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i lo BULLETIN Paul Cost in his Empire Elate Special led at the start cf the 5C0 miIe race nftcmcca, lie was two lengths ahead of Cuxnminjs in another Empire State Special. The nineteenth annual SOO mile race itarted today at 12 o'clock, after a two hour delay because of rain. A anile cf dark and threatening cloud throughout the morning boors bad nt drenching showers ca the thou tends cf race rpecUicrs. The scatter man gave no encour sir. hope for.

running the entire race without showers, and there was the fear that It might be necessary t3 th race progressed to call other u.s. race heretofore had always tn tine, although la 1813 it was; postponed frcra Saturday to Jirnriiy cn account cf rain, la 1828 caused 'the race distance to be1 rut chert, the cars being flagged when leader was at Z0 Riles. Hundred cf Indianapolis folk delayed thtir Ideparture; to the' track nni thousands at the track kept their r.f era ned kyward searching for ine trace cf blue thtt would Indicate breaking up. The forty race drivers and their r. accustomed to trials and tribulations of the race counted went about their of preparation as though the sun was shining la the greatest Their tak was to race, leaving the worries about the to there sdert la prcjriosti i liens.

Start Is Tl. ill! rr FrccLuI. Forty cars started from scratch as rear scratch as the officials srran With their foal 123 tl ttant. The start was a thrUHax f. ttuclc, Just as thrilling as any of tlie ether elshtcea races here that rreccifed this one.

with erery drlrer and each mechanic keyed with de rr tatioru Itader, a former race drlrer, ard Throdore E. Myers, cneral man rer ct the tpcedway, headed the pro Cvisicn cf racrrs for cne lap. Their rcaditer plured at rad cf tiie field at the itartir.i r.al, n4 the race cars, thr? abreast ti miliary formation, htt the same race, the drivers tryinj to inaia: their ahsnsient. Tiie first lap behind the" pace ear It not counted in the 2C0 laps neces jry to make tea miles, and Is run rely to enalle the drivers to make a fitr: itirt. Rsdcr and Myers la their speed to perhaps sixty I hour as the steel caralcade ruc.e the first turn st the south nd the speedway.

CeTeral of the cars srrrsred to be actinjr unruly. baiilnj and others plunging as If th were nervous because of alow i ecd and delayed start because of the tain. Ail the track thousands cf voices sided to the chorus cf barks and rumihnjs of the motors. Around Once Slowly, Thea Speed! Arcuni the south turn weal the tscr makers, with the Tacers foUowtns more cr less deranged lineup. was little cr no chinje la the trefJ alonz the back stretch, but as the cars moved around the north end turns It appeared to the spectators that Hadcr was steppinj with a little tic re force on hu accelerator.

Into the home stretch they atJd the cheerinj fans showed Intense excitement as they realized that the trrst race was starting in earnest. Jur before they reached the wire and Myers pulled their car to the kft and thea ca to the apron of tr.e track, leavtni a clear rtsht of way t. v. dare devils to do as they The action was like a iznal to cut le and cuttir.z loose Is a mild ex The first row, censistinj cf i Cummlns and Cost, hit "4 wire with Increasln? speed and race was cn. wita S1C3 Up prises 1 out Lie rlncs cn an lina jl r.iry crcus merry co round.

and a i cf linal prlrea la the distance. The snme rules prevsiled this year crrser years rersrdins the start. Alter a fect parade cf more than 1.C00 tndrr.cn and down the track, all their Instruments under the rection cf cne leader, the. cars pre ured to Uke the track, but the weather waa so threatening that of llcials ordered th race delayed until Ui track cried. Finally the cars were relied cut cn the track and took their laces.

Aerial bemhs were exploded tvery few mlnutea la the fifteen minutes rrecedir.s the start of the race, tr.d the crews well knew their raeaa 1 I. The movie men who reaped most ci their harvest cf pictures at this thawed Jvist as much tpeed la rcttir.r cut cf the wsy, and the track i frcnt cf the racers was clear whea the final bomb put the" racers la action. on.Earner a Center ef Interest. mere varied assortment cf cars ever stmed la a ICO mile event. The lineup Included two cycle designs, hepped up Fords and cars cf sixteen cylinders, nht cylmder cars pre ciemlnated larjery, thirty two of the motors beinj cf this variety.

