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WAVE DASHES Ij. S. CONSUL, WIFE TO DEATH Daughter of City Couple Is Drowned in Sea at Havana. RESCUER ALSO KILLED Husband and Vice-Envoy Make Vain Efforts to Save Woman. The body of Mrs. William Jackon was recovered this afternoon four miles east of the scene of the triple drowning, a United Press dispatch stated. A wave that dashed Mrs. William Jackson, 28. wife of the American •onsul at Havana, to death in the ea near the Cuban capital also engulfed with sorrow the home of William D. Campbell, 4225 Central avenue, tcday. Mrs. Jackson was the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, and was Campbell’s niece. She had lived with them since childhood, when her own parents died. Her husband, 35, also drowned in an attempt to save his wife, and J. r. Wainwright, 32. American viceconsul, gave his life in the boiling uirf as he struggled to pull Mr. and Mrs. Jackson to safety. According to United Press dispatches the Jacksons were members of a picnic party on the rocky shore at Matanzas bay Sunday. Mrs. Tackson sauntered to the cliff to watch the heavy sea running on the locks, fourteen feet below. A huge wave ’ billowed in over the small precipice and swept her away to sea. Plunges Into Heavy Sea Mr. Jackson ran to the brink of the cliff as his wife disappeared, uid plunged into the foam to rescue here. Wainwright saw the couple fighting hopelessly against the running sea and he, too, leaped in to aid them. Sydney Guest, vice-consul, and S. Dillingham, vice-consul, also dashed into the surf, but as they, too, were -bout to be swept away they rasped a pole extended by Mrs. Ouest and were hauled back to bore. The bodies were not recovered, dispatches late today stated. Mrs. Jackson lived with her foster parents In the city only two '•ears before her marriage to Mr. Tackson in 1923. Campbell, presi- ’ dent of the Van Camp Packing Company, moved here from Engleood. N. J., nine years ago. Served in Mexico, Canada Mr. Jackson was sent to Havana ‘ bout a year ago. after a year’s duty in Washington and. several ' cars service in Montreal, and Torcon and Agua Prieta. Mexico. "We were so frightened all the me they w r cre in Mexico—afraid icy might be shot by bandits, and hen were so glad when Bill was i ransferred to Washington and mally to Havana,” Mrs. Campbell aid this morning. ‘‘You can’t tell -they might have been safe forcer in Torreon.” "Mr Campbell telephoned Washugton right away this morning, file state department informed us heir message from Havana said ccv were out in a boat. That was 11 we could find out." she sakh Home Was in Madison Mr sackson was born in Waterco. 111., and his home was in Madion. 111. He was a first lieutenant m the army during the war. and as appointed vice-consul at Bahia n April. 1920. beginning his diplomatic career. His stepmother. Mrs. J. W. Jackon. lives in Madison, and a brother. Henrv E. Jackson, resides in Waterloo. Mrs. Campbell said he also ?.s survived by a sister somewhere in Texas. . . . , Wafnwright’s mother, state department records show, is Mrs. Clement Biddle. Philadelphia. EXPECTS G. 0. P. LEAD Slcmp Predicts Republicans Will Keep House Majority of 30, Hu United Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.—C. Bas,'om Slemp. former secretary to President Cooiidge, prophesied today that, the Republican party would maintain a majority of thirty in the house after the coming congressional elections. DETOUR IS ESTABLISHED C. S. Road 40 Closed for One-Half Mile for Tracks Removal. A half-mile detour was established today by the state highway commission west of Bridgeport on United States highway No. 40 to facilitate removal of railroad tracks near the town. The detour will be lifted Thursday.

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PRISONERS TRY LIBERTY DASH IN COURTROOM

