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SLAIN WIFE MAY HAVE SEEN JEWELER DIG HER GRAVE, BARED AFTER HIS SUICIDE IN PROBE Five-Week Mystery of Vanished Woman Is Solved With Self-Inflicted Fatal Wounds of Gem Dealer. DIG THROUGH CONCRETE FOR BODY Buried Her Under Cellar Floor So That He Might Remarry; Conflicting Stories Tighten Net on Killer. BY MARTIN KANE I nltfd Press Staff C’orresnnnrient PLYMOUTH, Mass., Sept. 17.—Mrs. Edith Du Bois heard and possibly watched her handsome gem-dealer husband dig the sub-cellar grave, in which her own body was found a few hours after he solved a five-week mystery by killing himself, a letter revealed today. Not many days before the 40-year-old wife of Charles Edwin Dn Bois mysteriously vanished from their Great Herring Pond summer bungalow, she wrote to a friend, a Mrs. Gillot of Hastings-on-the-Hudson. The gist of her letter, as quoted by John V. Sullivan, assistant district attorney, read: “Charlie has not been himself for at least six months. He has acted like a crazy man on account of that woman. He would go down into the cellar and dig and then come up and not say a word. He has been working down in the cellar all of the time.”

The husband she acquired as a result of a French matrimonial magazine ad, was dicing the grave, into which the assistant district attorney was satisfied he placed the body of his wife, slain so that he might remarry. The irony of the situation, however, was that Du Bois cheated the law which tried to charge him with murder, but was frustrated by failure to find the body of a murder victim until after the jeweler had slain himself. In Love With Rich Woman Du Bois was in love with Miss Grace Atwood, New York university graduate and daughter of a wealthy Massachusetts manufacturer. He had planned to marry her, she said. A letter she wrote said that “now we can marry, because the last obstacle has been removed." And legal papers were found in which property title was transferred to Mrs. Grace Du Bois, shortly after Mrs. Edith Du Bois vanished. Sullivan held today, however, that Miss Atwood was the innocent victim of a love affair whose tragic scenes were unsuspected. He exonerated her of any guilty knowledge' of the crime. Miss Atwood was in seclusion, her father said, and would remain so for some time. She wrote the “last obstacle" letter, it was explained, because she had been told, as others were told, that Mrs. Du Bois was killed in a motor accident in Canada. Chauffeur Is Exonerated Sullivan also exonerated Larry Frazier, the Du Bois chauffeur, who helped dig the grave. Both Frazier and Mrs. Du Bois understood the vault was to house an electric washing machine and an automatic water pressure tank. Frazier, however, is to be questioned further on some details. Jules Du Bois. brother of the suicide victim, will claim both bodies as soon as authorities release them. Sullivan said. He said he planned no further investigation, and indicated that routine inquests at Plymouth and at Quincy, where Du Bois kiled himself, would end the case. Du Bois ended his life by shooting himself through the head in the bathroom of a modest lodging house at Quincy. He had been in seclusion since Monday, posing as “Ralph Anderson of New’ York.” He used a .38 caliber revolver, perhaps the one with which his wife had been slain, a preliminary examination of her body revealed. Dig Through Concrete The day of developments in the mystery started with orders for a search of the Great Herring Pond region by national guardsmen. A routine emergency call to Quincy police from a lodging house keeper reported a suspicious noise in a locked bathroom. Police found Ralph Anderson" sprawled in a corner. He did not regain consciousness. A calling card

