Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1932 — Page 1

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Primitive Mincr Fires Kind, Fires Miner hires Kind’ Fives in Cane on Roots,

By I Hllnl Z'lfM Benton, hi.. May 2—a coal miner who had the courage to chuck it all and go native—told in his cell in county jail today how he ha? lived for two >rars the Big Muddy river—eating root*, wild fruit and fish and sleeping in a hole m the ground. This modern neanderthal man lived by his hand- and wits alone, and eirne out of the wilderness stronger and healthier than when he went in. Ironically, his reversion to primitive ways of living caused his arrest. Game Warden Andrew Goodwin took into custody a sun-tanned creature tlad in the tatters of whit had once been shirt and overalls. Yes. I m George Survel, and I haven't any fishing license.'' the capth admitted I got sick and • turd o: working in the mines around Ziegler. I felt I had to gc; f. :y Irom everything and everybody " When Survel disappeared two v'v; aeo. a search was started. It wa feared he had met with foul play. .nun I DIDN'T wan* to be found," he . said todav I've sern only five people in two tears, and I ran from them. I went Into the woods, and found a place I thought would make a y'od horn*. I dug me a hole in the ground with a stick and made a bed of leaves. I hid the rave with branches. At first I ate only roots, wild fruit.", dandelions and wild onions. Later I fixed up a trap to catrh muskrats and made a net to take fish. I found some iron bars and fixed a grill to rook on. I also raucht mud turtles. I liked them, hut their shells were hard to craek. ' It was pretty hard to keep warm in the winter, but I kept up a fire all the time, and made a blanket out of leaves." Survel was even more disgusted with conditions of life in the mining region than whenh e fled them. -When I get out of jail I'm going back to the ri'.er. and live like a human being,” he said. YACHT IS READY FOR THIRD KIDNAPING TRIP Norfolk Negotiators Prepare for Contact in l.ind? Case. H i I nil"l Vrt * NORFOLK. Va.. May 2—lts complement impatient to be away on their third quest of a group claiming possession of the kidnaped Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the yacht Marcon was held at the naval base by high winds today. John Hughes Curtis, chief negotiator, and his associates. Edwin B. Bruce, retired Elmira <N. Y. banker, and Lieutenant George L. Richard. United Stater navy crack airplane pilot., went aboard before dawn. So also did Captain Frank H. Lackmann, thr yacht's skipper. Tins was the third time, on three eruises. that the Marcon was delayed by bad weather. The second cruise ended Sunday night, when the Marion put in after failing to make the hoped for contact with a "kidnaping" boat far out at sea. SUSPECTS CAUGHT IN MUNCIE KILLING CASE Three Youths Are Held in Marion. After Lavish Spending. fin I nil'll Vn*> MARION. Ind. May 2.—Three Marion youths were arrested today as suspects in the slaying of Ovid McCracken. Muncie policeman last Monday night during the robbery of two motion picture house bank messengers. They also were questioned about the robbery of a filling station at Alo*andria Monday night. The three were Mark McPherson IS. Robert Weaver. 2d. and Roy Adams. 25. A fourth suspect in the filling robbery also was arrested. He was Edward Little. 18. Alexandria. Muncie police were expected at Marion this afternoon to assist in the questioning. Reports that the trio had spent money lavishly during thr last week, despite the fact that each is unemployed. directed suspicion upon them, police said. DELAY ACTION ON JUDGE More Testimony to Be Taken by Senate Group on Wilkerson. fin I nitrd firs* WASHINGTON. May 2—The senate judiciary committee today recommitted to a subcommittee the nomination of James H. Wilkerson to the federal circuit bench of Chicago. Further testimony by Donald R. Richberg. attorney .or the Railway Labor Executives’ Association. who oppose* (the nomination, is to be taken.

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VOLUME 43—NUMBER 306

DEMOCRATS TO CAST BULK OF PRIMARY VOTE G. 0. P. Turnout Tuesday Is Forecast as Light; Boon for Coffin. ESTIMATE NEAR 70.000 Both Party Organizations Face Fights With Insurgents. BY BEN stern Stage scenery was being given its la-t shift todav and finishing touches being made, in more than one sense, for the primary election Tuesday, which gives ail indications of being a torrid battle in the organizations. The man on the street, despite ail the ballyhoo, apparently evidences little interest in outcome of the primary and observers today were predicting one of the lightest /otes in several years. The political tables have been turned and the Democratic primary '.ote is expected to top that of the Republicans in proportion to the ratio of the 1930 primary, when the G. O. P. cast 41.566 votes and the Democrats 26.354, a total of 67.920. It is estimated that Tuesdays votes will be within 70.000. with the Democrats easting between 35.000 and 40 000 and the G. O. P. the remainder.

