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HUNTER LOST FIVE DAYS IN MAINE WOODS Trail of Footprints in Snow Is Followed in Manufacturer Search. NEAR FREEZING POINT Three Posses Are Beating Brush Over Area, Nine Miles Square. Bu United Pu s* JACKMAN, Me., Nov. 10.—A trail of footprints in tire snow, discovered today, may lead searchers to Mitchell B. Kaufman, 37-year-old Boston manufacturer, who has been lost nearly five days in the denselywooded north country between here and the Quebec border. Th 2 snow tracks, found in a desolate area deep in the back woods some seven miles northwest of Jackman, buoyed the hopes of the searchers who had concluded there virtually was no chance of finding Kaufman alive. “We now have the highest hopes of finding Kaufman alive,” said an attache of the Crocker Pond camps, headquarters of one of the most intensive man hunts in the recent history of the Moose river region. “The footprints were not particularly fresh, but they convince us that Kaufman still is on his feet and still traveling.” Kaufman, president of the Converse, Hodgman and Archer-Straus Rubber Companies of Malden, Mass., Framington, Mass., and New York, disappeared last Wednesday when he became separated from a guide and several companions during a deer hunting expedition in the wild border lands northwest of this outpost. A search, begun shortly after his disappearance, had widened until this morning between seventy-five and eighty men, organized into three posses, were beating the brush over an area nine miles square in an attempt to locate him before he succumbed to hunger or exposure. Until the footprints believed to have been made by Kaufman were discovered in the one-inch coating of snow today, it was feared the missing hunter might have perished, the temperature having touched the freezing point on both Thursday and Friday nights. DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ARE GAINING S4 Per Cent Increase Over August Reported for September. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Department store sales are picking up under the stimulation of fall buyDuring September, sales increased 34 per cent over August, according to the federal reserve board’s report today. This advance, however, is somewhat less than the estimated seasonal increase for September, when department store business normally begins to grow in anticipation of fall and winter needs. Compared with September a year ago, department store sales were 9 per cent less, and when allowance is made for the extra trading day this year, the decrease was placed at about 12 per cent. EFFORT TO CROSS SEA IN TINY BOAT FAILS Captain Washed Overboard, Hurt; Two Mates Give Up. Bu United Press TRURO. N. S„ Nov. 10.—The attempt of three men to cross the Atlantic in a thirty-foot launch so as to spend Christmas with relatives in Berlin apparently has ended. Captain Joseph Leppich is in a fisherman's home at Jeddore. N. S., suffering from injuries received from being washed overboard during a storm Saturday night. The boat itself is badly damaged. His two companions, August Kubatoo and Christian Brato of Broson. Mich., were uninjured. The three sailed from Halifax last Tuesday morning. They probably will return to Broson. TRY SOUTH BEND MEN ON ARSON CHARGES Box Company Heads Alleged to Have Hatched Plot. Bu United Press ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. Nov. 10.— The trial of Maurice Hurwich and Claud E. Nicely, prominent business men of South Bend, charged with conspiracy and arson, opened in circuit court here today. The case grows out of the burning of the St. Joseph Paper Board and Box Company plant here in January, 1928. Hurwich and Nicely were president and- vice-president, respectively. of the company. PREDICTS GERMAN BOLT Former U. S. Ambassador at Berlin Makes Forecast of Debt Repudiation. i<wt nited Press WASHINGTON. No’. 10. Germany will repudiate her war debts within eighteen months, James W. Gerard, former American ambassador at Berlin, predicted here today. Hunter Wounded Accidentally Franklin McClain, 21, of 743 East McCarty street, was wounded in the hip by a .22 caliber rifle bullet discharged accidentally in the hands of a hunting companion. Otto Noffkee, five miles south of Martinsville Saturday aft-rnoon, according to police,

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DOX, GIANT OF SKIES, ARRIVES IN ENGLAND FOR HOP OVER OCEAN

The closeup at the left strikingly illustrates the gigantic size of the Dornier DOX—world's largest plane, built to accommodate 150 passengers—which is ready to dare the Atlantic, while below it is shown in flight. The map gives the big flying boat’s route —from Lake Constance, Germany, to New York, via Amsterdam, Calshot (just southwest of London), Lisbon, the Azores and Bermuda.

