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DEFEND LIEBER RULE AS GAME LEAGUE MEETS Shirts and Rappaport on Hand to Lead Fight Against Evans. UPRISING FAILS TO SHOW Resolutions Committee Is Expected to Back Up President in Fight. President H. H. Evans’ purported uprising of 200 Hoosier sportsmen, members of the Indiana Fish, Game and Forest League, against the conduct of the state conservation department under Director Richard Lieber failed to materalize when the league convention opened at the Lincoln this morning. Evans confined his anti-Lieber campaign to submitting charges he has been making against the conservation director, to a resolutions committee which he appointed, membership of which is composed of his friends. They are expected to return resolutions along Evans’ idea this afternoon for action by the less than fifty delegates who are in attendance. Opening session, scheduled for 10 a. m., did not get under way until 10:45 a. m. Evans announced then that he would dispense with the presidential address in which he was scheduled to launch publicly his Lieber attack. Leo Rappaport on Hand Attorney Leo M. Rappaport, brother-in-law of Lieber, attorney for the conservation department and member of the Marion County Fish and Game Association, was on hand. He was armed with the statutes, governing the department, to refute any charges Evans might make regarding alleged violations of the law under the present administration. But Evans appeared conciliatory. He gave his presidential address time to Walter Shirts, chief of the division of fish and game of the conservation department, who was on the program for a speech this afternoon. This division has been tiie focal point of the Evans atCharges against Lieber by Evans are that Lieber uses money collected in fees and licenses from sportsman for other conservation work, rather than solely for propagation of fish and game; that he bases merit of game wardens on convictions, collects Republican campaign funds from game wardens and directs the conservation commissioners, rather than letting them direct him. Shirts Refutes Charges Shirts refuted all but the political allegations and charge of dictatorship by presenting facts and figures from his annual report for the fiscal year just closed. He showed that every cent collected has been expended by his division of the department and branded Evans with making unfounded allegations. Evans came back with a few questions. as did others in the audience. Among them was the charge that Lieber went to Europe at fish and game expense, which he said has been checked by the Democratic party for state auditor, who was present. Shirts denied this, but said the state auditor's records would make any such disclosure if it were so. On two occasions Henry Roberts, former statehouse custodian, attempted to talk, but was ruled out by Evans, Shirts and all present. Committee Is Hand-Picked During Shirts' talk Evans even declared that he “isn’t out to get any one, but to establish friendly feeling.” Wednesday he had said that he would oust Lieber if he had to "elect a Democratic Governor to do it.” Evans is a candidate for reelection to the house of representatives on the Republican ticket at Newcastle. His hand-picked resolutions committeemen are William F. Collins, Indianapolis; the Rev. H. E. Conn, Brookville, and William Kreitenstein, Orland. Nomination committeemen are Thomas Hendricks Newcastle; Forrest Kiser. Monticello. and the Rev. Noble C. Trueblood, Noblesville. They will likely recommend re-election of Evans, it was said. Wilcox on Program State Forester Ralph Wilcox. Attorney Harry Hendrickson, Indianapolis. league director, and James Tandy Ellis of Kentucky, also will speak. The meeting will close with election of officers and adoption of resolutions. Usually the Marion county organization ‘s host at a dinner for the state c mention, but this has been abandoned this year. Report given Evans is that it was because of the expense. Lieber has some staunch supporters in the Marion county organization, who assert his conduct has been exceptional and point out that he has made a national reputation in fostering Indiana state park development. * jyDGE reportedTound Attorney Informs New York Police Crater Is in Seattle. Bu United Pr< M NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Edward Mulrooney, police commissioner, to- j day revealed he had received a let- j ter from a Seattle lawyer saying j Joseph Force Crater, missing su- i preme courk and his wife are I la tbaSsfQl

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Girl Traps Romantic Bandit

Bu United Preen NEW YORK, Oct, 30.—Allen Orman, 23, and nice looking, walked into a midtown hosiery shop nervously brandishing a revolver. It was his first holdup. Miss Frances Tauber, 21, slim and attractive, was the only clerk on duty. “Sit down in that chair, please,” requested the young bandit, and when she had obeyed he began tying her legs. During the operation he became

Fateful Hour Bu United Preen SANTA ROSA, Cal., Oct. 30. —J. W. Marshall Jr., was born Oct. 29, 1928. One year later, to the hour, his sister, Eleanor, was born. Wednesday, at the same hour of the day, another son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Marshall Sr. He has not been named.

