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GRIMES PITCHES FOR CARDS AND EARNSHAW FOR MACKS WITH WORLD SERIES TIED Rivals, Deadlocked in Baseball Classic, Take Field for Fifth Clash With Lowering - Skies Threatening - Rain. HAPPY CROWDS FILL STANDS Veteran St. Louis Spitballing Ace Matches Hurling Skill Against Speed Slants of Athletics’ Right-Hander. BY FRANK GETTY United Press Snorts Writer SPORTSMAN’S PARK, ST. LOUTS, Mo., Oct. 6. Under lowering skies, but with the fever of world series enthusiasm burning brightly, the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics went into the fifth game this afternoon to break the deadlock brought about by two well earned victories won by the Red Birds before happy home town fans Saturday and Sunday. With the contenders on even terms, each club having won two games, this fifth

contest took on adder! importance and both teams were out to give all they had to win. Connie Mack, disconcerted by the failure of his men in the games played at Sportsman's park, sent George Earnshaw, his big righthander, to the mound, while Gabby Street, happy over his club’s recovery of its fighting form, nominated Burleigh Grimes, the spitball pitcher. Rain was falling lightly when the ground keepers went out to prepare the diamond. The umpires came out of the dugout and the game apparently was to go on despite the light rainfll. Grimes, beaten in the first game, although he allowed only five hits, was burning to beat the Athletics and even his own sccre with them today. ‘ All T ask is to .get in there,” said the husky spitball artist, one of the veterans of baseball who is a; o one of its greatest pitchers. Earnshaw Eager to Hurl Having beaten the Cards 6 to 1 In the second game at Philadelphia George. Earnshaw was quietly confident. He, too, had a score to settle with the experts, however, for he has been known as an in-and-outer, who could not be counted upon for two good performances in a row. With Eddie Collins, himself a veteran of six world series and now Mack's right hand man, spurring tlrem on, the Athletics moved briskly through the warming up process. The crowd razzed them good naturedly, having lost all awe of these world's champions. It is the supreme ambition of St. Louis to put an “ex” before that Philadelphia title before the week is out. Wlille the Cards batted around, Chick Hafey caught hold of several and walloped them into a group of his own particular fans out in the left field bleachers.

Bottomley Crashes Ball Jim Bottomley, who would like nothing better than a home fun today before the clubs leave for Philadelphia, cut loose with some long drives In practice which should have made him famous if they had come a couple of hours liter. A heavy mist over the ball park shortly before game time but barring a severe precipitation, it seemed likely the game would start on time. Judge Landis, who had to direct the postponement of one of the series games here, kept his weather eye cocked at the lowering sky. Intermittent drops of rain fell during the half hour preceding the game. The crowd was not nearly as large as Sunday's, numbering probably about 35.000. The dismal day failed to dampen the fervor of St. Louis fans as they shoved their way into rush seat section hours before game time. A band pulled chairs out into center field to entertain the bleacher and pavilion sections. Their first selection “Happy Days Are Here Again,” fitted the emotions of the fans. Young “Gabby” on Field Six-year-old Charles (Gabby) Street Jr., son of the Cardinal manager. decided that cloudy weather shouldn't interfere with his fielding practice, and came out of the St. Louis dugout before 11 o'clock and played catch with two ushers. He had a big piece of tape on his right knee. The youngster slipped on the concrete on Sunday while going back to the dugout from a candy stand. A gray-haired, stout comet player of the band entertained 1 bleacherites by waltzing on the grass in centerfield. while the band played ‘“Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” The Red Birds came out for batting practice just before noon. Jim Bottomley. whose batting eye has been off during the series, went to bat first. He hit several against the right-field screen and got a big hand. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 56 10 a. m 66 7a. m 57 11 a. m 68 8 ft. m 58 12 (noon).. 70 9 ft. m 62 1 p. m 70 Just pure red. appetising tonic food —made in ten minutes—quick—ecoBomical—boil together Are minutes two cups water end two cups suger—add one pound Eatmor Cranborrle* and remore from Are when cranberries stop popping - Advertisement.

