Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1937 — Page 3

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went went first about 10 miles up the river séeking safety, then 25. ! Premonition of Disaster. At noon yesterday, the gunboat was sending a wireless message to its sister gunboat, the Luzon. At 1:30 p. m, the message was broken

off sharply. At once there was a

range premonition of disaster. Amateur radio stations here rePeking up messages from the U. S. station here and from gunboats all along the winding Yangtse trying to pick up the Panay, Early this morning came reports that the ship had been sunk; then confirmation that not only had the Panay been sunk but that the three Standard Oil vessels went down beside her. Japanese authorities declared that their aviators mistook the Panay for a Chinese vessel. The other shi were involved because they ught shelter beside the Panay, the Japanese said. Jt was noted that the aviators mistook the Panay for a Chinese 1 even though no Chinese gunats are in the area and that the Panay was plainly painted with erican flags. It was reported that there were three attacks.

It was apparent that Japanese authorities here were concerned over possible repercussions. |Japanese officials advised the ug ted Press that Admiral Rokuzo iyama called on Admiral Harry Ee Yarnell, commanding the United “ ates fleet in Chineese waters, and pressed deep regret. {Japanese Consul-General Takao moto similarly called on American Consul-General Clarence E. uss to express regret and it was id the Japanese Ambassador at ashington, would visit the State i early as possible today {(In Tokyo Japanese Foreign Minister . Koki Hirota personally called on American Ambassador Joseph C. ew and expressed profound apoljes to him, the United Press yo bureau reported.) {According to the best available r ports here, the following were rd the Panay when it was bed: George Atcheson Jr. and J. Hall Paxton, American Embassy secretaries; Capt. Frank N. Roberts, assistant military attache; E. P. ie, embassy clerk; R. O. Squires, Sin and Seattle; Norman Alley, llywood, cameraman for Universal Newsreel; James Marshall, Seattle, of - Collier's Weekly; Weldon : mes, Greenville, S. C, chief of e. United Press bureau at NanKing: Norman Soong, Honolulu, emDloyed by the New York Times; P. J. Broderick, address unknown; one a subject and three Italjans. One Italian was believed wounded. Danger of Graver Tragedy ‘There was danger of an even graver tragedy than that already reported. The .United Press correspondent at Hankow reported that Japanese infantrymen were attacking Hohsien, where the survivors were landed. ; (Washington reported 048, Jap anese authorities at Shanghai had sent duplicate orders by airplane to Japanese Army men at Hohsien to cease fire.) A Japanese Navy communique issued this afternoon on the attacks was as follows: “«“Acting on information that Chinese troops were fleeing Nanking by steamship, the Navy air force proceeded on the night of Dec. 11 to pursue and bomb the ships. Mistaking three vessels belonging to the Standard-Vacuum Co. for Chinese steamships, the airplanes bombed them. In the course of these opera-

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tions a most unfortunate incident occurred in the sinking of an American warship which was anchored alongside these vessels.

sincerely and most deeply regretted. “In order to assume full responsibility Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander in chief, is taking forthwith appropriate steps.” Admiral Yarnell issued from his flagship the following interim communique : @=_ “A telephone message received by the commander of the Yangtse patrol from Nanking reports that the U. S. S. Panay was bombed and sunk at mileage 212 above Woosung (the Yangtse is charted as from Woosung, at the river's mouth) and about 25 miles above Nanking. “Survivors, some wounded, are now ashore at Hohsien, on the Anhwei Province bank of the river. “Some Standard Oil ships which

also were sunk. “His Majesty’s Ship Bee is proceeding down river to assist and to take survivors to Wuhu. “The U. S. S. Oahu also will proceed down the river from Kiukiang. “Secretary Atcheson of the American Embassy and Lieut. Comm. Hughes of the Panay are among the survivors at Hohsien.” During the attacks on the American and British ships, which naturally absorbed foreign interest, 50,000 Chinese soldiers were holding off 240,000 Japanese from the walls of Nanking, which they had once penetrated only to be thrown back. Japanese authorities here asserted, however, that this morning Japanese shock troops fought their way to a foothold on the wall near the Chungshan Gate and, from there; moved out to extend their holding along the wall.

