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1 8 it 1 Other Fatalities Seem Probable as Many Vessels on Piece Together Story off' Disaster to Liner Vestris Off Virginia Alarm Caused by Fact Nearly All Lifeboats Aro Recovered and 1 23 Persona Are Still Unaccounted For Navy Orders DJrisibfa Los Angeles to Join Search Operations U. S. Battle? ship Makes Rescues. STANDS HEAR WRECKAGE One man, was known to be dead, a woman and a child were retried floating in ithe rolling waves and deaths seemed probable as reports from the rescue; fleet off the Virginia Capes slowly pieced out the story Tuesday evening of the sinking of the British liner Vestris. Almost a full day and night since the ZZO passenffers and mem Hfs of the crew went over tho tilt ing tide of the stricken vessel into lif boats and rafU, only 215 defl yittely had been accounted for, and molt of the lifeboats had picked up.

One man taken from the water by the German steamer Berlin told vf seeing a woman with a child In her arms floating near him. Search was started for them and lookout was kept for others who had found no room in the boats or who bad been washed from the rafts. The tie 4 man, unidentified. was found by the battleship Wyoming, ly lng on the raft where he had died of exposure. Dirlrtbte U' Jola Search.

The rescue began before dawn, the ahtpa that had turned from their laths Uiir errand of mercy being ed to the Uieboata by flares ent up by the rhllled persons, who aU night long had tossed on angry wares left 'from a week end tale. Lifeboat after lifeboat was sighted and tAkcn aboard with it shrrermg complement of men and women. The freighter American Shipper rescued the most. The Berlin picked up the tanker ilyriAm others and the Wyoming still more. Dut more than 100 others were apparently kUU to be accounted for and there waa a growing fear death would claim many of.

these before they could he aved. The nary department ordered the dirigible Loa Angeles to leave its hangar at Lakehurtt, N. tonight. and loin the rescue fleet. It Could rot leave sooner because It had been undermine overhauling.

The North Oenaan Uod line was tn formed that Its steamer, the Berlin, had plcaed up twen.y orn survivors. Ths American Shipper, of the AmerlcAn merchAnt line. rescued ninety members of the crew and thir ythree passengers. Life Baft Reported. The Trench tanker VlyrUm was re rmrtd to have aixtT thr abcaxd.

The batUeshlp Wyoming picked "jht from the wati In the wreck ers of the Ill fated Lamport Holt liner. The Berlin wirelessed to the RAdio Marine Corporation that tt had picked up a drifting lifeboat with one pas 'itnser believed No specula tion was made as to the fate of others who may have been in the lifeboat. The Berlin later wirelessed: Berlin resetted one man drifting In life belt. Woman with child Is drifting here within radius of two miles." Tha Berlin reDorted that as soon as weather permitted tt would take on aurvlvers nicked up by the MyrUm and proceed to New York. Nine boats fn aU, Including the empty one.

were reported to have been pkked up. leaving one boat and a small raft still to be found. The raft was reported to Lave women on IV A radio messAge pkked op At South Dartmouth, Indicated the Vyomlng was in communication with the American Shipper and that a lire raft from the Vestris was between the vessels. The American b.roer Aid tn a later message that would continue the search vntll dark before proceeding. It was thought the dead man night have teen found on this ratt.

rasaengera an Three Ships, The rescued passengers were taken aboard the American Shipper, the Myriara And the Wyoming. The coast guards cutters MascouUn. Manning and Mdoc were reported standing by ths scene of the Vestris sinking. The Amerlcsn Shipper and the ljrlara are bound tot New York, but it Is prcbatle the Wyoming will return to Hampton Roads. Vs.

