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LETTERS BARE HARDING AID TO SPY SUSPECT Warned Woman That She Was Being Watched by Secret Service. ‘CAUTION’ WAS ADVISED ‘Stuff About Carrie All Rot/ „ Said Note Written on Senate Stationery. By United Press NEW YORK, April 13.—Two autographed letters purportedly written by the late President Harding while he was a senator, and describing his anxiety about a woman known only as “Carrie,” who was suspected of being a war-time agent of the German government, will be revealed to the public Tuesday at an exhibition here of the famous Rosenbach collection of rare manucripts. Original historical documents relating to important events in the history of the United States are included in the collection, which Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach has collected over a period of thirty years. Included in the 200 items, which he values at $8,000,000, are the original manuscript of the codex of the three voyages of Columbus and a copy of the famous bull of demarcation of Pope Alexander, VI (sixth). On Senate Stationery Dr. Rosenbach said he purchased the two Harding letters referring to "Carrie” and addressed to “dear Jim,” from a person who brought them to his office and whose Identity he could not disclose. The envelopes have been lost and the recipient is unknown. Full autographed letters of Harding are limited in number since he Used the typewriter almost exclusively in correspondence. Dr. Rosenbach said that for this reason his letters are among the rarest of those of all the Presidents and are extremely valuable. His two earlier letters are written on United States senate stationery and bear the date of April 22 and May 1. From the text the year has been fixed as IQIB. Speaks of Warning The first letter speaks of warning the woman against any actions which may cause trouble with the secret service. The second leter expresses Harding's belief that “the stuff about Carrie is all rot.’ ’ “Several days ago I wrote to Carrie along the lines you suggested,” he says in his first letter, “relating to the bond campaign and got a reply which In substance said ‘You run your ow r n business.’ “I wrote her again yesterday, very seriously and earnestly, warning her of impending dangers. She *s under the eye of government agents, and it is highly urgent that phe exercise great prudence and taution. I know, of course, that she Ss not deserving of surveillance, but feeling grows intense . . .” It then appeals to “Jim” to warn the woman, saying the matter “is too serious to remain silent.” He said he felt his appeals had failed.

Woman Is Defended The second letter apparently is an answer to one from “Jim,” in which the former President says the talk about “Carrie” is “an echo of prejudices excited before we entered the war.” “• • .1 know she is no German informer,” it says, “she couldn’t be. ... I never have doubted her ability to square herself with a reasoning government agent, but I haven’t wished her to undergo the annov-ance of a visit.” He then expresses great concern for her and warns that she should not visit the capital with a woman by the name of “Isobelle.” He also says thev should not go to New York. “More. I should not want Carrie and isobelle to come here unless I could show them some attention. Any call I made, any call they made should be watched, and it would be not only unpleasant but add to the talk.” ‘Call on Me for Help’ The second letter continues: “I am delighted she is working as she is . . . Hope it is kept up. The ‘hostess’ appointment would be fine and she would do well. ”Go to Judge Mouser. It ought not originate with me. It would be impolitic for me to ask him. But I feel sure he can suggest the wavthen let me know and '£ will nelp at Ohio headquarters or at national headquarters. “I am pretty sure Mouser could do it quickly. Go to him. tell him she wants to do it and you wish it, and the way will open. * 'lt will be fine and will help clear up the whole situation. "I would rejoice over it myself and Carrie would do it so well and find joy in the doing. Call on me fer any help needed.” ‘LIFER’ ASKS FREEDOM Petitions Court to Be Deported to Native Land From Prison. Petition for their recommendation for deportation of a lifer at state prison was under consideration of Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilscn and Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today. Wilson received a letter from George Bhade, sentenced to life as an habitual criminal in 1927, from Marion criminal court, stating that prison authorities would join the judge and prosecutor in recommending that he be deported to his „*tative Scotland.

