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FIERCE BALLOT BATTLE FACED IN CALIFORNIA Gain in Electoral Votes Makes Hoover’s State Greater Prize. BV RAYMOND CLAPPER 1 nllul rr,e* SUIT Correspondent <Convriht. tr>32 bv United Pressi WASHINGTON, July 11.-Cali-fornia is to ho a real battle ground in the presidential election this year. Democrats are preparing to carry their fight into President Hoover's home state. At the White House it, is said Mr Hoover does not intend to go to California during the campaign. He cancelled plans to open the Olympic games at Los Angeles. But his opponent, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, is going, as is Speaker John N. Garner, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate. The prize is greater this year than ever before. California win cjist twenty-two electoral votes next November. Nine votes were gained through the recent reapportionment under the new census. This is the first time Democrats have given more than perfunctory thought to California since 1916 when Republicans, though one neglected handshake lost the senate and the White House. Remembering that, it is the firm intention of the Democrats to leave no hand unshaken in California this year. Normally 2-to-l G, O. P. Normally the state is at least, 2-to-l Republican. Sometimes it s 3 and 4 to 1. Democrats hopes are built on these considerations: —Senator Hiram Johnson, idol of California progressives, has Condemned Mr. Hoover and lauded Roosevelt.. He has not bolted the Republican ticket, but he publicly has told his friends he likes Roosevelt. Should he openly support Roosevelt later, Democratic chances in California would be rated good. 2— Republican registration in California dropped 233.000. Democratic registrations gained 389,000, according to Democratic national committee figures. In the recent Democratic primary, Democrats polled a total of more than 520,000 votes, not far short of the total vote for Alfred E. Smith four years ago. These signs lead Democratic politicians to believe that California voters are preparing to desert Palo Alto’s first citizen in large numbers. O —Democrats have anew aggresO sive state organization. William G. McAdoo is the candidate for senator. One of the best, politicians in the state, John B. Elliott, is one of the managers of the Democratic campaign. Twice in Office This team long has had a feud with the San Francisco Democratic organization under Isadore Dockweiler, retiring national committeetns n. . -• • But Dockweiler was a Roosevelt man months beforp McAdoo switched California and Texas at Chicago and will be taken care of. j So the peacemakers are optimistic. ' Democrats elected a senator, j James D. Phelan, In 1914, Otherwise they have had starvation fare i in California except when Wilson carried the state in 1916, because his Republican opponent, Charles E. Hughes, failed to shake hands with Hiram Johnson, then Republican candidate for the senate. Some have sa’id Hughes did not know Johnson was in the same hotel. Johnson’s friends said it, was a deliberate snub because he had bolted the party to be Teddy Roosevelt's vice-presidential candidate four years earlier. It cost the Republicans California and the national election.

AIR MAIL POUNDAGE IS MORE THAN DOUBLED Huge Increase at City Postoffice Shown Up to June 30. Air mail dispatched from the Indianapolis post office in the fiscal year ending June 30 more than doubled the poundage of the previous year, it was announced today by Postmaster Leslie D. Clancy. During the year, a total of 41.230 pounds of air mail was dispatched. 13,919 pounds being carried by American Airways and 27,310 pounds by Transcontinental-Western Air. Poundage the previous year was only 20.907. TANARUS, W. A. having carried mail only nine months of the year. Decrease in air mail is anticipated, due to increased postage rates which went into effect July 6, Clancy said. New air mail rates arc 8 cqnts for the first ounce, or fraction, and 13 cents for each additional ounce or fraction. BANKING BILL DRAFTED Measure to Speed Liquidation of Closed Institutions Prepared. A bill which he believes will speed the liquidation of numerous closed banks throughout'the state was prepared for introduction in the senate today by Senator French Clements ißcp.). Evansville. The bill provides the necessary legal structure for closed banks to make loans from the federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation. So far only banks that are functioning have been able to take advantage of these funds and the new law is necessary to permit closed institutions to do so. Clements explained. DRIVER FOILS GUNMEN Ordered to Stop. Motorist Speeds I’p and Escapes Stiekup Men. “Stick 'em up or we'll kill you," was the command of a man. one of the occupants of an automobile, gave Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schaefft 3815 Graceland avenue, while they were driving at Thirty-eighth street and Northwestern avenue Saturday night. Shaefler speeded tip his car and escaped. A. 17-year-o!d youth obtained sls in a hold up of Harold Jones. 31. of 2226 .Ashland avenue, bus driver. c* **‘nighJ at SixtjAt ' ,4 .^gtreet ’ avenue.