Earlier reports to New Vcrk from the coast guard destroyer Davis were that she tatlcg the survivors aboard and motild land them at New York. Five lifeboats one i ratt were I. known to have been picked up by the American Shipper end the oil tanker MjrUm and coast guard reports said a mrsiape had been received, sup rosed'y from a foreign vessel, report irx the Xlncing or iileboat No. The iceboats have a capacity of. fifty seven pcrsorj each.

who waited through the night rcxi the wireless messages of the were hopeful that all the personnel had left her when t2 U.ccts were lowered. They took I' af tna, tha and me of the Kr to It IlfiE Zntored i'ae wcasd daM Batter at port JaciUaapolis, lad. Jaeoad daily. Honeymoons Among Ul Passengers off, Vestris BOSTON, November IS A Orrtn S. Stevens, who, with his wife, wu listed aaaen th passengers ttaui the steamer Vestris.

which foundered off the Virginia coast. Is sabmanager af the Buenos Aires branch ef the First National Bankfaf Boston. Stevens waa retaining ta Baenee Aires with his bride, who waa Mies Gladys Slay IIoU, aa Argentine tirl American They wera married ta Buenos Aires, Jery 21, and left as a honeymoon which carried them ta France, England and the United SUtea. Stevens Is thirty ana Tears aid. additional comfort from the fact that Captain WUilAin J.

Carey, of the Ves waa one or those picked up and from the knowledge that the law of sea makes the master the last to leave. Ashore, It was a night of suspense hope. Until well after midnight rescue veasei. posung into the gloom, with their long white fingers light, reported' only Allure. With exception of a little wreckAge, they could find nothing.

There was not a trace of the vessel a 'passengers and crew in ine Dceta. And then came the first hopeful word. The steamship American fihis sent a message saying red flares been sighted. A tense half hour followed before the American Shipper reporcea ine iirsi uieDoat Had been found and was Alongside. just a little later a second rescue vessel, tha oU tanker Myrtain.

sent word that it. too. had found a life boat send soon It told of others In the offing. A message from the UyriAm the steAmanip Bunewco urged thet vessel to hurry. It said: Come on.

Vfore boAts to pick Am bound New York myself. Have rescued boat No. 8., Crrar hi Position Saspected. Another message from the American Shipper was the next to be received. said: About five mUes north of position where found first lifeboat.

Approaching lour. other feboata now." i i And then the American Shipper summed up what she and the Myriam had accomplished tn a report to the Wyoming, which aald that between the two, they hAd accounted for five lifeboats and one raft. The task of the rescue vessels was made doublv hard because of the un certainty as to the exact position where the lifeboats were lowered ano how at thev mlffht here drifted. The last cosltlon reported as the ship was Abandoned Monday after noon was 37:35 norm launiae, west longitude about 40 miles from Sandy Ilook. And the same distance from cspe lunry.

va'Wk now bearings on the vessel by shore sta Cantlnoed en Tage Nineteen. HOPE VESTRIS IS AFLOAT OfflclAls lUve Na Ward Vessel Has i NSW YORK. November IS (AJ) Officials of the Lamport Holt line as serted today they wera suu wunoiu ofllclal advices that the Vestris had sunk. They were hoping she was afloat and salvageable. It would have been impossible ror Imperfect cargo stowsge to sink the vesseL thev said.

The Vestris was carrying 3.200 tons of znerchAndlse Five off Crew Escape Wreck By Vacation and Sick Leave LlVEBrOOL, NevemTser IS (AT.) Tor of tha crew and the assistant parser, R. Jeaeav af tha finer Vestris. wha weald ardlnartry have been aboard the vessel. Arrived at Liverpool late today aboard the ateasner Celtic tha porter being an vacation and tha ethers an sick leave. They had not heard af tha disaster to tho Vestris an til thev land ed.

Realising the anxiety af rela uvea wna wera anawara thas tne men were not aboard the Vestris, aetherttles passed them threagh tha eastom formalities falckry sa they eoald harry hone. Toacbing scenes wera enacted at Lamport IIoU afflcea when tho wives af members at tha Vestris crew, many carrying, babies, made Anxloaa tnaalriea regarding tha fate of then hasaanda. airs. Carey, wile of Captain TV. J.

