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CHAPTER ONE 'JHIE traffic signals flashed from red to green. With a grating roar the big truck shot forward, cleaving a pathway down the center of the crowded thoroughfare. Street car bells jangled and a bright blue roadster swerved sharply. It was 5:30 p. m. on a busy downtown street at Marlboro, that rapidly growing industrial stronghold of the middle west, with its close to a million population, its swarming mills and factories, its interminable odor of coal smoke. Tired men and women were heading homeward after a day of toil. Hurrying. Impatient. The throats of motor vehicles chafed at one another. Pedestrians on the sidewalks elbowed their way rudely. And then the shrill cry cut the air. It was frightened, high-pitched. It came from the center of the street where the heavy wheels of the huge truck had just passed. A wailing, plaintive note of tremendous terror. The girl in the gray suit was first to see what had happened. “Oh,” she cried, stopping horrified, “Oh, can’t somebody help him?” She swung about wildly, caught the arm of the young man who was passing. “Look!” the girl exclaimed. “There by the car tracks!

lie’ll he killed!” “What—?” the youth began and then stopped short as his eyes followed her pointing finger. Involuntarily his lips tightened. With an exclamation that was halfsmothered he sprang into the street. Somewhere a man shouted. Others who turned to look swore abruptly. There was the grating noise of hastily released brakes. The street which a moment before had been a smooth flowing artery of traffic suddenly was disorganized, chaotic. The girl in gray stood quite still. Her face was very white now. A feminine voice in the little knot of spectators that had gathered on the sidewalk cried hysterically, “He's got it! Look—he’s got it!” As quickly as that the tension snapped. The watchers saw the young man stoop and pick up a tiny, bedraggled bundle that whimpered and wriggled. Though the light in the traffic tower still gleaned emerald obliging motorists waited, clearing the way for the youth, carrying the bundle, to return to the sidewalk. He came straight to the girl in gray. The young man was grinning. “Here he is,” he said, shifting the load in his arms slightly. “Good as new, too. Not even scratched!” “Oh, I’m so glad. Isn’t he—precious?” n n u A HALF dozen of those who had been watching the little drama closed about the couple for a better view. “Why, it’s a dog!” exclaimed a shrill-voiced woman. “Just a puppy. My land! The young man might have got himself killed just—!” The speaker turned away in disgust, her words dying in the distance. “Is it all right if I pet his head. 1 ss?” a small boy with a load of j vspapers slung across one shouldjvanted to know. “Gee, that was a close call!” The girl nodded, smiling. She had taken the tiny animal from the arms of the young man. Some of the spectators who lingered, eyed the youth curiously; more were looking at the girl. She was such a pretty girl. Slender and not more than 5 feet 4 inches tall in her trim, high-heeled pumps. The gray suit and small black hat she wore were indistinguishable from the garb of hundreds of others in the army of girl workers but the b’nck hat was pushed back, revealing a broad forehead and dark-fringed, wide-set eyes. The ivory pink of her coloring was flawless and natural-looking. Below the hat brim there was visible just a trace of softly waving, taffycolored hair. The pup snuggled close to x the girl's coat, apparently content. What a woeful, neglected specimen of dog life he was! Frowsy gray-brown fur standing out askew where it was not matted to his underdevel(Turn to Page 11) RISK LIVES TO SAVE" DOG ONJJINKING'SHIP Crew Returns to Abandoned Vessel for Forgotten Mascot. liy United Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass.. Aug. 19. —A whimpering fox terrier, forgotten by the crew of the dragger Delia C. Smith in their haste to abandon the sinking vessel, was the better appreciated today for his experience. As the ship loaded with 35,000 pounds of fish, sprung a leak and filled rapidly, Captain Michael Smith signalled the schooner Isabelle. He and his crew of five took to the small boats. “Bud,” the ship’s mascot, was forgotten. The men remembered just in time. Risking their lives, they returned to take “Bud” off. A few minutes later the Delia C. Smith went down. subTs delayYiTagain Engine Trouble Once More Causes Work for Nautilus Crew. liy United Press ADVENT BAY, Spitzenbergen. Aug. 19.—Engine trouble delayed departure of the Arctic submarine Nautilua Tuesday, it was revealed today. The craft left for northern exploration at 4 p. m., but the departure orginlnally had been scheduled for 9 a m and the intervening time was used in making another of the long series of repairs to the ship’s frequently ailing mechanism.

