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BANDIT SLAIN AS HE TRIES TO ROB STORE Thief Shot to Death by * Butcher He Once Had Held Up. PROPHESY COMES TRUE Wife of Dead Crook Had Been Warned by Palmist of Shooting. Whilr his wife sat at home awaiting fulfillment of a fortune teller's deadly prohecy a bandit was slain as he tried to hack his way into a grocery Friday night. He was identified as Earl Beals, 42, a meat cutter, living at 2024 East Maryland street, a man who June 13 held up the butcher who killed him. Hearing a disturbance at the rear of the Lindner grocery, 1409 East Washington street, a few minutes after the store was closed, Benjamin Sherrod, 34, of 1404 1 /a East Washington street, took a pistol and went to investigate. He found a man chopping at the screen with a butcher knife. “Stick ’em up!” the intruder yelled, leaping away from the door when he discovered he had been surprised. Twice Sherrod’s gun spit flame. One bullet pierced the robber’s body from beneath the left armpit to the right shoulder blade and he fell dead, Sherrod turned a flashlight on the body and recognized the man as the one who held him up near the store June 13. taking $13.50 and missing S3O which Sherrod dropped on the ground. Later Mrs. Beals came to police headquarters. Recently, she told police, a palmist told her her husband would be involved in financial difficulties, and would be shot—in the back. Sherrod’s bullet, however, hit Beals in the front. Beals was on parole from an eastern penitentiary, police learned. His parents, in Climax, Mich, and the widow survive him.

Singing Seers ‘Six Weeks ’Til Frost,’ Tune the Locust Chants.

frv Science Service EEE- EEE- EEE!” V^ 4 sings the dog-day cicada in the tall poplar about this time of year. And ‘‘Creeeee-eee-eee!” answers another from across the simmering fields. "Six weeks until frost.” prophesies the weather-wise oldest Inhabitant; "the locusts are singing.” It may be six weeks, or more, or less, until frost, for the insect is singing to his mate, or perhaps merely singing to be singing, and cares nothing about the weather, except, that he likes it hot. But a locust the creature is not. A locust is a kind of a grasshopper, and the cicada is a true bug, that is, an insect with a long piercing beak instead of chewing jaws. Tire dog-day cicada is a relatively long-lived insect. He exists as a grub or larva in the ground far two or three years, sucking the juices from the roots of plants. When he reaches maturity he tunnels to the surface of the ground, and some day, when there is no threat of rain in the air. he comes out, crawls up the trunk of a tree, and emerges from his shell as a fully formed winged insect. The life history of the 17-year cicada is essentially the same, except that this species is the longest-lived insect known; for the larva lies in the ground a full seventeen years. The winged insect may not live above the ground more than as many days, or at most two or three months. For the only function of the adult cicada is to mate, produce eggs for the next puts upJ ’naa-inq atn 07 Sutpjooov generation, and die. HEIRESS IS MARRIED Catherine Kresge Is Wedded to Baron; Now on Honeymoon. By United rress NEW YORK, .July 18.—Catherine Kresge. 22. heiress of the 5-and-10-cent store family, has been married to Baron Carl Wijk, it was learned here today. The ceremony took place in London June 8 and the couple now are honeymooning at Antibes, France WIJK is the eldest son of Lady Reginald Barnes of Devonshire, England. RESCUES—THEN FLEES Socks Sinking Woman on Jaw; but Doesn't Wait for Thanks. By Scripps-H award i espaper Alliance ST. PAUL, July r.-Mayme Callahan is looking for the man who • socked me on the jaw, and then proceeded to save my life.” She really wants to thank him. for Miss Callahan feels that one sock in the Jaw is worth two feet on the shore—especially after wading in Lake Johanna beyond her depth. She can’t swim and that explains it—the hero did the rescue act and then disappeared.

