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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 109

C. OF C. STUDY

HOLDS HOPE OF

BUSINESS GAIN

Increases in Number and Value of Building Permits Noted.

JUNE JOB DROP SLIGHT

Telephone, Water Accounts Advanced Last Month Is Finding. first half of 1938 ends. in line

generally better feeling seems to prevail in the coun-

the with the that try at large Certain developments give substance to a hope that improvement may be expected in the not distant future.” For the first months, the Chamber's summary shows gains in both the number and value of building permits, and also in number of telephone and water accounts. Decreases for the half year are

Six

cited in real estate transfers, bank |

clearings and debits, postal receipts, carloadings, streetcar passengers, new car sales, electric power and industrial gas consumption.

New Contracts Cited

Plans of the International Harveser Co. to continue operations on the present basis, and a $937,891 Government contract received by the Allison Engineering Co. for 40 army airplane motors are listed on the credit side of the City’s industrial ledger. Also viewed in an optimistic light was the report of the Indiana State Employment Bureau showing jobs in 599 establishments in June were only 124 fewer than in May when the figure was 32,114. Weekly payrolls of the establishments totaled £755,741, less by $14,955 than May. June building permits, 1204, were An optimistic view of the city's

business conditions is taken by the | Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in its Business Review for the first |

half of the year, issued today. encouragement may be the Indianapolis business Review stated, “as 235 more than May, and a gain of 711 over June, 1937. The permits were valued at $913.250, a gain of £243,220 over May, but $74,995 under June last year.

“Some noted in

situation,” the

For the half year, building per-

mits totaled 5074, a gain of 923 over the same period in 1937, while permit values totaling $4513,314, were $261948 higher than for the comparative period. Residential permits, 311, gained by 63. This situation was considered hopeful in view of Dun & Bradstreet figures showing an average drop of 10 per cent in permits throughout the country. Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne were the only Indiana cities gaining in building permit values. A favorable view of Indianapolis’ situation is seen by the Chamber in the light of rapidly increasing unemployment compensation beneliability. It was pointed out that the district including Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting and adjacent territory has had more than double the number of compensation applications received from the Indianapolis district, including Marion, Hendricks, Boone, Morgan and Hamilton Counties and perts of Johnson and Hancock Counties. Real Estate Active

fit

Persons on township relief and actual workers on WPA during June numbered 37.951, a drop of 2014 under May but 9542 under last June. Total expenditures for both types of relief, $929,451, were $49,988 higher than in May and $301,872 over a year ago. The report shows 24,660 persons received township relief in June, which was 2158 less than May and 4289 more than last June. while 13,291 on WPA were 144 more than in May and 5253 more than a vear ago

. | Growing activity in the real estate ! 1209 trans- |

market is reflected by fers issued in June, 141 more than

The Indianapolis Times

FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness with probably showers beginning late tonight or tomorrow; somewhat warmer tonight.

‘Order Senate Relief Quiz Of Primary in Kentucky; 11 Are Indicted in Ohio

‘Soliciting Funds for Davey Failure of WPA to Act on Campaign Alleged; | Stokes’ Charges Spurs Quick Trial Seen. Senate Action.

(Editorial, Page 10)

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Special! Writer

| COLUMBUS, O, July 18 (U.P). — | Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy said today that he will demand early trial for 18 state officials in- WASHINGTON, July 16—Faildicted on charges of soliciting | ure of WPA officials to take money from state civil service em- | prmoised “punitive action” against ployes’ for Governor Davey’s cam- | a Kentucky WPA foreman found by

SATURDAY, JULY

‘English Shuns ‘Giles’ Request To Rejoin Reds

CINCINNATI, July 16 (U. P.).— General Manager Warren Giles of the pennant-contending Cincinnati Reds located Elwood (Woody) En-

but was unable to persuade English to join the baseball club.