WILKEY TO BE SHIFTED FROM STATE DRY JOR James G. Browning Will Become Southern Indiana Administrator. John W. Wilkey, acting deputy prohibition administrator here for the southern Indiana district, embracing sixty-two counties, will be transferred to Washington Nov. 1. He will be succeeded temporarily in the Indianapolis prohibition office by James G. Browning, former acting deputy and now prohibition investigator for the entire state. Wilkey has served exactly one year in the post he leaves Saturday. Today he confirmed the report he has been assigned as an investigator to work directly under Amos Woodcock, national prohibition director. Change Long Predicted The change has loomed for some time as a result of dissatisfaction said to have been expressed in certain quarters over the type of cases made by Wilkey. Persons have been brought into court for possessing small quantities of home brew or wine. Woodcock has announced it is the policy of the prohibition department to concentrate on the commercial bootlegger aand not on private individuals. Charges of lack of co-operation also have been made for some time by various law enforcement organizations of the county. Wilkey, who was born and reared in Greencastle, came here Nov. 1, 1929, from the Philadelphia dry office. He succeeded Browning, who was named investigator for the entire state. Wholesale Shifts Foreseen Browning was appointed when George L. Winkler, sheriff, failed in examinations to qualify for the post, and later resigned after becoming a candidate for sheriff. It was believed the change may result in a wholesale shifting of federal dry agents in the state. Woodcock expressed himself as well pleased with Wilkey’s work when he was here on an inspection tour last week. Wilkey today pointed out that the department under his direction has been active in forty-two of the sixty-two counties in this district. He said that although handicapped by a force of but ten men, two of whom have been ill, “excellent work has been accomplished.” Dedicate Canada Tunnel Saturday By United Press DETROIT, Oct. 30.—High officials of the United States and Canada will take part in the dedication of the Detroit-Windsor tunnel Saturday.

BOOZE SHAKEDOWN DENIED BY DEPUTY

Charges made by Eli Lutz, Indianapolis butcher, and Morgan county residents against Sheriff Albert J. Lucas and Deputy Sheriff Garret Richard of Morgan county were “false and defamatory.” according to a declaration today by the two officers. Ther replies and explanations followed publication in The Times Tuesday of Lutz’ charge of a “shakedown” payment of $45 to Richard for the release of Lutz’ nephew on charges of drunkenness. Richard's statement says: “I received a complaint by telephone from Herman Myrick that J. C. Hatfield was intoxicated and was shooting a shotgun on the Carl Eckhart farm, asking me to come and arrest him. I went out and found J. C. Hatfield, with seven other men. I arrested Hatfield and made a charge before Russ Woods, justice of the peace, against him for intoxication. “I took Hatfield t<? jail on the night of Aug. 6, at about 10 o'clock and tiie next morning I took him back to jail. Penalty assessed against him was: fine, $10; prosecuting fee. $25; just ce of peace and constable fee, which included mileage, $lO. “After I took him back to jail, one Eli Lutz came to the jail and wanted to take him home. 1 told him that fine and costs assessed against him amounted to $45. I tried to get hold of the justice of peace, but he was not in his office. , Lutz then wanted to know

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so nervous he ripped one of Miss Tauber’s stockings. The next day, having made a successful escape, Orman began thinking about what a pretty girl Miss Tauber is. He decided to phone her and ask for a “date.” “You brute,” exclaimed Miss Tauber, “you might have been more careful of my stockings.” Orman apologized. Then he went out and bought a box of expensive stockings, some silk handkerchiefs and a box of roses and sent them to Miss Tauber.