Chance for Coffin If the Republican vote is light, the Coflin organization slate will go over with but one or two exceptions. Fighting the Coffin groups is the Rcpu Mean Union, composed of those attempt ng to purge the party. A late start has handicapped this organization, which is not concentrating on precinct committeemen, but is seeking to put over a complete slate for congressional, county and legislative offices. Coffin's ward chairmen are seeking election of the precinct committeemen who will name the county and district chairmen at the convention Saturday and thus continue control by the discredited boss Insurgents Stir Strife The Democratic county organization also is having trouble within its ranks from a small group of insurgents headed by Judge Frank P. Baker of criminal court, and Charles L. Grossart, county auditor. This fight is on one office only, the nomination for circuit judge, with the organization backing James E. Deery, city attorney, and the Baker group "pitching" for Earl R. Cox. Besides the two main events, there are a score or more of small groups battling against the organizations in both parties. The fifty-seven different variety of slates, many of which really are sh-ikedown schemes, with apparently plenty of willing suckers, are deluging the ttty. The recognized slates are those ol thp two political party organizations. the Republican Union, the Workers' Non-Partisan Political Action League, the Associated Employers, and the Indiana Anti-sa-loon League, each of which caters to a different trend in political thought.

Report Trusters Have Slate The township trustees are reported to have issued a legislative slate, naming those who. if elected to the general assembly, will oppose efforts to reduce governmental costs through consolidation of townships, thus doing away with duplication. This slate is expected to be effective in rural sections of the county. Although there is widespread interest in utility legislation and tax- ; at ion. majority of the voters have ' not been stirred by the speeches and have indicated that they arc waiting for the general election in November to put in the heavy work, not recognizing the importance of the primary. The same apathy is reported over the entire state. The only question which seems to be asked is. Wet or dry?’’ in relation to the congressional candidates. In 1928. whe>: the last pre-na-tional election primary was held. 77.39! votes were cast in May and 182.906 in the November election. Reason for Heavier Vote The heavy primary vote that year is account for by the fact that candidate? for presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial nominations were battling in Indiana. But the 1929 legislature abolished the primary on those offices, so all discussion is focussed on congress sional, legislative, and county race. The organizations are expected to control election of the delegates to the state conventions in June, and there has been little general interest. a'though field managers for the two Democratic senatorial candidates. Frederick Van Nuvs and Walter Myers, have locked horns in Warren township and the Ninth ward, with rival slates of delegates. Representative Republicans have filed a list of unpledged candidates in the Fouth ward in opposition to the Coffin group. But. as a whole, there is little enthusiasm in the delegates' fight. The only reason for expecting a vote of aproximately 70.000 is that the unprecedented number of candidates on both tickets will bring out their relatives and friends. E\-President to Take Office Hu I ailed /Vt SAN JOSE. Costa Rica. May 2. —Don Ricardo Jimenez. 73-vear-old lawyer, who has spent fifty years in office and twice been president of Costa Rica, will succeed President Gonzales Viquez for a four-year) term. May 8.

She Has a ‘Capital' Idea! Aubrn locks, blue eves and a self-confessed ability to art, form the rhief assets of Yelma. Ine. Aiming to be a Hollywood star. Miss Velma Gresham. Memphis. Tenn.. shown below, offers shares In her rareer for £39,000 harking. She figures it will take her two years to gain a career and pay off stockholders. Isn't that capital"

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BOY, 4, DROWNS ON ‘FISHING TRIP' Martinsville Lad's Body Is Found in Creek. /hi Timrx Sintfil MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. May 2. With a twig for a pole and a couple cf worms for bait, little Freddy Baugh. 4 of near Whitaker, went to the farm home of his aunt nine miles south of here Sunday to go fishing. “Daddy, I'm going to catch some big fish.’ the child told his father, Horace, and his mother. Uniee, as they arrived at the home of the aunt. Mrs. Virgil Jackson. “Bp careful, sonny." Mr. Baugh warned his son as Freddy skipped away on a lane leading to Branch creek, a short distance from the farm home. Alter half an hour. Freddy's parents and aunt became worried. Freddy did not. return. They searched fields and woods of the farm, but the hunt was futile. M. V. Keller. Morgan county sheriff, was summoned. Farmers living in the vicinity joined the search After a search of several hours, three of the men saw a tell-tale track on the bank where Freddy had fallen and slid into the stream. The twig fishing pole floated in the small pool. With makeshift hooks the searchers recovered the body from four feet of water. Keller said the child had been dead more than an hour. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.

