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SEEKS HOOVER TO TESTIFY IN BANKS PROBE Prosecutor Will Request Ex-President Accept Detroit Subpena. COUZENS STIRS TROUBLE Senator's Claims That G. 0. P. Permitted Violations of Law Studied. BV JAMES C. AUSTIN I nlltd Prni Stiff Corrupondrnt DETROIT. Aug. 22 Former j President Herbert Hoover will lie requested to accept a subpena to testify before the grand jury investigating bank failures here. Circuit Judge Harry B. Keidan and Prosecutor Harry S. Toy decided to make the request, at a conference Monday night. The grand jury has no power to enforce its supenas outside the state officials admitted, but they were "hopeful Mr Hoover will cooperate and voluntarily accept the subpena." Once before, the former President was requested to appear, but officials received no reply to their letter,, inviting him to testify. Decision to subpena the former President came as a result of repeated testimony of Senator James Couzens, now concluding a threeday appearance before the grand Jury, that banks throughout the country were permitted to operate in technical violation of law because of the attitude of the Hoover administration. "Just Around the Corner” Originally. Couzens charged that the persistent belief of "every one connected with the Hoover administration that prosperity was just around the corner, led them to permit banks to operate against the* letter of the law. Tuesday, he charged that if the government had forced the First National bank to write off the loans federal bank examiners listed as losses in May. 1932, the bank would have been "hopelessly insolvent." "However, you must remember there was a political campaign in progress," he added. Father Coughlin to Testify Senator Couzens was to be subjected to further questioning by At-torney-General Patrick H. O'Brien today. Father Charles E. Coughlin. Catholic priest, who became a focal point in banking difficulties after a series of public denunciations of bankers last spring, is next scheduled to appear. Prosecutor Toy was j uncertain whether Father Coughlin would reach the stand today, however. it’l I nitrd I’rrtt PALO ALTO. Cal. Aug. 22 —For- ! mrr President Hoover, who may be subpenaed by the grand jury at Detroit. is with his fishing party somewhere in northern California or southern Oregon, his secretary. Paul j Scxson. said today Scxson said he pxpected Mr. Hoover to return in "two or three days," j but that the ex-President's plans were not known definitely to him. Scxson asserted he did not know himself how to get in touch with Mr. Hoover, who did not announce his destination when he left last week for the Siskiyou mountains. •COOTIE ROW RECEIVES ' THOROUGH CLEANSING Made-Work Men Scour Chairs of C riminal Court Loungers. "Cootie Row" received a thorough cleansing today. The row is the rubberneck chairs in criminal court, whore loafers and courthouse hangers-on spend cold winter days listening to justice scales bouncing up and down. Chairs used by the "row" were being scoured with soap and water by ten city made-work men. Chewing gum. parked by feminine thrill seekers, was one of the most popular deposits mined by the cleansing crew in the courtroom. RESENT ISLAND SEIZURE Japan Lodges Formal Protest Over Action of France, Hu s nitrd I’rrtt PARIS. Aug 22—Japan has lodged a sharp protest with the French government over France's occupation of nine small islands in the China sea. near the Philippines. The protest, bringing to a head rising feeling in Tokio over the recent French action in the oriental Pacific, was made verbally by the Japanese charge d'affaires. Rikichi Sawada. acting on instructions from his government. Sawada emphasized Japan's persistent claim to the islands on the basis of previous title. Times Index ABC of the NRA 7 Book a Day 6 Broun Column 10 Brown Derby Coupon 16 Classified 14 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 13 Cuban History—A Series 9 Curious World 15 Dietz on Science 14 Editorial 10 Financial 13 Fishing 8 Hickman Theater Reviews 8 Living Cost* Rise—A Series 2 Obituaries 16 Radio 8 Serial Story 15 Sports 12 Talburt Cartoon 10 Woman's Page 6 Vital Statistics 13 i

