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1 1 00 000 000 0 000 000 000 000 000 YOUR HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER TRIBUNE SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1933. ALL PUBLISHED LEADING DAILY MEMBER A. B. C. VOLUME 89, FOR ALL PHONE 14 LOGANSPORT PHAROSFEAR DESPERADOES' ES' ATTACK Raid On Peru Police Station Arouses State-Wide Alarm Mass State and Civil JURY DECIDES Welcome Dangerous John Dillinger Authorities To Combat ESTATE CASE Al Smith Leads Fugitive Convicts More Than Latest Happenings 50,000 READERS Pharos LOGANS! Tribune HOME World EDITION Events See Your Ads Daily Of To Fair Former New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Will Speak This Afternoon CHICAGO, Oct.

(UP) -Al Smith arrived today in a downpour of rain to be guest of honor of the World's Fair. The former New York governor and presidential candidate refused to discuss politics, except to speak jokingly to George F. Gets, newly appointed treasurer of the Republican National Committee, wha supported Smith in his 1928 rAce against Herbert Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith hoped to B8- cape the crowds long 'enough to see the fair as ordinary citizens, Smith said.

He planned to speak this afternoon In the Hall of Science, but declared that the NRA and politica would not come "before the More than 5,000 persons greeted the governor when he stepped from his train. When the weather talled to 1m- prove, it was. announced all the former governor's addresses schednled for today at the fair had been postponed until Monday. He W88 suffering from a slight cold, it. WAS explained, 3 LARGE FLASHLGHT FOUND ON ROAD 24 Believed at first to have possibly been lost by the bandits who raided the Peru police station Friday night, a large flashlight found on state road 24 east of here Saturday morning was turned over to police.

The light was found immediately west 'of the overhead bridge by Clarance Courter and George Etter, both of Peru, employes of the Northern Indiana Public Service company. FOR PLAINTIFF Taggie-Elljah Trial Estate in Battle History Proves White County Court tate that. was besides. Involved the in personal the property present 3 'action: -A battery of 'attorneys represented the plaintiff and defense. Mra.

Tugglo's legal representation Included Judge Rawley of Brazil; B. F. Carr of Delphi; G. V. Love: of Monticello; Hume Sammons Kentland: and Milton Graves of Morocco.

For the defense the attorneys included William Robertson. and Tom Ryan of Frankfort: George Marvin of Monticello; Ted Cunningham of Kentland; and H. C. Rogers of Morocco. The case was tried before Judge Ralph McClurg.

MONTICELLO, Oct. The Most prolonged legal action ever tried in White county circuit court ended today when a Jury returned a verdict in favor of Daisy Tuggle against her brother Arch Elijah in the will contest case involving 900 acres of land and personal estate of. $12.000 left by their father Orrin Elijah. The jury deliberated from 6 o'clock last night nntil 8 o'clock this morning. The case has been in progress for the past five weeks.

The Jury found that document signed by the elder Elijah was not true will. The instrument had been drawn up in 1926 and epecifled that two hundred acres of tarm land in Jasper county be left to Mra. Tuggle and the remainder of the estate consisting of 700 acres of farm land and personal property to the son. Orrin Elijah passed away in 1930, It was contended by the plaintiff during the trial that her brother had come Into possession of in bonds from at father's 08- In Daring Peru Robbery R. R.

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PUBLIC LIBRARY Criminals' Fear That Attack Will be formatory by Heavily Jails Where Dangerous INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. sale delivery of underworld prisons, law enforcement to combat a roving band of The band contains at least escaped from the Indiana State Hager, who was freed from Merritt Longbrake, who escaped taine, 0., and Harry Copeland, Indians prison. Striking first in Ohio and have killed a sheriff, raided ammunitions and spread a two states. Their latent move was to last might and raid the police ducted a similar raid on the In treeing Dillinger they Sheriff Jeas L. Barber of mAilled Officials believe that the supply of weapons is being gathered for in some desperate plan, posably to free companions from the state prison of Pendleton reformstors.

also battered that all ba made to tree Ave of seven men held 1a the Marion county Jail in connection with the fatal shooting of 10 Indianapolla police sergeant duriug holdup bere. Sheriff Buck Sumner of Marion county today asked county commissioners for an appropriation of of $1,000 with which to constrac: steel plate cage in the runway at the jall. In this fortress he wonld etation a man 24 hours a day. He also plans to ask the commisstoners for 25 additional deputies to serve at least 60 days. at Al Feeney Outlines Offenalve AI.

G. Feeney, head of the state police department, will station aix men the headquarters here for 24-hour duty. They will be quartered elther at the statehouse or in nearby hotel. Feeney said he would ask Gov. Paul V.