There were fire feur cyliader cars and three cf sixteen cylinders la the lineup All the cars cealil led for the race wt a speed cf more than ninety nine miles hour with cne exception. theDlesel rr.etcred car driven by Dave Evans, wrhicb came In under special dispensation. Evans was the irst to cua IL'y, making a speed of i i JyUJUJ) 1 THE STARTERS CAS XMBCS, SITES AXTJ CAB. first 4 Caseell Snowberxer, Saseell Special. 5 till Cammlncs, Empire Stale Spe etaL 21raal Seat, Empire SUte JlpeciaL Second 5 Dete Lita.

Haley Special. 25ErnJe Trfplett. Backeye Special. Z9 Babe Stapp, EJUns Spe elaL Third Kenr 17 W. H.

Gardner, Kataaer SUte Special. X4 Fred Frame, Daeeenberr Special. IL W. Stabblefldd, Jenee MlUer SpeclaL Tovrlh Sew If 'Satph Ilepbnra, Harry Bdler Spe etai. tt Phil Pardee, Daesenbert: Special.

57 Lather Jehnson, Hie bards Special. Fifth Sew 23 Loals Schneider, Sewee Seal Fast FTWciaL 2 Cliff Cerrere. Flea Seyaie Special. 27 bet SllUer. Starr SpeclaL v'r Sixth; Sew 41 Joe Soaee, Sass Special.

Dave Eraas, Cammias DJcsel Spe eUL 1 KUlj Arneli, JIiner ILarts SpeclaL Serenth Saw 27 Tony CaletU. Heal SpeclaL 23 Itanry Gteaaen, Dasenbers; Spe elaL IT Francis Qolnn, Tockct Tappet Ford SpeclaL EUbtlr Saw 3 Frank Fanner, Jeaes SpeclaL 12 rhil Shafer, Sbafer Elxbt SpeclaL 2 Jobn Eolinr, raphe SpeclaL Xlntb Sew 7 Lea le Meyer, SaaspMa SpieetaL 2 WiUUm Canilon, Uarry tiller SpeciaL 18 Frank Crlske, SriakeAtainsea SpeclaL Tenth 21 Fred WlaaaL Sewes Seal Fast SpeclaL r. 4 leoB Oery, Eea Iaray SpeclaL 4t Ge N. Howie, O. N.

SpeclaL Eleventh 72 AI Aspen. Albert! SreclaL Oeorre tVinrerter, Wlnxerter Spe eUL 41 Harry Batcher, Batcher Brothers SpeclaL Twelfth. Sew 24 Gene naaaieln. Wlntcrfer SpeclaL 21 Myron Stevens, adaon SpeclaL 5 EiUy Ulna, Heoaier Fete SpeclaL Thirteenth Sew; Sam Seas, Miller SpeclaL 14 Lea Moore, Beyle Valve SpeclaL If Herman Schnrch, Ueosier Fete iWrteenta Sew" Joe Ilaff, Goldberi Brethert Spe CUL 88.871 miles an hour, or sixteen miles an hour more than was required of oil burners. This oll bumlnf car, the first ever to enter any kind of a race, probably attracted more attention from the racing fans at the start than any other on the track.

The fact that it mhtht eventually revolutionize the making of automobiiea was discussed and left, and arguments concerning the car and Its ability to run 500 miles on a few gallons of oil were heard on all Flve Front Drive Cars Start. One thing noticeable about the mechanism of the cars this year was that the front drives srere not so muca tn evidence, at least in numbers. Those la the race today were BUI Cummiss's Empire SUte No. 3. Joe Hulf's Goldberg Brothers Special No.

9. Fpeed Gardner's Nutmeg SUte Special No. 17 and Frank Brisco's Atkinson Special No. 18. There were some really fine cars in the lineup, and also some, of mediocre construction, but all were fast.

It was predicted that the cars of flimsy construction would not long stand the terrific grind to which the cars were subjected. Drivers as a rule are willing to "trust to hjek." and as long as their wheels continue to turn they una cine themselves tn the race. The lap prizes for the race aggrer gate 114.150. It was announced they would be awarded as follows: First to seventeenth lap, inclusive. $100 each; nineteenth to etshty flrst lap, I1C9 to each odd numbered lap; eUrhty cecond lap, $100; eighty third.

I5J; eighty fourth. S100; eighty flfta lap to end of the race, each odd lan, 81C0, r. SIGHTS ATTRACT VISITORS Monument: Gets Special At tkntion Enthusiastic Oyer Hoosier Reception. Dismissing for the time being the perplexing problems of taxation, recalcitrant legislatures. Job banters and polities, the Governors of eight sovereign states of the Union, gave their attention to speed at the Indianapolis motor speedway lu guests of Governor Harry O.

