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POWERS VIE FOR POSITION IN TURKESTAN England, Russia and Japan Guard Interests in Dreaded Land. CHINESE ARE APATHETIC Nippon Seeks Foothold to Outflank Reds: British to Protect India. William Philip Simms, famed SerippsHoward foreign affair, expert, begins bera today a aerie, of five article, on ('Hina, the second country he ha, explored on hi, trip around the world for The Time,. This aerie, I, of unusual timelines, in view of Japan', new, sharp order to all other countries that they must stop interfering in Chinese affair,. RV WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor fConvrieht. 1934. bv NEA Service. Inc.l PEIPING, April 21— At best, the inhabitants of Sinkiang—Chinese Turkestan, “the country God forgot” —are perhaps the most primitive people in Asia, if not on the globe. At worst, they are fiends incarnate. Mohammedans for the most part, ♦ hey naturally hate Christians and when not busy slaughtering “infidels” they turn on one another. None of the tortures which thousands of years of experience have taught them have they forgotten, and every now and then they invent some new ones. Recently a sausage caravan was captured by a band of these people. For two weeks the caravan leader was systematically starved while his captors roasted toothsome morsels of lamb and mutton over the coals where he could see and smell them. Then he was crucified and strips of flesh, cut from his living body, were offered to him to eat. Flout Chinese Control Here, in the very heart of Central Asia, a spot so far away that the average man scarcely dreams of its existence, and which God seems almost to have forgotten, is one of the principal stages upon which is being worked out the fate of the continent. Mostly deserts and oases. Central Asia, neverthless, is crossed by great rivers, one of them almost as long as the Mississippi. But, strangely enough, most of them just meander out and lose themselves in the burning sands. Winters are so cold that an early Russian expedition was practically wiped out by blizzards while trying to negotiate one of the deserts. Os 10.000 camels and 7,000 men, only a thousand each came back alive. Four Nations Maneuver In this hellish but historic region, lour nations vie for position—Great Britain. Russia. Japan and China. For China, it simply represents a forlorn hope to gain control over territory which geographies mark as hers. For Japan, it is a far-reaching effort to outflank her traditional enemy, Russia. For Britain the motive is India. Britain fears that if Russia should ever assert herself in that vicinity, India might be lost to the empire. Time and again Britain and Czarist Russia were on the ragged edge of war over the mountain passes along India's northern frontiers. For Russia, a foothold in Central Asia is necessary to maintain some semblance of balance between the lion and the bear. Threat Over India Russia does not want India. Fifty years ago the czar's foreign minister at St. Petersburg remarked in his instructions to the Russian ambassador in London: "Our position in Turkestan is purely defensive, considering that we have neither the intention to menace nor any interest in menacing England in India. But it gives us a base for operations which if required can become an offensive one.” The meaning of this is clear. Great Britain has many ways of getting at Russia in Europe, while Russia can not get back at Britain. A strong position in Central Asia to some extent remedies this situation. Czarist Russia frankly intended that London should understand that if Britain brought too much pressure to bear on her in Europe, she. Russia, had a means of bringing counter pressure to bear against Britain in India. There is no reason to believe that Soviet Russian policy has materially changed in this respect. Governments change, but the problems of national defense alter little. Certainly Great Britain does not believe Russian policy is altered. She is still perturbed over the future of India. Accordingly she continues to tighten her hold on border countries. Japan Plans Ahead Should Russia and Japan ever go to war in eastern Siberia, Japan would like to hamstring the Sovet Union by diversions along the latter's far-flung Siberian frontier—the farther away from the principal front, the better. As for Britain, in the event of conflict, her sympathies would likely be with Japan, her former ally. But that she would allow her emotions to lead her very far from the paths of neutrality is doubtful. She has India to think of. And India, through Central Asia, is euinerable. >KXT France's slice of the Chinese pie. Hourly Temperatures 6 ft. m. 36 10 a. m. ... 43 7i. tn. 38 11 a. m. ... 45 Ba. m 40 12 moom.. 48 8 a m 42 l p. m 47 ,