81,000 COUNTY VOTERS RATED AS DOUBTFUL Coffin Forces Reported Fearful of Their Swing to Democrats. BY BEN STERN “Keep the doubtful vote away from the polls election day,” is the order that has gone forth to all Coffin henchmen in Marion county. Coffin’s air’s today frankly confessed that only by keeping the vote under 100,0( 0 can they hope to win trades or no trades. In keeping with this thought, the Republican county organization will not bring those voters listed as “doubtful” to the polls. Preparations have been completed to transport all “regular Republicans,” polled as such, to the voting places, but great effort is being exerted to refrain, as far as possible, from carrying those Republicans who have expressed repudiation of the machine. Thousands Are Doubtful More than 232,000 voters have been polled in Marion county this year. Os this number, 81,000 expressed themselves as “doubtful ’n political faith.” Seventy-five per cent of the doubtful are ready to indicate their protest at Coffin machine control and need only be urged to go to the polls, H. Nathan Swaim, Democratic county chairman, told workers Wednesday night. “Get them to the polls,” is Swaim's order. If the independent voter does not turn out and the vote is light, Coffin, with his claimed organization of 14,000 workers, the majority of whom are on the public pay roll, or related to those who are, will be able to exert sufficient pressure to bring out a die-hard organization vote which may put the “Big Five” over by a slight margin, it is claimed. “Big Five” Are Pushed “The Big Five,” whose election means perpetuation of Coffin candidates are: , The candidate for judge of the criminal court, Walter O. Pritchard; the candidate for sheriff, George Winkler; Jesse McClure, Coffin candidate for county clerk, and John Shearer and Charles O. Sutton, candidates for re-election as county commissioners. “Keep the doubtfuls from the polls and trade off every other candidate for the ’Big Five’ is charged to be the order of the day in the Coffin army. BABE RUTH TO ADOPT TWO LITTLE GIRLS Home Run King to Take Out Papers for Children. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Babe Ruth is planning to adopt two children, it was reported today. One of them is Dorothy Helen Ruth, daughter of his first wife, who was burned to death in January, 1929, at Watertown, Mass. The other child is Julie Hodgson Ruth, daughter of his present wife, Mrs. Claire Hodgson Ruth. It was said that proceedings would be held in a private session of surrogate’s cotirt.

1 how much the fine and cost I amounted to. I told him $45 and he then told me he would pay it and I I could pay the amount to the jus- ! tice of the peace. “I took the $45 and gave him a ! receipt. A copy of the receipt was | printed in The Times Tuesday, Oct. j 28. I then took this $45 and paid |it to the justice of peace, Russ | Woods, which was in full for the ; fine and costs.” Sheriff Lucas’ reply was in answer to charges of Morgan countyresidents that the sheriff made no attempt to seize liquor found while | firemen battled a blaze at the Checkerboard lunch stand on the Bloomington road three weeks ago. Sheriff Lucas’ statement; “At the time of the fire of the j Checkerboard inn, Oct. 2, I was away from home on official business and did not know of this fire until ! niy return on Oct. 3. I then received information that the occu- ; pant of Checkerboard inn had intoxicating liquors in his possession. “I went to the office of the mayor, George F. Schmidt, and made an affidavit for search warrant to : search the premises of said Checkj erboard Inn. The search warrant was issued to me by the mayor, and thereupon I searched the premises. “The occupant had left and I found no intoxicating liquors. I was not present at the fire and did not know that there had been a fire on Oct. 2 in the Checkerboard Inn.”

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Feeling he had “squared” himself, he called by phone again, and was informed this time, much to his joy, that he might have the desired date. He followed Miss Tauber as she came out of her shop that afternoon and walked cautiously behind her. But she was not as romantic as Orman had thought. As he stepped up to greet her he felt a firm hand on either shoulder and two detectives led him away to jail.

Death Toll Is Heavy in Italy Quake Bn United Press ANCONA, Italy. Oct. 30.The seriousness of the earthquake which damaged three Adriatic provinces this morning was indicated when hundreds of injured arrived here for treatment. Most of them were from the country regions where communications were disrupted. Bu tinited Press ANCONA, Italy, Oct. 30.—An earthquake of considerable intensity shook central Italy today, particularly along the Adriatic seaboard, from Rimini to Rome. A total of thirty persons were killed in the coastal towns of Sinigaglia, Ancona, Caesaro and Fonetto, and about 203 injured in the area where the quake was most severe, according to authoritative unofficial advices. The fact that the quake occurred when the population was astir rather than at night was believed to have prevented a larger death toll. The quake centered in the Adriatic sea, but was felt with diminishing force from central Italy to the capital, while experts said the Zara region of Jugoslavia—opposite Ancona—was affected. BANONPARKING FOR HALLOWEEN Kinney Restricts Streets Near Monument. Police Chief Jerry Kinney expects many Halloween merrymakers downtown Friday night will congest streets, so today he issued parking restrictions on streets surrounding and including Monument Circle. He ordered no parking after 6 p. m. Friday on the following streets: Illinois, from Washington to Ohio; Ohio, from Illinois to Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania, from Ohio to Washington, and Washington, from Pennsylvania to Illinois. The restriction also applies to Monument Circle and the Meridian and Market street approaches to the Circle. Traffic will be allowed to proceed along the streets unless they become too congested with Halloween celebrants. he said.