Dancing Judith Almost overnight, Judith Grant, an obscure young dancing girl, became a stage celebrity. Then she learned her success had been purchased with a millionaire’s money instead of her talent, and that her patron expected her love in return. What happens to Judith Grant Is told in a thrilling new love story, “Dancing Judith,” beginning today in The Times, appearing in the Pink Editions only.

SLAY MISSIONARIES Savage Indians Blamed in Brazil Jungle Tragedy. Bv Vnitrd Press RIDGEWOOD, N. J„ Nov. 10.— Scant details ot the murder of two American missionaries and the infant daughter of one of them in an attack on a misison at an isolated government telegraph. station near Juruena, in the Brazilian jungles, were contained in two cablegrams received over the week-end by Alfred H. Vroom, treasurer of the Inland South American Missionary Union. The dead, according to Vroom, are Arthur S. Tylee, a former resident of Worcester, Mass.; his 2-year-oid daughter and Miss Ethel Kratz, 27, registered nurse, of Chicago. Vroom believes the attackers were savage Indians. STEEL JOBS SAFE Bethlehem Workers Need Not Fear, Says Schwab. ! B)i United Press QUINCY, Mass., Nov. 10.—Workers of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation need not fear for their jobs during the coming winter, Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board, declared while on a visit here today. Discussing unemployment, he said; “What our men want is work. In the steel centers this winter where real need exists, the head of the family will be kept at work. The steel business will take care of its own employes even if depression strikes us.” TALK POOR SHELTER City Council and Charity Groups Meet on Problem. City council health and charities committee appointed to investigate unemployment, met at the Chamber of Commerce today with representatives of the Community Fund and allied organizations, to discuss shelter provisions for the poor this winter. Designation of Tomlinson hall for I this purpose was to be considered, according to Leo F. Welsh, chairman of the committee. Larceny Charges Filed Edward Frye, 29, Acton, Ind.. is held on charges of intoxication, petit larceny and resisting arrest today, after he is alleged to have stolen auto pumps from cars parked at the Rainbow barbecue, on Pendleton pike near Thirtieth street, Sunday night. Pee-Wee Golfers Seek Record Bv United Press BATH, Me., Nov. 10.—Earl McCabe and James Puiia today had been playing pee-wee golf for eighty-five hours in an endurance contest. They hoped to establish a record of 200 hours of persistent put** '

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MISS EARHART FAILS TO WED Fear of Publicity Forces Delay in Marriage. Bu United Press NOANK, Conn., Nov. 10.—Miss Amelia Earharc, trans-Atlantic flier, and George Palmer Putnam, publisher, have not been married, it was learned today. Fear of publicity forced the couple to abandon their plans for a quiet marriage at Mr. Putnam’s Noank estate Saturday after Town Clerk Henry L. Bailey had issued a license and Probate Judge Arthur P. Anderson, close friend of the prospective bridegroom, had waived the five-day law. Miss Earhart arrived by train at New London, near here, Saturday afternoon, was met by Putnam and brought here. Shortly afterward the publisher called on Judge Anderson and the two went to the Groton town clerk’s office to obtain a license. Bailey pointed out that the application for license had to be signed by the bride-to-be and Putnam, and the judge sped to Mrs. Putnam’s home to obtain Miss Earhart’s signature. By that time word of the affair had reached a newspaper and a cameraman and reporter arrived outside the Putnam estate. The couple decided to postpone the wedding until such time as it can be performed secretly. Judge Anderson will perform the ceremony. U. S. EXPORTS TO 3 NATIONS SHOW LOSS Canada, United Kingdom Decrease in September $43,000,000. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—American exports to the United Kingdom and Canada declined $14,767,924 and $28,414,239, respectively, in September as compared with those a year ago, commerce department trade statistics showed today. Shipments to the United Kingdom during the month were valued at $57,841,328 and to Canada at $52,070,252. Shipments to Russia also declined in September for the first time in recent months. Goods valued at $4,923,093 were shipped to the Soviet as compared with $5,949,700 a year ago. SOCIALIST LEADER ILL French Chief Forced to Cancel Political Activities. Bn United Press LYONS, France, Nov. 10.—Eduoard He .-riot, radical socialist leader, was suffering from intestinal grip today and w r as obliged to cancel all political activities, his doctors announced.

