Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 82, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1933 — Page 9
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HALF MILLION VISITORS GOAL OF AUTO SHOW Motor Week at Century of Progress Will Start Sept. 2. EXHIBITS ARE IN PLACE All Leading Manufacturers to Show Products at World’s Fair. It •/ 1 imn Spr riot CHICAGO Awe 18 A half million visitor?: at the world's greatest automobile show. That is the ambitious objective nf Automotive work at a Century of Progress exposi'ion. scheduled for Saturday. Sept. 2, through Saturday, Sept. 9 Attendance figures at the rxposilion indicate the aim of the automobile industry is pertain of achievement. During the first week ot August. the world'ft lair attracted 1 000 000 visitors ’n six days, a daily average of 166.666. Those figures undoubtedly will be surpassed during the three-day holiday over labor day. Sep*. * and an estimate of 1 000 000 fair visitors for those three days seems conservative. Automobile manufacturers and leadrrs nf allied industries art confident, that the automotive exhibits will draw a least one of every three visitors to ?he fair during their special week. Center of Motor World Chicago will be the renter of the automobile world during the worlds fair show. The Society of Automotive Engineers will hold its annual congress in Chicago from Aug. 28 to Sept. 4 and a special dav for the engineering geniuses will be a feature of Automotive week. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has been invited meet at. the fair during the week, and the day of that meeting will see arirrs of the industry gathered in hiengo Workers of the automobile far.ones, as well as their chiefs, will come by the thousands for the motor show. For the first time in history, the men who actually make the motors, bodies and parts and those who assemble the cars into units, will gather in throngs at the biggest exhibition ever attempted. The Chrysler organization, and other manufacturers within a 500mile ride of Chicago, are urging their employes to visit the Century of Progress during the Labor day holidays. The railroads are offering exceptionally low round-trip rates tor that, period, and workers of the industry all over the central west are responding heartily. Leaders to Co-operate The automotive exhibits at the fair represent practically ail the century's leading manufacturers, and all exhibitors have been invited to ro-operate in Automotive week. Already enlisted for the show are such leading manufacturers as General Motors. Chrysler. Cord. Nash. Hupmobtle. Packard. International Harvester. Standard Oil. Sinclair Oil. Texaco. Standard Oil. Havoline and Stewart Warner. The Chicago Automobile Trade Association will take an active part in show week. Local dealers will contribute especially to the parades, which will be a daily feature of the entertainment. The week will be opened with the greatest auto parade in history through the streets of downtown Chicago, on Saturday, Sept 2. The parade committee promises that this pageant will present a real moving picture of the development of the automobile, instead of merely a procession of cars. Floats to Add Life Mounted on trucks or moving under their own power will be some of the earliest horseless carriages, ranged in striking contrast to the fast, luxurious models of today. Novelty floats will arid life to the parade. Every exhibitor has been given practically a free hand in designing his entries, and the Century of Progress officials will offer prizes for various classes, such as the most striking float, the funniest float, etc. The Auto Trade Association entrants are racking their brains to provide unusual novelties, and they promise something unusual in automobile pageants. $560 LOSS AS THIEVES LOOT HOMES, OFFICE Jewelry. Cash and Clothing Taken in Robberies Monday. Thieves who ransacked residences and an office Monday night obtained more than $560 in cash, clothing and jewelry, police were informed today. Biggest haul of looters was made at the apartment of Miss Ruth Higgins and Miss Dana Quinn, 1450 College avenue, apartment 11. The entire apartment was ransacked. Miss Quinn reporting theft of jewelry valued at $395. Theft of S4O in cash and jewelry valued at $75 was reported to police by Miss Inez McNeice. 1402 North Alabama street, apartment 209. Thomas McTarsney. 2608 _• West Michigan street, said his office was looted of fixtures valued at $lB. Theft of clothing valued at $25 from her residence was reported by Mrs. Gwendolyn Crockett. 417 West Thirtieth street. _C3ES HIGHWAY POST Ralph Simpson to Be Succeeded by F. B. Nixon a> Controller. Ralph Simpson, rated as best informed" of all state highway department employes, has been dismissed from his position as controller, it was announced today by Chairman James D. Adams of the state highway commission. He will be succeeded by F. B. Nixon, a department auditor. Adams said. Simpson is a Republican and forftieriy was assistant director,
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Formerly Angela Elvira Marhado, now the wife of Jose Emilio Obregnn. the beautiful daughter of Cuba's deposed president, is believed ready to join him in exile or whatever fate is imposed by the military coup that compelled Machado's retirement. Obregon was major-domo at the president's palace until loss of army support brought a forcible shakeup in Cuban affairs.
