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DEBT HOLIDAY ACCORD MAY COME TODAY U. S. Officials Declare France May Arrive at Terms. CONFERS WITH MELLON Agreement Is Likely to Be Made Following Conference. By United Preen WASHINGTON, July 3.—William R. Castle, acting secretary of state, said today he was hopeful agreement with France on President Herbert Hoover’s debt moratorium plan could be announced late today after Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon confers with French officials at 2:30 p. m. (Indianapolis time). Castle anticipated the agreement would cover all four points of disagreement mentioned in the latest American memorandum, including the controversial question of French payment of a guarantee fund into the bank of international settlements. He predicted, however, that a meeting of financial experts would be necessary to work out details of the adopted plan. Castle's statement was made after a ten-minute telephone conversation with Mellon. French acceptance of the Hoover plan will enable the interested nations to put it into effect almost Immediately, officials believe. How Plan Was Formed WASHINGTON, July 3.—Some of the most powerful financial figures in this country helped formulate President Herbert Hoover’s debt suspension plan at a secret conference here, it was revealed today as an agreement for putting the proposal into effect seemed about to be reached in Paris. Owen D. Young, sponsor of the Young reparations plan and a leader in the Democratic party, was one of the conferees. S. Parker Gilbert, former agent-general of reparations and now a partner in the J. P. Morgan Company, was another. These two representatives of Wall Street, along with Senator Dwight Morrow, former partner in the House of Morgan, brought financial and banking support to the Hoover plan. American financiers have investments of $2,500,000,000 in Germany, which would be jeopardized by a collapse there. It was the threat of such a collapse that led Mr. Hoover to propose the one-year moratorium. Britons Are Firm By United Press LONDON, July 3.—A plain intimation to France that Britain is not prepared to make further repai rations sacrifices unless France bears her share was given in the house of commons today by Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer. BLACKMER IN APPEAL Millionaire Oil Operator Carries Fight to High Court. B'J United Press WASHINGTON. July 3. —Harry M. Blackmer, millionaire oil operator, who has been living in Paris since early in the Teapot Dome investigation, today appealed to the United States supreme court from the contempt proceedings under which he was fined $60,000. The penalty was imposed when he failed to answer a subpena to appear at the trial of Harry F. Sinclair and former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall. W CAUSES STABBING Refuses to Urink Bay Rum; Man Knifed by Stranger. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 3.—John Adams, 29, was slashed four times because he doesn't care for bay rum, as a beverage. Adams was sitting on a park bench when a stranger proffered him a drink. •‘I didn’t like bay rum and I told him so,” Adams said. “One word led to another and he drew a knife and slashed me.” READY FOR JAPAN HOP Young Texans Seek New Nonstop Refueling Record. By United Press SEATTLE, July 3. Saturday means another Fourth of July to most people, but to Reginald Robbins and H. H. Jones it may mean the most eventful day of their lives —the day on which they start their nonstop, refueling flight to Japan. If weather forecasts are favorable, the white monoplane, Ft. Worth, is given approval by mechanics, and all is .in readiness for the refueling contacts in Alaska, Robbins and Jones, young Texans, will take off at dawn on the 4,600miie flight. They will have no radio. A carton of specially packed naval stores, consisting of sandwiches, fried chicken, tea and chocolate, will provide their food.

Marts Closed All stock, bond, commodity, grain, and livestock markets in the United States will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observance of the Independence day holiday. Trade will be resumed Monday morning,

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STRIBLING. IS MADE 6-TO-5 FAVORITE TO WHIP GERMAN Challenger and Schmeling Are in Proverbial Pink for World Heavyweight Title Bout Tonight at Cleveland; Small Crowd Is Prospect. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Pres, Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND, July 3.—W. L. (Young) Stribling, one of the few heavyweight challengers in history to go into the ring a favorite, meets Max Schmeling of Germany tonight in one of the strangest championship fights ever staged. The men have net been weighed in officially. Even if Stribling wins, he can not claim the championship in New York because the commission there does not recognize Schmeling as champion. Schmeling, the first heavyweight to win the championship on a foul, will be fortunate if he fights at even money. The rules under which the bout will be fought still are vague, and

