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aaaaBsaaBaBsearfaasaiaaiiaesaji BULLETIN Moore led 130 rallee, Meyer trs second; lea son, third; Kreis, ourth Frame, 'fifth. '4 BULLETIN Shortlyfter the n)U. raV Lou Moore In Miller' Speelel No. 3 "took the Lit coin into eee co3. Louie Meyer was third, Gtea ton, fourth Krels.

fifth. 1 Taking the lead aoon after the start cf the seventeenth JOOmile race at Ce Indianapolis motor speedway today. Deacon lits. in Rusco Durak No. 5, continued to hold his advantage the first 100 miles.

Ralph Hepburn in front drive Packard Cable Special No. 18, was second In the early atsges of the but was soon displaced by lou Moore, second last year. In Majestic Miller ro. J. V.

Louie Meyer, winner in 1938, was not in the first tn at' the twenty five mile mark, but was sixth at fifty end at seventy five, pushing up Into the top bracket much sooner than he did in 1928. The race continued at a pace above 107 miles an hour, a trifle faster than in 1328, S'w pence Dies After Crash. I Before ten laps (50 miles) had been turned accidents had chalked up their first fatality on this track since rill Epence, age twenty four, and first seen at. the speedway here in" 1928 as a relief driver, crashed on the south tut turn, one time scene of several when his Duesenburg. Special No.

10 hl the wall and turned over several times. CUff Woodbury In Boyle Valve No. Pete DePaolo in Boyle Valve No. 87. and Jules" Morlceau in No.

85, Thompson Special, also went out of the race in the early, DePaolo with Meyer was, the only former tpeedway champion in the race; He won here in 1823. Moriceau's car was the only six cylinder Job in a field, of thirty two straight eights, and It had a tiny motor with 77 cubic Inches ruton 'i' A bursting next to Jast of a ifrtea of warnings, exploded, high in the air at 10 o'clock today, and the seventeenth annual 500 mile sweep itakea for 1929 got under way with a flying start. 'l Punctuality is one of the charae terisUcs of the epeedway manage ment, and there was no variation from the scheduled time In starting the race. There were thirty three ears In the lineup, arranged in rows of three, ec ccrding to the speed they made in the tfn mile Qualifying trials held during the last week. For the last time, at least in the present race series, the cars were oneeeatera and bad midget notors of a maximum of 91 cubic inches piston displacement.

Next year the cars will be two seaters again and the piston 'displacement maximum will be 865.. Great Ilsbbub at the The get away was an Inspiring spectacle and provided a great "kick" to the thousands ot tans who jammed their way into the miles of stands. The start made, amid the roars cf the motors "and clouds of smoke from their exhausts. Ttrts thunderlnc noise was supplemented by the shouts ad hurrahs from thousands of throats. The first lap" was "paced" by George Hunt, technical engineer from' the at the wheel cf an open car He was accompanied 1 7 Theodore Meyers, general manager cf the epeedway.

This, paced lap did count in the 200 laps necessary complete 500 miles, as "It was run in crder to keep the Tacers in their ations so they could take the fylng i art alter one circuit, cf the two cr fcalf mlle track. Hunt set a pace of about sixty miles hour throughout most of the lao Lt he approached the wire after tilr.g the circuit he stepped on it s.l the wsy down, lie appeared to ts clr.g a out seventy miles an hour f.s hs crossed the wire and then grad mew to one side to let the racers pass. Hunt continued to make ere mere round and then pulled off As lor the racers, they kept behind Hunt for the first lap. But near the ire nearly all of them seemed to 1 :r.s forward i heavy feet obeyed that lmpuLc The tars were down ir.d each triad to "cut wide open" another and last bomb sounded In air notifying the the fans the whole sports world that the IM nile race was on. "They're cffl" was a concerted cry from so many throats that lt.

could heard across the midland Iloosier Contnned en Page Nineteen. POSITIONS Other news of the speedway race on Vists 10, 24, 25 and 23. Huico Uurak 2d Packard Cable 18 Tabard Cable 21 implex P. R. 2.