8, was located by telegraph today at a Wisconsin fishing resort. He responded to a plea by Giles to join the Reds with a telegram from Eagle River, Wis, saying that he wants to play no more baseball this season. Mr. Giles then telegraphed an

glish, his missing infielder, today |

English, a bridegroom of July |

16, 1938

BEER, WELFARE |

at Postoffice,

TOBEISSUESIN |

| |

EXTRA SESSION

| | | |G. 0. P. Opposes Entry] Ports; Fight Expected On Security Plan. NINE POINTS OUTLINED

| | ——————— |

Bobbitt Declares Action on Liquor System Is

paign fund WPA investigators to have been active in politics, was a factor in the decision of the Senate Cam-

Mr. Duffy, who directed a special Grand Jury investigation of cam-

join the Reds at once and stick |

offer of $1000 bonus if English would | until the end of the season to | Imperative.

| paign “shakedown” charges, said he : : | was unwilling to wait until the fall | paign Expenditures Committee to

term of Franklin County courts for | send an investigator into that state. |

their trials. If the court does not A committee member revealed tofix an early trial date, the Attorney | day that special attention was paid General said he would ask Chief | to the fact that, although Adminis-

the |

Justice Carl V. Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court to assign an out-of-town judge. Sixteen indictments were returned against 11 persons by the special Grand Jury yesterday as it recom- | mended strengthening of civil serv-

ice regulations and broader pcwers |

for the civil service commission. More than two weeks ago the

grand jury indicted seven others on |

13 counts. The 18 indicted included State Thomas E. Dye, assistant state purchasing agent. dicted were Charles H. Hubbell, | Jesse Gilbert, J. R. Burkey, Frank C. Hahn, Miss Gertrude Fortune, | William Alexander, Milton P. Hain, Louis Lieb, Mrs. Nora Halter, Edgar Brill, Arnold F. Reiher, J. F. Bittinger, Daniel S. Earhart, Charles O. Wilson, F. W. Mowrey and J. L. Kennedy.

.U. AND PURDUE GIVEN $567,220

PWA Cash to Be Used for

Dormitories, Other New Buildings.

A PWA grant of $567,220 was approved at Washington today for Indiana and Purdue Universities,

while a recapitualtion of Indiana | WPA allocations anncunced in the last few days showed a total of $2.311,404 will be spent. Of the PWA money, $200,091 is to be used for a women's dormitory at I. U. and $105,545 for a | men’s dormitory and $26,584 for other buildings at Purdue. Of the tetal WPA projects for the State, Marion County received four | calling for expenditure of $1,169,824. The largest project allotment approved was for $912,190 with which to make improvements to municipal | parks, golf courses and recreational { centers in Indianapolis. The work includes developing additional areas at parks.

Building Work

Three other Marion County projects totaling $257,634 were included in the list. One was to clean and

{ renovate various public buildings in |

| Indianapolis, $154,680. This work

Finance Director M. Ray Allison and |

trator Harry L. Hopkins hiraself | gave the order for punitive action, the foreman got only a “warning.” Mr. Hopkins said yesterday thas in his opinion a warning might con- | stitute punitive action.

Punitive Action Promised

statement denying all but two of

ity in Kentucky made in dispatches | by Thomas L. Stokes of the Indianapolis Times and other Scrippsi Howard newspapers, said he would

| reply were published in The In-|

dianapolis ™imes.) The investigator, empowered to | look into the use of either Federal | or state funds to advance the rival | Senatoria! candidacies of Senator | Barkley and Governor Chandler, ! probably will be named Monday,

| Senator Sheppard (D. Tex.), com- | | mittee chairman, said. He will re- |

| | Kentucky primary on Aug. 6. Stokes Series Read

The committee's meeting yesterday was the first in two weeks, and members in the interim read the | Stokes series, Mr. Hopkins’ reply

land Mr. Stokes’ rebuttal. | Sheppard, O'Mahoney (D. Wyo) | Walsh (D. Mass.) and White (R

L. Hopkins.”

ACCUSED HOOSIER MURDERER ESCAPE

John Hritz, Gary, Saws Way Out of linois Jail.

regarding

| had not previously been performed |

| under a WPA project and will be |

| performed only in

| building.

once any one

apolis, $74,460; and to provide employment for needy

| preparation of maps, cross section drawings and profiles of White River basin throughout Marion County. Three Lake County projects also received final approval. They to improve branch libraries at Gary. $5063; clean, list and refile various

old city records at Gary, 2340: and |

maintain and operate sewing rooms at Gary, $69.960.

| Tracy to Wed

And Go Abroad,

Friends Learn

May and only 13 fewer than June,

1937 The Chamber reported that consumption in June gained over May, postal receipts and inbound

and carloadings fell slightly during |

the month June bank clearings gained $825, - 000 over May, but still were $10.186,000 under June, 1937. Bank debits, $180,245,000, gained $10,478, - 000 over May, but were $27.681.000 under a year ago.