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 88

Moonshiner to Get Tax Rebate From State on Gasoline Used in Stills Legality of Odd Claim Made by Pike County Bootleg Whisky Maker Upheld in Opinion by AttorneyGeneral: S4O to Be Given Back. \\ ithin the next few days, a Pike county moonshiner will receive a S4O check from the state of Indiana, refund for tax collected on gasoline used in operation of three mammoth

stills. Ruling from Philip Lutz Jr., at-torney-general. today advised State Auditor Floyd O. Williamson of the legality of the rlaim. which was investigated ny the auditor s office. Some time ago. according to the story as related in the auditor's office, a claim was received for lax refund on 1.050 gallons of gasoline used during a ninety-day period in a "stove.” Questioning the j#obability of such a large consumption in a stove. Howard Rhea of the auditor's office sent an investigator to interview the claimant. The only gasoline equipment shown the investigator was a lighting plant, which was far incapable of consuming 1.300 gallons of fuel in three months. Investigation Ordered Returning to his office, the investigator reported on the situation and turned over vhe insistent claim for the S4O refund. He was given new instructions: "If you can see the equipment which used the gasoline, we will accept the claim." Returning to the claimant, the investigator informed him of the ruling that it was necessary to inspect the equipment which used the gasoline. "All right with me. if you ain't afeared." was the reply. Bravely, the investigator evinced his readiness to follow the rough and thorny path of duty. He felt a qualm, however, when a blindfold was produced, but submitted to having his eyes securely | hidden beneath the folds. He was placed in an automobile and driven for a considerable length of time, was led from the car and the blindfold suddenly removed. Still* Are Gigantir Before his startled and blinking eyes were "three of the biggest stills I ever saw In my life." according to his report. There is no doubt of their abiilty to consume! the amount of gasoline reported, he says. The claim was sent to Lutz for a ruling, and the answer was that since the gasoline was not used on the highway, the claimant is en-i titled to the S4O refund. $6,000 LOSS IN FIRE Garage. Five Trucks Are Burned in Yard of Coal Firm. Undiscovered until it had gained headway, a fire burned five trucks ! and the garage of the Champc and ] Garland Coal Company, Inc., at ; Thirtieth street and the canal Monday night. Loss is estimated at approximately $6,000. with two trucks badly damaged. The fire is believed to have started in short-circuited wiring of one of the trucks. SLAYS WIFE AND SELF Mental Derangement Believed Cause of Farm Tragedy, By t nitrd Prrtt NORTH VERNON, Ind., Aug. 22. —A mental derangement resulting from illness was believed today to have motivated Isaac A. Baker. 68 to kill his wife and commit suicide by shooting at thetr farm home near here Monday.

State Expense Cut sll a Minute , Says McNutt

Reduction of $3,362,750 in operating expenses of the state government for the first seven months this year, compared with the same period last year, was announced today by Governor Paul V. McNutt. Figures compiled in the office of Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor, revealed $30,662,396 paid from the state treasury during the period, compared with disbursement of $30,958.965 for the first seven months of 1932. However. McNutt pointed out. included in this year's Jigure arc distributions of gasoline tax and school funds back to local taxing units, as well as refunds made by the gasoline tax division. While gofernmental expenses were being reduced at the rate of $15,862 a day. or sll.Ol a minute, the money sent back by the state to local governmental units to decrease prbpzrty taxes increased by $3,188,378. McNutt said. Mast significant, he said, is the fact that expenditures in the state general fund, used for running expenses and offering the best op-

SKILL STANDINGS lIUi W. Dolbcrcrr IM E. W. Mkriih *5 II lerne' ' 1 Timatht Sextan W Praxecator Herbert H iNon 1 Amu A. Collin* *S Cootie-'- MrGinnt* W Art Koe .... It I. Kirk MrKtnnr* IS Marar Rrrinald H Sailnan 1* HE'S out in front and winging! He Is Elias W Dulbergrr. attorney. and known to Brown Derby dockers as “Derby" Dulberger. In the first skull standings of th? race for the dun-colored skypecp today, and the right to be