Doyle Valve 9.. Rusco Durak Tliller Majestic Packard Simplex P. Packard RACE BAGKGMUND '7 earning Encourages Fair Fant rowdlAmugedf vN. i 4 I "I ss 160,000 SMOTHER RECORD Firit Evarrt Day Across Fields to Take Up a. Favorable Positions: The crowd at the epeedway was oficiajly announced I at 160,000, breaking all records.

ry i'UlUn' HjwMi. Staff CmtminImI The MlMiUt INDIAN APOLI3 MOTOR SPEEDWAY." May 30.Ani almost cloudless dawn, then sunrise, and the great rush through the gates of the' Indianapolis motor speedway. was on. Summer heat gate the fair sex. its first opportunity to flash summer toggery, and lt came clad In gowns that were a delight te the eye.

No sporting event In America. If not the world, brings together a more colorful, varied and swift moving' crowd than, the great annual tournament of Trojans at the speedway. The thrills are not all la tn 500 mile Tace. 1 Is worth several hours of af ter mld nlght slumber to arrive at the speedway gates the, dawn and dew drops are telling the robins "howdy da." For three or "four days cars have been parked at the Speedway entrance. Their possessors were speed bugs who, early this morning.

made a "gold rush" across the long driveway back of the grand stands, then, through the Contnned en Page Nineteeif. THE STARTERS Car Kwnber, DHver Car.) Cliff Woodbory Bele Talve 31 Leen Daray," Packard Cable X3CaJaX if 7 lS XUlph Packard Cable Speelsi. SECOND. J2 ilUbe SUpp, Splndlef SXffler SpeeUL 37 Pete DePaolo, Boyle Valve SpeelaL' 2 'Uy Simplex P. S.

Spe eiaL TBTKO: BUly Arnold, Beyle Valve Spe eUL. I 1 Lewie Meyer, MITJer SpeeUL 26 Demeen Utx, BUue Xmrak SpeelaL' rouRTH.Bdw .1. It Snssen Soeberger, Cooper Spe eUL ttTtmj Golettav Psekard Cable SpeelaL. IS Bill Spence, Deesenberg Spe elaL FIFTH BOW. Um Moore, Majestle Mllier SpeelaL.

Louis Chlren.Melage SpeelaL )5 Jalea Merlceaa, Thetnpson SpeelaL: "i spCTH ROW. JS Johnny Seymeor 'Coeper Spe elaL 4 Pete Kreis. Detreit SpeelaL IT Phfl Shaier; Miller SpeelaL SEVENTH BOW. 5 Bob BteDoaorfc. MITJer SpeelaL 47 Ernest Trrplett, Dmeeenberg SpeelaL 42 Fred Winnal, Iroeeenberg.Spe elaL EIGIITI1 ROW.

i 31 Fred Frame, Cooper SpeeUL S3 Jimmy Gleason, Daeaenberg SpeeUL 4S Weeley Crawford, Miller Spe eUL NINTH 43 Carl BIsrchese. Marchess Spe eUL SS Frank Farmer. MEler SpeeUL 21 Herman Sebtrrch Armaceet BXiUer SpeeUL bow. 48 W. L.

Gardner, ChrotnetlU SpecUI. Frank BrUke, Borbaeh) Spe eUL 29 Rlekellffe Decker, MCleV Spe eUL ELEVENTTI BOW. 27 Albert Karnais, Richards Bros. SpeeUL I 25 Clirf Bergere, Armaeoat MITJer SpeelaL 41 BiU Undao, PltUbargh BXlHer SpeelaL Front drive. 100 Ruscx I)urak No.

1 28 Majestie Miller No. 3 Miller No. 1........ Splndler Miller No. S2 Packard Cable No.