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CLARENCE MACKAY WEDS ANNA CASE OF OPERATIC FAME

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Telegraph Firm Chieftain, Singer Are Married in Simple Rites. Bu United Press NEW YORK, July 18.—Clarence H. Mackay, whose fortune was started on the Comstock lodge in the gold rush of 1849, and Anna Case, village blacksmith’s daughter, whose golden voice won her fame with the Metropolitan Opera Company, were married today at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Roslyn. L. I. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Vincent Donovan, assisted by the Rev. Edward C. McManus. Only members of the immediate family of Mackay, now head of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, and the bride were present. They included Miss Case's mother, Mrs. Peter Van Nuys Case of South Branch, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O’Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mackay. Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Berlin and John W. Mackay are children of the bridegroom. Confirmed in Church Miss Case, who has been a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and once was a choir singer in the Plainfield (N. J.) Presbyterian church, was confirmed in the Catholic church a month ago by Patrick Cardinal Hayes, an official announcement said. Mackay is a devout Catholic, a knight of St. Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. Mackay left immediately after the ceremony for a motor trip, destination unannounced. The two long have been fast friends through their interest in opera. Mackay. at 57, is a patron of the opera. His bride is fifteen years his junior. Born in Frisco Mackay was born in San Francisco. He married Miss Katherine Duer in 1898, and they had three children, John, Katherine and Ellin, who married Irving Berlin, song writer, who graduated to riches from New York’s "Tin Pan Alley” and caused a family quarrel because she, a Catholic, had married Berlin, who is Jewish. The first Mrs. Mackay obtained a divorce in Paris in 1914, and 'immediately married Dr. Joseph A. Blake for whom she had left Mackay some time before. She divorced Dr. Blake in 1929. and died a year later, after he had remarried, i Anna Case is the daughter of Peter Case, blacksmith at South Branch. N. J. Anna learned to play the organ, and when a neighbor lent her $75, she studied voice. She earned enough to repay the | loan, got a paid position in the Presbyterian church at Plainfield, and sang her way from there into opera. Seeks N. Y.-Ilavana Record By United Press ROOSEVELT FIELD, L 1.. July 18.—James Goodwin Hall left here today on a nonstop flight to Havana in an attempt to break Capj tain Frank M. Hawks’ speed record.

ENGINEER DIES AS HE FALLS IN PIT

Falling into a large condenser pit at the Big Four railroad shops at Beech Grove. Albert Hendricks, 50, of Beech Grove, stationary engineer, was killed Friday night. Hendricks’ body was found lying face downward in about three feet of water in the pit Deputy sheriffs who investigated said they believed Hendricks, in turning off a water valve in the pit, had slipped, striking his head on the flange of a condenser line.

GATTY AND POST HOLD ROUND-THE-WORLD CONVERSATION BY RADIO

Bn United Press SCHENECTADY, N. Y., July 18. —The round-the-world fliers, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, held a round-the-world conversation today with Sir Kieth Smith, noted Australian flier, in Australia. Wing Commander Charles E. Kingsford Smith, unable to broadcast because of the fact he was out of the city, expressed his regrets in a note read by Sir Kieth. A short wave, two-way hookup between W2XAF, the General Electric station here, and 2ME, Sydney, was rebroadcast through WGY and NBC stations in this country so that thousands were able to hear

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SHERIFF SHOT IN GUN FIGHT Negro Is Killed and Four Others Wounded. By United Press CAMP HILL, Ala., July 18.—Police today sought a Chattanooga Negro "Communist,” who allegedly incited trouble between police and Negroes Friday, resulting in two gun fights in which Sheriff J. K. Young was wounded seriously, one Negro killed and four others shot. The sheriff was shot as he attempted to question a Negro at a protest meeting in the interest of eight youths sentenced to death on a charge of attacking two white girls. Later a posse of white citizens was formed and engaged in another gun battle with Negroes in which four of the latter were shot. Bur TOW-IN PLATES Motor Inns Move to Avert State Police Action. Learning through a story in The Times that the state police were about to check-up on the license plates used on their tow-in trucks, Indianapolis Motor Inns, Inc., have purchased proper plates, it w r as learned today. The company, which has the city tow-in contract, was operating with dealers license plates on the town-in trucks. They now have purchased proper truck license for one tow-in truck, which they claim, according to Captain Howard Smith of the state police, is the only machine being used for the city tow-in service, HOGS INACTIVE, WEAK AT STOCKYARDS Cattle Market a Norminal Affair; Lambs Hold Firm. Hogs were inactive and weak this morning at the city stockyards, weights under 225 pounds selling 25 to 35 cents under Friday’s average. No dependable outlet for weights other than these. The bulk, 140 to 300 pounds, sold for $6.59 to $7.85; early top holding at $7.85. Receipts were estimated at 1,500; holdovers were 758. Cattle were nominal with receipts of 50. Vealers held steady at $7.50 down. Receipts were 50. Good to choice lambs held firm at $7.50 to $8.50. Receipts numbered 300. Hourly Temperatures 6 a, m 77 8 a. m 84 7 a. m 79 9 a. m 85 10 a. m 87

At first it was believed Hendricks had been the victim of a. slugging, but two head cuts and his torn cap were laid to the condenser flange. Employes cf the shops said Hendricks always carried large sums of money. Friday night he carried $265. The body was found by Claude Anderson of Beech Grove, employe, after Hendricks had been reported missing by his assistant. Ballard L. Stewart. Beech Grove.

