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INJURIES IN PLANE RACE CRASH FATAL TO FAMOUS FLIER Russell Boardman Dies at City Hospital; Fails to Regain Consciousness After Accident Here Saturday. BROTHER AT BEDSIDE; WIFE IN CITY Body to Be Returned East for Burial; SIO,OOO Bendix Speed Dash Across Continent Is Won by Roscoe Turner. Russell Boardman, 35, of Boston, famous trans-Atlantic flier, who was injured early Saturday when his racing plane crashed at municipal airport, died early today at city hospital. The flier, who, with John Rolando, won fame with his 5,011-mile non-stop flight to Turkey two years ago, sustained a fractured skull and neck and punctured lung in the accident. He never regained consciousness.

With him at his death was a brother, Earl, who flew here from Albuquerque, N. M., when informed of the accident. Wife Flies to City The racer's wife, who also had flown here, coniine: from Providence, R. 1., had left, the hospital for a hotel a few minutes before death oecured. She had been in constant attendance at his side since her arrival. The body was removed to the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary ponding completion of arrangements for returning it to the home in the east. Boardman, one of six participants in the Bendix transcontinental race, landed at municipal airport, his ftrst stop on the coast-to-coast nop early Saturday, and took on 200 gallons of gasoline. Crashes in Take-off Here After chatting a few minutes with his teammate, Russell Thaw. 22, who was flying another plane of the same type, a Gee Bee sportster, the wing of which had been damaged in landing here, Boardman opened the throttle and roared down the speedway. As he neared lie end of the long southwest runway, the stubby little 300 miles an hour racing plane, built for speed and not for safety, and difficult to manage because of its small wing surface and heavy 850-horse power motor, arose a few feet in the air. A moment later, horrified field attendants and spectators saw it roll upside down and fall, landing on its top and sliding several hundred feet in a cloud of dust. It did not catch Are. Flying for Twelve Years Field service crews, on hand to refuel the racing planes, rushed to the scene in cars and lifted the tail of t’ne plane, permitting the racer's (broken body to fall out of the inserted cockpit. He was taken to city hospital. Boardman. who was an accomplished aviator, had been flying a-!bout twelve years. f He and Rolando set anew record Tor non-stop distance flights when they made their trip to Turkey in the airplane, Cape Cod. Thaw who had planned to make immediate repairs to the damaged wing of his plane, and continue the race, abandoned the contest when Boardman was injured. He still was in the city today, not yet having resumed the flight in the Los Angeles air race, in which he was to participate. Race Won by Turner A third rare contestant, who met with bad lurk in Indiana. Lee Behlbach. forced down in a field near New’ Bethel, left for the west late Sunday after repairs had been made to his plane by Central Aeronautical Corporation mechanics at municipal airport. The SIO,OOO race was won by Roscoe Turner, first of the racers to land here. Turner beat his own previous east-west record, making the trip in 11 hours 30 minutes. Besides the widow and brother. Earl. Boardman is survived by a daughter, Jane, 5. and three sisters. Mrs. Clara McCurdy. Providence, R. I.; Miss Alice Boardman, Mattapoisett, Mass., and Mrs. .Stuart Grummon. Washington. D. C. He was born in Westfield. Conn., about eighteen miles from Hartford, Conn., where burial will take place. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 61 10 a. m 72 7a. m 63 11 a. m 76 Ba. m 67 12 inoon).. 77 9 a. m 70 1 p. m 79 Times Index Beer Returns—Has It Helped?— A Series 3 Book-A-Day 5 Bridge 5 Broun Column 4 City Briefs 2 Classified 10 Comics 11 Crossword Puzzle • • 9 Curious World 11 Dietz On Science 10 Editorial 4 Financial 9 Fishing 12 Have-A-Hobby 12 Hickman Theater Review 6 Industrial News 7 Lippmann Column 9 Lodge Page 6 Obituaries 2 Radio 12 Serial Story 11 Sports 8 Talburt Cartoon 4 Vital Statistics 10 Woman's Page 5

The Indianapolis Times Fair and continued cool tonight; Tuesday fair and slightly warmer.