21 Packard Cable No. 23 Duesenbers. No. 63; Detroit No. 4..,...

Cooper No. 34 SirW P. R. No. 2.

Is Rush sic tK i A ILU AS BRITAIN VOTES Electors Pass Judgment on i Candidates for 615 Seats in House of Commons. w. 20,000000 GOiTbl POLLS 5,000,000 Newly Enfran chised44, Are Prin cipal Uncertainty. May 39: (AJ.) Great Britain voted today on members of Its next house' of commons, the sev enth in the reign of King Oeorge V. indirectly tne election tne political complexion ox tne next cab Completed count of those going to the is expected to' show more than 20,0007000 electors in England.

Scotland. Wales and nortnern Ire land. Of nearly 29.000.000 eligible to vote, women outnumbered men. to 13.W5.83S. The pre election campaign wi marked by unusual apathy and pending returns the outcome was in doubt.

Even money obtainable In London that the Incumbent Conservative party would return 288 members to the commons airalnst 400 holdlna of fice now, that the Labor party would return 253 against a present member snip of 160. and that the Liberals would lump to. 101 45. There are 615 seaU in the commons. of which 308 comprise a majority; therefore.

should the oregolng bet ting figures be spproximsted In the Contnaed on Page Nineteen. 1 i CABINET AT STAKE mm mm FIF1ELD DROPS PLAN FOR LICENSE POSTAGE Hot Practical or 'Notaries to Pay, He Decides. AUTO DRIVER LAV: VIEW Plans to have the notarlea.who acknowledge the automobile. divers licenses, which go rnto effect July pay for the' postal cost tnvolyed ve been dropped by Otto a. flfleld, have iMtwUrr of state.

as the Uw. which was enacted at the last session of the leglsUture. dlrecU the secretary of state to Issue the licenses, they must be mailed from the central office to the applicants. It has been estimated that the postage bill alone will total approximately S20.000. The Jaw.

directs that the applicant for a drivers' license shall pay 25 cenU to the state. It furthermore specifies that the expenses Incident to the administration and enforcement of the act shall be borne out of this fund, which time expected to reach! more than $1,000,000. Notaries Contaaed en, Page Nineteen. Leave St. Louis on Round Trip to Indianapolis.

SPEED HOLMAN FIRST UP EAST ST. LOUIS. UU May '30 I aw Nine cllota roared away from Parks airport at one minute Intervals today on a nonstop race to IndUna polls and return, opentaf the 15.000 Osrdner trophy compeution. svUuon's new Memorial day speed Charles W. (Speed) Holman.

or et. Paul. MmiL, In a kalrd. was the first to start: The other fivers, chosen in elimina tion races from five eitlea. Tuesday, were i.

Ear L.Rowland. Wichita. Kas, Cessna; Msrvls T. OTJell. Cessna; John P.

Wood. Wausau, Waco; Sydnor Hsu. St. Louis; Travei alr; Arthur Ji. Davis.

East Lansing, Mlclw Waco; SUnley T. Stanton. Wichita Cessna; D. Warren, San Pranclsco. Travelair.

and Dale Jackson. St. Louis, Killed at Speedway 3 A BILL SPENCE. CAPITAL PAYS HOMAGE to riATiorrs war dead Hoover Address ls Central Part of, Observance. SERVICES AT ARLINGTON WASHINGTON.

May 30 (AJ. The capital today was the center of the nation's observance of Memorial day with President Hoover the central figure of the patriotic pageant arranged to express its gratitude to those have offered their lives In defense of Its honor and existence. Tc hush of the reverent tribute lay over, the city and Its cemeteries with governmental activity stilled and the congress In sojournment for the occasion: Many members of the congress were away to speak at services in other places. The President chose the to make his second address since he took of flee, the day and its slgnlfl Contaaed ea Page Nineteen i 26. No.

