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OLD GUARD OF G. 0. P. SPLITS ON BOND ISSUE Stalwarts Oppose Hoover Plan for Long-Term Financing. WILL WOOD SAYS ‘NO’ Most Regular of Regulars, Hoosier’s Stand Amazes Washington. By Scripps-tl award Setcspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The administrations plan to finance the government through the depression, if possible, with a 24-year $800,000,000 bond issue bearing 3 per cent interest had aroused opposition in surprising quarters today, including groups usually friendly to the White House. Such a stalwart Republican as Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the house appropriations committee, declared following a conference with President Hoover that he favored financing through short rather than long term issues. He said that exceptionally low money rates could be taken advantage of until the depression lifts, especially as the one-year certificates carrying only l l * per cent interest have been oversubscribed lour times. "This depression is not going to last forever,” said Wood, as he told of steel orders pouring into plants at Gary. “It ought to lift comparatively soon, and the financial burden it imposses can be caried better by short-term financing. The low rates we arc getting on the $300,000,000 worth of certificates prove this.”

Wants Balanced Budget Wood, virtually dictator of federal finances on Capitol Hill, also called for a return to the system of balancing budgets and eliminating continued borrowing to pay current operating costs. Others pointed out that every Republican campaign book since 1924 had praised Mellon for avoiding the methods he is using now, and for reducing public debt. Mellon and Hoover frequently have declared that the best way to ease the burden of taxation was to lower the permanent charge on the taxpayers. J Refunding operations of recent I years, it is pointed out, tend to weaken the treasury's argument that the twenty-four-year issue at! only 3 per cent is good business. From 1924 to 1928, when money was high, the treasury refunded $5,825,000,000 worth of old debts, including the third and second Liberty bond issues, at rates from 3 3 s to 3 3 i per cent. Those who advocate short-term financing now insist that 3 per cent, in view of changed conditions in the money market, is not such an excellent piece of work as treasury officials claim it to be. Criticism Is Widespread Widespread criticism of the Mellon proposal, which he himself is believed to dislike, has had its effect on administration opinion regarding future finances. It was largely because of an adverse reaction that high but unnamed officials let it be known that the prospect of an increase in taxation was not so remote as had been thought. The $800,000,000 bond issue, they insisted, can not be taken as evidence that all future financing will be handled in that way. Financial experts not swayed by political considerations do not see how a general revision of the taxation scheme can be avoided. With a $1,500,000,000 deficit piling up for the current year to add to last year's deficit of $930,000,000. it is believed that drastic measures soon wty be necessary. Deficit Is Growing Even in White House and treasury circles, it is conceded that only a sharp upturn in business, with a jump in individual and corporation tax receipts, will prevent it. The government's plight was emphasized further by publication of figures showing that the deficit for the current fiscal year, now only two months old, is $396,365,000, or $155,634,919 more than at the same period last year. If this rate is continued, the end of the 1932 fiscal year will show the government in the red by about $2,000,000,000.

ALFONSO'S AIDS SEIZED Members of Old Cabinet Arrested as Probe Is Continued. J?v United Press MADRID, Sept. 3—Members of the cabinet of former dictator Primo De Rivera who have not left Spain were under arrest today while a parliamentary committee continued investigation of the dictator's reign. The “responsibilities committee" also voted to prosecute former King Alfonso XIII and to seize all private property of the former monarch. The king now makes his headquarters at Fontaine-Bleau, outside Paris, and at present is on an automobile tour of central Europe. PRIESTS ARE HELD UP Bandits Invade Sanctuary, Take $750 in Poor Funds. By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. 3.—'Three bandits lined six priests and three laymen against a wall in the sanctuary of St. Hyacinth’s Polish Catholic church today and robbed them of $750 they had colllected for distribution to the poor. The Rev. Stephen Kowalczyk, pastor of the church, was one of the victims.

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Curtis Just Can’t Get Past That No. 2 Hump

By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—District of Columbia licensing officials have rushed right in where the state department fears to tread. In the matter of precedence, say the licensing authorities, the Speaker of the house goes a head of the Vice-President of the United States.