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GOVERNOR VETOES ILLINOIS BILL FOR DRY LAW REPEAL

Emmerson Rejects Measure Despite Warnings of G. 0. P. Leaders. By United Press SPRINGFIELD, HI., April 13. Governor Louis L. Emmerson today vetoed the O’Grady-McDermott bill, passed by both houses of the legislature which would have repealed all of Illinois’ prohibition laws. Governor Emmerson, however, left the way open for alterations in the repealer which he said would cause it to* meet with his approval. He declared that if the repealer had contained a referendum provision “so that the people of the state, with the full knowledge of the consequences, could vote on wiping out all state liquor legislation without regard to the Constitution of the United States, I should feel compelled to sign the bill.” With the success of an attempt to pass the repealer over the veto regarded as doubtful, anew repealer, containing a referendum clause, is expected to be introduced in the legislature, which reconverts on Tuesday. Governor Emmerson rejected the repealer bill despite warnings from some Republican legislators that to do so would be to "destroy the party.” “You have a mandate from the people to sign,” the Governor was told. The “mandate” referred to was a state-wide referendum last November in which repeal of state prohibition laws was approved by a vote of almost two to one. ‘TAKEN FOR A RIDE’ Man Found Dead on Road Near Valparaiso. By United Press VALPARAISO, Ind., April 13. An Inquest was to be held this afternoon over the body of an unidentified man who was murdered Sunday night on a road near here, presumably the “ride” victim of gangsters. Five bullet wounds were in the head and back. All identification marks had been removed from the body.

TWO REPORTED SELECTED FOR FIGHT COMMISSION South Bend, Sullivan Men Believed Decided Upon by Leslie; Veach May Be Third Choice.

Out of a welter of some sixty applicants, names of three men loomed today as exceedingly likely to be appointed to the new state boxing commission by Governor Harry G. Leslie. They are Andrew Weisberg, South Bend; Lee Bays, Sullivan, and James I. Veach, Indianapolis. The first two were reported at the statehouse today as certain appointees, and Governor Leslie appeared approving when questioned about Veach. Veach is an employe of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company and some of his friends are urging him to try for the $3,000 boxing commission secretaryship, rather than take the $lO per day commissioner’s postit is understood that the Governor offered a commissionership to Norman Perry, but Perry refused and recommended Veach. The latter is a pioneer promoter of the American Legion boxing shows staged weekly at the Indianapolis armory. Others recommending him for the boxing commission include Harry Boggs, Michael Foley, Wallace O.

t “The Story of Nicholas Longworthy * No. 3 ■ Madcap Princess Alice Won by Longworth in Romantic Courtship IT’S ‘DIFFICULT TO WOO WITH MILLIONS LOOKING ON,’ HE SAID YEARS LATER

BY HERBERT LITTLE, . United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 13. — A dressy young congressman from Ohio called on the President one day in 1903. In the height of 1903 fashion, he wore a coat with padded shoulders, extending far below his hips, uncreased trousers, and a derby. The hearty Theodore Roosevelt gave him a smashing slap on his sturdy shoulder, and invited him to dinner that night. There he met Alice Lee Roosevelt, the White House madcap, and, theieafier, she invited him to the executive mansion—frequently. The congressman, Nicholas Longworth, promptly aligned himself with the party leaders whom he served, Penrose, Smoot, Cannon. Mann. After freshman years of apprenticeship, he obtained good committee assignments and comparative power. But for nineteen years he was on the rank and file, carrying out orders. He studied parliamentary law and the rules and customs of the house with zeal, and when his leaders left the scene for the senate or died, Longworth was ready to step in at the head. a a a ALL along the line he made friends. A rough young fellov from Texas, John Gamer, who came to congress that same year, 1903, became one of the cronies of the aristocratic and rich Ohioan. , The friendship continued through twenty-eight years, which included buttles between them for the speakership—enlivened by telegraphic persiflage over the possession of the $4,000 official limousine provided the Speaker by the taxpayers. Roosevelt, fighting the railroads in congress and in the press, received little support from the Ohio regular. Longworth took his politics straight, and he was regular all the way. Besides, he was interested in the society life—and Alice. His family standing made him eligible for the highest places, and his gayety and youth pleased “T. R.” He adopted “T. R.’s” advocacy of a strong army and navy as one of his political tenets. a a a WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, back in Washington after earnest efforts to pacify brown people under the Stars and Stripes, invited the madcap daughter of the President to return to the Philippines him. She accepted, pleased. s