TAX INCREASE IS FACING COUNTY Valuation Drop Seen as Basis for Raise in Rate. Loss of approximately $1,750,000 in revenue is faced by Marion county through reduced property valuations, according to estimates of county officials today. On the basis of the 1934 valuations for tax purposes, which total $598 664 000. the valutions have decreased $67,674,220 from this year's figures. With 1-cent of tax levy bringing approximately $65,000 in revenue, the drop in valuations represents nearly 27 cents on the levy. Unless budgets are pared to an amount equal to the drop in revenue. it will be necessary to increase the levy, county officials pointed out. If attempt is marie to keep within the bounds of the present $2.82 rate for Center township, the alternative is to pare all expenditures below the point of efficient governmental operation, it is declared. The reductions were made by throe groups, the township assessors, the county board of review, and the state tax board. Reductions by each were, approximately, $10,000,000 by assessors. $14.000000 by the board of review, and $28,000,000 by the state board. Explanation was made that the available figures arc estimates only and can not be taken as definite until final checks are made. Although warning was issued unofficially by the county council that the tax levy must be reduced, preliminary estimates prepared for budgets by county department heads showed that only slight cuts were made.
FOOD PROFITEERING DRIVE IS SCHEDULED Ciicinnati Bakers Draw Attention of Administration Sleuth. Rif I nili 1 1 I'rrss WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. Dr. Frederic C. Howe today completed his plans to stamp out food profiteering. Howe is the administration sleuth whose job is to ferret out food racketeering under the new deal. He intends to announce within a few days the details of a nationwide organization to make war on the grasping grocer, butcher or baker, who fails to join his colleagues in co-operation. As consumers’ counsel for .he agricultural adjustment administration. Howe has completed a survey of bread prices in eighteen representative cities, which indicates most bakers are co-operating with President Roosevelt's recovery program. Howe discovered that the average cost of bread has gone up 1.4 cents per pound since February. The cost of ingredients has risen 1.3 cents. The figures showed that the price in Cincinnati, however, went up 2.5 cents, whereas in Baltimore it was onlv .7 cents. Howe said he planned to ask the Cincinnati bakers to explain. 3 HELD AS FOOTPADS Suspects Nabbed in Robbery of Columbus (lnd.) Man. Three men are under arrest today, charged with being the footpads who attacked and robbed William Armstrong. 26. of Columbus, in a doorway near Market and Missouri streets. Monday night. Oscar Taylor. Negro. 35. of 612 East Court street, who witnessed the attack, followed the trio to Washington street and Senate avenue, where he called police. Those under arrest are Roy Hooper. 35. of 558 Buchanan street; Edward Hathaway, 20. and John Hanlav, 21. of 1471 South Belmont avenue. Armstrong was robbed of a watch and a small amount of money. BALBO. MEN TAKE REST Italian Fliers Hangar Planes and Start on Furlough. Bp I ait id Pnss ORBETELLO AIRPORT. Italy. Aug 15— Air Marshal Italo Baloo and his men. home at the end of their daring flight to Chicago and return, put their seaplanes in hangars here Monday and started on a two months' furiough. The twenty-three seaplanes—one of the original twenty-four was wrecked at Ponta Del Gadaa in the ‘ Azdfcs—reached here Monday.