Leslie while en route to French Lick to attend the Governors conference, which begins Monday, the Governors were guests of honor the paddock of grand stand at the southwest turn of the great brick track. From where they sat they, could see the whirling cars enter the. home stretch, pass the judges stand and thea carom into the south turn. Those in the party included Governor Albert Ritchie, Maryland; Governor George White, Ohio; Governor Henry SL Caulfleld. Missouri: Gover nor XL G.

Hardman, Georgia: Gover nor Ihra C. Blackwood. South Caro lina; Governor George H. Dern. Utah; Governor Barry H.

Woodzlng. Kan sas, and Oovernor Leslie. Most of the Governors were accompanied by their wives. AH were under, the escort of specially appointed Indianapolis sponsors. v.

Sitchie Met at SUtlea. Fred Cunningham, was with Gover nor Ritchie, whom he has known for several years. Mr. Cunningham met the Oovernor and his party when they arrived at the Union Station Satur day and with a police escort opening the, way, took him directly to the Mr. and Mrs Matson were sponsors for Governor White and his daughter.

Miss 'Mary "White, who is Lis official bog teas at the Governor's home at Mr. and Mrs. Eben IL were aponsdri tor Governor and Mrs. Blackwood. Mr.

and Mrs. John were sponsors for Governor and Mrs. Dern and thir sen and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Dern, and their daughter and her husband, Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Baxter. Governor and Mrs. Hardman and tbeir.son. L.

a. Hardman, Jr were sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick VanNuya. Mr.

and Mrs. M. S. Foley were sponsors for Governor Woodring and his sister. Miss Xida Woodrlng.

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lemaux were sponsors for Governor and Mrs. Caulfleld and their daughters and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs.

Lucien Galena and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. The distinguished visitors.

headed by. an escort of city and state motor cycle policemen, kft the Columbia Con tinned Fare 2, Fart THREE FLYING TO RACE DIE AS PLANE CRASHES Craft Burns After Crackup at is Wisconsin Airport, i LOW FOG HAMPERS VISION MADISON, Whu, Msy 30 (UP.) Three men who started to Indianapolis by airplane to see the 500 mile speedway race there were killed to day when their plane crashed and caught fire at the Madison airport. The dead were: Lawrence M. Fisch nlch, age thirty nine, pCct; Edward Raftrec, age twenty six. and Ed Brteby.

age They had turned back to the airport because of a low fog which made vis ibility uncertain. The plane dove into the field at a sharp angle before rucrmicn could straighten it out. then gave over the place to war's purposes. The speedway became an avia tSon center and right proudly did It serve. Interestingly enough! the president of the Speedway Corporation today is Eddie RIckenbacker.

who gained and earned the title cf America's "ace ci aces' in the air In the world The speedway seemed to know It had an air somewhere in the offing and so played the game I One of 'the fatensely interesting phases cf the annual SOO miie race in Indianapolis is the perfect organisation thaV handles the' great crowd, seats It, feeds it, cares for the alck or Injured and sees that nobody pays more lor a hct dog than la listed by order of the management. Long bef ort dawn, wbCe Indian Contiased Page t. Fart I TRACK CROWD COLORFUL DESPITE CONTRIBUTION OF WEATHER MAN Perfect Speedway Machine Handles Visitors, Home Folic, Out to See Speed Exhibition, With Few Complaints and Few Accidents Speedway Is 22 Years Br BmrkD Speedway "Weather hick. famous for 1U production of sunny skies, got away to a gloomy, start today. The traditional glow was lacking, for rain began falling before cUwn.

dampening the holiday duds of hundreds of race fans who waited at the speedway gates for the annual rush, to vantage points ta the bleachers. All eyes were on the skies and there were weather cpti mlsU and pessimists of every variety ia the speed hungry throng. The Indianapolis motor speeds ay is twenty two years old. this is the nineteenth running cf the world famous SCO mile race, and only once. If mem cry serves aright, baa Jupiter Fhrrtus.

patron saint of the wets, postponed the race. Of course, that militant monarch. Mars, marred the Marathon la 1917 18, or the speedway, owners Representatives of Eight States Forget Cares of Of fice at Great Track, LAST EDITION ciiovrrrs; cocixrt. Cunriee. 4:15.

Cunset. C.reuJslicn. 4 KJJ iliricn Co nl CrsrJ Tctil 1:: vn nai Entered a eeonS daaa analter at eoat ofXieo IaCianapoUa. lad. latroel aiuiy.