Attack Three Times

Japanese planes three times attacked the British gunboats Scarab and Cricket, and the little ships fired back in retort.

Two British tugs were attacked. Aboard one, it was reported, passengers included Lieut. Col. W. A, Lovat-Fraser, British military attache. and H. J. Prideaux-Brune, British consul at Nanking. Lieut. Col. Lovat-Fraser was a companion of the British Ambassador, Sir Hughe Knatchbill-Hugessen, when the ambassador was wounded by a Japanese airplane attack as he and an embassy party were driving from Nanking to Shanghai. Reports from up the river said that there were four distinct attacks on the American ships and that fire on the survivors ceased only after a Japanese plane dropped

shore. There were three planes in eath attack, it was reported. At 1:25 p. m. yesterday—the ‘moment when a radio message from the Panay to its sister ship Luzon stopped dramatically—came the first attack. ' It sank the Panay and the

1'Meiping, reports said, set fire: to’

the Meihsia, and wrecked the bridge of the Meian. Five minutes ‘later came the second attack. The third came at 1:40. Then. at ‘4:30 p. 'm. hearly three

attacked the stricken ships “again, it was asserted.

EXCHANGE SEAT SOLD NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (U. P.).—A seat on the New York Stock Exchange sold today. for $75,000, up $5000 from the previous transaction, and $14,000 over the 18-year

low of $61,000-established Oct. 18.

were in company with the Panay |

orders to them as they reached |

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Once bombed by Chinese planes as it steamed - toward the ‘Yangtse River, misfortune (ut across the prow of the luxury

President Hoover. The remarkable

taken at the éxact moment two bo Chinese plane Tell into the water near [one Hoover's

Roosevelt Protests Sinking’ Of American Mercy Ships

485 TAKEN OFF JAPANESE ISLE

McKinley Begins Return Trip To Manila as Hoover’ "Pounds on Reef.

MANILA, P. .I., Dec. 13 (U. B.).— The President McKinley . advised local Dollar steamship line officials today that it picked up the 485 pe ssengers stranded on a small Japariese island when the President Hoover, of the same line, went aground southeast of Formosa Sai urday morning. The McKinley said it was proceeding here and should arrive Thursday morning. The message from the ship made no mention of the Hoover's crew. The Hoover was hard aground or a rocky reef, 600 yards off the island of Hashoito. A skeleton crew remained aboard for the salvage operations which so far had been unsuccessful. Two U. S. destroyers, the Alden

"arid the Baker, arrived today from

the Philippines. Several other boats, including tugs, were standing by and two Japanese warships were report-: ed. to have detached themselves from the blockade of the Chinese coast to speed to the scene and offer assistance. The passengers had been duartered in schools and private homes of the Japanese island, a fishing seitlement. Those who suffered from bruises and exposure were first taken off the Hoover to the island of Hashoito, where they were ‘treated by Dr. Kenneth Park, the ship's surgeon. Then they were moved to Kashoto Island. The passengers included 66 first class, 99 special class and 320 third class. They were to be taken to Manila. It was feared that the Hoover was slowly breaking up as the waves ground her into the sharp rocks. Tlie shoals are always choppy and the monsoons; or prevailing seasonal ing of the area, churned up great s-against, the weather side of the ship. Latest messages. fromgthe Alden said she was not pounding, however. The German = Steamer . Preussen, first to reach the scene, sailed away after Capt. George Yardley, the Hoover’s master, twice notified -the German crew that ther help was not needed.