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INFIRMARY BLOT -ON COUNTY FOR LAST U YEARS Long Target of Criticism by Grand Juries, Past Records Reveal. BY EDWARD C. FL’LKE For fourteen years Marion county’s management of its aged and infirminfirm at the poor farm has been held by grand juries to be a blot on public decency, a study of reports of twenty-eight juries disclosed today. Verifying in every detail the findings of an investigation by The Times last week, showing 370 male inmates to be living in a building unfit for human occupancy, these twenty-eight jury reports to the judge of criminal court reveal that practically the same lamentable conditions have existed since 1916. Need for emergency relief has been cited by every grand jury since 1921, the records desclose. Look for Loophole County commissioners today are studying the need of immediate improvements at the infirmary, and admittedly are seeking a loophole in an order issued last week by Alfred M. Hogston, state fire marshal, condemning the ancient men’s building as a “fire trap”—“unfit for human occupancy.” Hogston acted at request of The Times following an investigation showing aged men are sleeping on straw pallets on hallway floors—that the institution is crowded alarmingly, and that something must be done before winter if inmates are to be housed decently. Nine years ago, with conditions far less lamentable than now, a grand jury said the poor farm “is an indictment of a politically managed institution.”

Result of Years “Conditions there are in harmony with the name.” the jury reported, “which w’e believe is the result of years of carelessness and neglect.” Only minor improvements have ben made at the institution since that report was made. Further, the 1921 grand jury branded the men’s quarters—the same structure as investigated last week by Hogston and The Times—“unnecessarily dangerous, old, dark and in bad repair.” At that time only 150 male inmates were charges of the county in exactly the same quarters as now house 370. Nine years ago. jurors found the 150 men jammed the Institution “full to capacity.” Conditions Are Assailed With only negligent relief provided since that time, the jury’s statement that the “poor live under conditions which our government would not think of imposing on criminals,” stands an indictment against four boards of county commissioners. Grand juries in 1923 and 1925 made practically the same discoveries, following their predecessors with the oft-made recommendation that the men’s building be “torn down.” Both of these juries reported the condition had been brought to attention of county officials numerous times—“but nothing has been done about it.” Pledge has been made by John E. Shearer, commissioner up for reelection, and Harry Dunn, county auditor, to build six new buildings at the institution in a sweeping renovation. “We're going to do everything in our power to relieve conditions at the poor farm.” Shearer announced publicly last week. Hogston’s condemnation order gave commissioners ninety days in which to vacate the men's building. GRAFfoUIzirREFUSED Roosevelt declines to Extend Scope of Ewald Grand Jury. Bo United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt today declined to extend the scope of the extraordinary Ewald grand jury and the attorney-general’s office to include a complete investigation of charges of purchase of public office in Nen York county.

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BY RICHARD D. M’MILLAN* United Press Staff Correspondent ALLONNE, France, Oct. 6.—Five miles of wreckage and a tangled mass of metal which bore forty-seven men to death lay on the fields of Allonne today—all that remained of the British dirigible R-101, largest airship in the world. Only seven of the distinguished group which started from England Saturday on a long flight to India were alive to tell of the disaster which overtook the great ship as it battled with a terrific channel storm over France and crashed on a hillside early Sunday morning. Os the eight who miraculously escaped when the R-101 crashed and