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Treasure hunters on Cocos island, in the Pacific. 600 miles off Costa Rica, are reported to have found a spot in a creek bed under which they believe lies the Devonshire treasure, buried by Captain Graham of the British warship Devonshire after he turned pirate. Reports that treasure worth $60,000,000 ac-

YEGGS GET $1,500 Downtown Safe Is Looted by Burglars. Loot, estimated at between $1,500 and $2,000 was obtained by burglars who opened the safe of the State Automobile Insurance Association, seventh floor of the Occidental building, it was discovered this morning whpn the office was opened. Combintaion of the safe was worked and a lock chiseled from ap inner door. The burglars missed $72 in paper money pinned to membership applications which was lying in a wire basket, and twentyseven penies in a cash drawer. Mis Dorothy Danke, 3102 North New Jersey street, was the last person to leave the office Saturday. The burglary was discovered this morning by an employe, Jack Anderson, 1925 North Dearborn street. Burglars who battered a safe in the office of the Frigidaire Corporation, 931 North Meridian street, obtained S7O. Efforts to open a safe in a filling station at ,5063 East Michigan street were unsuccessful, but a candy vending machine was stolen.

MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF UTILITIES URGED “Only Means of Lifting Burden of Taxation,” Says Expert. Municipal ownership of basic, revenue-producing utilities is the only means by which the increasing burden of taxation may be lifted, Carl D. Thompson, Chicago, secretary of Public Ownership League of America, told members of the Indiana Municipal Rights League at luncheon at the Claypool today. Prior to the luncheon, city attorneys and heads of municipalities met to discuss legislation to pave the way for public ownership of utilities and to be presented at the general assembly's special session. Proposals which will be indorsed would permit municipalities to issue bonds to be paid by municipallyowned plants from control of the public service commission. “Relief from the ever-increasing and crushing burden of taxation in the cities only can be obtained in one way and that is through the municipal ownership .of the basic, revenue-producing utilities,” Thompson asserted.

FATHER AND GIRL ARE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Trouble Over Terre Haute Love Affair Believed Tragedy Cause. Bii I nilrd Prrss TERRE HAUTE. Ind. .July 11.— Carl Mcody, 60-year-old cobblpr. and Alice, his 17-year-old daughter, were found shot to death in an abandoned storeroom here today. Police said first indications were that Moody had killed his daughter and then turned the gun on himself. Moody and his daughter had been making their home in the storeroom. Police learned that Moody had quarreled with his daughter's sweetheart. Edgar Meloon. 20. and had threatened that, "there will be more trouble." Meloon told police that Alice warned him Sunday night that her father was seeking him. He said that when he escorted Alice home from a show she told him of her father's threat, and offered him a revolver to protect himself, Meloon said. Police advanced the theory that Moody found the revolver in the girl's possession when she returned home and killed her immediately in a fit of anger.

Just Like Mother Did! Remember that dee-licious smell in the old kitchen when you came in and found mother "putting up" those jams, marmalades, preserves, conserves—or whatever it was that was cooking on the oltf wood stove? Oh. boy. and how good they tasted when mother got down a jar of them for Sunday supper! Are you "putting up" some preserves or jams now when fruits of all kinds are plentiful and cheap? Our Washington bureau has a bulletin ready for you containing scores of fine recipes and full directions for jams, marmalades and preserved fruits cf all kinds. If you want it, fill out the coupon below and mail as directed. CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 183. Washington Bureau. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, 1322 New York Avenue. Washington. D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin PRESERVING FRUITS, and enclose herewith five cents in coin, or loose, uncancelled U. S. Postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY STATE .1 am a reader of The Indianapolis Times * - (Code No.) h

tuallv had been discovered were denied by officials of the syndicate financing the expedition. Above is the ship Silver Wave, in which the expedition set out, and, in the inset, its captain, Eldred Hanson. The map shows the location of Cocos island, where buccaneers of the 1700s are supposed to have hidden tons of gold bullion and chests of coin seized from Spanish vessels.

SEE ADJOURNMENT NEAR Congress Will End W’ork by Saturday, Says Speaker Garner. It il In iln! Prrss WASHINGTON, July 11.—Speaker John N. Garner today predicted that congress would complete its business and adjourn by Saturday of this week.

