Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 153, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1931 — Page 1

JAPANESE BATTLE CHINESE ON FIVE-MILE FRONT; FEAR RUSSIA WILL BE INVOLVED Casualties Heavy, With Artillery and Machine Guns Taking- Toll; More Troops Rushed to Scene. LEAGUE IS ALARMED BY EVENTS Ultimatum May Be Issued to Tokio; Washings ton Views Clash With Growing Apprehension. By United Press Threat of open war in Manchuria became more serious than erer today as Japanese and Chinese forces battled along the Nonni river. With heavy casualties reported, the danger of complications with Soviet Russia because of her extensive interests at Tsitsihar urns feared in Tokio. The League of Nations was alarmed, by the extension of Japanese military activities and the renewal of fighting, despite the league council's request that Japan withdraw her forces to a point within the South Manchuria railroad zone by Nov. 16. Washington awaited accurate information, recognizing the increasing gravity of the situation.

Fight on 5-Mile Front By I nihil Prcsti MUKDEN, Manchuria, Nov. 5. Japanese troops carried several Chinese strongholds in a battle with Heilungkiang forces along a fivemile front in Manchuria today, in the most alarming warfare of the present far eastern crisis. Important strategic positions east of Ipuchih were taken by the Japanese after a terrific attack on the left wing of the Chinese, stationed along the Nonni river. They turned their next offensive on the northwest position of the Chinese and heavy lighting ensued. Two Japanese companies attacking the left wing reached the line of Chinese defenses at 10 a. m., but encountered a strong force of 3,000 Heilungkiang troops. ' Fight in Russian Area The battle line is in the Tsitsihar area, near the Chinese Eastern railroad, and within the sphere of influence of Soviet Russia. Casualties were reported heavy, with at least fifteen killed and many others wounded in the first outburst of fighting. There were some 600 Japanese troops in the battle district, but it was believed reinforcements would be sent northward from Taonan, because the Chinese force, led by General Ma Chan-Shan, was said to total around 5,000 men. The Japanese version of the battle was that the Chinese forces approached them at 2 p. m. Wednesday carrying a white flag. When at close quarters, the Chinese were alleged to have opened fire. Japanese Force in Danger Chinese reinforcements then came up and the Japanese tropps were reported in a serious position, although they were heavily armed with machine guns. The Chinese had some twenty cannon. Prior to the battle, the Japanese had said their troops would not advance north of the bridge, although it was admitted that patrols might have been sent out as a precaution. No definite military campaign was intended in the Tsitsihar area, however. officials said. The Nonni river battle raised the possibility of serious complications with Soviet Russia, which has joint control of the Chinese Eastern railroad and of Tsitsihar. Both Japan and Russia have made definite efforts to avoid a clash of interests. They have been reported in agreement as to their actions in the district. SCHOOL FOR DRIVERS TO BE HELD TONIGHT Safety on City Streets to Be Stressed by Police Speaker. Safety on the city streets will be discussed at a school for drivers in municipal court four tonight with Lieutenant Frank Owens, police accident prevention bureau head, in charge. This program, a part of Safety Education week, will be held especially for chauffeurs, taxicab drivers truck drivers and motorists. The accident prevention bureau sponsored fifteen meetings in schools and community houses Wednesday. An attendance of 400 was reported at schcool No. 10. with Lieutenant Owen and Captain Lewis Johnson, police traffic department head, as the speakers. More than 300 persons attended a similar meeting at the Brookside community house where a dance followed the meeting. RAIL MERGER IS URGED Proposal for One Huge System Slated to Reach Congress. By United Press NEW YORK. Nov. s.—Consolidation of all railroads into a single $24,000,000,000 system was proposed today by Nathan L. Amster. president of the Citizens National Railway League, Inc., and a director of the Chicago, Rock Island <fc Pacific railroad. Amster said his plan would be presented at the next session of congress. It would provide for management by a board of governors comprising security holders, per:, labor and the public would be under federal supervision.

