Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1933 — Page 3

MARCH 11, 1033

QUAKE-STRICKEN AREA IS ONE VAST SCENE OF HORROR

HUNDREDS IN CITY WORRY OVER RELATIVES ON COAST; MANY ARE REPORTED SAFE Keen Anxiety Manifested by Indianapolis Residents Over Friends and Kin in Devastated District. Anxiety over safety of relatives and friends in the California earthquake area caused many Indianapolis families to remain awake during the night awaiting news of the catastrophe. Hundreds of phone calls were received by press bureaus and newspapers as details of the quake slowly filtered through.

Inasmuch as the devastated section is a favorite wintering spot of easterners, numerous residents of the city and state were known to be vacationing there. Early press dispatches did not list local residents as victims of the earthquake. Assured by Wire Former residents of the city and state assured friends by wire and by telephone of their safety. Telephonic communications from Indianapolis to Los Angeles were being made rapidly and without interruption. An Indianapolis man said he was connected with the Lor Angeles home of a relative in less than a minute from the time the call was placed. Local operators found some difficulty in reaching exchanges in larger California cities, due to frantic intra-city telephone conversations there. Slster-in-Law on Coast Louis Tlliison, 429 North Riley avenue, has a sister-in-law, Mrs. Irvin Goldberg, in the quake area oi Los Angeles. He has not heard from her. Heer husband operates a furniture factory in Los Angeles. They are former residents of Indianapolis. The mother and father of Ray Churchill, 3817 North Pennsylvania street, live at Huntington Beach, Cal., twenty miles south of Long Beach. No reports of dead or injured had beeen received from Huntington Beach. Churchill had been unable to receive any word from his parents. Among Indianapolis persons in the quake zone are Ensign J. O. F. Dorsett and his wife Betty, who are in San Pedro, the harbor of Los Angeles. Ensign Dorsett is assigned to the U. S. S. Pennsylvania and has been there several months. No More Received Mrs Clara Hammersmith, living in Los Angelas, also is known here by many persons. No word has been received from her or the Dorsetts. Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell, who formerly lived at 940 North Bosart avenue, said they did not know of the quake until after 7 this morning. They said no word had been received from the Campbells, who live in Long Beach. The T. W. & A. plane that arrived in Indianapolis early today from the west coast carried four passengers who were concerned over the major disaster. Plane Passengers Phone Officials of the company said two of the passengers, one a woman, used phones at the municipal airport in an attempt to communicate with relatives and friends. They were unsuccessful. Tire passengers continued eastward after obtaining all information available at the port. News of the earthquake spread rapidly in Indianapolis after the first shock was felt at 7:54 central standard time. Amateur short-wave radio station operators were among the first to receive actual news of the catastrophe and the homes of several of them were filled with persons seeking news. Police Sets Carry News Captain Otto Petit of the Indianapolis police department said that officers in radio-equipped autos here learned of the earthquake over their short-wave sets. Graphic descriptions of police activities in several California cities was heard. Irvin C. Chapel, 1137 Parker avenue, in charge of the police department's radio station in Willard park, returned to his home after receiving the news and spent hours searching the air for authentic reports of the disaster. He said that short-wave broadcasters were ordered off the air at an early hour by government authorities. Indianapolis business firms with branch offices in the damaged cities of the Sunshine state were seeking information of their employes and investments. Serious loss had not been reported early today by any local firm.

POLICE TRAP TWO IN GROCERIES THEFT Follow Boy to Cousin After Cache of Loot Is Watched. Traced through the arrest of his 13-year-old cousin. Felix Moralls, 29. of 824 South West street, is held on vagrancy charges pending investigation of alleged thefts of groceries. Police arrested the boy after he returned Friday to the hiding place of a sack of groceries under a loading platform at Schnull <fc Cos. warehouse. Sand street and Kentucky aCenue. Frank Heuser. 1422 Herschell avenue. an employe there, told police he saw a boy and a man conceal the sack earlier in the afternoon. Police waited nearby until the boy returned. When the boy was taken home, Felix Moralls was arrested there on description given by Heuser. A quantity of tobacco and groceries also were found in the house, police said. The cousins denied any thefts, claiming the boy had found the groceries. Cuba Cuts Speed of Trains P L nitnt Pn s* HAVANA. Cuba. March 11.—Orders were issued today limiting the speed of all railroad trains to nine and one-half miles an hour because of the recent derailment and dynamiting of trains attributed to antiadministration forces.