Carey. In eommand af tha Vestrts. waited an night la tha hope af hearing aeena definite Information regarding the reseaa efforts and tha tAte af her hoaband. INDIANAPOLIS FOLK ANXIOUSLY AWAIT NEWS vyxyvJv: I I II zarj onry inree were reported to hAvelisHkon rinoi uri oimiiu reacnea iiaroor. The storm haa Interrupted telegraohlc communication.

i Lake Erie Beats Beached. The testimony stage was reached to CLEVZLAND. November IS fAJ.i dAy.ln SWVS i Churned by a forty mile wind, the I waters of Lake Erie' stranded two I Cleveland boatA on the lake abore. The vessels are the Edward J. Berwin.

an; ore freighter, and the CoraUa. "the Berwin rAn aground at Fair port harbor, twenty five miles east of ihere. There was a slight rent In I bei stern plAtes and the ballast tanks hi to be filled to prevent her slip pin on the rocks. The crew of thir I thO middle hAtch Of water, which I seeped through the hole astern when waves Broke across tne cecx. The CoraUa, with a cargo of lum ber, was stranded outside the break water here.

Three) times the stern was lashed by waves forty feet high. tt was reported. THRONG SHIP OFFICES Relatives, Friends Seek News af Ves trie raaeengera, NEW YORK. November IS AJ) Offces of the Lamport Holt, line at 24 (Broadway were filled today with friends and relatives of Vestris pas sengers, all eager to learn the latest news as to the fate of the lifeboats thai had tossed so many hours on the rough Atlantic. The booking office, where Inquirers were received and accommodated with such information as was available.

waa busy an night, too. answering personal inquiries ana long ma nee telephone calls from many cities. In the Unes of anxious seekers for the! latest word were numerous colored folk, whose kinsmen and acquaintances comprised, part of the Vestrbra passenger list for Barbados. Most of the vessers crew were British. OFi RACE DRIVERS zii have not been learned.

Devore has been driving tn automobile races since I9CS and waa second in the 1927 race in Trrtipr In tha I92S race his car hit the waC on the lC3d lap and he was forced to withdraw. Tlie two drivers were said to hAve been on then way to South America where they hoped to Interest Argen tine capital navmg American race drivers come down there for the win Batten, who Is thirty five, lived in Brooklyn. Devore, age thirty five, has two children. His home waa tn Los Angelea. About a year ago the racers and their families moved to Dayton, 1 IndlAnapolis friends of Norman K.

Batten And Earl Devore widely known automobile race drivers, who. with their wive, were passengers on the lU fated Vestris. which sank off the coast of Virginia Tuesday, were anxiously a wailing word as to their fate. Associated Press dispatches Indicate that 215 of the 339 passengers on the ship have been rescued and ac counted for. out the names ox au the Mrs.

Batten Is muned among those rescued by the battleship Wyoming. Batten and Devore both have driven In the Indianapolis 500 mCe race several times and Batten la especially remembered because of his spec tacular drive down the straightaway In the 1927 race with his car names. Instead of leaping to safety when his car caught fire he stood cp tn the seat and piloted the car safely past the judges at and and Into the pits tn spite of the fUmes. which completely enveloped the speeding automobile. He was confined to the Methodist Hospital here for several months as a result of the burns.

He waa fifth In the 1923 race, driving a MSlcr INDIANAPOLIS ATLANTIC GALES LAY WIND ON SHIPS Two Craft Besides Vestris Lost With Eight Dead. IN URIES ON MAURETAMA WASHTNaTON. November IS (AJ.) A. strong northeast wind, rain, mist and a heavy sea apparently caused tha. sinking of the British steamerl Vestris 'and brought disaster to two other vessels.

This was revealed by reports to coast guard headquArters here and by radio dispatches from ships which went to rescue the Yes trfaCs passengers. JQght lives were lost when Captain Lea Hartman, deep sea flAberman, and his crew put out beyond Hog Island bar, off the Virginia capes, to search for a small fishing stow which had gone, adrift. Crossing the bar. their motor boat sank In the heavy seas. Other fishermen and coast guardsmen tried to rescue them, but all that could be found was their boat adrift with bottom up.