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY SO, 1931. THIRTY TWO PAGES by local cARRirx irj a wr i) ilXEU BT ZOiNES ItUMil threc pn "Z3 Li i SALUTING V. NEWG ML JmMmS IN SPEEDWAY BOX AGAIN 1H VALLEY FORCE Storied Scene of War Hard ship Held Up as' Challenge. I'J MEMORIAL DAY SPEECH VALLEY FORGE, Fa, May 30 CAPO President Hoover today portrayed a United SUtes In the midst of another Valley Forge of depression which can be overcome only through the "Inventiveness, the resourcefulness, the Initiative of every; one of ns. On the ground where George Washington and his men suffered bitter deprivations in the winter of 1777 78 before those very waflU stimulated their fight tor the President said, in a Memorial day address: Tha American, people 'are going through another Valley Forge at this time.

To. each and every one of us it is an hour of unusual stress and trial. Vou have each one your special cause of anxiety. So, too, have" However, the President expressed the conviction tthst no one who reviews the past read doubt that this, like a score of similar experiences in our history. Is but a passing trlaL" Warns ef Panaceas.

He warned, however, against "the rrosy path to every panacea' as a way out of depression and scouted the contention that tbe source of all wisdom Is in the government," The revolution, of" which Valley Forge was the darkest but perhaps the most glorious was fought, not; alone for national Independence, be said, but also to' retain for the individual an independence from "the deadening restraints of government." "We are stra fighting this prar of Independence, he asserted. "We know that the source of wisdom is in Contiawed eat Page Z. Part TEACH CITIZENSHIP IN Anderson Attorney Speaks at Marion Memorial Services. GRAVES ARE" DECORATED tSpedal to Tho laaaapoIl Krit MARION, Ind, May SOv Teaching of cttlsrnshrp tn schools as a means cf. preparing the young for the responsibilities of was advocated tn a Memorial day address by Oswald Ryaa, Anoeraon at the Marlon National Sanatorium here.

The graves cf thousands cf civil war veterans and several hundred world war veterans in the military cemetery were strewn with Cowers. Legion posts and Spanish American war veterans took part ia the exercises. "The time baa ccma when we must rescue cirlc training from its present inferior place and set it where it Cectflnaed.ea Page 2. Part 1 HOOVER PORTRAYS The text ef the Fresideat'c mes aagea is en Page t. Fart 1.

SCHOOLS RYAH URGES CAPiTAL RALLIES TO BUGLE'S CALL Thousands Join in Memorial Trib ut al a ve i i AERIAL; ARMADA FLIES BY Heroes of War and Peace Are Honored by Prominent Speakers, T. i May SO (AJ. The nation'a caplul today paid another tribute to the soldier i The army's sir armada flew overhead while thousands Joined In the Memorial day observance at Arlington NaUonal cemetery. BarM v. and; bugle corps swung through the" caplul "while officials honored heroes great In peace as in war.

1 Wltb' President Hoover speaking at Valley POrge and Vice President Curtis at Gettysburg, to other government leaders went the privilege of decorating the resting places of Wood row Admiral Dewey, Major Peter Charles XEnfant, who laid out the cspiUl city, and James Hogan, designer; cf the White House. At the; National cemetery on the Potomac river twenty two veterans organizatlona memorialized the soldiers of all the nation's Ten thousand flags," placed by Boy Scouts yesterday, waved over the graves la Arlington. There James A. Drain, a former national commander; cf the American Legion, and RcpresenUtlve Royal 1 Johnson. South DakoU.

chairman cf the last house veterans committee, spoke. The National Broadcasting Company broadcast the addresses by Representative Sol Bloom, New York, and Mrs. Lowell Fletcher HobarL. president general cf the Daughters of the American Revolution, at noon. A nation wide, bookup of the Columbia chain carried the words of the Rev.

James E. Freeman, bishop cf the Episcopal diocese of Washington, at the cathedral chapel in which the world war President is burled. Parade Moves Up Avenue. streets thousands moved to religious and public celebrations set for almost every hour of the day. Along Sixteenth street they walked under an avenue of trees, each planted in memory of a soldier who died in the world war.

brightened the axoall concrete mark era bearing bronze tableU with the names of the dead. William N. Doak, secretary of labor, was speaker at an afternoon celebration at the Battle round National cemetery and Senator Smith, W. Brockhart. Ia, lead observances ia the cemetery of the old soldiers' home.