Kieth Smith interview his fellowcountryman' Gatty, and reveal a hitherto undisclosed incident in which the fliers met an English girl at Khabarovsk, Siberia. “What's this I hear about you meeting a girl at Khabarovsk?" Sir Kieth inquired after congratulating Gatty. “Oh. somebody's been telling you things,” Gatty replied, laughing. "She was an English girl of 16, born in London, but who went to Siberia at the age of 10. She spoke English with a mixture of a Russian and a Cockney accent, but she was the only one in the crowd who could speak English,”

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931

POLICE SMASH CITY LOTTERY, SEIZE TICKETS Pool Allegedly Operated by Former Local Councilman. CALLED ‘ON LEVEL' Raid Is Conducted on Search Warrant Issued on Protests. Trial of Louis W. G’arnefix, alleged lottery operator, was con. tinued until July 30, in municipal court. Reopening their drive against gambling, police Friday afternoon smashed an alleged lottery operated by Louis W. Carnefix, former city councilman, and operator of a drug store at 1001 River avenue. Led by Sergeant Edwin Kruse and working on orders of Police Chief Mike Morrissey, police arrested Carnefix on charges of keeping a room for pool selling, and operating a lottery scheme and gift enterprise. They said they found a file con- ; taining the names of the 25-cent j holders of the 2,600 tickets in tne alleged gamble. Carnefix told officers that the alleged pool was “on | the level.” each ticket holder being ! paid off when his ticket "hit.” Harrison Issues Warrant Raid on the Carnefix property was taken as an indication that police now will start their campaign on small-pay lotteries, ranging from "25 cents to a $1 and individual baseball pool operators. According to police, Carnefix’ "Golden Glow” lottery paid SSO and SIOO on Saturdays. Index of ticket holders included factory workers and people in downtown offices in various sections of the city, police stated. Complaints Are Claimed The raid was conducted on a search warrant issued by William H. Harrison, pro tern, municipal judge. Police said they have had several complaints about the pharmacy and alleged gaming operations. They believe Carnefix has been operating the “Golden Glow” ten months. Charge on which Carnefix is slated is the same as that on which Judge William H. Sheaffer convicted Emil Rahke, operator of the Silent Salesman Company, 14 North East | street, fining him SSOO. This is the third big strike byj police in less than two weeks. Rahke was first and then the $2,000,000| alleged lottery police say that John ! Krause operated. Krause and his; 19-year-old daughter Mildred, and; three other persons will be tried I July 29. I

URGES JOBLESS TO UTILIZE AGENCIES

Free . Government Bureau Can Help Many, Head of Board Says. Unemployed persons in Indianapolis, botn men and women, need not "buy jobs,” but can patronize the free employment bureaus, it was pointed out today y by Bert Robinson, chief of the employment service of the state industrial board. In registering with these bureaus, which are entirely government financed, cost to the employer and the applicant for work both are eliminated, he declared. Men and women wanting office work and white women for all classes of work should apply at the Indianapolis employment bureau, 302 Meridian Life building. George Gill is manager of the bureau and the telephone number is Lincoln 8334. Ed Williams has charge of the State-City-U. S. Employment Bureau on the second floor of Tomlinson hall and the telephone number is Riley 2733. Here skilled, semiskilled. common labor and Negro women may register for work free. All classes of work also are handled by Mellville Hankins of the U. T 5. Employment Service, department. of labor. Room 519, Indiana Pythian building. Riley 1871. Employers are asked to let their labor wants be known to these bureaus

A FTER aviation officials in Australia had introduced the fliers. Sir Kieth congratulated Gatty on the trip. “We've all been interested in you in Australia and were happy that you completed your magnificent flight. Those of us with a knowledge of aviation, knowing the difficulties you encountered, consider it as all the more wonderful. Are you likely to come to Australia soon?” *'Yes, I expect to, before long. I am going to come out there with my wife and children,” Gatty said. "Are you going to fly?”