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ly to prevail when the two fighters answer the gong between 9 and 9:15 Indianapolis time. Very little betting was in evidence. For the first time in ring history the two principals were not actually weighed in Thursday night. Schmeling’s weight was officially accepted at 189 on the word of his manager, Joe Jacobs, and Stribling’s weight was accepted as 186'/ 2 or. the word of “Pa” Stribling. When they appeared at the studio of radio station WTAM to weigh in, it developed that t*e scales didn’t balance. After Stribling stepped on the scales, Joe Jacobs’ eagle eye saw that they didn’t balance, and shout-

WORLD FLIERS ARE UP AGAIN Post, Gatty Take Ship for Short Ride. By United Press NEW YORK, July 3.—Wiley Post, Harold Gatty and their around-the-world airplane, the Winnie Mae, were reunited in flight today—a little more than thirty-six hours after completion of their amazing epoch. The fliers, rested after the first complete night’s sleep since they started from Roosevelt field ten days ago, motored to the field. There the two inspected the craft, entered the cabin and flew to the municipal airport at Barren island. The plane will be kept there, Floyd Bennett Field, over the weekend while Post, Gatty and their wives are guests aboard the yacht of William Todd in a cruise on LongIsland sound.

WIFE OF GUNMAN SUSPECT RELEASED

Although scoring police for “depriving individuals of their liberty,” Superior Judge Joseph R. Williams this morning threw out of court the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in behalf of Mrs. Naomi Witt, 23, wife of Charles Vernon Witt, L. A. Jackson slaying suspect. Mrs. Witt, who has been held under a $5,000 vagrancy bond as a material witness in the Jackson case for a week, received her freedom as she walked, under guard, to the courthouse. Before the habeas corpus hearing started, police dismissed the charges against her in municipal court. HOSPITAUN FLAMES Insane Colony Building Destroyed by Fire. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., July 3.—The Indiana state hospital for the insane, suffered a $35,000 loss here today when fire completely destroyed one of the colony houses. The colony building, which housed forty inmates, was one of the most modern on the grounds. The blaze was said to have started from a | spark from a gas range in the ! kitchen. Inmates of the colony 1 house were removed to the main j hospital and other colony # houses. COUNTIES SETTLE UP Semi-Annaul Accounting Helps State Treasury. Semi-annual settlement of counties to the state today supplied revenue of $7,761,555.23 to the state treasury. Marlon county’s contribution was $1,228,681.98, Lake county was second with $772,330.35. State revenue was $4,039,833.82. a*id the school revenue, $1,802,478.18.

MEMORIES OF ‘NICE, COOL CELL’ TOO MUCH FOR FORGER, SO HE PLEADS GUILTY

Memories of a “cool” ceil under the unretreating shadow of Michigan City’s prison walls seemed sweeter than freedom on sunburnt streets today for William Searce as he faced the court on a fraud charge. When arraigned for issuing a fraudulent check, Searce wiped heavy drops of sweat from brow and thought of days spent in prlsop once before.

a last-minute conference of the boxing commission has been called for neon today in an attempt to clarify them. If Stribling emerges as the new champion, the vanquished Schmeling’s present manager, Joe Jacobs, will have an Interest in him, according to persistent reports. Less than 50,000 persons will see the fifteen-round bout In Cleveland’s new $3,000,000 lake front stadium, and the gross receipts hardly will reach $400,000. Both fighters are taking a percentage. Stribling, the challenger, continued to rule a favorite today at 10-9 and 6-5, with even money like-

ed: ‘‘Balance those scales!” Stribling stepped off, and laughed as he flecked Jacobs’ necktie in his face with a twist of his finger. “Hello there, governor,” said Strib, “how are you?” Jacobs was too dumfounded to reply. When the fighters came into the room, Schmeling was unlacing his shoe and Stribling immediately walked up to him and said: “Hello, Max.” He repeated the greeting before Schmeling, bending over, finally heard him. “You fly?” asked the German, referring to Stribling’s airplane visit to his camp Tuesday. “Yeh, I’ll take you up with me,” said Stribling. “No, me no fly.” When the weighing in ceremonies ended in a flop, Stribling said to Max: “Well, what difference does it make what we weigh? We are going to fight anyway.” Both fighters appeared in superb physical condition. Schmeling’s body was a deep brown, and he said he was in better shape than when he fought Jack Sharkey last year and won recognition as champion by a foul.