Other indices listed for June in- |

clude: Streetcar passengers, 5,293.787. loss of 305,801 under May and 254.353 a year ago; new car sales. 1168, gain of 100 over May, but 1101 less than a year ago: air 3422, loss of 827 under May and 69 uncer a year ago; industrial gas consumption, 58,792,200 cubic feet. gain of 5,280,200 over May and decrease of 20,764,800 under a year ago, telephones, 83,033, loss of 478 under May, but 2638 more than a vear ago; water accounts, 76,375.

Rain of 32 over May and 555 over

60 FLIERS TO PLAN EARHART MEMORIAL

BAY CITY, Mich., July 16 (U. P.). Sixty women fliers from a dozen midwestern states were expected in Bay City today for a district meeting of the Ninety-Nine Club to consider erection of a memoriai for Amelia Earhart.

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passengers, |

half |

HOLLYWOQOD, July 18 (U. | Thomas of San Francisco will be married next week in Las Vegas, | Nev, their friends said today. They will honeymoon abroad.

This will be his first marriage.

UNION MEN WIN APPEAL

DES MOINES, Ia. July 16 (U.P). —The State Supreme Court today

agreed to hear an appeal from the

FDR TO VISIT CANADA

convention of the three union of- | ficials on contempt of court charges growing out of the Maytag Wash- | ing Machine Co. strike at Newton. The defendants were held in contempt for violating an injunction re- | straining union employees of the | Maytag company from mass picketling and from trespassing on com- | pany property.

STILL HUNT SHERIFF

WILLIAMSPORT, Ind, July 16 (U. P.).—Warren County authorities | today continued their search for Sheriff Warren Simpson who has | been missing from his home here | more than 10 days.

| | | | |

POLICEWOMAN IS HURT

Falling while walking down =|

stairway at the Police Station to- | day, | 11th St., policewoman in the detective department, suffered a possible fracture of the right arm. She was tagen to City Hospital,

The others were to im- | | prove the Fair Grounds in Indian- |

: | professional, | educational and clerical! persons in|

are |

P). | —Lee Tracy, actor, and Mrs. Helen |

Mrs, Cozetta Osborn, 3920 E. |

JOLIET, Ill, July 16 (U. P.).— John Hritz, Gary, held on a charge of murder, and Leonard Lattos, 22, Joliet, serving a sentence for auto | larceny, sawed their way out of the Will County jail early today. Sheriff Michael Breen said the escaped fugitives let themselves out of a window 30 feet above the | ground by means of a rope made from their canvas cot covers. “I'm convinced they had assistance,” Sheriff Breen said. “They must have let a string out the windows last night to an accomplice who tied a hacksaw to it.

“I believe the accomplice was | waiting for them in an auto when |

they let themselves down.”

BOY GETS SURPRISE FORD CO. GREETING

DEARBORN, Mich., July 16 (U. P).—A 13-year-old Washington, D. C.. boy was bewildered when he walked tnrough the visitors’ entrance of the Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant to be greeted by an of- | ficial reception committee. The boy was Donald Nelson. There to greet him were J. R. Davis, Ford general sales manager, and other company officials.

| celebrity’s greeting was that he was the two-millionth visitor to enter the Ford rotunda since it was established at the visitors’ gateway, May

(Earlier Story, Page 7)

LOS ANGELES, July 16 (U. P.) — President Roosevelt will make a “good-will” visit to Canada in August, it was learned today when the President paid a brief visit to Los Angeles.

Epo FIRST LADY IN ROCHESTER

ROCHESTER, Minn. July 16 (U. P.).—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President, arrived here today aboard a Northwest Airlines plane for a visit with her son, James, who has been a patient since { June 22, under treatment for a | stomach ailment.