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Japan Sees Danger By United Press TOKIO, Nov. s.—Danger of grave complications with Soviet Russia as a result of the Japanese battle with Chinese in the Nonni railroad bridge area was feared today in diplomatic circles. Reports of Soviet assistance given Manchurian troops of General Ma Chan-Shan have been circulated persistently in governmental sources. Even some foreign military attaches were inclined to think Ma ChanShan would not attack the Japanese troops unless assured of outside aid. Soviet officials, however, repeatedly have denied aiding the Chinese in Manchuria and warned Ma Chan-Shan not to antagonize the Japanese. The latest fighting was expected to prompt the Japanese to increase their support of Gen. Chang HaiPeng, Manchurian war lord who has opposed Chang Hsueh-Liang, ruler of Manchuria, and ally of China. The war office was reticent in regard to the Nonni battle, believed by far the most serious during the Chinese-Japanese clash in Manchuria.

League Fears Increase BY HENRY WOOD Cnited Press Staff Correspondent GENEVA, Nov. s.—Apprehension of the League of Nations over the situation in Manchuria was increased greatly today by the battle between Japanese and Chinese forces along the Nonni river. The league’s strongly worded protests and demands on Japan apparently having failed, China was expected to appeal momentarily under Article XV of the league covenant, which might leave the league in the position of issuing an ultimatum to Japan or backing down completely. Article XV gives the council the right to act without unanimity and the members of the league the right “to take such action as they shall consider necessary for maintenance of right and justice.” Application of the ensuing Article XVI would entail a commercial boycott and other penalties against the offending nation. China also might demand an extraordinary session of the council before Nov. 16, the date set for its next special meeting on Manchuria. Washington Is Worried By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—Reports of fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops at the Nonni river bridge, south of Tsitsihar, appeared to observers here today to increase the gravity of the Manchurian situation. The state department anxiously awaited a report from Consul George G. Hanson at Harbin, which would throw’ official light on the renewed troubles. The department frankly admits the difficulties of obtaining reliable information about the rapidly moving events in Manchuria. It is receiving reports from American sources in Nanking and Tokio, but these naturally are based on information reflecting either the Japanese or Chines? points of view. Hanson is regarded by officials here as the only American observer in a position to render concrete and unbiased reports, but he has been handicapped by being in the war zone, which makes communication difficult. Official attitude of the American government toward the JapaneseChinese quarrel, as stated authoritatively today, is to work through diplomatic channels to support general efforts to preserve peace. NO ‘DEATH TO ALFONSO’ Republic “Blame Group” Unlikely to Voice Demand for Life. By United Press MADRID, Nov. s.—Exiled King Alfonso probably will be charged with “inciting rebellion” in Spain, but he is expected to escape demands of the republican “responsibilities committee” for the death penalty. Jeronimo Bujeda. Socialist chairman of the committee investigating the "crimes” of Alfonso, said the deatL* penalty would not be asked for the former monarch, now safe in exile in France.

Woman May Be Next ‘Mayor’in Capital of U. S. By United Press WASHINGTON. Nov. s.—ls the Democrats gain control of the house next month, a woman probably will head one of its committees for the first

time in history, 1 and incident- < ally become the [ first w o man I ‘mayor of WashI ington.’ Mrs. Mary TeIresa Norton of I New Je r sey, I elected to con- ] gress in 1924. i : s second ranking Democrat i on the house | District of Columbia committee. Representative Chris|topher D. Sul--I’ivan of New York is the i ranking mem- • ber, but he is jin line for the l chair manship iof the insular 1 affairs committee. It is likely

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that lie would be chosen to head that committee, leaving the district committee open for Mrs. Norton. So important to the residents of Washington is the district committee that its chairman has come to be dubbed the mayor of Washington.