TRUCK, TRAIN CRASHi 7 DEAD Five Others Are Seriously Injured in Accident at Crossing. Ru t nitrd Prrtt LUMBERTON. N.'C.. Aug. 22 - Seven persons were killed and five others injured, four critically, when a tobacco truck from Deep Run crashed into the side of a Seaboard Airline passenger train at Fairmont road crossing near here today. All of the dead and injured were riding on the tobacco truck. Reports here said the brakes on the heavily-laden transport failed to hold going down the hill leading to the crossing. Bodies of the victims and wreckage of the truck were strewn along the railroad right-of-way for 300 yards. The train. No. 14 of the Seaboard Airline, was not derailed. Three occupants of the truck were dead when physicians reached the scene. Two others died en route to a hospital here, and the other two died shortly after reaching the hospital. Haywood Smith, driver of the truck, said his views of the track was obstructed by houses, and that he did not see the train in time to prevent a collision. SEEKS RELEASE OF KILLER HE ‘SENT UP' Ex-Prosecutor Reverses Role at Hearing. Swaying a Jury by his eloquence and well-marshaled facts. Perry Douglas. Terre Haute, as Vigo county prosecutor, brought about conviction of Francis McDonald, in 1921. on second-degree murder charges. Monday Douglas reversed his role and appeared before the state clemency commission in a futile plea for McDonald's release from the Indiana state prison on parole. McDonald, serving a life sentence, was convicted of shooting to death his sweetheart. Amanda Race. "Gentlemen,” Douglas said to the commission. “ I don't want to be in the position of blowing both hot and cold, but with all modesty I must say that the state's case was presented much better than the defense in the trial.' The petition was denied today. NAZI CHIEF APOLOGIZES Makes Reparation to U. 8. Ambassador for Insult to Amrriran. Hu I nitrd Prrtt BERLIN, Aug. 22.—Ambassador William E. Dodd today received a formal apology from Commander Ernst, of the Brandenburg storm troops, for the "insult" to Dr. Daniel Mulvihill. New York, assaulted when he failed to give the Nazi salute to a swastika flag.

port unity for extravagance or economy, declined by $787,807 in the period, or more than SIOO,OOO a month savings. Keeping maintenance of state roads to the highest standards, the highway commission reduced its expenditures $2,746,463 in the period, the statement asserted. A part of the savings was effected through action of the state legislature and part by the general reorganization. The latter just has been completed, and should, in the future, produce even more economies. McNutt said. He called attention to the fact that the reduction of $3,362,750 was accomplished at a time when increases normally would have been expected because of the drastic reorganization program. With the completion of the reorganization. which consolidated all of the state's 169 departments into eight departments, further economies will be effected by giving attention to smaller details of the state's business, he added.

Elias Dulberger Off in Front in Times Brown Derby Gallop

called the city's most distinguished citizen, as well as being handed a platform and a crowd to talk to on Sept. 7 at the Indiana state fair. "Derby"’ Dulberger shows his early foot. With 151 votes, his closest competitor is E. W. Mushrush of ballroom fame. Mushrush is another Derby also ran, who. according to his chortling cohorts, is going places to do things. But on the dance-master's nimble toes is the man of the many statehouse jobs. A1 Feeney, and running of his state po-

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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933