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 296*

Insull, Old and Sick, Glad ‘Chase’ Is Over, He Admits

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Samuel Insull

CHURCH HONORS BISHOP TUESDAY Archbishop McNicholas to Officiate: K. of C. to Form Guard. Installation of Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter as bishop of the diocese of Indianapolis will take place. Tuesday morning in the SS. Peter and Paul cathedral with the Most Reverend John T. McNicholas, O. P., S. T. M., archbishop of Cincinnati, presiding. The celebrant of the pontifical mass will be the Most Reverend Alphonse Smith, D. D„ bishop of Nashville, Tenn., native of Indiana. Members of the Knights of Columbus, in charge of James F. Lynch, marshal, will attend the ceremonies as an escort of honor to Bishop Ritter. A liturgical choir of 150 male voices selected from the choirs of ten local churches will assist the Schola Cantorum and the clergy choir. Assisting at the mass will be assistant priest, the Right Rev. R. R. Noll, pastor of the St. Phillips Neri church; deacon, the Rev. Cornelius Bolser, pastor of St. John's church, Vincennes; subdeacon, the Rev. John T. O’Hare, pastor of St. Simon's church, Washington, Ind. The assistant priest at the throne will be the Rev. Maurice O’Connor, pastor of the St. Joan of Arc church deacons of honor, the Rev. William P. Garrity, pastor of the St. Vincent's de Paul church, Bedford. and the Rev. Herman Gadlagc, pastor of the St. Maurice church, Greensburg; notarius, the Right Rev. Joseph E. Hamill, Ph. D.. prothonotary apostolic. The chaplains to Bishop Ritter will be the Rev. Francis Schaub. pastor of the Immaculate Conception church. Rushville, and the Rev Charles Duffy, pastor of the Little Flower church of this city. WARMER WEATHER FOR CITY FORECAST Mercury Rise Also Slated for Tomorrow. Warmer and partly cloudy weather is in store for Indianapolis tomorrow, after several days of chilly temperatures, according to the weather bureau forecast. Temperature tomorrow is expected to be considerably higher, in comparison with the last several days. Light frost was reported in * Indianapolis and other cities of the central and northern sections cf the state. While the mercury dropped below freezing in these sections. the lowest being 23 at Wheatfield, 35 was the lowest recorded here during the night. KIDNAP SUSPECT HELD Sister of Verne Sankev Quizzed on Boettcher Abduction. By I'nited Prog ST. PAUL. April 21.—Department of justice agents today questeioned Alvina Ruth Kohler, sister of Mrs. Verne Sankey. preparatory to removing her to Sioux-Falls Jo stand trial in connection with tne kidnaping of Charles Boettcher 11, Denver broker. Bond of SIO,OOO was set and the woman was being held for the arrival of South Dakota agents.

Mrs. Pinchot, ’One of the Girls,’ Rubs Elbows With Strikers at Banquet

BY HELEN LINDSAY Timrs Staff Writer. "'T'HE Governor's lady and Judy O'Grady." paraphrasing Kipling, became sisters under the skin last night, when Mrs. Cordela Bryce Pinchot. wife of Governor Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania, and leading women hosiery strikers met at dinner at the V. W. C. A. Mrs. Pinchot. who arrived to speak in behalf of union organizations. in sympathy with striking hosiery mill employes, sat at the head of the table at the dinner given in her honor. But she became just "one of the girls" a few minutes later, when she discussed labor problems with the guests, representing various de-

By United Prog Aboard s. s. exilona, off NORTH AFRICAN COAST. April 21. —Samuel Insull. fugitive American financier, is “glad the long chase is over,” he told the United Press today as the vessel bringing him to the United States for trial fought its way through heavy seas , along the African coast. “You know,” he added, “I'm an

Johnson More Interested in Dividends Than NRA, Mrs . Pinchot Declares General Condemned by Wife of Pennsylvania Governor for Failure to Enforce Codes; Company Unions Also Are Scored.