Freedom Break Starts During Arraignments Before Collins. Pandemonium broke loose in criminal court room this morning when a half dozen of the twentythree prisoners awaiting arraignment made a spectacular but unsuccessful effort to escape. The crash of a cuspidor on the escape-leader’s head and the flourished guns of a jailer and d.-puty sheriff frustrated the break while the crowded courtroom seethed with excitement. The twenty-three prisoners, second contingent to be arraigned today, were grouped in and around the jury box. Ten occupied a row of seats near the box. The chain to which they had been handcuffed when brought from jail had been dropped to permit their arraignment before the bench. Prisoner Hurls Cuspidor Ernest Pryor of Martinsville, who confessed, Martinsville authorities say, to killing his wife so that he might marry another woman, was ushered before Judge James A. Collins for arraignment. Deputy Prosecutor Harry Gause began reading the indictment, charging Pryor with second degree murder. Suddenly, from the row of seated prisoners before the jury box, jumped Robert Brown. 24, who had waited arraignment on an auto banditry charge. He sprang to the jury box, five feet away, seized a heavy porcelain cuspidor and hurled it with all his might at Deputy Henry Spaulding. Spauldffig, a former Shortridge high school basketball star, ducked and the missile crashed against the floor, bounding backward. Kick Through Unused Door Brown dashed to the rear of the jury box while his brother, Gerald Brown, 19, also charged with auto banditry, leaped from his seat in the top row of the box and kicked through an unused glass door which ; he thought opened the way to the outride corridor and freedom. Ten other prisoners in the box jumped to their feet and the courtroom was in an uproar. As the elder Brown, who precipitated the outbreak, dashed toward a door. Deputy Spaulding swung the retrieved cuspidor against Brown’s head and he went down in a heap. Attorneys and court attaches seized paperweights, steel stamps and whatever improvised weapons they could commandeer. Chief Jailer Rollin Snyder and Spaulding flashed their revolvers while prisoners cast furtive glances toward possible exits. Two prisoners had jumped from their rear seats in the jury box and were sprawled on the floor of the narrow passageway behind the box. The younger Brown had found his kick through the door glass was futile. Another door, boarded up in the vestroule. had left a two-foot space in which he took refuge. Leaders Are Handcuffed Ira Holmes, attorney, thrust his arm into the recess for Brown and received a nasty bite on his right wrist. Every one in the court v oom had risen to his feet. Judge Collins pounded his gavel and called for order but it was not until Spauldings, armament had reinforced Jailer Snyder’s menacing gun that complete order was restored after ten minutes of bedlam. Attorneys, court attaches, William Anderson, probation officer, and the Rev. Linn B. Tripp, church federation representative in criminal court, joined hands in a cordon about the excited prisoners. Five who had had leading roles in the attempted break were handcuffed and arraignments were resumed. The Brown brothers were returned to placed in solitary confinement. Percy Wiggins, Negro, alleged to have robbed twenty Indianapolis filling stations, perhaps had the best chance for escape, but made no effort to flee. Father of Three Kills Self Bu United Prats FT. WAYNE. Ind., Nov. 3—Mahlon Morton, 40. shot himself to death in a garage at his home, after two months of despondency, leaving his widow and three children.

LESLIE PLEDGES BAN ON HIGHWAY WAGE CUTTERS

State highway contractors who | cut wages to as low as 20 cents an hour this summer will receive no consideration in the future so far as the administration is concerned, Governor Harry G. Leslie declared today. “It wasn’t Indiana contractors who cut wages,” the .Governor told The Times today, “They were out-of-state contractors and sub-con-tractors and we are keeping them in mind to deal with in the future.” Governor Green of Michigan announced today that a 35-cent minimum wage will be written into Michigan's state highway contracts in the future, a United Press dispatch said. Following disclosures by The Times of contractors cutting wages, estimated by the state at a minimum of 40 cents, to as low as 20 cents, the state highway commisHourly Temperatures 6a. rfi 42 10 a. m 45 7a. m 43 11 a- m 50 Bkm 43 12 (noon).. 50 9 fifun 43 Ip. 52

Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday, somewhat colder tonight,

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Indianapolis’ air opportunities were viewed by Mrs. A. Spencer Cleaver, British aviatrix, Saturday Visitor at Mars Hill airport. She is the daughter of Hugh Pollock, minister of finance of Ireland, and resumed her cross-country tour from Mars Hill Saturday.

LIQUID FLAMES MENACE CITY Gasoline Tank Blast Perils Kansas City District. Bu United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 3. Thousands of gallons of oil and gasoline were menaced by fire today when the • explosion of a 20.000-gal-lon storage tank sprayed liquid fire over a large area of Kansas City's warehouse district. Flames shot 300 feet in the air from the demolished tank and blazing rivulets of gasoline flowed in every direction. All available fire fighting apparatus was rushed to the scene. Ten huge storage tanks near the one which exploded were in the center of the menaced area. One man was injured critically in the explosion. He was identified as Joe Myers, a mechanic for tjre White Eagle Oil Company. Witnesses said his body was thrown sixty feet by the blast. Gasoline poured into storm sewers and ignited, flames shooting i tank had exploded. GIRL, 13, MURDERED Taken by Man to Beer Party Before Killing. Bu United Press ELKHART. Ind.. Nov. 3.—Elkhart authorities tcday were hunting a man whose name war net revealed, believed responsible for the murder and criminal assault of Dorothy Winters. 13, Elkhart. Tire girl was found lying at the side of a road near Elkhart early today, her neck broken. She died while being taken to a hospital. Coroner Eugene Holderman, Elkhart county, said she had been assaulted. According to the story’ gathered by authorities, the girl had accompanied Raymond Nelson, 30. to a beer farm near Elkhart Sunday nignt. *

sion passed a resolution condemning the practice and promising to blacklist offenders.

