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COLLINGS’ MUTILATED BODY CAST UP BY SEA, VERIFYING WIFE’S PIRATE MURDER TALE

Auto Air Death By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16. Two men were killed in one of the strangest automobile accidents in the history of the city. Two hucksters, William Turner, 45, and Frank Dinkel, 40, were standing on the sidewalk near their horse and cart on Tuesday night when two automobiles collided in the street. One of the cars was thrown high in the air and came down upon the two men, crushing them to death. The drivers of the automobiles escaped serious injury.

ENGLAND ACTS TO STEM NAVY WAGE MUTINY Offers to Consider Claims of Sailors; Atlantic Fleet Helpless. BY KEITH JONES United I’re** Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 16.—Mutiny in the British navy over a cut in pay was met by the government today with an offer to consider the claims of the men. The great Atlantic fleet, helpless off Scotland by the refusal of the men to work, has been ordered to proceed to the home ports at once, Sir Austin Chamberlin, first lord of the admiralty, announced in the house of commons. Sir Austen said the government had authorized the admiralty board to investigate the extent of the hardships that the pay cuts would work on the men, and make proposals for alleviating them. Laboritcs Taunt Leaders Labor members met the announcement with cheers and taunts of weakness against the government. The pay cuts, affecting all officers and men of the navy, had been ordered as part of the general economy program. The mutiny appeared to be confined to the Atlantic fleet, but every vessel was involved. The men refused to work and marines and officers were handling the ships. Dispatches said the mutiny started when the fleet was ordered to sail Tuesday for maneuvers. The sailors declined to obey the order to weigh anchor, gave three cheers for the king and sat astride the anchor cables, preventing them from being drawn up. Outstanding in the mutiny, an event which has dumfounded the nation, was the fact that no disloyalty to the crown was shown. All reports spoke of the men singing “God Save the King” and cheering the sovereign. May Call Off Strike Officials believed the government’s decision would pacify the men and that they would consent to call off their “passive strike” until the admiralty’s investigation is completed. The decision was reached after a cabinet meeting and a conference with Rear Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin, chief of staff of the fleet, who came to London to report. The fleet was anchored off Invergordon, Scotland. It is twenty miles west of Lossiemouth, home of Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald, across the Firth of Moray, and seventy miles southwest of Scapa Flow, where the German fleet was scuttled. cortTn“aids recovery Chicago Woman Has Relapse, But Shows Improvement. By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. 16.—Arrival of additional cortin serum from the University of Buffalo strengthened the courage of Mrs. Andrew Nelson, mother of six, today in her fight for life against Addisons disease, the rare and mysterious illness for which the serum is one of the few effective treatments. Though still serious, as evidenced by a sudden relapse Tuesday, Mrs. Nelson’s condition is showing progressive improvement. HOPE FADES FOR FLIERS Searchers Believe Ocean Flight Had Tragic End Near Goal. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Fears that Willy Rody. Christian Johanssen and Fernando Costa Viega were cheated of success on their transAtlantic flight almost within sight of land were today as hour after hour passed without any trace of their Junkers monoplane Esa. Search was renewed today for the fliers despite the fact that weather conditions were not good along the Canadian coast. Thorough search was made through New England Tuesday. LANDMARK DESTROYED Farra%ouse Used by Washington as Headquarters Burns. By United Press WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 16. The ancient colonial farmhouse at Chadds ford which was used by George Washington and his staff as headquarters during the battle of Brandywine in 1777, was destroyed today by fire.