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SMALL FIRMS ASK U. S. AID AGAINST TRUST / Aluminum Cos. of America Is Held Menace to ‘Little Fellows’ in Industry. SAFEGUARD IS URGED Independents Charge Unfair Practices Indulged In by Competitor. BY RCTH FINNEY Time* *p*rial Writer WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—As a safeguard against approval of monopolies or monopolistic practices in connection with codes of fair competition. the National Recovery Administration has been asked to consult the department of justice or the federal trade commission belore acting on a code submitted by any industry w’hich previously has been investigated under the antitrust laws. This suggestion, made to the administration by a number of independent aluminum companies, is being considered seriously. The administration already has consulted these departments in a number of matters, but adoption of this broader suggestion as a general regulation would require even closer co-opera-tion. Oswald F. Schuette, spokesman for the aluminum independents, pointed out today that without thorough study by departments familinr with practices which heretofore have come under suspicion of being monopolistic, “there always is the danger that provisions in a code which superficially appear legitimate will sanction the practices that the department or the commission would condemn as monopolistic.” Practices Are Prohibited The senate wrote a special prohibition against monoplistic practices into the recovery act. If the recovery administration declines to follow Schuette s suggestion. it will call for a report from one of the two agencies mentioned on the steel industry, steel rails, united shoe machinery, radio, aluminum, sugar, motion pictures, cement and cotton seed products. All these industries have been under investigation at some time under the anti-trust laws. Three independent aluminum companies already have filed with President Roosevelt a complaint under the recovery act, charging the Aluminum Company of America with unfair competitive practices. “in selling products in competition with the complainants and others for less than the sum of the market value of the aluminum used in the fabricating process and the cost of such process." Fear Trust Competition Thest* companies. Baush Machine Tool Company of Springfield. Mass.; Aluminum Products Corporation of La Grange. 111., and the Sheet Aluminum Corporation of Jackson. Mich., have signed re-employment agreements with the President, but charge that “unless the Aluminum Company of America is compelled to desist from the abuses herein complained of. the complainants will find it difficult, if not impossible. to continue to perform their obligations under their agreement with the President to raise wages and to create employment.” The independents also are extremely anxious to be allowed a permanent code of their own. not connected with that for the Aluminum Company. They express fear that the newly created Association of Aluminum manufacturers of which Arthur V. Davis, chairman of the board of the Aluminum Company of America is president, will enforce trade practices which will put them out of business. As an alternative, the independents have presented a code proposing ereation of a supervisory agency appointed by the government to enforee its terms and to prevent sales of aluminum products at less than the sum of the market value of the aluminum and the cost of processing. The aluminum industry, originally assigned to Deputy Administrator Harry O King, who handles other nonferrous metals and their products, has been transferred to Philip C. Kamp. formerly of Simpson. Thacher & Bartlett, utility lawyers. BOY, 6, DIE S 1N LAKE Heart Attack Claims Kcndallville Child at Rome City. Ry United Press ROME CITY. Ind.. Aug. 15.—A heart attack was blamed for the death here Monday of Richard Kimmell, 6. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kimmell. Kendallville, whose body was pulled from Sylvan lake. No water had entered the boy's lungs.