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Approve Baldwin as Leader Bu United Press LONDON, Oct. 30.—Stanley Baldwin’s leadership of the conservative party was approved by a vote of 462 to 116 at a meeting of conservative members of parliament and candidates for parliament at Caxton hall today. Liquor Trade Ebbing liu United Pi ess PARIS, Oct. 30.—Unofficial reports from Saint Pierre and Miquleon, the foggy islands off Newfoundland whose sands were turned to gold by the liquor tide, are to the effect that America is drinking far less than she did a year ago. Official statistics of liquor clearings in and out of the island show the liquor trade is ebbing. Fear Volcano Eruption Bn United Press REDDING, Cal.. Oct. 30—Citizens of Redding watched volcanic Mt. Lassen, fifty miles away, with apprehension today after four earthquake shocks had reminded them that similar disturbances in 1915 preceded an eruption from the crater. Parrot Embargo Lifted Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Treasury Secretary Mellon signed today an order lifting the embargo placed on parrots last Januapr after the outbreak of psittacosis in this country. Young Hoover at White House Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.—Herbert Hoover Jr., w r ho for several months has been ill at the presidential camp in Virginia, motored to the White House today en route to his newwinter home in Asheville, N. C. Prince of Wales to South America Bit United Press LONDON, Oct. 30.—The prince of Wales, probably accompanied by Prince George, will sail from Liverpool in mid-January for South America. Astronomers Coming Home Bu United Press ABOARD S. S. TANAGER. Oct. 30.—Members of the Navy Observatory expedition who recently made a valuable study of the sun s eclipse at Niaufou islands, steamed homeward today, a number of valuable photographs of ttui safely aboard ship.