3 Cable Ho. 21 R. No. 2. Cable No.

2.1 Miller No. Fpindler Miller No. 32 Doyle Valve 37., Cooper No. 33.,.. Detroit No.

4 1 Dr. B.v Coleman, Historical Bureau Head Speaks at Purdue University. GETTYSBURG SPEECH READ Many'Tippecanoe County Citu zens Attend. Memorial Exer cises. at Stat Home.

f8j)Hl to TTk Indianapolis Kws IniL, Msy 30. Dr. C. B. Coleman, director of the Indiana Historical Buresu.

Indianapolis, spoke at Fowler hall. Purdue University, this where exercises were held with, particular reference to Purdue men who lost their lives in 'the world war. Dr. Coleman took. as bis text Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.

"In spite of the sentence. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget, what they did his speech has come to have an Import as great as the battle Dr. Coleman said. "Indeed, there are many all over. the earth to whom the battle of Is chiefly, as the occasion for the speech, Lincoln's interpretation of the eivu war Is enshrined forever In the Gettysburg speech; Is also the, truest Interpretation of the history of American Democracy in some circles today has fallen to to disreputs b7 being misunderstood.

When Lincoln spoke of the new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the Continued on Page Nineteen. 150 Majestic Miller No. 8 Miller We.l 4 i Duesenbenr 63. i Detroit No. 4 Cooper No.

3 4'i Miller 'No. Simplex R. No. 2. Duesenber? 42.

Msrchese No. 43,. Packard Cable No. 21 i ,4 "2 1 ru Photo Ty Paul said ler. Tbe vw suit Fhoiorrtpner.

No. li The flying start. At the explosion of the starter's bomb, thirty three straining steel cnariots wlth open exhausts roaring and superchargers whining were off to the 500 mile grind of the seventeenth annual auto speed classic at the Indianapolis motor speedway at 10 a. m. With super nerve and grit, the daring drivers faced an endurance test of many long hours on the two and a half mile brick track.

The sun. beat down with merciless rsya, baking the track's hard surface; and glaring back at the race drivers. 'As the motors roared around the cheers of the enormous crowd audible, almost at onoe were turned to north end of the straightaway with eagerness to discern which car would be leader of the No. 2. Leon Duray.

In bis Packard Special No. 21, snapped by The News photographer, as he crossed the wire at about 120 mllee an hour, the winner of the first lap' In the 500 mile race. He was far ahead of the field and exhibited determination to stay there for some tune. No. 3.

before the start of the headed by soldiers, marines and sailors carrying the American nag, paraded in front of the judges stand six plumed drum majors led the procession of musicians, who after the start separated, and. Kent to. scores of band stands about the speedway grounds to puy for the crowds during, the day. The parade Is a traditional spectacle of the annual speedway race. memobyof dead 2 LIVES AGAIN JN MANY SERVICES race, the mammoth 1,000 piece band, I i.

i i eied with other persons in offer silent tribute to the fsllen heroes, the Rev. Wsrren W. Wlant, pastor of the North M. E. church, addressed the assembly on "Keeping Palth With Our Honored Dead." Running through the names of famous conflicts in American history In which the forces of this country have engaged, the Rev, Mr.

Wlant charged, his hearers with the task of "holding high the torch of freedom, which the silent hands of fallen warriors have thrown to "The enemies of human liberties we shall face in the tomorrows." ne Contaaed en Pa re Nineteen. Veterans March With Citixens "to Resting Places of Com rades Assembly at Monument Hears' Pastor Pay Tributeto Herbes DirigibJe" Drops RoWers. Time in 1U flight from the scenes xf battle for American freedom. Independence nd principles waSrhatted.Thursday while Memorial day services were held In Indianapolis and throughout the country to honor the nation's 'I 4 With bowed 1 heads, veterans of many i wars marched shoulder to shoulder with thousands of citlsens of IndUnapoUs to the final resting pUces of comrades whose lives were measured. in the balance to preserve the unity and glory, of the United States.