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25 AMERICANS REPORTED SLAIN Fighting Flares Between Marines, Nicaraguans. By United Press PANAMA CITY, April 13.—The Pan-American, in an extra edition today, said twenty-five Americans had been killed in fighting between Marine and national guard patrols and insurgents in Nicaragua. Headquarters of the Fifteen naval district did not confirm the number killed, although some were reported dead. It’s information was described as fragmentary. Appeals were received from Nicaraugua for the aid of American gun boats on the east coast. FLAMES DAMAGE HOME Roof Sparks Cause $1,500 Loss to East Side Residence. Roof sparks today caused a fire at the residence of A. M. O’Connell, 6003 East Washington street, resulting in loss estimated at $1,500.

Lee, Judge Harry O. Chamberlin and Dr. A. C. Arnett, Lafayette, all close friends of Governor Leslie. Weisberg is a South Bend hotel man and was instrumental in getting the boxing bill passed. Bays will be the Democratic member and has approval of state Democratic headquarters, despite his fight to wrest the state chairmanship from R. Earl Peters last year. No political division is provided in the law, but it is understood the administration will make it two Republicans and one Democratic member. Louis R. Markum, announced today he had withdrawn his application for the commission secretaryship. Harry J. McMillen, labor representative on the state industrial board, whose term expires April 23, was reported in line for reappointment. He conferred with Leslie Saturday afternoon, accompanied by Harry Dynes, federal labor conciliator. Meanwhile Adjutant - General Manford G. Henley still puzzles over what he was told by the Governor at a Saturday conference and has not yet tendered his resignation.

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CALL TROOPS TO PUT DOWN FARM REVOLT lowans Mobilize to Fight Testing of Cow Herds for Disease. ARM WITH PITCHFORKS Refuse to Permit Cattle Examination Planned to Stem T. B. By United Press TIPTON, la., April 13.—Farmers assembled today at the big white farm home of E. C. Mitchell, on the outskirts of Tipton, today to fight off attempts of state officers to enforce the bovine tuberculosis testing law. The mobilization started when word went out that two companies of national guard had been called out today and were held in readiness at Cedar Rapids, in the same county, to put down the rebellion. The Mitchell home was the focal point of the rebellion. It was from Mitchell’s farm last week that state veterinarians were ejected forcibly when they attempted to test Mitchell’s cattle in accordance with the state law designated to prevent spread of tuberculosis through contaminated milk. Admits Problem Is Serious Governor Dan W. Turner inaugurated only three months ago, admitted in the state capital at Des Moines that the problem is a serious one. He insisted that the law must be enforced. Mitchell, with farmer friends crowding about him, telephoned Governer Turned at Des Moines today and asked that the Governor grant an audience to the rebellious group. Turner replied that if Mitchell would permit veterinarians to complete the test of his cattle, which was begun last week, Turner would agree to a conference. After talking over the situation with the leaders of the revolt, Mitchell agreed, and departed with several companions for lowa City for the conference. Situation Is at Climax Today’s developments brought to a climax the unrest that broke out last month when approximately 2,000 farmers marched on the state capitol and Invaded the legislative chambers to obtain passage of a bill repealing the compulsory testing law. The bill was reported out of committee for indefinite postponement and appeared about to die until the present uprising. Cedar county has been the center of activities in a move to resist the cattle testing law for the last two months. After organization meetings a network of communication reminiscent of revolutionary war days was set up. The expression “There’s ■wood to cut and hay to pitch,” was used on telephone calls ofi warning with the name of the farmer whose cattle were to be tested. Therefore the farmers armed themselves with axes and pitchforks and assembled at the designated spot. ASKS $45,000 DAMAGES Dynamite Blast in Butler Stadium Is Basis of Suit. Suit was refiled in superior court three today by Leanaer Kimberlin asking $45,000 damages from the Marion County Construction Company for injuries sustained in a dynamite blast while working on Butler university stadium. Kimberlin, alleges he was not warned of the' blast. The case was tried previously, but the jury disagreed.