RUSSIA’S MILLIONS ! RENEW RED OATH

BY EUGENE LYONS t’nitfd rrrss Corrf*nondrnt MOSCOW. Mav 2 —Defense of the Soviet Union against its enemies was pledged millions of times today after the great display of military strength and allegiance to the Soviet regime in Red Square here in the first of the May day celebrations. Today's program consisted chiefly of mass meetings and lectures. Both Sunday and today were legal holidays. The big parade began early Sunday and continued all day. After 35.000 red troops had passed in review before Joseph Stalin. Premier Molotov. Commissar of War Voroshilov. and other leaders at Lenin's tomb, ten new four-motored bombing planes led 275 war planes over the capital in Russia's greatest display of strength in the air. Hundreds of new tanks and artillery equipment rumbled across red square. The parade revealed the progress of mechanization and motorization of the red army. It is an open secret that under the pressure of events in the far east, this phase of Soviet defense greatly has been intensified. After the parade of the regular

GUPPY SPEARING IS FAVORITE SPORT OF ‘FUNNIEST WRITER’

BV H. ALLEN SMITH I'nitrd Tre** Staff Correspondent \TEW YORK. May 2—Thorne Smith, credited by many critics with writing the funniest novels of the age. ceased hir guppy spearing today long enough to grant the second interview cf his career. "Yes." he admitted, another fellow interviewed me once. He came up and asked me what* I thought about coffee. “I said I didn't feel very strongly about coffee, in fact that I had never really given coffee any serious consideration. Then he

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932

WINS LOTTERY; BEATEN, ROBBED Texan Kidnaped, Plundered, Left Nude in New York. fin I iiiti 1 1 Vrrsg BUFFALO. May 2.—A story that he had been kidnaped from his Texas home and robbed of $6,000 was told police today by a nude man found wandering along the Lake Shore road, near Buffalo. The man said he was Pedro Salinas. 25. of San Antonio, Tex. A truck driver found Salinas wandering exhausted along the Lackawanna highway. He wrapped him in a blanket and took him to police headquarters. Salinas, at first incoherent from exposure, later told police three men kidnaped him in San Antonio several days ago, after he had won 56.000 in a Mexican lottery. Forcing him at pistol point to surrender his money a little at a time. Salinas said, the men finally reached Lackawanna. He had no more money, and the men asked him to wire his wife. Mrs. Susie Salinas, for funds. He refused, he told police, and was forced to surrender his clothing. Then he was thrown from the machine. Salinas said the men were heavily armed, and they carried three sets of license plates—from Texas, Oklahoma and New York. They interchanged them frequently on the trip, he said. Hospital attaches said Salinas was suffering from bruises and severe exposure.

troops, the million or more Moscow citizens, who had waited for hours for the -word to fall into line began an amazing march through Red Square that lasted for hours. Carrying banners denouncing religion. capitalism. Japanese imperialism and pledging defense of the Soviet Union, the masses rolled past the tomb of the “Little Father" wave after wave, singing revolutionary songs and shouting red slogans. There was an unusually large number of armed factory workers in the crowd. Men. women and children who had been waiting in streets and alleys since dawn, joined in the march. There were similar demonstrations through the vast union. Tens of thousands of meetings and other gatherings were held. Banners, floats, red bunting inscribed with official slogans were everywhere. Anti-religious slogans were much in evidence, as May day coincided with Easter Sunday. But there was no interefence with the millions of Greek orthodox worshipers who went to their churches. The display was viewed by Turkish Premier Ismet Pasha and members of the diplomatic corps and military attaches

asked me what kind of floor games I liked. "I asked him what he meant by floor game*:. He said, ‘Games you play on the floor.* So I said. The only game I play on the floor is falling on it.' Thar was all there was to the interview.” m m m TIT HEN EVER Smith isn't wnt- ™ * ing, he usually spears guppies. Guppies are small fish and Smith keeps a bowl of them around the house for spearing purposes. Oi course.” he explained, “I