No Mystery Geologist Knows Reasons for Quakes and Expects Them. 'T'HE earthquake is no mystery to the geologist. In the normal processes of corrosion and shrinkage, the earth’s crust, especially in faulty places, is forced to shift. These adjustments, although likely to occur in all areas, most frequently are felt in mountainous or coastal regions. The shifting may occur slowly and with comparatively little violence, or may be sudden and destructive. Certain areas of the earth, especially Japan, sections of Italy, South America, the South Sea Islands and the Pacific coast, frequently feel shocks due to close proximity of mountains and ocean depths. This is due to the natural tendency of the earth’s surface to become more nearly level. a a ARTHQUAKES have been recorded since earliest times, althought accurate records and observations generally were not kept until the last three centuries. So violent have been some of the earth's shiftings that thousands of people were killed instantly and millions of dollars’ worth of property demolished. Earliest quakes in history of the world occurred in 70 B. C. in China with the second recorded in the same nation in the year 734 A. D. Probably the most disastrous quake in all history occurred in China in 1556, when 830,000 persons perished. In later quakes in various parts of the earth the loss of life ranged from 4.000 to 300,000.

BANKS TO ASK EMERGENCY AID Los Angeles Clearing House to Seek ’Extraordinary’ Relief on Holiday. By United Press LOS ANGELES, March 11.—The Los Angeles Clearing House Association announced that “extraordinary relief” from the provisions of the national bank holiday will be asked today for Southern California. RETAILERS THREATENED BY BRITISH ACTION Public Joins Co-Operatives to Buy Goods at Wholesale. Ry I nited Press • LONDON, March 11. —A mass movement to “eliminate the middleman" is threatening the existence of thousands of small shopkeepers in Great Britain. It is not an organized movement. It is not the result of retail profiteering; for the average shopkeeper’s profits are meager. It is due to the British public’s discovery that it can buy almost anything from a package of cigarets to a suite of furniture at wholesale prices by purchasing through a government employe or forming co-operatives.

A Voice From Home ‘We’re Fine’ is Welcome Answer from California to Worried Kinfolk Here. BY EDWARD C. FULKE. IT'S a quake." The words cracked across the continent by wire as sunny southern California, stunned, watched her buildings totter. The sultry heat of mid-summer—there—was deathly silent. A thousand muffled screams as the first shock struck—then silence. “There's been a quake in California!" The grim message paused—lndianapolis heard—and the news hurtled eastward to the Atlantic. Hurried lifting of telephones.

"Long distance, please?" THE long distance call drove westward. Chicago, then Kansas City, then Denver. "Denver?" asked the operator. "Yes, Denver." came the answer. There was another pause. A silence gripped the wire. Suspense was prolonged. Perhaps the wires were dead perhaps the quake had—. There came clicking in the receiver. then more suspense, and in a second a scarcely audible voice, "Los Angeles." Again silence. The wire was blank. A rattling sound was heard, then silence again. A babel of voice broke the still. In the confusion, voices of a dozen operators were heard. "There must have been an earthquake. Gee, it must be awful.” The wires are crowded with calls. Friends in the east calling friends in the west—across 3.000 miles of space. a a a THE confusion of voices was still. Then: "Something's wrong, the Lk Angeles operator doesn’t keep the switch open.”

GOVERNOR FLIES TO DIRECT RELIEF WORK

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By United Press SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 11.—Governor James Rolph of California left the capital by automobile for the Oakland airport at 11 Friday night to assume charge of the situation in the earthquake district. He took the 3:30 a. m. mail plane for Los Angeles. Director of Agriculture Brock and Dr. C. F, Duckworth, his chief deputy, flew to Los Angeles to administer food relief. Roland A. Vandegrift, director of finance, and Eric Cullinward, deputy in the public works department, left by automobile for the scene of the disaster.

Thousands of Lives Wiped Out in Major Disasters List of major earthquakes in world history, with loss of life and property damage, follows:

