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1 EDITION i i "'4 "1 MEW Daily April. 1023. I27.rl Average April, 1S22. 1 lfi.Ul 7 CircTn I Gain SunrliM, 4:1 COOLER. inset.

OL. LIV Vco.ViV.es! CaUrl aa aeoocd-c! matter, at 't office. lod-anapoLa- lad. ltud daily. FISIDAY- EVENING, MAY 4.

1923. FOBTY-EIGET PAGES CMAH. BT ZONES 75 TO $100 A JIONTH 1 rPTTT TT nV'TCI IBT LOCAL CABEiEa lc A ITEKK i Jill 1 L.L..4 1 KRUPP OFFIMS PLACED Oil TRIAL Chared by French With Inciting Fatal Riot at Essen Plant March 31. BOHLEM SHIFTS BLAME Says Clawing- cf Siren Was Matter Entirely in Hands cf ths Workmen. fUy I es rre WKRDK-V, Jihcrmh Frvtsl, Majr official of the.

Krupp work at Ztnn. charged with inciting their workrr.en to riot against the French forces di occupation, were put on trial here today bffore a French Fourteen workmen lost their lives, nine teinz killed outright, and thirty were wounded in. the riot, which occurred March Zl, when a detachment of French troops visited the Krupp works to requisition automobiles. Ir. Krupp von pshlm, hvt band jserfha Krurp, and presl- nent rf th Krupp waa i.red for an hour and a half ly I'eyronel.

the preldlng officer, th detail of lh disorders. The foufl wit especially Insistent ss'to te responsibility the soyndir-g of the factory siren. iir). it i altered, was for ih 'f rdJMrr th mn together for re'tancao th French. Smm liable attealloaea.

f. vt.n pohlen flood (t t(nrtDn ti rir? j- -Ms entJr efaminatlon. scarcely glancing at the member of th court an'J keeping his eye on th Imer prater who translated th French iutlona Into fjerman. "Why didn't you give an order to Hoi the I. low In if of the alren during th to hmif to which It was being Colonl rj-rnn kd.

"It was not the policy of! the director to interfere In eucbl affair, which are lfnfn(Jltljr In th hand the man lhtnlvn," tr. Krukp von juhln fpn-l. Trial la Vnrrri Halt Thla Jiftle (irmn (own, huseinjc bath binki of tha Ilir Ryhr. juat uni)r hill tia Krupp miiiiort, attracte'l rnorr attention to V.y tnin at any ttm in Ua hiatory ft ientiiria. Th Kirnch Lroui(ht Ward an hafora tfio a of the world whan they da-cidf 4 in hoM ra torlay and tomorrow th tourt-mnrllnl of Dr.

von UohUn. fira th dlrpctora. and four membara Of Ilia Vi)rkmn'i Council. Tn onrt-rtiartlal hradquartara of the 77tli l-'rrmU I at r.n ww moved to Ihp lumi hftiuic of crewdrit con-dtllTi at i. )are arnux.

fent -hM for yir Warden I tf a- lf lla rinarl, 111 (linofl and 1 lt-er Irinking- 'f-t," waa selected aa tii iceti of ilia iirn-edlnaa. Warden (a only a few itiljee aouth of It waa niled with foreigner toI-, ruoet of wborrl ware newa-t4 on fBondiila fron I'arla, I xit don. the t'liitad irtatet. Holland. and Swltteriand.

A few trnnyer wera here Irom Jierlln. I'reaen I nlfarm livery wkere. Tiie horlit'n-blue unlfortn of tlia JTreiuh atililler waa aen everywhere, on the atreeta and In all the public bulldlnij. th French some time ago m1iI that there nniat be no trouble. The hlchwaya leadlna to th vHImko were ku'(trl and admittance to the tun waa only poaalbla throucli the prreantation of identification nriit.

The h'renrh alo t-ontrolled the teleithoiti! and telegraph. On the outuKlrta of Warden armored ram and tunka wera placed at plaeee. atthKUKh tha military authorlt tea Brecl thar thero wna no j.oHntPil.ty tUHt an-h inplementa of war would needed. From the near-ly rootliilta. Hhlrh aparate the Kuhr valley from the KhineianU.

heavy ar-ttllerV frowned on ihe town, lit repllnr another Queetlon, Von llnhleit aid' Of tMMirsM. I had an Idea the whittle would rnll out pome of th workmen, but I never thouithi conflict nue. An hour alter my ar-rlel at the work 1 went Into the room whra he director wero tlla- riioiiiK tlnnm-ial fiietlona. It at IhMl iit'fTeii that the whlatlea be-tcan blow. Some one came to In-form me Dial the council of workmen w.i livinir to aret the French de-t hmeot to U-wve the works, Shortly j.ft It rnm to r.

