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DETROIT GRABS EARLY LEAD IN SERIES BATTLE Tigers Push Across Run in First Inning of Game at Motor City. BRIDGES, FRENCH CLASH Greenberg Unable to Play: Cochrane Club Needs Only One Win. (hirago 001 0 Detroit 100 By ' llltril Pint NAVIN FIELD. Detroit, Oct. 7. Under cloudy .skies, the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs met in the sixth game of the World Series here this afternoon. The Tigers needed only one game to clinch their first world's championship. Manager Mickey Cochrane revised the Detroit lineup placing Gerald Walker, a right handed bitter, in center field, instead of JoJo White, a left handed hitter. Flea Clifton was moved up to the leadoff position, and Walker was put in the No. 6 spot. The change was made when Larry French, a southpaw, was sent to the mound by the Cubs. Tommy Bridges, who beat the Bruins in the second game, was the Detroit pitcher. Hank Greenberg, slugging Detroit first baseman, was unable to play again today. He made the decision himself. After tossing a few balls in front of the dugot, Greenberg came back into the dressing room and Manager Cochrane asked: "How about it, Hank?” "I can't do it, Mickey,” Greenberg replied. "I just can't. Even those easy tosses hurt my injured wrist so badly I could hardly hold them. And I can't grip a bat hard enough to swing it decently. I think I'd be more of a harm than a help.” First Inning. CUBS—Galan was out. Bridges to Rogell to Owen. The ball was deflected by the pitcher. Bridges tossed out Herman. Klein fouled to Owen near the Cubs’ dugout. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. TlGEßS—Clifton grounded out, Hack to Cavaretta. Cochrane singled to left. Gehringer singled to right, Cochrane going to second. Goslin popped out to Jurges. Fox doubled over third base, Cochrane scoring and Gehringer going to to third. Walker was passed purposely, filling the bases. Rogell forced Gehringer, French to Hartnett. ONE RUN, THREE HITS, NO ERRORS. Second Inning CUBS—Hartnett was .called out on strikes. Demarec flied to Fox. Cavarretta singled down the first base line, and went to second when Fox juggled the ball. Hack was out, Gehringer to Owen. NO RUNS, ONE HIT, ONE ERROR. TIGERS—Owen fanned, swinging. It was his eighteenth time at bat without a hit during the series. Herman made a dazzling stop and tossed out Bridges. Clifton fanned. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. EIGHT BANDIT SUSPECTS ARRAIGNED IN COURT Deny Guilt in .SIO,OOO Robbery of Beech Grove Bank. With Criminal Court guarded by seven deputy sheriffs, eight bandir suspects today were arraigned and entered pleas of not guilty. The defendants were Forest Jacoby, A1 and John Head and Jerry Dukes, indicted in six robberies and holdups including the SIO,OOO pay roll holdup at Beech Grove, and Ernest Tait, Donald Nye and Joe Flaherty, charged with auto banditry and robbery in the attempted robbery of the Speedway State Bank. Benny DeWitt is charged with conspiracy in the latter case. TaJt’s attorney filed a motoin for a change of judge and all eight defendants were taken back to jail. WARM WEATHER DUE AFTER HEAVY FROSTS Com and Tomato Crops Hard Hit Last Two Nights. Winter's preview, which Sunday brought a killing frost and today a heavy one. is over for the time being in Indianapolis, and tonight and tomorrow showers and warmer weather are due. What harm can be done Indiana's crops by the unseasonable cold is done and the corn and tomato crops have suffered. At 6 Sunday morning it was 31.3 degrees, coldest of the week-end. Times Index Amusements 2 Books 9 Bridge 7 Broun 9 Business News 13 Comics ... 15 Crossword Puzzle 15 Curious World 15 Editorial 10 Financial ’ # ] * n Pegler .L. 9 Radio 2 Serial Story 16 Sports 12-13 Woman's Pages 6-7

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Terrific Blast Rocks Chicago’s North Side; 20 Are Feared Killed; 25 Injured, Report

ft / r'tiilcrf Prcx* CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—A terrific explosion rocked the northwest side of Chicago this afternoon. The death toll is expected to be high. First estimates ranged as high as 20, with 25 or 30 more injured taken to hospitals. The blast was in a soy bean plant and the cause was undetermined. Force of the explosion was so great it blew window panes from buildings for blocks around. Pedestrians in nearby streets were knocked from their feet. The scene of the blast was an old brewery that had been transformed into a combination soy bean and paint factory. Oil from the soy beans was used in the manufacture

FIRE DAMAGES 3 CITY HOMES $4500 Loss Is Reported * From Stubborn Blaze on North Side. Fire shortly before noon today caused damage estimated at approximately $4500 to three houses in the 2600 block of Carrollton-av. The flames started in the roof of the home of Charles J. Bohnstadt, 2618 Carrollton-av, burning away most of the second story. The flames spread to houses on each side occupied by Charles M. Bohnstadt, son of Charles J. Bohnstadt, and by Dr. T. J. Neale. Roofs of both of these houses were damaged. Three fire companies played water on roofs of other houses in the immediate vicinity and prevented further spread of the fire.