The most famous newlyweds In the world were Mr. and Mrs. Longworth about the time these rare pictures were taken. A

Longworth, her constant companion and beau, whose courtship now was nationally known and discussed, went too. Some reports are that Taft, benevolent matchmaker, Invited young Nick, who was from his home state. Some say Longworth asked to be invited. That soothing melody, “In the Good Old siiranw Time,” was just

LOSS IN MILLIONS AS FIRES RAGE IN NORTHERN FORESTS

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POOR AID LOAN SIGNED Or DUNN Payment of $380,000 Debt Is Provided. Contract for a $380,000 temporary loan to pay poor relief bills, was signed by County Auditor Harry Dunn today with the Merchants National bank and Indiana Trust Company, as successful joint bidders. This debt covers poor relief expenditures for December, January and February, and will be paid by increased 1931 tax levies pevable in 1932, Dunn stated. The loan rate was 3.73 per cent without premium. Other bidders, the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and the Union Trust Company, bid 4 per cent with premiums of ssll and sll3, respectively. Continued demands for relief are forcing the county to add thousands of dollars daily to the debt which taxpayers eventually must erase. With the emergency relief program expected to extend far into the summer, a $700,000 relief debt looms for 1931. “Total relief expenditures for 1931 are expecte dto necessitate a 25-cent raise in tax levies in Marion county,” County Auditor Dunn said. County advisory boards will be asked to put this in their budgets when preparing the 1931 tax lavies. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 54 10 a. m 72 7a. m 54 12 (noon).. 76 8 a. m 61 11 a. m 74 9 a. m 68 1 p. m 77

KING LOSES IN SPANISH VOTE; DEMAND HE QUIT Premier Announces Cabinet Will Quit in Body Tonight; Alfonso Ready to Make Concessions.

By United Press MADRID, April 13.—Alcala Zamora, leader of the Spanish republicans who gained a smashing victory in Sunday’s elections, called on King Alfonso today to abdicate. Premier Juan Aznar announced this afternoon that a total cabinet crisis would follow tonight’s meeting of the cabinet—in other words, that the government was expected to resign in a body. Zamora issued a communique informing the king that if he wants to

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One Village Is Wiped Out by Flames; Thousands Are Periled. By United Press WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., April 13.—Forest fires blazed a trail of destruction through northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and the upper Michigan peninsula today. One village was destroyed, 200 families were made homeless, two deaths were reported and timber lands and other property valued at millions of dollars were destroyed. Menominee, Mich., was the scene of a $1,000,000 blaze when the Wells Lumber Company and many nearby homes went up in flames which threatened to destroy the city. Whole Village Wiped Out The Menominee schools dismissed all classes so that all able-bodied persons could be enlisted to fight the fire. The loss included 30,000,000 feet of lumber and 2,000,000,000 feet of logs. The village of Wallace, Mich., was wiped out by the forest fires as 150 families, driven from their homes, watched helplessly. Men of Wallace were in the neighboring village of Ingalls, battling a fire there, when blazing brands from a brush and grass fire fell into their own town and tha flames spread unchecked. Every main building save the grand stand was destroyed on the northern Wisconsin state fairground at Chippewa Falls. The fires started from a cigar et dropped into dry grass. Carried to Nearby Farms Embers were carried half a mile to nearby farms, starting fires which destroyed three homes and outbuildings. Damage was estimated at SIOO,OOO. Lack of sufficient water pressure hindered regular firemen. The Menominee fire’s origin was uncertain. Nearby forest blazes were believed responsible, but A. C. Wells, president of the lumber company, said the fires were incendiary. The plant covers thirty-two acres and hires 350 men.