Those who died were Hartman, Leroy Burdlck, Cleveland Bailer. William Tavlor. John Watson. Alonao Sneed. Robert SAOger and Edward Hunter.

a uioocester fishing boat was driven ashore six miles south of Vir ginia Beach. Coast guardsmen, after a stubborn fight with a hlzh runnlnff surf, reached the stranded vessel and carded aahore the', aix men aboard. The vessel, a steam trawler named the Ruth Mildred, was leakimr hadlv and it was feared it would be lost enwreiy. XONTX5N, November 13 (AP. The Dally if ail haa received a radio gram frosvthe liner Mauretanla say ing 'soma of passengers wera slightly Injured1 in galea which the ship hAd fought for three dava.

The wind was reported to have attained a velocity of eighty miles an hour. The captain said It was one of the worst gales he had encountered In recent years. The Mauretanla sailed from New York November 7. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Novem 1S (0J.) Orava anxiety was felt this evening for flshina fleets off New foundland as a northeasterly gale I swept the coast. Twenty coastwise fishing schooners left St.

Johns two vu uwwwira wift aoa II 71 bei On iana Aitoons. Fa, mpecuveiy. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 192a mmmmmf5Smmmm HUN STEVARTI t. ei "w.wwuuwii luwtiuij ui "Juror Interviewer. iiii etl CIDCT nil CTIlin wAuiruiTjri.

riovemoer is (aj.i cnainnan ox vae ooara oi we eiana rd OU Company of Indiana, who is charged with committing perjury be fore the senate committee which Investigated the oil scandals. After Frank J. Hogan, Stewart's attorney, had asked for a quick not guilty" verdict, Oeorge A. Rover, district attorney, said his office was en deAvocing to ascertain the Identity of the young man whom Robert N. Caldwell, a prospective juror tn the case.

er'L xk tnvMtlfatlon would continue. AAld nlaced befewa tha erand rurr tmlesa plAced before the grand jury unless evidence to substantiate Caldwell's information was uncovered. Hogan reviewed Stewart's two appearances before the senate committee and said that no such question as those on which the Indictment Is based had been "It was never asked and never he said. "and If It was, it waa never under stood. The defense counsel recalled that 157 questions had been put to Stew Con tinned on Page Thirty three.

WILLIAM D. ALLISON, Heart Disease Fatal to Head of Medical Supply House. SERVED ON SCHOOL BOARD "ymaam D. AlBarm. age eeventy four.

president of the W. D. Allison Com pany, manufActurers of phyaiclAns suppHea. and widely known in busi ness and civic affairs Of TndlanapoTli. died unexpectedly Tuesday at his home.

2529 Central avenue. Mr. Ad son was stricken with heart disease shortly alter he arose. He former member ox the Indianapolis school hoard. Ifr.

Allison was horn' ha Coles coun ty. Tntrtrti and came to Indianapolis nearly xmy years ago. Be nad been a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. For sev eral years he was a director of the Continental National Bank. Mb was elected to the Indianapolis board of school cotnmlHaUeifts Novem ber 6.

1917, to serve the term on the school board from January, 1920, to January. U2. 1 Allison had been a member of the Memorial Presbyterian ehurch for more than forty years and had been an elder in that church for twenty years. For twenty eight years he had been a member of the Con tinned est Page lhree Yonr teJephana voice ts yen. Basle URY BEGINS TESTIlVlONYmEARiNG BUSINESS MAN DES rata to DETROIT only tlZi Adv.