Condemnation of General Hugh S. Johnson for failure to enforce NRA coupled with an attack on the company union formed the highlights of an address last night of Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania’s Governor, at a mass meeting in the national guard armory

building. The meeting was a sympathy session sponsored by the Central Labor Union, Indiana State Federation of Labor and railroad brotherhoods on behalf of the striking workers in three Indianapolis hosiery mills. Mrs. Pinchot termed the company union as “a tool whereby the employer may cheat the worker.” She declared the strikers at the Real Silk Hosiery mills and the other plants were protesting to obtain the right granted them by the government under NRA to bargain collectively, through representatives of their own choosing, with employers. “Unemployment insurance and a minimum wage law for men as well as women are two kinds of legislation which are essential to the new order,” Mrs. Pinchot declared. Morrissey ‘Fair,’ She Says Criticising lack of uniform enforcement of NRA, Mrs. Pinchot asserted her approval of the national recovery act, at the same time rapping its administrator. “The trouble is,” she declared, “we are not getting the real NRA because General Johnson has been more interested in building dividends in Wall Street.” Mrs. Pinchot’s address was broadcast. She was introduced by James Shannessy, president of the International Journeyman Barbers’ Union. Chief Mike Morrissey and members of the Indianapolis police force were praised by Mrs. Pincl ot for their fair treatment of strikers. “I am told that Chief Morrissey has played fair with the workers,” she said. “This is a fine, yet an unusual thing. In my own state I have seen workers shot down with machine guns.” In closing her address, Mrs. Pinchot lauded The Times. The Times Is Praised “You are to be congratu'ated on having a newspaper like The Indianapolis Times that is not afraid to speak the truth.” she said. Mrs. Pinchot left Indianapolis immediately after the meeting for Erie, Pa., where she will address labor audiences today. Other speakers last night were William Smith, Philadelphia, general secretary of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers; Joe Galloway, president of the local union; John E. Smith, Indianapolis Central Labor Union president; Claude M. Baker, San Francisco, vice-president of the International Typographical Union, and Paul W. Fuller. Washington, educational director for the American Federation of Labor. NIGHT ENGULFS BYRD AFTER LAST SUNSET Tractor Kept Ready in Event Admiral Calls for Aid. By United Prrgg LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, April 21.—(Via Mackay Radio)—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, isolated in a tiny hut 123 miles from this base, was enveloped today in darkness that will endure until Aug. 21. The sun set for the last time this Antarctic autumn yesterday. The temperature at the nut was 63 degrees below zero. Admiral Byrd was confident he would get through his vigil safely. However, a tractor was equipped to start at any moment if Byrd should call by wireless for help. Bank Payments Pledged By I'nited Pros* WASHINGTON. April 21.—Virtually full payment of all deposits of the Bank of America Trust Cos., i of Pittsburgh, which restricted withdraway yesterday, was promised today by Chairman Leo T. Crowley | of the federal deposit insurance corporation.

I partments of the three mills on ; strike. i / Mrs. Pinchot had been awakened a few minutes before the dinner by Miss Beulah Lee. re- , cording secretary of the local union of hosiery workers, in her room at the Y. W. C. A. She had i taken refuge from her room in the Claypool. because of telephone calls and visitors. Mrs. Pinchot arrived* at the Indianapolis airport late yesterday afternoon, and was greeted by a crowd of 'enthusiastic strikers. She posed for photographs with women strikers at the airport, laughingly making room for some of them beside her. when news photographers prepared to take , her picture.

