiger. The case is expected to be referred to federal authorities. Presbyterians to Meet Bu Times Soecial DAYTON, Ind., Sept. 13.—A session of the Crawfordsville presbytery will be held here Monday and Tuesday with the Rev. Cecil Atkinson, Culver, the moderator, presiding.

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BEGIN HERE TODAY dgLIA ROGERS, lacking one month of being 18 and Just out of hiah school, spends a hot and weary July day looking for a job. Her mother. MARGARET ROGERS. a widow, employed as h seamstress 7S a dress shop. They live in Baltimore. Mrs. Rogers' meager earnings have been their only sourceof income since the death of 808 ROGERS years before. . , „ : Celia Is unsuccess 1 In her search for i work because of her lack of commercial j experience. She goes home and pre- ! pares the evening meal. . , . I Mrs. Rogers arrives with a letter which she conceals from her daughter. BARI NEY SHIELDS, who lives nearby, comes ! to take Celia for a drive And Margaret. I left alone, reads the letter. I NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER TWO Margaret rogers read the letter through a third time. She sat on the bed in the small, dimly lighted room, and bent over the sheet of paper which still trembled slightly as she held it. She knew every word typed concisely in black on the page of let-ter-head stationery. She knew those

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Cup Races in Brief

Ri; VnUrU Pre-s NEWPORT, R. I„ Sept. 13.—Facts of the America’s cup races: Contestants— Defending boat, Enterprise, owned by Vanderbilt-Astor syndicate, skippered by Harold S. Vanderbilt; challenger. Shamrock V, owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and Skippered by Captain Ernest (Ted) Haerd. Time—Signal at 10:30 a. m. to begin towing yachts to starting line. (Eastern daylight time.) Course — Each race thirty miles. First race today over a windwardleeward course (directly to fixed point and return) each leg fifteen miles. Second day over a triangular course with each leg ten miles. Alternate by days. Start—Nine miles southeast of Brenton Reef Lightship Newport. Postponement—The race committee may order a twenty-four-hour postponement and after any race either skipper may ask postponement for one day of the next race. Races will be run every day, except Sunday, until one boat wins four races. Time Limit—No race will be declared if winner does not complete the course in five and one-half hours. Prize—The America’s cup, wor. \v the United States in 1851 off the Isle of Wight and never since won back by England, although many challenges have been made. Old Veteran Dies NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Sept. 13. Only thirty-eight Civil war veterans remain in Hamilton county as a result of the death Friday of Elwood Moon. 82. He leaves his widow and eight children.

words, and yet her eyes would not leave them. The entire letter had been seared on her brain since morning, when she first had torn open the envelope. It was just all the same, with the same hideous meaning. Certain phases jumped forth. “Better for the girl”—“offer her every advantage”—“in a position to do much”—"consider her welfare.” Those were some of them. The letter fell to Mrs. Rogers’ lap and then to the floor. With both hands she gripped the edg of the bed. Fear welled in the great brown eyes, sweeping her other features and contorting her face. “No!” The cry was partly rebellion, partly a moan. “He shan't have her!” \ Harmless enough the manuscript looked, lying there at her feet. It i Turn to Face 71

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BETS TOTAL 70 MILLIONS AS YACHTS START TODAY IN AMERICA'S CUP RACES Sir Tom Lipton’s Shamrock V Ready for Classic Events Against United States’ Enterprise With Vanderbilt at Helm. VETERAN SEAMEN FAVOR BRITON Sturdy English Sailors to Match Skill and Brawn Against Mechanical Perfection of Yankee Craft in Historic Duel. BY MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY United Press Staff Correspondent NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 13. —Two slim yachts will slip out of Newport harbor today, ana when nine miles off Brenton’s reef will set their sails to the breeze in the first race to determine once again the question of Anglo-American yachting supremacy. Twenty-five million dollars worth of pleasure craft will follow them. Somewhere between $70,000,000 and $100,000,000 has been wagered on them. And a million each has been lavished in making the two craft, with their towering masts and snow white canvas, the last word in yachting perfection. The yachts are the Enterprise, which will sail with a Vanderbilt at her helm to defend the New York Yacht Club's possession of the America’s cup, and the Shamrock, flying the burgee of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and the personal pennant of Sir Thomas Lipton.