FINANCE FIRMS MEET ‘| Approximately 200 delegates were expected to attend the 12th annual meeting of the Hoosier Association of Finance Companies today and tomorrow at the Hotel Lincoln.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

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Deaths (To Date)

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MEETINGS TODAY Service Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln,

"Pi omicron, meeting, Claypool Hotel, 8 » Monday Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin,

at indianapolis Press -Club, dinner, Press Club, 6 p. m Indians Motor Rate and Tariff Bureau, Juncheon, Hotel Lincoln, noon, Seienteech Club, luncheon, Board of aya National Food Hi Indianapolis Group, National sy er, Hotel Severin, 7 p. triton on" Republican (TO meeting,

fy Washington St., 8 p. 'omen’s Contraet, Club. ais. IndiAthletic

Club; 1 ‘anapolis Al Aussoiation, meet-

Glassw Clay poo! Hote] Ao a. Batcamens 3 Gib, 1 juncheon. Hotel Washhub ch Club, lun cheon- Colum>ia Club; noon ab, hme luncheon, Board of 00.

noon. * \ Se luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. liner.

tie Indian fle ty op: Steet Club, jun jun tie Columbia Club, noon.

: Home Ee Economies on meeting, Hotel Linco

Autom mobile: Dealers’ Association, theeting, Clastiool Hotel. 9 a. Bt = : uid a Dwners _— Managers, Bie “North Side ee Os rehearsal. Indianapolis Dnion, meeting, Plumbers

122 noon.

Indiana Uhiversity Namen: s Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Indiana a ers ty Club, luncheon, Columbia C. noon. Women" u Rotary Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon.

MEETINGS TOMORROW Hoosier Association of Finance Committees, state convention, Hotel Lincoln, all

ay. Rotary Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,

Club, Edilweiss

Indiana Travel Study Ding, Edilwe ote ashington,

nq Alpina Chapters,

it Lawyers’ Association, Juncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Al hat Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of

¢.| Trade. n

acre Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,

BO isnapulis Hunting and Fishing ii meeting, Hotel Washington, 7:30 p. Knight Columbus, luncheon, Hotel Washington,

si creator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, * Universal Club, luncheon. Columbis Club,

University of Michi b, Board en Trade. bon gan Club, luncheon, ndianapo) rehasing Agengs’ A ia tion, luncheon, Athenaeum, . ent Teh Indianapolis Home Bu ilders’ Association, inner, Hoosier Athletic Club, 6:30 p.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(These lists are from official records at the County Court House. The Times. therefore, is not responsible for errors in aames or addresses.)

Louis Jack Joris a eh son, 30, 51 Indiananelis: Ruby

we, Doherty. = ot Fi. Wayne: Evelyn mE By 4 PEE, Be meta Mia of 3 GE Av EEL, BR Rf SHE

Samuel Reed, 61. 1536 E. St.; Amy Lane, 47; of 2130 E. 10th St.

- Chester Siver. 25. of 550 E. 32d-St.: Reset Rogers 24, of 1146 King Ave.

n Robertson, 23, of 414 8. Grace St.: Velosia: Briddle, 19, of 251 S. Temple Ave.

BIRTHS

Girls

Omer, Ma Southard, at City. Frank, % City. ¥

ty. al e Bohannon, at Yiazs Kenfi, Idella Brown, at 85 Paris, Boys

James, Janie Jeavel, at City. tt. Mal Cobb, at R134 Winter,

s 306 Polk. ; Alfred, Georg lliams, at 422 Smith. Vis: "Nem Tomar. 31 1108 Hea: s a Klobucar, a A Sow ard, Ethel Penningion, at 2035 Lin Rimes, Marguerite Wilson. at 1003 Con:

¢ Twins C n, Elizabeth ‘De » por i a vasher, 4 Y % \ DEATHS Martha Bartz, on, at 520 BE. Ve t ch myocard is t E. ermon 5 Zwaler gas Yat, at Methodist, bronAugusta: hypostacic pneumonia Edwin Muzay, 87, at Long, lobar pneu-

Sith. 3pm geet. gress.