ror' that firing had occurred." Wa rlilel to the Inflow and nw a rrowd of workmen retlrlnc in dlsnr-d I never had an asfireaalvo STAIlTIXt; FOINT. RrlfUti Faaera Kpeet It to Oaen Way rVeRotlatlea. I Br the AtoeIale Tre "L.ONIHIN. May 4. Although rejec-" tlon -by Franco of flermany'a repara-' tlon proposal waa expected here, tha XJbra! pres expresea the opinion that the German note has provided 5 an opportunity for conversations UndlnK to negotiation.

The lulv Newt, althourh averting-that "Ivir.caTe could a-arcelv have, accepted the German term without etultlf mc; hi entire poaltlon." poea on to aay that the German offer ahoiiid be uarri aa a atartins point. The Westminster Gaaette aava It certainly opens the' door to negotiation. amev dlpatchea from perlin predict the early fall of the Cuno unvernmniL The Wetminter lierlin Vrre roniint aaya th mititstry i expected to survive only a few weeks at the utmost, and that Jt will be succeeded by a' atronjr Socialist cabinet, which, will throw Its whole Into a life and death atrtig-B'e to break the power of tho Srcut inUustrialista. koimi cvilty. 1ms arWs ttreear Held HeapoaaJ.

ble for lllowlair. ef Stresta. the Asaaetated Press KSSUN. May Director Jaeger, of the lleinricbahutte Iron Work, at HttlnKe. waa convicted toUay by a court-martial of Wine responsible for the blowing of airens hen.

French 1 1 oops came to requisition material at i. plant. lie was fined at), 000,000 mrK. Jt-uer denied the charse. aaying tH workmen caused the alarm to be their own responsibility.

MISSOURI BATIKS ROBBED. Fiie Hands I scape Milk SiJ.OOfl a laaer and la ItaaUs. By th AMeeiated Pre! KANSAS CITT. 2Iay 4. The two banks of Ituckner, 51,., about mile from here.

ere raided Tt bandits shortly b-fore noon to-dny. They escaped iu a motor fr with about IS. in money anvl hi rlaijietered Libert The rol-beries were i Tit tieousl y. The pxrty bTilita oiviled when it the t-iu Two bandits held lip the lUuk of nef ami two the Farmers ite. an npposita sii corner, the fifth remained at the wheel the car.

HARDING HELPS ALABAMAN IN HIS SEARCH FOR GRAVE OF GEN. CANBY VASHIN'GTON', May Touched by an unusual endeavor to show gratitude, President Hardin? has directed the war department to ascertain the burial place of General Edward Canty, an officer in the Union array in the civil war, who i killed in 1873 in tome Indian trouble in northern California. The President acted on receipt of a letter from Charles Hall, an attorney of Bay Minnette, Ala who wrote that he wished to place a wreath on the grave of General Canby. (General Can by is buried in Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis.) General Cfifcy waa in tommtiH the federal army at Ft- Blakely. In Tialdwln county, Alabama.

th Alabama man wrote, the Preaident. "The Confederal aoldiera at Ft- F.Ukeiy aurrendarad to him April Jt4J. On the mrnli; ft April U. IMS, General canbr waa In Ft. Blakely, and on that Uy my father and I went to Iilakly trt aea general Clnbr, Ut him tor eomethinr eat, a everythin my father owned at that time waa da-a'royad by the Federal aoldiere while tha were rhtina: the aouthern aoi-diera at Klakely-.

Wjr. Weketa. wert Jnfo F.lskely In a ona-horaa wtton, and General Canby had the axon filled with the beat kind of food, and told my father bo. back. brn with tha food to bla family, which did, but while wa wera in Ft.

atandina at tha river landioif, a ateamar from Mohiia came up and atoppal at. the landtnr. and tit bafora aha landed ome one on oard holloed out that rreaioent 0M LOOKOUT FOR AUTO. police Tala af Iy Tkeagkt Peaalbly aa Ose KUaaaaea. Police officers and patrolmen in all parte of the city today were on the lookout for an automobile of the roadater type, with a Heattae of another state, containing two men and a boy, following a report rrom Duane Newton, Norta Mount atreet.

a city fireman at enclne houae No. 12, that ha aaw tha cir today and thought It possible the child might ba Charlea H. I'armalee, age four, who waa kidnapped from a children'a home in th City of Mealco. Newton told tha police that tha child was aeated in the automobile, a.pd waa drinking from- a bottle of milk when he passed the car near te old circua arrotinda in Weat Washington atreet early today, lie aald the car apparently had run out of gasoline. Una of tha men appeared to be a Meslcan.