High tribute to the men and women who gave their lives In the service. of country was paid speakers in various memorial services. On the i steps of the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, services to charge of the General Memorial As socUtlon were held in the forenoon. While soldiers and ssllors of eiviu SDanlih American and world wars i i I i I 1 I i. I I I I I I v.

ff v'v i 1 Circulation. 4 Mentis. IZ21 Marion County ZD.l THURSDAY; EVENING, SO 1929. UJ 4. OJ A.

WHO LB lfce. lodiaoaoolia. lad. iawaed daily. ft' 1 11 ii 1 I 1 I RF If 11 1 UL IIILlU "THEY'RE OFF!" PICTURES OF THE OPENING OF THh, 500 MILE RACE XT THE INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY .1 I TV 'i i.

li Driver of Duegenberg fio. 10 Fractures Cku! First Fatal Accident at Speedway Cinca 1919 Had Completed Nine Laps Vas Native of Los Angeles; and Twenty Four Years Old Last Year Was Firt on Indianapolis Track When He Drove Relief for Dill Arnold and Finished Seventh In Prixe Money. SjAce, yace driver, died on the way to the City Hospital of a fractured skull, after his ear, Duesenberg No. 13, turned over several times after it had got out of control in, the southeast turn of the speedway. He was thrown from his, ear as it hit' the waU.

He had completed nine laps. Spence was twenty four years ld. was married, and lived" In Los Angeles, at 44H South dramercy place. He drove relief for BUI Arnold last year. It Is the first death since 1919.

Spence finished seventh In ths ract last year. OUT OF THE RACE No. front drive Boyle Valve Spe cial, Cliff Woodbury, out after three. laps with right rear wheel off en northwest tarn. No.

Daeaenberg Special, Soence. eut after nine laps, car out cf control, wrecked on. southeast turn. No. 35.

Thompson Special. Jules Mortcean, est after twenty one laps struck wall and wrecked car on north east tarn. No. 18, fronl drlro Packard Cable SpecUI. Balph Hepburn, withdrawn after fifteen laps.

No. 37, front drfve Boyle Valve racial. Tete Deraolo, out after twer.tr. flro laps with storing knucV 32. Er' J.llller Babo Star p.

forty four With joint. No. 12, frnot drlve Cfwper Special, Bossell Snoberger. declared out after forty five laps. No.

v. 26. Boseo Dorsk Special, Oeaeon lits, forced eat after fifty sis laps. No. 38, Miller: SpecUI, Prsnk Psrmer, out sfter filly laps, with defeeUro supercharger.

200 ILL OF PTOMAINE Box Sapper Food PoUons Flremea Their Wives. MUSpOGES, Okla, May 33 (SJP.i Two hundred persons were ill today of ptomaine poisoning, four following' a box tuTvtr lxs night for firemen and their wives attending the state firemen's convention here. FOREST FIRE KILLS 100 Forty Children Among Dead In Baj fng Ilsmea on IUand. TOK30. May 30, (U More than 100 persons.

including forty school children, were reported today to have perished the terrific and uncontrollable, 'forest fire which has been raging on Sachalln Island for the last four days. Thousands of the inhabitants of tie Island off the coast of Siberia were homeless as a result of the fire which was still raging. Sereral township were threatened, according to latest reports. Some New York Suburb Guessed as LIndy's Horns NX3T TOH2, May 39 lie eariodty, still smgratlfled rerard Ing the honeymoon retreat of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his speculated today on where they would make their home.

That it would somewhere in the' suburban environs of New York. wiUi first choice farortng a place in New Jersey, near Enrlewood, the homo cf Dwlght W. Morrow, the briie's father, was indicated by her ancle. Jay J. Morrow.

Ue also mentioned Ixrr Island and Westchester county la' New York as possible places. WEATHER IfJDICATIOr; unrrro statxs weather Indi natoli, Wr 30. 7 1 p. 2 7 a. ra 77 1 y.

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