VOLUME 45—NUMBER 45

‘WHITEWASH’ ON BANKS CHARGED Judge Cox Assails Finding of Grand Jurors: Probe to Be Continued. Grand jury report absolving officials of the State Savings Bank and Trust Company and the Washington Bank and Trust Company of criminal liability was branded today by Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox as a “whitewash.” Cox conferred for more than an hour, behind closed doors, with Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker and plans were laid for continuance of the investigation of the closed institutions. At the conclusion of today’s meeting, Cox’s only comment, after admitting that the banks were the subject of discussion, was: “I am confident that with the matter definitely in Judge Baker’s hands, it will be pursued to the bottom. Perhaps the evidence should have been placed in his hands from the beginning, instead of with the prosecutor.” Baker declined to comment, except to say that he would await receipt of evidence from Cox before making a statement. Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson, who several weeks ago expressed doubt that indictments would be returned against any officials of the State Savings and Trust Company, left on a southern vacation tour last Friday. INCOME TAX PAID TO STATE BY 10,000 Deadline Is July 15: Expect 250.000 to File. Some 10.000 of the estimated 250,000 gross receipts taxpayers have made payments to the state it was stated today at the offices of Collector Clarence Jackson. Deadline for payments is July 15. Most of the receipts have come in through the mail, but around five hundred persons came to the statchouse to pay in person, it was said. The payments are on all gross receipts from income and sales for May and June. 4 JURORS ARE CHOSEN Two Others Yet to Be Named to Criminal Court Panel. Four of the six members of the new Marion county grand jury for the July term were selected in criminal court today. Two men who had been drawn for the grand jury were excused by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker. A new venire of twenty names from which the two additional members will be selected will report Friday. The new jurors are Harry J. Gonder, 1222 North La Salle street, cabinet maker: William F. Sandstrom. 4465 Carrollton avenue, automobile body trimmer: Jacob C. Beaver, Oaklandon. farmer, and George H. Blankenship, R. R. 6, Box 140. farmer.

‘Whistling Monster ’ Storm Sweeping Cuba, Leaving Trail of Ruin in Wake

The follow ine dispatch was telephoned from Pinar Del Rio to Ha\ana bv Guillermo Rodriguez, I'nited Press saff correspondent. who went to iPnar Del Rio when it became known a hurricane would center there. Just after this stor> was telephoned communication with Pinar Del Rio was severed. BV GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ I'nited Press Staff Correspondent iCoovrisht 1333. bv United Press' PINAR DEL RIO. Cuba. July 3 Western Cuba huddled in terror today as an out-of-season Caribbean hurricane swept across the narrow end of the island republic, leaving a trail of ruin. The southern coast town of Coloma. twenty-four kilometers south of Pinar Del Rio. was reported engulfed in a tidal wave. Casualties were believed heavy. Wrecked homes and flooded lands