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inscribed / Charles Edwin Du Bois" | was found in his pockets. Sullivan heard of Du Bois’ death, and dashed hurriedly to Great j Herring Pond, sending orders ahead to have ten men with picks and I ! shovels readv. ’ “There’s been altogether too much ! recent construction here,” he said on arrival. “The w'hole property will be torn apart, if necessary, to find j the body.” Picks, wielded by national guardsmen, bit into the new' concrete of the garage floor, of an annex foun- ! dation and of the cellar floor. Peter Winter, former policeman, noticed a coffin-shaped mound. His pick crashed through four inches !of cement, His shovel dug into two feet of sand. Then di*> brought his | pick into play again and it struck the body. It was the woman whose mysterious absence brought from Dfl Bois many conflicting stories. These stories, investigators be-, lieved, wmve a net that closed slowly, but surely, until it snuffed out the 1 life of the Tuckahoe Beau Brummel. Each hour, it seemed, some ! point in his web of stories w r as ! proved false. Official Montreal records revealed Mrs. Du Bois had not been killed in Quebec province, as he had claimed. Mrs. John Butler, reported by Du Bois to have been killed with his wife, wrote from the maritime province that she was well and working there. His Stories Are Weak The deeds to property naming Mrs. Grace Du Bois were found, I with the subsequent revelation by j Miss Atwood that she had used that ! name. Stains of a mattress in the Du Bois bungalow w'ere revealed as caused by human blood. A neighbor revealed that he had ! seen Mr. and Mrs. Du Bois together near their cottagp the night 1 of Aug. 10. a day after Du Bois said ! she had left. But not until after Du Bois died ! | was it revealed that the body he I claimed was created in Montreal was ! in reality hidden in the cellar of j I their own home w’here it might have jlain forever undiscovered. ELECT MESCALL HEAD OF BENEFIT COUNCIL New Officers to Be Installed in Office on Oct. 5. I James J. Mescall was named president of Marion council No. 738. i Security Benefit Association, at the - meeting held last. Wednesday. He will be installed into office Oct. 5, along with the others chosen at the election. Omer Easterday, acting national president, will be in Charge of the installation ceremony. Others elected were Paul Crider, first, vice-president; Belle Gufkie, second vice-president; Rose Green, prelate. Pearl Hull, secretary; Margaret Kennebaugh. conductor; George Roberts, guard; Cecil Hull, sentinel, and Charles Kennebaugh, trustee.

American Legion Kidnaped by Democrats From G. O. P.; ‘Steal Show’ at Portland

BY MAX STERN Times Staff Writer PORTLAND, Sept. 17.—Republican leaders are awakening to the unpleasant realization * that the American Legion, which they nursed for twelve years, virtually has been kidnaped by the opposition. As Legion delegates deployed homeward from the fourteenth convention here one of the main topics of conversation ws the way the "Democrats stole the show.” Last year at Detroit the Legion convention was dominated by the G. O. P. big wigs. President Hoover himself spoke and helped block the pro-bonus resolutions there.

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Miss Grace Atwood (pictured herd, art student and daughter of a wealthy Middleboro 'Mass.) manufacturer. was said by authorities to have been a frequent companion of Charles Edward Du Bois, Westchester county (N. Y.) jeweler, whose wife mysteriously disappeared on Aug. 10. Du Bois killed himself Friday, just before the wife's body was found.

JUDGE, CITY AIO CLASH IN TRIAL Court Feud Breaks Out as Man Is Freed. Clash between Judge William H. hSeaffer and Herbert Spencer, assistant city attorney, enlivened proceedings in municipal court four Friday afternoon when Jack Bixler, Lafayette, well-known Indiana golfer, went free on four traffic charges. Bixler was arrested Thursday night by a police squad at Fourteenth and Meridian streets traveling at an alleged rate of forty-five miles an hour. He was slated for drunkenness, operating a car while under influence of liquor, disobeying automatic traffic signals, and speeding. Officers testified in court that Bixler was “cock-eyed drunk.” After all testimony had been heard. Paul Scharffin, attorney, representing Bixler. moved the drunk and operating charges be dismissed and Sheaffer sustained the motion. “If that's the way you feel about it. I'll move for dismissal of the other chaarges. too,” Spencer cried. “Well. I'm glad you feel that way about it—l will,” replied Sheaffer. “The next time. I'll move for another judge instead of dismissal,” was Spencer’s parting shot. Police practice is to detain drunken prisoners at least four hours in the city lockup after arrest. Bixler was released an hour after his arrest Thursday night on his own recognizance. AUTO CRUSHES FARMER Cranking of Car in Gear Proves Fatal to State Man. By United Press COTTSBURG, Ind., Sept. 17. Edward Robbins, 63. farmer, was killed almost instantly at his home here when he was crushed by an automobile he cranked while in gear. His neck was broken. The body was found b ya neighbor youth. It had been dragged several feet. ANNUAL SHOOT PLANNED Hoosier Rifle and Pistol Club Matches to Be Held Oct. 1. Matches in the annual shoot of the Hoosier Rifle and Pistol Club will begin Oct. 1 and end March 31, on the range of the club and the Indianapolis police department in the basement of Tomlinson hall.