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Brazil Army Moves Up to Face Rebels Federal Troops March to Attack, Supported by Cruisers. BY GEORGE MAYER United Press Staff Correspondent MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Oct. 6. —Revolutionary forces from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande Do Sul were reported entering the state of Santa Catharina today to lead a northward march into Parana state, en route to Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro. Strong federal troops were sent against them and a federal attack by Cruisers from Rio De Janeiro was anticipated. Rebel preparations were rushed at Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande Do Sul. The rebels claimed to have control in the states of Rio Grande Do Sul, Santa Catharina, Parana, Minas Geraes, Matto Grosso and Pernambuco. The revolutionists were continuing their attempts to recruit reservist officers in the southern region, advices from Revera said. The state forces of Rio Grande Do Sui, which joined the revolt, will total about 40,000 men when recruiting is completed, the rebel leaders said. Some elements of the federal army were reported to have joined them, but reliable advices contradicted these rebel claims and said the army remained loyal. Several thousand federal troops were sent southward on the cruisers which are expected to counter attack at Porto Alegre and possibly at the city of Rio Grande Do Sul, south of Porto Alegre.

Declares Siege State /■’< United Press RIO DE JANEIRO. Oct. 6.—President Washington Luis decreed a state of siege throughout the Republic of Brazil today to combat the revolutionary movement originating in Rio Grande Do Sul and other states. WEBSTER CHARACTER WITNESS IS ON TRIAL “Undercover Man” for Publisher Is Accused by Wife. Morris Moss, chief character witness for Irving Webster, publisher, during the latter's trial on a blackmail charge, was to be tried this afternoon by Special Criminal Judge Robert R. Dalton, on a charge of assault and battery. Webster’s “undercover” man. Moss, twice before has been hailed into criminal court on charges preferred by his wife. Moss was granted a venue change from Judge James A. Collins. HENRY FORD IN BRITAIN Visits His Factories, to Be Finished in 1933, on Arrival. By United Press LONDON, Oct. 6.—Henry Ford, who arrived in England from Europe, today visited the new Ford works at Dagenham Essex, which will be the largest in the world outside the Unted States when completed in 1933.

‘BABY’ OF CARDINALS CATAPULTED INTO FAME AS SERIES HERO

BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.—His dad reared Charley Gelbert, world series hero, to be a ball plajier. “When he was 6 he used to make my hand sting in a game of catch,” boasts Charles S. Gelbert, 59-year-old father oi young Charley, the 24-year-old shortstop of the St. Louis Cardinals and outstanding individual player thus far of the 1930 series. Gelbejrt’s miraculous fielding and hitting played a major role in the Card’s 3 to 1 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the fourth game Sunday, which enabled the National League champions to even the series. The elder gelbert, a football

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LEGION ASKED BY HOOVER TO OPHOLD LAWS Evades Rum Issue by Name but Cites Necessity of Citizenship Example. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent BOSTON, Oct. 6.—A plea for law observance was delivered to the American Legion convention here today by President Hoover. Throughout his speech to the World war veterans, he stressed the necessity of goo'd citizenship, not only by respect for the law but by using the ballot to preserve American institutions and ideals, driving out unworthy public officials. Without mentioning prohibition by name he told the Legionnaires no man dares to call himself a faithful American and suggest any disrespect for law. I Assuring them that the peace of the nation never was more secure and that the government is providing a $900,000,000 annual outlay for all veterans, the chief executive told them that his sworn duty to enforce laws also is their obligation. He urged theem as citizens to go back home and preach respect for j law, by word and action. Need the Teaching “We need the teaching that the foundation of government is respect j for law,” he said. “A quickened in- • terest on the part of the community j can insist upon proper enforcement of law, can arouse public opinion ! while any condition of lawlessness remains unchecked In that community.” “The first high purpose you exl press,” he said, “is to uphold and defend the Constitution and to maintain law and order in the j United States. Happily your ideal | is my first and most sacred duty. As in his Cleveland speech last week, the President pledged himself to the idea of abolishing poverty. Hailing the Kellogg peace pact and the London naval agreement as "two momentous victories on the path to peace,” he declared more is necessary. , Respect, Good Will One “In the great intangibles of human ; emotion, respect is inseparable from good will. The maintenance of , respect requires that we sustain a | preparedness for defense that is impregnable yet that contains no ! threat of aggression. Discusses Legislation Reminiscent of his successful fight with congress, against the original war veterans’ disability bill at the last session, the President spoke of what the government is now doing under substitute legislation he indorsed for the veterans. “Care of 700,000 World war veterans is being provided, he said. But the veterans should have care that “the demands upon the government should not exceed the measure that j justice requires and self help can provide,” he added. RUMANIAN'CABINTr OUT Resignation of Premier Maniu and Aids Is Announced. By United Press BUCHAREST. Rumania, Oct. 6. — The cabinet headed by Premier Julius Maniu resigned today.