CHILD HEALTH WORK GIVEN DP BY CITY Division Abolished Because of Deficiency in Tax Payments. DENTAL CLINIC DROPPED Additional Curtailments Are Planned: Charge Hospital Nurses for Meals. The child hygiene division of the city board of health has been practically abolished because of the necessity to absorb $72,000 shortage by the entire health board of the contemplated $334,000 total deficiency in thee ity’s share of the last tax payment. Fourteen dentists, six assistants, who formerly held an average of forty-eight clinics a week, furnishing treatment to 400 children per month, have beee dismissed. The four doctors of the pre-natal department also were dismissed. Check Charity Cases Closer The dismissals followed a series of conferences last week among board of health members, Evans Woollen jr., city controller, and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. When the conferences started, it was thought the entire health board would be forced to absorb only $42,000 of the slash. This amount was increased, however, to the $72,000 figure. Additional curtailment in the department is also planned, besides the dismissals. All nurses and employes at the city hospital will pay 10 cents a meal at the institution. A 10cent charge will also be made for all prescriptions filled at the hospital, unless the patient is on the county poor list. Closer check of charity patients also will be made to ascertain whether they actually need treatment, and if they are able to pay at least a portion of the cost. As another result of curtailment, sixty-five school nurses will be forced to take two weeks’ vacations without pay. Prune Operating Costs Other departments also will have to prime operating costs, caused by the 16 per cent tax delinquency in Marion county. The park board is expected to be the next largest loser. The city controller estimates it will have to absorb close to $67,500 of the deficiency. Efforts are now being made by board members to save the recreation department. However, it is doubtful if the department, under the direction of Hugh W. Middlesworth, will function after the closing of the swimming and playground season this year. Many reductions were made in the department this year, including salary cuts to as low as S3O per month for instructors, matrons and life guards. GUNMAN STARVES SELF TO GET THROUGH BARS Squeezes Through 7-Inch Airshaft Opening tv. Escape Jail. By United Press NEW YORK, July 3.—A New York city desperado, former member of the Vincent Coll gang, escaped today from the Westchester county penitentiary after having starved himself for two weeks in order to i squeeze through a seven-inch airshaft aperture. The escaped prisoner is Arthur Palumbo, 23, who was to have been removed to Sing Sing prison soon to begin a fifteen-year term imposed after he had escaped from the Westchester penitentiary a year ago. Palumbo, known as a dangerous gunman, had complained of stomach trouble during the last two weeks, and refused to eat. Authorities did not suspect the purpose of his fasting. Loses Leg in Accident Donald A. Seymour, 33, Pierson. Ind.. submitted to an amputation of his right leg at city hospital Sunday night, after it had been crushed by a train.

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marked the trail of the terrific winds that came in from the sea, moving northwestward. Pinar Del Rio was struck around midnight. The hurricane's center moving at ten miles an hour, passed on over the Sierra De Los Organos mountains to the northwest coast. The course of the hurricane had been traced for days and ample provisions had been made to aid the injured and homeless when the storm struck. Heavy rains preceded the hurricane. The wind gradually increased in volume until around midnight when the center of the hurricane struck it was a whistling monster. The city was plunged ; nto darkness. Electrical power was shut off to avert short circuits and fire.

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ROOSEVELT REFUSAL TO SUPPORT CURRENCY PLAN DISRUPTS PARLEY

Romance ‘Too Perfect to Last’ at End for Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks

BY ALANSON EDWARDS United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, July 3.—The “perfect romance” of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Mary Pickford headed toward the marital shoals today. Unless Fairbanks makes immediate overtures from Europe to restore peace at Pickfair, their famous $400,000 home, a divorce is likely, it was learned. A recent wire from Doug to Mary, saying she would have to assume all expenses of maintaining Pickfair, was the final straw that ended three years of pretense on the part of both that all was harmonious between them. nan STRUGGLING to keep back her tears, “America's Sweetheart” ended her long silence. “It is true that Pickfair is to be sold, and that a separation between Douglas and me is contemplated,” she said. “If there is a divorce, the grounds will be incompatibility.” It was a romance “too perfect” to last, Mary’s and Doug's many friends believe. It began in the days when they traveled up and down the country with Charlie Chaplin, urging America to buy Liberty bonds. Mary at that time was the wife of Owen Moore, the actor. Fairbanks was married to Beth Sully, daughter of the cotton king. Mary and Doug were divorced soon after the war, and married secretly March 28, 1920. n a a UNTIL Fairabnks joined the Masonic lodge, six years later, when he was required to spend the dinner hour at the lodge rooms, they were never separated at the evening meal. For almost ten years, they were never part for a single night. During that time neither would dance with any other person. They were os devoted that both abolished “location trips” while making pictures because it would mean being apart for days or weeks. Mary’s friends told her this sort of devotion was a mistake. Mary’s answer was always the same: “We figure that our lives are too short as it is. We are not going to lose a single day being together.” a u n ABOUT three years ago, the “perfect romance" began to fade. It became the usual, not the unusual, thing for the famous pair to be separated. Fairbanks took to globe-trotting without Mary. Fairbanks now is in England, where he has been entertained extensively by nobility. Mary is in Hollywood looking for a story so she can make another picture.