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FORTUNE LEFT HEIRS OF MAN, j GONE 11 YEARS William D. Williams Went to Caqada After City Dry Conviction. i TOOK ASSUMED NAME Establishment of Identity Brings $40,000 to Wife, Three Sons. A mask slipped on to save his family from the ignominy of having a father and husband convicted of a Volstead act violation was torn off today with the administration of a 840,000 estate in Hamilton, Ontario. The unmasking made the estate of James F. White of Canada, the estate of William D. Williams of Indianapolis. It enabled Mrs. Hannah Williams, the widow, and her son, Martin Williams, both of 3015 Kenwood avenue, to inherit respectively $15,928.34 and $10,618,89, of the estate and two other sons, Azel Williams of Louisville and Dencil Williams, Indianapolis, to receive shares similar to their brothers, i White died a year ago in Canada. His estate was probated. Appears Before Administrator Martin Williams appeared before an administrator c r a portion of the estate in Buffalo, N. Y., and filed: ■,n affidavit that Williams and White were the same person and! lihat he has a son. According to dispatches from Ontario, Williams, in 1919, assumed the name of White when he was charged with a dry law violation in the federal court of Indianapolis. He was convicted under the name of White, his son says. Following the conviction, Williams left the United States and, still using the name White, settled in Hamilton, Ontario. He became moderately wealthy and establishing a coach company, used a combination of both names ! for the firm, terming it, the “Wil- ) j liams-White Trailer Coach Com- i | pany.” Case Records Are Vague His estate consists of four SIO,OOO Dominion cf Canada war loan bends. Buffalo, N. Y., bonds valued at $3,000, and a diamond pin and ring. The estate affidavit, however, did not state whether the term had been served, according to the dispatches, and members of the family , would not comment, except Martin Williams, who indicated his father served a sentence. According to records in the federal clerk’s office here, a James White was fined SIOO for interstate transportation of liquor in 1919, but no record of the fine being paid is set out. Attaches of the office said the convicted man may have served a thirty-day sentence in lieu of the fine, but this is not stated j cn the records. FAIR ELECTION DAYj i Democrats Jubilant at Big Vote Prospect. i Democratic campaign leaders | added the weather man to their list of supporters today as he predicted i fair skies for Tuesday, election day. Confident a large vote will insure ! their success at the polls, the Demo- ! crats hoped for fair weather, which I probably would bring out many vot- ! ers who would not brave rain or snow to visit election booths. Temperatures will sink tonight to j near freezing, the United States j weather bureau here forecast this j morning. They wall ascend again j with fair weather throughout the ; state Tuesday. CHILD DIES OF BURNS Kerosene Blast in Negro School Kills One, Injures Three. Bit United Press HENDERSON, Ky., Nov. 3—One child w T as burned to death and two others suffered severe injuries from flames which followed explosion of kerosene in a Negro school here today. CaiTOl T. Ray. 6, died shortly after the explosion. Her brother. Abbott Ray, 8; Otis Barnes, 10, and T. J. Bryant, the teacher,, were severely burned. Husking Champion an 7 imes Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 3. The corn husking championship of Hamilton county was won by William Singleton, with 24.09 bushels.

with lowest temperature near freezing; wanner by Tuesday night.