However, Ira Holmes, defense attorney, Insisted on a superior court ruling and Williams then dismissed the action. Immediately after her release, she obtained permission from Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker to see her husband at the county jail. Williams charged that the use of vagrancy charges as a “pretense is not the right system for police to use.” “It seems as though human liberty is sacrificed for false charges,” he declared. “The proceeding, in some instances, deprives persons of their constitutional rights and police officers should be the first persons to respect those rights.” Harvey Grabill, county attorney, who opposed the action, stated that Mrs. Witt was an important witness in the “murder of a prominent citizen of Indianapolis.” Holmes, however, pointed out that the $5,000 bond was “one hundred times the bond amount provided under a vagrancy charge.” State’s attorneys today are preparing the case to present a criminal court jury July they will attempt to send Wit? and Louis E. Hamilton to the state prison electric chair for the gun slaying of Mr. Jackson, May 27. Both men entered not guilty pleas to the charges. Police claim written and signed confessions from the two murder suspects, although Hamilton and Witt already have laid the groundwork for their defense by denying signing the purported confessions. CELEBRATES TOO SOON Boy Is Warned He May Have to Spend Fourth in Jail. Warned that he might have to spend July 4 in jail if he shot off any more firecrackers before Saturday, Harold Barker, 17, of 1417 West Ohio street, was given a suspended fine of $5 and costs today by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron.

“I plead guilty,” he finally told Judge Frank P. Baker. ‘‘lt will be much cooler in Michigan City, for that's up north,” the prisoner explained, as a sweltering wave of heat swept across the courtroom. a a a THE weather had Searce rather frustrated though, and he started arguing with the judge

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TERRIFIC HEAT WAVE KILLS 1,450 MILS. $10,000,000 Crop Damage in Addition to Life Loss. INDIANA IS IN DISTRESS Cooler Weather Still Is Promised by Local Authorities. By United Press CHICAGO, July 3.—A toll of approximately 1,450 deaths was revealed by a United Press survey today as one of the most punishing heat waves in recent years tightened its stifling grip on the eastern and midwestern section of the nation. In addition to the appalling loss of human life, the survey showed that crops were damaged to the extent of probably $10,000,000 by the heat. Health authorities said the toll of deaths and damage may be in--creased greatly before the heat wave ends in the east. Most of the’reports contained in today’s survey were obtained from the midwest, where cooling winds and thunderstorms have brought some relief. The most staggering loss of life was in Chicago, where 368 persons died of causes directly or indirectly attributable to the heat. Os that number eighty-three died from the effects of remaining too long or exerting too strenuously in the scorching sunshine. Other midwestern states and cities had fatality lists in proportion, considering their comparative populations. Among them were Wisconsin with 164 deaths, lowa with 173, Missouri with 114 and Indiana with nearly 100. Indiana in Distress With a terrific number of deaths in its wake, the torrid wave that has baked Indiana for nearly two weeks continued today, although cooler weather and rain still is promised by weather experts. Since the wave struck nearly 100 persons have met their death, either directly by the heat or in seeking relief from the intense hot weather. Thursday night three men died in Indianapolis from the heat, while in Indiana heat and drownings took the lives of twenty-eight other persons. Three Die in City Indianapolis heat deaths: Otto Granz, 50, of 427 Rossman place, who died as he prepared to leave work at the Marion Poultry Company, 1029 South Meridian Nolan Phillips, 45, of 342 North Beville avenue, employe of the Indianapolis Union Railway Company. Charles Frederick, 70, of Millersville, stricken at his home. Those who died in the state Thursday night: HEAT Ralph Waldo Whitten, Princeton. Fred J. Bollmeyer, formerly of Richmond. Elmer Ice, Henry county. William Traux, Madison county. Mrs. Clara Wright, Evansville. Henry H. Letterman, Vanderburg county. Jacob George Rupprecht, Evansville. Philip Schuler, Whiting. Thomas J. Bryne, Frank Elarez, John Barna, East Chicago. Adolph Sokolowski, Hammond. Jose]3h Galik, Steve Jandrich, Johana Schmell, Mrs. Fredericka Johnson, Gary. Morton Amick, Jennings county. Mrs. Malinda Brown, Elwood. Henry Long, Spencer county. Mrs. May Essex, Boone countv. John Rader, Daviess county. Frank Mackowski, St. Joseph county. George Engle, Cass county. Roney Williams, Morgan county. DROWNED Frank Hagar, Henry Messell, Knox county. Marciel Darst, Portland. Charles Reed, Jackson county. Thirty-four deaths from drowning have occurred in Indiana. This is the highest number in any state in the central west. Record Fall at Peoria R. E. Spencer, weather bureau assistant, said heavy rains fell west of Indiana during the night, the record fall being at Peoria, with more than three inches. Showers are due to arrive here this afternoon or tonight and may continue Saturday. Cooler weather is in store tonight, the forecast said. Rain was reported late Thursday in every Indiana station of the weather bureau. Indianapolis gained relief through a squall that drenched streets in the downtown area. The rain forced the mercury down 15 A degrees in a few minutes, after anew heat record for the year and anew all-time mark for July 2 was set at 1:05 p. m. when thermometers rocketed to 98.5.