850 PUPILS IN RILEY PROGRAM Poet to Be Honored With Ceremonies Opening Hospital Pool. With the frost on the “punkin” in all Hoosierland. Indianapolis today celebrated the eighty-sixth anniversary of the birth of James Whitcomb Riley, who wrote those and other lines that have endeared him to the nation. Eight hundred fifty school pupils, especially beloved by the poet and especially loving him. gathered at the shrine on Lockerbie-st for rites that were simple and gracious. There, in the quiet side yard, before a bust of the poet and in the presence of their teachers and dignitaries, the pupils took part in * program they had arranged for the day. Gov. McNutt and other speakers eulogized the Hoosier rhymester. Anew hvdro-therapeutic pool was to be dedicated at Riley Memorial Hospital for Children at 3 Pupils from Schools 9 and 2 and Technical High School took part in the rites on the lawn at the Lock-erbie-st home. Stetson, I.andon Preside Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of schools, and Hugh McK. Landon. president of the Riley Memorial Association, presided at the services in the poet's honor on Lockerbie-st. A playlet from one of his poems was given by pupils of School 9 while a boys’ octet from Technical sang songs from Riley selections. (Turn to Page Five)

A Hoosier Romance Riley’s Love Story Told for First Time

The Indianapolis Times today presents the first chapter of the unpublished story of the romance of James Whitcomb Riley. The story is written, word for word, by Mrs. George Cooper, Greenfield, sister of the girl Mr. Riley loved. Mr. Riley's sweetheart was Clara Louise Bottsford. They were engaged for eight years. The author holds a copyright on this article and has presented it to The Times for publication on this outstanding day in memory of the famous Hoosier poet. A Hoosier Love Story BY MRS. GEORGE COOPER Preface It is well known in Greenfield and Hancock County that James

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of paint. It was presumed the highly inflammable paint had in some manner become ignited. The huge building housing

12 Killed in Plunge of Airliner Near Cheyenne; Wreckage Scattered Far Nine Passengers Victims of Terrific Crash; Believed Due to Motor Trouble: One of Worst Accidents in Plane History, Is Report. By l Press CHEYENNE. Wyo., Oct. 7.—Twelve persons were killed today when a United Airlines transport plane crashed near Silver Crown, northwest of here. The dead included nine passengers, the pilot, co-pilot and stewardess of the big twin-motored Boeing plane.

Apparently sudden motor trouble sent the craft plunging downward like a plummet through the night to the hills below. Searchers who found the wreckage could see w'here the huge liner had bounced three or four times as it struck, strewing wreckage over a distance of some 400 yards. Both motors apparently were torn loose the first time the plane hit. They lay almost a quarter of a mile from the wreckage of the fuselage. The body of the plane was broken in two in the center. The bodies were scattered over many yards, some of them still in the shattered cabin of the plane, others lying at intervals along the ground. All were badly mangled and bruised, some so torn as almost to defy identification. The accident was one of the worst in the history of commercial aviation. The list of those killed, as released by company officials here, follows: H. A. Collison, Cheyenne, pilot. George Batty, Denver, co-pilot. Mrs. Coialyn Cathcart, Portland, Ore., mother of a United Airlines employe, who was riding on a pass. Miss Lena Mason, stewardess, Rock Springs, Wyo. Helen Warrem, another United Airlines employe. C. H. Miner, Chicago. C. H. Mathews Jr„ Pittsburgh. J. F. Cushing, Chicago. Ray R. Baine, Greeley, Colo. Vincent Butler, San Francisco. Miss Juliet Hiilman. Pittsburgh. Walter B. Crandall, San Francisco. MRS. M. L. LONGDEN DIES IN GREENCASTLE Wife of Retired De Pauw Official Succumbs Suddenly. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 7. Mrs. Mary Louisa Longden, wife of Dr. Henry Boyer Longden, retired vice president of De Pauw University, died suddenly here this morning. She was 75. Mrs. Longdon contracted a cold Saturday which developed into pneumonia last night. She is survived by her husband, a son, Grafton Longden of Greencastle, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 in the Methodist Church, with Bishop Edwin Hughes officiatihg. Mrs. Longden was born in Greenwood in 1860 and was married to Dr. Longden here in 188S. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and a graduate of Philadelphia University. VIGO COUNTY” MARTIAL LAW UPHELD IN COURT Three Federal Judges Rule on Petition for Injunction. By United Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Oct. 7. Martial law in the Vigo County strike zone was upheld here today by a three-judge Federal Court. The ruling was made on a petition for a temperary injunction against enforcement of martial law in the area filed by the Socialist Party and Labor Defense League.