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934

old man and sick. I finally felt I could not continue my fight against the United States government. I never knew a moment’s peace, so I threw in the sponge.” While the white-haired former utilities magnate talked with this correspondent, canaries and other land birds fluttered around the ; ship. When one tiny yellow bird entered his cabin, Insull remarked

CITY STUDENI DIES IN CRASH Three Others, Including Two Girls, Badly Hurt as Car Overturns. Fred Schlegel, 21, of 908 North Arlington avenue, a junior at Purdue university, was killed instantly, and three others, two of whom were young women, were injured seriously when their auto crashed into a culvert north of Lebanon. The four were returning to their homes at Indianapolis after attending the junior prom at Purdue last night. The car, driven by Mr. Schlegel, skidded and crashed into a small culvert and then turned over. Those injured were: Miss Dorthy Palmer. 18, 1437 Burwick street, internal Miss Dorothy Vogel, 18, 805 North Denny street, broken arm, and Robert Helm, 20, 4229 Rookwood avenue, broken jaw and internal injuries. The three were brought to the Boone county hospital at Lebanon by passing motorists. Mr. Schlegel suffered a broken neck. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and a graduate of Arsenal Technical high school. RAIL DISPUTE OFFER REJECTED BY LABOR Refuses Roosevelt Plan to Stay on Present Basis 6 Months. By United Prrgg WASHINGTON. April 21.—Railroad labor leaders today refused to accept immediately President Roosevelt's proposal that workers continue under the present 10 per cent wage reduction for six months. $45,575 IS ADDED TO STATE RELIEF FUND New Allotment Is Received From Federal Administration. Indiana will receive an additional relief fund amounting to $45,575 from the federal emergency relief administration, according to word received here from Washington. Os this amount, $20,000 is to be allotted for transient relief through April 30, it is understood. The remaining $25,575 will be used to cover obligations for the college students’ aid program incurred in February. New Jersey, Florida. Utah and Ohio also were granted additional relief funds. Texas Sights Macon By United Prrgg EL PASO. Tex.. April 21.—The U. S. S. Macon passed over this city at 10:45 a. m. (C. S. TANARUS.) today en route to Florida. Times Index Berg Cartoon 6 Business News 9 Bridge 4 Broun 7 Catholicism in Indiana 3 Church Services 3 Classified 11-12 Comics ; 13 Conservation 3 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World 13 Editorial 6 Financial 14 Hickman—Theaters 7 Pegler 7 Radio 9 Sports 10-11 State News 3 Woman’s Pages 4- 5

t “T HOPE the girls are not too X disappointed that I did not join the picket line,” she said, when told that she had been expected to appear with workers at the mill. "I didn’t know it was expected of me, and it was too late to change my plans when I arrived. But I am heartily in favor of picketing: it is the only successful way to conduct a strike.” Mrs. Pinchot told of the experiences she and Governor Pinchot have had in Pennsylvania with strikes. “Governor Pinchot sometimes declares martial law. and calls out the militia in time of strikes.’’ she said. “But he does it more as a protection for strikers than for any other reason.” She warned the stivers against

that its own flight was comparable to his. “Let the little fellow go.” he begged the pursuing deck steward. Insull was confined to his cabin as his prison ship fought through heavy seas whipped by hot winds off the Sahara desert. As he talked his conversation was interrupted by the loud sirens of the Exilona as she felt her way cautiously through the heavy fog. He professed being “absolutely in the dark” about plans for his arrival in the Unit'd States.” “I have arranged nothing, know nothing of the court proceedings, and have not even contacted my lawyers since I came aboard,” he said.