September, 1693— Earthquake and eruption of Mt. Etna in Sicily, Italy, 60,000 killed. Feb. 2, 1703—200,000 Killed by earthquake in Japan. Nov. 1, 1755—50,000 Killed in earthquake in Portugal. Feb. 4, 1783—60,000 Dead in earthquake in Calabria, Italy. Feb. 4, 1797—41.000 Killed in earthquake on west coast of South America Aug. 13, 1868—25,000 Killed in Ecuador and Peru. Aug. 25, 1883—Thousands killed in earthquake and volcanic eruption on the Island of Java. Aug. 31, 1865—Fifty-one killed and $5,000,000 property loss at Charleston, S. C. $400,000,000 Is Loss April 18, 1906—500 Lives lost and property loss of $400,000,000 in San Francisco earthquake and conflagration. April 17, 1906—Thousands killed in earthquake at Formosa. Aug. 16, 1906—1,500 Killed in City of Valparaiso, Chile, destroyed by earthquake. Jan. 14, 1907—1,400 Killed by earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Dec. 28, 1908—76,000 Killed in earthquakes in Sicily and Calabria. 1910—Earthquake killed 1,500 at Cratago, Costa Rico. Jan. 13. 1915—30,000 Killed by earthquake in central Italy. 100,000 Lose Lives Dec. 16, 1920—100.000 Killed as earthquate fire and tidal wave destroyed part of Tokio and Yokohama, Japan. May 23, 1925—381 Killed and property damage of $50,000,000 caused by earthquake in Japan. Nov. 18, 1929—Forty killed or drowned by earthquake and tidal wave on Atlantic coast from New York to Newfoundland. July 22, 1930—1.500 Killed, thousands injured and 5,000 homes destroyed by earthquake in southern Italy. March 31, 1931—1,000 Killed and many buildings destroyed by earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua. Firm in New Quarters Announcement has been made by the J. W. Wilkinson Comoany, baking industry service firm, that it will occupy its new offices at 746-48 Consolidated building Monday.

The statement is echoed over the wires by confused voices. Then there is still again. The connection has been made. The bell is heard ringing. There is the recollection of ahhom os the sound of the bell through the corridors. “Hello—” the voice is loud and clear. "Hello, who is it? Bill?” The answer is strong, confident. "Are you hurt?” "No. we're just waiting.” a a a THEN follows a tragic, hasty description of the quake. "We ran into the street. The noise frightened us. We didn’t know what to do. Chimneys were falling and the ground was rocking. We re afraid to turn on the radio. We don’t want to know what's happened.” "Then you're all right?” "We're fine,” came the answer. “Well, that's a relief. Bill. W r rite us. will you?” Then silence and doubt gripped again as the connection is broken. Time would tell the rest of the story.

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Wrecked Home Greet Citizens of Long Beach (Continued From Page One) huddled in groups, and wrapped blankets about their shoulders as a thin gray fog rolled m.from the sea. Large strips of pressed brick facade crashed to the street from the Y. W. C. A. building. Cornices and roof edges tumbled in a cascade, and all girls were ordered from the building as soon as the dust had settled. tt a tt THE building of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Morning Sun was vacated by the newspapers temporarily. Quarters were set up in a building formerly occupied by the Sun, and the combined staffs organized to cover the story. Relief centered at the city hall, undamaged by the shock. Fear-stricken residents, homeless, without automobiles, thronged there for guidance in their plight. They were sent to parks and open spaces, and arrangements made to supply food. Hospitals were filled with more than 1,000 injured, while the bodies of sixty-five known dead lay in undertaking parlors. United States marines and bluejackets from the United States fleet were rushed to shore, placed in complete charge of the downtown area and patrolled arteries out of the city. Four armer men were stationed at each corner. Fronts of buildings collapsed into the street in Huntington Park, blocking the main highway between Long Beach and Los Angeles. Fire destroyed .the high school there. tt tt tt THE Watts city hall was nearly demolished and three buildings destroyed by fire. In Lynwood, a theater collapsed. A dancing class was in progress. Four persons were seated in the orchestra. All lay flat on the floor under seats, and crawled to safety under tons of debris through the tunnels thus formed. Compton and Southgate likewise suffered damage. Isolated buildings along the highway collaps< Factories were partially wreck i the small industrial districts v nich dot the highway to the harbor. In the Signal Hill oil fields huge derricks toppled across the highway. Two caught fire, but engines came roaring from Long Beach to prevent spread of the flames. All roads were masses of automobiles. Crawling, stopping, honking, their drivers fought their way to open country. All were forced to detour around business districts. American Legion men and hastily deputized citizens were stationed at each Intersection. Handling of the fleeing populace was a masterpiece of hastily perfected organization.

SCIENTIST FORESEES OUTBURST BY SUN None Has Happened in Billion Years, However. Bf/ Science Service LONDON. March 11.—A flaring up of the sun is overdue. That is the conclusion of an astronomical re.se. rch by Dr. Conrad Lonnqvist of the Royal observatory, University of Lu.d, Sweden, commented upon here by-a note in the British science Journal. Nature. From a study of novae, or “new” stars, that become very bright suddenly. Dr. Lonnqvist estimated that on the average each star undergoes a nova outburst once in 400,000.000 years. Since the geological record of the earth shows that the sun has not experienced such an outburst in the last 1.000,000,000 years, the inference is that one may take place. Any such outburst of the sun would, of course, destroy the earth.

