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lillil TO HEED RELIEF PkEAS As Direct Result. Ratepayers In That Part of Indianapolis Within Center Township Faca Possibility of Having to Meet 10 Cent Increase Next Year Analysis of Budgets Discloses Total Rata Win Be Doosted From $2.78 on Each $100, Present Levy, to Unless Last Min uta Cuts Art MadeContract With Other. Parts of Stats Shown. RAY OF, HOPE IN APPEALS Asa direct mult of the failure of local public official to respond to appeals of citizens for tax relief, tax (tiers in that part of Indianapolis within Center township fact the pos sibility ef having to meet a 10 cent to creaae la their taxes next year. 'An analysis of ths local budgets dis closed Friday that ths total tax rait for XnnapoUs' taxpayers be Increased from: 12.11 on each' 1100.

the present levy, to unlets drastic Isat mlnuts cuts are made, The fact 'cams discouraging tots to dttsens who hare taken part la ths moTement for tax relief, eon sldrlns ths teneral success of ths crusade la other cities and "counties of ths state. When the; taxpayers la 1 outstats counties and cities next year win be participating measurably in ths sitings effected "by their local officials, citizens of Indianapolis are faced with an Increase la their tax bios. notwithstanding the reduced ability to pay as reflected la ths economic situation and by the loss in 'ths total sssessed tarnation. i Lerlss Cseaparsd. Ths following table shows ths pres ent levies oa wmca mosnspous cw i bens pay taxes and ths lenesjuxeiyi to be.

la effect next year unless fur I ther cuts are made! I 1121. lttz. 1 Slats .111 Slsriea county, J4S All Center JUS 4S ladlanspslis Ut Ul Sebeel 1J1 1.11 Total UU Members of ths stats board of tax commissioners, who lata this month i ars charged with ths statutory duty ef flxlmc the stats tax levy, see little I or no possibility of a stats tax redue 1 tlom At ths ouUeL the tax board to! faced with ths absorDtloa of 2S of I a cent Increase Imposed by the state: legislature. With a sharp decrease fca the tola! assessed valuation' of the sUU in prospect, aa Increase In the stats levy sppesni far more likely than a decrease. Csaaty levy Bslsed.

The Marlon county tax levy, which st present stands at 34.i nts oa each $100. was raised cents by the board of county commissioners; acting on requesu of the heads of the county departmenu and instttutions. Part of the increase wss due to the refusal of eountv ttmunissLsnera to accent a nro petal of Charles Mann, county high way superintendent, to retrench," The Mimtt tnfrtt nna la tnr tk mm. tr council, which recently announced a rhard boUed attitude with resnect excessive budget revests, On the ffiS. stJfS sufficient to absorb part of the cer Uln Increase ta next year's tlx levy.

AltKotuti 1111 Humt Kaon, tnim. Center towmhln. haa nounced a Tl cent reduction ta the levy la 1S22 for that next of the townshla outside todlansnoUt the ef feet oa Center townshm'taxnam lnsUfs the eltr. and by far tha most populous part, win be aa increase, The township rale for the part inside Indlanapons now sUnds at 44 cenui en each 1100 of taxable property, but because of Increased poor relkf de mands ths rate for the same tax of of to jars I I 1 i I I I 1 'payers next year vQ be 11 cents, a I Mostyn Indictment: WSliam T. Bur net Increase of Si roughs snd Wffilam Oroomes.

po one Cent sUaWtUau 1 'Officials of the city administration, aner nguy study of the budget re hose rrVt precipitated the in CiUesU of department heads, trimmed vosUgstion, and Oeorge B. Perry, po around gn.OC from the budget and hceman. accused of embotng a prts wnoj turcica i cen reaucuon in mu city ery lor next year, aiexa 1 The weapons named la the indirt brs of the dry eouncn thrust aside jmenU ranged from rubber hose and aaiFrrposaaicT suosuairextra i budget, CnaCy succeeding cuxung arouna ss.ooo rrom u. isw jcutlsy. Net effect, cf the.

council ae uon win ne to, sustain the SUDS fevy projected oy the administration and xn errect to provide it with a working balance of tt.000 larger than first was V'j OVAmw? guCty of thhd degree prac Iinoring the pleas of taxpayers for relict, officials cf the city school board drew up a budget several weeks ago caning for continuation of the present $L0l school levy. A group of taxpayers promptly appealed the levy to ths state board of tax commission. ers snd is awatUng the date for 0X1 SUP the grand heanns Meanwhile, representatives I nSd teethnony against him ot the IndUna TsxnaTera AryH.o and the IndUnapoUs Chamber ot Cormier? have bee mskir a dose Study of the. school buCjft with the CcnUnoed en Page It, Part mm con U.S.PUKG BOARD Many Proposals for Economic Remedy Being Sifted. RELIEF PROGRAM PUSHED WASBZNOTOir.