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for appointment of an attorney. “Why, you won’t need an attorney, you pleaded guilty,” the judge informed Searce, interrupting his argument. “That’s right Judge, your honor, I almost forgot that,” the prisoner answered as a sheriff’s deputy rushed him off to cooler places. Searce was charged with defrauding Jamas A. Livingston,

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Refusing to talk, Mrs. Carrie Simmons displayed no emotion today when a Boone county grand jury accused her > of the murders of her daughters, Virginia and Alice Jean. Mrs. Simmons sat stolidly in her cell at the Boone county jail, her only expressed worry being whether she will have to remain in the stuffy cell until September, awaiting trial.

TOW-IN LAW MAY BE ABOLISHED BY CITY COUNCILMEN

Be Careful By United Press CHICAGO, July 3.—Here are some suggestions from the National Safety council to minimize this year the annual Fourth of July deaths and injuries toll: 1. Limit the use of firecrackers to* community celebrations and by all means keep them away from children. 2. Drive slowly on crowded highways. 3. If you go bathing, keep out of deep water unless you are a good swimmer. 4. Call a physician to treat firecracker burns, otherwise lockjaw may result. 5. Be moderate in celebrating.

PRESERVE TO CLOSE Health Chief Orders Ban Because of Typhoid. Dr. William F. King, state health director, today ordered the Pulaski county state game preserve closed until his department completes Investigation of two typhoid fever cases reported in camp there. The closing order was turned over to Walter Shirts, superintendent of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, after King talked the matter over with Director Richard Lieber. Two typhoid cases were reported in a Purdue university students’ camp in the preserve, which is used as a state park. Milk and water tests were ordered by King. FATHER KILLS ELF Daughter He Wounded in Serious Condition. By United Press BOSTON, July 3.—John J. Forrester, 55, died today of a selfinflicted bullet wound, a few hours after he had shot his 24-year-old daughter Louise and turned the gun on himself. The daughter, who was wounded seriously, when, according to police, she prevented here father from killing her mother, was in a critical condition. waiverTs filedlF TRACTION WAGE FIGHT Hearing on Street Railway Workers’ Case Set for July 27. Notice of waiver of the right to question pubKc service commission jurisdiction and an amended petition in the wage and working condition arbitration case of Indianapolis Street Railway Company employes was filed today with the pub* lie service commission. The waiver was signed by David E. Watson, company attorney, and filed with the amended petition by J. S. Fenstermacher, employes’ attorney. Commissioner Frank Singleton has the case and has set July 27 as date for the hearing.

2266 Parker avenue, by falsely writing a check for sl2 on the Brightwood bank. He admitted serving a sentence on a similar charge after conviction in a Richmond court several months ago. a a a THIRTY -THREE others were arraigned in court today. Only tan of the number pleaded guilty.