And in support of their decision they have allotted to the Speaker tag No. 1 of a ndw series authorized for congressional automobiles next year. Vice-President Curtis gets tag No. 2. The famous Gann-Longworth controversy which cowed the state department centered around the precedence prerogatives of the Speaker and the Vice-President. Washington wonders which member of the senate or house will be content with tag No. 536, last, largest and obviously least desirable of the plates designed to inform all who read that the designated automobile belongs to a member of congress.

This added distinction is being given congressmen at their own request. They passed a law last year requiring the District government to provide suitable and distinguishing plates for their automobiles.

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Use Your Line D.y Science Service PHILADELPHIA. Sept. After forty years of study and observation, Henry W. Fowler, curator of fish and reptiles at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, states that loud talking does not disturb fish, and that the old idea that one must keep still while fishing is without scientific foundation. What really drives the fish off, says Fowler, is unusual, moving shadows upon the surface of the water. Fish have keen eyes, and moving shadows cause them to flee or seek protection in the depths. What really happens is that people who talk and shout also move about. Fowler has also observed that the black plume of smoke issuing from the funnel of an oil burner will cast shadows that will cause fish to go far below the surface.

N, H. KAFAURE DIES Prominent Mason Succumbs on Business Trip. Najieb H. Kafoure, 45, of 2015 Broadway, president of the Northeastern Paper Company, died suddenly Wednesday at Terre Haute while on a business trip. Funeral services will be held at the St. George Orthodox church at 2 p. m. Friday. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Kafoure, who was prominent in Indiana Masonic circles, also was treasurer of the Syrian-American Brotherhood Club. He had been a resident of Indianapolis seven years, formerly living in Terre Haute. He came to the United States thirty years ago. Mr. Kafoure was a native of Baalbak county, Syria. He was a member of the Scottish Rite. Sahara Grotto and Ancient Landmarks lodge. F. & A. M. Surviving are the widow', Mrs. Sarah Kafoure; a brother. Charles, both of Indianapolis; the mother, and a sister, Helen Kafoure, in Syria.

RESIGNS RATHER THAN TELL ON HIS SHIPMATE Midshipman on Cruise Carries Liquor Aboard for Classmate. By United Press HADDON HEIGHTS. N. J„ Sept. 3.—Midshipman George R. Fink, one of four nav4l academy students “allowed to resign” after difficulties on the annual European cruise, is leaving because he refused to tell on a classmate, his father. Wesley Fink, said today. The father admitted that his son had carried a bottle of liquor aboard his ship for a classmate while they were in the Mediterranean, but said: “He does not drink. He was asked to resign because he refused to reveal the other’s name. I think it was mistaken chivalry, but youngsters see those things in a different light.” BERLIN AWAITS FRENCH Laval and Briand Will Go to Germany on Official Visit. By United Press PARIS, Sept. 3.—Hopes for an early improvement in Franco-Ger-man relations were raised here by announcement that Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Ministef Aristide 3riand will visit Berlin Sept. 26. It will be the first official French visit to Berlin since the World war. It is said Laval and Bruening may reach an accord of vital importance to the success of the world disarmament conference at Geneva next year.

HORRORS! A CAP PISTOL! SO YOU’RE RAISING YOUR BOY TO BE A GANGSTER!

BY FRED HEDGES “VTOU should be ashamed of X yourself for letting your boy have a cap gun. You’ll make a burglar out of him.” That was the answer Mrs. F. J. Eddy. Brill road and Troy avenue, received today when she sought justice from Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron for a beating administered to her 7-year-old boy by a banana peddler, first thing you know, your

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Lawrence Township Board Member, Who Is Grocer, to Face Quiz. Investigation was started today by county commissioners into charges that a Lawrence township : advisory board member is provid- ! ing poor relief supplies, the prices | of which he helps fix as a member of that board. Commissioner George Snider de- ! dared: “We will go to the source lof reports that George Herr, adj visory board member and Castleton grocer, is providing groceries, meats., and clothing to families in violation of the law prohibiting any township official from supplying any materials to his governmental unit. Henry T. Van Cleave, Lawrence township trustee, has admitted the charges are true, but said, “I never thought of the law when Herr was given permission to sell groceries.” It also was revealed by Van Cleave that J. T. Plummer, a Lawrence grocer, and brother of Carl Plummer, advisory board member, has a contract to provide poor relief supplies. Herr said he was furnishing groceries because other Castleton grocers turned down the contract. This was denied by Alonzo Johnson and Thomas Heim of Castleton, who declared “we never have refused to supply relief orders.” Since Jan. 1, records reveal, Herr has filed poor relief claims with the county totaling $273.40. The entire township poor relief bill for one year does not exceed $1,500. it is said. Van Cleave said he would hold a conference with Herr to clear the situation. “Van Cleave came to me in April and told me that if I w r anted to get any of the poor relief business, I would have to see Herr,” Johnson said.