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Joseph Wolfe, 69, at City, pneumococcic meaningitis. [John Weaver, 63, at Veterans’, pnéumocdeeic meningifis ‘Emma L. Ullrich, 74. at 2419 Brookside, cerebral hemorrhage, Fran an, 89. at 229 E. Morris,

Leroy . Corns, “septi-

Veterans’,

a1 teriosclerosis therine Derry, a, at 2826 Washington

Biv nd chitonie myQca rdi ra Fics man, 28, at St. Vincent's cys-

toad am "Caileres, 50, at Veterans’, earciWaiter Hickson, 45, at City, pulmonar tihereulosis. YB y Hough, 74, at 3245 N. Illinois, cara Thomas Van Buskirk, clironic myocarditis Anna E.: Saylor, 73, at Methodist, endiearditis. :

Genevieve Cox. 45, at Central Indians, cerebral hemorrhage. pro rol Sue DeMott, 2. at City, otitis lite Franklin, 78, at 2393 Hillside, car-

Lucinda Kimball, 83. as 4047 Boulevard Place, coronary occlusion

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Rain or stow tonight or tpmerrow: net much elange in temperature; west tonight alout 286. ’ :

Sunrise

Precipitation 24 hrs, ending 7 a. m..: ital precipitation ‘ [tcess

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Rain or snow tonight and tomorrow, not quite so coid extreme northenst tonight. Illineis—Rain or snow tonight and {omorrow, little change in temperature. Lower Michigan—Snow probable south goruen tonight and tomorrow and possie some snow tonight or by tomorrow north; not so cold south and west central portions tonight.

Ohio—Snow tonight and to!

| Slee ah. ou th’ qiiite s0 cold h and e

Orrow, probrtion; nof xtreme west

portions toni Rg and in mh -I Don LO! me extreme south por

Kentackr— Kain o ors south/and rain or sleet over north tonight and to-

» morrow, mot much Don in femperature.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. ? Amarillo, Tex.

Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 30.38

R. Curtis, 87, at 826 B sath, /

Clear Cloudy ;Snow Snow Snow

76. at Methodist, |

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have stated at Wuhu that Japanese military forces have orders to fire on all ships on the Yangtse. “Today the U. S. Panay and and three Standard Oil steamers at a point 27 miles above Nanking are reported bombed and sunk, and survivors, includnig embassy personnel, Navy, personnel and some refugees —are now at Hohsien. “Please, immediately, inform Foreign Minister Hirota and ask for ‘information and request that the Japanese Government immediately take sppropriate action. ' Impress

PANAY'S FLIGHT UP 'YANGTSE DESCRIBED

Witness Tells of Dodging Shells Before Attack.

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I returned from down river in a launch, We had been inspecting the fires in the Pukow and Hsiakwan waterpront area.

Gets Under Way

We had just gotten underway when a group of Americans were sighted on the south bank, frantically waving their hats. A boat was sent to pick them up. The boat brought back Roy Squires, former captain of the University of Washington football team; Norman Alley, | Universal News Reel man and Eric Mayell, Fox Movietone man. The British boats and others are also steaming up the river. We have just passed a British boat. The cannonading continues and the concussions rock the craft in the river. We are heading directly into the line of fire. Huge splashes are spouting a few hundred yards ahead. Shells are also falling on both sides of the

I am typing this in the tiny sick bay at intervals, between rushing to the deck to observe. 3:40 p. m. Saturday—We have apparently passed the danger zone. “Everyone agrees that the 25 minutes under ‘fire coming up stream were enough. Sunday Morning. — Commandet Hughes ordered the Panay farther up stream to a point about 25 miles above Nanking.

‘FOUR TRAINMEN DIE IN RAILROAD WRECK

New Albany. Engineer Among | Victims; Five Injured.

SALVISA, Ky., Dec. 13 (U. P).— Four trainmen were killed and five injured yesterday when two Southern Railroad freight ‘trains crashed head-on half a mile east of -Salvisa. :

The dead: . Valentine Sumners, 64, New Albany, Ind., engineer. Hugh o. Ludwick, 51, Louisville, Ky., brakeman. J. G: McGill, Louisville, fireman. Claude Denny, 38, Harrisburg, Ky. brakeman. Earl Scott, fireman, and James McAdams, engineer, both of Louisville, were the most seriously injured. ; ; J. H. Devney, chief dispatcher at Louisville, said conflicting orders| probably caused the wreck. The dead were etter crushed . or scalded to death. . :

river, uy at 15-second intervals’

‘Wuhu an

able to go to rod river bank to board the rescue vessel. He asked ynese authorities be reto atteck Hohsien, nation was relayed to authori in ShangAmerican Consul Gennce E. Gauss, and the Japanese consul general there informed him that both the Japanand naval commanders had issued orders for the Japanese: forces to “cease firing” at Hohsien. A special plane took off from ,Shanghai ‘with duplicate, written orders s nding the attack on

| Hohsien. |

‘side. A third bomb struck the main deck, killing a crew member and injuring seven passengers. Today the ship is aground on a reef near the Island of Formosa, with rescue ships standing by ready to take off the skeleton crew should the vessel crumble before the IORSON- Whipped seas.