‘Safe’ Robbery _eper Official Defrauds U, S. but He Can’t Be Punished,

By Uniti and Press Honolulu. July 18—one of the strangest fraud cases on record in which the offender neither can be punished nor fined a way to spend the money involved, was disclosed today with discharge of the pqstmaster on leper isle of Molakai. Government postal officials said there was no question that the postmaster, himself a leper, had defrauded the government of sl,800. but that he could not be punished because he can not be removed from the island and the island has no jail. On the other hand, there is no way for the leper to spend his SI,BOO on the island and he- can not get away because of his disease. The postmaster’s name was not revealed. URGES CHANGE IN RETRIAL LAW Wickersham Report Stirs Sunshine State. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. Special legislative action to amend th California law prohibiting retrials in criminal cases on the basis of new evidence was urged today as a result of criticism of existing statutes by the Wickersham commission in the Mooney-Billings case. "There is nothing to stop the present state administration from including this matter in the proposed call for a special legislative session next year,” declared Assemblyman William Hornbower, member of the assembly judiciary committee and long one of the leaders for amendment of this and other similar laws. "The state judicial council promised to bring the matter before the last legislature, but failed, probably because of political influences. The law is a disgrace to the state and should be amended.” Chief Justice William H. Waste of the state supreme court, who is chairman of the judicial council, was unable to give any rason for failure of the body to act. Members of the legislative judiciary committees had the matter in hand, he said, and the council consequently did not submit a report. Justice Waste said he believes the criticism in the Wickersham report will play an important part as a lever toward forcing a change in the California law. Falls 40 Feet; Bruised WELLINGTON. Kan., July 18.— The old joke about a workman who fell off a building and wasn’t hurt because the pavement broke the fall, isn’t a joke to Will Selfridge. He fell forty feet from a grain ele- j vator on to a concrete slab and suf- I sered only bruises.

FUNERAL SET MONDAY FOR MRS. SARfcH RYAN Pioneer City Woman Bom Here 77 Years Ago. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Ryan, born seventy-seven years ago in Indianapolis, died Friday at her home, 519 Parkway avenue. She was a member of the Edwin Ray Methodist church twenty-one years before she transferred her membership to the Morris Street Methodist church in 1910. Mrs. Ryan was married in 1873 to H. H. Ryan, who survives her. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery following funeral services at 10 Monday at the home. B A BY^SMMESETt WINS’ CONTINUE TO IMPROVE Infants Severed at Hips After Birth; Second Operation Likely. By United Press BALTIMORE, Md., July 18.—Continued improvement in the condition of Baltimore’s “Siamese twins” was reported today by Dr. Kyle W. Golley, physician who attended Mrs. Albert Forster, two weeks ago when the • twins were bom, connected at the hips. The children w’ere separated in an emergency operation performed immediately after birth by Golley and two Mercy hospital surgeons. Both have gained weight, Golley said. A second operation, to repair the intestinal damage done in the first operations will be performed next week, the physician stated.

"No. I don’t think so.” "Have you any other plans?” "No, not at present. In fact we haven’t had time to make any plans since we arrived.” tt a a I/ - lETH-SMITH, continuing the role of interviewer, then asked about tha weather on the flight. "It was bad on the whole, with high winds and fog,” Gatty went on. 'The Siberian part was the hardest.” "How about the landing fields in Siberia?” “There were none at all. There was no place at all to sit down.” Sir Kieth asked to speak to Post,