MORE RAIN COMING Additional Showers Predicted for Late Friday. Only a brief respite from the ram of the last week was promised today by the weather bureau. According to the prediction. Indianapolis should have fair weather with increasing temperatures today and tonight, but Friday is due to see clouds forming with rain by Friday night. The mercury dropped to 58 during the night, second lowest mark of the summer season. The heaviest dew of the year clung to bushes and grass early this morning and late Wednesday night the coolness and moisture made breath visible. CRIME IS ON INCREASE U. S. Figures Show Boost in All Types Over June. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The department of justice has made public figures showing an increase in practically all types of crime in July over June. > No opinion was given as to what might have been the factors attributing to this increase, the department merely tabulating reports received from 1,112 cities. The daily average of all types of crime reported was 1.520 in July as compared with 1.464 for June. REAL~ 7 CR|le WAVE' ON Second Safe Robbery in 300 Years Alarms Town. By United Press OAK BLUFFS, Miss., Sept. 3. The second safe robbery in the 300year history of Martha's Vineyard puzzled police of this lethargic little island town today. The first safe break occurred only last year. Discovery of the second convinced authorities a crime wave has engulfed the island.

boy will be in Chicago's gangland," Cameron added. The peddler, Mike Damore, 36, of 225 East Henry street, pleaded guilty to the assault and battery charge before Cameron. His plea was an admission that he wrested a top cap pistol from the hands of the boy, Paul, in front of his home, Aug. 29. and beat him on the head, inflicting scalp wouncj^.

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AX SHARPENED FOR HIGHWAY BOARD CHIEFS •Top Men’ in Department May Lose Berths, as Leslie Gets Busy. HALT BUYING OF TRUCKS Battle Expected If Hinkle and Titus Ouster Is Ordered. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Governor Harry G. Leslie, through Commissioner Arthur Sapp, has assumed command of state highway affairs. Or it may be that Sapp has assumed command through the Governor. At any rate, one result is expected to be dismissal of men high in the department, action upon which is scheduled by the state highway commissioners this afternoon. Another is the stopping of purchase of a fleet of 100 or more trucks, which Leslie brought about through his conference with commissioners Wednesday. He also is taking a hand in, if he is not the originator of, the unemployment relief program announced by Chairman Albert J. Wedeking of the commission.

Will Meet Fairbanks Future plans of the Governor include a conference with Warren Fairbanks, Hoover unemployment expert and Indianapolis publisher, regarding appointment of a state director of unemployment. This director is expected to be named next week. Leslie outlined a pregram today of doing the state road work with teams, rather than trucks, and using as much man-power as possible. A fight on the Leslie program for possible dismissal of William G. Titus, chief engineer, or A. H. Hinkle, maintenance chief, or both, is expected. Which one, if either, will be dismissed seemed problematical. Several others are to be discussed, but the one certain dismissal seemed to be Owen Boling, so-called “assistant” to Director John J. Brown. Delay Truck Purchase

Announcement was made by Wedeking at noon that the whole truck purchase will be postponed, pending an opinion from the attor-ney-general on the matter of replacement of old trucks. He said that “some trucks will be purchased,” but it is understood it will be not near the advertised amount. Leading truckmen from throughout the state have been “cooling their heels” for tw r o days in hope of getting the business and solving their own unemployment problems. But Leslie said “no.” The unemployment relief plan is based on expenditure of from $750,000 to $1,000,000 maintenance fund surplus and is expected to provide work for between 3,000 and 5,000. Twelve county roads were taken into the state system today, upon which the program will be put into effect. They are the following: The following is a list of roads that have been designated for maintenance as secondary roads: Roads Are Selected Road 14—From state Road 43 to state Road 41, in Jasper and Newton county. Road 22—From Gas City to Portland. A road from state Road 22 through Dunkirk to state Road 67. Road 14—From Silver Lake to South Whitley. A road from Berne through Bluffton to Markle on state Road 16. Road 22—From Lafayette to State Road 41. A road from Lafayette to Frankfort. A road from Pennville to Cambridge City. A road from State Road 40 north through Danville to Lebanon. A road from Huntingburg to State Road 61. A road from Maxville to State Road 62. A road from State Read 62 to Hillham. HELD~AS WIFE’S KILLER Evansville Man Charged With Giving Mate Poison. By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 3.—lra Turpin, 42, was under arrest here today charged with murdering his wife Maude, 24, by forcing her to take poison Wednesday night. Mrs. Turpin died in a hospital today. Police arrested Turpin after they were told by two of his neighbors. Miss Betha Huskinson and Mattie Thayer, that Mrs. Turpin, before she died, accused her husband of poisoning her. Both neighbors testified that Turpin and his wife had quarreled.