COP KICKS BUCKET, SO NEGRO IS HELD ON LOTTERY COUNT

Kicking the bucket” took on anew significance today when Sergeant Martin Fahey, detailed to look around the Negro section for gamblers and particularly baseball lottery operators, kicked a tin pail in a store at 2654 Northwestern avenue. The tin pail Innocently stood in the middle of the store half full of sudsy water which the policeman’s foot accidentally upset. “What you doing, cleaning the floor?” Sergeant Fahey asked William Smith, 26, Negro, 2541 Northwestern avenue, who said he was the proprietor. “Yes. sah,” said Smith visibly frightened. Sergeant Fahey suddenly had a hunch. He picked up the pall and examined it minutely. Touching a spring on the side of the pail the false bottom fell out, revealing seven books of baseball lottery tickets. Smith was arrested charged with unlawfully operating a lottery. PRISON GUARDS SLAY TWO ESCAPING CONVICTS Men Shot Down in Field Several Miles Away. By United Prrgg PINE BLUFF, Ark., April 21. Guards killed two escaping convicts today at Tucker state prison farm near here. The men were Claude Roger Hord, 45, police character, and F. J. Newbert, 42, serving a sentence for alleged auto theft. The men were slain by trusty guards, prison officials said, in the fields several miles from the prison. Claude Roger Hord, 45, slain when he attempted to escape from prison in Arkansas today, was wanted in Indianapolis as the fifth man in the Hamilton-Harris tobacco warehouse robbery, Oct. 14, 1933, according lo local police. KNEFFLER M’GINNIS TO 'VISIT KIN IN CITY Famed Commander Led Naval Planes in Hawaii Flight. Commander Kneffler McGinnis, commander of the naval air squadron which made the sensational flight to Hawaii recently, will visit his brother, Archibald McGinnis, 3608 North Pennsylvania street, next week. The flight was regarded as one of the most important developments in naval air tactics in the history of aviation. LINDBERGH SUSPECT IS CLEARED AFTER PROBE Prisoner in Boston Jail Given Clean Slate by U. S. Agent. By United Press BOSTON. April 21—William Lardner, 37. of Boston, is “clear of any connection with the Lindbergh case,” in -the opinion of William West, acting chief of the department of investigation of the department of justice. West said today after a visit to East Cambridge jail, where Lardner was held. TWO SAFE-CRACKERS ESCAPE POLICE NET Yeggs Flee as Cops Surround Bottling Firm. Two 'yeggs, attempting to crack the safe of the Monument Bottling Company, 910 North Davidson street, escaped last night after a police chase. Patrolmen came upon them as they prepared to enter the safe, but the yeggs escaped before a police squad could surround the building. Jury to View Crime Scene DEDHAM. Mass.. April 21.—A view of the scene of the crime will be taken Monday by the jury completed yesterday to decide the fate of the Faber-Millen trio of alleged killer-bandits. There was no court session today.

violence, and urged them to continue in their efforts to interest additional workers in a trade union. “A company union is no union at all,” she said. 808 TTER criticism of General Hugh Johnson and the NRA was vitriolic. “General Johnson Is chiseler No. 1.” she said, and upon being asked if she could be quoted on that, continued. “The statement isn’t serious enough. When General Johnson refused to force the steel trust to obey NRA regulations. he showed that he was using the NRA to pile up Wall Street profits. His attitude, if not actually hostile to labor, is indifferent.”

HAMILTON ALIVE, SISTER REVEALS AFTER VISIT BY DILLINGER, HENCHMAN

LABOR’S BANK DEPOSITS HERE HIT $6,599,000 Daily Figure Is Put at $2,710,000, According to Estimates. The American Federation of Labor carries cash deposits in Indianapolis banks of approximately $2,710,000 daily making it one of the biggest businesses in the city, labor leaders revealed to The Times today. Bankers estimated the total of all deposits daily as $123,360,000. The amount of annual banking business done by four affiliates of the federation totals more than $6,599,000. This huge sum is accumulated at the national headquarters here of the International Typographical Union, the Barbers’ International Union, the Teamsters’ and Chauffeurs’ International Union, and the United Mine Workers, all of w&ich are members of the A. F„ of L. The Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Association and the International Carpenters’ Union both are also located here and clear all their business through the local banks, but figures on the amount of their deposits were not available. The following table shows how organized labor's deposits are distributed : Approx. Approx. Annual Daily Banking Balances Typographical Union $2,225,000 $ 500,000 Teamsters 2.000.000 2.000,000 Mine Workers 2,040,000 170,000 Barbers 334,000 40,000 Total $6,599,000 $2,710,000 Labor leaders added that these sums did not represent the amount of money expended by the unions in Indianapolis for rent, pay roll and other incidental expenses. They pointed out that the unions borrow little from the banks so that these deposits represent extremely liquid assets available as credit to build up and finance local industries. The leaders expressed themselves as entirely satisfied with the service which they were receiving from the bankers of the city, which, they said, probably holds the largest pool of labor capital in the United States. REPUBLICANS STUDY TOWNSEND'S STATUS Incumbent Holding Office Illegally, Is Belief. Nomination of a Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, on the theory that M. Clifford ToVKisend is holding that office illegally, will be one of the most pressing problems considered this afternoon at the meeting of the Republican state committee. Included in the call to the committee to select a date for the state convention was the invitation to consider the Townsend matter. Many committee members believe that the incumbent Democratic Lieutenant-Governor has vacated j the office by accepting the $6,000 a year agriculture commissioner'job created by Governor Paul V. McNutt’s reorganization bill. A sharp contest was in prospect for selection of the convention date. Postal Budget Is Balanced NEWARK, N. J., April 21. —For the first time in many years the postoffice department budget is balanced and the postal service is on its way to becoming a “revenue producer,” Postmaster-General James A. Farley said today at dedication j exercises of the new federal build- j ing here.