BAG (ERSST EAM UP FOR NAVY BILL Administration Leaders 'Senate Prepare to Urge Passage. in WORLD PARITY SOUGHT $274,000,000 Building Pro. gram Would Include Cruisers, Carriers. WASHINGTON, November 13 (AJ.) President CooIIdge's Ar mistice day assertion that "world standards of defense require us to have more haa served to strengthen tha determination of administration leaders in tha sen ate to obtain passage of tha 1277 naval construction bill at AAA AAA the coming short session of tha congress. It haa been followed, too.

br a re statement of policy by the navr da partment. This was formulated by the aenerai ooara oi ine new ana. bear ing the approval of Curtis D. Wilbur. secretary oi ine navy, was made pub lic tooAy.

Kevisums were noted In many details which Wilbur said hAd been made for the purpose of eliminating obsolete projects and expanding the aviation branch of tha service. The naval construction bill Is read? for consideration by the senate. It has been passed by the house and approved by the senate naval committee. ena now occupies a. puce on the sen ate's calendar of business.

It calls for construction of fifteen cruisers of 10.000 tons each, the largest that can oe ouut unoer tne terms of the Washington arms treaty, and for the Bunding of one aircraft carrier of 11.100 tons, approximately half the sue of the Lexington or Saratoga. under toe terms ox the measure, the cruisers would be laid down at the rate of five each in the fiscal years of 1929. 1930 and 1931. The construction of the aircraft carrier would be begun before June SO. 1930.

Exclusive of aircraft equipment, tt Is estimated that the sixteen vessels wci cost ap proximately S77 4.000.000. Originally, a much larger building program was recommended by Wilbur. but hie proposals were whittled down to tha proportions of the present easure try ine nouse. The revision of navsJ pohcy Is the first since the Washington arms eon ference. It seta forth that "the fan dsmental naval policy of the United Ceatlnaed est rage TaJrty three.

Charleston! Hey! Hey! That's Cicely Cicely tt the sister of Good Time Charley. Read what Betty Bramerd will have to say about her tn "We Women" Which Is to Start tn THS NEWS. XOVZMBZX It NEWS THIRTY SIX PAGES MSONTO PRACTICE UY, RUM HIS FARM Governor Undecided as to Joining Firm in January. PLANS COUNTRY HOUSE With onry two months of his term as chief executive of Indiana remain ing. Governor Ed Jackson has given some time and thought to a consid eration of his pursuits as a private citizen and haa decided on dividing bis time between the practice of law and farming.

Some time ago Jackson acoulred a small farm about one fourth of a mile west of Allison viUe and began the construction of a modern country bouse, which he Intends to occupy after he leaves the Governor's mansion in Pall Creek boulevard. January it. Here, no saia. ne tends to di vide his attention between fArmlng And the lew. Asked whether he intended to form a law partnership with any one Jack he has reached no decision as to what firm he will lorn.

"I neve been approached by three different law firms wishing me to become a member, but I have given little thought to that." Jackson said. Referring toklnaly to his dalrr hikes from the Governor's mansion to his office in the Statehouse, Jackson said be would have to do all his walking hereafter on tne farm. tn" KKh tha distance from there to the city Is too far to walk, Jsckaon. as Governor, has made frequent addreases be fore religious meetings In various cities anJ this apparently bad resulted In reports that he might become an evangelist after his term aa chief executive had ended. WEATHER INDICATIONS trjrrrxD statxs wxatkzb vckeau.

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41 IX 1 P. 47 SO I WML BT ZOXT VSe TO tl 1 BT LOCAL CABKllJl 1S ONE DES IN VJEST SIDE TfiAiH AUTO ACCIDENT William Reuter Killed, Carl Mclntirt May Loss Life. CRASH AT HARDING STREET WUUAm Reuter. 1702 South Bel mont avenue, was killed, and Carl Ue Intire. living hi the 100 block of South Belmont avenue, received injuries which may prove fatal.

when a touring car in which the two were riding was struck by an outoound Pennsylvania passenger train at Hard ing street and the Pennsylvania tracks shortly after noon Tuesday, Police were told that the two men apparently were talking and Reuter, art vlna: the car. did not see the cross ing watchman's signal. The automo bile was carried approximately loo feet by the train and then thrown down a fifteen foot, embankment. MelnUre was taken to the City Hos pital, where physicians said ho prob aoiv would die. i The train which struck the car was bound for Chicago.