HOUSEWIVES I PLEDGE HELP i i IN NRA DRIVE Results Are Gratifying in First Day’s Campaign of Crusaders. THOUSANDS IN PARADE ’ Throng Spurred On to Aid at Mass Meeting After Procession. From far-flung outposts of the Indianapolis NRA army today came reports of minor vicLoriesj as the first day of the "big push" against the depression began. First report received at NRA "field headquarters" today, came from J. O. Bridge, "captain" of the local recovery army in district 10. located in the 1200 to 1300 blocks on West Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets, in the northwestern part of I the city. I Bridge reported that already 118 housewives in his district had pledged themselves as consumers to ' buy only from Blue Eagle dealers. (He also reported twenty-four un- j 'employed men and six unemployed women in the district. On Trail of "Chiselers” James E. Fisher, "colonel" of the | local recovery forces, waited at NRA headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce for returns from the volunteer workers. "We have the machinery available to deal with chiselers' in the NRA program." said Fisher, "but we can not put the President's offensive across unless we have the whole-hearted support of the coni suming public. I can not emphasize too strongly the necessity of people, especially housewives, to deal l solely with NRA firms." Spurred on by the ringing chali lenges of their officers, delivered at an overflow mass meeting in Cadle Tabernacle Monday night, the volunteers began warfare to rout the foes of the President's economic offensive. * Every house, every place of business, and every man and woman in Indianapolis directly or indirectly concerned with industry will be visited, in a survey which will list the unemployed and prepare economic i death for violators of the NRA covenant. ! Will Not Brook Defeat The crowd at Cadle tabernacle. was told that all were "engaged in j the greatest adventure of civiliza- | tion—an adventure which will brook no defeat,” by L. A. Rasla, personal' , representative of General Hugh S.' Johnson, national recovery administrator. "Your ancestors conquered the plains of Indiana,” the 28-year-old economist of Washington told the ! "army.” "In this adventure we have j no such enemy to fight, but a far more vicious and insidious foe—the j economic depression. Charles W. Chase, "general of the local "army," told his volunteers that they were engaged in a "sales war”—"to sell American business the idea of getting into the NRA." Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan speaking briefly, told the crowd that j he brought a message of good cheer. "I was notified today,” said the mayor, “that 6.000 families have (Turn to Page Eleven)

OHIO EDITOR HUNTED; MISSING TWO DAYS Coshocton Publisher May Have Lost Memory. Hu (nitrd Prat COSHOCTON. 0.. Aug. 22—Disappearance of F. S. Wallace. 62, editor and publisher of the Coshocton Tribune, was revealed today by members of his family after a twoday search had failed to reveal his whereabouts. Wallace last was seen at about 1 a. m. Sunday when he left the Tribune office following printing of the Sunday editions. Employes believed he was going to his home, but he never appeared there. Robert B. Wallace, a son, has directed the search for the missing publisher. Wallace has owned the Coshocton Tribune for many years and is well snown throughout the southern part of Ohio. He had been in ill health for several years, members of his family said. Members of the family were of the opinion that the editor's illness might have caused a lapse of memory and that he wandered away from the city. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 64 10 a. m 81 7a. m 66 11 a. m 83 8 a. m 74 12 <noon>.. 84 9 a. m 78 1 p. m 84

licemen after a motor car thief. Fourth and fifth places find the boys of County Treasurer Timothy P. Sexton battling with henchmen of Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson. But ah! and a couple of yoho's! avers Jo-Jo. the dog-faced judge, for he aserts a plot is on for the courthouse gang to center on one candidate in the hope of taking the statehouse boys and their Feeney for a well-known nde in a one-way hearse THE city ha.l is meek with scattering E. Kirk

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Harold C. Vanderbilt ( below>, America's richest bachelor, contract bridge expert and noted yachtsman, embarked on the good ship matrimony when, in a secret ceremony in New York, he married Mis* Gertrude L. Conway i abovei, socially prominent sportswoman of Philadelphia. The couple sailed immediately for a honeymoon abroad. Vanderbilt is 49. his bride 32.