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Found With Throat Slashed, Hands, Feet Tied, on Long Island Beach. NEAR SCENE OF ATTACK Sapphire Ring Furnishes Identification; Probe Is Renewed. BY JOHN COOPER United Press Staff Correspondent MINEOLA, L. 1., Sept. 16. —The mystery surrounding the strange disappearance of Benjamin P. Collings, victim of a purported kidnaping and murder plot by a pair of “pirates” deepened today with the discovery of his body after a week of constant search in Long Island sound. The body of Collings, retired engineer, barefooted and clad only in a suit of overalls, was found face down on the beach of the fashionable Marshall Field estate at Lloyds Neck, L. I. It was removed to Huntington for an autopsy. The hands and feet were bound precisely in the manner described by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Collings. who was found the morning after last Wednesday night’s weird adventures in a motorboat not far from where the body was washed ashore. Beaten, Tossed Over It apparently had risen within a short distance of where Mrs. Collings said her husband was beaten, tied and tossed overboard from their motor cruiser Penguin by two men. The two, she said, then forced her to desert her daughter Barbara, 5, on board the darkened boat. The discovery corroborated part of the widow’s tale, and authorities of Nassau county who have been conducting the main investigation reiterated their confidence that she was telling the truth. Collings’ body was identified positively at the morgue in Huntington by his brother, Herbert Collings. He said he based identification on the feet, the teeth and a sapphire ring on the dead man’s hand. Exposure and immersion made identification difficult otherwise. Examination of the body gave unmistakable evidence that Collings had been murdered. The throat had been slashed and a deep gash ran into the scalp from over the left eye. Asserts Story Proven Homer Cummings, attorney for Mrs. Collings, issued at Stamford, Conn., a statement saying that Mrs. Collings’ story of the events on the Penguin had been proven by cumulative evidence. “The problem now is to find the perpetrators,” he said. “In this, Mrs. Collings and her family are anxious to give the authorities all possible assistance.” Discovery of the body placed jurisdiction of the inquiry in Suffolk county. District Attorney Alexander G. Blue of that county said he would no* detain any one at present. V Mrs. Collings was not under on. Blue said he still did "not believe Mrs. Collings is telling the true story,” but added that “there is even a possibility that she believes she is.” District Attorney Elvin Edwards of Nassau county, who has been in charge of the main investigation so far, reiterated his belief in Mrs. Collings’ story. He said he intended to proceed with his inquiry into the kidnaping, and that he would co-operate thoroughly with the Suffolk county authorities.” LA FOLLETTE COMING Wisconsin Senator to Open Kirshbaum Series Oct. 18. (Comolete program on Page 2) Opening the sixth annual season of the Kirshbaum Center, Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin will speak Sunday night, Oct. 18, at the center. Subject of his address will be “What Do the Progressives Want*’’ La Follette, who will appear under auspices of the Jewish Community Center Association, is the nation’s youngest senator. He is the son of the late Senator Robert La Follette Sr., and has followed his father’s footsteps as the champion of the Progressive cause.

BONDSMEN BARRED; PRESSURE CHARGED

Charging they were solicitating bail business by force, Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer today barried indefinitely three professional bondsmen from his court. They are Charles (Big Shiner) Middaugh, Ed McNulty and Donald (Irish) Underwood. Meanwhile, Sheaffer said he will probe reports that the trio has been receiving information on arrested persons from a source at police headquarters. Sheaffer alleged that the bondsmen, acting on the information, have gone to relatives of arrested persons and solicited bond business.

Lives of Two Little Girls Crushed Out Under Auto Wheels Marion County Toll Is Boosted to 118 By Deaths; Soldier Is Held as Speeder; Patrolman Is Suspended. Two little girls, one on her way to school and the other running an errand for her mother, were killed by automobiles on east side streets today, raising Marion county’s traffic death toll to 118. While her companion screamed and stopped safely in the center of the street, 7-year-old Mary Catherine Markey, daughter of Mrs. Augusta

Markey, 935 North Hamilton avenue, walked in front of a speeding automobile and was injured fatally at St. Clair and Jefferson streets this afternoon. Lieutenant Frank Owen, head of the police accident prevention bureau, ordered Delmar Holland, 18. Ft. Benjamin Harrison soldier, held on a charge of manslaughter. Owen charged that the blame should

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be laid entirely on Holland. Holland admitted to police he was driving about thirty-five miles an hour with defective brakes.