131 ARE KNOWN DEAD IN WEST COAST QUAKE Long Beach Is Hardest Hit by Disaster: Property Damage Heavy. (Continued From Page One) in, and it was felt there was danger of the walls collapsing. Three were killed in Bellflower. Two were crushed beneath a falling wall in a downtown business house. The third was struck down by bricks from a chimney. Police said the three had not been identified. Fire and a heavy fog that rolled in from the Pacific complicated relief work. More Shocks Expected The Carnegie seismological institute at Pasadena reported that the nature of the shocks indicated more would be felt ‘’probably for days.” The time of the first shock was set at 5:54:20 p, m., Pacific time. Buddings in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Artesia, Compton, Lynwood, Huntington Park, Bell, and Hynes went tumbling. People were crushed to death beneath flying bricks and concrete. Screams of the injured could be heard above the sirens of police ambulances. The building which houses the Long Beach Press-Telegram and the Long Beach Sun was wrecked. The Long Beach telephone office suffered terrific damage and it was ordered evacuated, stopping one of the most important lines of communication.

Plane Falls; Three Die Police Chief Clarence Webb of Santa Monica chartered an airplane and sent an offic r to survey the damaged area. In the smoke and fog the plane crashed near Baldwin Hills. The officer, the pilot and a passenger were burned to death. Those killed in the plane crash were; Sergeant J. Morten. George Towne, manager of the Culver City airport. Fred Porter, pilot, wealthy sportsman. Indicating that the tremors were not over, Los Angeles was rocked again by quakes at 12:53 and 1:08 a. m. Soldiers, sailors and marines, aiding peace authorities to patrol the Long Beach district, were fully armed. They had orders to shoot in event of any attempt at looting, though none had been reported. More than 150 Los Angeles physicians and a like number of nurses were rushed to Long Beach by bus, police cars, and special train. Governor Rolph invoked emergency powers to aid Long Beach, hardest hit of all communities in the quake belt. Artesia Main Street in Ruins At midnight, commanders of the United States battle fleet ordered marines to every point on the southern California coast between Huntington Beach and Venice, a distance of forty miles. Two men were crushed to death in Artesia, when the Scott & Frampton hall, a large brick structure, was almost destroyed. Fifty other men and women were taken to the Artesia community hospital, each a victim of bruises, lacerations and shock. The Excelsior Union high school, which has an enrollment of 1.100 pupils from the Artesia-Norwalk district, was shaken to pieces and blackened by a disastrous fire that followed the earthquake. Pioneer boulevard, the main street of Artesia, was a mass of ruins, its frame buildings wuth stucco fronts toppled in the street. Swinging south from Los Angeles toward Long Beach, the first severe evidence of the quake was seen in the Graham district, along Manchester street, east of Central avenue. There the fronts of brick buildings had crashed to the street, and in every direction side streets were roped off and under guard of citizens and members of the American Legion. Citizens feared that other buildings would collapse at any moment. In Graham, also, the front of the Security-First National bank branch bulged out, swayed, and smashed clear to the center of the street. * Autos Turned Aside State highway police, Los Angeles police, constables, deputy sheriffs, and deputized citizens blocked every highway and turned aside automobiles attempting to go to Long Beach. Breaking through the guarded line far to the east, United Press representatives swung into East Long Beach. En route, they found all of Signal Hill dark. No lights marked the thousands of oil derrick crown blocks. At Cherry and Anaheim streets in Long Beach, uniformed marines with service guns, men from the U. S. s. Arkansas, were on patrol, directing traffic, and keeping the curious away. “Our orders are,” one of them said, "to handle traffic, relieve all citizens of guard duty, prevent rioting. and order all uniformed men on shore leave back to their ships.” Seven Dead in 3 Blocks Seven men and women were killed within a radius of three blocks of where the two marines stood, they said, although it had not been part of their duty to ascertain names. All of that section of East Long Beach was in ruins. For block upon block along Anaheim street, store fronts, brick hotels and rooming houses were wrecked. Bricks, plaster, stucco, boards, rock, concrete and glass were piled three and four feet deep on either side of the street. Two and three stories up. whole fronts shorn away, leaving rooms exposed. Through these one could see clothing hanging on chairs, toilet articles resting on dressers, and other odd sights. Doctors were reported to have performed operations on the streets in Long Beach in front of the glare of lights of their automobiles. Others administered first aid with improvised implements and materials. All hospitals were filled. The State theater near the