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By United Press RENO, April 13.—Jack Dempsey, former world’s heavyweight champion, admitted today he was going to ask a divorce from Estelle Taylor, screen actress. Dempsey said he loved Miss Taylor dearly and had no desire for a divorce. “Estelle wants me to do it so I’m going to bring the action,” he said. Pay Pact Indorsed By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 13. Anew wage and working agreement for union coal miners in Indiana was approved at a convention of District 11, United Mine Workers of America, in session here.

act for the good of Spain and respect the will of the people, he must relinquish the throne, because the winners of the election are disposed to proclaim and establish a republic immediately. Zamora is the popular choice for the presidency in the event Spain becomes a republic. The king, it was revealed, has taken the elections to heart and is prepared to make concessions to the people although his attitude toward abdication was not expressed.

popular then, and Nick hummed that to his sweetheart during a leisurely trip under a southern moon. Alice, rustling petticoats and all, jumped into Manila bay to give her lover a chance to rescue her. He did. They returned from their trip, which extended around the wrld via the czar s court, engaged. “It was difficult,” he said many years later, "to woo a girl with 90,000,000 people looking on.” Two months ago in a Valentine day speech he told Philippine war veterans he went to the islands ‘for a high purpose, but not to fight.” “My daughter’s birthday today is the fruit of that mission,” he said proudly. a a a THE pompadoUred, tawny-haired, blue-gowned, vivacious Alice had captured the attention of the whole nation, and much of the rest of the world. She was her father’s darling—a daughter by his first wife—and father and daughter both delighted in doing the unconventional. Headlines pleased them. Alice stood on her head at a tea-party, after fastening her dress between her legs with a safety-pin. She continued her high-handed sway over society after she was married. She smoked cigarets at a time when such conduct was positively shocking. Longworth was a Beau Brummel and a young Lochinvar. , His music, money and euphonious “Nick”-name fitted him for the role of young prince about to marry Alice, already nicknamed “Princess” by society friends—the female cfnes in envy—and by newspaperwriters. He was one of those daring early-day automobilists, and he drove his own car. a a a SO a generation that was still scoffing at airplanes, but bothered by the smell and noise of automobiles and shocked at the new peek-a-boo waists which showed minute fragments of the body beneath took the couple to its heart. There followed a few months of romantic anticipation of a royal marriage right in our own White House. They were “Nick and Alice,” gay bright figures in a humdrum world, then—and since then to the end just the other day. j /To Be~ Continued)

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‘FRAMED BY JIM WATSON,’ ROWBOTTOM TO CHARGE IN ‘JOBS SELLING’ TRIAL

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School Photos The Times, for the third year, will print pictures of 8-A graduating classes of the city’s grade schools, the first one appearing on Page 5 of this edition. School 10 draws the honor of being the first to be published. Others will appear regularly, the whole list being completed by the end of the school year in June. Watch The Times daily for these pictures. Your sons and daughters will like to clip them, so they will have pictures of all their classmates. It will not be necessary for teachers or parents to call The Times with regard to pictures of the graduates, for arrangements will be made by the School Page Editor before the photographer visits the schools.

ROLL IS CONFIRMED Assessment Resolution Is Given Board Approval. Works board today confirmed the resolution on the assessment roll for the widening and resurfacing of East New York street, from State avenue to Randolph street. Several property owners objected to the assessments, but representatives of the Irvington Union of Clubs said they would enter no protest to the damages. The board also conferred with officials of the Kentucky Natural Gas Company on the proposal to pipe natural gas to Indianapolis when the city takes over the Citizens Gas Company. This gas would be the main supply and the holdings of the local company would be held for reserve purposes. HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE IN CITY Forecast Calls for Spring Weather Another 24 Hours. Temperatures continued high today after Sunday sunshine drew thousands to highways, golf courses and picnic grounds. Weather bureau forecast calls for spring weather to continue for the next twenty-four hours, but with scattered clouds, which the bureau promises will not bring rain. Highest temperature Sunday was 77 at 3 p. m. Today the mercury jumped 14 degrees in three hours to reach 68 at 9.