HEAT TO KEEP ITS HOLD ON SEARED CITY Weather Forecaster Pulls His Punch: Only Minor Drop Promised. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY Slight Relief in Sight for Week-End, Says Bureau. The weather bureau pulled its punch today, forecasting only partly cloudy weather, cool breezes and a minor drop in temperature over the week-end. Friday, with a prediction of rain and ten degrees cooler weather, optismism In Indianapolis soared with the mercury which hit 96.9 in midafternoon for the day’s high. Thundershowers are probable over the wqsk-end. J. H. Armington, weather bureau chief, said the mercury had slipped a few degrees, pointing to a mark of 85 at 9 a. m., compared to 90 at the same hour the last two days. By Sunday the thermometer should slip another three or four degrees, he said. Rain in North Northern Indiana, visited by light thundershowers Friday night, will feel the cooling effect of rainsoaked breezes from the northwest which were due in the central part of the state but veered from this course to benefit the Great Lakes region. Madison and Vincennes shared honors for the hottest day Friday, both cities reporting mercury readings of 103. Cambridge City recorded 101, with Ft. Wayne, Columbus and Wheatfleld at 100. A west southwest breeze, officially recorded at four miles an hour, Tvas cooling this morning. It was described as a "fresh, cool breeze” by the weather bureau. 77 Lowest in Night The night's lowest temperature was 77 and thousands sought relief from the heat by sleeping on improvised. beds in city parks. Police stood guard over the outdoor sleepers and felt as tired from the heat as those who reclined in the peace of slumber. Although water consumption in the city reached 9,145,000 gallons in the two peak hours from 6 to 8 p. m„ Friday, the Indianapolis Water Company today said there still are 200,000,000 galolns that can be used for an emergency. THE SECRET IS OUT Aviators Couldn’t Fly If They Didn’t Swear, Court Told. By United Press HEMPSTEAD. L. 1.. July 18.— George D. Atwood, called as a character witness for Russel K. Thaw, aviator son of Harry K. Thaw, in a case in which Thaw was charged with calling a traffic officer an improper name, was asked if Thaw ever used profanity. “Every aviator uses profanity,” Atwood replied. "If an aviator didn't use profanity he couldn’t fly.” Former Banker Indicted By United Press RUSHVILLE. Ind., July 18 —Three indictments charging embezzlement and perjury were returned by the Rush county grand jury against Thomas K. Mull, president of the defunct Manilla bank, and he was released on bond of $6,000. Mull has been defendant in several civil actions since closing of the bank.

CAPTURED BANDITS MENACED BY MOB

By United Press WATSEKA, 111., July 18 —Fearing mob violence, officials of Iroquois and Ford counties maintained a heavy guard today about the Watseka jail where they were holding three bandits who robbed a bank at Buckley, killed a deputy sheriff, and were captured after one of the most exciting man hunts in the history of eastern Illinois. The men held were Joseph Mulchowski, 32, Chicago; Pierce J. Lanigan, 38, New York, and Edward (Jake) Byrnes, 32, New York. Mulchowski and Byrnes were wounded by a posse. Mulchowski was identified as the actual slayer of Deputy Sheriff Henry Innen, 45, who was shot down as he stood, helpless, with his hands in the air, his empty revolver

and Gatty, in introducing him, paid tribute to him as "one of the greatest pals in the world, even though he isn’t an Australian.” He referred to Post as the “wild man from Oklahoma.” Post, w-ho has been very bashful in speaking or answering questions since his return, was equally reticent before the microphone. "I’m glad to meet you over the radio,” Sir Kieth said. “I hope you come to Australia soon so I can meet you personally.” a a a SIR KIETH also congratulated Post, but the conversation lagged and he asked to speak to Gatty again.

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If all goes well, George F. Olendorf (above), of Springfield, Mo., will become imperial potentate of North America’s Shriners eleven years hence. That’s because Shriners at their annual convention in Cleveland, 0., elected him imperial outer guard, which assures him of the highest office in 1942 by a system of annual progression.

REED FOR FARM BOARD'S OUSTER Harmful to Wheat Growers, Says G, 0. P. Senator. By Scripps-Hotvard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, July 18.—Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, conservative Republican leader and an aggressive administration supporter, today, proposed abolition of the federal farm board. At the same time Reed announced he is requesting the federal trade commission to investigate the activities of the Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc., a northwestern dairy co-oper-ation association, financed by the farm board. Reed’s charge against the Land O’Lakes Creameries, based on complaints from Pennsylvania dairy products dealers, is that the cooperative is employing unfair trade practices. Turning to the wheat situation, Reed declared, “I also have observed that the wheat farmers of the country, instead of profiting from the policies of the federal farm board, appear to be the chief sufferers from its experiments. I am hopeful that they will join in the growing demand for its abolishment.” QUAKES SPREAD PA NIC Heavy Earth Shocks Result in Town Being Evacuated. By United Press GUAQUIL, Ecuador. July 13. Heavy earth shocks during the night again spread panic among the frightened populace of Latacunga today, where quakes in the last forty-eight hours have done widespread damage. Latacunga practically has been evacuated.