TEARS FOR DEFENSE Illinois Banks Installing New Equipment. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 10. banks have started installation of tear gas defense systems against bandits, the State Bankers’ Association announced today.' “Under this arrangement,” the announcement explained, “a bank employe directly facing a revolver In the hands of a bandit can touch a hidden switch and flood the building with tear gas. “Simultaneously a multiple alarm system rings bells in several nearby business places. Temporarily blinded, the bandit would stagger from the bank and be captured by citizens who have been warned by the alarm belß

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Huge Plane Ends Second Leg of Flight to New York. ‘ Bu United Press I CALSHOT, England, Nov. 10.— | The flying boat DOX landed at 3:33 p. m., after a flight from Amsterdam on the second stage of its leisurely voyage to the United States. The passengers and crew of the DOX remained on board for some time after the ship landed. When they finally left the craft they proceeded directly to Southampton. The prince of Wales had been expected to greet the craft, but it was said by authorities that he probably would not come here until Tuesday. A large crowd saw the DOX circle over Calshot and then land. A Dutch patrol boat, maneuvering alongside the DOX Sunday at Amsterdam rammed the flying boat and holed one of her pontoon supports. Five hours w r ere required to make repairs. Twenty-one passengers were aboard for the journey to Calshot. The majority were Continentals. EDI 200 Welcomed by Georgia Governor to Publishers’ Meeting. Bn United Press SEA ISLAND BEACH, Ga., Nov. 10.—The fall meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association opened here today with Governor L. G. Hardman of Georgia, formally welcoming the 200 visitors. BELT ELEVATION UP Track Problem to Be Laid Before Civic Group. Belt railroad track elevation, the proposed Insull street railway plan, and a complaint from the Mothers’ Club of Garfield park will be brought before the central committee of the South Side Civic Clubs, in monthly session Wednesday night, Fountain Square theater building. John O’Brien, fire department drillmaster, will speak on “Trained and Untrained Firemen.” ALABAMA VOTE PROBE IS ASKED BY HEFLIN Defeated Senator Charges Fraud of 75,000 Ballots at Polls. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Senator J. Thomas Hefln (Dem., Ala.), today asked Chairipan Nye of the senate campaign expenditures committee to investigate the recent election in Alabama in which Heflin was defeated by John H. Bankhead. Heflin charged “skullduggery” to the extent of 75,000 votes.” in the election.

SOCIALISTS MAKE GAIN Austrian Fascists Fail to Win Control, Official Returns Reveal. Bv United Press VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 10.—A slight gain for the Socialist party and the failure of the Austrian Fascist elements to win control of the government was announced officially today in returns from the election of anew parliament. BOY, 15, SAVES TRAIN Waves Sweater to Halt Passenger Express Near Washout. Bv United Press GLOUCESTER. Mass., Nov. 10.— Waving his sweater as a danger signal. 15-year-old Alton Melanson stopped a Boston & Maine passenger train within 100 feet of a washout here Sunday.

