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KLAN DEFIES AUTHORITIES AT PORTLAND Editor is Threatened With Abduction

Radium Martyr Deprived of Prize His Sacrifices Earned

(Special to The Palladium) PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. IS In open

defiance of a city ordinance forbidding

the appearance or parading of masked persons on Portland streets and In face o" a warning by Mayor Thomas Fleming, delivered at tbe outskirts of the town, members of tbe Muncie Ku Klux Klan appeared at the corporation lino about 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, led by Capt. E. A. Fulton of the local National Guard unit, unmasked and in military uniform; and later paraded through the main streets. Capt. Fulton did not accompany the marchers after they entered the town, according to the testimony of watchers, lie appeared among them only while they were outside the city, and later proceeded down town where he was noticed on the sidewalk among the spectators. Just before the parade a local antiklan newspaper editor was threatened, in an anonymous note, with abduction on account of his attitude. The Klansmen, pursuant to plans announced some time ago, appeared at the corporation line with 100 members robed and masked for the parade and headed by the Muncie Klan band. Mayor Opposes Parade. The mayor, mounted on a fire truck, and backed by CO' deputies, the three regular policemen and the firemen, who had laid hose by his. orders, pleaded with the mob, which included sev

eral hundred unmasked men, among

whom no local citizens, except the

guard captain, were recognized. He informed them of the unpopularity of the klan. the ordinance against wearins of masks, and the probability of rioting if they persisted in parading. Tlie leader replied that, "we have been going all "over the state parading in every city, without experiencing any violence, and we are going to parade here. We do not expect any violence." In view of the overwhelming numbers of the-invaders, and to prevent a clash the local authorities consented to forego enforcement of their ordinance and failed to offer further resistance. The klansmen paraded quietly, with no overt demonstration from either side. An early report that firehose had been slashed was said to be erroneous. The too masked men were accompanied by a large following of unmasked strangers. All of the Portland citizens known to be leading klansmen were ostentatiously in evidence among the watchers on the sidelines. 'Citizens Are Indignant. The city seethed with indignant discussion Thursday morning, general resentment being manifested over the violation of the city's sovereignity.

The Klan lias not been popular in Portland, as an active newspaper campaign- a-ainst it has keut the membership limited to 35 or 40. although there is a "total of 400 or 500 in the county, mostly toward the west, near Muncie. Some criticism of the mayor for not ' exerting force in resistance of the parade also was heard, but cooler headed citizens are agreed that in iew of the lack of organization of the city forces, his course was the wisest, as resistance probably would only have resulted in rioting. Portland has been an objective for a Klan demonstration during the rast fortnight . On Manday evening a burning cross was lighted near the city, and the following night handbills advertising the Wednesday night parade were scattered through the town. At the same time, the city council was in session, ignorant of the hand bill incident, and passed an ordinance forbidding the appearance or parading of masked persons on the city streets, and providing a $200 fine for violation. This ordinance received a unanimous o'e. una it was the attempt to enforce it the next night which for a time threatened a riot. Editor is Threatened During the gathering of the Klan outside the town Wednesday evening.

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ALLEGES GRAY IS MEMBER OF MASKED MOB Witness Savs Trucks Carried Victims

National President of Camp Fire Girls

Prof. Charles- Vaillant, photographed just before recent operation deprived him of his remaining hand. According to word from Paris, the Academy of Moral and Political Science has withdrawn a 15,000 franc Audiffret prize awarded Prof. Charles Vaillant because he was unable to sign the receipt -for the prize. Professor Vaillant lost his remaining hand recently in the thirteenth operation he has undergone to check the ravages of infection caused by his work with radium and therefore could not sign the papers.

Troop Concentration Denied By Bulgaria (By Associated Press) SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 18. Representatives of the entente in Sofia have drawn the attention of the Bulgarian government to rumors current, in Europe of a concentration of Bulgarian troops on the Rumanian frontier. The government expressed astonishment over the rumors, saying Bulgaria had no army. The entente was assured that Bulgaria was resolutely opposed to any war.

ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN TEXAS FLOGGING CASE IS EXPECTED

(By Associated Pros?) HOl'STON. Tex.. Jan. 18. At least;

two more arrests were expected today for alleged participation in the flogging by masked men of Mrs. 71. II. Harrison

land R. A. Armand at Goose LrecK. I near here. Claude C. Buskley, identified yesterday by little Bonnie Lee

Harrison, as one of the men w ho tiau whipped her mother was to be taken before the grand jury today. In addition to Bonnie Lee and Armand who previously had kept to his bed by injuries received from the masked men, 11 witnesses appeared before the grand jury yesterday. The idcntil ication by the child came as a dramatic climax to the efforts on the part of the county authorities to bring the case to a quick finish. She was brought to the county jail and Buckley and another man were paraded before the child. She stepped forward and pointed at Buckley a3 he passed her. "That is the man" she said.

CLEVELAND SEARCHING FOR CRAZED GUNMAN TERRIFYING CITIZENS

(By United Pross'l CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 18. Flying squadrons, patrolling east side streets in the vicinity of Woodland avenue and East Fifty-fifth street were searching today for a crazed negro gunman who holds the neighborhood in a state of terror.

(By Associated Press)

BASTROP. La., Jan. 18. Newt Gray

was a member of the masKed party

which on Aug. 24 held up Watt Daniels, T. F. Richards, and several others on the highway between Bastrop and Mer Rouge, according to Fred Eubanks

testifying today at the open hearing

here into tne kidnapping and murder

of Daniel and Richards..

Henry Pipes, who was called, said

he and his brother, were at Guv Boyd's

store on Aug. 24 when two carloads of black hooded men drove up and want

ed their automobiles, one a truck, re

ptenislied with gasoline. "I saw some blindfolded men in the truck." Pipes testified. T. E. Pratt, Jr., who admitted on the stand he was a klansman and owner of an automobile truck with which he said he hauled logs on Aug. 24, until 6 o'clock in the evening, was questioned at length about the truck and a log

unioader at the lumber mill at which he was employed near Mer Rouge. Uncover New Evidence. Important evidence connected with the murders of Daniel and Richard has been obtained, it was reported at New Orleans, as the result of the ac

tivities mere -Monday cy (jot. George

Shantung, chief of the New Orleans division of the department of justice. A. H. Farland. chief of the federal agents investigating the Morehouse murders and other agents. If. Avtts learned from a source considered reliable that theagents went to Arkansas and later to Bastrop. -It is understood they were seeking witnesses whom the state wished to summon here to testify. The witnesses have agreed to testify, it is said. Among them, it is understood, is a traveling man who is said to have seen the truck containing the bodies of the murdered men guarded by hooded men on the banks of LaFourche on the night of the murders. Ti . a ii . i .

iu v as reported uiai tne agents

also obtained the name of the dealer who sold the truck and touring car used by the hooded men on the night of the murders, and from him got the license numbers and the numbers of

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ALL CDSTOMS OF RHINELAND

TO BESEIZED

To Take Over Forests

-Red Armies Move

(By Associated Press) BULLETIN COBLENZ, Jan. IS. The inter-allier:

Rhineland commission this afternoon

decided in conformity with instructions

from the French, Belgian and Italian governments to take over the customs and forests of the Rhineland. An ol

der was issued to seize tonight all the receipts on hand in the custom offices.

(By United Press) STOCKHOLM, Jan. 18. Russia's Red armies were on the move todaj and a "war-like situation" has been declared in the Smolensk military district, according to Moscow reports to the Stockholm Tidnigen today. Soviet troops at Vitebsk were ordered held in readiness to march southward in full war equipment. Pontoon bridges were thrown across the river Dwina. The Red troops were apparently preparing to move to Poltosk, from which point an attack upon Braslav, now held by the Poles, seemed likely. There was talk of Russia ading Germany if the latter decided to resist tbe French invasion by force of arms. Ap-

Mrs. Oliver Harriman, national president of the Camp Fire Girls, which parently the present troop movements

Mrs, Oliver Harriman

ever-spreading movement is making for better American womanhood.