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CHARITY FUND TOTAL PUSHED TO j 885,642 Soars Over Goal by $20,000; 35 Social Agencies to Get Share. SPIRIT OF CITY LAUDED Employes’ Division Reports 141.6 Per Cent With $193,101. Indianapolis today stood ready to ease expected suffering from unemployment during the ensuing year, as her Community Fund coffers were heaped with contributions totaling $20,000 more than the goal set. Total donations of $885,642.92 were reported at the final campaign meeting Wednesday night in the Claypool. The goal was $865,000, and prior to Wednesday night’s report $798,745.09 has been raised. Thirtyfive social service agencies will share the fund. Reading congratulatory messages from James H. Barnes, Washington, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Congressman Louis Ludlow, Fred Hoke, former funt president who presided at the meeting, said several Indianapolis residents had telephoned the fund headquarters during the meeting, offering unsolicited subscriptions. Baxter Adds Personal Gift “That is the spirit that continues to prevail in the city,” Hoke said. “It means we have a glorious year ahead of us. I only wish that we could all go down into the factory, the shop, the store and the office and shake hands with every persons who gave to this fund. It is wonderful the manner in which they have come to the aid of their unfortunate fellow-men and fellowwomen.” Four major divisions which sought money in the campaign reported the following totals, and per cent of goals reached: Special gifts, $294,205, or 89.5 per cent; branch house, $26,819.50, or 81.3 per cent; employes’ division, $193,101.39, or 141.6 per cent; and individual gifts’ division, $371,517.03, or 101.5 per cent. Arthur R. Baxter, chairman of the special gifts division, first announced a grand total of $884,642.92, and then added a personal gift of SI,OOO. 517 Attend Final Meeting Five hundred and seventeen persons attended the final meeting. They applauded each division report, and leaders thanked workers to whom they gave credit for raising the amounts to complete the fund’s goal. Employes of the William H. Block Company gave approximately three times as much this year as last. The 1,155 employes of the downtown department store contributed $6,751.80, an average of $5.95 a piece. The contribution in 1929 was $1,956.64. This gain was one of the most striking recorded during the fund campaign. Only one of ten preceding campaigns was oversubscribed, that in 1928, of which Walter C. Marmon was chairman. Arthur V. Brown, president of Union Trust Company, was chairman, and William Insley, president of Insley Manufacturing Company, was president of the current drive. The six districts in the employes’ division finished as follows: Industrial. Howard T. Griffith, .hairman, $91,265.16, or 163 per cent; commercial. Leroy C. Bruenia, chairman, $16.467.05, or 126.7 per cent: mercantile. Don A Morrison, chairman. $34,438.86. or 132.5 per cent: public. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson. chairman. $31,974.84. or 127.9 per cent: utility, Zeo W. Meach. chairman, $14,413.34. or 120.1 per cent, and railroads $4,542.14, jr 90.8 per cent. The $371,517.03 total or 101.5 per cent reported by the individual gifts division was raised as follows by the ten districts of the division: No. 1. H. C. Atkins, chairman. $37,067.47. or 101.5 per cent: No. 2. J. J. Fitzgerald, chairman. $37,654.10. or 103.1 per cent; No. 3. Joseph M. Block, chairman, $36,976.90, or 101 per cent: No. 4. Herman C. Wolff, chairman. $36,382.76. or 98.6 per cent: No. -5 A. E. Baker, chairman. $37,296.86. or 102.7 per cent: No. 6. R. C. Rottger. chairman. $36,902 85. or 100.2 per cent: No. 7. George Torrence, chairman. $36,063.58. or 97.6 per cent: No. 8. H. T. Davis and Ken Mosiman. co-chairmen. $37,683.88. or 104.4 per cent: No. 9. J. Frank Holmes, chairman. $36,508.02. or 99.2 per cent, and No. 10. Robert W. Fleischer and R. S. Stempfel. co-chairmen. $38,980.61. or 106.8 per cent. FIRE DAMAGE IS !S7OO Incendiarism Blamed in Blaze at Unoccupied House. Fire of incendiary origin early today caused S7OO damage to a vacant house at 1129 Harlan street, owned by Nathan Bettie. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 33 10 a. m 38 7a. m 34 11 a. m 40 Ba. m 38 12 (noon).. 43 9 ‘a. m 38 Ip. m 42

Dry Agents Aid Trapped Cat; Find Booze Cache Bu United Press CHICAGO. Oct. 30.—Federal dry agents, disgusted at finding only a smaH quantity of gin in John Gagney's south side store today, were about to leave when they saw a cat’s paw wriggling and twisting through a hole in the ceiling. The agents forgot their raiding to help the distressed cat. They discovered the paw had come through a crack in a trapdoor which, when opened, revealed six cases of whisky. The cat became playful when it was placed on the floor and it pawed at several strings. An agent seized one of the strings to tease the cat and found that it was attached to a board which, when pulled up, revealed a five-gallon can of alcohol. Three other strings led to three other five-gallon cans.

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Mrs. Alean Delehanty and “ Louie” the second baby to be abandoned at her home in a year's time.

Mrs. Alean Delehanty Now Is Caring for Second Abandoned Child. Lightning may not strike twice in the same place, but you never could prove it by Mrs. Alean Delehanty, 310 North Pine street. In December of 1929, a baby was left to be boarded at the home of Mrs. Delehanty and her sister, and the mother did not return. Today another baby, 16-months-old, has been abandoned by his mother and Mrs. Delehanty and her sister are beginning to believe their good nature is being imposed upon. Left Three Weeks Ago “The baby—we call him Louis and I think his last name is something like Sebastian—was left to be boarded with us three weeks ago by his mother,” Mrs. Delehanty told The Times today. “She came to our home in a coupe driven by a man. She paid $4 for one week’s board and said her husband was outof the city and that she wanted to leave him with us while she hunted for work,” she said. She described the woman as between 25 and 30 years of age, wearing a green crepe dress. Looked Lot Like Louie “She had dark brown I; ir and brown eyes and looked a iot like Louie. She didn’t leave many clothes for him. She called up on the phone several times after leaving him, and on one occasion, sent the man who drove her to the house with additional clothing for the baby, 'but she hasn’t been back since,” Mrs. Delehanty said. She expressed the belief the child’s mother was in poor circumstances. The baby left at the Delehanty home one year ago was Herbert Smith. . Mother Returned Later Later his mother returned and took him, but relinquished care of him to another home, Mrs. Delehanty said. “I didn’t get any address of the mother when the Smith baby was left and I didn’t get one when Louie was brought three weeks ago. “But, believe me, if another mother comes, she’s going to give me her home address and I’m going to know she lives there before I take her child. “It’s just getting to be too much of a good thing, even though I do like children,” Mrs. Delehanty concluded as her sister voted approval with a nodding head.