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Miracle Fate Kind to Wheel Chair Pilot; Cheats Death in Auto Crash.

RAIN drummed on the meager top of a hand-powered invalid’s chair Monday night, as it made its jerky way along State Road 67, near Lawrence. In it w'as Abraham Applebaum, 22, of New York City, to whom the chair is his home and his means of transportation. The rain increased. Two tires on the wheel chair were flat already. The crippled man decided to seek the shelter of a tree for the night. He swung the chair across the road. That little piece of red tin that was supposed to reflect the light of oncoming automobiles was obscured by rain. Suddenly, brakes screamed in the night and tires slithered over the wet pavement. An auto spun around, struck the chair and tilted it, but it did not turn over. The auto then struck another car before hurtling into a three-foot ditch, skidding across a section of corn field, and striking a billboard which fell on top of the auto. u u n APPLEBAUM sat quietly in his chair at the side of the road. There was nothing he could have done to save himself. He was thankful for his life. Nothing else mattered. Deputy Sheriffs Conrad Weigand and August Gale found the car that had skidded was that of Mrs. Bertha Likemeier, statehouse annex. She and another woman were returning from Muncie. Mrs. Likemeier said she saw an object cross the path of the car, but did not know it was the chair of paralyzed Abraham Applebaum. n a a Applebaum told deputy sheriffs he is going to Houston, Tex. “I suppose I could have ‘bummed’ a ride on a train,” Applebaum told them. “But, gee, I wanted to see the country. This is the only way I could do it.” Applebaum spent the night at a barbecue, where operators of the place offered him a bed and food. Today he was to inflate the flat tires on his chair and continue to Houston. RAIN IS PREDICTED Unsettled Weather Will Continue in State. Continuation of unsettled weather that will bring showers to various parts of the state and probably Indianapolis in the next twenty-four hours, was predicted today by the’ bureau. Starting early Tuesday night, rain totaling .22 inch fell in Indianapolis. Wheatfield and Bloomington reported the heaviest falls, 1.64 and 1.34 inches, respectively. Temperatures in the early 80 s will continue through Thursday.

FORTY BATHERS SWEPT OUT TO SEA BY FREAK WAVE; ONE DROWNED

By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 19.—A series of tremendous waves struck the beach at Atlantic City today and the terrific undertow carried forty bathers to sea. One man was drowned and life guards reported they had rescued about fifty persons, several injured seriously. The drowned man was not identified immediately. Guards first identified him as Frank Carr of Washington, D. C., but Carr later reported hjs safety to authorities. The series of waves, starting with one described as eight feet high, struck in the center of the beach, where about sixty persons were gathered. A strong undertow gripped at least forty bathers, pulling them out into the ocean as more and more of the heavy combers rolled in. Screams of the entrapped bathers attracted crowds. Mothers raced to the foot of North Carolina avenue and shouted for their children. Ckptains Alexis Miller and Rich-

DEATH TAKES MOTHER OF LA FOLLETTES ‘Wisest, Best Counselor’ of Fighting Bob Passes After Operation. FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY Widow of Statesman Played Great Part in Careers of Her Family. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Mrs. Belle Case LaFollette, “wisest and best counselor” of the family that has dominated Wisconsin politics for a quarter century and stamped its leadership on liberal political thought of the nation, is dead. She was the widow of “Fighting Bob” La Follette, who from district attorney became congressman, Governor, senator and finally, a year before his death in 1925, an independent presidential candidate. Senator Robeft M. La Follette Jr. and Governor Philip La Follette were at Mrs. La Follette’s bedside when she died at Georgetown hospital Tuesday night after an operation. They had arrived earlier in the day from Wisconsin, the senator making part of the trip by airplane. Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Friday at the family home on the shore of Lake Mendota at Madison, Wis. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery, ’--'side the grave of her husband. Mrs. La Follette was born in a log cabin in Juneau county, Wis., April 21, 1859. “ Husband’s ‘Best Counselor’ BY RUTH FINNEY Timps Staff Corresnondent W ASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Robert M. La Follette Sr. used to refer to the days “when we were Governor.” That phrase of his explains, better than anything else could, why the death of Mrs. Belle Case Lk Follette is front page news today in papers in all parts of the country. Mrs. La Follette was much more than the widow of a prominent man. She was for many years an integral part of that man’s career. She played no inconsiderable part in the careers of her two sons. And she was, besides, a person of importance in her own right. “The counselor,” her famous husband used to call her, or, sometimes, “my wisest and best counselor.” Met at University Belle Case and Robert M. La Follette met at the University of Wisconsin where they were both students, both members of pioneer families, both born in frontier log cabins. He was a law student, and so was she—and when she was graduated some years later from the university's school, she was the first woman ever to attain that honor. The two students had more in common than the study of law. Both were gifted speakers. Belle Case was awarded a prize for the best commencement address of her class, and many times, in later life, she proved herself a persuasive speaker, taking part in all her husband’s campaigns. It was because he was engaged to Belle Case that Robert M. La Follette began his political career in 1880. He was penniless and could not look forward to earning enough in the practice of law to marry for several years, but the office of county prosecutor in Dane county, Wisconsin, paid SBOO a year, and La Follette was determined to have it. He did have it. Wrote Winning Brief It w'as while he was county prosecutor that one of the cases in which La Follette was interested reached the state supreme court. The young man presented there a brief which won him commendation from the chief justice. Acknowledging the praise, La Follette said: “That brief was written by an unknown but very able member of our bar—altogether the brainiest member of our family—Mrs. La Follette wrote that brief from start to finish.” Belle Case La Folletie never practiced her profession. Instead she became assistant and counseller of her husband, made his home, and reared four children.