ITALIAN FLIERS ARE IN IRELAND j Bad Weather Delays Hop on Third Lap of Flight to Chicago. BY C. D. MILLIGAN United Press Special Correspondent LONDONDERRY, Ireland, July 3. —Italy’s air armada, bound for the Chicago exposition, was held on the waters of Lough Foyle by bad weather today. Upon the advice of meteorologists, General Italo Balbo, air minister and commander of the flight, postposted until Tuesday the takeoff on a dangerous flight to Reykjavik, third halting place on the seven-stage 7,100-mile flight from Orbetello to Chicago. The squadron arrived here from Amsterdam Sunday, after a flight of 630 miles. Balbo telephoned Premier Benito Mussolini at Rome, who sent good wishes to the expedition’s ninetysix officers and men. “The planes are behaving splendidly,” Balbo said. “I do not anticipate any trouble between here and Chicago.” Over the North sea from Amsterdam the planes met heavy clouds and mist, and were obliged to fly only a few' yards above the water. Over Scotland and the Irish sea the fog thickened menacingly,* and Balbo for a time considered landing in Lough Neath, forty miles inland from here. But radio reports from Londonberry—where, as at all halting place. Italian meteorologists are stationed—were encouraging. The planes left Orbetello, Italy, Saturday. The flight’s first mishap occurred at the landing at Amsterdam seven hours later, when one of the planes capsized, drowning a member of its crew. An auxiliary supply ship took its place in the squadron. ELLA BOOLE TO RESIGN Expects to Quit YV C. T. U. Post, Is Report at Milwaukee. By United Press MILWAUKEE. July 3.-Mrs Ella A. Boole, president of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union, expects to resign Tuesday from the office she has held eight years, the United Press learned today.

All lower parts of the city were under water. Through The early morning hours the crash of collapsing houses mingled with the wind. Police and soldiers patrolled the streets. The injured persons were taken to the city hospital, to police stations and to the municipal hall. The baseball park was demolished. Numerous two-story buildings collapsed in the residential section. Reports were received that the rivers Guyaguateje. Guamas. Verde and San Cristobal were overflowing their banks. Public alarm increased to panic intensity as the winds grew stronger and stronger each minute. Debris was blown . . . 'Editor’s note: At this point communications with Pina Del Rio were severed.)

Kidnapers of Jake Factor Demand $75,000 Ransom Telephone Call to Son Brings Order to Be Ready With Small Bills to Pay for Father’s Release. BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN, United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 3.—Kidnapers holding John (Jake the Barber) Factor promised to furnish instructions today for payment of the $75 000 ransom they demanded for release of the man reputed to have made a million dollars last week in the booming wheat market. Although the ransom was reduced from a purported $200,000 Factor’s son, Jerome, 19, himself kidnaped and held for SIOO,OOO less than three months ago, searched frantically, but apparently in vain, for the monev.