SENATE GROUP DRAFTS HUGE SAVING PLAN Drastic Tax Reduction and Government Cost Cut Are Advocated. SLASHES FOR SCHOOLS Ten Per Cent Drop Asked in Appropriations for State Institutions. Program for tax reduction and curbing of public expenditures, in the hope of effecting an annual saving of 545.000.000 to $50,000,000 in Indiana next year, was announced today by the co-operative committee of the state senate, and transmitted to a like committee of the house. The groups are composed of both Democrats and Republicans. Declaring that the cost of government is taking steadily increasing amounts from the profits of private enterprises, the senate committee states that, on the other hand, business has suffered a continually diminishing return. This, it is stated, "shows a rather startling rapid change in economic relationship. This committee believes that this unbalancing change now is the greatest disturbing factor against a return to normal business conditions, with opportunity and employment for all." "Government may grow to a point where it destroys the opportunity of the people to support themselves," the program continues. Urges Taxation Reduction The committee stresses a belief that the amount of tax reduction that can be effected by legislation is small compared to that which can be effected in local units, through activity of their citizens. Specific recommendations which, it is claimed, would have $3,186,766 in 1933 and 1934 include the following: Reduction of 10 per cent in appropriations for all state schools, to save $472,592 in the two years. Suspension during the two years of all lax levies for the World war memorial fund, to save $304,396; state teachers' retirement fund, $217,578: state, forestry, $101,464; George Rogers Clark memorial, $76,098, and educational improvement fund. $1,014,648. Would Refuse Gas Money The committee would arrange for a refund to local units of sufficient amounts of tfie gasoline tax to obviate local levies for road maintenance; suspend for three years authority of counties to issue unit highway bonds, and repeal the three-mile gravel road law. Adoption of the county as a school unit is urged by the committee, which favors more home rule in school matters. Rspeal of laws making mandatory certain offices, services and salaries in local units, is advocated. Local units would be compelled to allot annual budgets on a monthly basis, and to make adjustments each month to meet any reduction in revenue. Under the committee program, automobile license fees and personal taxes on cars would be collected by county assessors, who would forward the license fees to the state highway department. It is presumed the committee favors collection of poll tax from women. The program provides for a tax of $1 on "every free citizen.” No license of any kind would be issued to any person who had not paid the poll levy.

Many Bills Needed The committee estimates that enactment of forty to fifty bills would be required to establish its program. Appointment of the co-operative committees followed agitation for a special session of the legislature to enact tax relief measures. 'Senator Joe Rand Beckett of Indianapolis is chairman of the senate committee, which includes Lee J. Hartzell. Ft. Wayne, president pro tem of the senate: Walter S. Chambers. Newcastle: Frank S. Southworth. Plymouth: J. Francis Lochard. Milan: Jesse M. Ballard. Marion. and C. Oliver Holmes. Gary. The house committee is composed of Dolph McKesson. Plymouth. Democratic floor leader: James M. Knapp. Hagerstown. Republican floor leader: Earl C. Crawford. Milton; Miles J. Furnas, Winchester: Hardin S. Links. Columbus, and William C. Babcock. Rennselaer. NEGROES ALLOWED VOTE Texas Law to Keep Them From Polls Is Held Invalid. Bn t will</ l‘rr* WASHINGTON. May 2.—The supreme court today held that the Texas law giving the state Democratic executive committee power to bar Negroes from party primary elections is invalid.

don't rAlly stab them. I Just let on like I'm a whale hunter, or a fiend killer on the loose. I like guppies because they're named guppies. The word eel doesn't set well with me " Smith is 40. a smallish man with yellow hair and a deep tan complexion. He maintains a one-acre estate near Summit. N. J.. which he describes as the smallest estate in New Jersey, ‘but the grass on it is as high as grass on the finest and most expensive estate in the world.” He does most of his writing over

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AL CAPONE LOSES FINAL CHANCE TO ESCAPE U. S. CELL; APPEAL REFUSED

Church May Put Ban on \Ashes to Ashes’ Phrase fin ( Hi lrd l‘r< ATLANTIC CITY. N. J„ May 2 Possibility that the thirty-first quadrennial session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will eliminate the phrases, "ashes to ashes, and dust to dust" in the burial service and "with all my worldly goods I thee endow" from the marriage ceremony, was seen today when the conference opened in the municipal auditorium The "ashes to ashes and dust to dust” phrase is considered by many to be "too cruel" to be included in the burial ceremony. The phrase “with all my worldly goods I thee endow." is opposed because it is considered meaningless in some instances, especially when a'penniless bridegroom is married to a wealthy bride. A movement which has been referred to as "clipping the wings of the bishops"—cutting pay and tenure —is on foot and will be brought up for discussion and possible action. It has been suggested that salaries of bishops be reduced and that they be elected for a stipulated number of years rather than for life. Men and women from all sections of the United Stales and from forty foreign nations are attending the conference.