McNutt for 24 to be kept the force ly. He also will ask tor funds to provide his men with bullet proof vests. criminals are well organIsed," said Sheriff Sumner. "They all are vicious charactors, real desperadoes. They are gradnally obtaining sufficient arms to make them a formidable army.

"What they plan, I am sure. is a pitched battle with guards either at Michigan City or at the Pendle ton' reformatory, or both places. they. succeed In removing their companions from these piaces they will recruit a large force of criminals and start on one of the crime waves this country over has seca." Sumner pointed out that the Jones slaying suspects would make admirable reinforcements to the gang. He said he would write to Governor McNutt and ask that he mobilize National Guard troops at Michigan City and Pendleton to augment the regular guards as long as the bandita are at large, Feeney said that Longbrake 1s new addition to the gang.

be will be an apt member." Feeney added. "He is almost as tough as John Dillinger." Both Dillinger wanted for and Dillinger as member of the Massachusetts Band here. and Longbraka are Ohio bank robberies a gang which robbed has been identified Coming U. S. Soviet Conference Expected To Lead To Russian Recognition Aronue State Terror Made Either Upon State Armed Gang; Precautions Criminals Are Held.

21-(UP)-Fearing a wholecharacters in Indiana jails and officials today took drastic steps desperate criminals. five of the ten convicts who Prison Sept. 26; John Dilthe Lima, 0, Jail last week; from the Jail at Bellefona paroled convict from the then in Indiana, the bandits two police stations of arms and relgn of terror throughout the hold up the Peru police station arsenal. A week ago they conJail at Auburn. DEATH DELAYS LOCAL TRIAL Wife of Plaintiff in Case Here Dies Unexpectedly at Home In Pers Mrs.

Charlotte Stewart, 59, wife of Paul A. Stewart, manager of the Kickapoo Gravel company at Peru and the plaintiff in the Insurance collection suit trial now in progress. in the Cass crout coutt, died unexpectedly from a heart attack at her home, 105 East Fifth street, Peru, at 12-30 o'clock Saturday morning. While she had been in calling health several weeks her condition had not been critical previous to the fatal attack. Besides the husband she is sur-1 vived by a sister, Mrs.

Amelia Pfelfer of Terre Haute. The body is to be rembred to Terre Haute where funeral will be held at the St. Benedict Catholic church Tuesday morning. Members of the firm of McHale, Douglass and Myers, local representatives of Mr. Stewart, are expected to go before the trial judge, John S.

Lairy, Monday morning and ask for a continuance of the trial until after the funeral services, COURT WILL RULE ON MOTION MONDAY A decision on motions by both the defense and plaintin for a directed verdict will be handed down by Special Judge John S. Lairy when the case of Paul Stewart against an insurance company is called again Mouday morning. Arguments on the motions were concluded Friday and the special judge took the matter under adrisement until Monday. Reign Prison or Pendleton ReAlso Taken to Guard Farmers Strike Begins Iowa Farmers Refuse to Join in Movement to Halt Shipment of Livestock and Produce. CHICAGO, Oct, 21-(CP)Farmers of the middlewest, perate because of failure of farm produce prices to respond to the National Recovery program, struck today In an effort to force federal relict.Farm organizations claiming membership of 2,000,000 farmers 'in 27 states called on their members to.

halt movement of livestock and food to market. and to, boycott merchants farm prices reach cost of production. The declaration of "economic warfare" was lasued by Milo Reno, militant president of the National farmers holiday aesiciation, effective at noon today and to continue until farmers receive a "fair price" -for their products. Opinion as to the support which the movement will receive fron: the great majority of farmers not affiliated with the association dittered. Leaders of other organizationa withheld comment.

Support of efforts to focus federal! attention on the plight of farmers came from at least Ave governors of mid- Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Endorsement the strike as a method of obtaluing relief was not given by all the governors, bowever. The Iowa farm bureau tederation. with a membership.of 1,000.000 farmers, announced would not participate in the strike and predicted not more than percent of midwest farmers would take part, Leaders described present strike 25 mistake." Reno and other leaders of farm holiday association, however, were confident of. success.

farm situation, he said, has reached the point where millions of farmers hare concluded federal attention can be attracted only by drastic action. DAVID WILL ADDRESS LINCOLN CLUB Bob David, local young attorney, will address a meeting of the Lincoln club at its headquarters over Turman's drug store. Sixth and Broadway, Monday night at o'clock. A business meeting will follow the address. WASHINGTON.

Oct. 21--(UP)-Formidable obstacles in the path of American recognition of. Soviet Russia will confront President Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinott, Russian foreign minister, when they meet in the White House to bring the two nations together after 16 years of diplomatic estrangement. Political experts generally expected the obstacles to be overcome and recognition to result from their series of talks. The 57-year-old, astute Russian diplorat who once proposed total world disarmament and who also has strengthened his country's position by negotiating a series of non-aggression pacts with potential European enemies, is expected here within tyro weeks.