INFLUENTIAL INDIANA PROGRESSIVES OPPOSE APPOINTMENT OF NEW

In a rampage which extended

through a period of , more than 20 j the motor. hours the maniac entered eight homes, j Marshal on Stand. shot a. man in a gun battle, beat two) When court recessed yesterday,' J women, shot one of them and threw j D. IIige;inbotham was on the stand npiinpr intr thf pvps nf a man who ! The witness is the town marshal ol

refused to eive him money.

Attoft-Q on wnmon fpatiirod ihf Hon. 1 deputized to keep order in

redatinns nf the eunman but in his on AllgUJt

Bastrop

4. Smith Stevenson who

latest exploit he picked Thomas Ber- j testified Tuesday was one of the deptren. Bertren was on his way home ut' marshals. ,... when he was stopped by the marauder Iligg.ubotham. a relative of W ilham who asked for money. a3 T1,oma Higginbotham principal whon nortron rpfnrt the man ' witnesses at yesterdays proceedings

hurled pepper in his eyes.

A few minutes before the attack on Bertren, Matthew Passalaqua reported to police that his home had

TWM.AnilM MOWS DIREAU WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. From an authoritative source it is learned that some of the influential members of the progressive wing, of the Republican P3rty in Indiana have registered their objections to the appointment of Senator Harry S. New to any important post in the administrative branch of the service.

The report that New will enter the;

cabinet soon after his term in the sen-j ate expires, March 4, still persists in I Washington but, it is apparent from re-j cent developments' in fhe Indiana pol-j

liticai situation, such action on the part I of President Harding would be dictat-

Bastrop and was in charge of citizens ea soieiy by nis close, personal inena-

Four Firemen Injured In Chicago Blaze (By United Press) CIICAGO, Jan. 18. Four firemen were injured, one probably fatally, when the third-floor stairway of a LaSalle street building caved in while they were fighting a blaze. The men were thrown to the basement and buried in the wreckage. They were internally injured. .The cause of the

! fire was unknown. Damage was ! slight.

as to the

been broken into in the absence of his family and several articles of jewelry taken. Recognize Work Detectives recognized the work of the crazed eunman. Tables were over-

whereabouts of

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relieved from duty that afternoon. Stevenson Tuesday testified that after he .was relieved from police duty he had walked around the streets at Bastrop, going into various stores and seeing "nothing unusual" other than a few men waiting in one store to meet an armed invasion by citizens

! of Mer Rouge. While he was examined

OBSERVE 19 VESSELS OF RUM FLEET NEAR AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP (By Associated Press) HIGHLAND, N. J., Jan. IS. The rum fleet, whose presence on the Jer

sey coast, has been confirmed from sea, by a party of New York reporters, who journeyed out to the maritime market place in tugs today, has increased in numbers. As the weather grew less thick, observers ashore caught sight of 19 vessels bobbing

progressive leaders who are insisting : around east of Ambrose lichtshin. The

that Senior New shall serve the fat- tod comprised two tank f(eam. of the other Republican "lame ducks ,j retirement to private life, tako the Po-iprs- steam yacht, 1w-0 small steamsition that New is not entitled to f ur-j er-on,e three-masted schooner, 12 twotw nrofrn,n( Thfv nii, -! masted schooners and a yawl.

tr the faot ihui ho w as ron-.uliJtPd l,v ! Rum gales on tlle hiS?5 spas have

Those here who are in constant

touch with Republican politics in Indiana assert that the president would not strengthen his hand politically in the Hoosier state by taking New into his official family. No Favors Due It is understood that the Indiana

are entirely a Russian enterprise, how

ever. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 18. The French this, morning took possession of all railroad stations in the Ruhr area, says a Reuter's Essen dispatch. It is reported, but unconfirmed, that the French also Feized the offices of the various coal companies.

BERLIN, Jan. 18. A general stiffening of German resistance in the face of French ultimatums is indicated by the Berlin newspaper correspondents in the Ruhr. Tbe mine operators, workers and laborers are represented as standing together in a decision to "do their duty by Germany." France and Belgium appear to be the only nations to which Germany refuses to make reparations deliveries, for it is declared here that shipments to Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Jugo-Slavia will not be interrupted.