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Ordinance to Wipe Out Clause Is Drawn Up for Introduction. Ordinance abolishing the impounding clause of the new traffic ordinance will be introduced in city council Monday night by Councilman George A. Henry, it was learned today. The ordinace was prepared, Henry said, by Attorney George A. Cowan, representing certain business interests opposed to the impounding of cars parked downtown between 7 and 9:15 a. m. It will not affect any other sections of the ordinance. Henry said he felt that the impounding feature had had sufficient trial in the three days it was enforced, and that it had proved harmful and unfair to downtown business firms and was not a success. He declared it works a hardship on salesmen who must visit their offices early in the morning before starting out in their cars for the day, and that it prevented tourists from parking downtown and making purchases. Tow-in section of the ordinance i is to be enforced again July 8 under an ordinance removing a flaw in the previous ordinance which halted enforcement. Committee representing a number of business men who signed petitions against the parking ban is to meet soon to decide whether or not suit to enjoin enforcement of the ban should be filed. THEY DIDN’T KNOW" HIM Copper Goes In Bathing; Thieves Take About Everything. By United Press CHICAGCX July 3.—Charles Schisler walked into a police station, identified himself as an officer, and said that while bathing, he had been robbed of SSO, his wife’s purse and a star. “And,’ commented the desk sergeant as Schisler strode away wrapped in a bathrobe, “your pants.” SCOTT M’BRIDE HURT Anti-Saloon League Chief Injured Slightly in Auto Crash. By United Press TOLEDO, July 3.—F. Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League was on his way to Washington today despite slight injuries which he received in the collision of his car and a truck here. Four other persons were injured slightly in the same accident. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 75 10 a. m 87 7a. m 77 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 82 12 (noon).. 88 9 a. m 84 1 p, m 88

INDIANA PRO TAKES LEAD IN NATIONAL GOLF OPEN

By United Press INVERNESS COUNTRY CLUB, TOLEDO, July 3.—Guy Paulsen of Ft. Wayne, Ind., captured the leadership in the national open golf championship today when more than one-third of the field had

Frank Coe, Negro, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the killing of Edgar Harrisor, Negro, at the Indianapolis ball park. May 17. Coe is charged with shooting at a crowd during a ball game. A plea of not guilty also was entered by Gerald Haygood, charged with robbery as an accomplice in the IrUdup of the Mid,i

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MRS. SIMMONS IS INDICTED BY GRAND JURY AS POISON KILLER OF TWO DAUGHTERS Mother of Dead Girls Unmoved as Sheriff Reads True Bills Charging She ‘Doctored’ Picnic Food. TRIAL TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER Husband to Make Determined Fight for Bail; Asserts Wife Innocent, Branding ‘Whole Thing Pack of Lies.* BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Correspondent LEBANON, Ind., July 3.—Mrs. Carrie Simmons', grayhaired and worn, sat stolidly in her cell in the Boone county jail this afternoon charged with the strychnine murders of her daughters, Alice Jean and Virginia. Unaware of what was happening, Mrs. Simmons was fighting for relief from the heat when six farmers strode into circuit court before Judge John Hornaday.

Oh, Hum! By United Press RENO, Nev., July 3.—Peter Arno, New York cartoonist, left here for New York today and some time later Cornelius Vanderbilt claimed that he and Arno had been in a fist fight prior to the departure. As Vanderbilt related the alleged incident, he, Vanderbilt, knocked Arno down, but railroad special agents said that while they had seen Vanderbilt on the station platform as the overland limited arrived, they had not seen any disturbance between him and Arno.