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Dense clouds of smoke blanketed the northern peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin as forest fires raged in more than a hundred marking the adtent of another forest fire M;ason. This Photo showrtimberland being swept by fire over a six-mdt? front south
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933
Cuba Once More Is Torn by Political Turmoil
Here is a map of Cuba, again the scene of bitter political, strife. showing principal cities, railroad and the 740-mile palm-bordered highwav extending the length of the island. Cuba is separated from the (. Florida peninsula by the Florida Straits. 110 miles wide. Including the Cl//GOV ATAT, °~ < C2\ Isle of Pines and other islands. It has an area of 44.164 square miles. Its * population in 1931 was 3.544 921. 1* 1 1 •
TRUCK WEIGHT TAXJTHHELD Enforcement of State Law Will Be Delayed Until Sept. 7 Hearing. Acting on instructions from Governor Paul V. McNutt, state officials have agreed to withhold enforcement of the truck weight tax law until its constitutionality is decided after Sept. 7. The law, which became effective Aug. 1, has been attacked by members of the Indiana Motor Traffic Association, in a suit filed in superior court four by Hubert Kelly, Terre Haute truck operator. Petitioning for an injunction to prevent collection of the $1 a 100pound gross weight tax. and charging that the law is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Albert Ward, attorney for the association, accepted the compromise with state officials Monday. A special hearing before Superior Judge Clarence E. Weir, who had been summoned from a vacation, had been set for 2 Monday afternoon. but was postponed until Sept. 7. Considerable bargaining took place between Ward and state officials before the compromise was reached. Assistants from the at-torney-general's office first insisted on bonds being posted for the amounts owed the state by association members. It is understood that a telephone conversation with Governor McNutt resulted in the offer to withhold enforcement until litigation Is completed.
MILITIA GUARDS NEGROJN JAIL Two Lynched, Third Man Is Protected From Fury of Mob. Ry I'nit fit Press TUSCALOOSA. Ala.. Aug. 15.—A company of the Alabama national guard surrounded the county jail here today to protect the Negro victim of a bungled lynching. Threats were circulated that a mob would storm the jail. The Negro is Elmore Clark. 28. taken from the sheriff Saturday night with Dan Pippen Jr.. 18. and A. T. Harden. 16. also Negroes. Bodies of Pippen and Harden were found, riddled with bullets, in a roadside ditch early Sunday. Clark was found in a shanty Monday night. He was in serious condition from two bullet wounds. Officers believed the mob had left him beside Pippen and Harden, thinking he was dead, and that he freed himself from handcuffs and crawled to the shanty. The Tuscaloosa company of the national guard was ordered mobilized by Governor B. M. Miller at the request of County Judge H. B. Foster. The three Negroes w’ere charged with the murder of Vaudine Maddox. 18. white. When they were arraigned, attorneys for the International Laoor Defense sought to serve as counsel, but were disqualified by Judge Foster. The attorneys were threatened by a mob and authorities, fearing for the Negroes' safety, ordered the prisoners transferred to the stronger Birmingham jail Saturday. En route to Birmingham, the sheriff was waylaid by a mob that seized the three Negroes.
U. S. Drafts Professors to Fit Applicants Into Jobs
More Contented and Stable Laboring Class Sought by Director. Ry Srnpps-Hotrnrd .Yei cspnptr Allianrr WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—A Minnesota university professor, with a passion for fitting people into jobs where they will be efficient and | happy, has been drafted by Secre- ! tary of Labor Frances Perkins to put his ideas into operation on a national scale. Dr. W. H. Stead, associate director of the federal employment service, is at work making plans lor directi ing state offices of the service, to bring about a more contented and stable laboring class. Dr. Steads experts from Washington are to be loaned to state officers, with some federal funds to draw upon, to get the work under way. It is hped that, as a result, local organizations will become interested and advance financial support. Dr. Steads system is as follows: First, an intensive study is made of accounting records of manufacturing plants over a period of ten years to find out just what sort of work is available in each industry. Such study also gives the authorities a line on the possible advancement and expansion of each industry, or the notice that one may be becoming slowly or rapidly obsolete. From such examination of the books something also may be learned about the way in which machinery affects the worker's job. It is the examination of the would-be workers, themselves, however. which is most interesting. Dr. Stead worked out a group of tests to give a clear pictaure of the man or woman—intelligence, aptitudes, dexterity, peculiarities.