MILLION PASSED IN FUND DRIVE Workers, Near Goal, Will Extend Campaign. Goal $1,043,6X6.00 Reported yesterday $102,133.84 Total to date $1,012,688.00 Pereentaee of sroal 97 Amount needed $31,000.00 Barely missing their goal, by only $31,000. workers in the 1931 Community Fund campaign, at their final meeting in the Claypool Wednesday night, voted to continue the drive two days more, to attain the fund of $1,043 686 set as the minimum for successful operation this winter. The workers Wednesday night reported an additional $102,133.84, raising total subscriptions thus far to $1,012,686. the largest sum ever pledged to the Community Fund here. No report meeting will be held today, but the 3,000 workers will meet again in the Claypool at 6 Friday night, for the last report in the campaign. They are certain the drive will go over the top then. Individual gifts by employes thus far have averaged $5.95 a person, with a total of $225,753 from 37,945 contributors in the employes division. CABINET ANNOUNCED MacDonald Names British Government Aids. By United Press * LONDON. Nov. s.—The reorganized cabinet formed, by Premier Ramsay MacDonald was announced tonight. Neville Chamberlain was selected as chancellor of the exchequer. Philip Snowden, retiring chancellor of the exchequer, was made lord privy seal, foreshadowing his elevation to the peerage. Stanley Baldwin, leader of the Conservative party, was made lord president of the council. Sir John Simon, Liberal, was made foreign secretary. Sir Walter Runciman, Liberal, becomes president of the board of trade. Sir Herbert Samuel, successor to David Lloyd George as leader of the parliamentary Liberal party, was given the important post of home secretary. Sir Samuel Hoare, Conservative, remains as secretary of state for India, and J. H. Thomas, national Laborite, as dominion’s secretary.

GOING TO LAUNCHING Mayor, Sister Will Leave for East Tonight. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and his sister. Miss Mary Sullivan, will leave Indianapolis tonight by train for Camden, N. J., where the cruiser Indianapolis will be launched Saturday morning. Miss Lucy Taggart, named by the mayor as sponsor to christen the new warship, and her party were scheduled to leave for Camden this afternoon. Accompanying Miss Taggart w’ill be Thomas D. Taggart and Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson Sinclair of Indianapolis. Miss Evelyn Chambers, a junior at Vassar college, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Lawrence Chambers, Indianapolis, will assist in the christening as maid of honor. Shipyard officials have announced 10:45 Saturday as the hour for the launching. Indiana congressmen and senators, Governor and Mrs. Harry G. Leslie have been invited. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 38 10 a. m 51 7a. m 37 11 a. m 52 Ba. m...<T42 12 (noon).. 54 9a m 46 Ip. m 52

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WHEAT PRICES CLIMB; RETAIL TRADEBOOMS Millions Pour Into Pockets of Farmers, With Grain Values Rising. MILLS ENTER- MARKET Employment Helped and Wholesalers Report Orders Increasing. By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 5.—A bull market in wheat today spread optimism throughout the west, as farmers watched each l-cent rise in price add approximately $3,500,000 to their wealth. Fraction by fraction, wheat edged up today to successive new seasonal high price levels on the Chicago Board of Trade. At 11 a. m. the price was 2 cents and more above Wednesday's close and a cent higher than today’s opening prices. May wheat sold for 71% cents a bushel, 22% cents above the record low mark exactly a month ago. December was 66% cents and March 7014. , Heavy profit-taking sales continued, but failed to halt the advance. Corn, oats and rye rose wjth wheat and broke seasonal records. Other Advances Reported Even greater advances in wheat prices were scored in other North American markets. The price at Kansas City was 1% to I*4 cents higher at 10 a. m. At the same time Minneapolis reported wheat selling I*4 to 1% cents above Wednesday's close. At Winnipeg, at 10 a. m„ prices were % to 1 cent higher. In Duluth, durum was up % to 1% cents. The great flour mills of Minneapolis, Buffalo, Kansas City and the southwest were adding hands to care for increased orders, based on the rising price of flour due to advances in wheat. Mills Buy Wheat The mills themselves were aiding the rise as they entered the market to replete wheat stocks reported to the department of commerce as nearly 15,000,000 bushels beJow those of last year. Foreign buyers who started the rush for wheat when Russian canceled orders given her sent a flood of inquiries for flour, eager to purchase before the price went higher. Grain commissions prepared to add employes to care for the flood of orders which sent the exchanges of the country into a turmoil unseen since the days of the 1929 bull market. Wholesale houses reported increasing orders from firms in agricultural districts, anticipating better business from farmers, whose wallets again have been filled from the sale of hoarded grain. In Wall Street, stocks of firms whose business depends upon the prosperity of the agricultural regions were in demand. Prices of International Harvester, Monrgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck and others were bid up in anticipation of better business with the higner wheat prices. Railroads Share Benefit Western railroads, whose freight traffic shrank to dwindling proportions when farmers held back half their wheat crop and nearly all their corn crop this fall, reported more than 40,000 grain car loadings. The figure was a gain of nearly 3,500 over the previous week and only slightly lower than in the large movement of 1930. But while some farmers were rushing their hoarded grain to market, others acting on numerouo predictions, were holding out for “dollar wheat.” Almost unnoticed in the spectacular rise of wheat, corn was advanced 10 cents. Agricultural experts pointed out that since the farmers held nearly all the new corn crop of 2,700,000,000 bushels, they are benefited nearly $270,000,000 by the rise. This is four and a half times their profit from the wheat rise. It was pointed out that the farm board itself, with large stocks of wheat purchased at prices considerably higher than the present level, stands to recoup considerable of its loss. FEED MINE CHILDREN Salvation Army Supplying Two Meals a Day at Bieknell. By Times Special BICKNELL, Ind.. Nov. s.—Children of striking coal miners are being given two meals a day by Salvation Army workers who recently received twenty cases of food from the Indiana Salvation Army supply house.