SPREAD OF MOB LAW IN ARKANSAS TODAY FOLLOWS OUTBREAKS (By I 'n i ted Tress) HARRISON. Ark., Jan. IS. Mob law

cnreai in nortnern AiRansa louay.

mostly "I don't think so" and "I don't knowV Admits Owing Truck. The deputy marshal admitted however, he was the owner of an autotruck wmich he described as of a popular model and in good condition. Ho said he was not positive whether the truck was at his home on the night of August 24, but he believed it was. Later on during the examination he said that if the truck had been taken out and used that night it was without his consent or permission. Prior to Stevenson taking the stand several witnesses testified as (Please Turn to Page Eleven)

railroad employes have been

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Portland Republican, which has active- !aiong the Missouri and North Arkansas t- opposed the Klan. in which Ihe cd-raiiroad following outbreaks here in i'tor was threat enc-d with abduction, j which E. C- C.regor was lynched and Th" letter read:. 20 persons were beaten and deported. -Editor of the Republican : You The entire community was heavily

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(Signed) "Local Committee K. K. K. The editor is still in Portland and awaiting the "next meeting." Two of the papers, the Sun and the r..-i,ublican. have conducted active

service on

were carried through the streets and revolvers hung at the sides of others. Harris is Quiet. Harrison was quiet on the surface

todav as the "citizens committee con

turned a chandelier was pulled from . for more than' tWQ hQUrs he answf.re(1

tne ceiling ana carpets were toru up. The gunman, thought from his actions, to be crazed from drugs or liquor, first appeared Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Nellie Avnew. He drove the woman from bed, where she lay ill, beat her, locked her in a clothes closet, wrecked several articles of furniture, and escaped with $10 which he took from a dresser drawer. A few minutes later he broke into the apartment of Fred Mahter. Here he forced "Mahter, his wife and a neighbor woman into a bedroom, fired several shots into the ceiling, and fled with $15. He next appeared at the apartment of Isaac Shindler. He upset furniture and terrorized Mrs. Shindler. Both Open Fire. Schindler appeared with a revolver just as the maniac started downstairs. Both Schindler and the gunman opened fire at the same time. The gunman

j fired twice, shooting the gun from tSchindler's hand and wounding him in the finger. Then the maniac leaped from a second story window and es

caped. By this time the neighborhood was roused, and police flying squadrons were patrolling the streets seeking the gunman. But this didn't stop him. He next showed up in tbe apartment of Mrs. F. Fergan. Here he pursued his usual tactics of breaking furniture.

smashing glassware and creating i

Weather Forecast

campaigns in opposuwu lu mo " tinued rounding up strmers ana quesh::1 the third is understood to be pas-:tion;nfr them regarding burned bridges civlv opposed, although it has taken amj o!hor alleged acts of sabotage, iio decisive stand. Some were flogged alter the quiz and others were ordered to leave. nnnnnnrn rilir flTUT i Wild rumors were heard on all sides.

I'kIiWIInHx Mlr-l.i Nl I One was that armed men were coming

FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore

Cloudy, probably showers tonight.

Friday occasional snow flurries; cold wave.

The great Canadian storm whose center is crossing the northern states indicates mostly cloudy weather to-

the Republican voters of Indiana at

the primary election last spring and

they make the charge that

fallen off markedly since the extensive running a week ago, but the mother

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cess ot the Republican ticket ounug the fall campaign of last year. j His contribution to that campaign,! his progressive opponents state, was one speech, made at North Manchester, in which he made no mention of the Republican candidate for United States senator. After that speech, they say, he retired to Michigan for an extended vacation. Although it has been gossiped in Washington for many weeks that Senator New is to fill an important administrative post following the close of his congressional career the senator has never indicated that he expects such an appointment. About a year ago, according to reliable information, the president offered Senator New the post of postmaster-general following the presentation of Will II.

Hays' resignation. At that time, however, New was confident that he would be renominated for senator at the Indiana primary election and he declined the president's offer. Should President Harding again decide to invite his good friend from Indiana to enter the cabinet it is a shrewd guess that New once more will

their stock. In bootlegging circles be

lief is expressed that cut rates can be obtained if shore purchasers venture out, but not one of the Jersey mosquito fleet has been observed putting out since prohibitoin enforcement officials were reported on the scene. Highland has apparently settled

down to its mid-winter routine, but here and there can be heard outspoken remarks about the "horde" of fool re

porters, who for a week, have been

pointing their fingers to this point of

the map.