ard Hughes, in charge of life guards, collected seven guards, including Allen Turner, captain of the Princeton university swimming team, and started rescue work. The guards put out a lifeboat which overturned, spilling the rescuers into the sea. Dr. Charles L. Bossert, chief surgeon, and Dr. Norman Reeves of the Atlantic City surgeons’ force, joined with the rescuers to form a human chain. One by one the bathers, near exhaustion, were pulled to safety. The waves, Dr. Bossert said, were entirely different from any he had seen in his twenty-five years’ experience at the resort. “It was some sort of a freak wave,” he said. “I never saw anything like it.” He said the first wave, about eight feet high, seemed to engulf the entire beach, but came to a spearhead at about the beach center. This was followed immediately by seven or eight others, some seemingly greater than the first.

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PLANES BATTLE CUBANJBELS Boat Landing Ammunition Attacked From Air. BY K. D. GILMORE United Press Staff Correspondent HAVANA, Aug. 19.—A battle Letween two federal airplanes and a boat landing rebel troops and munitions was described today in reports from Gibara, Oriente province. Both the planes, which belonged to the Cuban army, were damaged when their gasoline tanks were punctured by bullets, but Captain Martull, pilot of one of the craft, said he had been able to destroy the boat, William 11, though not until after it had unloaded its ammunition, arms and men. Cane fields are being burned by rebels in Chaparra province other dispatches said today. Officials said reports from Tampa that the rebel troops had cut communications between Havana and President Gerardo Machado’s headquarters at Santa Clara were “silly ” since the president could be brought to Havana by airplane at anv time. Heavy fighting at Gibara, northeastern Cuba, where guns and reinforcements for the rebels have been landed, was reported in unconfirmed dispatches. Telegraph wires between Gibara and Havana were out. NAB BANDIT SUSPECT Wounded Man Is Held in South Bend Hospital. A suspect in the $1,500 gem robbery of a motorist at the Highland Golf and Country club Monday night was held in a South Bend hospital today. He gave his name as Miles Ryan of Hoboken, N. J, telling hospital attaches and police he was wounded in the leg by a motorist who shot him after Ryan had hailed him for a ride. South bend officers doubted the story and communicated with Indianapolis police. A .38-caliber revolver bullet was removed from one of the suspect’s legs. The robbery took place Monday night when Frank Murillo, 32, of 644 South East street, swung his car into the country club driveway. A bandit stepped to the running board and robbed Murillo of an SBOO diamond ring, S7OO diamond pin and S6O. Russell Hickman, greenskeeper opened fire on the bandit, who staggered as if injured. ASKS HOOVER~SUPPORT Vestal Wants Hoover to Back Indianapolis Bed Proposal. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—President Hoover was asked today by Representative Vestal, (Rep., Ind.), to support a project to increase the capacity of the Veterans hospital in Indianapolis by 100 beds.

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Don ’iJße Dizzy! RUBE WADDELL did some queer things. Grover Alexander dictated his own training rules. Art Shires licked his manager and talked himself out of the American League. But none of them >touch Dizzy Dean. He’d have those fellows dizzy in no time. Dizzy is that 21-year-old pitching phenom who has won twenty-three games for Houston after a late start this season and is toiling his way back to the St. Louis Cards after being farmed out by the National League champs this season. in addition to being some pitcher, also is a humorist of no mean ability, as you’ll find in his ten-chap-ter life stop*. “They Call Me Dizzy.” which starts on The Times sports pages Thursday. He wrote it himself. Don’t miss it. You’re dizzy if you do.