Netwon aald, and the other, an American, wore a large cowboy hat. Iloth wore army ahtrta and khaki trouaere. he eaid. othar oeraona reported they iw the car headed eaet In Kt. Clair atreet about m.

today. It had suitcases and other baggage atrappeu on blnd. 1 "DRYS" WIN IN NEW YORK- IIIll Itepeal Kafereeaaeat Art Falla by T-t-7 Vale. ALBANY, N. May 4.

-The New York state aaaembty today rejected measure proioslng repeal of the state prohibition enforcement set. The vote waa to 70. EXPRESS COMPANY TO MOVE AGENTS' OFFICES Buildins at 257-259 South Meridian to Bo Remodeled. LEASE OFFERS REJECTED The American Hallway Kpress Company and the American Kapress Company will" move their general agents' offlcea from 33 South Meridian atreet to a building at 217-555 South Meridian atreet this summer. It waa learned today.

Intensive Improvements wilt be made to the building. The two-story structure. which ia owned by the American Hallway Kx-prea Company, will be occupied by the general asenta' officea. the cashier's department and the on-hand department. Ilepataaeata Aear Statloa.

The decision lo remodel the building at South Meridian street was reached by officials of the American Hallway Kapreaa Company aMer several proposals for the leasing of large In -'South' Meridian atreet north of the elevated tracks bad been The company a building was constructed by the Adams Kxpresa Company, which was merged with other express companies Into the American Jlailway F.xpresa Company. It baa been occupied by Smith A Moore, Ford dealers, several years. The removal of the expresa company's general officea In Indianapolis to a site closer to the Union Station will place all departments of the company within a few blocks of each other and accessible to the I'nlon Station. The" superintendent's office and claim department, now on the second floor of-the four-story building at SI South Meridian atreet. will be moved to the fifth floor of the new Postal bulldinK- Illinois atreet and South atreet.

The district account bureau will be retained in Ita present quarters In the Vonnegut Machinery building, 19 West South street. The express company a depot extends under the track elevation between llltnoia atreet and Capitol avenue. Werk. ta Start Jane 1. W.

J. Smith, general agent for the American Railway Express Company, atd the work of remodeling the building will be started June 1 when Smith Moore. will vacate. He said the express company-expecta to have the building ready for use by August 1. The removal waa made necessary because of the recent leasing of the Frohmeyer building, now occupied by the express company, to Paul 11.

Krauss Co. retail clothierr. for ten years. The lease becomes effective August 15. The building to be occupied by the expresa company has a frontage in Meridian street of twenty-aix feet and Is ISO feet deep.

More than will be spent on remodeling. In Saturday ITnco'n waa aaaainated lat nl-ht. Than and titer lather remarked that that waa the wont thina; that ever fcapnane! to tha aouth. then jaft the tandicr with oar wsaon filled wtth fod. and on ur way bak home ware atopped br th Federal picketa.

which waa a boot and one-half milea from Canby'a baadquartera. Paaaa4 Tbvwaiadk t.1 -Father then went lack to Canby and ha wrote a note and aave it to my father and told him to hand the note to the r-feket. wh5ch he did. thea the picket let ua through the Federal tinea, and wa came borne to my mother and ix email children being my brother and aiatera, "For many yeara tat I have wantarf to frlae a wreath of flowera on General Canby'a irrave. If yo dt.n't know where he la buried, then pieaaa turn this over to some one who knowe.

I am now In my elaty-ninth year, and 1 want to place a wreath on hla arare before I paaa Caatlnaad aa Pa are Tweaty-flee. THREEFOLD GIFTS. Ileatk Tarklastea ka aald "Mkssaeter alee tke Mlley Ifesplial alee thrteet te klaaaelf. tke ehltdreai anal te Ike aaeaaary af Jaaaea Wbltraaak II I ley. IfandreeH af persaaa la tia ewaaty have aald ta aae' that there kaa sner sees' appeal the people ml tke mtmi ladlaaa that waa aa worthy- af aappert raws esery ane aa the Jaatea Whltrosah Riley lleapltal far Chlldreau It la a attlagr trfkwte te tke llewaler poet a ad I Helleve tkat the haw.

pltal. mm plaaaed, will he aae af the greatest laatltatlaaa ef Ita hiad la the stat CARL MeCANUH, Mlaehester. TO VISIT HOSPITAL SITE Riley Memorial Workers Anxious to Explain Plans. REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGING i Knco'jraglng report continued today of the progress of. the Marion county campaign for the James Whit-comb Hlley Hospital for Children, campaign leaders said.