OPENING OF BANK IS DRAWING NEAR American National Plans Due in 24 Hours. Additional steps toward opening of the American National bank were being taken today, with a definite announcement expected within the next twenty-four hours. Technical details on luture operation and requirements for opening have tied up the situation. Persons interested in the institution indicated that work toward opening is nearing completion. The institution was to have been opened Monday. With formal operation of the bank. 50 per cent of deposits, impounded since the bank holiday, will be released. TOO HIGH TRUCK RATE WARNING IS SOUNDED Excessive Standard Might Destroy Industry, Commission Told. Setting a standard truck rate too high will force private shippers to buy their own trucks, will destroy the trucking industry, and not benefit railroads, the public service commission was warned today by H. A. Hollopeter, Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce traffic manager. Hollopeter appeared today as a witness in the commission's hearing to determine a basis for standard trucking rates. He advocated fixing of rates that will give the short haul business to trucking lines, and long haul freight to railroads, suggesting that rates based on operating costs be fixed for truck lines ror distances up to 250 miles, with higher rates effective for shipments over 250 miles. Previously, railroad representatives had proposed that the standard trucking rate be based on existing railroad tariffs. BANK TO PAY, CLOSE Depositors Are Told to ‘Come and Get All Your Money.’ By Vnitrd Prctt WASHINGTON. Ind.. Avg. 22.Depositors of the Farmers and Merchants bank at Montgomery have been notified to "come and get your money.” Officials of the bank said the institution is going to close its doors but is going to pay off in full first. Deposits total $52,000.

McKinney and Mayor Sullivan, while the rumble is on that followers of James A. Collins, former criminal judge, seek to place the regal toppiece on his expansive pate. And if you skull-seekers don't know “Cootie'' McGinnis of Sunshine Cleaner fame, then it's time you got a pants ptess. "Cootie'' is a good seventh* in the standi mgs. Remember, derby!tes, “no hoarding" of ballots. Within a few days the derby-hatted blanks, similar to thi one on Page 2 of The Times today, mill be dated

ST. LOUIS SLEEPING SICKNESS EPIDEMIC CLAIMS 15 LIVES

Young Wife Fights Return to Life as 'State Slave ’ as Inmate of Institution Court Action Is Taken to Return City Girl to Home for Mental Cases Following Her Escape and Marriage Two Years Ago. Freedom and happiness which came to Mrs. Helen Bigelow Stodghill, 24, of 1048 West New York street, after years as a ‘‘state slave” were threatened today, as a municipal court judge weighed evidence in a fugitive of justice

case against her. With her 21-year-old husband Howard. Mrs. Stodghill told Dewey Myers, judge pro tern., the story of the last thirteen years of her life. She told how. two years ago. she seemed to have reached a happy turning when she fled from an institution for mental cases 1n Ft. Wayne. The girl, garbed in a neat brown dress, told Myers that sne fled the home after eleven years of "state slavery.” She said that as an inmate of the home, she was sent out to work in private residences, for which she received no pay. Recognized on Street After she escaped she came to live with her mother. Mrs. Mary Louise Bigelow, 1310 East St. Clair street. Romance followed and she married Stodghill. The first hint of trouble came three weeks ago. when Mrs. Stodghill met a girl on the street who also had escaped, and who recognized her. The girl, she said, wanted to live with her. "I refused to let her. telling her I was married and happy and couldn't have her at the house." she told the court. "The girl told me that if she was caught she would report me to the authorities at the home." The threat came true, and police went to the Stodghill home Monday night with a warrant for Mrs. Stodghill. Her husband demanded to know why they wanted his wife and protested. Police told him she was branded a fugitive from the home. Husband Is Arrested When his protests increased, police charged him with vagrancy. Myers, after hearing the girl’s story, flatly told officers he would not turn her over to Ft. Wayne authorities unless some other court action was pressed. Detectives asked that the case be held open until this afternoon, to give them opportunity to obtain more information from the home. As the couple walked from the courtroom, released by the court until the afternoon session, the girl's m.other told the background of the story. “I remarried after my husband died and family trouble resulted.” she said. "The only reason Helen ever was sent to the home was because of this trouble. I tried to save her and lost my last piece of property trying to obtain her release. "Sh? never was feeble minded, it was just a rase of domestic trouble. Today, she is happy and then this blow out of the past had to fall.” Dan Brown, attorney, said that he would continue his battle to free the girl from the fugitive charge, if action later today should be against her. •marY picnic is set Annual Event to Be Held Thursday at Riverside Park. Annual picnic for persoas named "Mary” will be held at Riverside park Thursday. A basket lunch will be spread at noon.