FREAK APPLE. TREE HAS TWINS. TRIPLETS Adams County Grower Reports Growing Rare Species. Rif United Press DECATUR. Ind., Aug. 15.—Even apple trees have twins and triplets. In fact, according to Fred Weidfeldt, Adams county, an ordinary apple is rare on one particular tree ow’ned by him. This plant specializes in freak apples, some of which are double, having one stem and two seed pods or cores, and others having one stem and three cores. 11TH CHICAGO COP SLAIN Year Total Grows as Gunmen Kill in Paymaster Robbery. Ry t nitre! Prres CHICAGO. Aug. 15—Joseph P. Hastings, married only five months, became Monday the eleventh policeman killed by bandits in Chicago since Jan. 1. Hastings was shot to death on famous Navy pier (formerly the Municipal pien by two men who robbed a city paymaster of S6OO. REDS OFFER AIR BASE Agreeable to Letting U. S. Use Soviet Territory if Recognized. By I nih il Press PARIS. Aug. 15.—Soviet authorities have intimated to the United States their willingness to permit America to establish an air base on Soviet territory in the far east, the United Press learned on reliable authority today. The air base offer was understood to be part of Moscow's willingness to co-operate with Washington, if the United States recognizes the Soviet regime.
of Manitowish. Wis. Thousands of acres of woodland nave been burned over, homes and summer cottages destroyed and whole villages evacuated. Careless smokers and berrypickers who neglected to put oul campfires are blamed. ,
8,000 ON DELINQUENT TAX LIST ARE ‘LOST’ County Treasurer Voices Appeals to "Missing Persons.” Approximately 8.000 persons are "lost" in the city, according to announcement from the office of County Treasurer Timothy P. Sexton. Os a total 38.000 names included on delinquent tax lists, deputy collectors have been unable to locate the 8,000. Lawrence Sexton, in charge of delinquent collections, said today. Inquiries among the neighbors and careful search of postal records have failed to locate the missing persons, it is said. An appeal was voiced for the persons to “find" themselves and pay their delinquent taxes, to avoid accumulation of interest on the amount due. Lawrence Sexton declared that all bills are for small amounts averaging three or four dollars, but the aggregate is an important total in the county's depleted financial status.
RONDS SCANDAL ARREST SLATED Governor of Kansas Orders Detention of State Treasurer Boyd. Ry United Press TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 15. r-A warrant was issued here late Monday for the arrest of Toy Boyd, state treasurer, as an outgrowth of the revelations that more than $1,000,000 of forged securities had been turned loose on the investing public, or deposited with the state as guarantees for public deposits in Kansas banks. Boyd was charged with removal of bonds from the vaults in his office. The charges were filed by the county attorney of Shawnee county on orders from Governor All M. Landon. Boyd's offee has been in charge of national guardsmen for several days, since Governor Landon declared martial law and permitted federal investigators to examine the books. Boyd is the third person to be charged in connection with the scandal. Roland Finney, young Peoria financier, and Leland Caldwell, his office manager here, were the others accused. CONSULATE IS BEATEN 40 Cubans Storm Gotham Office to Stage Attack. Ry I nif eel Press NEW YORK. Aug. 15.—Reverberations of the revolutionary tumult in Cuba were heard in New York Monday when a group of about forty Cubans stormed the Cuban consulate and administered a beating to Consul-General Mario Del Pino. Tolerant New York police devoted their efforts to controlling the crowd in the street, attracted by the shouts of “Vive Cespedps" and “down with the tyrant Machado!” EX-PREMIER IS SLAIN Assassination of Albanian Vengeance for Official Executions. By United Press SALONICA, Greece, Aug. 15. Hassan Prichtina. former premier of Albania, was assassinated in the street here Monday. His assailant. Hussein Tselio, an Albanian, who fired seven shots, said a brother and other friends, all Albanians, had been killed at Prichtinas instructions when in power.