With the an-nonncemenfr that an additional 32.004 Had been the campaign ta getting In full stvinR. "the leaders pointed out. A general sentiment favoring the work exista throughout the city, thev aald. Noon-day meetings will be held at the -Chamber of Commerce Tuealay and -Thursday, at which. time tabulation of ptedaes received to that time will be made.

Sunday will be "aubecriber'n day" at the site of the hospital where tha first liOO.000 building of the insiltu. tlon la under construction. Warls la aser Way. "The construction work has reached a point where a very good idea of the site of the undertaking may be obtained by a visit to the site." aald an announcement by the executive "To enable the thousands of persona who have subscribed to the fund to aee Juat what their money ia being ueed ror, the state executive Ceatlaaed aa Page Tnesljr.fle., TOPIC BEFORE CABINET Officials to Move With Extreme Care in Applying Edict. ALL ANGLES ARE STUDIED WASHINGTON.

May 4.Tha administration is moving with extreme care In Ita preparations to apply, the Vnlted Statea. supreme court liquor edict against foreign vessela-ln American ports. Heguiationa now In the making will not be announced until every possible angle of the situation has been examined." Revenue Commissioner Blair, whose bureau has supervision over prohibition' enforcement. conferred with I'resident ilardinar before today's cabinet -meeting, at which it Was understood the supreme court decision was discussed for a second time. At the same time there were indications that the state department was preparing for a diplomatic contest with the foreign governments who regard their interests In the maritime world transgressed bv the new ruling, department officials have taken the position that the right of the t'nited States to regulate the conduct of ships within its territorial waters ran not be i(uestioned.

but they are aware that a different view is held In other quarters. Stories published in Paris that Premier Poincare already had ordered a protest lodged with the American government were without confirms- lion in any quarter here, although it was said at the French embassy that aucn action would nut lie Caatlaae4 ea Paige Tweaity-rlve. News: SOBSC ERS INVITED LIQUOR DECISION AGAIN i The value of love, alienated affections, will be dwelt on by Abe Martin, in "Short Furrows." Martin Johnson in the fifth and last of his series of articles describing his visits to the islands of the New Hebrides, tells of his flight for life from a-' mob of 1,000 savages. Home, the best place on earth to have a good time, is Gene Stratton Porter's message to parents in the interest of children. Close-up word pictures of Presidential possibilities is presented by Wallace Irwin's Japanese school boy.

Indiana State Normal School students adopt the stage as an effective voice in promulgating stay-on-the- farm propaganda. William Herschell has a story of the plays and players. JUEWION BOY AGAIN WITH FAMILY Kidnappers Victim Found in Cottage in Lonely Woods Near Theresa, N. Y. WOMAN HELD, MEN ESCAPE Lad and Parents in Joyful Reunion Dog Is Adde'd to Household.

WATERTOWN, K. May 4. Veraer Alexanderson, age six kidnapped Schenectady lad for whom a nation-wide search was conducted for seventy-two hours, and who was found ThursUy evening in a shack on- Indian river near Theresa, twenty-fire miles from here, started for home today after a joyf ul reunion with his father and his mother at the home of Sheriff Ernest C. Gil-lett. With him goes a dog-, a present from his kidnappers, the lad insisting that unless his new pet accompanied him he did not wish to go.

-Harry Fairbanks, of Ogdenaburg, and Stanley Crandall. of Rochester and Watertown. the alleged kidnappers, have escaped Into Canada, it la believed. -The trail waa loat at Rock-port, aeroae the St. Lawrence river from Alexandria bay.

la Jail. Mrs. II. D. Grennell, of Alexandria Bay.

in whoae charge the boy was found and.who ia aald to be foater mother to Fairbanks's wife, is at'the County JslI here. -At firt she In-alsted that aha did not know tha men who placed, the child in ner cnarge, aaserting that they hired her to care for tha child at the aecluded shack half a mile from her home village. In her possession waa found a letter addressed to K. F. M.