Smashes at Anti-Trust Law to Aid NRA Code

; By f nitrd Prat CHICAGO. Aug 22.—Federal antitrust injunction restrictions, which had hindered 113 industries in the nation from free negotiation of NRA codes, were removed today in a test ruling by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley. The decision was made in the case of the Tanner Products Company which contended anti-trust injunctions issued by federal courts in recent years on trade codes and price-fixing hindered negotiation of : codes under the NRA. Anti-trust injunctions affecting the furniture, candy, kitchen cabinet manufacturers, tanners and scores of other industries are affected by the Lindley ruling.

and you'll be compelled to have them in the judges' hands within thirty-six hours. Any one may enter this royal race to be king for one year and be called the city's most distinguished resident. * m a m r T''HE winner mill receive a silver plaque from The Times, a Brown Derby, and on Legislators and Governor's day at the state fair will be given a platform to talk on before a crowd. He may say anything dear to his heart, from his underwear om up to his

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HIT-RUN AUTO SUSPECT HELD Children Charge Child Was Struck, and Driver Fled From Scene. Charged by children with being the driver of the automobile which critically injured 5-year-old Redford Earles. R. R. 3. Box 64. Leslie C. Dunham, 56, R. R. 3, Box 54. was arrested today by deputy sheriffs. According to the story told by companions of the injured boy, Dunham swung his car to the left side of the road, struck the boy. and continued into the driveway of his home. The screams of the children that the Earles boy was injured were unheeded, according to the story told to Deputy Sheriffs Edward Kassenbrock and August Gatto. Latr. when the children went to the Dunham home to tell him of the accident, they were driven from the yard, it is said. Dunham, who was charged with vagrancy, reckless driving, assault and battery, and failure to stop after an accident, was identifl*d at the Riley hospital by the injured boy. deputies said. The child was taken to the hospital by a neighboring physician. His condition is said to be critical, from internal injuries. After apprehending Dunham at his home, deputy sheriffs took him to the hospital. Leaving him in the hall, they questioned the Earles boy, who declared a man named Dunham had struck him. Dunham was brought into the room and placed where the bandaged lad could see him. "Is this the man?" he was asked. "Yes, his name's Dunham,” the boy replied, weakly. Dunham had protested his innocence and said he never had driven his car on the side of the road where the boy was playing with two other children. LINOY TAKES TO AIR; DESTINATION SECRET Leaves Iceland: Denmark Is Believed Goal. Hi/ I nitrrt Prrtt REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Aug. 22. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, mapping the airways of prospective northern Atlantic routes, left Reykjavik at 1:20 a. m. <C. S. T> today, for an unannounced destination. The supply ship Jelling hauled anchor and steamed out of the harbor. The Lindberghs had been considering a flight to Denmark.

Provisions of the Sherman antitrust law and several consent decrees entered in federal court, restricting trade code and price fixing agreements, will be set aside and industry will be permitted to negotiate under the National Recovery Adiministration code provisions, following today's ruling. The decision paves the way for modification of all anti-trust injunctions now pending, it was said. Representing the Tanner company at today's hearing in federal court was Don K. Jones. The government was represented by United State District Attorney Dwight H. Green, Assistant United States At-torney-General Harold H. Stephens and General Russell Hardy, special assistant United states attorney.

pet golf shot, poodle dog. or the kind of gasoline, pills or cough syrup he sells. Fifty ballots should put one's name among the ten leaders in the skull standings that will be printed daily in The Times. You can vote as many times as you wish. Repeat like a rifle. stulT ballot goxes. get votes In any manner. Everything goes! Who is the city's most distinguished citizen? You tell us—with VOTES! Turn to Page 16 for today's ballot.