Jerome talked to a man who said he was one of the kidnapers by telephone Sunday night. It was the' third attempt of the abductors to communicate with him, the youth believed. Calls at Mother’s Home The call came to the home of his mother, Mrs. Leonard Marcus, Factor’s first wife. A short while before two other calls, apparently from the same man, were received at the home while young Factor was at his Morrison hotel quarters from where negotiations are being conducted. Jerome, a student at Northwestern university, said the caller spoke in a quiet, cultured voice. “Have $75,000 in small bills ready Monday morning,” Factor said the caller told him. “I'll get in touch with you then for further instruction.” Factor asked if his father was safe, but the voice said “that’s all,” and the connection was broken. Factor was convinced the call was authentic. "I don't know where I could raise $75,000.” young Factor said after sleepless hours of waiting for word from the kidnapers. “I wish the kidnapers would realize that we have no money. We have no way of getting to dad's securities.” Statement Is Issued A statement issued by Gale Gilbert, Factor’s attorney, reiterated the contention that Factor repeatedly made after his son's release—that no ransom was paid for Jerome. Friends, however, believed that $50,000 was paid. The statement also pointed out that Factor a year ago was reputed to have made a settlement of $1,300,000 to British stockholders. w T ho accused him of swindling them out of $7,000,000. He set out that “estimates of Mr. Factor's wealth are extremely exaggerated.” The family and friends are prepared. he said “to combine their modest means to do everything possible to insure Mr Factor’s safe return, but the amounts they can realize are small. HURT STA~RTING AUTO Man Cuts Arm After Losing Key to His Parked Car Morris Hawkins, 26. of 804 North Lasalle street, encountered misfortune twice Saturday night. Returning to his automobile parked in the 100 block. North Capitol avenue. Hawkins discovered the key to the car missing. He used ~ screw driver in an effort to open a door, breaking glass which severed an artery in his right wrist.

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CRASHING WAVES KEEP CABINET SHORE BOUND Roosevelt Aids Sit in Autos, Unable to Board Cruiser. By United Press Annapolis, Md., July 3.—High wind, driving rain and crashing waves today kept President Roosevelt’s cabinet from reporting progress of the national recovery program to him aboard the cruiser Indianapolis, anchored two miles off the naval academy pier. The cabinet members sat in their automobiles, waiting for the eas to abate before venturing to the cruiser in launches. Friends of the President said he was anxious to hear what had been done in forwarding the national recovery acts during his vacation cruise to Campo Bello island. BITTEN BY TWO DOGS Victim Incurs Legs and Arm Hurts in Animal’s Attack. Aattacked by two police dogs while walking today in the 4200 block cf Sunset avenue, Marion Marshall, 35, of 4142 Oliver avenue, incurred wounds on his legs and an arm. He was taken to Methodist hospital by police. Damon Smith, 4248 Sunset avenue, owner of the dogs, was ordered to keep them confined ten days to ascertain if they ares uffering from rabies.

Lightning Strikes Riding Club; 21 Horses Perish

Burning the Algonquin Riding Club stables, 3050 Kessler boulevard, to the ground and destroying twenty-one valuable horses, a lightning. wind, hail and rain storm struck at Indianapolis Saturday night, causing an inestimable amount of damage. With the wind reaching a velocity of thirty-two miles an hour, windows were blown in, trees toppled and power lines torn down. Street car service was disrupted and sewers and basements were flooded. Wooden streets were in ruins as blocks expanded. South Pennsylvania street, near Union station, was torn up as far as Georgia street. Lightning caused scores of fires, but little damage was done except at the riding club. Raymond Montgomery, 12, of 2317 West Morris street, was the only storm casualty reported. He suffered a severely cut right arm when wind blew glass out of a door at his home. Thirteen valuable horses were led to safety when lightning set fire to the riding club. Total damage was

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COOL WAVE TO REMAIN TODAY Warmer Weather Tuesday Is Forecast for City. The cool wave that brought relief to the .sweltering city early Sunday night will continue today, but Tuesday will be slightly warmer, the United States weather bureau forecast this morning. Coming on the heels of a 3.12 rainfall Saturday, the cool wave sent the mercury tumbling from a week-end high of 95 at 3.30 p. m. Saturday to a 61 mark at, 6 a. m., today. The mercury started a slight rise this morning, but had reached only 70 at 9 a. m. There was a .22 of an inch of rainfall Sunday, boosting the week-end total nearly to 3’i inches. POLICE HOOKU P MA DE Feeney Announces Link With Michigan, Indianapolis Forces. State police radio hookup with the Michigan and Indianapolis police departments was announced today by A1 Feeney, chief of the state safety department. Feeney arranged with Commissioner Oscar Olander of the Michigan state police to have a receiving set, supplied by Michigan, installed at the state police barracks at Tremont. All broadcasts from the Lansing (Mich.i headquarters regarding state border cases will be received there. Receiving sets tuned to the Indianapolis police radio will be installed in the offices of both Feeney and Captain Matt Leach of the state police at the statehouse. Bandits Bind, Rob Victim By United Press HAMMOND. July 3.—Two bandits robbed Steve Fechalos, confectionary proprietor, of $465 in week-end receipts here today, bound and gagged him and escaped with an accomplice in an automobile.