DENIAL CHORUS IS STARTED ON KILLERPAROLE Both Governor’s Office and Warden Dodge ‘Credit’ for Freeing Thug. STORIES IN CONFLICT Plea Came From Prison, Is Morton’s Answer; Daly Statement Differs. Warden Walter F. Daly, of the Indiana state prison, + nday declared that he did not know what “important private business” required the attention of Nick Sudovich, slayer, beer baron, and public enemy, when he recommended that he be granted a fifteen-day temporary parole. At the same time Daly said that the recommendation for the parole came from the office of Governor Harry G. Leslie, while Gaylord Morton, secretary to the governor, said that, on the contrary, it came from the penitentiary. Denies He’ll Probe Daly also denied that he would probe the widespread reports that while out on a temporary parole Sudovich attended the carousals and farewell parties given in honor of his overlord, A1 Capone. “I was told that as Sudovich was going to be deported because of violation of federal laws, as well as having been convicted for murder, it would be necessary for him to be given a temporary parole to dispose of some real estate holdings,” Daly said. I did not investigate to determine whether Sudovich really had any business affairs to close, but the information which I received was from Oscar Ahlgren, his attorney, Daly explained. Ahlgren is a Whiting attorney and former state representative. Approached by Ahlgren Morton today declared that approximately one year ago Ahlgren came to him and asked that Leslie parole Sudovich. “I was averse to doing this, knowing the man’s record, but I told Ahlgren that if Warden Daly would recommend the parole, I would take the matter up with the Governor and wrote a letter to this effect, “Later I received a letter from the warden, which said that if a SI,OOO bond could be arranged, as required by the federal immigration authorities, he would recommend a temporary parole for Sudovich not to exceed thirty days. Recommendations Received “Then Daly evidently was notified that a satisfactory bond had been arranged, for we received here the recommendation for parole ” Morton said. “The fiften-day parole was esA^ IVe July 6 - A few weeks later Ahlgren called to say that Sudovich found the fifteen days too few to settle his affairs and asked for an extension. “The prison was called. As Daly was away on a fishing trip Deputy Warden H. D. Cloudy was notified and he granted the extension ” Morton added that the correspondence on file in the Governor’s office would show that the warden and not the Governor first recommended the temporary parole. BARE GIANT MERGER Billion-Dollar Oil Corporation Headed by Sinclair. By United Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 19.—A billion-dollar oil corporation operating in North. South and Central America and in Africa has been formed by the mefger of Sinclair Consolidated, Prairie Oil and Gas, Prairie .Pipeline Company and Tidewater Associated, the United Press learned from reliable sources today. Harry Sinclair will head the new organization, which will be known as the Commonwealth Petroleum Corporation, the informant said. Announcement of the consolidation is to be made by Thursday night. Headquarters of the company will be in Tulsa.

EVICTING’ CONSTABLE IS SUED FOR SIO,OOO BY MAN HE DISPOSSESSED

(Other Details on Pace 2) Suit charging Charles W. Freeman, horsethief detective and purported constable, with violation of state laws in alleged illegal handling of eviction cases, and asking SIO,OOO damages was filed in circuit court today. The O. J. Smith Realty Company and B. J. Callahan, secretarytreasurer of the realty firm, are named co-defendants with Freeman in the case, filed by R. B. H. Smith. The complaint accuses Freeman of unlawful actions against persons who rent property in "soliciting and prosecuting of eviction suits against tenants for real estate companies and private property owners.” Charges have ben revealed by The Times that Freeman and other purported “constables” solicit business daily, and real estate firms are "silent” partners to their alleged

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Dr. Walter S. Athearn, Butler university’s new president, and Mrs. Athearn, poring over a street guide after their arrival here today.