September 4 (AJPJ Results of Burrry Indicating American business needs some' system economic planning to promote con tlnuity of work and preTent unem ployment bolstered ths efforts today a United States Chsmbfr of Com merce jeocomittes studying such pro posals The committee Is considering Tart ous suggestions for creation of a na tional planning board to co ordinats production and consumption by watching and advising Industry of ths current trends la business. Previously to its meeting, the com mltteo sent questionnaires to several hundred business firms asking their Ideas on a national planning board. Most of the replies were favorable the Ides, though there was a great difference of opinion as to bow it should be worked out. It is this problem the committee Is trying to scire today. Members of ths group said they can not complete their work at this meeting, but wQ meet again in New York, probably September 21, to complete a report.

Offer la New Tech. The committee is considering whether such a planning board should be set up by ths government or by business, or by now large ths board should be? what Industries (should be represented: and If It is ere sied by private Industry, now it should be financed. Many other plans for regularizing emclcrment and nrafeetm amninvae from ths hsrrtshlpg unemployment being. considered, by ths ecenmtt tee, among them jobless Insurance and lwork guaranties. The committee also Is considering plans for extending throughout en tire Industries stahfflratlon plans worked out by Individual companies.

Most of these proposals ars aimed toward the long range solution of ths employment. program; but the group auo is consaerxng emergency mee urea for ths present situation. Meanwhile, plans for administering relief to unemployed next winter are going forward under the direction of President HooTers unemployment re Uef JCganTrstmn. IU stsff growing rspidly. the organ bation was forced to move today from cramped cuarters In the commerce department building to an office building where It can have more spacev Walter IS.

Oifford. national reUef "Pending theweek end in "tT ttose be rKpes wffl sgree to aasiat with Owen tt Toung. whom, he has appointed to commUtee to direct the rala lttS Of nllet money through local communities. FIVE CAPITAL; POLICEMEN 1 CHARGED WITH ASSAULT District of CMasabla Grasvd lary tars Indietasents In Alleged TUlTU SMgTM aracuces. WASHUfOTON, September 4 AJ.

Irr Peiieemen wer charged with esssult today In Indictments returned oy District of Columbia grand Jury to st methods i employed by Washington police. Those Indicted are: James A. Mos etective, accused of beating three Prisoners August 32; WCHam B. Laf charged wUh assault two or the prisoners named tne lodict4 Jointly with Mostyn U. i.

w.vw oner August 21. a wooden club. The I beatings were said to have been made Ita attempts to maka the prisoners confess crimes of which they were sus ipected. I rresident Hoover, recommend ling federal mveztigation of Qu charges, said he believed policemen wees should be severely, punished. At the same ttme the grand jury rOJOunIifieu thtt a former ponce man, omue supie.

be cleared of charges placed against him some time 'to. not concerning the third degr s. that be be reinstated. In tts re 1 was perjureo ana gjyen by in competent witnesses." Its report said alterations that the United States dis trict, attorney's office had been in varred tm properly ra the dkrnlssal of Staples are "false la their entirety, INDIANAPOLIS NEW THOUSANDS AWAIT FAIR OPENING Indiana on Parade Saturday and for Eight Days Dressed in Progress' Best. CHILDREN FREE FIRST DAY Regular Attractions Augment With New Features Exhibits Set Record.

SATURDAY AT THE FAIR Beys aa Girls Ctafe day. Oaflaren's dsy (cbJMrea twervo years and under admitted free.) Xsacswtest bablee Better Baby swTidiag. AB calf clabs Jsdxcd la State pig ctabs yadged to resOtry essba. Orand staaWL Gra4 Clrcatt raelag, vaaderm. Taslausittlli" MJStary graaWl stand night.

Grant County 4 Cells' CeUaeuss. sUfht, barn daacs ea tertabsers. Turn Braa Quartet. ie a. m.

to sweei fas Farss Bcreaa teat. ladlaaa TJnfversHy aiar ikw, aB day. X. U. bollatog.