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EXACT NUMBER OUT OF WORK WILL BE TOLD Woods Will Give Public Definite Figure on J Nov. 1 Situation. DECREASE IS REVEALED General Reduction in Ranks of Unemployed Reported in Recent Months. " Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Chair- j man Arthur Woods of the Presi- ! dent’s emergency committee on em- j ployment, today called a committee j meeting at which an effort will be j made to obtain more accuracy fig- | ures on the number and distribu- j tion of unemployed persons in the j United States. Woods said he expected to make j public within a week a figure rep- I resenting the number of jobless as of Nov. 1. Asa basis for future ; monthly estimates the committee’s ' statisticians will take the 3,500,000 estimate made by President Hoover last month. Charts prepared by the committee and based on labor department statistics show a uniform decrease in unemployment during recent months, accompanied by increasing part-time work. George F. Getz, chairman of the Illinois unemployment relief commission, informed Woods today of plans for Chicago involving an emergency budget of $5,000,000. Among these projects is the disbursement of $1,030,000 at regular | wage scales for emergency work such as cleaning parks, forest preserves and streets. This type oi , 1 work is to be given men with de- : pendents. H. D. Bradley of the Bridgeport | (Conn.) Times-Star, outlined to ; Woods in a letter today a program of free ‘‘help wanted” and “situation wanted” advertisements now being run by many newspapers. Bradley said the Bridgeport paper j was printing two full pages of such I advertisements daily. J

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Lowell Yearning for His Cows

BY. H. ALLEN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent VTEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Lowell lx Thomas, the modern Marco Polo, whose travels have taken him to the far corners of the earth, sat down and yearned for his thirty cows today. It has been weeks since he saw them. Being a rather footloose young man, it gives him no little pain to think that he is so tied down here in New York that he can’t find time to visit his farm up in Duchess county. Thomas has come to be known lately as the busiest man in New York. His multifarious activities scarcely give him time to eat. He is out of bed at sunrise. He writes until noon. Then he goes to his office and prepares his daily broadcast. He was the first man to be signed as a regular feature on both national radio chains. Right now he is working on twenty-six talkie shorts. He lectures frequently in the evening and is hard at it on anew book. His latest, “Land of the Black Pagoda,” has just been brought out by the Century company. Incidentally, the new book marks a transition in Thomas’ writing. Heretofore he has written about other men’s adventures. He has told the story of Lawrence in Arabia, of Count Luckner, Woodfill of the regulars and half a dozen other swashbucklers. Now he has started writing about himself. He has nine other books to write. And the chances are, as he said today, tthat hell be off on some new expedition within a year’s time. Regarding his system of broadcasting he has a definite idea that people don’t want a rehash of the day's news. Instead, he feels that he will have more listeners if he gives his own slant on current events. And judging from the great stacks of mail that come in to the two broadcasting companies, he is meeting with great success. He is an attractive man physically and a remarkable conversationalist. He spent his early youth in Cripple Creek, Colo., and his

MORE RAIN LIKELY High Temperatures Are Expected to Continue. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 47 10 a. m 50 7a. m..... 46 11 a. m 50 Ba. m 49 12 (noon).. 50 9 a. m 49 Higher temperatures that brought rains to central Indiana early today, probably will continue, with additional showers tnroughout the state tonight ani Tuesday, the United States wer.ther bureau here forecast today. Thick fog and rain today disrupted airplane ■'•avel, and proved hazardous to motoring, several accidents having been reported, the result of slippery pavements and i poor visibility.

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Judge Denies Plea to Shift Courts in Closed Bank Suits