Whitcomb Riley and Clara Louise Bottsford were, at one time, lovers for some years. Since they did not marry, this fact was not a matter of public interest or concern. In the meantime. Mr. Riley, as the Hoosier poet, has come to national fame. As he never married. it is natural that there should be much conjecture as to the love of his life. With the reticence which belongs to private living, neither family has thought it necessary to inform the public, merely for the gratification of curiosity. This situation is now changed. More than five years ago. a New York paper carried a comment on this matter reference to this

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the plant was wrecked. Firemen and police searched the wreckage to determine whether other workmen were trapped inside.

TWO KILLED IN AUTO CR ASHES County Toll Hiked to 111; City Man Badly Hurt at Rail Crossing. Ernest W. Klatte, 48, R. R. 5, Box 401, was injured seriously today when his automobile was struck by a north-bound Monon train at the Maple-rd crossing. Mr. Klatte was taken to St. Francis Hospital suffering from head and chest injuries and a fractured right arm. Crew of the train said it was moving slowly, preparing to stop at the Maple-rd station. Two week-end auto traffic deaths brought Marion County's toll this year to 111. Several persons are in hospitals with injuries. Charles Thompson, R. R. 1, Box 592, was killed yesterday when his

truck and an inter urban co 11 id e and one mile south of Southport. He was 56. Mrs. Josephine Thompson, 55, his wife, who was a passenger in the truck, is in serious condi-

TRAFFIC DEATHS 1934 138 1935 to Oct. 7 ... .111 1934 to Oct. 7 .... 98

tion in Methodist Hospital. The traction car was operated by Albert E. Coons, Columbus, who told deputy sheriffs that the impact tore the pneumatic brakes from his car and he was unable to stop for nearly a mile. John Melvin. 68, of 834 River-av, died at City Hospital yesterday of injuries he received Sept. 24, when he was struck by a street car at Washington-st and Senate-av. His skull was fractured. Mrs. Walter Hubbard, 320 E. 38thst, is in a serious condition today in Methodist Hospital with injuries received in an auto crash yesterday at Arlington-av and 16th-st. Mr. Hubbard was less seriously injured. SULlivan is chairman OF SAFETY COMMITTEE Local Red Cross Chapter to Aid National Group. Reginald H. Sullivan, former mayor, today was named chairman of a committee to be formed by the Indianapolis Chapter. American Red Cross, to conduct a safety campaign. The campaign is to be conducted in connection with a similar national movement. Mr. Sullivan said he will name committee soon that will represent all elements of the city's social, industrial and business life. War Correspondent Dead By United Press ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7.—The corps of foreign correspondents in Emperor Haile Selassie's capital was saddened today by the death of one of their number. Wilfred Courtenay Barber, of the Chicago Tribune.

attachment. Within the last four years a school teacher in Hood River, Ore., tried to tell her pupils of an early love of the Hoosier poet. These things, coming to the knowledge of a sister of Clara L. Bottsford. have caused her to feel

This is James Whitcomb Riley’s birthday. The new hydro-therapeutic pool at Riley Hospital will be dedicated and other ceremonies in honor of the Hoosier poet will be held today. Page 1. The first published story of his romance and engagement to a Greenfield girl also is told exclusively by The Times on Page 1. Turn to Pages 4 and 5 for a full page of photos and photostatic copies of Riley's poems and writings, and stories of Greenfield’s rehabilitation of his old home, what two of his former "cronies’’ say about him. as well as an estimate of the poet from the lips of his old Negro servant. Cartoon and editoi;i£l on Page 10.