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upon him the graviety of the situa-|A tion and the imperative need to take every precaution against further attacks on American vessels or personnel. “When we have furibier particulars, I shall give you further instructions.” In his conversation’ with Mr. Hull, Mr. Saito said that American authorities had informed the Japanese of American boat. positions and that therefore the Panay bombing was “a very grave blunder.” The suddenness of the Panay incident stunned officials here. The State Department, closed over the week-end except for the telegraph and code rooms, was hurriedly reopened when first reports of the Panay sinking weré received. Reports from all sources were scanned hurriedly as fast as they came in. At the Navy Depratment officials likewise burned midnight oil. It was believed that copies of all offiical dispatches concerning the incident were sent lo the White

| House immediately.

Officials considered the attack on the Panay the more serious because Admiral. Harry E. Yarnell, com-mander-in-chief of the U. S. Asiatic Fleet repeatedly had officially notified the Japanese naval and military authorities of the presence of the Panay and other American river gunboats in the Yangtze, of their mission there, and of their move-

Tor the. Japanese military nor naval authorities could have been ignorant of the approximate whereabouts of the Panay, it was said. Official reports - of the incident were sketchy. American Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson, from his temporary embassy aboard the U. 8. gunboat Luzon at Hankow, tentatively fixed the time of the bombing at 1:30 p. m. Dec. 12, Hankow time.

apolis Time) Sunday. Forthal Statement Issued

he .In a formal statement given: to American newspapermen in Hankow, Ambassador Johnson said: “At 1:30 p. m. Dec. 12, 1937, the radio of the U. S. S. Panay ceased operating in the midst of a message

U. S. S. Luzon. At that time the Panay was anchored 29 miles above Nanking. ‘It is estimated that besides the crew, the Panay carried four members of the embassy staff and five other American men. thought that one British and three Italian subjects were on board. “At 9:30 a. m, Dec. 13, (20 hours later), the American Ambassador at Hankow received a telephone message from Dr. H. B. Taylor, American missionary stationed ‘at Anking, Anhui Province, - that he had received a telephone message from George Atcheson Jr. the senior American diplomatic officer on board the Panay, saying the Panay had been bombed and sunk, and that 54 of the persons on board had survived.

15 Survivors Wounded

“Afcheson was then at Hohsien, Anhui, and presumably the other survivors were: there also. Atcheson stated to Dr. Taylor that the ships

near the Panay were sunk as well

sels were there, but it is not known whether all were lost.

“The report stated thai 15 sur-

wounded, some of them seriously.”

The British gunboat Bee, report-. ed to have been under fire yesterday from Japanese aerial and land re put out from Wuhu _sien to bring the survivors of the Panay to Wuhu. The American gunboat Oahu, sister ship.of the Panay, was ordered from Kijukiang to

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NEW" ORKae Dec. 13 (U. P.). — The . Socony-Vacuum Co. today announced it had received private cable advices from China indicating that 96 persons were missing following the bombing by Japanese airplanes of four American refugee ships near Nanking

| early yesterday.

The cable received by the company from its Shanghai manager, . C. Corn sh, said: “We regret to advise that we are informed hy U. S. officials that the U. 8. 8S. ny with three of our boats while proceeding slowly upriver Sunday afternoon was attacked by 18 Japanese bombers anc pursuit planes 27 miles above Nanking. “Panay sunk, Meian beached and deserted. | Meishai and Meiping burned at wharf (three last namec are tankers).