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! pursuits up to now include gold mining, punching cows, playing football, studying law, working on newspapers, teaching at college and exploring. Sent by President He has trekked through the Arctic, India, Maylaya, Burmah and Central Asia. He was sent to Europe by President Wilson during the World war to prepare a historical record of the conflict. He has been an intimate of .Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, companion of the mysterious Colonel Lawrence, and of kings, sultans and princes. “I don’t dislike hard work,” he said today. “I like to keep moving. And I certainly have something to do every minute of the day. But things have reached a pretty pass, indeed, when a fellow can’t get home to see his cows.” QUAIL SEASON OPENS Lasts Until Dec. 20; Bag Limit 15 a Day. The quail shooting season in Indiana opened today to continue until Dec. 20, Walter Shirts of the fish and game division of the state conservation department announced. The bag limit for quail is fifteen birds a day, Shirts said. The abundance of quail in the state this year has resulted in an increased number of hunting licenses being sold, Shirts reported. CQP IS DISMISSED Van Hoy Found Guilty of Unbecoming Conduct. Patrolman Robert Van Hoy, appointed in 1928, was dismissed from the police department today when the board of safety found him guilty of conduct unbecoming an office?. At Van Hoy’s trial before the board Oct. 28 Humphrey Cummins. Negro, 1315 Brooker street, testified Van Hoy had been “riding” him and beat him severely Oct. 1 at Thiri teenth street and Senate avenue. i Cummins produced witnesses to corroborate his testimony. The safety board also suspended patrolman John Lee for thirty days | on his plea of guilty to an intoxi- ; cation charge. Lee admitted he had been drinking beer when, during his vacation, he became lost neai Mooresville. Bus Line Petition Filed Petition was filed with the public service commission today by the Great Eastern Stages, Inc., of Cleveland, to operate a bus line on National road between Richmond and Terre Haute, through Indianapolis. At Richmond the stage would continue to Cleveland. Three bus lines and three railway already serve the ierritory.

Ogden Wins First Round of Battle to Prevent Transfer of Receivership Cases by Commissioner Symons. SHADY ACTION HINTED IN ARGUMENT Attorney-General’s Deputy Charges That Move Is ‘Apparent Attempt to Mulct Depositors and Creditors.’ History of bank rases on Pa ge 2. Transfer of suits asking receivers for the City Trust Company and Washington Bank and Trust Company from Marion circuit court to probate and superior courts was blocked today by ruling of Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin. Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner, sought the transfer Thursday. The Dixits were filed Wednesday by Attorney-General James M. Ogden, contrary to Symons’ plan. Charge that the attempted transfer was an apparent attempt to “mulct depositors and interested persons, including creditors,” was hurled in the courtroom, crowded with depositors, creditors and officials of the two banks, attorneys and state officials. Earl Stroup, deputy attor- j

ney-general, fighting to prevent the dismissal and transfer, made the charge. It found echo in the statement cf Ralph Kane, attorney, whose firm, Kane, Blain & Hollowell, is counsel for the City Trust Company. Symons Is Assailed Criticising the banking commission’s action, Kane declared: “It casts suspicion and doubt on officials in certain departments of state.” Today’s hearing was on Attorney James M. Ogden’s motion to dismiss | the motion which Symons had filed I asking the suits be dropped in cirI cuit court. Symons had asked this ; so that the suits as refiled in probate and superior courts might be accorded recognition. Judge Chamberlin upheld the at-torney-general’s motion, declared Symons was without authority to withdraw the suits from his court, and commented: “I dislike exceedingly to pass on a question which confers jurisdiction on my own court in a disputed matter, but I am confronted with a legal proposition.” Changed His Mind Chamberlin explained that when the banks closed, he asked the at-torney-general not to file the petitions in circuit court, where Chamberlin presides. “Later,” the judge continued, “the attorney-general gave me a ‘picture,’ showing the cases ought to be filed in my court and public interest might not be served best in some of the other courts. Then I permitted the attorney-general to file in my court.” Ogden and Symons, strangely opposed in an action said to have no parallel in statehouse annals, were in court when Ogden was returned victor in their first court clash. Neither took direct part in the arguments. At the outset of the hearing, Stroup and V. Ed Funk, another of Ogden’s deputies, objected to Symons’ filing of the suits through an attorney outside the attorneygeneral’s department. Plea Is Denied Contending the attorney-general is the only counsel the banking department can have, they asked Symons’ motion for dismissal be thrown out on that ground, but were overruled. Symons’ attorney, Clair McTurnan of McTuman & Higgins, contended that under a 1929 act the attorney-general is given power to intercede in receivership cases only after the banking commisison lias failed for fifteen days to take proper action. Kane and Homer Elliott, attorney for the Washington Bank and Trust Company, argued that Symons’ action in court has caused confusion and “jumping around.” Both declared they had no interest in who becomes receiver. Implying that Symons has more than an official interest in the receiverships, Stroup charged the attempted transfer was an apparent attempt to “mulct depositors and interested persons, including creditors.” Depositors Should Be First “The first interest in all court action should be for the depositors and their protection,” Stroup declared. Following the court session, Ogden and Symons returned to the Statehouse to interview the Governor regarding dropping the suits in probate and superior courts. The Governor was not in his office, and the conference was postponed until this afternoon. Following his attempted withdrawal of the suits from circut court, Symons filed the City Trust suit in Judge Joseph M. Leather’s superior court five and the Washington bank suit in Judge Mahlon E. Bash’s probate court. Bash was of the impression the City Trust case was coming to his court, but records show this is not the case. Filing of the City Trust action in Milner’s court is in line with the suggestion ' made to Byons by