Opening Saturday, the 1IS1 Indiana state fab? win glorify for ths seventy ninth consecutive year Booslerdoms wwpiuhwinf in agriculture, animal husbandry, domestic science, arts and education. Tor eight days Indiana win be on parade to the thousands of persons who win make their annual checkup on the state's progress, mingle with ellbw Hooslers from every part of the state and enter the activity which only a fair can offer. Friday saw the final placing and arranging of exhibits, the building of concession stands. Hundreds of per sons were working in preparation for the opening dsy erwds. Dawn Friday found shear es of wheat and stalks of corn decorating street light poles ta downtown Indianapolis, heralding the fair.

The usual Judglngs and exhibits, Oread circuit racing, band concerts, circus and carnival attractions, fireworks, vaudeville, a locomotive collision, contests, new grand stand and an aerial circus are among the many features Which wOl provide a myriad of Interests until the fair closes the night of September 12. Ctab Jetting First. Saturday win be Boys' and Obis' Club dsy and Children's dsy. Youngsters under twelve years will be ad mitted without charge. The fair's judging program win start with entries of boys' and girls' clubs coming first.

Calf club Judglngs win be in the Coliseum. 4 pig club Judging win be in the swine arena, and poul try. Judging in the poultry building. Forenoon and afternoon concerts wttl be played by the Orant County 4 Band. Among other bands which win play are The Indianapolis News Newsboys' Band, which wm be directed by J.

B. Vanda worker In The News tent each dsy beginning Sunday, snd the Indl ana polls Military Band and the Indi ana University Band. Other regular fair features via start Saturday, including the D. D. Mur phy carnival shows, the Ous Sun three ring circus, harness racing, farm bureau quartet contests and the In diana University stare show.

Fair activities win reach a fun pace Monday with the start of Orand circuit races. night racing, fireworks, the baby con test and an Judglngs. Sunday program's feature will be WUllam A. (BlSy Sunday, widely known evangelist, who will preach at p. m.

in the Coliseum. A new feature, lasting only one night, win be Saturday when the Coatee mm Page li. Part 1. OFFICIAL, FOUND DEAD Body Found in Company Building by Employe. SUICIDE.

CORONER DECIDES Alexander BUI Barry, aie fifty one. Shelby street, was found dead on the fourth floor of the Stewart Carey Glass Company. 231 15 South New Jersey street, Friday. He was secretary treasurer of the company. Fred W.

YehCng. coroner, said Bar ry had swallowed cyanide, apparently to commit suicide. Barry Is smthed by the widow, Mrs. Blanche Barry: two daughters, Mary and Ellen Barry. and a sister.

Mrs. John Yan Busklrk. Barry, who was born In Indianapolis, had been employed by the com pany since he was fourteen years old. was learned be had been despondent for some time because of unpaired heaith. His body was found by an employe who took a load ef glass to the fourth noor; The body was sent to the Planner As Buchanan mortuary.

A.H.BARRY GLASS FIRM NORWEGIANS START rnn i Arctic Submarine Unreported for Five Days. UNDER ICE TRAP FEARED OSLO. rwsy. September 4 (AJ.) The Norwegian government this aft ernoon sent a relief expedition in search of Sir Hubert WUkins subma rine Nautilus, of which nothing hai been heard for five days on a cruise to the arctic. The sloop Fridtjof Hansen put out from Oslo, and Captain Rilser Larsen.

noted north polar airman, discussed the advisability with polar experts ot making further preparations, but the opinion was expressed there is no ground for anxiety. Sir Hubert said before be left Au gust 11 that It would be unnecessary to send an expedition even if communication with the submersible was broken for some time. He stressed the fact that he had no intention of endangerinc the lives of the crew by taking a foolhardy risk. The public has begun to feel crave concern for the explorers and to picture the terrible fate which misht overtake them If the Nautilus should be trapped under the ice or if they were forced to land on a floating ice pack. Wireless experts are Inclined to doubt the authenticity of signals which the Norwegian whaler Pioneer and the teamer Ingeret picked up several days a to under the impression they came from the radio operator of the submarine.

LONQYXAR CITY. Spitsbergen. September 4 A P. Hope for the safety of Sir Hubert WUkins and his Nautilus crew was revived by the appearance of lights in Eckmann bay, seen from Longyear City, last nlaht. Unless the lights emanited from Sir Huberts submarine.