11 PERISH IN FLUDD i Cabins Swept Away and Bridges Carried Off. IB y United Press \ CHARLESTON. W. Va.. July. 11. —Surging rapids leaped the banks iof Armstrong creek and Paint creek. 1 near Towelltown today, bursting into low land settlements, washing out roads and communication lines, and taking several lives. Unconfirmed reports from Towelltown said eleven persons were drowned in the wall of water which swept down Paint creek. A cloud burst at 4 a. m. caused the inundation. A mine settlement along Armstrong creek was reported swept away, its twenty-five cabins destroyed. Airplanes will be used to drop food to those stranded by the flood. Bridges along Paint creek were carried away, stopping highway traffic and delaying railway service. TREASURY SLAPSAT GARNER QUIZ THREAT Speaker Immediately Charges G. O. P. Chiefs Are Playing Politics. Bit I nilrd Prrss WASHINGTON, July 11. —The treasury department, represented by acting Secretary A. A. Ballentine, today announced its willingness to co-operate in a congressional investigation of the department, but coupled this statement with broad hints of political purposes behind such an inquiry. "If the Speaker in his new role (Democratic vice-presidential nominee) determines upon an investigation at this time the treasury stands ready to co-operate, even though this action does not seem particularly in line with the purpose of eliminating commissions arid investigation," said Ballcntipe, who spoke in the absence of Treasury Secretary Ogden L. Mills, y who is addressing a Republican rally in Boston tonight. Speaker Garner immediately met the challenge of the treasury secretary by charging administration officials with "trying to play politics.” "Their remission of taxes to one big taxpayer." he said, "would keep an investigating committee going for twenty years. One refund, probably an unjust one as that, would keep the committee in funds." GIRL .IS SHOT IN LEG IN ALL-NIGHT PARTY Held on Vaganc.v Charge: Two Men Are Sought. by Police. Miss Betty Rose Miller. 24, of 1417 St. Beter street, was taken to city hospital early this morning with a gunshot wound in her right leg below the knee, which she said she received during an argument following an all-night party. A man known as Lawrence Carver. address unknown, was named by Miss Miller as the man who shot her. He and another man said to have been in the party, are sought by police. Miss Miller and Miss Florence Simmons. 32, of the St. Peter address, are being held on charges of va--1 grancy.

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DALE OUSTER IS UP Petition Probably Will Be Given to Committee. Bn United Press \ MUNCIE, Ind., July 11.—Demand for removal from office of Mayor George R. Dale will be heard by city council tonight, when it considers the charges filed by John A. Cox, Center township constable. Likelihood was expressed, however, that the ouster petition would be turned over to a special committee, without preliminary discussion. Cox charges that Dale is ineligible to hold office because he was sentenced in federal court June 3. to serve a, penitentiary term, upon a liquor conspiracy conviction. Cox contends that the office of mayor automatically was vacated by the sentence.

20 Y ears GROWTH In Resources JUNE jo, ipi2 $9,828,171 JUNE jo, w $16,176,474 JUNE jo, 1922 $18,258,450 JUNE jo, i 9 2 7 $24,916,818 JUNE jo, 1932 $28,803,229 4f letcher Crust Company /r MAIN OFFICE Northwest Corner Pennsylvania and Market Streets NORTH SIDE BRANCHES WEST SIDE BRANCHES EAST SIDE BRANCHES 1541 North Illinois Streac 474 West Washington Street 2122 East Tenth Street 3001 North Illinois Street 1233 Oliver Avenue 458 East Washington Street 1535 Roosevelt Avenue 2600 West Michigan Street 2506 East Washington Street 6235 Beilefontaine Street . 5501 East Washington Street SOUTH SIDE BRANCH K 1125 South Meridian Street

STATE INCOME TAX MEASURE IS PREPARED Second Bill Drafted by Crawford to Abolish Police Department. Levying a personal income tax. abolition of the state police department and guaranteeing state funds on deposit in state banks and trust companies are provided in three bills ready for introduction this week in both houses in the Indiana general assembly. The personal income tax bill, drawn by Representative Earl Crawford. Milton, Democratic house caucus chairman, provides a tax of 1 per cent on the first SI,OOO of ingome, 2 per cent on the second, 3 per cent on incomes from $3,000 to SIO,OOO and 4 per cent on all over SIO,OOO. It provides that returns shall be made on 1932 incomes, with the tax falling due on April 15, 1933.