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j ‘Entrapped by Postal Men Under Orders to Get Me/ He Asserts. ATTORNEYS GUARD HIM ‘Keep His Mouth Shut/ Said Lawyer’s Purpose; Hint Guilty Plea Advised. BY BEN STERN Times Staff Correspondent EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 13.—“ Framed by Jim Watson and entrapped by postoffice inspectors working under orders to get me,” is the defense which Harry E. Rowbottom, former First district congressman, expects to put up when he goes on trial in federal court here Tuesday on charges of selling postoffice appointments. Guarded closer than was the czar of Russia in the heydey of his power and glory, Rowbottom is inacessible to everyone and his attorneys spirit him from spot to spot in the district to keep him from talking. “Keep his mouth shut ’ appears to be the purpose of these same attorneys, Philip C. Gould, Evansville, and Raymond Springer, cogs in the Watson organization. It is regarded an open secret that both Springer and Gould would like to return their retainers and get out of the case because they are afraid that if Rowbottom is permitted to talk while on the stand he will ruin the entire First district G. O. P. organization. “Out to Get Me,” He Says Both, it is declared, have advised Rowbottom to plead guilty to the nine counts in the indictment and thus receive a light sentence from Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward, Chicago, who will hear the case as a result of Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell disqualifying himself. But Rowbottom is adamant in his desire to stand trial and so have an opportunity to make his charges that Watson leaders in this district, angry because of the manner in which he exerted absolute control, through his Ku-Klux Klan connection, had this case made against him. Confiding in one of his closest friends, Rowbottom said: “They (Watson, Benjamin Huffman, Republican First district chairman, and others here), were sore because I wouldn’t appoint their friends to postoffice jobs and wanted to get me as a disciplinary measure against any others who might be insurgent.” “Proof of the Pudding” “Proof of the pudding,” he tells friends, lies in the fact that the. $750 which the government charges was paid him by Walter G. Ayer for the appointment of Gresham Ayer of Rockport as a rural mail carrier was drawn from the Citizens State bank of Dale, of which Albert J. Wedeking, highway commission chairman, is the head. That such an amount was drawn from Wedeking’s bank and paid to Rowbottom was confirmed today by the government. Wedeking has been the close associate of the Watson leaders in this district and Rowbottom charges he was cognizant of what the government was attempting to put over. This money and other funds were paid him as campaign contributions, Rowbottom will say. Klan Link to Be Stressed If permitted to talk on the stand he will describe, it is said, the close connection‘which existed here between Klan leaders and Watson’s representatives. He will charge that it was determined to get him out of the way because he would not bow his head and acquiesce to Watson’s orders. • Springer and Gould are trying their utmost to keep incommunicado. Both are in an uncomfortable position. Springer is Sixth district Republican chairman and is seeking the G. O. P. nomination for attorney-general and expects Watson organization support. Gould is Vanderburg county G. O. P. chairman. Rowbottom expects to use the government’s twenty-seven witnesses to substantiate his charges of “entrapment.” He has called but ten witnesses for his defense. Both Are From District The former congressman's reason for selecting Springer as his attorney lies in the fact that both Watson and George Jeffrey, district attorney, are from his district. I Incidentally, Jeffrey declared to*day that he did not ask the attor-ney-general for aid and does not know why Nugent Dodds, assistant attorney-general in charge of criminal prosecutions, is being sent here to try the case. “I will be in charge of the prosecution unless Dodds asks that he be given control when he arrives tonight,” Jeffrey said. Rowbottom is charged In eight counts with accepting payment for the appointments. Each of thes# counts carries a maximum penalty of SIO,OOO and two years Imprisonment. The ninth count charges conspiracy and the penalty is $5,000 and two years. If Judge Woodward would cart to assess the maximum penalty he could fine Rowbottom $85,000 and sentence him to eighteen years lm(Tnm to Fage Twelve)

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