EIGHT DROWN IN MINE

MONTPELIER, France, July 16 (U.P) — Eight miners were drowned today in a sudden flood in the galleries of a coal mine at Bousquet rbe.

The Administrator, in his recent |

the charges of WPA political activ- |

Minor officials in- | deal “swiftly and summarily” with |

(Both |

| port to the committee prior to the |

Senators |

| Me.) were present and approved the |

| | strangled and our income curbed.” !

| give the club the protection of an | experienced shortstop. To the second offer, English, who recently quit the Brooklyn club to get married a second time, replied from Phelps, Wis, that he still wished to remain out of baseball this year. He asked to be put on the voluntarily retired list. Mr. Giles did not accept this as final. He talked of flying to Wis- | consin but had not taken off.

AAR ENEMIES 70 MEET HERE

Indiana's Corn Crop Low;

Wheat Allotment Put At Minimum.

| A plan of interstate co-operation in opposing the recentiy enacted | Federal crop control law will be sought by representatives of farm

states at a conference here next

| Liberty League national vice president, announced today. States to be represented, he said, are Indiana, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky. After the interstate conference, Indiana organizers for the league

nounced. Together with Tilden Burg, league national president, Mr. McDaniel denied a charge by Charles Michelson, Democratic National Committee publicity director, that the Corn Belt Liberty League was organized by Eastern businessmen to oppose the New Deal administration. The joint statement said, in part: “The plan for organization of the League originated with local farmers who were in attendance at a

They organized a protest meeting against the AAA and attending the meeting were farmers of both major political parties.

aws. “We are determined that the League . . . shall be maintained as a strictly nonpartisan organization. “The League was organized to

aid the American farmers to carry |

out a program which they deem proper. Thus far it has centered

| around the crop restrictions rela- |

tive to corn. It is anticipated that

| organization activity will follow rela-

| tive to wheat, tobacco, cotton and | other agricultural commodities. . . “We don’t want our independence

Indiana’s Corn

Crop Below Average

LAFAYETTE, July 15 (U. P)— | Indiana’s corn production for 1938 | was forecast at 141,645,000 bushels { as compared with a 1937 yield of

211,770,000 bushels and the 10-year

average of 143,334,000 bushels by M. |

While Indiana Republicans outlined a nine-point “reform program”

to be presented at the special session of the Legislature opening Tuesday,

organizations from at least seven |

week, R. Lowell McDaniel, Corn Belt |

will meet here, Mr. McDaniel an- |

a fight was reported brewing over the method of welfare payments to be approved. The proposal to have the State base its payments to counties on ability of local units to bear social security costs is expected to be opposed by Representatives from large, wealthy centers, Administration leaders said. Heading the Repubiican program, { announced today by State Chairman | Archie Bobbittt, is a proposal to | eliminate the port-of-entry system.

It has been reported that some Democraic legislators favored

Townsend said yesterday he would not recommend such action “because it is too large a task for a special session. Indiana Municipal League officials are to meet Monday afternoon at the Claypool Hotel to discuss what program, if any, they will sponsor at the special session. Mayor Vincent Youkey, Crown | Point, League president, was not available for comment on what subjects may be under consideration. His secretary said no an- | nouncement would be made until after League officers’ conference. (| Other proposals, all platform planks adopted at the recent state convention here, which Mr. Bob- | bitt said would be introduced by | G. O. P. legislators, include a proposal to repeal the 1937 amendment | to the corrupt practices act legal- | izing the “Two Per Cent Club” and | amendment of the 1933 McNutt | Governmental Reorganization Act. | Repeal of the “windshield gadget law,” revision of which has been approved by Gevernor Townsend and Democratic senators, also is included on Mr. Bobbitt's list. Other proposals listed for G. O. P. support are: Elimination of the

{ purposes; reduction of the gross in- | come tax rates so as to prevent cre-

ation of large surpluses in

| canvassers; enactment of model marriage laws, and a ‘good faith” civil service system for State employees.

G. O. P. Defeat Seen

The overwhelming Democratic majority in the Legislature, following the Governor's wishes, is expected to beat

. | committee.