star at the University of Pennsylvania in 1894,1895 and 1896. and who was selected on one of Walter Camp’s all-America teams, told the United Press after the fourth game, that he couldn’t be prouder of his boy if he were President of the United States. u m a GELBERT, tjfe youngest player on the St. Louis team, today was leading all players in the series with a Datting average of .500 in the four games He has made six hits in twelve times at bat, four of them off Lefty Grove. His batting record: First Game—Two singles in four times at bat. Second Game—One single in three times at bat.

burst into flames, one died today in -file hospital at Beauvias and three others were in a serious condition. The latest victim was Engineer Wallace G. Radcliffe. Bodies of forty-six others who died immediately after the tragedy have been recovered. The fatal plunge of the airship was witnessed by an Enpilshman, George Darling, who lives near Beauvias. Darling described the efforts of the giant ship to stay aloft, the crash and the work of rescue while the wreckage blazed, as follows; “I saw the airship from my home and could tell from Us weird contortions that it had lost a fin or encountered some other trouble.

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Upper—This picture of the ill-fated British dirigible R-101 shows where it was sawed apart amidships and another section added to increase its length during a six-months’ overhauling, which was completed only a short time before the airship exploded near Beauvais, France, killing forty-seven of her crew and passengers. The dotted line and arrow indicate the new section which gave the dirigible a gas capacity of 5,500,000 cubic feet and a total length of 775 feet, making it the largest airship in the world. British officials decided to “rejuvenate” the R-101 after experts branded it obsolete and a failure when it was completed last year. Center—Five of the passengers and crew of the R-101 W'ho lost their lives when ohe Leviathan of the air exploded near Beauvis, France, are pictured here. Left to right (above) Squadron Leader E. L. Johnson, navigator; Major D. H. Scott, who was a passenger on the R-100 on its flight to America early this summer, and H. C. Irwin, captain of the R-101; below, Wing Commander R. B. B. Colmore. director of airship development of Great Eritain, and Sir Sefton Brancker, director of civil aviation for Great Britain. Lower—Lord Thomson, British air minister, one of the eleven passengers to perish in the explosion of the R-101, is shown here on the steps leading to the cabin of the British dirigible as he went aboard for a previous test flight over England.

Third Game One single in : three times at bat. Fourth Game—A triple, single and a walk in three times at bat. Gelbert has fielded flawlessly in every game, handling sixteen chances without an error. He has started three double plays, two of which broke up threatening rallies. Perhaps the greatest play of the series was the one he made in the eighth inning Sunday. With Dykes on first and one out, Simmons hit a slow, bounding roller on which Gelbert raced in, fielded and nailed the runner at first. “Only a really great shortstop would have been able to make such a play as that." Connie Mack , remarked

IT was Gelbert’s triple in the third inning—the first hit off Grove —which enabled the Cards to tie the score. He also drove in one of the other two St. Louis runs. “I caught a fast ball right on the nose,” said Gelbert, “and drove it with all my might. In the next inning I slingled off Grove’s glove on a curve ball. I used to be a sucker for a curve ball, but they have thrown me so many in the National League, especially the Giants, in the past two years that I have, learned to hit them better than anything else.” man GELBERT hails from Ambler, Pa„ a suburb of Philadelphia. He attended Lebanon Valley col-