HUGE HAUL OF LOTTERY TICKETS REPORTED: COPS AGAIN SEEK JOHN KRAUSE

Descending on the alleged headquarters of John Krause, purported lottery king, at 107 South Capitol avenue, shortly after noon today, police squads reported that they confiscated several truck loads of lottery tickets and arrested two men in charge. Several hundred thousand tickets on race sweepstakes in various parts of the nation were confiscated, they declared, together with presses, punching machines and printing paraphernalia. Both Krause, alleged lessor of the

No Parking? Big Joke!

Here are some of the improperly parked automobiles which operators of police tow-in trucks failed to “see.” The picture is a view of Court street, snapped from Delaware street. The - automobile in the foreground and that immediately in front of it are operated by Constable C. E. Haymaker and Deputy Constable Tim Burns. Almost daily these two cars are parked here, on the wrong side of the street and under a sign reading “No Parking at Any Time,”

POLICE TO WAR ON TAXICAB ‘CRUISING’

Hey, Morrissey The Indianapolis police department may be the “finest” to some persons, but it is a rank failure to one newspaper reporter. “Why, they can’t even watch a hat,” he complains. During the Jack Bernstein parole revocation hearing in Marion criminal court late Wednesday, 'the reporter laid his hat upon a desk back of the railing. Surrounding the hat were four policemen and John Dalton. detective assigned to the court. When the repoi*ter returned from telephoning the story to his paper, the hat was gone.

HEAVY FROST IS DUE Mercury May Drop From 54 to 34 Tonight. Near freezing temperatures and heavy frost will descend on Indianapolis and the state tonight. Weather bureau forecast calls for the merucry to slide from near 54 this afternoon to about 34 by early Friday. Heavy frost was reported throughout the state Wednesday night and the blanket is expected to be heavier tonight. Lowest temperature in Indianapolis was 37 at 7 this morning, while Ft. Wayne reported the minimum state reading, with 34. Indiana is in the center of a high pressure area which extends with clear, cool weather from the Rocky 'mountains to the Atlantic seaboard. This condition has prevailed for forty-eight hours, J. H. Armington, bureau chief, said. Only breaks in the clear climatic condition in the country are at Miami, Fla., near the Great Lakes and along the northern Pacific coast. INGALLS FOR GOVERNOR Assistant Secretary of Navy to Run for Ohio Berth. Bit United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—David S. Ingalls, 32, assistant secretary of the navy’, today confirmed reports that he would be a candidate for Governor of Ohio in the spring primaries. Ingalls said that his campaign plans were indefinite, but that he was leaving Friday for Ohio where he expects to hold a series of conferences with prominent state Republican leaders. “I know it will be a hard fight,” Ingalls said, “but we will be in there ! to win.”

place, and William Mouller, said by police to be assoicated with Krause, are in Baltimore. Under arrest are Charles Hart, 43, of 19 North Oriental street, and Charles Sweeney, 27, of 2227 Bellefontaine street. Raiders said they seized more than 100.000 tickets on the Royal Intestate Cos., Ltd., sweepstakes in Canada; more than 500.000 tickets on the Epsom Downs sweepstakes: and more than 35,000 tickets on the Hawthorne Gold Cup Sweepstakes at Cicero, 111.

office workers in the vicinity report. Drivers of the two cars, apparently without fear of the tow-in truck, leave their automobiles parked in the shadow of the office of J. F. Manning. Center township justice of the peace. But there’s a reason for their “not believing in signs,” for on the windshields of the two cars there are cards bearing the magic words, “constable.” The tow-in-law' makes no provision for special privileges in parking for constables.