Mr. Townsend has made only | three recommendations for special

session action — redistribution of welfare costs, appropriation of $6.000,000 in State funds to match an anticipated PWA grant for an institutional building program, ang re- | peal of “objectionable features” of { the “gadget law.” Welfare costs in the social se- | curity program now are paid 50 per cent by the Federal Government, 30

the, No reference Treasury; amendment of the pri-|

to political affiliation is contained | Mary law to provide for the central | in the League constitution or by- | tabulation of votes by impartial

down the G. O. P.! program by killing the measures in |

'M. Justin, Purdue University agri- | per cent by the State and 20 per cultural statistician, today. | cent by counties.

Mr. Justin said the yield per acre | Under the measure now being

The reason Donald was given a |

would be about 35 bushels, com-

pared with 45 bushels per acre last | a “state-aid” system similar to that |

year and the 10-year average of { 32.2 bushels per acre.

Winter wheat production, with a This system would be based on wel- |

yield of 17 bushels per acre forecast. was estimated at 33,728,000 bushels against 34,592,000 bushels last year and the 10-year average of 27,604,000 busheis.

MEXICAN DAVIS CUP

TEAM COMPLETED

| MEXICO CITY, July 16 (U. P). | —The Mexican Lawn Tennis Federation today designated Manuel Bedolla as the third member of its Davis Cup team. Eugenio Tapia and Daniel Hernandez had been previously chosen. Mexico plays Australia in the final round of the North American zone. The matches will be played at Kansas City, July 29, 30, 31.

MARKETS AT A GLANGE

(Complete Market Page 13.)

Details,

Stocks higher in moderate trading. Bonds higher; U. 8. Governments irregular. Curb stocks higher guiet. Chicago stocks higher. Foreign exchange easy in relation to the dollar. Cotton futures easy. Grains in Chicago—Wheat easy, off about '§ cent; corn also easy, off about % to 4 cent. Livestock — Hogs, sheep steady. Silver, off 1-16 penny to 19 5-18 pence an otnhce at London,

cattle,

| drafted by Administration leaders

used for schools would be estab- | lished to redistribute welfare costs.

| fare costs now being paid by coun- | ties and the total taxable property | valuation in these counties. { Counties with low property valuation and high welfare costs would receive a larger proportion of State funds than counties with larger valuation and relatively smaller welfare costs. It is estimated it would cost the State approximately two million dollars annually to take over the entire share now being borne by the counties. However, only a portion of the counties’ welfare burden is expected to be assumed by the State.

| Protests Expected

| “There probably will be protests

| by large industrial and wealthy |

| counties on this method of distribu- | tion,” State Welfare Director Thur- { man Gottschalk said. “As usual, more fortunate counties think there is too large a distribution of State funds to poorer counties. This is true as far as the State payments for schools are concarned.” Mayor Boetcher conferred yesterday with the Governor on the State payments to be provided in the bill. He said he wanted to see that “Marion County gets a fair share of the distribution.” When the bill is introduced, Mr. Gottschalk said the Welfare Department would have estimates on the amounts to be received by each county. Final figures cannot be prepared,

budgets are approved by tax reviewing bodies. In explaining his refusal to recommend revision of the liquor law, the (Continued on Page Three)

revision of the beer law, but Governor |

Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind.

FINAL

HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

Burial to Be in England

Samuel Insull

| WASHINGTON, July 16 (U. P).

Lowest Bid on Summer Home $151,000

| —The Treasury procurement divi- |

sion disclosed today that

H R.|

| pines. { The bid, which covered construction of the residence, garage, ser- | was $151,000, The residence will be l erected at Baguio. The summer palace was designed

HOSIERY WORKERS WIN CLOSED SHOP

Strikes Outlawed in Pact

; State property tax for general fund | : ‘ public farm sale near Macomb, Ill. | p Affecting State Mills.