Spanish and Indian war veterans joined world war survivors for a parade up Pennsylvania avenue and through the business district. At the tomb of the unknown soldier Oreco Americans Joined in a tribute. C. Eimopouioa, minister of Greece, was among the representative of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association who presented a bronze memorial tablet for the white RANKS OF BLUE FAST FADING. Only About Remain of Once Powerful Grand Army.

CHICAGO. May 30 (AP.) The handful of civil war veterans active in Memorial day programs over the Coatiaoed Pare 2, Part i MYSTERIOUS MURDERS BAFFLE BRITISH POLICE Bodies of Mother, Daughter Found Under Fishpond. FATHERIS BEING SOUGHT BELVEDERE, Kent, England, May 30 (AJ Scotland Yard today was seeking the solution of one of the strangest; mysteries it has had in many years, the finding last night of the bodies of a mother and her daughter buried under an artificial fishpond on' a suburban esUte here. The women were Mrs. Maude Lewis, handsome flfty yesr old wife or Charles Frederick Lewis, prominent educator, and their daughter Freda, a lovely, vivacious girl of twenty, whom they adopted after bet parents died in the LusiUnia disaster.

The police are looking for Mr. Lewis, but so far they have been unable to find him. The women were burled in their nlghtclothes and beside them was the body of their pet dog. They had Been dead several days. There were no signs cf violence and police were inclined to believe they had been poisoned.

Tuesday, the neighbors everything seemed normal at the Lewis home. The next day the house was silent as though the family had gone Yesterday friends of the fsmily received a number of extraordinary letters, one of which said Mrs. Lewis and Freda had teen killed in an accident. Police were notified and last night they searched the house and grounds. Under the concrete of the new fish pond they made their grewsome discovery.

The Lewis family was popular. Mr. Lewis is a taU, distinguished man of sixty; one of the assistant directors of education for county Kent, "the choirmaster at his church and active in the civic affairs of the district. Mrs. Lewis was described by those who knew, her as the ideal wife and mother.

Freda, one of the most popular girls in town, was studying to become a teacher. STEAMER LOWERS 400 III LIFEBOATS Passengers Removed After Ship Hits Rocky Shoals Off California. CAPTAUJ FEARS BREAKUP Two Other Vessels Report They Are Speeding to the Rescue. LOS ANGELES, May 38 (U.P.) The United SUtes navy cruiser Louisville pulled alongside the stricken liner Harvard off Point Arguell today and the crew started to take Harvard passengers from lifeboats, the Lasseo Iiae offices here announced. The freighter San Anselmo also was at the scene picking Harvard passengers, SAN FRANCISCO.

May 30 (UJ.) The heavily loaded Lasseo liner Harvard today struck the rocky shoals of Point ArgueQa. 200 miles south of here, and within a few minutes all her 400 or more passengers had put out la' lifeboats. Immediate removal pf the passengers ordered by Captain L. B. Ililslnser to prevent an emergency If the ship was found to be ia.

danger of breaking up, said advices received here from the stricken CapUia Illlsinger informed ccat guard headquarters here he removed the passengers at once because cf dangerous cross winds which blow each afternoon, making rescue work almost impossible. A report from the Harvard said the lifeboats had bcenlordered not to iir.d because of. the danger of roefca, tut it was believed some of theni had made shore." The steamship H. F. Alexander, off Cape Piedras Elancas, and the scout cruiser Louisville reported they were on their way to the scene.

Messages Indicated the engine room of the Harvard was flooded and the vessel was doomed. Lines were put out holding the lifeboats near the ship pending the arrival of the cruiser Louisville. A Southern Pacific special train was made ready at Santa Barbara to go to the jrcene, and although no reports were received of any cne being Injured, physicians and nurses were called to the train. Although use of the train indicated officials of the steamship line Intended to land the passengers near the scene of the wreck, later reports suggested the passengers miht be taken aboard the cruiser, The ship was wedjed on. the rocks near the point where seven United SUtes destroyers were clashed to pieces in 1921 after runrJr? on to the promontory in a.

fog. Wireless ad vl' es ssid the sea was calm. There were no reports cf confusion. A slight en Fage Fart 1. PATROL AIR TRAFFIC Five Pilots Enforce Aerial Eoiei Above Speedway.