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Jess Murden, state highway commissioner and sometimes termed “unofficial Governor of Indiana.” Murden denied he had interested himself in the City Trust suit, but Symons previously had confided that Murden had suggested getting the suit before Milner if possible. This also was said to have been suggested by Governor Harry G. Leslie in a telephone conversation with Symons last week. McTuman, who appeared as Symons' counsel today, is known to have conferred with Thomas D. Barr, Symons’ assistant, at Barr's home Friday night. Barr originally was reported to be slated for one of the receiverships, but vigorously denied anv such intention. He has been with the department many years and was chief before Symons was appointed by former Governor Ed Jackson. Symons’ Term Ended Symons’ term expired Oct. 1, and Barr was reported in line for the chieftainship again, but Leslie, following his policy, neither reappointed Symons nor appointed any one else to the place. Under these circumstances, the present office holder stays on without reappointment. Affirming jurisdiction of probate court in the appointment of receivers, a jurisdiction questioned by Ogden, Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash issued a lengthy statement today in defense of his position. The statement cites statutory provisions as well as decisions in superior courts throughout the state. Among them is listed the receivership action against the Tuxedo State bank, which was prosecuted through the probate court and in which At-torney-General Ogden represented a creditor and obtained a judgment on a claim. Another Suit Entered Ogden is a director of the defunct City Trust Company. Erve Hanford, attorney, 511 Meyer-Kiser Bank building, contended today that he has a suit for receiver filed in circuit court against the City Trust Company, which takes priority over all of them. It was filed Oct. 29 by Hanford as guardian for Richard Hinton Menges, who had $428.25 in the City Trust bank when it closed. Hanford contends that the state banking department has no exclusive right to ask for a receiver and he wants his suit pressed. Should Barr be given a receivership, he would not be the first graduate of the department to receive one. Two former examiners are receivers in bank suits now pending in the supreme court, the record discloses. Parker Is Rebuffed One is Morris E. Stults, receiver for the Studebaker State bank, Bluff ten, and the Lynn Grove bank in Wells county, and the other is Kenneth Kunkle, receiver for the Poneto State bank. When the State Savings and Trust bank closed here, Charles R. Parker, clerk in the banking department Is reported to have gone to Governor Leslie to ask if it would be all right for him to be made receiver. The Governor is reported to have said “no,” in no uncertain way. ‘LUCKY’ RAM, MASCOT OF GRID TEAM, DIES Fordham Squad Mourns Loss of Pet Credited with 14 Victories. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The undefeated Fordham university football squad was in mourning today for Rameses 111, the ram mascot who “lucked” the team through fourteen victories and two ties before succumbing to a dog pack that strayed on to the college campus today. Students pointed out that Rameses was not taken to Detroit Saturday, almost ending the Fordham Rams winning streak The affront, * they decided, probably caused a lapse In the eternal vigilance that had extended hie hie. *