NEW YORK, Jan. IS. E. C. Yellowey, acting prohibition director for

New York state admitted that undoubtedly "some liquor" was stored out on the three mile limit by smugglers as confirmed yesterday by a

party of newspaper men who re-visited the rum fleet in a tug. He asserted, however, that the amount was greatly exaggerated. Discussing a report that ho soon would be recalled to Washington to resume his duties a,s chief of the general enforcement agents, Mr. Yellowly said he was anxious to get back

to the capital but that ho could not

havoc. Mrs. Fergan hid beneath a bed j Temperatures Taken Yesterday at the

as the gunman began his orgy. Reports show he entered three other homes terrorizing women and breaking furniture. Mrs. Rosie Klein was hit ever the head by a revolver.

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TAX OH CIGARETTES

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INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 18. A five-1 t ent tax on each pack of cigarettes containing not more than 20 and of j

one cent on cacti pac.K or cigareue i (jPr the eyes ot the mob returned Jo papers containing not more than 50 j indictments on charges of bridge burnpiipers is proposed in a bill introduced j ;n,r ani (rter acts asainst the railroad.

Lithuanian Population Insists on Memel Rights (By Associated Press) KOVNO, Lithuania, Jan. 18. Premier Garvanauskas informed the diet today that Lithuania would not accept any decision of the council of

amoasaauors iftarumz .iemei uuies

et under way tomor-iit reflected the will of the population

of that territory. The newspapers say that the government will refuse to recognize allied sovereignty over Memel. f

iover the hills from Missouri to oust j the rulers here. j The state legislature ha sordered a i probe of the lynching of Gregor and

flogging of sinkers. The investigation

j was expected to

row. Return 16 Indictments. grand jurv investigation made un-

iu the house today by Representative

T. H. Brown. Posey, Vanderburgh anil Warwick counties. The author stated that he estimated the revenue derived from such a tax would exceed $300,000 a year. The bill also provides that the auditor have stamps of five and one derominations printed which will be distributed through counfy authorities and that the consumer pay the tax upon either the xmrchase of cigarettes nnrers.

Sheriff Maduox ami a corps ot deputies before sun up began hunting the hills for the indicted, men. The "citizens court" and "citizens committee" were reported working with the approval of the circuit court. The 12 men on the "citizens court" were said to be under oath as officers of Boone county and scores of the "committee" cpny commissions as special deputy sheriffs, they said. Sheriff Maddox indicated such an arrangement had been made.

Irish Officials Silent Following Kidnapping CORK, Jan. 18. Sean McGrath and

Seamus Muphy, the two inspectors kidnapped yesterday at a meeting of the board of guardians, have returned here. They refused to talk of their adventure. The inspectors, who were holding a government inquiry before the board when the men entered, were marched to an automobile and driven away.

night, and rain probably turning to I be offered the postmaster generalship, j 0 po until Prohibition Commissioner snow flurries by Friday, mixed with i Dr. Hubert Work, the present post- j jia vnes returned from the west

fair weatner. htrong southwest w inds j master general, count be promoted to will shift to the northwest either to-j the office of secretary of the interior night or Friday followed by cold wea-jto succeed Mr. Fall. who. retires on

March 4. The transfer of Work to-' the interior portfolio would comply with the demands of western Republicans that a westerner bj appointed to succeed Fall. Work is a citizen of Colorado.

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Pumping Station

Maximum .IS Minimum 10 Today Noon ' 52 Weather Conditions Temperatures have risen decidedly throughout the northern and central states due to the eastward movement of a severe storm center which is crossing the northern part of the United States and southern Canada. A cold wave has developed over western Canadian provinces following behind the storm center. Abnormally cool weather occurred yesterday over the southeast with killing frost at Jacksonville, Fla., while summer weather prevails at the same time over Colorado, western Kansas and portions of Nebraska. For Indina by the United States Weather Bureau Unsettled tonight; Friday generally fair; decidedly colder and strong northwest winds.