In which he started on an under Sce expedition to the north pole, or from some of the crew on the ice, their origin seemed inexplicable The local governor's ship went jut today in a search of the neighborhood. At the same time the fishing boat Welding, with a state Inspector oi fisheries aboard. was searching at the edge of the Ice ner King's bay. 200 SOUGHT IN FLOOD rarta sUcaa Birers Carry Away Maa Hawse a ad Hats. SAN JUAN.

Porto Rico. September 4 AJ. The bodies of 200 persona believed to have drowned when rivers. filled to capacity by a downpour of rain, overflowed at Ponce were sought by ponce and national guards today. The flood, attributed in part to the storm sweeping across the West Indies, destroyed much propeity and carried many houses and buts along I the Fortugoes and Inabon rivers into the Caribbean sea.

More than three Inches of rain fell tn twenty four hours. Thirty bodies bad been found. Oor ernor Theodore Roosevelt ordered all government departments to assist in the work and opened Red Cross subscriptions with a gift ot 1200. The chief of police at Ponce said It was stm Impossible to cross the Portugues river, scene of the Drinri ipal washout, snd he be Ike red many 'dead would be found on that side. SEARCH ni imo UK GET THE JOB DONE! MM come: on1.

j. DOOLITTLE VIS AIRPLANE DERBY Leads Field of Eight From California to Cleveland and Continues. SEEKS RECORD OF HAWKS Airman Makes Sensational Time Coal Extended to New York. BCIXETD CLXVTXAXTJ, Sesiessbee 4 (AT.) Jaaaea H. DeailiUe arrived at CVra Uad alrpert this afteraveea.

after a high speed dash frwsa Barbaak. aear Las Aagelea. Cat, astd atf fee New Term alsaeat taaaaedlaiely la mm attempt Waak tft mit mit recerd mt fraak Hawks. He was la first mt eight fryer arrire la la raee fee the Ttaeeal Beatdlx treaty sad 111. la arlaea.

Daatmie asaaW the X.S4t aiiW faght here la BURBANK. Cal. September 4 (A.P.) Eight speedy airplanes, each; with a star Hyer at Its controls, shot i out of Burbank today toward the oa 1 tional air races at CleTeland tn competition for the Bendlx air trophy and 15.000 In prises. If they made good time to Cleveland the aviators planned to continue to New York tn an effort to break the transcontinental speed record of Frank Hawks. Weather reports along the 2.040 mile route to Ciereland were favorable.

The cfftelal order of the lakeofts follow: First. Lou Reichers. Arlington. N. Lockheed Altair Cyclone; second.

Walter 8. Hunter. Sparta. Ill Travelalr Mystery Whirlwind; third. Captain Ira Eaker.

Washington. Lockheed Altair Wasp: fourth. Harold 8 Johnson. Chicago. Lockheed Orion Wup; nfth, BeeWr Blerlns.

Atlanta. Lockheed Orion sixth. James DooUttie. St. Louis.

Lslrd Solution Whirlwind, seventh. James Ooodwln Hall. New York, Lockheed Aha lr Wasp, and eighth. Art Ooebel. Los Angeles.

Lockheed Vegs Wasp. The takeofls were without accident, although DooUttie, former army speed ace and stunt flyer, gave the crowd a thrUl when be opened wide the throt I tie of his dimtnutire plane and les ped across the field. His plane has a reported maximum speed of 90S miles an hour. levins, hat plane heavily loaded, barely cleared a fence at the fsr edge of the field. Eaker also had to mak a kmg run to get into the air.

Only HaH and Ooebel planned nonstop flights to Cleveland. Reichers planned to stop at Kansas City: Hunter at' Wins low. Amarffla Tex, and Wichita. Kaa, and Eaker. Johnson, DooUttie and Blerlns st Wichita.

The aviators planned to touch ground at the national air races and then craotinue to New York la so at tempt to break the Hawks record of if they made good ttme ss fsr aa Ciereland. An additional prUe of Caatiaaed ea Page Is, Part ZEPPELIN AT SEA ON RETURN FROM BRAZIL Craf Making Ninth Crossing of Atlantic PASSES ISLAND OFF COAST FERN AUBUCO. BraxO, September 4 AJ. The Orsf Zeppelin, ending a two day visit to BraxO. diooed in tsreweU today and started homeward for Oermany on her ninth crossing of the Atlantic ocean.

Dr. Hugo Bckener pulled her away from the airport mooring mast eight miles from the city and five minutes later she soared over Fernambuca She is expected to reach Friedrichs hsfen late Sunday or early Monday if she maintains the speed of the outward trip. Seven hours after the takeoff she was reported passing over Fernando Do Norosxha bland, 12S snlies off the coast. Aaay Dreas late Mearew. MOSCOW.