The goal is the exchange of ambassadors between Washington and Moscow and the situation of profitable trade between two of the world's most populous and richest nations. The obstables they must overcome Are: 1. Financial claims. Russia's obligations to the United States are Notorious Criminals Clean Out Arsenal in Police Department and Even Take Badges of Policemen Victims; Gang Traced to Kokomo and Are Believed EXPLODE TWO HEAVY BOMBS IN MINE WAR Illinois. Factional Mine Union Fend StIll Regarded Extremely Critical SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct.

31- (UP)-Two bombs exploded near the homes of working miners here today factional mine union warfare broke out anew. The bombs were characterized by police as loaded with unusually powerful explosives They were set off in the rear lot homes of United Mine Workers of America In a miners' community in southeast Springdeld noir the Peabody Coal Company mine which resumed under: a wage scale contract with the United Mine WorE: erg of America today. There were no pickets at the Peabody mine from the ranks of the Progressive Miners of America which have beer combatting operations of mines working under U. M. W.

of A. agreements. None Was Injured by the bombs but state soldiers and county and city police were mobilized in the vicinity. No arrests were made. Verdict Of Suicide Returned By Coroner In Swadener Death Finding is Made Following of Cyanide in Stomach Ruling that the death of N.

Swadener, found dying in place of business on Third street, October 6, Dr. Don Miller, coroner, today. was preparing his verdict to be filed with the county clerk. The officer reached the conclusion that Swadener had taken his OWn life after the report of the chemist was received, showing that seven grains of sodium cyanide was within the man's stomaca The local typewriter dealer dropped to the floor of his work shop while pulverizing sodium cyanide presumably to use in cleaning compound prepared for application on office equipment. He died before medical aid arrived.

Since the passing of the bustness man Dr. Miller has been in- the unusual death of the man. One of the first acts to have the stomach sent to Indianapolis chemist for ex- Hideout in Vicinity of Indianapolis. PERU, Oct. 21-(CP)-Three members of a bandit gang which raided the Pera police arsenal last night were identified today as Merritt Longhrake, John Dillinger and Charles Makley, all notorious criminals and escaped prison-.

ers. Longhrake escaped from the Bellefontaine, 0, Jail where he was being held on hank robhery charges. Dillinger was freed from the Lima, 0., Jail last week by confederates who killed the Lima sheriff. Makley was one of ten convicts. who escaped from the Indiana State Prison Sept.

26. Longbrake was recognized by Kokomo police when the gang went through there. He was arrested at Kokomo early last summer, taken to Kosclarko county Jall at Warsaw and then turned over to Bellefontaine authorities. BULLETIN WINCHESTER, Oct. 1 -(UP)-Two men were killed fire injured here today when air lite at the tucky Pipe Line Company ploded.

The concern pumps sea to Louisville. The dond are J. Wagner and R. Gibson and the 1 Jared, H. D.

Rebb, plant: perintendent, and Bert lette, Joseph JehEson, J. P. Wells and U. L. Cheuvront, all residents of Winchester.

WOMAN SAYS THREE MEN 'SET' ON HER, FILES DAMAGE SUIT Also Charges That Trio Loaded Her Into Automobile And Took Her to Police Station Alleging that three representa. tives of a sales company treated her roughly when they forceably removed a sewing machine from her home, Mrs. Nonnie Palmora has filed suit in the Casa circuit court to collect $1,000 damages. Attarney Frank V. Guthrie appears for the plaintiff.

Earl Tucker of Cans county, Claude Barber of Miami county and John Ware of Howard county are named co-defendants in. the action and accused of being the men who entered the home. In the complaint Mrs. Palmore sets forth that the three man saulted and beat the plaintiff, twisted her arms, "act" on her and otherwise mistreated the plaintiff by removing her from her home, placing her in an automobile against her will and over her ob. jections, and removing her to the police station." RITES MONDAI PERU, sertices for Milo witt 65, who died Friday will be held at the Drake funeral home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with burial in the Godfrey cemetery.

Report of Chemists; Found Seven Grains of Sodium of Logansport Merchant. amination, when he talked to members of his Circumatances, the coroner de- family and other persons that day. clares, points to. suicide and the He was known to have a good of the chemist bears out knowledge of the chemical with report the indications. In the 'opinion of which he was working and only the physician it would have been few minutes before he fell to impossible for Mr.

Swadener to the floor he warned Kenneth have gotten a total of seven grains Swartzlander about Its deadly efof the poison in his stomach ac- fects and- is said to have pointed cidentally. out that an Injury to finger At first It was pointed out that while working with the chemical it would have been possible for might lead to accidental death. enough of the poison to have Just before Mr. Swadener flown into his mouth as be worked pled to the floor Swartzlander that he might possibly have hear him yell "Ouch" as if he had or gotten it off an Injured finger. accidentally struck his.

sufficient finger. The coroner could find 10. per- However, ther snot who had left an order for work time for the poison to have taken son on a typewriter for that day and 'effect after the supposed Injury such an order bad been re- WAS sustained, according to the unless ceired it is believed that Swaden- investigating officer. er would not have prepared the A few dayg ago a will, prepared cleaning compound. by Mr.