Alexander-eon, father of tha kidnapped boy. In which ahe asked information about the two men. Thla letter ahe did not post and the authorities believe It was written aa an alibi for her in case the boy waa found, and she was arrested. She had another letter signed by B. Miller, but written by Crandall.

in which he exonerated her of com- licity. This, too. la auapected of ba ng a move to protect her. Oh, My Sweetheart." When she learned that the officers knew of Falrbanka and hla connection with the case she admitted her relatloashlp with Mrs. Falrbanka, bat disclaimed knowledge of the Identity of the lad, saying that ahe thought it'waa a liquor deal." Mr.

Alexaoderson and Mrs. Alexand Continued on Page Tea. $375 AN ACRE BID FOR LAKE COUNTY STATE LAN East Chicago Company Desires Tract for Steel PI ant BRACKEN OPPOSES DEAL The Fast Chicago L-and Company, of Hammond, today presented to Ilobert Bracken, atate auditor, a bid of 1375 an acre, or a total of 31) acrea of state-owned land In Lake county, wanted by the land company aa a alte for the Jones Laughlln Steel Company, of Pitta The bid of the Fast Chicago company was the only one received. Mr. Bracken announced that the bidding would be kept open until late this afternoon, but it was not expected that other blda would be presented.

I Officials of the land company previously had made known they would bid $375: an acre. Governor McCray and Ora Davles. state treasurer, members of a state land, board created by the 1913 general assembly, have in dicated thev would acceot such an offer. Mr. Hracken, third member of the new board, had announced he would vote to reject the bid.

Avalanche of Selling; Orders on New York Exchange. STEEL SHARES IN BIG DROP By the Am.setatea Press NEW YORK. May 4. Another avalanche of selling orders poured Into today's stock market' from the bands of professionals, for the de cline had carried more, than score popular issues to their lowest prices of the year. Hundreds of small Investors and speculators who had bought on margin were forced to throw them overboard and take substantial losses as quoted values melted away with startling rapidity.

-Ralls ana ladaatrtala. The average of twenty leading railroads and twenty leading industrial loCKa barometer of the course of the general 'market, both were at new records for j'a year and. within two points of the low prices of last November, The bear campaign apparently was being conducted without regard for outside newa developments, but the relaxing tendency of commodity decreases in earning, and the French rejection of the German reparation offer, all have contributed to the beartah sentiment. Stewart-Warner Speedometer stock, which has risen" from 7S to 126S this year on reported pool operations, broke 114 points today to Other Industrial stocks were knocked down 1 to a points and the railroad rtiires slumped 1 to 3 points. I.ewet af the Year.

Some of the prominent stocks which sold at lowest prices of theL year Tlepublic. United States and Bethlehem Steels, Baldwin Locomotive. American Car. American Susrar. American Ice.

American Zinc. Texas Company. Pan-American Petroleum stock. Houston Oil. Cosden Oil.

General Asphalt common and preferred. United States" Alcohol, New York Central. Atlantic Coast Line. Lehign Valley. Norfolk At Western and Lackawanna, BEAR CAMPAIGN BRINGS DOWNPRICEOFSTOCKS THE SEASON IS CLOSE do you 5 Oppose.

(Vl I YOU COULD 6ET A rjg A AwfV L.0N6 ENOUGH IslS-Jj kf t. MEN MNTTD. I I 1 SUGARTOBETOPICOF PARENT-TEACHER CLUBS State Association Officers Plan for Meeting. CHURCH SOCIETIES AROUSED Officers of the Indiana Tarent-Teacher Association will meet tonight to discuss the proposed restriction by women of the consumption of sugar. It was announced today by Mrs.

Harry Claffey. of Indianapolis, treasurer. Their recommendation will be sent to all member olubs In the state within a week, Mrs. Claffey said. Indivfdual rarent-Teacher clubs of Marion county and Indianapolis had already planned to hold meetings within the next few days to discuss the price of sugar.

Th Parent-Teacher Club, of Center township achool No. 2. will meet tonight: the Parent-Teacher Club of Indianapolis school No. .27. whose board members will meet Monday morning, and the directors of the Parent-Teacher Club of Wayne township school No.

14. who will meet tonight. Women's aid and missionary societies of county churches have expressed a determination to form a "united blockade against the, sugar trusts that are attempting to. gouge housewive," according to Mrs. ti.