Darting across a street intersection on her way to a grocery, 4-year-old Margaret Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Moore, 308 South Hamilton avenue, was struck and killed by an auto. Patrolman Walter E. Skinner, 327 North Grant street, driver of the car, was held on a manslaughter charge, although witnesses said he swerved his car in an attempt to miss the child. Following his arrest Skinner was suspended by Captain Jesse E. McMurtry. Mrs. Moore, hysterical over the death of her oldest of three children, told police the girl did not have to cross the intersection of Southeastern and Villa avenue to reach the store. “I’ve lost the only little girl I had,” she cried. “I can’t understand why she crossed the street. She never did that before.” Skinner said he swerved his car to the wrong side of the street to avoid striking the girl, but she ran directly in front of his car. Margaret is survived by the parents and two brothers, Billy, 2, and Gene, three months. With Jean O’Connor, 8, of 556 North Jefferson street, Mary Catherine was returning to school at St. Phillip’s on North Rural street. While they were crossing the street Jean saw Holland’s auto speeding toward them, ana screamed, but Mary Catherine walked on, unaware of the danger. Her head was crushed, and she died in an ambulance en route to city hosiptal. The father Thomas, the mother and a bother, T. L. Wolf of 1215 North Wallace street, survive her.

FIGHT PROPOSAL TO ACQUIRE GAS CO.

Arguments against the proposed plan for immedaite acquisition of the Citizens Gas Company by the city of Indianapolis, whereby it would become a public utility owned by the city, were heard in superior court three today during a hearing on a receivership petition. Arguments were made in the case of Allen G. Williams, taxpayer, of 126 North Drexel avenue, seeking to reopen litigation of contracts of the Citizens Gas Company and its leaseholder, the Indianapolis Gas Company. Williams has asked the court to appoint a receiver for the Citizens Gas Company, alleging this is the only legal way by which the city ultimately can acquire the gas company property. William V. Rooker, attorney for 4 DIE IN_ PLANE DIVE Mail Plane Falls in Bay, Wrapped in Flames. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. Four persons were killed today when an air mail plane fell into San Francisco bay while circling for an emergency landing. Oil and gasoline from the crippled motor spattered on the water and caught fire, engulfing the wreckage in fames. The pilot and three passengers were trapped inside the cabin. They were: Kirk Herre of Seattle Star, F. I. Sheahan and W. H. Bissell of San Francisco, both en route to Portland, and Ray Boudreaux, the pilot. GALE HITS VERA CRUZ Harbor Damaged, Small Ships Are Sunk; No Life Loss. By United Press VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Sept. 16. A gale struck this port today, causing damage in the harbor and sinking several small vessels. There were no casualties.

According to Sheaffer, the practice will be stopped should it be necessary to bar all bondsmen from practice in courts. Judge Clifton R. Cameron was to confer with Sheaffer ’ today and may direct a similar order in his court against the trio. Sheaffer said he and police authorities are attempting to work out a system whereby two or three reputable bondsmen will represent surety companies at headquarters. Under this proposal, all bonds provided would have the financial support of the surety firms, Sheaffer said.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931

Reckless Rider Street Car Passenger’s Dangling Arm Broken by Backing Auto.

Even if you ride the street cars, these auto accidents get you just the same, E. R. Jones, 5007 North Pennsylvania street, mused today as he had a broken arm treated at city hospital. Jones was seated in a northbound Central avenue street car at Thirty-first street and Central avenue. Harley Davis, 817 Union street, at the same time was attempting to crank his automobile, parked on Central avenue. Davis’ car suddenly bounded backward, hitting the street car. Jones’ arm, draped out the window of the street car, was caught between the automobile and the street car. So that’s why Jones went to the hospital. He doesn’t even have the dubious satisfaction of growling about “these reckless drivers.” What a life, these modern days. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 74 10 a. m 84 7a. m 75 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 77 12 (noon).. 89 9a. m 80 Ip. m 89

Williams, recited contentions that “acquisition at present is impossible because the city already is insolvent, having exceeded its bonded indebtedness limit by $5,000,000.” It would be necessary for the city to increase its bond debt, now about $13,000,000, if it acquired the gas company, he said. A law limiting indebtedness to 2 per cent of property valuation would forbid this, Rooker stated. Rooker also charges that trust funds of the Citizens Gas Company, which he also says is insolvent, are being diverted from proper channels at the rate of $1,000,000 a year. He attacked the indeterminate permit given the company by the Indiana public service commission as void, declaring it replaced the company's 1905 franchise with the city and “impaired the obligation of a contract.” This contract provided for the ultimate acquisition of the Citizens Gas Company by the city. Authority of the public service commission in granting the permit was branded as a violation of the state Constitution, under which, Rooker cited, there can be no such thing as an indeterminate permit, or special charter. Judge Clarence E. Weir heard the arguments and ordered attorneys to file briefs. Thompson vigorously contended that Williams, as a taxpayer, “has no right to ask the court to wrest the gas company property from its present trustees and put it in hands of a receiver.”