Mr. Yellowly pointed out that he was sent here 'ov. 1 to straighten out the New York office, but that his real job was in Washinton. He "aid he did not know who would be left in permanent charge here.

So proud are the members of the Indiana congressional delegation, and their wives, of the new daughter of Representative and Mrs. John Benham, Fourth district, little Miss Catherine, that they presented her with a beautiful silver loving cup this week.

Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 12,15

Boy Drowns Unnoticed By Forty Playmates CHICAGO. Jan. 18. Louis Covich, 18 years old, was drowned in the sw-imming pool of the Harrison technical high school here while bathing with more than 40 of his classmates. His companions failed to see him sink and it was not until one of them dived into the body that the tragedywas discovered.

CITY BONDS OFFERED FOR SALE TO PUBLIC

"FLU" ATTACKS MUSSOLINI ROME, Jan. IS. Premier Mussolini is slightly ill with influenza and confined to his bed. but continues his work, receiving visitor?, dictating letters and telegrams and keeping in

touch particularly with the inter

national situation.

Persons desiring good non-taxed per cent municipal bonds for investment can purchase same over the counter at the city controller's office by paving ar and accrued interest from

Dec. 1, 1922, it was announced Thursday. The bonds are issued in denominations of $500. The bonds are part of the issue to provide the money to buy the pumper and fire chief's automobile for the fire department, a sewer on the West Side street equipment and a few other things bought last year. When they were advertised for sale none of the banks wanted them, because the interest rate was not as high as the prevailing market for money at that time, an official said Thursday, and it was deemed best to get them ready for delivery and attempt to sell them to the general public for investment purposes. Anyone who is interested may call on the controller in the city building and

l purchase any amount, up to $.5,000.

ESSEN, Jan. IS. The arteries of German industry, canals and railroads that carried fuel and steel from the heart of the Ruhr to the rest of Germany were gripped by the French invaders of the Rhineland today as ad

ditional punitive measures to enforce coal deliveries went into 'effect. There

is now no road out ot the Ruhr not

controlled by France's armed forces.

Forests of the Rhineland are to he worked by the allies, as well as coal mines, if German miners persist in their refusal to work under French bayonets, and no protections are to be spared, it is stated, to make the occupation of the Ruhr a success. Germans Stubborn. In the face of additional penalties, threats of courtmartial for the Ruhr's most prominent mine owners and further seizure of territory, the Germans remained adamant in stubborn opposition to the will of the invaders. The National Coal Commission repeated its prohibition against deliveries of coal to France and Belgium. Disturbances at Dortmund. Luenen and Essen failed to lead to serious trouble. France's punitive measures were put into effect deliberately here and there, throughout the Ruhr today. French engineers who had been stationed at Essen, scattered mysteriously to various sections of the occupied

area early this morning. They refused information regarding apparently new sanctions. " French headquarters declared the occupying forces are not going into the mines themselves, but hinted at confiscation. Proceed Slowly. Some of the main offices of the fuel companies are to be taken over, but. the French prefer to proceed slowly with their new measures. The Germans met these moves with the same passive resistance that characterized their attitude toward the invasion, but some big industrialists oi' the Ruhr fear hunger may defeat plans of both French aud German.-:. Food is scarce. Prices are outpacing

the crashing mark. Maney miners, the best workers, now earning CQ.Ot'O marks a week are in a desperate position. At the outside, but two months supplies remain in the occupied area and with FraDce holding canals, highways and railroads and the prospect of complete cessation of work at many of the biggest mines and plants of the Ruhr, the situation is serious. The German coal conference announced it would refuse to confer again with the French, the last word having been said. A barber in a little village near Essen sold picture postcards of the oj cupation yesterday. Today his shot was a wreck, smashed to pieces by a German crowd.

MEMORIAL DAY RACE PROHIBITED BY. BILL

(By Associated Tres) INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 18. Racing and other sports on Memorial day to which an admission fee is charged are prohibited by a bill which passed the Indiana senate today. The vote was 39 to 8. The senate engaged in an active session passing finally two othe.bills along with the memorial day measures. The three bills will nowio to the house.