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FASCISTS MOVE ON ‘HOLY CITY' Aksum Is Next Objective of Jubilant Invaders of Ethiopia. BY WEBB MILLER (Copyright. 1935, by United Press) ITALIAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS, VIA ASMARA. Eritrea, Oct. 7.—ltaly's northern army closed in today on Aksum, holy city of ancient Ethiopia. The general staff expected it to fall, probably today, after a stiff defense by the Ethiopian warriors who regard its soil as sacred. Then the three northern columns which captured Aduwa yesterday are to halt, perhaps for a fortnight, and consolidate their position while more tens of thousands of men are brought up for a drive southward into the heart of the country. During the foreshadowed lull on the Aduwa front, Italian armies will be driving southwestward and northeastward from the coastal frontiers to cut the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway. Aduwa “Stain” Wiped Out It is indicated that there will be separate movements southward along the frontier of the AngloEgyptian Sudan and westward along the frontier of British Keoya colony in order to diminish, if not halt, tne trickle of arms into Ethiopia from these places. Italian soldiers marched into Aduwa yesterday morning, singing the Fascist anthem "Giovinezza.” and thus, to their minds, wiped out the “stain” of a defeat by Ethiopian warriors 39 years ago. At once fresher infantry units moved out past Aduwa into the encircling hills and occupied them as a precaution against rallies and possible attacks or raids. Now Aksum is the goal. It is Ethiopia's holy'city. All its ancient monarchs are buried there and all but Emperor Haile Selassie I, who now rules, were crowned there. City Is Religiotis Capital It is the religious capital and Is filled with Coptic Christian churches and monasteries. Indications are that the reduction of Askum—a severe -psychological blow to Ethiopia—will be undertaken in almost exactly the same (Turn to Page Three)

that it is time to tell this story as it was. Those who knew the poet as a young man will remember that, in complexion, he was very light. He was never his mother’s goldenhaired boy. His hair, when a young man. was much lighter. By the law of contrast then, it fol-

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Selassie Heaps Bitter Ridicule on Foe’s Claims BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE (Copyright, 1935. by United Press) ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 7.—Emperor Haile Selassie in a telegram to the League of Nations contemptuously dismissed Italy’s victories in northern Ethiopia today as mere clashes between frontier guards and isolated detachments. Ethiopia has not begun to fight, the emperor indicated in his message. He said that his men. by order, did not resist the Italians who "stormed” Aduwa and he said that there had been no real clash since the Italians began their drive Thursday. It was said officially, in this connection, that the Ethiopian army has not yet entered into action, in accordance with its plan to permit Italy to advance until it had been established definitely as the aggressor and the League of Nations was left with no legal or moral ground for evading a declaration of Italy as outlaw. “Aduwa fell yesterday without resistance after Adigrat had been occupied without resistance previously. Our troops are outside the towns still,” the emperor said. Real Fight to Come in South It was recalled that Ethiopia’s plan not to defend Aduwa had been announced publicly long before the Italian arrival. Indications were that any real fight would not come until the Italians had penetrated farther south. Significant of this was the announcement today that Dejazmatch Avaro Kassa, second son of Ras Kassa, the country's strongest military figure, had moved 30.000 trained men northward from Fiche toward Gondar. key to Lake Tana and the Blue Nile. Ras Kassa himself already is on the way to take command of all northern forces, and the emperor may go northward. It is reported that 3000 men of the crack imperial guard are to be sent to the eastern front to aid in the defense of Harar and Jijiga. Massing of Italian troops at several points along the northern fron(Turn to Page Three) Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 36 10 a. m 51 7a. m 38 11 a. m 53 Ba. m 44 12 (noon).. 55 9 a. m 49 1 p. m 55

lows that he would be attracted by the dark-eyed, raven-haired girl who had in her cheeks much of the concentrated sunshine which gets into the roses and the red apples in the wide sweep of free air to which she was born and bred. .And this was the country school teacher who came to board in his father's family in the small city of Greenfield. The girl's father was a Connecticut Yankee, her mother came from the Blue Grass state. The farmer's daughter had gifts besides her youth and beauty. There is a strain of literary and artistic talent running far back in her family, cropping out somewhere in every generation. Furthermore. poets are not so rare as we are in the habit of thinking. It