AX FIEND SLAYS CHILD AND MOTHER

Champ Is Here Look who's here! Colonel John Jeffries, himself. from ol' Kentuck. Young Mister Jeffries, the world's best marble player, is telling Indianapolis mib players how the grand old game of Ringer should be played. And the Kentucky boy knows. He proved himself the best marble player in the country at the national marble finals last June at Ocean City. N. Y. He defeated forty-five boys from cities throughout the country to win his national title. Boys and girls in the Times city-wide marble tourney are going to take a few lessons from the champ. Turn to Page 12 today and read the first of the series by John Jeffries—the champ!

PACKERS LOSE EXPANSION PLEA Supreme Court Refuses to Change Consent Decree. Hu 1 nit rtf Pm* WASHINGTON. May 2—The Chicago Big Four" meat packers today lost in the supreme court their plea for liberalization of the 1920 content degree, by which they agreed to curtail their operations. The court reversed the District of Columbia supreme court ruling of a year ago which held economic conditions had so changed in the last twelve years that the packers were entitled to liberalization. The lower court had permitted the packers to deal at wholesale in foodstuffs not related to the meat; industry and to use their highly organized facilities in handling them The 1920 decree was entered against the "big five” of the meat industry after almost twenty years of litigation and criticism. It was designed to' end purported monopolition of their own field.

RETURN GOOD MEN TO LEGISLATURE

Out of the lon* list of tfiose who are candidates for the state senate and the house of representatives, the voters will have no hesitation about placing on their approved list those whose public records have been commendable. On the Republican ticket, among the candidates for the senate are Winfield Miller and John L. Niblack. whose records as members of that botiv show that they ar* to be trusted. Asa councilman. Albert Meurer gave disinterested and very efficient service, being drafted for 'hat position bv the civic bodies after the Duvall debacle. On the Democratic side. E. Curtis White. Jacob Weiss and John Bright Webb were in the last house. They fought the peoples battles at all time. .. . . On the Republican ticket for representative. John L. Beneaict has a good record. It contrasted, for instance, with that of Lloyd Clavcombe. who fought every progressive measure, or that of Walker DeHaven, who gave unquestioned service to Coffin orders. Os course, the people will find Frank Wright, author of the bone dry law. impassible, but hopeful. One of the guides will be to scrutinize carefully the Coffin slate as a danger signal. Over on the Democratic side, John F. White stands out pre-emi-nently. Albert Waisman won approval. Fred E. Galloway always was on the side of the workers for social legislation and a fighter for old age pensions. Any list of the independent voter safely could include these names. The others must be Judged by their records as citizens.

there, stripping all his clothes off, donning a pair of trunks and sitting in the sun while he pushes his pencil. m m m 1 WROTE most of ‘The Stray Lamb.' on an eighteen-day cruise on the liner France. I sat at a table right in front of the bartender and stared him in the eye definitely after each sentence.'' he commented. Smith doesn't expect people to elevate their brows when he says he was born in college. It's the truth, however He was bom in the United States naval academy at the tune

Negro Is Shot Fatally After Attack on Two Sleeping Victims. fill In Hid fnii MEMPHIS. May 2.—Mrs. Stanley A. Purvear and her 8-year-old daughter, Aurelia Zonia. were hacked to death with an ax in the bedroom of their home here early today, and a Negro, Will Jamison. 27, was shot and fatally wounded by Puryear. as Jamison was alleged to have been fleeing from the house. The daughter died several hours after the attack. The Negro. Jamison, lived lonf enough to tell police that a white man offered him $3 to wait in the Puryear garage on the prtext that Jamison's help in removing some liquor was wanted. Jamison charged that the white man called him out of the garage after a thirty-minute wait, then opened fire with a shotgun. He could not name the white man. Puryear declared that Jamison was the Negro he said he found in his wife's bedroom, beating her with an ax. Puryear told police he was awakened about 5 a. m. by screams in his wife's bedroom. When he went to investigate, he said, he found a Negro with an ax in his hand, striking his wife. The girl, her head crushed byblows from the single-bladeri ax. lav dying on the floor The Negro fled as Puryear reached for a shotgun. One charge of shot struck him in the chest as he reached the yard. GETS OIL CASE REVIEW Texas Governor Wins Rehearing on Right to Use Troops. fill I nitrd /’l"** WASHINGTON. May 2—Governor Ross Sterling of Texas today was,granted a review of the Texas federal court order which prohibited use of the state militia in enforcing oil proration orders in the east Texas fields. Hourly Temperature* 6a. m 44 10 a. m 55 7a. m 47 11 a. m 55 Ba. m 52 12 <noon*.. 56 9 a. m 52 1 p. m 59