LINDY FORGED DOWN ON ISLE Fog Compels Landing in Rocky Kurile Chain. By United Press TOKIO, Aug. 19.—The flying Lindberghs found haven today at Ketoi islet, one of the Rocky Kurile chain in the fog-blanketed “Smoky seas,” where they made an unscheduled landing at 6:30 p. m., 3:30 a. m. Central time on their flight from Siberia to Japan, after a battle with fog that had enforced one other stop. Word of the safe landing on the islet opposite Muroton bay came from the ministry of communications, after conflicting radio reports to the Ochiisi station here had caused concern for the safety of Colonel Lindbergh and his wife. The Lindberghs took off from Fetropavlovsk, Kamchatka seaport, at 8:45 a. m., (5:45 p. m. Tuesday) and had proceeded only 25 miles on their projected 900-mile flight to Nemuro, Japan, when motor trouble forced a sudden landing at Avatcha bay. The troupe was remedied. At 10:35 a. m. Mrs. Lindbergh radioed that the plane again was taking the air. Her next message, two hours later, reported speed of 95 knots, about 105 miles an hour. At 4 p. m., almost eight hours after leaving Petropavlovsk, Mrs. Lindbergh radioed that heavy storm clouds ahead had forced them to turn back about half-way on their flight and land on Simusir island, according to the Ochiisi radio report. THIEVES GET WINE Raid Service Room of Episcopal Church. “Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake.” And, in the confines of the Episcopal church of the Advent, Thirtythird and Meridian streets, burglars early today thought the same. The Rev. George Southworth told police thieves drank a pint of sacramental wine from the service room. They ransacked his office and stole less than $1 in pennies from a Sunday school collection box. Damage to the church, which was entered by a smashing a side door window, was estimated at $25. EXPLOSION KILLS ONE Several Others Injured as Blast Rocks Fuel Company Plant. By United Press TROY, N. Y., Aug. 19—One man was killed and several others were injured when an explosion destroyed the purification department of the Hudson Valley Fuel Corporation here today.

illegal collection of overdue rents and evictions. Smith’s suit set out a section of the state law in which it is provided that only members of the state bar can solicit, advise, request or induce institution or prosecution of damage or possession actions. Smith charged Freeman represented the real estate company and evicted Smith a house at 707 North West street, March 28. The possession suit was started by Freeman in Justice T. S. Crutcher’s court, it is alleged. Smith contends that, prior to the suit, he had submitted S4O to the company for rental on the house that would have paid the rent until April 5. He alleged “the proceedings were instituted as part of a conspiracy for possession through irregular proceedings to embarrass and damage the plaintiff.” Trial date fc* the damage suit has not been so.

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BY ARCH STEINEL ONE may have college degrees, be a doctor of pedagogy, and even be president of Butler university and still get a worried look on one’s face at the thought of “when will my furniture arrive and will the moving men leave the left leg on my favorite easy chair?” And that was the thought of Dr. Walter S. Athearn and Mrs. Athearn as they arrived this morning in Indianapolis to take over their new home— the residence of the president of Butler university. Greeted by members of the university’s board at the Claypool, and meeting Hoosier handshake with handshake, the university’s new executive betrayed beneath his affable exterior the concern of Mister Average Man when moving day comes of “how and when the furniture for the home will arrive.” “We’re shipping our things and you know that’s always something to think about,” laughed Dr. Athearn. Mrs. Athearn gave a wifely nod of assent. n a a “XTCTHAT are my policies? We VV have come to Butler with an unprejudiced mind. We have come to find out what Butler needs and strive to give it that need,” Dr. Athearn said. As he talked of his educational beliefs, or answered questions regarding Butler, he used the congenial matrimonial “we” in prefacing each remark. Asked what place athletics would play during his regime at the head of the university, he said, “Athletics has a high place in any university, and you know it would with me, for I played baseball in my youth.” “I don’t believe that ahtletics should supersede academic work in a college at any time. Athletics, by building the physical side of a student, aids the mental.” “A school never should use athletics for it’s own publicity advantage,” he said, as he stressed the importance of the “amateur” in athletics over the “professionalism.” nan “T HAVE heard fine things of . X Butler university. Asa school it never has catered to the freakish in its academic work. Before leaving Washington, D. C., for Indianapolis I investigated its standards and found them high.” When told that a frequent plaint of students attending the university was lack of “campus life,” he said, “And if that’s one thing that Butler needs then we’ll see what we can do.” “Are you prejudiced against dances held on the campus?” he was asked. “We have no prejudices. We have come to help. We have come open-minded,” he concluded. Dr. Athearn succeeds Dr. Robert J. Aley, who resigned the presidency of the school this spring. Dr. Aley was named presidentemeritus of the school. The Athearns will live in a home given the university by Dr. Aley upon his retirement and used by him during his leadership of the school at its present site in Fairview. The home is at 520 Hampton drive. CALLS FRANCEThYLOCK Senator Reed Smoot Opens Bitter Attack on “German Aid.” By United Press SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 19Senator Reed Smoot, dean of the senate, told members of the National Association of secretaries of state that France is a “Shylock,” striving to exact its “last pound of flesh from Germany.” The veteran senator referred in particular to the French attitude on war debt proposals. He said he was “disgusted with France in her effort to destroy Germany. She is demanding her ’pound of flesh’ from Germany and Germany can’t pay.” HUN GAR YC ABINETQ UIT S Count Is Commissioned to Form New Ruling Group. By United Press BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 19. The cabinet of Count Stephen Bethlen resigned today. Nicholas Horthy, regent and head of the state, accepted the resignations and at once commissioned Count Bethlen to Xcrm a nev cabinet. •