While city and state police sought to untangle automobile traffic on the ground, members of the 113th obser vation squadron, Indiana national guard, acted as traffic policemen of the air Saturday at the ECO mile race. Five working in relays, piloted a plane back and forth over the speedway to keep planes from vio lating the rules cf the air. There was a radio connection with the tcp floor of the press pagoda. Pilots wno acted as aerial trarnc policemen were Lieutenant Etar.iey LeFeber. Lieutenant Cecil F.

Lieutenant Russel Lcr.jr, Lieutenant B. Daniels and Lieutenant V. LL Brown. noon was shortened. In rpite cf sa Intermittent drizzle The Indianapolis News Newsboys Band, directed by J.

B. Vandaworker, gave a concert of more than aa hour ca the Ilor.urier.t steps. By the time the scheduled start the Monument program arrived the sho xers had become to steady that it was decided fcy crriclals cf the Veterans cf Foreign Wars in charge cf the service to shorten th.5 services consldsrably. A short ritualistic ceremony, the placing of flowers stout the Menu meat and the firing cf a salute completed th ceremony. Albert Ctur Lidanapolls attorney, was to have made the principal address, which vss canceled when rain made necessary the cuttlr.z short cf the services.

The Alvin P. Ilovey Wcrran's r.el!cf Corps directed the sen ices at Mt. Ccutinaed on Fage 3, Fart 1. TRIBUTE IS PAID TO THOSE WHO MADE PEACE, LIBERTY POSSIBLE Indianapolis and Vicinity Expresses Appreciation in Me moriaf Services 'at Cemeteriss, Elsewhere Rain Shortens Monument Ceremony Craves Decorated. Tribute to the dead and Kvinj, to the men and women whose heroic deeds and sacrifices in time of war made possible the prevailing peace snd liberty, was expressed by Indianapolis and vicinity in Memorial day exercises Saturday.

As individuals and as members of citizens of this community Joined with the rest of the nation ia paying heartfelt tribute to those who took up arms and followed the American flag to the battle In defense of their country. Hundreds of persons visited the various cevseteries where the war dead He buried and attended special services held there. Owing to showers, which af rected attendance at all the Memorial day exercises; the ceremony at the Soldiers and Monument in the fore ll; ramiivAiifiiiK in ta uh r.i i i IUH.1EJJ i ii iioyu Some En Routa to CCO Race at Indianapolis Others Were cn mcrinl Day Excursions Father, Mother and Thrca Children Killed by Train Ccrr.3 Two Men and Woman Fatally Hurt in Thorntown Two Dla aa Truck Trailer Is Hit by.En Cine Four Car. Cmashu? Fata! to Another. ACCIDENTS SCATTERED Death claimed a toll cf eleven lives ia automobile accidents in scattered parts of Indiana Mcmcri.il day.

Some of the victims were ca thri? way to Indianapolis to attend the :0 mile race at the speedway and ctl were oa holiday excursions to 'neighboring dUes. 1 A father and mother and three cf their nine children were killed aimer fc instantly when a speeding passenger train': struck their automobile at a grade crossing at Ecme, fn Adams county. They were ca the" W3y to Cleveland to spend' Memorial day ith friends. 1 In a crash between an autcmclils snd a truck In Ctate Head 12 a shcrfc disUnce east cf Thorntown. two rea and a womsn were killed and another woman was Injured seriously.

Ths Victims, all residents cf Chicago, rcn driving to Indianapolis, ta attend ternatlcnal sweepstakes at the rr way. One man was killed and persons were Injured In another dent ia EUte Road 12. a fleert tance north cf riackville. Ieur cerj were Involved la ths snearhu. mn rn the ra frr i rV: Tt to Lincoln, In Lake county, when a ca which they were rl lrj iru: by a Mcnon train tcur.i ier The accident occurred in ths Llr.ce'.a highway.

FIVE Din AT rzr.Nn. Aoto Ealiway Crash Faiil to Tare and Three Children. (Special to Tb cwii Ind, May C3. A fa: Of five, consisting cf a father, rr.c;: and three children, was I. today whea the autcrr.etl'.a in til.

they were making a holiday excurei was struck by a rcnn. ylvar.ia nil ea ser.ger train bound for Chic? so. Tlie dead are: Charles O. Jllller. fcrty, a ferra er living near Eerr.e.

Delia Miner, his wife. tl.lr ty eijht. Vt'illlara te twelve. Dorothy t5 ttn. LliSe Miller, two.

The accident occurred at the grade crossing at v. hieh father, Joseph O. Mill.r. 3 by a train, C.ptcr.'1 The Millers had 1. early in the fercnecu Continued cn Im 1.

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