PRESIDENT BANS ARMSEXPORTS Warns Travelers Against Using Ships of Nations Engaged in War. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Administration officials today believed President Roosevelt had put this government's house in order on the neutrality question, and awaited the next move from Europe in the ItaloEthiopian war crisis. It was assumed generally that this next step would be the imposition of financial and economic penalties against Italy for violation of the League of Nations covenant. But whatever it is, officials here felt, the United States is in the clear. In a series of neutrality moves President Roosevelt formally announced that this government considers that a state of war exists between Italy and Ethiopia; proclaimed an embargo on the shipment from this country of all arms, ammunition and implements of war to either belligerent; admonished all American nationals to avoid traveling on the ships of either belligerent; and informed Americans that any and all trade they might seek ‘o carry on with either Italy or Ethiopia must be conducted at their own risk and without this government’s protection. Trade at Own Risk Officialdom’s consensus was that the President's action had insulated the United States against any complications growing out of the ItaloEthiopian conflict. His warning that those who conduct any sort of trade or commerce with either belligerent must do so without this government's blessing or protection was expected to put a damper on American exports of wheat, cotton, copper, steel and other commodities to Italy (American trade with Ethiopia is negligible), which might bring about international complications. As matters now stand the League powers are assured in advance of an imposition of penalties that the United States will not insist upon the right of American vessels to trade with either belligrent. Any American vessel which does make the attempt probably could be stopped by any warship of the League powers without incurring the displeasure of Washington Although the President's procla(Turn to Page Three)

is only that most of them are not articulate. The poet who sings could not reach the world were there not poets to hear. The girl had read somewhat. Her home library was not a large one, but it held standard things which had been gone through many times. She could tell stories "like a book,” only better—fairy stories, book stories and later, theater stories. She had rhymed a little as a game with a younger brother and sister. A friend living in Greenfield has, tucked away in her memory, a wee bit of verse which one day was laid upon her desk as a peace offering from her teacher after her favorite pupil had been detained like the rest after school hours. (Torn to Page Six)

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War Today

By United Press GENEVA, Oct. 7.—The 13 members of the League of Nations Council. Italy excluded, unanimously bound themselves under the covenant tonight to apply economic and financial sanct ion s (penalties) against Italy. By United Press PARIS, Oct. 7.—The Addis Ababa correspondent of the newspaper Soir today estimated the death tell of the Italian invasion through Sunday was 800 Italians and 6000 Ethiopian civilians and warriors. By United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. “.—The Navy Department today denied an unusual concentration of American destroyers in Hong Kong harbor. Commenting on dispatches from the British Asiatic port, officials said there had been no change in the schedule of the Asiatic fleet since it was first drawn up about July 1. They said rumors of a BritishAmerican naval agreement were baseless. By United Press GENEVA—League council votes penalties against Italy. ADDIS ABABA—Haile Selassie, scoffing at Italian gains, says Ethiopia hasn't begun to fight yet, intimating that Italians will encounter fierce resistance. ADL'WA—ltalian troops and guns flow into captured region to mass for sweeping drive south. HARAR concentrating on Jijiga to defend railway to capital. Italians start extensive bombing in Southern Ogaden province. DJIBOUTI—ItaIian planes start bombing operations in Mt. Mussa Ali region, bordering French Somaliland. ROME —Italy rejoices over fall of Aduwa, “avenging” 1896 defeat. Troops expected to flank British borders of Sudan and Kenya to stop arms shipments into Ethiopia. PARlS—France spars for time in promising unqualified support to Britain in war against Italy. LONDON —Mussolini may fly to Aduwa, London paper reports. Geneva Moves Swiftly to Bring Ethiopian War to An End. By United Press GENEVA, Oct. 7. —The Council of the League of Nations today overrode an objection by Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Premier Mussolini’s spokesman at Geneva, against public discussion of the report of the committee of six declaring Italy had illegally resorted to war against Ethiopia. The council manifested determination to proceed immediately with penalties against Italy on the basis of the committee’s report. The secret session of the Council also decided that Aloisi could, if he desired, make observations on the report of the committee of six subsequent to the public meeting of the Council if he thought the time was too short to do so today. Following the secret session it wa3 learned that the president of the Council will declare at today's public session that hostilities began several days ago and that it has therefore become impossible for the Council to delay decision. A committee of six reported that Italy had resorted to war in violation of the League covenant. Even though Italy did not formally declare war, Article XVI, which provides penalties, would be applicable, the report said. Assembly delegates will express their approval or disapproval of the imposition of penalties, and all those who approve will obligate themselves to penalize Italy. Ethiopia, it was learned, intends to demand that all Italian soldiers be withdrawn from its soil before there are any peace negotiations. “The Italian government have resorted to war contrary to engagements assumed under Article XII of the covenant,” the report of the committee of six said. “Defensive” Argument Discarded “Without prejudice to other limitations upon their right to resort to war, members of the League have not the right without having previously conformed to the pro(Tum to Page Three) New guaranteed tires 15c wk. Save 11.00 op. Hoosier Pete.—Adv.