PAUL and two other boys were playing in the backyard of his home when Damore came along the street and entered the yard. Playfully. Paul pushed the cap pistol at the peddler and yelled “stick ’em up." Deputy sheriffs, who investigated. said the lad. with his face painted in bright hues, laughed up at Damore. But Damore grabbed the pistol and shattered it when he struck the boy on the headjS

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DEMAND FULL BONUS FUNDS V. of F. W. Conclave Sent Into Uproar by Action. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 3. Delegates to the annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign i Wars planned to vote today on a resolution demanding full payment! at once of the balance of the ad- i justed compensation certificates and : refunding of interest on loans made on the certificates. The action was presaged when, taking the matter out of the hands of officers and committees, the delegates voted to instruct the commander to appoint a committee to draft such a resolution and submit it to the encampment instead of the legislative or resolutions commit-! tees. The resolutions committee introduced a resolution calling for reduced interest on the loans and asked its passage. Instantly an uproar began on the j convention floor. For almost half an hour officials sought vainly to quiet the delegates. When order was restored, the motion demanding i that the committee draft the resolution for full payment and refunding of interest was passed amid wild cheering.

TESTIFIES FOR STATE IN BALL TICKET CASE Scorekeeper in Poolroom Convicts Self, Two Others. Admitting he was paid in baseball pool tickets for keeping game scores in a poolroom at 808 Ft. Wayne avenue, Fred Thomas, 920 North New T Jersey street, turned state’s evidence today in municipal court and sent himself and two other men to jail. Fletcher Tynan, operator of the place which was raided by Sergeant Noel Jones, was fined $25 and costs for keeping a room for pool selling by Judge William H. Sheaffer. Another employe, Paul Derringer, 1101 North Alabama street, was fined $5 and costs. Derringer was convicted of operating a lottery. After conviction of the others. Sheaffer levied a $lO and costs judgment against Thomas for gaming. Unable to pay the fines, the trio went to jail. TWO ARE NABBED IN RAIDS ON LOTTERIES Pool Tickets Allegedly Found in Filling Station, Print Shop. Two men were arrested this afternoon for the alleged operation of two lotteries when police raided a filling station and printing shop on East Thirtieth street. Charles Youse, 3006 North Sherman drive, printer, was charged with keeping a room for pool selling and John Sharkey, Thirtieth stret and State avenue, faces the room charge and another for operating a lottery and gift enterprise. Police said they found tickets, alleged to have been printed by Youse, for the Eureka lottery, based on treasury reports. Police said the men also sold baseball pool tickets.

In court today, Damore told Cameron that Paul hurt him when he shoved the pistol into his ribs. Cameron turned to Mrs. Eddy “All right,” he said. “I want to hear what the mother has to say about this.” bub MRS. EDDY said her son and other boys in the neighborhood had been playing Indian several days, each “armed" with a

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Dorothy and Miriam Seegar, Once of Greentown, Go to Altar. By Times Special GREENTOWN, Ind.. Sept. 3. Announcement of the marriages of two Indiana-born sisters of the stage and screen was made here today by Mrs. E. W. Seegar, mother of Miriam and Dorothy Seegar. Miriam Seegar, who has appeared in several Hollywood successes, became the bride of Timothy Francis Whalen, playwright, in April at Santa Monica, Cal., where they will make their home. Whalen, under contract to the Shuberts, will have his latest play produced this fall. Dorothy Seegar, light opera and concert singer, who appeared recently with Howard Marsh in a revival of Gilbert. and Sullivan operas, was married, it was announced. in August to Dr. Paul Howard Hatch of Washington. D. C., where-they will reside.