MERCURY - DROP DUE Cool Weather to Reach City Thursday. Cool weather was moving from the north today to bring Indianapolis an 8-degree drop in temperature by Thursday, the weather bureau forecast. Today will be uncomfortable, due to increasing temperatures and high humidity. The mercury is to soar above 85 this afternoon, weather experts predicted. Rain fell in all parts of Indiana Tuesday. Indianapolis received .17 of an inch, while the heaviest fall was 2.23 inches at Royal Center. Temperatures were high in southern Indiana with Vincennes and Evansville recording 95 and 96, respectively. RECORD PLANE CAPSIZES Schneider Cup Unhurt as Ship Skids on Alighting. By United Press CALSHOT, England. Sept. 16Flight Lieutenant H. G. Stainforth, while practicing in the recordbreaking Schneider cup plane S-6-B, skidded alighting on the water today and capsized. He was removed from the plane, apparently uninjured. Stainforth's goggles bruised his nose slightly, but otherwise he was not hurt. * '

LEVY TAX ON BANK DEPOSITS, SAYS JTETSON One Solution for Relief for Home Owner, State Board Is Told. SAVINGS 'BIGGEST EVER’ . Showalter Urges Reduction of School Budget as Patriotic Matter. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Indianapolis bank deposits are “greatest in history,” and if this source of revenue was tapped for taxes there would be no need for the present delinquency of tax payments on small homes. This was the answer Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of the Indianapolis schools, made to a long plea for a cut in the school budget at the appeal hearing this morning by Chairman James E. Showalter of the state tax board. In Indiana all property, including bank deposits, is supposed to be taxed full value, but "only in the case of the small holder of real estate has the rule generally been applied. “A cashier of the Indiana National bank told me recently that their savings accounts were the greatest ever and that applied generally throughout the country,” Stetson declared. “With millions on deposit in banks, the country should not suffer from failure to meet the cost of operating its public schools.” Schools Jeopardized Showalter had bewailed the present crisis and urged Stetson to reduce the budget, including his own $12,000 salary, as matter of patriotism. Rate of the proposed budget is sl.Ol. It appeared likely at the close of the hearing today that the tax commissioners will cut off as much as 5 or 6 cents from this amount. Appeal was taken by the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association and supported by Chamber of Commerce tax-cutting committee. As the second day of the hearing got under way, Showalter lectured the school men. “I am just a farmer,” he said, “but I have devoted considerable time to this tax problem. Unless some solution is found, the schools themselves will be jeopardized. Home More Important

“I think the Indianapolis school board and superintendent should keep within reasonable bounds. Os course, I know it is always unpopular to say anything at all in criticism of the schools. But just because of that we have permitted them to get almost beyond control. “Things constantly are added, which mean expense, and nothing is ever eliminated. After all the home is the more important institution to consider Persons shouldn’t have to sacrifice their homes to finance the schools” Showalter then suggested that it might be “good psychology” at this time for Stetson to cut his own sal- | ary and that of the business director, which is $6,000. Bankruptcy Lays Ahead Unless expenses are reduced the Indianapolis schools may find themselves in the same bankrupt condition as those in Chicago, he challenged. Albert F. Welsman, taxpayers association spokesman, suggested a fifteen-day moratorium for the school officials to cut the budget, but it was not accepted. Stetson declared it had been cut by him $165,000 below the actual needs. Declaring it “bad taste” to discuss his own salary, Stetson asserted : “We are here to defend this budget because we believe it is right.” After considerable round table talk, which included both pro and con arguments of how the hearings are being reported in the newspapers, the group got down to scanning the budget. Book Urges Slash Tuesday afternoon wholly was devoted to this and the result was a SSO cut agreed upon. Total of the budget is $7,495,546. William A. Book, Chamber of Commerce tax trimmer, offered various pruning suggestions, which are being considered by the board. At noon Showalter announced that the commissioners will study the budget and call the school men back next week, if need be. They left assured the cuts will be made.

