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HURLEY'S CLAIM OF ‘MERCY’ IN BONUS EVICTION RIDDLED BY EYE WITNESS STORIES Scores Who Saw Veterans Driven From Camps Tell of Brutality on Part of Trooper’s. RED CHARGE FAILS TO STAND UP Shacks Were Fired, Bystanders Struck by Military, Declare Washington Residents, in Protests. if;/ fir rtf, pi.HO’r'ird Snrupnprr Allinrtt* WASHINGTON, Augr. 4.—Accuracy of Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley’s formal eharyo that the bonus army evicted hv federal troops consisted largely of civilian Communists rather than ex-soldiers, and that the evacuation was conducted with “unparalleled humanity and kindliness,” was challenged today by other officials and eyewitnesses.

Newspaper dispatches carried by press associations, Democratic and administra--1 ration newspapers were cited in denial of Hurley’s 2,000word statement that the troops did not use violence or set fire to veterans’ shacks. Quoted testimony of residents of districts occupied by the bonuseers was cited to disprove the cabinet member's assertion that the veterans had leyied tribute and inspired fear in the people of the District of Columbia. Tries to Bolster Hoover Hurley’s defense was issued in an apparent effort to substantiate President Hoover’s rharge that the bonus marchers were mostly radicals. Hoover himself has sent a letter to a Boston American Legion ptst expressing doubt that half the bonus demonstrators had served in the army. These specific charges were made by the two government officials responsible for the troop movement just as a federal grand Jury resumed I he investigation ordered by Hoover. Witnesses today were District of Columbia commissioners and four police inspectors. It was the district commissioners who asked for troops against the advice of General Pelham D. Glasslord, police chief. Justice Oscar Luhring has told the grand jury he hoped they would find that Communists were responsible for the riots. Waters Denies Charges While the campaign to “tie the red label” to the bonus men continued. all the men seized during and after the Thursday evictions as alleged Communists have been released. Glassford. who was in direct contact with the bonus army for two months, is taking no part in the anti-red drive. He has said that comparatively few of the veterans were Communists. Discussing Hurley’s charge, Commander W. W. Waters of the bonus army said: "Regarding the charge that we harbored radicals, I need only point to an order which warned members of the B. E. F. that they must cease manhandling radicals who crept into the ranks of thp organization. Secretary Hurley says that one-third of the men were not veterans. "Throughout the stay in Washington we compelled every man to produce indisputable evidence that he was an ex-soldier "The statement that the troops did not set Are to the camps is ridiculous. Many men had no time to save their bedding, their clothing or any of their personal property” Troops Fired Billets In his statement praising the conduct of troops. Hurley said: "The statements made to the effect that the billets of the marchers were firrd by the troops is a falsehood. The billets were fired by retreating radicals.” Eyewitnesses, including reporters who followed the advancing soldiers, say they saw Hurley’s men and policemen setting fire to shacks in the occupied area. On the second riav foray, reporters followed the troopers closely. In one instance infantrymen borrowed matches from newspaper correspondents. It was here the flames so endangered surrounding property and trees that firemen extinguished the fires. "The duty of restoring law and order w'as performed with directness, with effectiveness, and with unparalleled humanity and said Hurley. Struck With Sword Newspaper dispatches and eyewitnesses’ stories do not bear out this statement. Men and women were ridden down by cavalry at various points, and jabbed with the sword if they did not move fe>t enough. An 8-year-old boy was knocked down by a horse, and his father whacked with a sword when he stopped to protect his son. The father was not a bonus marcher, but was returning from work. A one-legged popsicle peddler, blinded by gas, was prodded and pushed to the ground. An old man carrying a sack of potatoes near the botanical garden was cut with a sword. Another sword cleaved through the box of an ice cream peddler. A bonus marcher suffered a hacked ear when he did not sidestep a cavalry rush. Scores were thrown to the ground, including