G. Guy, a Fleming Garden, Parent-Teacher Club member. Mrs. C. 'XV.

Mills, preaident of the Ben Davis M. K. church and a member of the I dies' Aid Society of the same church, said the problem of 12-cent sugar would take the place of other discussions at next week'a meeting 'of both organisations in view the "Indignation among the women of the community ('atlaned 04 f'nge Tjveaty-rtre. YOUTH NOW IN PRISON Said, to Have Worried Over Stu-dent's Disappearance. SCORE FACE QUESTIONING CHICAGO.

May .4. More than a score of students and" former students of Northwestern questioned by attaches of the. state at-torney-genrrara office In connection with the disappearance of lelghtbn Mount. Northweatern freshman, after a claaa rush two years ago. were told to go before the grand jury next Tueaday when the long examination ended early, today.

-Frederick Kerr, registrar at the university, also was questioned. Among the students heard were John Scott, son of Walter Dill Scott, president of the university; Fred Scott, son of Professor John Scott, of the university faculty, and nephew of President Scott; Lloyd E. Trezise and Wayne among those ducked in the lake in the class rush, and Koland Fettman. president of the sophomore class of 1921. Scatt Denies Part.

John Scott, who waava sophomore in 1921. denied he participated in the class rush the night -Mount disappeared. William McEIwain and Thomas Wolfe, who are membera off the universttya football, team, mentioned a student, said to oe a leader Centlanea mm Page Twenty-fire. The Major Taylor homestead. 1325 North.

Delaware atreet. one of the oldest of the large realdencea In Dela ware street, between and Sixteenth streets, has been bo us at by Thomas Taggart from John J. Apptl. who has lived In the home a of years. Mr.

Taggart will raxe tr.e house immediately and will cc-rveit the site, which adjoins the home on the south, into a nower garden. Mr. ana ana Jir. Arpei nave movea from the house and will boild a new home north of Thirty-eighth atreet aooru Mr. Appel bought the home and NAMED IN MOUNT CASE TAGGART BUYS TO BE MADE INTO REDS EXECUTE, ELEVEN.

Vletlsaa CaajTtrtr -Bribery la Soviet ileaalag Department. MOSCOW, May 4. Kleren persons, convicted of bribery 'in connection with the soviet housing department, were executed here Wednesday-night. INDIANA FLYER KILLED IN TEXAS AUTO CRASH B. R.

Jacobi, of Kokomo, Overturned Machine. in COMPANION BADLY INJURED SAN ANTONIO. May 4 -CapC B. R. Jacobi, was.

killed Jnatantly. and Second Lieutenant James Gardner probably was fatally Injured early today when an automobile overturned near Ft. Sam Houston. Captain Jacobi waa a member of the Indiana national guard and had just completed hla primary flying training at Brooks field. "His home was at Kokomo, Ind.

Lieutenant Gardner's home Is In Waco, Police were advised that the roadster in which the officers were riding, waa making a speed estimated between fifty-five and sixty-five miles an hour. The car overturned ona sharp 'curve. Members of the military reservation police, attracted by the crash, found Lieutenant Gardner lying just off the roadway. He was unconscious. He was taken to the station hospital, where it is reported that his skull waa badly fractured and he likely will die.

Unaware of Captain Ja-obl'a presence In the car, tha military police returned to the scene" of the wreck after taking Lieutenant Gardner to the hospital. They found Captain Jacobi dead. His neck' was broken and his skull fractured. The body was fifty feet of, the roadway. UKRVCO' IX WORLD WAH.

Jaeebl Was Area Inatrweter at Three Avlatlea Fields. KOKOMO, May 4. Captain B. R. Jacobi.

who killed in an automobile accident near Ft. 8am Houston today, was captain of the 113th observation squadron of the Indiana national stationed at Kokomo. He took up aviation in the world war period and was an array Instructor at Carlatrom, Brook and Kelly fields. For the last three years he haa been at the local field. His parents live at Ludlow, H.

I. He waa twenty-nrne yeara obi and unmarried. Captain Jacobi received nationwide notice when on July 4, 1921. he carried picturea of the Dempsey-Carpentier fiffht from Jeraey ilty to the Chicago Tribune, getting them' to that newspajver in record time. General salt Gels Word.

Information of the death of Captain Benjamin Ti. Jacobi in an automobile accident near San Antonio, Tex, reached Harry B. Smith, adjutant-general of Indiana, today. Jacobi was regarded as one of the Indiana na tional guard's finest officera. General Smith, eaid.

Kecords in the office of the adjutant-general show that Jacobi is the fifth memoer or tne turn aero squaoron. or. Kokomo. to meet Heath atnee June 29, 1922. The others lost their lives in airplane crashes.