HERR SUB’S SIGNALS Weak Radio Reports Sent From Nautilus. By United Press LONDON, Sept. 3.—Dispatches today to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Advent Bay. Spitzbergen, indicated that weak radio communication had been established with the polar submarine Nautilus. Captain Jaeger or the steamer Ingertraede reported that he heard “weak and indistinguishable” radio signals, believed to have come from Sir Hubert Wilkins’ submarine, at 9:50 p. m. Wednesday. The Nautilus had been out of touch with the world since Saturday At. that time it was at the edge of the Arctic ice pack. NORMAN THOMAS JAILED Catholic Priest Also Arrested on Charges of Unlawful Picketing. I’i- United Press PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 3—Norman Thomas, leader, and the Rev. Bradford Young of the Church of Holy Trinity, New York * mong fort y-six persons arrested today on charges of unlawful picketing. Thomas arrived from New York Ynnnl o St ? k A erS - He and F *ther and A. j. Munte, who said he was head of the labor college of ST 3?*’ Z ere P rom P tl y Placed in jail when they participated in an attempt to picket the John Hand mill here. HEALTH GAINS SHOWN Tuberculosis Camp Records Broken by Group of Girls. All health records at the Marion County Tuberculosis Association’s nutrition camp for sick children were broken, when twenty-eight girls, between the ages of 8 and 15, showed an average gain of 7.1 pounds during the prevention period, July 28 to Aug. 31. The camp is near Bridgeport. Girls in the camp were under carefully supervised diet. Some} showed gains of more than ten pounds. The girls’ period concluded the fourth summer of the camp’s operation. A group of thirty boys was treated during the five weeks immediately preceding July 28.

cap pistol that didn't have any caps. They played in the yards and lots near their homes, imitating Indian war crys and “ambushing” one another. Now and then they yelled at a “paleface” passerby. When Mrs. Fddy had completed her testimony, Cameron denounced the practice of boys playing with capfpistols, Cameron announced he w! tld take the case

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WOMAN LINKED AS AID OF POWERS IN FIVE MURDERS; NEW CLEW INVOLVES WIFE Forged Draft and Letters in Feminine Handwriting, Police Say; Killer’s Mate Met Victims, Evidence Hints. VISITED WIDOW IN ILLINOIS HOME Other Deaths of Marriage Bureau Dupes Will Be Investigated; Attorney Barrett O’Hara Enters Case. By United Press CLARKSBURG, \\ . \ a.. Sept. 3.—V hether Harry F. Powers, matrimonial agency Bluebeard, acted alone in the five killings charged to him. or was assisted by an accomplice, possibly a woman, drew attention of investigators today. Evidence that a forged check sent to the bank of Mrs. Asta Buick Richer, one of the victims, and a letter to relatives of a second victim, Mrs. Dorothy A. Pressler Lemke, were written by a woman, prompted police to summon handwriting experts.

DRY LAW SEEN AS SURE ISSUE People Will Force Action, Says N. Y. Attorney. “Prohibition will be one of the issues, in the next campaign, no matter what the political leaders may think about it. The people will make it an issue.” This is the judgment of Richard Scandrett, prominent New York lawyer, treasurer of the Republican party in that city, and a nephew of Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jersey. Mr. Scandrett and his w T ife stopped off in Indianapolis on Wednesday night on their return from a tour of the country in their private Bellanca airplane, in which they visited many states. They were forced by rain to stop at Versailles and finished the trip by train. “The prohibition laws and the resulting gangdom, disrespect for courts, contempt for authority, the placing of vast fortunes in the hands of criminals, are doing more to create a favorable soil for the seeds of Communism than all the propaganda that could be sent from Moscow,” continued Mr. Scandrett. “The question later may be one of saving our country itself. “We could settle our financal and industrial problems easily were it not for the fact that this one question divides those who otherwise would think together on constructive lines. “I have had some experience in politics. I know that those who in the past have been faithful party supporters, who believed in Republican principles, refuse to contribute or to work. “They do not, agree with our official stand for prohibition. This is lamentable, but our leaders should recognize that we are not in step with public thought.”