Strong Regulations, Passed by Council, Will Be Put in Force. Enforcement of stronger taxicab regulations, provided in an ordinance passed by city council six months ago, will be started by police within a few days. The -war on. taxicabs will aim at “cruising” and other practices, which police brand as serious traffic menaces, Captain Louis Johnson, head of the traffic department, announced today. Captain Johnson stated that a conference of cab owners will be held Friday for purpose of acquainting them with provisions of the new ordinance, to be enforced for the first time. All drivers will be required to obtain new licenses and position of several taxicab stands may be changed. Will Halt Violations The new ordinance is expected to stop taxicab traffic violations, which never have been curbed by repeated arrests of taxicab drivers, Johnson declared. Strict requirements are required for the license, including physical fitness, ability to read and write and character qualifications. No person convicted of a felony within three years of the date of application may. secure a license. Any license may be revoked by the city controller or the mayor for cause, and all drivers will be required to carry the license in plain view. Under the new ordinance, police will contral the establishment of taxicab stands in residential districts. curbing “squatter” rights formerly assumed by the cabs. Number of Cabs Limited The number of cars parked in each stand will be limited by police and no stand will be established except on application of abutting property owners. Rapid increase of taxicabs in the city during the last two years is cited by Captain Johnson as an important element in bringing about stricter regulations. ACCIDENTAL CLUBBING OF BOY IS PROBED Lad’s Skull Fractured When Struck by BaU Bat. Police today probed the accidental clubbing of Harold Floerke, 9, of 1317 Linden street, who is in serious condition at city hospital, suffering from skull fracture. The school boy was ‘teiken to the hospital late Wednesday after he became unconscious. He had told his mother, Mrs. Agnes Floerke, that he .Was struck accidentally with a baseball bat held by a playmate, Oct. 30.

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SIMMONS JURY DEADLOCK HOLDS FOR 45 HOURS Twelve Men Still Undecided on Fate of Poison Slayer Suspect, After Second Night of Deliberation. COURT ROOM CROWD SITS PATIENTLY Judge Is Expected to Keep Dozen Weary Debaters on Job Until Verdict Is Reached. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT LEBANON, Ind., Nov. 5.—A Boone county jury this afternoon passed the forty-fifth hour of deliberation on the fate of Mrs. Carrie W. Simmons, charged with the strychnine slaying- of her small daughter, Alice Jean. At noon when the twelve farmers, haggard and unshaven, went to lunch, they appeared more cheerful than at any time since they received the murder case at 5:45 Tuesday. They nodded to acquaintances near the courthouse and smiled.

AFFIRMS SLAP GIVENHOOVER Ignorance Charge Is Upheld by Navy League. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. s.—The navy league executive committee by vote of 7 to 1 today, supported the charges recently brought against President Hoover by William Howard Gardiner, the league president. The league issued an explanation of its action. It was signed by all members of the executive committee except Henry Breckenridge of New York, who previously had dissociated himself from Gardiner’s charge that Mr. Hoover was “abysmally ignorant” of naval affairs. Gardiner issued an Independent statement in which he made no mention of the apology demanded by President Hoover. “I wrote the pamphlet, published by the navy league on Oct. 28, in the best of good faith,” Gardiner said. “I wrote it in the hope that it would bring home to my fellow countrymen and to our selected representatives in the executive and legislative branches of our government, what I sincerely believe to be the very serious condition that confronts our country.” The President’s inquiry committee also met today for the first time in a private dining room at the Metropolitan Club. By coincidence, the navy league executive commitee chose also to lunch at the Metropolitan after announcing its vote on the Gardiner statement. The club is only two blocks from the White House. LEADS IN KENTUCKY Judge Laffoon Almost Sure for Governor. By United Press LOUISVILLE, Nov. s.—Judge Ruby Laffoon (Dem.) of Madisonville today held a consistent and increasing lead over Mayor William B. Harrison of Louisville as returns were tabulated from all parts of Kentucky in the race for Governor. The figures for 1,513 precincts of the state’s 4,178 were: Laffoon, 176,340; Harrison, 131,105. The returns indicated a full Democratic cabinet would be installed and, as is usual in Kentucky, a predominantly Democratic legislature. About one-third of the state election boards had reported from widely scattered sections of the state. Harrison was losing heavily in all reports, with the exception of those of his home city.