STATE MODIFIES POOR FARM ORDER

Order modifying demands that the men's building at the county infirmary be vacated within ninety days was made public today by Alfred G. Hogston, state fire marshal, after an inspection of the building again by Cash Graham, chief fire inspector in Hogston’s office. It requires county commissioners to improve conditions at the poor farm to eliminate as far as possible fire hazard created by placing cots and straw mattresses in corridors of the ancient building. Under its terms, the building must be vacated by Sept. 1, 1931. There is no fund at present with which to construct anew building for men, Hogston learned. The order stipulates that all cots must be rearranged in hallways leading to outside exits in such a manner that the exits will be as wide in hallways as the outside exit doors. It demands fire extinguishers in the building. There already are a number of extinguishers on hand. Outside exit doors, swinging outward, with panic bar release latches, must be installed on the first and second floors of the condemned and adjoining buildings, and all inflam-

MAIL PILOT IS DEADJNCRASH Embry-Riddle Pilot Tries to Jump; Chute Caught. pit Times Soecinl BROOKSTON, Ind., Oct. 30. Clarence O Maguire, 23, Cincinnati, air mail pilot on the Embry-Riddle Company’s Cincinnati-to-Chicagc line, was killed near Brookston today when his airplane crashed, supposedly because of motor trouble. Wreckage of the plane revealed that Maguire had attempted to jump, but that his parachute became fouled in the wings and dragged him to death. His cargo of mail was unharmed. Maguire had stopped in Indianapolis shortly before the crash and was continuing on to Chicago through a dense fog shortly before daybreak. The plane fell in a corn field six miles northwest of Brookston in White county. C. A. McConnell, field operations manager for Embry-Riddle at Mars Hill airport, Indianapolis, investigated the wreckage this morning. Officials said Maguire left Cincinnati at 3 a. m. (C. S. TANARUS.) today and left Indianapolis about 4 o’clock. BANK REMOVES GASH Washington Trust Reopens Three Departments. Insurance, real estate and safety deposit departments of the Washington Bank and Trust Company were opened today. The banking section of the institution, which failed to open its doors Tuesday morning, is closed and persons are not permitted to enter. No employes are at work in this department. Money that remained in the vaults of the bank Monday at the close of business was taken to another downtown bank in armed trucks today. J. Edward Morris, president, said it “still is too early’” to predict .the outcome of the situation, and said no statement will be made until the state banking department concludes its survey.

mable material must be removed from the basement. Infirm patients are to be segregated on the first floor, while ablebodied patients must occupy the second floor, and hallways, stairways, interior doorways, and outside exits must be unobstructed, the order sets out. If these provisions are not complied with by Dec. 15 the original order will be in effect, Hogston said. ADMITS CHARGE FALSE Coffin Speakers’ Chief Confesses Baker was Defamed. The discrediting of the entire radio campaign directed by Howard M. Meyer, Coffin organization speakers’ bureau chairman, was heralded today as a result of his radio admission Wednesday night over station WKBF of having brought false accuations against Frank P. Baker, Democratic candidate for judge of the criminal court. Meyer in a radio address over the same station Tuesday night charged Baker with being a “fugitive from justice.’’ Baker in a letter to the station demanded a retraction and set out that following his indictment with 100 others, the Republican prosecutor and the Republican judge dismissed the indictment against him. GANG SHOOTS WITNESS Chicago Gunmen Wound Officer on Street Car to Seal Lips. Bu I'nited Prrgg CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Gunmen drove alongside a Maywood street car today and fired a sawed-off shotgun at Sergeant James McBride, state's principal witness against William (Three-Fingered Jack) White, seriously wounding the officer. The gunmen rued away.