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spectators a.< well as veterans. Women and children were driven before the horsemen. Incidents involving use of sword, bayonet and gas are described by numerous citizens. Letters to local newspapers are bitter in protest against the troops’ conduct. These facts were record in virtually every newspaper represented on the ground by its own correspondent or reporters for the press associations. Hurley said his statement was necessary, “owung to apparently deliberate propaganda and misrepresentation.” GIRL. 20. TAKES SUICIDE PLUNGE Ends Life With Leap Off Park Ave. Hotel. Hy l 'piled I'rr.irt NEW YORK. Aug. 4.—An attractive young girl who left a note saying she did not want a scandal in her "home papers” because she was about to do the right thing, leaped from the fourth story of a conservative Park avenue hotel late Wednesday and was killed. She was identified as Ethel Kauf, 20. of Cleveland, O. Her note read: “I don't want a scandal in the home newspapers, because 1 am about to do the right thing. Well, whoever does the notifying tell my sister at the Y. W., and let her make up whatever story she wishes to tell the family. I hope and pray this four-story drop kills me. If it doesn't please don't let my sister know f about it. Thank you. Ethel Kauf. “P. S.—l don't believe my family has any money left.” N Her body was found in the narrow court yard off New York’s most fashionable street Wednesday by a laundry worker. A dismal rain beat down on the body of the attractive girl w'ho was modishly flocked in a green dress, flesh colored stockings and beige shoes. No one in the hotel had heard her body fall. FAIR BOOKS WLS CREW Barn Dance Artists to Appear at State Exposition Sept. 3. According to an announcement by E. J. Barker, secretary of the Indiana board of agriculture, the WLS fcarn dance crew' will present their regular Saturday night broadcast program from the coliseum at the state fair ground Saturday, Sept. 3, as the opening event of the Indiana state fair. Contracts have been signed stating that WLS will broadcast daily from the fairground throughout the week of Sept. 3 to 9, and will cooperate with WKBF in furnishing artists for the daily programs. Auto Crash Kills Two Py I'nitrrl Prron HAMMOND. Ind., Aug. 4.—Louis Tinsley, 26. was killed and his wife, May, 26. was injured seriously when their auto collided with a 'truck near here.

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Auto Industry Ace Is Named by Hoover as Commerce Secretary BY RAYMOND CLAPPER I'jiilrd Pre* Staff Corrogo ldrnl tCoDvrieht. 1932. bv United Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 —President Hoover has strengthened his cabinet at a critical time, economically and politically, by appointing Roy D. Chapin of Michigan as secretary of commerce. Chapin is an ace in the automobile industry. His appointment was announced by President Hoover Wednesday when he made known the resignation of Robert P. Lamont of Illinois. It was explained that Lament’s private affairs required his attention. The necessity of his getting back to Chicago gave Mr. Hoover

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opportunity to bring new blood to Washington. Chapin is expected to take office in about ten days. Chapin's appointment is significant for two reasons. One is economic. The other is political. Economically, the administration believes, the turn has come. It is afraid to make another optimistic prediction,, but hopes are going up daily. At this decisive time Chapin, an aggressive organizer, salesman and promotion man, with business contacts extending far beyond the automobile industry, is brought into the department of commerce. His job *is to stimulate activity and key up shell-shocked business. Just before he was appointed, Chapin issued a statement predicting better times. Lamont practically was a retired business man w r hen he was appointed at the start of Mr. Hoover's term. His numerous industrial di-