FORE! Shooting Par. that breezy golf column written by Dick Miller, makes its 1934 debut today on the sports page.. It looks like a real season for the golfers and Miller is on hand to talk over the situation in his daily column. Start reading Shooting Par today.

Only one example of punishment would be necessary to bring all organizations to acceptance of NRA principles. Mrs. Pinchot said. She scoffed at the ending of the threatened automobile strike, saying that it certainly was no victory for labor. “NRA would be fine, if we really had it,” she told her listeners. “But we have sweatshops in Pennsylvania, flying the blue eagle, and the same condition exists all over the country.” Mrs. Pinchot has been interested in labor situations “ever since she can remember.” n n n IT shouldn't need any explanation.” she said, when hosier} 7 epiployes asked her how she became interested. “Aren't there any women in your state

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Terror Mob Chief and Lieutenant, Reported by Pals as Slain in Holdup, Spent Two Days in Michigan. 9 U. S. AGENTS CLING TO TRAIL Car Abandoned by Desperadoes Is Seized; Outlaw’s Plot to Free Pierpont, Two Others Is Frustrated. Assertions by Harry Pierpont, “trigger man” of the notorious terror mob, that John Hamilton, Dillinger lieutenant, was dead, were believed disproved today when Mrs. Isaac Steve, Hamilton’s sister, admitted in Saulte St. Marie, Mich., that her brother and John Dillinger spent two days this week at her home there. The purported confession from Mrs. Steve came following a raid on her home in the Michigan city by federal agents who have clung to the elusive trail of the Indiana desperado since his departure from Indianapolis two weeks ago.

TAMMANY FIRES CURRY AS BOSS Al Smith Mentioned as Leader in Complete Shakeup. By United Press NEW YORK, April 21.—Some of the Tammany chieftains who combined to oust John F. Curry as leader of the hall, will have to fight strenuously to avoid being ousted themselves, the United Press learned today while the revamped wigwam looked anxiously toward Washington and Aloany, wondering if cleansing at the top wouldn’t qualify it for just a little bit of patronage. The head-strong Curry, uncompromising and fighting to the last, hardly was deprived of his powers before influential Democrats were talking of a complete reform of the hall from “top to bottom.” A list of district leaders marked for “elimination” was discussed by some. This list included William F. Kenneally, leader of the insurgents who scalped Mr. Curry. Those close to the hall were quick to admit that Mr. Curry's removal as leader was in no sense a reform. It was described rather as a matter of expediency by which Tammany hopes to win itself back into the good graces of Postmaster-General James A. Farley, dispenser of federal patronage, and Governor Herbert H. Lehman. Some talked of a “great cleansing” that would result in some leader of unquestionable integrity, such as former Governor Alfred E. Smith, being placed in command. 220,000 ARE ELIGIBLE TO BALLOT IN COUNTY Ralston Makes High Estimate of Registrations. Between 219,000 aid 220,000 persons will be eligible to vote in the election primary on May 8 in Marion county. This high estimate was made to- I day by County Clerk Glenn Ralston after a check of voters registered during the drive for vote credentials that closed ten days ago. The record registration passes the last general election vote of 212,000. MINE MISHAP KILLS 100 410 Workers Reported Entombed in Bosnia Disaster. By United Prrgg BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, April 21. —Officials today expressed fear that j 100 miners had been killed in a disaster at Kakaj, Bosnia. About 410 miners were entombed. SEIDENSTICKER PASSES Commission Confirms Appointment of City Postmaster. Adolph Seidensticker, acting postmaster, has been confirmed by the j civil service commission in Wash- ! ington, it was learned today.