House in Loot By 1 nited Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 17.—A two-story, seven-rocm frame house was missing today, and H. B. Cohn was a perplexed real estate agent. Cohn went to the site of the house to check its condition for the owner. G. W. Potts of Butler. Md. The lot where the house once stood was vacant. Neighbors said the house had been torn down and carted away several weeks ago.

There were in evidence young Teddy Roosevelt; Hanford MacNider. then Canadian minister; F. Trubee Davison, David Ingalls, Ma-jor-General J. G. Harbord, and many others. This week prominent Republicans conspicuously were absent. Pat Hurley and MacNider came, but Hurley's contribution to his party's fortunes was a short speech, a row with a newspaper man and a reprimand for propagandizing the convention —which he said he didn't do. MacNider left without giving an interview. Secretary Lyman T. Wilbur arrived after the show was over On the other hwnd the Democrats flourished here tQ the bay tree.

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FIND TRAIL OF ‘LOST 1 WHISKY I•Trace Booze Missing From Federal Building Here. Clews which eventually may lead to solution of the mysterious disappearance of 1,200 pints of confiscated Canadian whisky from the federal building sevenral months ago, are in hands of the government, it was learned today from Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock, federal prohibition administrator. The liquor, alleged to have been of fine quality, was part of a carload confiscated by federal dry agents from a freight car at Evansville, and transferred here, in the care of Charles Britt, then deputy dry administrator for this district. When Alf O. Meloy, United States marshal, was ordered to destroy the liquor, he discovered approximately 1,200 pints had vanished. Britt, who held the keys to the federal building liquor storeroom, was demoted to the post of special agent at New Orleans. For months, special investigators seeking to trace the trail of the of the prohibition bureau have been missing whisky. Anew investigator. Woodcock announced today in Washington, has submitted a “preliminary report,” but a- “final report" is not expected until next month. “I can’t reveal the evidence that has been uncovered," Woodcock said, “but I believe we soon shall ascertain all facts.” GERMANY WILL VOTE Nov. 6 Is Set for Date to Choose New Secretary. Ft It I nit fit Prtfi* BERLIN. Sept. 17.—The government decided today to hold the naw reichstag elections Nov. 6. subject to approval of President Paul Von Hindenburg. The president is expected to approve the date. The short-lived reichstag recently was dissolved by Chancellor Franz Von Pa pen. on authority of the president, during a tumultuous session in which it attempted to pass a vote of misconfidence in the cabinet’s one-year economic recovery plan. CANDIDATE S~TO MEET Democratic State Nominees Will Confer Sunday. Democratic state candidates will meet here Sunday with State Chairman Earl Peters and Dick Heller, head of the speakers bureau. The meeting will continue each Sunday until the election, Peters said. COOL WAVE TO STAY Highest Temperature Over WeekEnd to Be 73 to 75 Degrees. Highest temperature in Indianapolis during the wee-end will be j from 73 to 75, according to the local weather bureau, which reported a low mercury reading of 52 aat 4:45 this morning. A two-degree rise, registered at 7, was seven degres below normal ; for that hour on this date.

Josephus Daniels spoke at length urging the buddies to "go into politics." He didn't say what kind of politics but the buddies knew what he meant. Mayor James Curley of Boston spoke and attacked Hoover for the B. E. F. affair. Daniels and Curley both moved off to nearby towns and made Roosevelt speeches within earshot. Then there were on the program the übiquitous Wright Patman of Texas, and popular ex-national Commander Henry L. Stevens of North Carolina, Dave Beck of Seattle, who has been named to serve on the Democratic committee for labor in Oregon and Washingten. i Off the program, there was Ralph'

REED FOSTERS NEW DYNASTY IN MISSOURI Bennett Champ Clark Rising to Brightest Spotlight in State's Politics. SEEN AS NEXT SENATOR Late Speaker's Son Shoved Into Surprising Prominence by ‘Jim's’ Drive. BY RAY TUCKER Time* Staff Wrl'.er KANSAS CITY. Sept. 17.—A new Democratic dynasty is arising in Missouri under the powerful protectorate of silver-haired Jim Reed, who hates Herbert Hoover with a fierceness which of old frequently shook the rafters in the United States senate. ~ The Ozark state, which always has delighted in the one-man domination of the Vests, Stones and

a famous Democratic figure. He is Bennett Champ Clark, 42-year-old lawyer, orator and World war figure. Son of the late Speaker Champ Clark, who barely missed the presidency twenty years ago. his triumph in the primary for the