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LICENSING MADE POLITICAL PLUM ‘Select’ Physicians Will Make Examinations of Barbers. Licensing of barbers in Indianapolis and the state apparently was being handled as timber’for Democratic fences today, when it was learned that a select list of physicians will conduct the physical examinations. Each barber in the state, to obtain his license before Sept. 1. under the new law. must undergo a physical examination which will cost $4. Any physican who makes the examination, and who is not on the select list, will find his report rejected. Eighteen doctors will be selected for Marion county. Pleas Greenlee, secretary to Governor Paul V. McNutt, today began his task of selecting the physicians. Os the $4 fee. $1 will be for the blood test and the remaining $3 for th“ general examination. As Greenlee went forward with his work, it was revealed that a rift already has occurred in the board slated to enforce the examination law. W. E. Bugher. Lafayette, vicepresident and only Republican member, resigned when he refused the chairmanship of the commission. No appointment to fill the vacancy will be made immediately, Greenlee said.
DRY ENFORCEMENT IS RAPPED BY W. C. T. U. ' Chicago Area Saloons Are Charged Selling More Whisky Than Beer. ’ /i l/ I nilid Prrut EVANSTON. 111.. Aug. 15.—Laborers in the Chicago area are going to work under the banner of the NR A and going home drunk under the banner of repeal, the National W C. T. U. claimed today in a statement criticising Colonel Louis McHenry Howe, President Roosevelt’s secretary, for a recent announcement. The statement was aimed at Colonel Howe's recent announcement, which was described in the statement as "promising law enforcement under a limp prohibition unit, but perfect law enforcement when and if liquor pays a federal tax.” The union claimed that saloons in the Chicago area already are selling more whisky than beer, and that there is almost no enforcement of the prohibition law. ‘ROBOT’ MAN IN CITY Arthur Ross to Make Appearance at Auto Sales Firm. Arthur Ross, better known as "Ross Robot.” mechanical man. returned to Indianapolis today. His first appearance was at the Johnson Chevrolet Company at 10 this morning. Driving anew Chevrolet. Ross Loured the city, visiting Loew s Palace theater and ’he circus grounds on West Washington street before returning to the store at 11. Another tour of the city was to be made this afternoon, the robot man returning to the store at 4:30 to go through his stunts. FRATERNITY IN SESSION Phi Lambda Epsilon Hears Talk by Deputy Attorney-General. Phi Lambda Epsilon, national secondary educational fraternity, is in session today at the Sevenn. The opening address was made Monday by Fred A. Wiecking. assistant deputy attorney-general, with introductions by E. O. Sterns, conclave chairman from the local chapter. Busines ssessions will be in order during the day with social functions at night. A dance is scheduled tonight. and Wednesday the annual banquet will be held. HE*S 93, AND NO BABY Charles Van Zandt, Who Fell on Nose, Doesn't Mind Draught. Charles Van Zandt, 93. of 34 North Drexel street, who walks from his home to the downtown section and back every day for exercise, tripped today on a rise in the sidewalk in the 3400 block. East Washington street, bruising his nose. While en route to city hospital for treatment in a police car, a reporter asked Van Zandt if he objected to having the window open. "No." he barked. "Leave it open. What do you think I am? A baby?" WOUNDED BANDIT DIES Gunman Shot in 55-Cent Robbery. Succumbs at A'incennes. H\/ Cniltd Vrtm VINCENNES. Ind . Aug. 15.—Gerald Palmer, alleged bandit, died in a hospital here Monday of a bullet wound received in a 55-cent holdup. He was shot by George Cardrnal, city marshal ol Msnroe City. i