An Editorial SO YOU MAY KNOW

IN the final hour of the campaign, Coffinism again unmasks its sinister character in a manner that should be rebuked by those it would dupe, and crushed forever by the independent and Republican voter who object to hate, prejudice ! and the mixture of religion and politics. To every former member of the Klan in this county there i went out through the mails and by trusted menials of CoffinI ism, including employes of the county, a letter that had for its j purpose the revival of every hatred that onc v e inflamed the hooded order. It was the final endeavor to win, through the tactics of D. C. Stephenson, through whom Coffinism came into existence.. It was an appeal to religious hate, an appeal to the unthinking, an appeal based upon misrepresentations and falsehoods, for with these letters went the Coffinism slate in which, for example, a Presbyterian was described as “antiProtestant.” It was an appeal to vote against Jewish candidates for office, to vote against the Catholic. a tt u n an THE Times always has fought and ever will fight the injection of religion into the politics of this country, whether it comes from Catholics or from Protestants; It believes that the future of this country depends upon the separation of religion and politics, so that the voter may cast his ballot on economic and governmental principles, unconfused by prejudice. Coffinism depends upon prejudice, hate, ignorance, to win. It always has. It always will, for thinking men and women resent the selfish use of public office under machine govem- | ment. As for those Republicans who resent such treasonable j methods, what voice will they have in the rule of their own party if, by this last-hour appeal to ha’te, Coffinism should win ? Coffinism depends upon a revival of hate. If victorious, it will owe its victory not to decent Republicans, but to those who sang the chorus of this hymn of hate. Klan rule in Indiana cost the city and this state untold millions in money, as well as disgrace in the eyes of the nation. It kept new industries away from Indianapolis. Former Klansmen, now jobless, might be at work today and prosperous had they not listened in the past to the i poisonous falsehoods of Coffinism and yielded their judgments to their prejudices. Yet Coffinism has the audacity to plead again with those who know only too well the cost to them and to the city of its false leadership. n n a a a THE decent Republican who now finds himself barred from participation in the affairs of his own party, and powerless to rescue it from Coffinism, knows that he helped to keep Coffinism in power by voting for a party label at a time when Coffinism was sending these same appeals to prejudice to those whom it intended to betray. These Republicans cringed when they saw a city council they had helped to elect resign in order to escape jail. I They blushed when their mayor was convicted of election ! frauds and sentenced to prison. They shuddered when they heard their Governor plead the statute of limitations to a charge of bribery, after conj sive evidence of his guilt had been presented to a jury. Will those Republicans who once took pride in a Jewett as mayor, in a Harry New as senator, in a Beveridge as a great statesman, vote again for a label when Coffinism extends an open invitation to a return of the rule o's hate? Or will they vote forever to crush this menace to good government, and decent rule within their own ranks? tt n u IT is quite probable that these letters may find some response from those who do not stop to think. If those [who receive these letters desire evidence of the falseness upon which even the plea of prejudice is made, they have but to look at the description of Smiley Chambers, candidate for probate judge on the Democratic ticket. Coffinism describes him as “anti-Protestant.” His father was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He himself has been a life-long member of that denomination. Coffinism desires the re-election of Judge Bash, who names receivers of bankrupt corporations and failing banks. The creditors of one and the depositors of the other ponder at the finish as to whether they lost more money by the bankruptcy or more through the cost of receivership. If more evidence is needed, look at the paid advertisement in a Catholic publication signed by the Republican state committee. Appalling to Catholics as Catholics, it asks the defeat of this same Democratic ticket because its success would turn the government over to Klan influences. tt an tt tt tt THE same mail which carried these appeals to former Klansmen carries letters from the state Republican committee to the Negro. It asks his vote as a member of a race on the plea that election of Democrats is an open invi tation to his own lynching. And this after a Republican attorney-general has arrested a Republican sheriff, a chairman of a county committee, for permitting the lynchings at Marion. Some of those who receive these appeals to racial hate and religious prejudice may be misled. But what mus L be the answer of the decent Republican, who resents Coffinism and all that Coffinism means. Will he still vote for a party name or will he rebuke this degradation of every fine tradition of the past by driving Coffinism from the courthouse, as he helped to drive it from the public schools and the city hall? There, can be but one answer, 1

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COFFIN MACHINE RESORTS TO LAST-HOUR HATE PLEA IN EFFORT TO WIN VOTES Appeals to Religious Prejudice Spread Over , City; Men on Public Pay Roll Help Distribution, Is Charge. DEPUTIES AID, POLICE REPORT HINTS G. O. P. County Ring Desperate Attempt to Stave Off Defeat for Ticket; Hopes for Light Ballot. BY BEN STERN While Indianapolis slept, messages intended to rouse unAmerican hates were distributed over the city by Coffin henchmen. Aiding in distribution of the hate-stirring appeals were men on the public payroll, it was charged today. t Police reports today revealed that the police radio station was r.sked by the sheriff’s office to broadcast a message Saturday night for Deputy Sheriffs Charles Bell and Harvey Shipp to meet Chief Deputy Harry Bendel at Sixteenth and College avenue. Officers in a police squad car, cruising on Bellei'ontaine street later in the night, saw an automobile parked across the street from the home of O. P. Bridges, one-time active in