QUAKE FORCE BREAKS OLD IRONSIDES’ MASTS

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Temblor Brings Sudden End to Hollywood Work

Radio Experts of City Hear Disaster News BY JOHN T. HAWKINS Times Radio Editor A lone vigil was kept' in many dimly lighted rooms of Indianapolis homes all through the night and the early hours of the morning today as the radio amateurs of the city sat fixed before desks and radio transmitters waiting for the faintest sound from quake-stricken California. Headphones were glued to ears sharpened by years of listening to the musical tinkle of the radio telegraphic code. But news from amateurs of the Golden State was slow in coming. Drastic army orders at the outset of the earthquake had silenced hundreds of transmitters that otherwise would have been broadcasting the news to the nation. From ail parts of the nation, the ether carried the query for communication with Sixth district stations, California being in that district. At one station, that of Irvin Chapel, 1024 Colorado avenue, W9CTV, countless messages were intercepted as anxious relatives from Texas to Maine sought news of their families and friends back home in California. At an early hour today, army and navy networks, composed of selected amateurs of the various districts, were beginning to get organized. The backbone of the nation’s emergency communication system was ready for service.

SEEK SEWING WORKERS Red Cross Unit Official Asks Volunteers for Emergency Task. Mrs. William H. Coleman, head of the Red Cross sewing activities at 110 South Meridian street, today issued an appeal for additional workers at the shop to complete emergency work. She said many women who have been serving in units have disbanded because their quotas have been completed and would desire to continue their activities by enlisting for work at sewing headquarters. Forty-four thousand garments have been completed and fifteen thousand yards of cloth remain in stock, much of which is being made into special sizes for needy families in Marion County. RABBIT INVADES~ CAR “Jack” Leaps Through Windshield of Hunter’s Auto. By United Prr.es DRUMMOND. Mont., March 11.— The leaping abilities of Montana jackrabbits, as celebrated as the prowess of Mark Twain's jumping frog, reached new T traditions recently when a "jack” vaulted himself through the windshield of a traveling automobile and into the rear seat of the machine. Charles Hayes, Lloyd Campbell and another hunter were driving near Drummond when a 10-pound rabbit hurled itself through the windshield, and landed, dead, in the rear seat. Breakers hotel collapsed, causing deaths and injuries, police reported. The earthquake was perhaps the most severe since the one which destroyed San Francisco in 1906. In many cities, windows were broken, chimneys came toppling down, dishes and bric-a-brac on shelves in homes and stores were broken. Long Beach was filled with visitors, it being a noted ocean resort city as well as a center of oil production. Three railroads enter Long Beach and the city maintains a wellequipped airport. The city proper is 356 acres in size. In front of the city lies Catalina island, and to the north and west rise the Palos Verdes hills. The city's beach is about seven miles long and is considered the best on the Pacific coast for all-year bathing. The city’s manufacturing establishments include a large steel works, a Ford assembling plant, and extensive canning factories. The city, which began as a fishing village and seaside resort in 1890, was incorporated in 1897.

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were broken by the force of the earthquakes late last night. It was lashed to a dock at the time.

Arc Lights Flicker Out, Movie Stars Rush Into Open. By Vnited Press HOLLYWOOD. March 11.—Hollywood movie studios felt the full force of a series of earthquakes that struck southern California last night. Cameras still were grinding and many famous stars were in greasepaint under blazing arc lights when the shocks started. The huge stages in Hollywood proper, Burbank and Culver City, shook heavily. A moment before the initial temblor came, cameras stopped grinding and the lights flickered out, as the electric energy was interrupted before the shock was felt. Stars, directors, extra girls, and technical men rushed into the open, and stood watching surrounding buildings. At, Warner Brothers studios in Burbank, the high water tower swayed so much that water spilled over the sides and onto actors below. A meeting of important studio executives. in session on the top floor of the Roosevelt hotel, was interrupted, and they rushed into the halls, being unable to reach the ground until some moments later.