NAN'S CASE TO JURY Character Is Deciding Factor, Judge’s Instruction. By Unit —s TOLEDO, 0., Nov. s.—The character of Nan Britton should be the deciding factor in her $50,000 libel suit against C. A. Klunk, Marion hotel keeper, Federal Judge John M. Killits said today in his final instructions to the jury. Death of a juror’s mother interrupted the trial this morning and Judge Killits postponed the session until this afternoon. It was believed it would be late afternoon before the jurors begin considering the claims of Miss Britton that Klunk libeled her by distributing copies of “The Answer to ‘The President’s Daughter.’ ” GIRL BADLY SCALDED Falls Into Dish Washing Machine at Work in Restaurant. Scalded on the legs and arms when she fell into an electric dish washing machine in a restaurant at 1617 West Maryland street today. Miss Edith Bray, 17, of 009 South Harding street, is underlcare of physicians at Methodist hospital.

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Cots were provided the talesmen when the long grind, since 5:45 Tuesday evening, lengthened into Wednesday night. Early in the night, lights were extinguished in the jury room, but at midnight and 3 a. m. the jurors were out of their cots, pacing the floor and attempting to bring the court a twelve-man decision. After a trial of five weeks and two days, one of the longest In ific history of the state, the jurors appeared on the road to a recordmaking deliberation period. “How are you getting along?” one juror was asked by a courthouse spectator. The juror raised his right hand. Two fingers were crossed. Ready for Long Stay Wife of a juror brought him clean shirts and said her husband “is ready to stay a week.” Before dawn today, jurors complained they did not have sufficient heat in the* deliberation quarters, and court officials summoned the custodian to remedy the situation. While her fate is held in the hands of these men, Mrs. Simmons I is resting in her Boone county jail 1 cell. She spent most of her time Wednesday reclining on the bed in the cell and was visited numerous times by members of her family, who have stood with her through the long trial grind. Spectators still occupied seats in the courtroom today, unmindful of the length of the jury’s proceedings, too stubborn to surrender until the final word of .the case is uttered. Judge John W. Hornaday still is silent on whether he will call the veniremen before him today to ascertain if there is even a remote possibility of a verdict, or whether | the case will go down in the criminal annals of the state as having j ended with a “hung” jury. Cost Is Factor Due to the length of the trial and the amount of money spent by both sides, it is believed the court will permit the jurors to continue their deliberation several hours. Rumors have taken the place of evidence as the indoor sport of spectators and reporters. The reports of jury activities, none of which is considered reliable, figuratively, have overrun the county. Late Wednesday it was said the jury stood ten to two, with both defense and prosecution, claiming the voting power rested in their favor. Later reports pointed to an eleven to one vote, but this morning these reports had been shattered, with nine to three as the quotation of the hangers-on. Phone Their Wives Hornaday closed the court room at 9 Wednesday night, but informed j the jurors he would await a verdict until midnight and receive a sealed ! verdict, if any, at 9 this morning. Wednesday night, while little children played school in the court room, the scene of the poison murder trial, jurors called their wives and sweethearts by phone. Most of them said they would not return Wednesday night, which proved correct. It is believed the jury is deadlocked over testimony relative to purchase of poison from an Indianapolis druggist and over statements of the Simmons family. Charles W. Friedman, Indianapolis pharmacist, has testified that Mrs, Simmons bought strychnine from him June 18, three days before the fatal picnic. Miss Louise Robinson, Bargersvilie, farm woman, * s told the jury she, and not Mrs, Simmons, was the buyer of poison that day. Wednesday, jurors had Hornaday read instructions again and repeat twice the section relating to credibility of witnesses which gives each juror the right to Judge the truth of statements presented in the case. Robbed of Wife’s Burial Money By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. s.—Henry Stremel drew $193~a1l the money he had after his wife’s long illness—out of the bank to pay her funeral expenses. On the way home a pi<n pocket stole the money.

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