interested in your working conditions? I'm glad to be here, but I'll have to admit that I tried to keep from coming. I am making speeches for Governor Pinchot, who is candidate for nomination for senator from Pennsylvania, and it was difficult to get away. I had hoped that your own Governor's tyfe, Mrs. McNutt, might take my place. She is a lovely woman.” Mrs. Pinchot is the mother of an 18-year-old college son, Gifford Pinchot, Jr. She left Indinapolis late last night, to go to Erie, Pa., where she was to make one of three scheduled speeches today. Before coming to Indianapolis yesterday she addressed a convention of steel workers in Pittsburgh.

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Mrs. Steve and her son, Charles Campbell, were arrested and held for investigation pending possible charges of harboring a fugitive from justice. Police said they admitted entertaining Dillinger and Hamilton. The department of justice men seized an automobile which Mrs. Steve said was left behind by Dillinger .and Hamilton when they departed Wednesday. Dillinger still limps from a bullet wound in his leg, received in a submachine gun duel with federal men in St. Paul, a month ago, according to Mrs. Steve. The desperado also is suffering from a similar wound in the arm, Mrs. Steve is reported to have told the federal agents. The story of Hamilton's demise first was told by Pierpont on the way from Tucson, Ariz., after the •capture of the Dillinger gang in the southwestern city. At that Pierpont told Captain Matt Leacn and Indianapolis reporters that Hamilton, who escaped from the state prison on Sept. 26, had been wounded fatally in the holdup of the East Chicago bank where Detective Pat O'Malley was killed. Dillinger is wanted for the murder of Mr. O'Malley. Biblical Letters Received Pierpont said that the gang collected, 53.C00 to give to Hamilton’s family and a few days later, under cover of darkness, secretly threw the gangster's body into the Caiumet river. At first inclined to believe Pierpont’s story, police since have doubted it. First direct assertion that the gangster still livpd came today from his sister, according to the police. Meanwhile, federal postal inspectors today were tracing letters containing significant quotes from the Bible which Warden Preston E. Thomas of Ohio state penitentiary regarded as part of a plot by Dillinger to free his henchmen, Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and Russell Clark. Admitting mat he had frustrated what he considered a plot by the nation's arch-bandit to free Pierpont and Makley, awaiting execution Friday, July 13, and Clark, serving a life sentence for the murder of Jesse Sarber at Lima, 0., garden Preston said that postal inspectors also were tracing a threatening letter received by Governor White a few days ago. In the letter addressed to the Governor, the sender stated that the official never would finish his term of office, if he did not pardon the gangsters. In the letter containing the Bible quotes, which the warden regarded as suspicious and withheld from the prisoners, certain passages of St. John's Gospel were underlined. The letter, it was learned, was received a week ago, and was withheld from publication while an extraordinarily heavy guard was posted about the prison. A second communication containing a Biblical pamphlet also was underlined and contained this marked quotation which the warden regarded as significant: “Have no fear. Jesus has come once. He will come again.” Chapter Is Marked The scriptural pamphlet, badly thumbed, had a page dog-eared and a chapter marked with a parenthesis in blue ink. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. “In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” In the same passage, but not underlined, was the following quotation from the same passage in the Bible: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am there shall ye be also. “And whither I go. ye know and the way ye know ” While the revelations of the suspicious Bible letters were being made at Columbus, Donald Roe, Mooresville, a clerk in an Indianapolis bank, vehemently was denying that he had anything to do with the circulation of a petition to Governor Paul V. McNutt to grant a conditional pardon to Dillinger.