The Future "The entire future of Europe depends on the outcome of the Franco-German conference at Paris today.” That is what William Phillip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor, tells readers of The Times. Simms today tells you in an exclusive article on Page 3 just what the French are trying to make Germany see; just what the conference in Europe mean; and what Europe is facing. Turn to Page 3 now.

at his feet where he had dropped it in token of surrender. The manhunt began Friday after three men entered the Buckley State bank at Buckley, near here, forced two girl employes Into a vault, scooped $5,200 into a bag, and escaped in an automobile. Captured, the bandits were returned to Buckley and wqre held by a coroner’s jury. Feeling ran high and when threats had been made by a mob of 500 men, officers brought all three prisoners to the jail here. An actual attempt on Mulchowski's life was made by Clarence Smith, who tried to crawl through a window into a doctor’s office where Mulchowski's wound was being dressed

It was then Gatty told about the chance meeting with the English girl at Khabarovsk, the fliers’ last stop before crossing the Bering sea to Nome and America. “You should be crowned for your achievement,” Sir Kieth tojd Gatty. “Yes, over the head with a beer bottle for going on a flight like that,” Gatty responded. "I wish you would thank the folks out there for their telegrams,” Gatty concluded. “And thank my mother and father, who, I believe, are listening in.” “I will, and all sorts of good luck,” was the concluding message from Australia. "Good night*:’

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GERMANS MAY ‘GIVE IN,’ SAY FRENCH CHIEFS Bruening, in Paris, Likely to Recognize Demands, Laval Declares. CHANCELLOR IS SILENT Refuses to Talk as He Prepares to Go Into Conference. BY RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff Corresnondent PARIS. July 18.—Jeers and enthusiastic cries of “Long live peace!’* mingled today as thousands of French and Germans surged about the railway station to meet Ger> many's envoys for financial salvation. Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius were greeted at the station by Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. Bruening declined to make an? statement for the press. Immediately after his arrival with Curtius they were taken to the German embassy to remain there until Bruening s private conversation with’ Laval. Italy to Take Part Definite assurance that Italy will participate in the vital conference on Europe's economic and political problems growing out of the German financial crisis was "received! today. Dino Grandi, Italian foreign mipister, will leave Rome and arrive in Paris Sunday. He and Count Manzoni will represent Italy at the general conference to open Sunday in the ministry of interior. Meanwhile, preliminary conversations between the American and British statesmen and members of the French government continued in an effort to assure the success of the five-power “statesmen's congress” this week-end. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and Arthur Henderson. Britishforeign secretary, conferred with Premier Laval on a scheme to permit granting the long-term loan which Germany desires. Laval Is Optimistic They sought to insure that nothing should prevent the general conference from vital progress, attaching to it importance equal with the Locarno conference in post-war diplomacy. Fremier Laval stressed that France has not prepared or filed a list of conditions intended to be imposed on Germany in return for the proposed long-term credits. On the contrary, he insisted that Germany knows the French political desires and said the German statesmen were likely to offer voluntarily the continuation of the present German military, political and frontier status for the period of the loan.

How the Market Opened

By United Press NEW YORK, July 18.—Losses of fractions to more than a point were prevalent on the Stock Exchange at the opening today, with trading dull. Steel opened at 93%, off %; Columbia Gas, 30%, off 1; American and Foreign Power. 28'i, off 1%; International Telephone and Telegraph, 30 1 i, off %; Case, 71%, off 1%; Allied Chemical. 11614. off l 1 *, and American Can, 103, off %. Small gains were made in a few* issues, including American Telephone, Lorillard and American Smelting. Oil shares held close to the previous close in anticipation of a sharp reduction in crude output? next week. During the early trading the market was almost at a standstill. Tho tape barely moved but prices eased slightly from the initial levels. Foreign markets were closed today. The German government announced the Berlin Bourse would remain closed until further notice. This reflected uncertainty over the financial situation and had a dampening effect on sentiment here. However, there was no heavy selling in any issue and traders were maintaining a waiting attitude. Steel slipped back to 93%. American Telephone to 178 and other leading shares made corresponding recessions from the initial levels. WARNS WOMEN REDS Ohio Sheriff Tells Them to End “School,” Leave County. By United Press ASHTABULA. 0., July 18—Two young Cleveland women who operated a “Communist school” were warned today they had until Sunday to dismiss “classes” for a permanent holiday. With a group of deputies, Sheriff C. H, Blanche visited the school where he found sixty young pupils, ranging i n age from Bto 16, parading in red shirts and red bandanna handkerchiefs while they recited the maxims of Communism. Sheriff Blanche immediately dismissed class and ordered the teachers to leavo Ashtabula county “for good.” In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: West southwest wind, 4 miles an hour; temperature. 84 barometric pressure. 29.96 at sea level; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, 9 miles, fiaif