a secret order. It is charged that circui lars were being assembled at | Bridges’ home and from there | taken under guard to the | postoffice. i The rear license plate on the parked automobile was covered with a piece of red rubber. The officer in charge of the squad car lifted the rubber and saw the official star on the plate. Opening the door, he asked: “What's the big idea?” Deputies in Car In the car were Deputy Sheriffs Bell, Shipp and Fred Fox. After a few words of greeting, the police left. Sheriff George Winkler today explained that word had been received by the sheriff’s office that “Scott Cramer, wanted by the federal authoirties, was delivering a load of liquor in the neighborhood. The deputies cruised about for a bit and then parked.” Across the street is the home of Bridges. Bendel today said that he had left the deputies two hours after the call and he did not know what they did afterwards. Distribution of the appeals was hailed as evidence today of the desperation of the Coffinism machine, in the face of what appears to be a popular movement toward purging of the courthouse. Want Light Vote Coffin lieutenants base their hope for victory on the view that if the vote Tuesday is less than 100,000, the machine’s supporters will be able to register a victory. Democratic leaders are pleading for an outpouring of all voters, for they feel that popular sentiment will carry over the ticket. H. Nathan Swaim, Democratic county chairman, today declared his party will be accorded a majority of more than 40,000, while Clyde Robinson, Coffinism chairman, has predicted victory by 10,000. It is generally conceded that the size of the vote will determine the election. With hundreds of Coffinism \ henchmen on the public pay rolls, \ it is a certainty they will attempt : to get out every known Republican ! vote, to he '< i their jobs. Democrats Fight Hard The Democrats this year, with a j city victory under their belt, have | assembled a volunteer organization of professional men and women who Teel that the welfare of the county is at stake and expect to get out at least 80 per cent of the 74,000 Democrats polled and a large percentage of the 81,000 independent and doubtful voters. The election probably will be fought and won in the Fourth ward and in Washington towmship, which lie north of Fall creek and normally are heavily Republican. With a safe majority assured on the south side, and granted better than an even chance to carry the First and Ninth wards on the east s-de, Democratic leaders feel that ATLANTA PLEA DENIED City Loses Census Battle; Court Rules for 270,367 Statement. liu United Frets WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—The application of Atlanta (Ga.) business interests for a temporary injunction restraining William M. Steuart, census director, from publishing the population of Atlanta at 270,367, was denied today by Justice William Hitz in District of Columbia supreme court. The Atlanta interests asserted the 270,367 figure did not include a qjimber of boroughs made a part of the city by an act of the Georgia legislature. DRINKING PARTY FATAL Washington Law Student Found Dead After Liquor Affair. - Hu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Charles F. Brandler, 23, of Johnstown, Pa., Georgetown university law school student, was found dead in his apartment here today following what is described by his brother Robert, 20. and classmales as a drinking party.

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Who May Vote To be privileged t© vote in Tuesday’s election, the law requires: The voter shall be a citizen of the United States, “of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have resided in the state during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election.”

if they can split the vote north of the creek, victory is assured. In the 1928 state and national election, and in the 1929 city election, the Fourth ward broke from the Republican column because of the Coffinism issue and went Democratic by 3,000 and 5,000 votes. Protest Vote Seen The issues ar4 similar, it has been pointed out, and there is possibility that an overwhelming protect against Coffinism will be voiced. So much hinges on this section that George V. Coffin has attempted to placate the insurgents by splitting the Fourth ward into three parts and appointing a Junior Republican Club member as one of the chairmen. But Coffin followed his usual methods in Washington township and replaced Warren Sampsell, until recently* independent wet candidate for congress, with Omer Hawkins, former Coffin sheriff, former Coffin chairman, and one of the boss’ chief aids Refusing to answer the attacks made on the basis of exorbitant taxes, excessive expenditures, corruption and mismanagement, the Coffin organization is pleading to re-elect county officials so they “may support the President.” Double Cross Charged Setting up Archibald M Hall, candidate for representative, as a “stalking horse” to draw votes from Louis Ludlow, highly indorsed Democratic candidate for re-elec-tion, the Coffinism leaders hops that by distracting public attention from the main issue they will be able to slide in. Factionalism' and charges of double-crossing of the judicial candidates by the Coffiinism machine to put over the “Big Five” on the ticket, have been "harged by supporters of other aspirants. There is no doubt that all the energies of the organization have been expended on the election cl Walter O. Pritchard as criminal judge; George Winkler as sheriff; Jesse McClure as county clerk, and John Shearer and Charles Sutton as county commissioners. Want Court Control Through the criminal court judge, the machine expects to be able to “fix things for its members and supporters who fall afoul of the law,” Democratic orators charge. Through control of the sheriff, principal law enforcement officer of the county, the "boys” may be granted indulgenece. The county clerk is the third member of the county election commission, a point where many dirimaries and elections have been won, Democrats assert. And the two county commissioners spend the public money and the public money keeps the machine fat, the records reveal.

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