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Baffling Disease Spreads as Scientists Start War on Source. 149 PERSONS STRICKEN Worst Epidemic of Kind in U. S. History. Says Health Chief. Hu s nitrd Prr tut ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.—The outbreak of sleeping sickness in St. Louis was described here today as the worst epidemic of the disease this country had ever known by Dr. J. P. Leake, of the United States public health service. Three new deaths and twentythree new cases reported Monday brought the total dead to fifteen and the cases now in confinement to ,149, since the malady first was ob- , served here in July. "While there is little fear the epidemic will assume the proporj tions of a plague, the situation must j be regarded as serious, as science knows little about the disease,” Dr. ! Leake said. "It is not related to African ' sleeping sickness, but It is by far j the worst epidemic of encephalitis this country has ever known.” Worst in U. S. History Dr. Leake said the worst former outbreak was at Spokane. Wash,, .during 1919. 1920 and 1921, when nineteen persons died over the threeyear period. But the total number of patients did not compare to those already ill here, he said. Working with Dr. Leake is Dr. W. G. Patton, superintendent of the county hospital. He discovered and diagnosed the illness here. Dr. • Charles Armstrong, United States public health service pathologist, arrived today to aid in the laboratory search for the cause of the disease. Many of the victims. Dr Patton said, either were residents of low- | ,and mosquito-infected sections or worked in sections badly infested with the insects. Physicians Are Puzzled ; The malady, puzzling to phyj sicians, affects the brain in much the same manner as meningitis or infantile paralysis. Dr. Patton said. Although it resembles Infantile paralysis. there is no trace of paralysis, the hospital head said. Strangeness of the malady is magnified because, with one exception, it has affected only one member of a family and because of the inability to discover tlic source. The epidemic has remained localized which Dr. Patton said was unusual for an epidemic of this nature. Usually, Dr. Patton said, when an epidemic becomes as widespread as the present sleeping sickness here, Jt spreads to other localities. There has been no report of the disease spreading outside of this immediate area, however, according to Dr Pat- ! ton. Little Known of Disease Dr. Paul Zentay, assistant health commissioner of St. Louis, said that little is known of the disease and that scientists have been unable to isolate the virus, which he defined as “the smallest ultra-microscopic organism that can pass through the smallest filters we have." Dr. Patton appealed to county and municipal authorities to pour oil on all open sewers and cess- : pools to prevent breeding of mosquitoes and he is conducting experiments to determine whether mosquitoes actually are the carrier agent that is spreading the disease. Another authority who is entering into the war to end the spread of the disease is Dr Ralph S. Muckenfess. bacteriologist of Washington university in St. Louis. He will conduct experiments through inoculation of a type of south American monkey, the rhebus, with virus of I the disease. 3 Cases in Kansas City B>j L nitrd Prat KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug 22 Three persons in Kansas City are believed to be suffering from a form of sleeping sickness, and one death Sunday was attributed to the disease. The victim was Mrs Efflr Brooke, 60. of Ottawa. Kan., who died in a Kansas City <Kan > hospital The three who are ill are Earl Reno, 20; Miss Sara Lee Mohr, and Mrs. Henry C Klock. Miss Mohr's condition was said to be dangerous. BREWERY PERMIT ISSUE South Side Plant Not to Get State Permission, Is Rumor. Reports that the International Brewery, 1300 Madison avenue, will not be awarded the state's final ! beer-making permit, are current at , the statehouse today, but Paul* P. 1 Fry. state excise director, has refused to comment. The company, several weeks ago, was reported to have been in line for the brewery permit, but the state has taken no action. Papons living on the south side said they have been informed that there is no possibility of the brewery opening. TWO KILLED IN BLAST Three Are Burned Severely in Explosion in Celluloid Plant. Bv I nitrd Prat NEWARK. N. J.. Aug. 22.—Two persons were killed and three others severely burned In an explosion in i the plant of the celluloid corporation here today. 4s