his father. Admiral James Thorne Smith, was stationed there. Thome was graduated from Dartmouth in 1914 0 m • HE has written about nine novels, one of which. “Topper Takes a Trip.” is to be published this week. He just has completed a newone based on a nudist colony. A bishop, a pickpocket and several other persons get involved in the colony and have a terrific ttme of it before they get. out. As far as the fame he has received is concerned, Smith isn't greatly concerned.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Federal Supreme Court Denies Review of Income Tax Conviction. FACES 11-YEAR TERM Gang Lord to Be Taken \o Leavenworth From Cook County Jail. H'j I nitrd Pit** WASHINGTON. May 2. A1 Capone today lost his final chance to escape serving his eleven-year term in the Leavenworth (Kan.) penitentiary for alleged income tax evasion. The supreme cour tannounerd. in a brief order read by Chief Justice Hughes, that it would not review Capone's case. The court's action means that Capone must be taken from his quarters in the Cook county i 111. i jail, where he has been lodged since his sentence several months ago. to the Leavenworth penitentiary. A mandate officially announcii g the decision of the court, which will start Capone immediately on his way. will be forwarded at once to the Chicago federal court where he was sentenced. The appeal attacked several phases of the extensive indictment against Capone on highly technical grounds. Capone was sentenced afth a trial before Judge James H Wilkerson in Chicago. It was one of many efforts to find a charge that would hold against the reputed sponsor of many of the city's underworld activities. His prosecutor, federal District Attorney Johnson, recounted thp difficulties of his prosecution before the senate committee which recently recommended Wilkerson s appointment to the circuit court bench. Capone originally was scheduled to get off with a light sentence on a plea of guilty, but Wilkerson refused to abide by a reputed agreement to limit his sentence to two years, a. decision that made the Jurist nationally famous. In order to wind up the case the supreme court hastened Its consideration.

MOVING DAY FIGURES DECREASE IN CITY Transfer Company Business Officials Report. Although today was the ‘moving day” of spring, fewer Indianapolis residents piled their furnishings on vans than in previous vears. transfer company officials said. New paint for the porch and nrw paper for the living room, combined with difficult times, are luring residents to stick to the same old fireside. i Only two firms reported “business as usual lor today." The others said business has fallen off as compared to last year. Although hauling costs are down, scores of amateur movers, toting their own furnishings, are reported in the field. WETS SEEK $5,000,000 “Swat the Dry" Stamps Will Be Sold to Raise Fund. Hu s >,.<■(# prrut NEW YORK. May 2.—A nation* wide campaign to raise $5,000,000 - 000 to fight for repeal of the eighteenth amendment is under way today with the organization of the Anti-Prohibition Battle Fund. Inc. Swat the Dry" stamps will be sold at $1 hundred, which are to be attached to ordinary correspondence. 0. K. IMMIGRANT ACTION Senate Group Favors Exemption of Quota for Citizens “Husbands.” H’l l nth tl Prm* WASHINGTON. May L— The senate immigration committee today voted a favorable report on a bill exempting husbands of American citizens from quota requirements. TUNNEL FIRM INSOLVENT Detroit t'ompanv in Receivership in Friendlv Action. Hus nitnl Prt * DETROIT- May 2 —The DetroitWindsor Tunnel Company was placed in the hands of a receiver today by Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle, in friendly proceedings taken to protect the property and interests of its stockholders and creditors. 0. K. RUM CAR SEIZURES Machines May Be Forfeited Under Two Laws, U. S. Rules. Ru I nitrH Prrt WASHINGTON. May 2—Rumrunning automobiles may be forfeited under either the prohibition or customs laws, the supreme court ruled today. Famous Rattle Witness Dies Bn I nitnl Prr* WASHINGTON. May 2.—Dr. William Tindall. 88 oldest cmplove of the District of Columbia government and an eye-witness to the battle between the Merrtmac and the Monitor during the Civil war, died here Sunday night.