J. O. Culp was engineer. Motor Policemen Bau and Cliber.and Lieutenant Prank Owen tavestlaated the accident. Ponce were told that neuter drove the automobile on the track ha the path of the approaching train.

enwanwenwanwMnwaanpanwawanwsnnnwnnwnn) SCORES DIE Ml PIRATE RAID British Steamet LoUd. Berned by Cblneee Brigands. SHANGHAI, November IS CUP.) scores of Chinese passengers were killed by drowning and otherwise whan tha British steamer Hain Chi was looted by pirates while aground off Take Island, near Pcochow. ad vices received here today AAld. The Hsin Chi carrlsd 900 Chinese and a small number of foreigners, including several Anglo Americans.

AH the foreigners arrived safely as Bhang hal todAV. SAlUng In smsH crAft, the pirates surrounded the grounded steamer, Part of the 'passengers and crew had been landed oy CAptam xouezsen when the Hsin Chi went Aground and they were reported to have been men aced by hostile uiAnoers wnue tne plTAtes attacked the ship from ths A Chinese gunboat arrived to save the rema horns passengers, but the Dirates had looted the ahip and tha gunboat stood by while they set fire to the vessel and maoe on. The foreign passengers Included H. Poweu. of the American roreign Insurance Association; Wade Craw ford Barclay.

Methodist mission education headr Mrs. Ahce Hubbard, widow of the former Harbor maater at Pooehow. And Miss A. Todd, of the Methodist mission. The foreigners were brought to Shanghai by the Dutch steamer TJitaroem, which had stood by the Hsin Chi after she was beached.

INFANT SMOTHERED i Dice as Be lies. Wrapped ta Manketa, la Mother's Anas. ISpootal to The lodUaapoBA Xotral SPTNCZR, IndT. November IS. While en route to visit his grand parents for.

the first time. Eugene Barnes, age sixteen days, son of Mr. and Mrs. WWlAxn Denton Barnes, was smothered to death as. wrapped in blankets, he lay his mother's arms.

Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, with their four children, live northeast of here. BOY AID STRESSED BY i onuiMiuim ii lUllllllumill George Denny, Club Head, Outlines Part In Campaign. FUND TOTAL GOES' HIGHER Uag SiSv ltLZS It soi lid ai tha Taeadsy nit lag af woe Aevs af tha ladlaaapoHa Ceeamaaity Pmavl ralood the total thas far pledged ta 44LIL27.

With more than half the quota of $711400 for the Inrtlanspolia Community Pund activities for tha coming year already subscribed, workers attending the Tuesday noon report luncheon at the Claypoot hotel expressed confidence that a large gain would be recorded in the days subscriptions. Total subscriptions reported up to Tuesday noon amounted to S39221X1. Tuesday's luncheon was featured by observance of Boys Work day. Oeorge Denny, president of the Boys Club, outlined work of. this agency which reeeivea funds from tho Community Fund.

Officers and directors of the dub. Boy Scouts of America and the Young Men's Christian Association were honor guests. Pour buglers, selected from various Indianapolis Boy Scout troops, gave buele calls. The buxlers were: Ray mond Johnson. John Shimer, Robert Koch and Charles Hoyt.

quartet from the colored branch. T. M. C. gave a musical program.