CITY WOMAN IS ELECTROCUTES Grasps Live Wire as She Fumbles for Light. Fumbling for a hanging drop light in her summer kitchen Thursday night Mrs. Ruel W. Henderson, 57, of New Bethel, grasped a live wire and was electrocuted. Her husband heard her groan and ran into the room and seized her. He suffered a severe shock, then ran to the kitchen and threw the master switch. , The husband and a daughter, Margaret, 21, the latter now vacationing in California, survive her. Coroner Fred Vehling returned a verdict of accidental death. LAUDS PEACE PAGTS South America Taking Wise Course, Says Expert. By United Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 3. —James Oliver Murdock, assistant solicitor of the state department, praised South American countries today for settling their international disputes by arbitration. He spoke at the University of Virginia institute of public affairs. “Unlike Europe, where most international problems were approached until after 1918, in a spirit of militarism and the balance of power, The South American republics have relied principally on pacific adjustment,” Murdock said. “Practically all international controversies of prime importance which have arisen on the South American continent have been settled by pacific means.” COAST GUARD SAVES 6 Drift Helplessly in Blistering Sun for Ten Hours. By United Press TOLEDO, 0., July 3.—Six men were recovering today from severe sunburn received when their speed boat was disabled and they drifted helplessly in the blistering sun for ten hours before they were rescued by coast guardsmen in Lake Erie.

completed their second round tests on the difficult Inverness course. The little, red-haired Hoosier pro scored a 72 today which, added to his 74 in the first round, gave him an aggregate of 146. His card: Out 441 4tl 435—36 In 345 444 351—36-T3—116

way filling station on the Noblesvule road, last March. He was acquitted in a Noblesville court of a similar charge. Haygood's companions ir. the holdup, Floyd Strange and Robert Ingersoil are serving life sentences for killing Owen Crickmore, attendant, during the robbery. Crickmore is the brotfc /r of a local deputy sheriff.

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! The grand jurors handed Judge Hornaday two true bills, one charging that Mrs. Simmons poisoned the food of Alice Jean, 10, and the other alleging she poisoned the picnic meal of Virginia, 14. It is charged that Mrs. Simmons inserted capsules containing the strychnine into sandwiches that were carried from the farm home of the Simmons family near Greenfield to Memorial park on June 21 here. They were attending a reunion of the Simmons-W. H. Pollard family. John W. Simmons, husband of the indicted woman, was in the courtroom when the indictments were handed over by Leo Grimes, jury foreman. He squirmed in his chair and chewed his fingers during the procedure, whispering now and then with attorneys who were seated with him. Arraignment Next Week Mrs. Simmons probably • will be arraigned next week and Simmons said he would take immediate steps to have her admitted to bail, although the Indiana statutes provide no bond can be provided either in murder or treason cases. Trial of the case is not expected to start until the September term of court. Seated in front of an electric fan that her husband had placed in her cell, Mrs. Simmons was rocking back and forth when Sheriff Wilbur Small stepped into the cell and read the murder indictments. She did not move as Small’s voice droned out the charges that the law has heaped on her. She stared at him and sighed as he completed reading. “When did that happen?” she murmured. “This morning, Mrs. Simmons,” Small answered. "Just a few minutes ago.” Asks About Trial Her eyes still glided on the sheriff: “When will the trial be held?” Small told her it probably would be held in September, and she asked: “Do I have to stay in here that long?” Small informed her that unless an unusual procedure is followed, she would remain in jail. Mrs. Simmons started rocking again and watched Small as he closed the cell door. When The Times reporter called to see her later, she arose and walked stiffly to the door. Her eyes were dry and her yellow-printed dress fluttered in the breeze of the fan. Her face wa s haggard. She reached to brush back wisps of hair that trailed on her perspiring forehead. She looked intently at the reporter while he asked her several questions. Refuses to Talk When he had stopped, she stiffened, tossed her head into the air and said in an even voice, free from emotion: “I have nothing to say.” She turned on her heel and walked to the small cot. She reclined, closed her eyes, and let the fan blow on her. Simmons appeared highly nervotte after the indictments were returned. "This never would have happened if my wife and I had an opportunity to appear before the grand jury,” he said. “We have information that would have changed all this.” Siknt on Information However, he declined to state why neither he nor his wife had not included the “information” in signed statements to authorities. Going to the cell, Simmons put his arm around his wife and patted her. “Don't worry, Carrie, 111 get you out of here and everything will be all right,” he said. Mrs. Simmons displayed no emotion, but returned to her bed. Leaving the cell, Simmons reiterated his charge that he bad information, and said “It’s all a pack of lies about us.”

One Edition The Times, in accordance with its annual custom of giving Its employes a half-holiday on July 4, will print but one edition Saturday.