‘MERCY ARMY’ TO RUSH FUND DRIVE

An ‘‘army of mercy,” consisting of more than 3,000 citizens, the largest volunteer soliciting group in the history of the Indianapolis Community Fund, will seek pledges to the fund’s twelfth annual campaign in the fall. This announcement was made today by Arthur V. Brown, chairman of the drive. The campaign dates have been set for Oct. 23 to Nov. 2. Brown reported that active work in organizing the campaign are well under way. Numerous citizens who always have been interested in the fund, but who have taken no active part during the campaigns, are volunteering their services, he reported. The chairman stated that he feels free to mobilize the personal

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‘Farm Board Is Success, ’ Asserts Chairman Here

The federal farm board is proving a success, declared James Stone of Lexington, Ky., chairman of the board, today in an interview, prior to addressing the agents and executives of insurance and trust com-

panies meeting at the Columbia Club and Claypool hotel. Stone, who Is on the same program with Alexander Legge, former chairman of the board, and Arthur Hyde, secretary of agriculture, declared that the average business man is ignorant of the real purpose of the board.

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“The marketing act under which the board was formed is just what the name denotes,” he declared. “It is the board’s purpose to strengthen the business methods and setup and improving the management of the co-operative associations. “Our problem is not to maintain a price level, but really to prevent price fluctuations.” Using the tobacco market, with which he has been closely related, as an example, he declared: “The price of cigarets practically has remained the same since 1918, yet the price of the raw material used has varied as much as 100 and 200 per cent during this period. “Just as the price of cigarets has remained stabilized, so should the grain price hold to a level. “I do not believe that the American farmer will get anywhere unless he develops a better system of sales. “Under the present system, the farmer can not get a price based on the law of supply and demand. “Through consolidation, the big mills and grain dealers have concentrated their buying power, but the

services and the financial resources of the city for the approaching drive. Active work already is under way on the part of the special gifts committee which has assumed the responsibility of soliciting gifts from donors of $250 and up. The committee members are of the opinion that they must be responsible for the major portion of increase which will be necessary this fall to care for the unfortunates in Indianapolis. J. K. Lilly is chairman of the committee with Frank Stalnaker and Curtis H. Rottger, vice-chair-man. All money raised by the Community Fund is to be used exclusively for local needs. Brown declared. The fund does not employ paid solicitors, *v

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Don Moyle and Cecil Allen Are Reported From Far North in Radio Message to Flier’s Fiancee. By United Pres* SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 16.—Long given up as lost in the North Pacific, Don Moyle and Cecil Allen, Tokio-Seattle fliers, were reported safe on an uninhabited island in the Bering Sea today in a brief radio message. Details were meager. Resources of the army and navy communications system were devoted to an attempt to learn more, but the radio message, intercepted here, carried the news that thfe fliers had not gone done into the Pacific, as feared, but had stayed off their course and landed safely. The radio, addressed to Frances Bresson; Moyle’s fiancee at Arlington, Cal., was sent out by.the navy radio station on St. Paul’s island, in the Probiloff group.

TWO FLIERS DIE ON RELIEF HOP Plane Carrying Medicine to Honduras Crashes. By United Press PANAMA CITY, Sept. 16.—A United States navy amphibian, en route to Belize, British Honduras, with medical supplies, crashed at David, Panama, today. Two of the crew were killed and two injured. The dead were Chief Pilot J. L. Jenkins and A. O. Miller, machinist. The injured were Lieutenant C. A. Langford, co-pilot, and J. R. Miller, radio operator. The plane landed at David for refueling and crashed after taking off. Langford was not expected to live.

farmer and the various co-operatives sell as individuals. “The farmer should concentrate his selling power just as the other side has done to its buying power. And the main object of the federal farm board is to concentrate the selling and see that it is done intelligently.” Stone declared that since July 1, the farm board has sold 47,500,000 bushels of wheat, which was purchased to hold up the price, to foreign nations including Brazil, Germany and China. Managers of the various farm properties operated by insurance and trust companies which foreclosed mortgages are to hear a discussion of the management of these properties. s Hudson Burr of Bloomington 111., manager of the Aetna farms there, presided at the afternoon meeting. Legge is to make the principal address at the meeting tonight at the Claypool. PLUNGES TO DEATH P. L. Smith, 30, Editor of Fortune, Is Suicide. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Parker Lloyd Smith, 30, socially prominent Princeton graduate and managing editor of the magazine Fortune, committed suicide today by leaping from the twenty-third floor of a fashionable apartment house just off Fifth avenue, to the roof of a nearby eight-story building.