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senatorial nomination may be set down as one of the political miracles of the year. On his shoulders rests the task of carrying the state for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt over President Herbert Hoover, but he and Jim have no doubt of Democratic victory. Roosevelt’s only danger is that he may alienate conservatives by too many ‘‘forgotten man” speeches. The Germans in St. Louis like his beer plank, but they are conservatives. He is especially strong in rural districts, but even their discontent has not made economic radicals of them. But the present and future story of local and presidential politics here is the saga of the veteran and the youngster—Reed and Clark. Clark entered the senatorial race as a late and seemingly hopeless starter. He made prohibition repeal his central issue, though outspoken

on all questions. He faced two with the backing opponents, one of Tom Pendergast, Kansas City boss, and the other a dry progressive. who is expected to sweep the rural regions. It was then that Jim Reed, though he usually has played with Pendergast, arose in his oratorical might.

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At a tremendous Democratic j gathering he described the ideal j candidate. Missouri’s next senator, said Reed, must be frank, independent. courageous. He must be | wet, low-tariff, anti-court, antileague, but no radical. Reed rasped: “What we need in the United States senate is an American. His Victory Is Surprising Thus the old warrior handed his sword to one on whom he looks as j a worthy successor —without mentioning a name. When Jim dropped into his seat, gazing around in defiant challenge, the hall was still. Friends and supporters of other candidates glared at him. They knew whom he meant, and they knew his prestige throughout the state. Even so, they scoffed at suggestions that Clark could break through | the alliance of urban and rural forces ranged against him. Clark did, however, win by 76.000 votes. His victory was all the more surprising, because Pendergast put over his gubernatorial candidate by i 100,000 votes. He is the elderly Francis M. Wilson, a Grover Cleveland Democrat. Counted on to Carry Roosevelt Reversing the uusal process. Clark is counted on to carry the RooseveltGarner ticket to a triumph, even though Missouri has gone Republic an nationally since 1916. Hoover carried Missouri by 172.000 against the wet, popular A1 Smith. In addition to his political accom(Turn to Page 2)

O’Neill of Topeka, the Democratic national committee's ex-service handy man, as busy* as any three other men. The program adopted by the Legion reflected this influence. The Democratic dry law repeal plank was forced instead of the resubmission plank of last year. The bonus demand, oppoistion to the world court, to disarmament, and to cancellation—these, while not strictly partisan matters, will worry the Administration. The Legion's new Commander Louis H. Johnson, was. until his election at least, a Democrat, the fourth Democratic national commander out of the pest five. Now\ he says, he's a member of the "Legion party."

GARNER’S AGED MOTHER ILL; SPEAKER IS RACING DEATH TO TEXAS BEDSIDE

BUDGET CUT TO LIMIT, IS COUNCIL VIEW No Further Slashes Likely to Be Made, Officials Say After Special Meeting. Approval of the 1933 city budget without further reduction beyond j the determined by departmental heads as “essential,” appeared cer- : tain today following a special city ; council meeting Friday night. Final action on the budget will be taken at a public hearing Monday night. Meeting with department heads, the council reviewed each department request while city officials explained reductions already made and asserted that further cuts would imperil “proper function of local government.” Cut to Minimum At the close of the session, eight of the nine council members expressed themselves as convinced that the budget had been pared to the minimum. Fred C. Gardner was opposed to approval pf the budget in its present form. Advocating a reduction of 10 per cent in all supply items, Gardner pointed out that his suggestion was half that requested by tax relief organizations, which had urged the council to make a blanket cut of 20 per cent in supply items, including food and medical supplies of the city health board. AH Departments Pared As submitted to the council, the 1933 budget calls for $7,468,754.59. a reduction of $546,714 from the 1932 appropriation. In the amount to be raised by tax levy, the budget is $284,388 less than in 1932. despite increase in the levy from SI.OB to $1,319.Reductions already made include a slash of 10 per cent in the city pay roll, closing of a number of city playgrounds, recreation in the garbage schedule to one collection a week; paring-of all supply items and transfer of street improvements i and certificates of indebtedness to the gasoline tax fund. MUNCIE BANDIT SLAIN Two Others Are Wounded in Grocery Looting. By United Press . MUNCIE. Ind., Sept . 17.—One j bandit was dead and three others were under arrest today, two of them wounded. as result of robbery of a grocery store here late Friday. Luke Keith was shot fatally by police, who arrived as the robbers were leaving the store. Ed Duffy was shot in the abdomen and Andy Tuttle was shot in the legs as they attempted to escape on foot. John Hartranft. driver of the bandit car, was arrested without injury.! Loot totaling $l3O in the robbery was recovered.