estimated by J. R. McNutt, 533 Powell place, vice-president of the club, at $35,000. This includes about $4,000 worth of saddles and bridles and three sleighs and a truck stored at the stables. The club blacksmith shop, grooms’ quarters and clubhouse were unharmed. The stables are to be rebuilt at once. None of the club employes were burned, but Sidney Weikal, stable boy, was bruised, when a horse fell on him. Horses lost in the blaze included Dude, owned by Mrs. Roy Shaneberger; Firefly, by Mrs. Bob Smith; Mary Pickford, by Mrs. William Low Rice; Champagne and Rythm, by Dr. and Mrs. Evanson B. Earp; Lady Lou. owned by Mrs. Fred Born; Ray Boy, by Miss Grace Speer, club secretary; Mitzi, by G. M. Williams; Patsy, by Miss Mildred Blacklidge; Peg ’o My Heart, by Mrs. H. A. Crossland; Dan, by E. C. Badger and So Big and nine other horses belonging to Dr. Perry O. Bonham, manager of the stables, |

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Gold Standard Nations Defy Caucus. Boycotting Committees. SESSION MAY END SOON President Declares U. S. Will Not Endanger Price Raising. BY HARRY FLORY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, July 3. —The world economic conference was brought to a standstill today by President Roosevelt's forceful declaration refusing to join temporary currency stabilization moves, demanding removal of trade barriers and higher world prices preliminary to fixing currencies in such manner that they will remain stable in purchasing power for a generation. The gold standard nations of Europe retaliated by boycotting subcommittees of the conference and issuing a defiant declaration that they would remain on go’d. Only one or two committees continued to function, discussing academic matters. It was feared Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald might soon be forced to accept a formula which would permit “decent burial” of the conference through adjournment, probably with the face-saving appointment of committees to resume work later at Geneva. Mr. Roosevelt earlier told in a telegram published today by State Secretary Cordell Hull what he is trying to do for America and the world. Explaining forcefully and frankly why the United States would not endanger its price-raising efforts in order to join Europe in stabilizing currencies, the President said: Wants “Generation" Dollar “The old fetishes of so-called international bankers are being replaced by efforts to plan national currencies, with the objective of giving those currencies continuing purchasing power which does not greatly vary in terms of commodities and the need of modern civilization. “Let me be frank in saying the United States seeks the kind of dollar which a generation hence will have the same purchasing and debt paying power as the dollar value we hope to ’attain in the near future,” he declared. “That objective means more to the good of nations than a fixed ratio for a month or two in terms of pound or franc. “Our broad purpose is the permanent stabilization of every nation’s currency.” It would be time to talk stabilization of currencies, the President said, when nations balance their budgets. Boost Trade, Parley Told Having said that, he told the economic conference its present task was to mitigate embargoes and stimulate trade. “The conference was called,” he said, “to better and perhaps cure fundamental economic ills. It must not be diverted from that effort.” There came almost at once after publication of the President's telegram, reliable information that Great Britain, under strong pressure from her dominions was considering emulation of the American price-raising program, if possible in co-operation with the United States. If the plan reached maturity and co-operation was found practicable, it was said, there would be a farreaching effort to subordinate everything to attaining a higher world level of prices. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the British exchequer, was understood to be drafting the plan after consultation with the dominions. Canada, especially, was said to be (Turn to Page Two)

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