IN BAG FOR G. 0. P.' That’s the Way Jim Watson Sees President Race. j By United Press TELL CITY, Ind., Sept. 3. A sweeping Republican victory in the I 1932 presidential race was predicted 1 today by Senator James E. Watson, here attending the G. O. P. reorganization meeting in the new Eighth district. “President Hoover is as good as renominated. He will have no opposition,” Senator Watson said. Nearly 400 Republicans were present. SPUR LEGION TO HAVE HOOVER AT CONCLAVE Politicians Take Hand in Efforts of Veterans’ Order. By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 3,—Efforts to secure President Hoover’s attendance at the American Legion convention here the latter part of the month were being renewed today, with both legion officials and political leaders taking a hand. Mr. Hoover has been invited ,by the legion, but so far has made no decision. Politicians, however, were pointing out today that Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York and Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, possible Democratic presidential nominees, are to attend. Invitations to nationally prominent men to attend were sent from legion headquarters at Indianapolis.

“under advisement until Friday.” When witnesses and principals in the case had left the courtroom, a check of the record in the case showed, not that it would be reopened Friday, but the written entry: “Judgment withheld.” Such action automatically closes the case, unless the judge wishes to reopen it in th\ future and assess a fine or sent tee.

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The letter, mailed in Uniontew'n. Pa., and the draft for SI,OOO previously were believed forgeries, but it was thought that Powers had forged them himself. Police indicated today they believed they were written by a woman. The handwriting of Powers and that of his wife. Mrs. Louella Strougher Powers, who so far has disclaimed any knowledge of her mail order husband’s activities, will be checked, police said. Wife to be Grilled Police, dissatisfied with Mrs. Powers’ claim that she knew nothing of the killing of Mrs. Eicher, her three children, and Mrs. Lemke, planned to question the woman further today, as Chicago and Park Ridge officers checked report Mrs. Powers accompanied Powers cn a visit to Mrs. Eiclier's home in Park Ridge. Police Chief Johnson of Park Ridge, where Mrs. Eicher lived, said the claim was made by Mrs. Jean Campbell, a consulting psychoanalyst. Johnson said Mrs. Campbell reported that Mrs. Eicher, Powers and another woman sought advice from her last June on the sale of some property and bonds. Mrs. Campbell said she was convinced, after seeing newspaper photographs, that the other woman was Mrs. Powers. Powers Arranged Meeting The women told her, Mrs. Campbell said, that their names were Buick and Drexel. Powers, she said, arranged the meeting, but said his name was Pierson. Several murders other than those confessed by “Bluebeard of Quiet Dell,” have touched the lives of clients of the matrimonial agency through which Powers wooed his victims by mail, it was learned today. The result will be a thorough investigation of that bureau, the man behind it, and the delegation of a nationally known attorney to defend Powers. First Husband Was Slaver Mrs. Powers, investigators learned was divorced by her first husband,’ Ernest Kneiseley, who stood trial for murder in 1903. He was acquitted on a plea of self-defense. He had killed a man with a rock. Scarcely had these facts become known than it was announced that Barratt O’Harra, a Chicago attorney who defended Virgil Kirkland, Gary. Ind., slayer of his sweetheart, had flown here by plane to arrange Powers’ defense. Authorities planned to investigate O'Hara’s connection with the case.

LOSES SIO,OOO IN BOOZE Hijackers First and Then Police Raid Rich Contractor’s Home. By United Press , BELMONT, Mass., Sept. 3.—Hijackers and police removed choice liquor valued at SIO,OOO from the home of Daniel Frank Duris, wealthy Boston contractor, today. The hijackers made the first visit, stealing contrabrand valued at $5,000 from a specially-built room m the cellar. When the break was discovered. Ponce Chief John J. O'Brien obtained a search warrant, entered the cellar, and seized champagne, ale and whisky valued at a like amount. Duris was aw r ay at the time. INDICTED FOR MURDER Marion Grand Jury Votes Eight True Bills; Name Withheld. Second report this term was returned today by the Marion county grand Jury, indicting eight persons and discharging eleven others.' In an indictment handed Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker, Max Goldstein of 3054 Ruckle street, was charged with receiving stolen goods. One person was indicted for murder, but the name was withheld by grand jury officials. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 58 10 a. m 71 7 m 61 11 a. m 73 Sara 64 12 (noon).. 74 9 a m 63 ip. m..... 77 1

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