They were: Major Wilbur. M. Fag ley, Kokomo; Captain Frank M. Fisher. Frankfort; Lieut.

Gilbert T. Baker. Frankfort, and Sergt. L'arl E. Tbornburg.

Kokomo. aite from Major Taylor more than ten yeara ago. Mr. Taylor died about a year ago. The home ia a two-atory frame structure.

It was remodeled extensively when Mr. Appel bought It. The ground, which will be used by Mr. Taggart for a garden, has a frontage of sixty feet In Delaware street and is 17 feet deep. Mr.

Tag-srart will extend the targe brick wall which now incloses his gardens in the rear of his home around the new garden- The price paii'l for the home and ground wajt not made public, but it ia understood' Mr. Appel sold for about Sia.onn less tatoi be paid for the home and aite. TAYLOR HOME; LOT FLOWER GARDEN CITY MAY GET PATRIOTIC Building Is Offered Veterans oi Foreign Wars. WOULD BE WITHOUT RENT Indianapolis may obtain the national headquartera of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, situated In York, it waa said today, following a visit to the city by national representatl vm of the organisation The board of county commissioners offered the use of the" Columbian Insurance Company building. 430 North Pennsylvania street.

In the block the county ia buying aa Its part In the world war memorial plaxa site, without "charge for rent. When the atate world war memorial la completed, the organlxation would have rooma In the building to oe erecteu on tne site. The choice of a new location for tha headquartered will be made Saturday at a meeting at the Mnelbach hotel, Kanaaa City, the representatives of the organisation said. G.jWoodslde. formerly adjutant- generai, ana now snerirr or Allegheny county.

Pennsylvania, In which Pittsburgh la situated. and Huel W. Elton, of New York, the adjutant-general, were the repre sentativesv Officers of the Indiana polls Chamber of Commerce con ducted them on a tour of. the city and arranged a meeting with the county commisslonere. Representatives expressed themselves as well pleased with the facilities offered.

Mr. Woodside and Mr. KM on wera Joined at noon by T. L. Houston.

owner of the New American League baseball team, and com mander-in-chtef of the organization. and the three left for Kansaa City. It was the purpose of those who led the movement for the atate world war memorial to provide headquarters for the American Legion, which baa Ita national offices in this city. and for all national patriotic organ Izations that desired to come to In dianapolis. MAURY INSPECTS ARTIFICIAL LAKE SITE i He Is Man Bookwalter Wishes to Complete the Plan." SAYS PROJECTS ARE ASSETS Dabnay waterway expert and engineer, of Chicago, whom Charles A.

Bookwalter, president of the board of park commissioners, wishes the city to- employ "to take the place of George In planning the proposed artificial lake along White river. near Falrvlew park, arrived in Indianapolis today to inspect the site and consult with the park board. Mr. Maury met Jt. Walter Jarvis, superintendent- of parks, and the'two then went to the aite of the proposed lake-Mr.

Kessier. who haa had much to do with the planning of th clty'a parks and boulevards, died recently, sf ter having started a survey of the lake site. "As a general thing, citiei that can find artificial bodies of water feasible, find them a great asset." said Mr. Maury. He cited the case of Ft.

Worth, where an artificial lake has drawn many thousands of persons and caused other cities of the region to start similar projects. J. J. WALSH SERIOUSLY ILL. Farmer Iadlaaasalia Lakwe Leader fa Hoepltal at MlaaaL MIAMI, May 4.

John J. Walsh, labor leader from' Indianapolis, who came to Miami last fall for his health. Is reported near death at the City Hospital here aa a result of a heart attack. He was appointed by former President Wilson on the national labor arbitration board and served for a time on the came board under President Harding. I.ahor leaders in Indianapolis believed the John J.

teferre.l to la J. J. Walsh, who until a few years ago was state factory Insnector. under the state Industrial hoard. He resigned hts position In the war to.

become a conciliator In the department of labor. The. labor leaders hd received word that ha waa In bad health. ORDER'S HEADQUARTERS I I I li FLYERS 117 Ml R0UI1D-GL0DE TRIP New Records Coal of MacReady and Kelly, Nonstop, En- durance Champions. STORY OF FLIGHT IS TOLD Only Difficulty Was at Start When Motor Failed to WorkJ'roperly.