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“I ran to my automobile and raced it across the fields in the course of the airship. “I reached the woods the minute the ship crashed. Out of the flames I saw three persons dashing as though mad. (Later it developed these three were Harry J. Leech, Arthur Bell and- Joseph Binks, engineers.) They were suffering intensely from burns but were trying to return to the flames to help others. •“In vain I attempted to pull them back, but they broke away and ran to the front of the ship. It looked like madness but I followed them. “We smashed our way into the forward cabin and found it undamaged but without an occupant. Oddly enough there was a clock still running. Despite the terrible heat, which made us all gasp for breath, the trio sought repeatedly to cut in the blazing wreckage. “Through a window we saw one man seeking to escape from his cabin. Five times we tried to get to him end five times we failed. Finally we saw the flames overtake him. “Even as we chased about there came another explosion or two. How many I don’t know. It was difficult to differentiate between the explosion of gas and the crackling of metal. “Finally, we were forced to withdraw. We hadn't sighted any other survivors then and I finally succeeded in convincing the three men that they must get treatment for their burns at once. “Then 1 drove them to Beauvais.” Arthur Disley, radio operator, told a thrilling story of his life fight. “I was lying' in bed in the dark,” he said, “not sleeping, because 1 thought I might be needed if the storm kept up. When I felt the buffeting of the storm I sought to turn on the light switch. But before I could reach it I was blinded to a brilliant flash and stunned by a blast. “I tried to jump to safety, but there were no windows. I threw myself against the fabric and used everything—teeth, fingernails, everything—in an effort to rip it. My fingers were bleeding from the effort. “Finally, after I had been unsuccessful, I thought the end was near and I got tc ray knees to pray. “Then I seemed to fall through the bottom of the ship—how I don’t know—and I felt the wet grass under me. Above was an inferno. “I started to crawl on my hands and knees. “Something barred my way and I touched it, burning my hand to the bone. It was a girder, red with heat. “As I crawled I saw several figures. Someone shouted ‘here's another! “They pulled me to safety, and I joined them in hunting for others in the forward gondolas.” Among the eye witnesses was Mme. Goyffroid, an aged peasant woman whose cottage is nearby the hillock on which the dirigible crashed.

“The ship flew over my house at about 2 o’clock,” she said. “My husband and I went out to watch it. One motor did not seem to be working right and the ship seemed unable to steer properly through the wind and rainstorm.

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Other eyewitnesses disagreed with the aged woman in regard to the time of the first explosion, saying they believed that the detonation came after the ship's nose had plowed into the knoll. That was the version, for instance, of M. De Beaupuis, who said lie was the second man at the scene. “I nished through the flames.” he said, “and grabbed the first man I saw. It was Samuel Church, a rigger, and he kept crying. ‘Oh, my comrades, my comrades.’ “I satv a mass of bodies, but was unable to reach them.” Aviation Captain Maurice Geudeline of the French army reserve forces had a slightly different version. “I saw two explosions,” he said, "but I knew before that the airship was in distress. I saw the crew frantically signaling, snapping lights on and off. “The dirigible was then about 1,000 feet up. It began to sway, wobbling back and forth, and it descended sharply to about 200 feet. Then came the first explosion in the forward part, giving off a glare that lasted for seconds. “Almost a minute later came an

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Bodies of the victims were burned beyond recognition. The positions in which some of the charred bodies were found, with fists clenched, testified to the fearful struggle against death that the victims made, it appeared many of them were awakened by the lurching of the ship and fought desperately to escape the flames. Twelve men were on duty at the time of the accident. They were Commander Irwin, one engineer in each of the five engine gondolas, a pilot and navigator, two wireless operators and two riggers. The remainder of the men aboard, including all the civilians, were asleep. Harry J. Leach, one of the survivors who was in the ntrol cabin at the time of the a. dent, gave a graphic description of the ship’s mad spinning through the air after the loss of a rudder fin. “We realized that the rain was weighing the ship down dangerously. Suddenly the catastrophe happened. We felt the ship start to ‘tango’ violently and realized that one of the fins was gone,” he said. “We began to drop swiftly. The nose of the ship dipped down twice and we were unable to right her. Then we started down and the crash came. "Everything burst into flames. I leaped to the envelope and tore a hole in it and stuck my head through to avoid asphyxiation. Then I made a hoje big enough to pass my body through.” Victory Savory, an engineer, who was seriously injured in the crash, described the escape of t’he eight men from the burning wreckage as a miracle. “Four of us, Joseph Binks (en-