Swadener in 1932 was pro- own life members of his family the opening paragraph the can think of no motive, they state. refered to "in case of my He bad been in good health and tal death or death by apparently was in good spirits Makley and Dillinger were recornised from photographs' to patrolmen. Eldon Chittum and Eddie Roberts, victims of the police station holdup here, and Ambrose Clark, a merchant policeman who wan la the station at the time of the robbery, also recognized the two men from photographs. It is believed that five men stead of three were in the gang which raided the police station. One bandit herded the officers Into the chief's office and held them prisoner with a machine gun 'while his companions cleaned out the arsenal, loot included michine guns, rifles, sawed-off shotguns, tear gas guns, long barreled shotguns, bullet proof vests, three police badges and ammunition.

Before leaving they robbed the patrolmen and Clark of their badges and revolvers and locked them in the basement Seen on Road No. 31. The bandits sped out of town on highway 31 and went to Kokomo where they changed from their heavy automobile Into small Maroon sedan with red wire wheels. Kokomo police caught a glimpse of them and said there were five in the gang. It WAR then that Longbrake was recognized.

Deputy Sheriff Robert Tillett of Peru drove up to the police station Just as the bandit gang was les Te Ing. He did not know of the rob. bery but was suspicious. He sale he followed the car about six miles out of town on highway 31. He obtained only the first three bers on the license plate.

From Kokomo the gang ed south on 31 toward Indianap. olis. Sixteen state police were signed to this district this Ing to assist local officers in the search. It was feared that the gAaK planning a bank holdup or some other spectacular crime and Wu arming itself accordingly. Leo Eakina, 53.

a night cook In 1 restaurant four doors away, walked into the police station during the hoidup. He was met at the door by one of the bandits and ordered into the chief's office with the other victims. When shown photographs of the 10' escaped Indiana prison convicts loan made from the U. sia and the United States have opposed Japan's Asiatic policy, Russia Eakins vaguely identified two of of three of miscel- because of its Interests in Manchuria and Mongolia, the United States the Peru bandits as Joseph For kinds: (1) The defaulted $157,000,000 S. Treasury to the Kerensky American regime.

(3) (3) because of the Philippine Islands and the American commercial market Some $90,000,000 bankery by the Czarist government. and Harry Pierpont. laneous notes given Rus- in China. Pierpont was serving 10 to Individual claims of American citizens for property by meant that two of the most years sentence imposed in Howard confiscated 11 sia, totalling about $300.000,000. Mr.

the United States with 120.000,000 people and the county on bank robbery charges Roosevelt's momentous announcement 3. Communist propaganda in the United States. The Soviet Union, powerful lations, their predelle- when he escaped from the prison. prepared to negotiate an agreement with the United Soviet Union with 160,000,000, were preparing to effort forget to peace Roberts and Chittum were less it is understood, is States that both powers undertake not to interfere in the other's do- tions for political social systems in a common promote positive In their identifications mestic affairs. and prosperity.

than the Kokomo police. Both men 3. Trade relations. It is quite possible that during Litvinott's visit Trade experts declare Russia offers a tremendous market for insisted that only two bandits Amerithe United States and Russia may negotiate a commercial treaty. Some can goods.

In 1931, despite the depression. Russia purchased products tered the police station. These two financing by the C. S. Government may be necessary to-stimulate of American farms and factories Worth $111,000,000.

But by 1932 this were identifed by the police sian trade. The RFC is considering an adrance of $75,000,000 for the trade had shrunken to $12.000.000. one-tenth the previous amount. So- Dillinger and Makley. purchase here by Russia of cotton and non-ferrous metals.

viet sources said this shrinkage was due to the fact Russian purchasers The Peru police said, however. Vastly important repercussions throughont the world were foreseen could not obtain satisfactory credits here because American bankers least three other men may hare from the probable resumption of diplomatic relations. Ope was a so- and business men, In times of depression, were reluctant to offer credit been waiting outside In the parked bering influence on Japaneso expansion in the East. Both to a country which the United States did not recognize, car. In response call from Pers a few minutes after daring holdup of the police sta.

ton In that elty Friday wight, detachment of Loganspert 'police, heavily armed, threw vigil on roads leading this elty from the cast. squad was comprised of members of. the department. rounding local was an court, In writer accidenshort ill- FORECAST Local showers tonight followed by generally fair Sunday; much cooler. For the region of Lakes: the Great Cold most of the week: not much precipitation tadcated..