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BY ELMER C. WALZER United Pres* Financial Editor NEW YORK. Sept. 17.—Prices rose fractions to more than a point at the opening on the Stock Exchange today. Railroad shares featured with Delaware, Lackawanna & Western spurting to 36 after opening at 34%, up %. New York Central rose to 25after opening at 25%, up %. Atchison opened at 52, up %, and later rose to 52%. Pennsylvania was at 18%, up •%; Chesapeake & Ohio 22%, up %, and Union Pacific 74, up 1%. Steel common opened at 40%. up % from the previous close, and held near that level in the early trading. Other steel shares firmed up with the leader. Automobile Issues were fairly active at higher prices. Low priced issues like Hupp, Studebaker and Packard appeared on the tape early. Motor accessory shares also made small gains. Utilities, oils, mail order shares and foods made small gains. Coppers ruied firm as did the tobaccos. J. I. Case rose more than a point to 45 on the first sale and later improved on that price.

Chicago Stocks Opening ißv Abbott. Hoppin & Cos t —Scot. 17— Bendix Avia... 11 ',2 Middle West .. 12 Bore Warner.. 10% 3v.ift Inti 18% Oont Chi com. 2% Walereen Strs... 13% 7omm Edison... 75 o Foreign Exchange •Bv Abbott Hoppins & Cos. 1 —Sept. 17— Open. Sterlinc. Eneland 3 47% Franc. France 0391% Lira. Italv 0513 Franc. Beieinm 1385 Mark. German? 23P2 Guilder. Holland 4018 Peseta. Spain 0811 Krone. Norwav 1740 Kron-. Denmark ISO3 Yen. Japan 2100 Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 53 8 a. m 59 7 a. m..... 54 S a. m 65 $ a. m 67

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ELECTRIC SHOCK KILLS BOY, 5 Lad Dies When He Holds Light Bulb in Hand. By ( nited Press NEW ALBANY. Ind.. Sept. 17. Five year-old William Shireman Jr.. was electrocuted at the home of his parents here when he held an electric light bulb on an extension cord in his hand. Approximately 105 volts of electricity passed through the boy's body when he touched a bared pars of the wiring. The father, who had been using the extension whilp repairing an auto, found the body when he returned from the house.

CHURCHMEN TO HOLD PARLEYS Nine Meetings to Be Held Here Sept. 26. Nine meetings of conference and prayer in and near Indianapolis will be held Sept. 26 r for the spiritual advance of churches for the coming year. The first meeting will be the annual fall retreat of ministers of the city at the Bov Scout reservation, Dr. Ernest N. Evans, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Church Federation, announced. A luncheon for presidents of women's organizations will be held in the morning at the Emerson Avenue Baptist church. Young people of city churches will meet at 7:30 p. m. in the Central Chritsian church. Six community services wili be held at the following churches at night: Second Presbyterian, Northwood Christian, St. Paul Methodist church. Westminster Presbyterian, Irvington Presbyterian and the Edwin Ray Methodist church.

ROOSEVELT IN UTAH Arrives in Salt Lake City for Speech Tonight. By United Press SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Sept. 17.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt entered Utah today to expound his views on the silver question, one of paramount importance to this state in particular and to the far west in general. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, acclaimed by 10,000 noisy partisans, planned to remain here until Sunday. He will deliver the second major address of his transcontinental tour at the Mormon tabernacle tonight.