IKjr tke Aaaetatea rreMl SAN DIEGO, May 4. Abrat twenty yean ao at Kitty Hawk field, North Carolina, a crowd of curious spectators stood around a Strang: machine known ns an airship and with one accord declarad: MHuh! That thins will never lcava: the ground." I But it did. Under the jruidanct of Orville Wright the contrivance arose faHerinsly and spent a few minutes in the air, sroaninsr and Aviation in America had become a reality. In spite of thla aucres doubtful ones who aaw and read Of the achievement atlll said: "Well, they'll never "nywhere with a contraction Ilk Sarpaasea Fllakt mt Illrd. -Today, In a nangar nt nekweU field, near here, stand a lineal d-scendant of that "contraption." which-only day 'before yesterday stood in a hangar at miles having traversed the continent in, the air, under Its own power and without a atop.

In hours," 40 minutes and IS 1-5 seconds. Another step In the progress of aviation haa been accomplished arid-one which surpassea inrentera at nrat merely term "the flight of bird, for no bird can fly ontimmual for long a time or such a distance. The men who flew the innrhlne fron New York are Lieutenants Oakley G. Kelly and John A. who between them already hold seven aviation records for speed, tlintinn ef flight and weight taken into th air in a single airplane.

The. men thought little of their accomplishment ami almost aa ivn as they landed were making plans for attempting to establish a new record for duration of flight and an attempt to fly around the world. Iteeard-Maklaa; Plane. The plane they flew Into San waa the same they had used In tm" previous attempts to cross tha American continent without a stop, the first of which waa halted by fog which prevented them from finding their way through the mountain passes at of here, and Ihe aecond of whlv terminated last November through a failure cf their engine'at Hoth these attempts, however, resulted In r-ont performances, for ta aviators turned the first one Into an attempt for a record for sustained flight. They circled ahova San lle and its environs for Jj hours IS ram -utea and 30 seconds, exrceting by more than nine hours the best previous mark.

Official Hccopiiinc of this mark as an iriierfmtioiml reorl was withheld because of technb'ali-Ilea, although there waa i a i that the aviators had remaine.t nir.fr i or the time stated. Th second attempt also Ivad In start from ICockwell field. In it the flyera drov eastward aa far ns Indianapolis, where they landed only after they had used, every hi ntr available In the plane to keep their engina cool, even pouring tnt Its radiator eystem th milk and colTee from their provisions to replace the water thnt had leaked out through crocks in the" englne'a cylinder jackets. Take to ity's Heart. The aviatora received a greeting here on their arrival that cornea to few men.

Ban DIegans, one by nativity and tha other by adoption, th city took them to her heart with untnl-moua acclaim. Although the big landed tn.th middle of th field, the crowd that gathered was ao lari and pressed so close to the that by th tlm Major Henry A. commandant 'of tha field, arrived be had to fight hi way throoth. "You have accomplished the impossible," Major Arnold Hsserted in hi Continued aa Fage Tweaty-fira WEATHER" UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU. Indianapolis.

May 4. 1SZ3. Temper at ura May 4. 1V2Z. Mr 4.

If. a. 7 a. m. 2 7 a.

12 71 11 2 p. 73 2 p. Barometer 7 a. m. or IX aa.

iv Local Forecit Local forecast for iDdlaoapolis arvl vtcii-ity till 7 gaturdajr: I'muled lo-nicht and Saturday, with probably shower; somewhat cooler tonitM. Precipitation for twenty-four hours at 7:00 a. uona; total pretiritatioa January 1. 10.78 Inches: deflc4enry January 1. 3.04 Forecast for Inditns: I'anly cloai i.V north: rain probably in souih part toaifM and Saturday; someabat ifxUr tomaht.

Forecast for Illinois: Crncraliy fair lo-nitbt and Saturday except rain iri sc-jtT-eaat par: tonifht; ooo'isr tomiht: Irost it west and north part. Forecast for Kentucky: Shower er.l cooler tonight and Saturday. 'Forecast for Ohio: Shower tonift tr I Saturday: cook-r Saturday and in northeast part tonl(ht. Wsather in Other The following tabla shows the (jU t. weather in other olif, st 7 m.r i ic- Amnilo.

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O. -ear lener. 4 loda-e 4 1 44 Helena. Moot-. 1 1 1 41 Jaconil.

I'lfur 7-; Kauwi City, (iui. LiiUe RocW. Ara. -r 1 -m is Angeles. Cal 1 Miami.

K.u 1 1-4 Mobile. Ala '--r 3 rleaii. L. xr "iv4 i ew York. X.

,.4 Oklahoma. okU 1 Omaha. Neb i 1 Villurgh. I' -r Jorti'vi. Ore Rapid City.

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