SCAN NAVAL HOLIDAY Possibilities Are Studied by Borah, Grandi. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The state department, it was learned authoritatively today, is making a study of the possibilities of a naval holiday such as was recently suggested by Foreign Minister Grandi of Italy and Senator William E. Borah. High administration officials, it became known today, view a naval holiday sympathetically. However, as neither Grandi nor Borah has made known details of their plans these officials are‘not prepared to give open adherence to either project. FEAR EPIDEMIC GAINING More Than 10 of Insane Patients Critically 111 of Typhoid. By United Press CLEVELAND. Sept. 16. Additional deaths from a typhoid fever epidemic were feared today by physicians at the Newburgh State Hospital for the Insane, where six have died and more than ten of the 125 afflicted patients were reported in a critical conditjpn.

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It was relayed by the navy radio at Cordova, intercepted here by the Harbor radio and read: “Landed on uninhabited island okay. Be in Seattle Sept. 22. Love. Don.” It was the first word heard of the fliers since an hour after they left Sabishiro beach, Japan, Sept. 7, on their projected nonstop flight to Seattle, a distance of approximately 4,500 miles. The message did not name tk% island or give its location, but the coast guard ordered its Bering sea patrol to investigate and attempt to get more information on the safety of the fliers. From the fact that the radio originated at St. Paul’s island, it was assumed that the fliers had landed in one of the islands of the Pr.blloff group, the islands where the great fur seal herds go every summer.

JAIL OWNER OF LIQUOR FOUND IN PARKED CAR 30 Days, S2OO Fine Given Driver of Improperly Parked Auto. Upholding police officers’ rights to search a car that is parked improperly, Alexander Gross, Negro, 422 Rankin street, was sentenced, thirty days in jail and fined SIOO and costs on a blind tiger charge today by Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron. The court held that when officers found the car parked several feet from a West Sixteenth street curb, they could search it. Officers said they found a quart of alcohol in the auto. Raymond Smith, 146 South West street, was sentenced thirty days and fined SIOO by Cameron on a blind tiger count. He is alleged to have had a quantity of liquor hidden in a water cooler. MASONS HONOR LESLIE Governor Among 88 Receiving 33d Degree at Detroit. By United Brens DETROIT, Sept. 16.—Eighty-eight candidates from fifteen of the northeastern states received the honorary thirty-third degree of Masonry here Tuesday night. Included in the group were ten Indiana Masons. The degree is conferred for either exemplary service to the order or distinguished public service. Hoosiers receiving the degree are William H. Morrison, William E. Gentry, Harry C. Anderson, Vincent V. Smith, Fred I. Willis and Governor Harry G. Leslie of Indianapolis; Edwin J. Lent of South Bend, Calvin E. Peterson of Decatur, John R. Browne of Marion and Thomas A. Swift of Evansivlle. VETERANS MARCH AGAIN Only Frw of Union Soldiers Able to ‘ Walk at Convention. By United Press DES MOINES, la., Sept. 16. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic marched again in parade today at the annual national encampment. Only the most hearty of the 1,800 veterans in attendance were able to join those who marched on foot. Others, to whom their canes were indispensable, rode in motorcars. STRIKERS BACK AT JOBS 850 Textile Workers Return on Company’s Terms. By United Press PUTNAM, Conn., Sept. 16.—A strike of 850 textile workers had ended today with the strikers agreeing to return to their mills on the companies’ terms. The strike lasted nine weeks and cost approximately $1,000,000 m pay roll loss. AUGUST PAY ROLLS UP Lowell, Mass., Industrial Center, Shows $231,414 Increase. By United Press LOWELL, Mass., Sept. 16. —August payrolls in this important industrial city totaled $231,414 more than those for July. The August total wa reported by the Chamber of Commerce as $2.333,311— m0re than for any previous month this year except May. _ ■

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