HOGS END WEEK AT LOWER PRICE LEVELS Cattle. Calves Nominal on Scarcity of Receipts; Sheep Weak. Hogs ended the week at the Union Stockyards at slightly lower levels this morning. Prices generally were 10 cents off from the previousday’s average. The bulk, 100 to 350 pounds, sold for $4 to $4.40; early lop holding at $4.45. Receipts were estimated at 1,500! holdovers were 360. Cattle were nominal on receipts of 50. Vealers shewed a steady trend at $7 down. Calf receipts were 50. Hardly enough sheep were on hand to test the market. Prices tended lower, mostly at $6 down. Receipts were 200. At Chicago hogs were steady to weak with Friday's average. Some cleanup sales were 5 to 10 cents or more lower. Receipts were 5.000. including 4.000 direct. Holdovers were 2.000. Compared with a week ago weighty steers were 25 to 40 cents higher. Receipts were 1,000. Sh?ep were nominal, receipts numbering 6,000.

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Physicians Hold Slight Hope for Recovery of 81-Year-Old Woman. SPEEDS FROM CAPITAL Nominee May Go by Plane From Memphis If Parent Grows Worse. - By t nited Press DETROIT. Tex., Sept. 17. —Mrs. Sarah Garner, the 81-year-old mother of John Nance Garner, Democi vice-presidential candid today was gravely ill at her home here. Physicians, holding slight hope for her recovery, advised relatives to notify her distinguished son. in Washington, of her condition. Mrs. Garner became ill, suffering With a general toxic condition, a week ag3, and has grown steadily j weaker, it was said. Mrs. Maude Blair, a daughter with whom the aged woman lives, said the family had decided to no- | tify the vice-presidential candidate ; of his mothers condition, although | they had hesitated to do so since he is busy with campaign plans. Mrs. Garner was born, and spent her entire life in this section. Until : recently, she rejoiced in recalling incidents in the boyhood life of her noted son. and in telling stories of the early days of Texas. Garner has not visited her for some months. He had planned to ; come here in July when he returned after congress adjourned to his home in Uvalde. His own health, however, was bad at that time, and he spent several weeks recovering. Mrs. Garner was widowed ten : years ago. She has. besides the Speaker, two other sons and two daughters. Races to Sick Bed : Sy ( nited Press WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.—Speak--ler John N. Garner, Democratic | nominee for Vice-President, forsook politics today to rush to the bedside of his aged mother, gravely | ill at her home near Detroit, Tex. Advised by relatives of his mother's relapse, he hurriedly packed a ! .small bag, and boarded the Memphis special of the Southern railroad at 3:30 a. m. Union station officials confirmed the departure of the Speaker after the Washington hotel, where Mr. and Mrs. Garner make their home while congress is in session, reported he had checked out hurriedly. The Memphis Special is due in Memphis at 7:15 a. m.. Sunday. It was considered possible that the Democratic leader might charter a plane en route, if he received word that his mother’s condition has become more serious. An airline operates from Memphis into Texas. Garner arrived here Friday front Topeka, Kan., where he conferred with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, his running mate. He had planned to spend the week-end in Washington and then leave for New York, where his campaign speaking itinerary was being mapped out by Democratic national headquarters. He was ruddy faced and smiling at a press conference Friday at which he predicted an overwhelming Democratic victory in Nocember. He appeared ready for an intensive speaking tour, after a month of fishing and relaxation at his Uvalde (Tex.) home. YOUNG FARMER IS SHOT Accidental Discharge of Gun Carried on Mower Is Fatal. Bjf I fiitrfi ms ELKHART, Ind. f Sept. 17.—Buckshot wounds from accidental discharge of a shotgun Delbert Juday, 22, farmer near here, was carrying on his mower, caused his death. Juday had carried the gun on the mower to shoot snakes in the field. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m : West wind. 12 miles an hour; temperature. 63; barometric pressure, 30.10 at sea level; ceiling, clear, unlimited; visibility. 15 miles.

From Riches To Rags — A NATION of theatergoers was thrilled • and shocked) by the songs she sang. the dances she danced, the • then) fat salaries she was paid. But the fame that Eva Tanguay once knew and the riches she once possessed now have faded, and she lies, destitute and critically ill, in California. Gilbert Swan has written in intensely human fashion the story of this amazing stage performer's mad-cap career. The first of his articles will appear Monday in The Indianapolis Times