lege, where he starred at baseball and football. He made his professional debut with Syracuse (International League) in 1926. and played there part of 1927. He was with Topeka, Kan., the remainder of 1927, and with Rochester (International League champions) in 1928. He joined the Cards in 1929 and made good almost from the very start. He batted 304 in 139 games the past season. Gelbert is long and lithe and extremely fast and graceful in the field. He pulled a ligament in his right leg in the third game, and did this spectacular playing in Sunday’s game with his raht leg taped from the knee up. I

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"Suddenly, the sky was lighted by a violent explosion. We could sec | the silver ship nose down into a I field at the edge of the woods. “There was another explosion just, l as it landed and for a minute I r thought my cottage would collapse.”

explosion aft and the ship, then in flames, fell at the edge of the woods.” R-101 was wrecked and to breakage of its structure. Air Commodore Felton Vesey Holt of the British air ministry told the United Press today. Holt said the crash was not due to the oil burning Diesel motors. “We have found parts as far as five miles from the scene of the wreck,” said the air ministry official. just before the opening of the official inquiry into the disaster. The dirigible, left Cardlngton England, Saturday evening *rSP Karachi, India. / It made steady progress until' it was forced to battle a storm in this region, some forty miles from Paris, where it fell to the earth and burned. Among those who died immediately were Lord Thomson, British minister of air; Air Vice Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, director of civil aviation; Wing Commander B. B. E. Colmore, director of airship development, who was a passenger on the recent flight of the A-101 from England to Canada and Major B. H, Scott, veteran Birtish airman, who commanded the R-100 on the transAtlantic flight.

igineer), Arthur Bell (crew), Alfred cook (engineer), and myself owe our lives to the fact that we were suspended in power gondolas when the ship crashed. I was starboard, amidships. Cook was on the port side, also amidships, and Bell and Binks were aft. “I lost consciousness at the time ot the explosion, which threw us forward over a fuel tank. “I was awakened to find my face buried in oil flames. Finding unbelievable energy, I climbed over the red-hot aluminum gondola and fell to the ground.” “Cook was nearly killed by a falling girder as he was crawling out of the gondola.” JAIL MAN HUNTING TO FEED STARVING BROOD Lack of License Brings Arrest of Desperate Father. i Bn United Press PORTLAND, Ind., Oct. 6.—A father’s efforts to provide food for his eight children and their mother ended in the man’s arrest on a charge of hunting without a license. Oscar Abbott told C. W. McLaughlin, justice ot peace, that he | had no money to pay his $24.75 fine ; and the prisoner was held in jail to ; serve out the penalty. Although Abbott said he had been given permission by the landowner ! to hunt on the property, he was found to be rtthout a license. COURT BANS RUM SALE Issues Liquor Injunction on Home of Orville E. Burgess. Temporary injunction prohibiting Orville E. Burgess, 27 East Eleventh street, from maintaining a nuisance and selling liquor at his home, was issued today by Superior Judge Joseph M. Milner. The order follows filing of a padlock suit last week by prosecutors ; in a drive against bootleg “joints.” SHOWERS ARE ON WAY City to Be Dampened Tonight or Tuesday, U. S. Experts Declare. Overcast skies today portended showers in Indianapolis tonight or Tuesday, the United States weather bureau forecast this morning. Temperatures tonight probably will 1 be somewhat higher than today and Sunday night. Unsettled conditions will be general throughout Indiana, with wanner temperatures in the casL portion.