The Enterprise is the last word in mechanical perfection. Sails are raised and lowered by mechanical contrivances. Gauges are inset in braces to show at a glance the stress in pounds which each is carrying. Sails are fast to booms by metal fastenings not unlike skippers. Never was a craft put afloat, either under sail or steam, so thoroughly mechanized and so little dependent upon the power of mans i muscles. Man Against Machine . The Shamrock represents the | faith of Sir Thomas in British j brawn. A single winch upon the j deck is the total of its nuKhanical ; equipment. Sea-trained British sailors will | tell the stress and strain on braces j and stays by the age-old method of i “feel.” Men will pull on ropes to raise and lower sails. So the races, which begin today, go farther than any have ever gone before. They not only test the skill of American designing and seamanship against that of merrie England, but they become a battle of man against machine. And perhaps because the sea always has been the province of man to conquer since the first highpooped boats of the ancients, with their galley slaves chained to the oars, pulled out on to the Mediter- ! ranean or down the Nile, the old i seafaring men and the natty, whitecapped yachtsmen gathered here by hundreds seem inclined to favor the Shamrock and its men against the Enterprise and its machines. Vanderbilt Great Sailor But they do not discount the seaj manship of Harold S. Vanderbilt, who will stand at the helm of Enj terprise end by shouted word and | order, command the action of his ! machine-made racer and its crew. If there is any tradition that peoI pie of millions are not perhaps endowed with the courage which men less fortunate in material things may possess, it has a refutation in the reputation hereabouts of this I scion of the Vanderbilt family. “He’s quiet,” said one of those ; who know him best, “but at sea he becomes a devil for courage, a paraI gon in skill. He knows every trick of ocean, and he knows men.” But in the face of that, betting odds dropped today to even money while a week ago they had been eight to five that the Enterprise would retain the cup. Estimates of the amount which had been wag- I ered varied. Millions Are Waged “As near as we can tell,” said one of the officials most closely identified with the race, “about $70,000,000 has been wagered on the north Atlantic seaboard and in London on this race. Most of it has been wagered in Wall street, and Wall street almost entirely has moved up here for the week. If one adds to the $70,000,000 which this conservative and informed authority estimated had been bet in the east, the smaller; sums which were wagered in the j remainder of tne country; in the British empire and elsewhere, it is j safe to say that when the series i is over close to a hundred million dollars and perhaps more will change hands. Scene Is Colorful There probably never was a scene in American waters such as New- j port harbor presented Friday night; and will present for the days to j come. So crowded was the harber with yachts that guard boats had to open •ways for regular traffic. Scores of tenders darted in and

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'out among scores of palatial craft, while overhead at night the great streamers of search lights played from a dozen destroyers, forming a ! canopy over all. | Ashore were women in sports | clothes and men in blue and white : rubbing elbows with uniformed sailors and with men from the almost countless yachts. Radios played | over the water. There was laughter | in the air. About 9 a. m. the racing yachts | were to slip their anchors and be | towed to the course, which is out of | the harbor and in the open sea. Behind them wall follow the patrol of navy and coat guard destroyers and beyond them will range the flotilla of yachts. i May Make It in Three Hours At 11:30 a. m. the yachts are re- | quired to be at the starting buoy. Then, ten minutes or more later, there will come the boom of the starting gun from Vincent Astor's great yacht, Nourmahal, official committee boat for the race. The cordon of destroyers on either side of the yachts, always keeping far enough behind not to interfere with free movement of boats or to cut off the wind, will hold back from the course the pleasure craft which are following. Newspaper men and officials only will ride the destroyers, while only members of the race committee will be on the Nourmahal. It and Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin and Cornelius Vanderbilt's Winchester, acting as escort for Enterprise and carrying, among others, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., representing the United Press, will be the only ooats permitted inside the patrol lines. How long the yachts will require to cov-r the thirty miles of their course is dependent on the breeze. They might do it in as little as three hours. If they require more than five and a half hours, the race will be called no contest. Rains Are in Prospect Weather indications early today were not favorable. There was division of opinion as to which yacht would fare the best under prospective conditions, although most observers seemed to believe that, barring difficulty with mechanical gear, heavy weather would be to-the advantage of the Enterprise. Yet no one has even seen the Shamrock sail in really heavy weather. Rain and east and southeast winds, growing heavier during the day, were in prospect, according to the weather bireau, the winds to reach “considerable intensity’ late in the day. ISSUES PROCLAMATION Leslie Asks Observance Wednesday of Constitution's Anniversary. Next Wednesday, the 143d anniversary of the adoption of the American Constitution, has been designed as "Constitution day,” in a proclamation by Governor Harry G. Leslie. He asks the day's observance in schools and churche* throughout the state. WAR VETERAN SPEAKS Knights of Columbu* Hear Orderly to General Pershing. Joseph P. Zimmerman, orderly to General John J. Pershing durinjf the World war, addressed members of the Knights of Columbia Club at luncheon Friday in celebration o£ the birthday of the "Star Spangled-, Banner.”