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PINCHOT CALLS ON HOOVER TO HELPJOOLESS President Urged to Summon Congress, in Governor’s Gpen Letter. DIRE NEED IS CITED Europe Aided, Now Assist America, Plea Made by Pennsylvania. By United Press HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 19. Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania today sent a letter to President Hoover urging that an extra session of congress be called, immediately to provide relief for the unemployed. Pinchot urged that the extra ses- | sion be called to meet “the national j emergency.” He said the total number of unemployed in Pennsylvania is more than 900,000. Pinchot’s letter to the President followed closely authoritative United Press dispatches from Washington that Mr. Hoover did not intend to summon congress for a special session this fall. Cites Detroit Speech “In a recent speech at Detroit, copy of which I inclose, I called attention to what I believe to be the inescapable fact that the hungry can npt be fed during the coming winter without federal assistance. “In support of my belief, I beg to transmit herewith a report upon the actual situation in Pennsylvania, which is widely regarded as more fortunate in this emergency than some of the other states. “This report, prepared by a committee of experts, and based upon federal and state official figures, presents conclusions which I have no doubt are substantially correct. Briefly,. some of these conclusions, as of June, 1931, are as follows: “Total number of unemployed in Pennsylvania is more than 900,000, or nearly one-quarter of the whole working population, distress in many counties is acute, many children are suffering from partial starvation; because of unemployment the hospitals are overi burdened, and the demand for charity shows no decrease this summer over the high record of last winter.” Urges Congress Call He described the economic situation in Pennsylvania and continued: “A situation like this, in a state like Pennsylvania, leads many to believe that the present emergency is as vital to the people as the great war. Local private charity can not meet the need. Local public relief, which should carry the bulk of the load, is hampered or hamstrung. “Under these conditions 1 am compelled by the necessities of my people to urge that you call an extra session of congress. “The regular session does not open until December. After the two houses have organized, many subjects of grave and pressing importance, including relief for people across the sea, will demand immediate attention. Action Must Be Rapid Because of them, congress may not be able to consider with promptness, much less act quickly upon, the question of federal help. But even if appropriations for relief at home could be debated, passed and approved by Christmas, they still would be too late for the machinery of distribution to be organized throughout the nation in time to prevent widespread suffering and the probability of serious disorder. “For these reasons, I urge upon you, with all the emphasis of which I am capable, not only the calling of an extra session of congress for the purpose of meeting this national emergency, but the calling of it at the earliest possible date. Already the time is very short. Need Is at Home “Calling of an extra session will be opposed by politicians as inexpedient. It will be condemned by large taxpayers as likely to cost them money. It will be deplored by those who refuse to admit the obvious facts of the present situation. But every such consideration is swept aside by the urgent need of our people. “You yourself have asked for appropriations by congress for relief of the needy in distant parts of the world, and, having obtained them, have supervised their expenditure. It would seem to be most appropriate that you should do no less for our own needy here at home. Only an extra session can empower you to do so in time. “Because this question is of grave consequence to millions of our people, I have taken the liberty of making this letter public.” SHIP DEATH IS PROBED Governor Murray’s “Son” Is Linked to Munson Purser’s Killing. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The revolver with which Joseph Apud second purser of the Munson liner Southern Cross, was killed in his cabin at sea belonged to Wulliam H Murray, “reputed to be the son of Governor Murray of Oklahoma,’ a statement issued by Federal Attorney Howard W. Ameli said today. Ameli assumed personal charge of the investigation. According to his statement, Apud was found dead after a party in his cabin which began early Monday. His theory was that Apud shot himself after the party. ~

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