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NAB THREE IN KIDNAPING OF RICH BANKER Posse Captures Man Who Is Said to Have Conducted Extortion Deal. PLANES AID IN HUNT Illinois Police Now Think Abduction Was Carried Out by Amateurs. By United Press KEWANEE, HI., Oct. 30.—Verne Algren, alleged to have conducted negotiations for the kidnapers of Earl L. Yocum, millionaire Calva. (111.) banker, was captured today in a farm house by members of the posse seeking the extortionists. The farm house is on the Westrand farm on the Lone Tree road, five miles from the cornfield where three men believed to have been the kidnapers wrecked their automobile and escaped early today. , Algren was busy with needle and thread, repairing a rent in his trousers, when the officers walked into the farmhouse. He had removed the trousers and had no opportunity to make a move before ordered to surrender. • Planes Aid in Hunt The arrest of Algren came while other members of the posse wera being aided by two airplanes as they roared over the surrounding farms in the search for Yocum’s abductors. Algren was named earlier today by Ed McKee, 60, a farmer living not far away, as the man who aphim last week with an offer of SIOO a day for the use of his farm as a hideout in which Yocum could be kept while his kidnapers demanded ransom. McKee named three other men, of whom. Orville Whiskers, is under arrest at Cambridge, 111. Still another suspect, Edward Murphy, a Galva restaurant owner, was being questioned in Chicago. Think Abductors Amateurs Yocum’s release by his abductors in Atkinson, 111., Wednesday started a rapid sequence of events that convinced authorities his kidnaping was an amateiir plot. While Yocum, under guard at his estate in Galva, continued to deny that he gave authorities any assistance, it was believed that his failure to keep a rendezvous with the extortionists early today was the turning point in the hunt for the gang. Policemen came upon three or four members of the gang at Lone Tree, a landmark near Kewanee, as the result, it was said, of art appointment the gang made with Yocum. Identify Stolen Car Kewanee authorities believed Yocum had won freedom by promising to meet the kidnapers at Lone Tree and pay them SIO,OOO. The number of men who fled from the stolen automobile abandoned after a pursuit from the Lone Tree rendezvous was placed at four because that many revolvers were found in it. However, on the basis of other developments, it was believed there were only three. One was said to have been Algren. Their automobile, it was found, was stolen from a Galva man at Kewanee last week. lowa license plates, from another stolen machine, had been transferred to it. BRITISH PRINCESS, 10 WEEKS OLD. BAPTISED Margaret Rose Is Fourth in Direct Line From Throne. Bn United Press LONDON, Oct. 30. —Princess Margaret Rose of England, who some day might ascend the throne, was baptized today in the private chapel of Buckingham palace: ten weeks after her birth in historic Glamis castle, Scotland. The princess is fourth in direct line from being preceded by her older sister. Princess Elizabeth; her father the duke of York, and her uncle, the prince of Wales. The ceremony was witnessed only by members of the royal family. FIND DYNAMITE STICKS* Cops Believe Explosive Discovered Under Bridge Harmless. A five-gallon milk can in which yeggmen evidently had boiled “soup” from thirty-six sticks of dynamite, was found under the Monon railroad bridge at the county line north of the city today. Deputy sheriffs said the residue cf the dynamite left in the can was harmless. CAL LAUDS BIG FAMILY Former President Praises Parents of 14 Children in Nebraska. Bu United Press TRENTON, Neb., Oct. 30.—The rearing of a large family was praised by Calvin Coolidge, former President of the United States, now an executive of an insurance company, in a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Brown, parents of fourteen children who live near here. NOMINEE SERIOUSLY ILL! Pennsylvania G. O. P. Candidate for Lieutenant-Governor Critical. Bu United Press COLUMBIA. Pa.. Oct. 30.—General Edward C. Shannon, Republican nominee for the lieutenantgovernorship, suffering from blood poisoning, had a relapse today and his condition was reported “vers serious.” 4