Four Gunboats on Way

“R. M. S. Bee informed us it has picked up J. V. Pickering, who states 12 other foreigners are one and one-haif miles away. “Survivors reported (on) the Bee

‘on board. are reported on way from Kiukiang, Japanese reported sending gunboats and seaplanes toyrender assistance. Further details will be sent when received.” . pa Carrying U. S. Refugees

At the same time the company gave out an official statment which “The Standard Vacuum ships were at Nanking for safety of the white staffs. These three tankers were unders to be engaged in ah errand of mercy, carrying U. refugees upriver to avoid the fight. i= ing at Nanking.” The Mejan, had a gross tonnage of 935, the Meiping 1118, and the Meishan 1048,

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 13 (U. P.). —Pope Pius XI, addressing a secret

th “Hohsien, | jught they “would be un-

airplane while intoxicated,

only 54 out of estimated total of 150 Four American gunboats |

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AVIATOR ACCUSED OF "DRUNKEN PILOTING

AYDEN, N. C., Dec. 13 (U. P).— Bill Michaelson, New York aviator, went on trial in Recorder's Court today on a charge of piloting an while officials paged througl Jaw books seeking” a statute to cover,the alleged offense. Michaelson was charged after taking three friends on a wild plane ride yesterday. ‘The flight was said to have ended when his plane knocked the top off a power line pole and crashed into a grove of pine trees. None of the party was injured. 7 He was charged with “drunken driving of an airplane, reckless

driving and damaging public prop-

erty. ”

ON GAMING CHARGES

Three men were fined $95 each by Special Judge Albert Tayer in Municipal Court 4 today on charges of keeping a gaming house and a room for pool selling. They were Laskey Farb, 126 W. Market St.; William Mussman, 369 E. Morris St., and Raymond Silverman, 5304 Park Ave. The case had been under aclvisenrent since a preliminary hearing last August following their arrest during a raid.

911 GET JOBS HERE George J. Smith, Indiana State Employment Service office manager .| here, said today that local’ applicants were placed in 911 positions during October, mostly in industrial employment.

Cardinals in the Consistorial Hall today, deplored the Chinese-Japan-ese War and the “impious and atrocious things” occurring in Russia

consistory of the Sacred College of

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| Tragedy Occurs at Hartford City; 4-Year-Old Girl Here Dies.

HARTFORD CITY, Dec. 13 (U, P.).—Charred es of three small children were found early today after fire destroyed the trailer nome of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd uses, Floyd Jr. 4; Sammi Eugene, 3, and Charles, 6 months, ajl were burned to. death while their 24-year-old mother was away. She had gone to a nearby | home for a bucket of water. The three babies were playing on the bed: in the trailer home when she | left. Within a very few minutes after she left, Archie Blair, residing near by, discovered the fire and notified the mother. Before the fire department could arrive, the trailer had collapsed on: the children, It was believed the babies had jarred coals out of the cookstove at the foot of the bed and started the fire. Mr. Hurst was looking for work at the time of the fire.

Carolyn Christie Dies; Burned Nov. 28

Four-year-old Carolyn Christie died today at City Hospital. She was burned Nov. 28 when she played with matches while her mother was away from their home at 611 Ware ren Ave. on an errand.’ More than half of Carolyn’s body was burfied as the matches ignited some paper ‘dolls she had been cute ting, which in turn ignited her dress, He condition became worse early today and her parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Christie were summoned, They were with her when she died,

Lawrenceburg Man, 81,

Dies in Flames

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. Dec. 13 (U. P.).—Robert W. Batchelor, 81, was burned to death last night when trapped by flames in his two-room cottage here.

STATE NEWLYWEDS SMOTHERED BY GAS.

MUNSTER, Dec. 13 (U. P.) —Authorjties today investigated the death of a young steel worker and his bride of a day who were found uffocated from gas fumes in a tour Ist cabin here last night. James H. Kaetzer, 21, believed to have been employed by the Carne-gie-Tllinois Stee; Co. in Gary, and his bride, 17-year-old Madelyn McMahon of near Lowell, were found by Earl Spitler, tourist camp owner, late Saturday night in the cabin

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