| PHILADELPHIA, July 16 (U. P). —A new era in labor relations in the turbulent hosiery industry was opened today with the signing of a closed shop agreement outlawing strikes and recognizing the mutual | dependence of employer and worker. | Representatives of 30.000 hosiery | workers and 58 mills in Indiana, | Pennsylvania, Massachusets, Illi- | nois and Wisconsin signed a three-

| year union-employer agreement

McNutt

to be a modest summer White House for the American High Commissioner. It will be of concrete and metal construction, painted white with green trim and surrounded by landscaped, terraced gardens. The building will house the high commissioner's office and the offices

| of his executive assistants, as well

vants’ quarters and pump house, |

| | |

| |

as his living quarters. two-stories, 133 feet long by 34 feet wide and measuring 26 feet from the ground floor to the ceiling of the second story rooms. On the ground floor the 18 feet square on the corner of the building. His secretary and aid will have offices flanking those of the High Commissioner. All three will look out

| upon a wide, circular terrace and |

porch overlooking the grounds. A large reception room, 36 feet by 25 feet, a library 24 feet by 20, a loggia 24 feet by 15, and a dining room 28 feet by 21 feet, also will occupy the ground floor, ing room, on the northeast corner of the building, also opens out onto 4 wide circular porch and terrace. Screened porches run around three sides of the building, connecting the two circular porches and terraces. All the rooms have 12-foot ceilings, in keeping with most construction in the tropics.

The ground floor also will house |

a large kitchen.

The second floor will be occupied

acknowledging necessity of a flex- phy eight large bedrooms and one

ible wage standard amenable changing conditions in the industry. George F. Lang, Full Fashioned | Hosiery Manufacturers of America president, and the association secretary, Joseph Haines, signed for the employers. Emil Rieve, National | president of the C. I. O. affiliated | American Federation of Hosiery Workers, and the National sec- | retary-treasurer, William Smith, signed for the workers. Text of the contract was | made public.

"UPHOLDS FEES AT BARBER SCHOOLS

Attorney General Omer Stokes | Jackson today ruled that the State Board of Barber Examiners cannot

not

| | |

ing customers more than the cost of supplies used. nor from paying students for work done in schools. The opinion was asked by Frank McKamey, board secretary. The Attorney General also ruled, at the request of M. E. Keefe, State Highway Commission chief engineer, that contractors submitting bids must have them certified by a certified public accountant in Indiana or one of the 41 states having reciprocal bidding agreements.

'2 FLEEING CONVICTS CAPTURED IN N. Y.

| | EAST GREENBUSH, N. Y, July 16 (U. P.).—Two escaped Connecticut Prison Farm inmates, captured by New York police after a night of robberies and kidnapings, waived extradition today and were returned to Connecticut. Donald Simpson, 25, and Edwin Winski, 32, of Stamford, Conn., who escaped from the Prison Farm at Enfield, where they were serving 12 to 24-year terms, were captured by

PEDESTRIAN HIT BY CAR

(Another Story, Page 7)

| John Christena, 19, of 537 W. Pearl | St.

State Police and Deputy Sheriffs |

Walking on S. California St. near | | W. Washington St., Thomas Gad- | soe, 63, of 909 W. Maryland St., however, until the new 1939 county struck today by a car driven by |gantown, and took his car. which

to | drawing room.

Mrs. Statler Settles Suit For $30,000

LOS ANGELES, July 16 (U. P.). |

—Mrs. Barbara Statler, wife of

| Ellsworth M. Statler of the wealthy

hotel family, dropped her fight for $1500 a month support today to

| receive a $30,000 settlement.

| |

The one-time dental nurse who met Mr, Statler on a California dude ranch, probably will sue for

prohibit barber schools from charg- | divorce, her lawyers said.

Under the agreement, Mrs. Statler cancelled a recent, court order for $1000 a month temporary alimony. In return, she received $5000 cash and securities immediately, and a guarantee of $400 a month

for four years, then $5000 more in |

cash. Mr. Statler in a cross complaint to his wife's suit had complained she married him for money and proved a “kissless” bride. ler’'s cross complaint also will dismissed.

MILD WEATHER AND SHOWERS ARE SEEN

TEMPERATURES

68 71 75 78 81

82 83 84 85

11a. m.... 12 (Noon). 1pm... « Maca. 2pm... 10 a. m... Continued mild weather, showers probable, today appeared in store for Indianapolis over the week-end. The Weather Bureau forecast showers starting either tonight or tomorrow. Today's temperature was not expected to go much higher than yesterday’s top of 82. corded last night was 67.