Guarantees State Funds The bill which would guarantee state funds deposited in state banks and trust companies, drafted by Senator French Clements (Rep.) Evansville, would have ail financial institutions in which public funds are on deposit, forward a certain per cent of their average daily balance at the end of the year to the state bank commissioner. At present, interest at the rate of 2 per cent of the daily average balance is paid to the government unit having the deposit. Another Crawford measure, providing for abolishment of the state police department, would affect a savings of about $200,000 annually, according to its author. Considers Third Bill He pointed out that the department, established in 1921 under a law providing for issuance of auto certificates of title, was created with few members of the legislature aware of its birth. Buried in the the statute was a provision for employment of persons to enforce the certificate of title law. This group became the state police, , Crawford said he is considering a third measure which would amend the chain store license law to provide that county auditors shall collect the tax,, eliminating waste of about $30,000 a year for administration of the fund under the present state law.

ROOSEVELT’S ‘HELP’. REFUSED BY HOOVER

Governor Not Needed in Waterway Conferences. President Says. Pti United Press WASHINGTON. July 11.—President Hoover has informed Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, rival candidate for the presidency, that 4 DIE IN QUARREL Row Over Repair of Wagon Causes Murders, Suicide. Bn United Press MISHAWAKA. Ind., July 11. Four persons were dead today, the aftermath of an argument over repair of a farm wagon. An argument arose between Joseph Hanak, 45, and his brother, George, 50, as to which would repair a wagon. Joseph apparently became insane with anger. He seized a shotgun, shot and killed his brother, then his own wife, Mrs. Joseph Hanak, 43; then his nephew, Stephen Hanak, 19, and finally turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. KING GILLETTE DIES Private Rites Scheduled for Razor Magnate. Bi/ United Press LOS ANGELES, July 11.—Funeral services for King C. Gillette, safety razor inventor and manufacturer, are planned tentatively on Wednesday. They will be private. The manufacturer who made safety razors a household word with millions of men, died at Calabasas, his ranch home, forty miles from here early Sunday morning. He was 87. Mr. Gillette had been in failing health for several years. 20 ARE SLAIN IN BLAST More Than 50 Chinese Wounded as Ammunition Dump Explodes. Bn United Press NANKING, July 11.—Toll of an ammunition dump explosion on the outskirts of the city Sunday was set today at more than twenty Chinese killed and fifty wounded. Two hundred homes were burned.

his assistance is not needed here in negotiations with Canada for construction of the great St. Lawrence waterway. The President rejected the New York Governor s proposal that the two confer in an effort to speed the negotiations. Roosevelt on Saturday telegraphed Mr. Hoover that he understood the compact with Canada was being delayed by questions regarding New York's interest in the river development. He said he was ready to interrupt his New England cruise this week to come to Washington and help cut "red tape.’’ Mr. Hoover replied Sunday that this*' will not. be necessary," because the negotiations "are making progress," and "have now reached a hopeful aspect.” He said he would "be glad to have you advised" when an agreement with Canada was reached. The President reminded the Governor that making of international treaties was a matter for the federal government alone. He said domestic questions, such as disposal of power developed on the New York side of the waterway project, would be settled by congress and the states after the treaty was consummated. At that time, Mr. Hoover added, "I shall be glad to consult with you and other Governors.” The point at issue, while not developed fully in the correspondence, is the Governor’s fear that the federal government will burden the state with excessive cost of the power development so that state operation or distribution would be unprofitable-

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PICKETER SLAIN AS WAR RAGES IN STRIKE AREA Ohio Miner Wounded by Shot From Ambush: Trestle Burned. By I nited Press ATHENS. 0.. July 11.—Violence continued today in the bituminous coal fields of Ohio where operators gradually are resuming operations in defiance of a strike of four months’ standing. Steve Bowen. 40. of Buchtei. a picketer, was killed near Sunday Creek mine, No. 6, when he and | several men attempted to prevent Clarence Grant of Goose Run from going back to work Gail Hamblc. 23, of Glencoe, was wounded in the side and hand when ' a bullet whistled from ambush at | a truck in which he was going to i work at the Powhattan mine. Rocks were hurled by 500 pickj eters as the Pinev Fork mine. JcfI ferson county, reopened today. A group of angry men throat- | ened to lynch Grant after Bowen ! was shot down. A sheriff and nn-< i tional guard officers dispersed them. A trestle near the Y. & O. mine, | Tiltonville, was partly burned durj ing the night. The mine reopened ! today. The force of the state solj cliers in the mine fields has been reduced to 200 men. Two Drown in Gravel Pit DECATUR. Ind.. July 11.—Two persons were drowned in a gravel j pit near here Sunday. Richard Harper, 55. drowned in an unsuc- | cessful attempt to save Mrs. Lucy Johnson. 49, who became exhausted 1 while swimming.