Santa Barbara Tragedy Is Recalled by Disaster

Killing of Twenty Led to Adoption of Rigid Building Code. By United Press LOS ANGELES, March 11.—The earthquake which wrought extensive damage in Long Beach and adjacent territory last night recalled a shock which killed a score of persons in Santa Barbara almost eight years ago. The popular fallacy that hot, sultry days bring “earthquake weather” was exploded for the night was cool and foggy when the quake began. It was estimated that the Santa Barbara earthquake caused damage reaching past $29,000,000. A few were killed in the collapse of downtown buildings. Immediately thereafter, cities throughout the state adopted a rigid code of building restrictions, which no doubt aided somewhat in keeping down damage in Long Beach, a large part of which has been erected within the last eight years.

Hawks Pool Lottery Is Formed to Time Marauders Who Attack Sparrows.

By United Preaa SPRINGFIELD. 111., Harch 11.— Two hawks which apparently know how to tell time are giving Springfield a daily sporting thrill. Thousands of sparrows have nests in a building in the heart of the business district. Each day recently the two hawks have swooped dowrn upon the sparrows at, or about 5:15 p. m. Residents in the neighborhood noticed the "5:15 habit” of the hawks. Crowds began to gather daily to watch the marauders. A merchant established a daily pool, selling tickets based on the fraction of a minute at which the hawks will appear. The sport has become so popular that it is said even the mayor has been buying pool tickets. The “fans” cheer the hawks, as they consider the sparrows a nuisance.

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FEDERAL AID IS OFFERED BY PRESIDENT Roosevelt Sends Message to California's Governor: Rolph Replies. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 11—President Franklin D. Roosevelt today telegraphed Governor James Rolph of California, offering any federal assistance possible in the Los Angeles earthquake area. The President, at the same time, directed the army and navy to render ail possible aid in the stricken region. President Roosevelt’s telegram to Governor Rolph follows: "News dispatches report serious catastrophe in Los Angeles area. If there is anything needed that. th government can do, wire me at once. Trust preliminary reports are exaggerated. Will be glad to be kept in touch.” In making public the telegram, the White House announced the army and navy had been requested to make an immediate survey of the earthquake damage and to assist in relief work. *u Th , e Governor fe y telegram thanked President Roosevelt and said the stricken district would take advantage of all aid. ’’We appreciate your human interest and generous help,” he telegraphed the President.

Horror Scene, Says Witness of Earthquake By United Press LOS ANGELES. March 11.—One of the first eye-witness stories of the Long Beach destruction today came from Dr. William H. H. Watts. who recently came here from Kobe, Japan. "It was the most terrible thing I’ve ever witnessed,” Dr. Watts said. "People were dropping all over the streets as they were struck by bricks and stones from falling buildings. “Then there was the groan of the injured, the screams of women, the shrieks of ambulance sirens and finally flames. I, myself, was struck with a small brick, but I wasn't hurt badly.” FERGUSON RITES TODAY North Side Woman, Who Died Friday, Invalid for Several Years. Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Nesbit Ferguson, 50, 3702 East Fall Creek parkway, were to be held at 3:30 this afternoon in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, 25 West Fall Creek boulevard. Burial was to be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Ferguson, a native of Ireland, died Friday following a long illness. She had been an invalid seceral years and hand lived in Indianapolis ten years.

3 DIE AS POLICE PLANECRACKS UP Disaster Survey Ship Falls In Flames. By United Preaa LOS ANGELES. March 11. A plane en route to Long Beach to survey earthquake damage crashed in flames in the Baldwin Hills, near Inglewood, late last night, killing the pilot and two passengers. The victims were Sergeant J. Morton and Officer George Towne of the Santa Monica police and Fred Porter, pilot. Police Chief Webb of Santa Monica, father-in-law of Rudy Vallee, had chartered the plane. BAN COATS, MORE WORK California Chill Admitted by Grand Jury’s Act. By United Preen MERCED, Cal., March 11.—Something new in the work-ge;ting line was developed here recently by the county grand jury. Gardeners employed at the courthouse park said their foreman, Jack Horn, had been called before the grand jury and instructed to order the men to work without coats, on the theory that they would have to work harder to keep warm. (Yes, it does get cold here in the winter.) ALWAYS DEAD TIRED? How sad! Sallow complexion, coated tongue, poor appetite, bad breath, pimply skin and always tired, what’s wrong? Chances are you're poisoned by clogged bowels and inactive liver. Take this famous prescription used constantly in place of calomel by men and women for 20 years—Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. They are harmless yet very effective. A compound of vegetable ingredients. They act easily upon the bowels, help free the system of poison caused bf faulty elimination ana tone up liver. Rosy cheeks, clear eye* an<l youthfill energy make n nice-** of life. Take fir. Edwards Olive Tablets, nightly. Know them by their olive color. 15c, 30c and oc. All druggists—Advertisement.