RECOGNITION IS NEAR FOR NEW CUBAN REGIME Welles Is Instructed to Establish Official Relations. PAVE WAY FOR WORLD Havana Is Returning to Normal Appearance as Quiet Is Restored. RV LAWRENCE S. HAAS I tilted Pr $n Ma(T Cnrrr*pondent HAVANA. Aug 15. Sumner Welles. American ambassador, who informed the diplomatic corps that ne had instructions to establish official relations with the Dr Cesperies government, has paved the way for early world recognition of the revolution-born regime, it was learned on reliable authority today. The American destroyer Claxton, one of two sent to. aid the new government. steamed ; way after less than twenty-four houis in Havana harbor. In its place the Cuban cruiser Cuba docked at the entrance to the bay. The American destroyer Taylor still was in the harbor. The diplomatic corps met secretly Monday night at the Spanish embassy to ‘effect an interchange of impressions." It was learned from a reliable source that Welles told the diplomats he was oiderrd to establish official relations will, the government of President Carlos Manuel De Cespedcs. Order Well Established He fold them, it was understood, that the new government had order well established. He was understood to have said also that the warships sent here were sent only to support the new government. If it needed them. Trany cars clanged through the streets, workers returned to their jobs, shops reopened and the city outwardly presented an increasingly normal aspect as Welles invited world powers to give the De Cespedes government a diplomats vote of confidence. The Porrista hunt continued. Six of the dreaded Machado gunmen, at. least, were killed in the streets Monday, sixteen more were imprisoned. and Machadisa police who had incurred popular disfavor were shot down as were police informers. PDa for National Unity Soldiers and civilians joined in the hunt, for Porristas and blacklisted police officers, the soldiers officially and the civilians in revenge for murders under the old regime. Porrista Sergeant Lester Lara a boxer, was killed with knives and sticks by civilians and his body was dragged through the streets. Police Lieutenant Pedro Hernandos was shot while resisting arrest by the irorganized police. Jose Fernandez, an informer, was beaten to death by a mob. President De Cespedes made his first lormal plea for national unity in a speech to his cabinet. He said: I coi mt upon the efficacious collaboration of all public powers and national institutions and my fellow citizens to maintain the laws we have given ourselves during the new era of liberty, peace and progress, which opens promising and fecund for our young republic.” Constitutional Problems There are many problems. First is that of restoring normal conditions. Food is expensive, because of the long strike. Vegetables are scarce Many workers still are away from their jobs. Second is the problem of the empty treasury. Many government workers are unpaid. Then there were constitutional problems connected with the overthrow of the Machado government. There is some question as to the status of congress. Deputy Manuel Castellanos, a conservative, intends to propose its dissolution. De Cespedes seemed to have almost united support. His cabinet members are young and enthusiastic, and determined to better the country's condition. Clean up of the Machadista elements continued. HELPS ALLEGED THIEF PUSH OFF STOLEN CAR Everett Dougherty Finds Ilk Efforts to Aid Stopped by C hase. His helpful efforts wasted. Everett Dougherty. 1318 Kappcs street, had the experience Monday night of pushing a stolen car, and then seeing the youth he aided chased and caught as the alleged thief. Dougherty said that he found Joseph Zubon. 17. of 749 Haugh street, shoving the car in the 700 block. North Haugh street, and that the youth asked him for help in starting it. They were making fair progress with their shoving when men in the city hospital garage chased Zubon and held him for police. The car was the property of Sarah Berry. 758 North Belmont avenue. Zubon was charged with vagrancy. He is said to have fled recently from a boys’ school in the southern part of the state. LEGIONNAIRES ELECT Firemen's Post Names Leroy Washburn as Commander. Fireman's Post. No. 42. American Legion, elected officers Monday afternoon. New officers are Leroy Washburn, commander: John Mitney. first vice-commander; Ralph Mayer, second vice-commander: Herbert L. Dwyer, adjutant: Notra Trulock. finance officer; Fay Rugh chaplain; Henry Schreiber, athletic officer; Ernest E. Elliott, membership chairman and Jess B. Ray, pub licity officer. Delegates to the state convention at Evansville are Jess B. Ray and Garrett Crume,