ONE OF 57 ARRESTED

In their campaign against those who ignore traffic stickers, police

was | today arrested Arthur Weber, Mor-

was found at 312 E. Market St. to

Mr. Gadsoe was taken to City | the Plaza Garage. Mr. Weber was

Hospital, where attendants said he | one of the 57 motorists listed for

suffered a shoulder and

broken left | arrest this week for nol acknowl-

edging traffic stickers.

It will be of |

High | Commissioner will occupy and office | southwest |

The din- |

in |

Mr. Stat- |

with |

The lowest re- |

INSULL DIES OF HEART ATTACK

IN PARIS AT 78

‘Former Utilities Magnate Stricken in Subway Station.

ROSE FROM CLERKSHIP,

'Acquitted of Fraud After Three-Billion Dollar Empire Crashes.

PARIS, July 16 (U, P.).—The long career of Samuel Insull ended suddenly in a Paris subway station | today when he was fatally stricken by heart disease. The 78-year-old utilities promoter, whose spectacular pyramiding of Midwestern public service corpora= tions brought ruin to thousands of investors, stumbled on the steps and fell on his face. He was taken to | the Paul Marmotan Hospital where all efforts to revive him by injections | failed. Mr. Insull’'s death ended a fabu- | lous career in finance during which he built a utilities “empire,” rated as worth three billion dollars at one time, only to see it collapse | like a house of cards and to find himself disgraced and a fugitive from his country. He fled to France and then to Greece, bitterly resisting efforts to extradite him on fraud charges. Greek ships pursued him when he sailed across the Mediterranean to | Turkey, but he was eventually brought back but was acquitted at his Chicago trial. A broken man, he since has been in obscurity, traveling occasionally for his health. He arrived in Paris | last Monday to join his wife, after an exciting voyage during which he was stranded in the St. Lawrence | River aboard the liner Ascania. | The one-time associate of Thomas A. Edison and multi-millionaire came to Paris unnoticed and made | his headquarters at the Hotel Con~ tinental while he made excursions | to see the sights of the capital.

Watched Street Dancers

Mrs. Insull, formerly an actress, waiting at the hospital for a police representative to arrive and discuss the question of an autopsy and to | search the body for necessary papers, was stricken with grief and at times semihysterical. “He joined me in Paris on Mon- | day and seemed in excellent health,” | she said. “We went out many times and had a particularly strenuous | evening last night when we visited several parts of Paris watching the | street dancers and fireworks. (It was the aftermath of Bastile Day, a | national holiday.) | “I complained of fatigue when we | returned to the hotel but he said he | was feeling fine and no ill effects were apparent this morning.”

| Burial in England [

Mrs. Insull announced that her { husband would be buried in England. his native country. “Mr. Insull had expressed a de=sire to be interred at his birthplace, London, so I am making the necessary arrangements with the help of relatives,” she said. “I have notified my son Samuel and he may arrive later to join us.” The station master at the Concorde subway station said Mr. Ine sull, manipulator of billions in his | time, had only seven francs or the equivalent of 21 cents in his pocket when he was stricken. | He had bought a first-class sube- | way ticket, which costs just under 5 cents in terms of American money. Descending the subway steps amid the crowd of Saturday after noon promenaders and tourists who were strolling the boulevards and the Champs Elysees, admiring the | decorations for the visit of the King and Queen of Great Britain, Mr. Insull faltered on the last step and dropped face down in front of the ticker taker, His ticket was still clutched in his hand as he was taken in a taxicah to the hospital by a police emer | gency squad. The ticket-taker | propped Mr. Insull in a chair while | awaiting the arrival of the police. As crowds gathered around Mr, (Continued on Page Three)

"PHONE GIRL STICKS TO POST IN FIRE

ASBURY PARK, N. J, July 18 | (U. P.).—An alert switchboard op= | erator who stuck to her post after | sounding an alarm and routing her | fellow-workers, prevented panic and | tragedy in a fire which swept the | fashionable Hotel Monterey today. i Most of the 500 guests remained [in their rooms, after being assured | by Jane Spear, the operator, that the fire was under control. Damage | was estimated at $25,000.

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