A phonograph, provided by the Pearson Piano Company, played during tne luncneon. The Rev. wuHam CAugnrsn, pas 'contlaaed en Page Thirty three. mnvrnp UniLI0 CtrcaUUea, 10 Months, 1323 Marlon Count 83.01 i 5 Grand Total .133.789 A MOWTH prMTO A WUKllurCHliti 1 Terr Haute Jeweler, Defend ant, Makes Statement Through Counsel, but Others Facing Charge off Conspiracy to Steal, Transport and Cell. Automobiles Waive 'Ope'ninz sr avn.

m. 4kv okakomeiii wouriroom la Riled to Capacity With Cor ridors off Federal Building Crowded1 Judge Orders cacn. ieienQani xo rtisa as He Questions Panel. i NEW NAMES READ. ALOUD Details of an alleged conaplrscy to steal, transport and sell automo biles In violation, of the naUonal' ujrr aci wera unxoiaea oy govern A.

ment witnesses Tuesday as tha trial of Edward of In dlanapolia, and fourteen other! de jenoanu roi war Dcxorei Judge Robert: a BalUell In the United States district court. r.ii. i. t.vw wi iiu, hue jury was Impanelled in less thsn twenty minutes and by noon seven witcesaea bad testined for the government; The district courtroom was died to capacity, most of the audience be ing witnesses in the case. The ror ridors of tha Federal building were xuiea witn a raurf group ct onlookers and witnesses who could not get mu ui courtroom.

Judge BAltxell urged that the trial be speeded 'and on more than one occasion rcuttoned "Attorneys against unnecessary oojeeticn. "Pay close attenuon and keep up with the caae." the judge said several IT" I Ring Tart Paymeat. A3 defendants waived oper.lnr statements with tha exception of Trod Binser, or HAute. rrank Miller. Inzer's attorney, tn a sute ment said Blnxer bought a Packard AUtomobue good fAith and did not know was stolen.

lie added; the purchase was made from a man who represented himself to be WiUlAra O. Payne, of the K. ts P. Sales Company, of Chicago. The Packard, car later was turned over to federal officers and Binser made a statement to the federal Investigators.

Miller asserted that Blnxer was unable to pay all cash for the xar. but tare a diamond ring on the purchase price. Tne derenaants. most ox them alt ting on the first row of seats in the courtroom, and with Wolff Susaman and I Larry Bussman. father and son, Wohlfeld.

father and son. occupying adjoining aeata. paid strict attention to tne testimony of the witnesses as they were hurried through by Albert Ward. United States district Attorney, who Is conducting the prosecution. Ward did not mince words in his eodAnts stole the Automobiles, transported them and bought and sold them.

Be had each defendant stand up and pointed his finger accusingly at them as he read off their names to the jury. Math Dane la Ralf Doar. ,7 Less than thirty minutes after court waa opened, at a. nv. a Jury of seven farmers, a bank examiner, a lumber man, a contractor, a drugglat and a transfer man hAd been selected, opening statement were heard, and the questioning of witnesses cs'ied by the government to give testimony In support of the federal grand jury indictments agAlnst the defendants waa begun.

Judge Baltxcll. according to the procedure of the federal court, conducted tho examination of the prospective jurymen, who numbered twenty seven. Challenges by the defense later resulted In three of the jurors being excused. In the course of the examination of the jurors and at the request of tha prooecutloa. Judge BaltseU read the namea of additional defendants la the case, whose namea have heretofore been kept secret, as they were listed aa ftiritlvee from tustlce.

These de lacta were: Leo Chi cago, aiiegea to novo ocen wm oiui of the conspiracy; woaepn u. iiusier. of Indianapolis; Roy uuinngton. cx Terra brother of jooeph Iluf nngton. bead of the Ka auux turn rnindianA: rrAck Glenn.

Induaapoas coal xaercbAnt, and A. WUkerson, of Vmcennes. an advertising man. The federal mcuctmens agsnss the defendants chArged that Coeuaaoa oa rago niacucav: AUTO RING JURY The' lory selected ta federal eeert Taeoday to try tho conspiracy charge Against fifteen defend aata te tha alleged ialarstate aato saohne theft ring, and the ad areeoee and eeeopoUocis of the Jarysaem are aa oUowsr CTree Boke. Wlacbeoter.

R. Joe Jobnaea. MarUasrU; Edward Peek. Waldran; Nelaew PhlUipe. R.

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