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MISSOURI VOTE IS SWEEPING WEHICTORY Two Repeal Advocates Far Ahead of Dry in Race for Senate. BY RAY TICKER Timf* Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Advocates of prohibition repeal appeared today to have won a smashing victory in both parties in the Missouri primary, although they did not fare so well in dry Kansas. The outcome of the Missouri Democratic senatorial primary may remain in doubt as a result of sug- I gestions of a recount, but both Democratic and Republican candidates for the senate will favor repeal, no matter how the Democratic contest ends. Charles M. Howell, the machine candidate, is trailing Bennett Clark, son of Champ Clark, on present returns. Howell ran on the convention's . repeal plank, but his chief support | came from Tom Pendergast's wet organization in Kansas City. Clark made scrapping of the “noble experiment” his principal issue, and polled his largest vote in the supposedly dry rural districts. Raised Bossism Cry He also capitalized the cry of “bossism” raised against Pendergast’s hand-picked gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional slate. Besides Clark's amazing run in country sections, the small vote for Charles M. Hay, a third seeker after the Democratic senatorial nomination, was significant. Hay once was a prohibition leader, and he ran a poor third. Henry W. Kiel, w'ho won the Republican senatorial nomination, boasts of his wetness. Rcscoe C. Patterson, incumbent Republican senator, is a dry. In Kansas, Senator George McGill won the Democratic senatorial nomination. Though long a dry. he favored the Glass motion to take up the latter’s repeal resolution in the closing hours of congress. Woodring Is Victor His defeated opponent, Chauncey Little, ran as an avow'ed wet. Governor Harry Woodring, who w'on renomination. is a dry, but he was one of Roosevelt’s preconvention leaders in the middle w'est. Wets minimized the outcome in Carrie Nation's state, as it was one of two states to vote dry in the Literary Digest poll. The result gave more cheer to Democrats than to Republicans. There W'as an unprecedented Democratic turnout in both states, and record-breaking competition for Democratic nominations. More than fifty candidates sought the at-large nomination for eleven Missouri house seats.

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Courage Shown by Officer Discounted by Bandit, Critically Wounded. “That cop w'as scared to death, and not very smart either. I could have plugged him twice before he grabbed me.” Thus does Roy Love, 17-year-old gunman, today dismiss the bravery displayed by traffic policeman Fred Starks w'ho disarmed , the youth after Love critically wounded Jack Werner, merchant and loan shop operator, in a downtown holdup gun duel Tuesday. “Yeah.” said Love, flirting a long, unkempt pompadour out of his eyes, “I could've plugged him easy. He was walking tow r ard me and din’t even have his gun up. I guess he w'as scared because mine W'as stuck right out in front. “I might've plugged him. too,” he added, “but that terrible pain in my stomach w r as dragging me dowm like it was a big weight.” Love was shot in the abdomen, ■chest, and right arm. Hospital attaches give him little chance for recovery, and his victim's condition also is serious today. Werner has been placed in the Riley hospital oxygen ward. “Did he say anything about me.” queried Love? That was his only concern for Werner. '“I gave him a ‘break!’” said Love. “He was opening the safe and wasn't doing it fast enough. I slugged him w-ith my fist and just then, sdme one started in the store. As I turned to look, this guy (Werner) reached for his gun and let me have it. “I shot. too. as I ran out and we shot once apiece w'hen he got outside. Then my insides seemed to be on fire and that cop grabbed me.” “How does it 'feel? Plenty bad. buddy! Oh! you mean to shoot a guy. I don't know. I had the nerve to go through with it, but things went bad and here I am.” Love hardly is the heroic figure his W'ords imply. He is pasty-faced

and slender and his chest is flat. Stanley Parker, 25, of 924 West New York street, who is charged wth robbery, has confessed being Love's companion in the holdup, police say. Glen McCleary. 222 Spring street, also is held as a suspect on a conspiracy count.

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CIVIC LEAGUE TO CELEBRATE Fifth Annual Event to Be Held on West Side. Fifth annual homecoming celebration of the Tibbs Avenue Eagle Creek Civic League, with west side merchants co-opcrating, will be held Friday and Saturday nights at North street and Rochester avenue. The Friday night program will ! include an exhibition of acrobatics by W. G. Hanson, Y. M. C. A. physical instructor, assisted by Jean Marlyn Lieske and Everett McCav. Speaker Friday will be James E Fischer, who will explain the aims of the Marion County Association | for Tax Reduction. Paul H. Lieske is president of the league. The home-coming commtttee is composed of Clarence Woolery, Edward Workman and Oscar Schaub. Concert will be given Saturday , night by the Indianapolis Civic orI chestra.