September 4 (AJ Amy Jahnaon. British vis tor, landed here today on her sy back from Tokkv She expects to reach London Wednesday. Miss Johnson later took off for VeUklhik WEATHER INDICATIONS r.trrrn sTarr wratheb smear. rui 4. ISOu.

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lad. IF GENE ALU CAPTURED AS PRISON BH A KILLER POYBS PUT IN CELL BY HIMSELF Prisoner Dejected After Being Shunned by Jail Mates, PLEA NOT YET DECIDED CLAJUCXBUTta. W. Ta, September 4 F. Shunned by fe3ow prkvoo ers.

Harry F. Fowtrs, forty frve year ea matrimonial agent who has fassad he kfSed two of hk clients and the three children of of theea, occupied a cen alone ta the County Jan today. After rscerrtng protests from Clarksburg crttams and bearing ob jections from other prisoners. Ortmm, sheriff, determined to place) the fax. bespectacled kOer ta a cn by himself.

Heretofore Fowers was con fined to a part of the Jan oocucied by other prisoners, He had spent some of his evenings playing cards with and apparently was glad to have their company. Of late, bolster Jan at taches said, some of the prtsooa Jected to being locked up In the "ears" with Fowers. The prisoner who admitted eeveral days ago that be kded Urs. Asta Bcher and her three chQdrvs and Urs. Dorothy Freasler Lemke and burled them tn a ditch near his ga rage st Quiet DeS, near here.

greatly depressed sRer his cen His attorney. J. Ed Law. said today he has not yet determined the plea he vE make for the prisoner, but be emphasised that when he gets into court he Intends to attack abases be ssys the prisoner wss subjected to be fore be admitted the slsylnga. Barrett OTiars, Chicago criminal lawyer who defended Ylrjfl SUrlland tn the slaying of Arleoe Graves at Oary.

Ind, conferred with Law terdsy Later OTlara said be did not know whether he be asked to assist Fowers's defense, CWvelaad Clew SeagbL In response to a reuuest of Oeorge A. Uatowitx, Cleveland, chief of police. Clarksburg police today turned tn their mvesUgaUon of Fowers's ccrrespondenot to the case of Mrs. Helen LaLhrop, age thirty four, a widow, of Cleveland, who as 'missing. UatowiU said a snaa wrote to Mrs.

Lathrop under the name of John Francis snd that he la believed to have lured the woman away. Clarence A. Duckworth. Clarkaburg police chief, said no correspondence from Mrs. Lsthrop was found among letters belonging to Fowers.

Matowtts said the man who wrote to Mrs. Lathrop said he was a crm engineer end that his mother owned a large ranch tn Oregon, Mrs. ewers Is VsrtaaJ CL.OUCSBrjRO. W. Va, September 4 (UP.) Mrs.

LooeSe Strouther Fowers. wife of Harry F. Fowers. maUl mooal agency htuebeard, practically a prisoner ta her home here. It wss learned today as ponce cooUnseo effort to determine whether Fowers was aeatsted tn the fire kUUngs with which be is charged.

ASOTHTB WIDOW MlSStXO. fear Eiaveeaed far sal park Ridge Weaaaa Waa Pawers's YlrUsa. CHICAOO. September 4 (AF.) As friends and neighbors of Mrs, Asta Bulck Etcher in suburban Park Ridge were preparing for the funeral tomorrow of the widow snd her three children who were slain In Clarksburg. W.

Va. the Chicago detective bureau today was investigating the report cf ttie dlMppearsnce of another Park Ridge woman. She is Mrs. Anna PurceO. also Known ss Mrs.

Anna Boehie. who, mls rusting banks. Is reputed to have carried a considerable sum of money sewed tn the seams of her dresses. Two letters sent to John Norton, chief of detectives, by an tm identified aTtt er said Mrs. Puree might have been a victim of Harry F.

Powers, who confessed slaying Mrs. Elebef snd her children. The letters as Id Mrs. PurceO vanished from Park Ridge tn 112 after she had cm responded with an unidentified ansa with the ob)ect ef matrimony. TWO KENTUCKY FEUDISTS KILLEDJN FI6HT AT FAIR LVMsg Staadlac FasaDy Qaarref Re aewed With P1Hs4s Whew Fee Meet la MlOtag Crawd.

MONTI CELLO. Ey, September 4 AF.) A long standing feud between members of two mountabs families flared asain here last nlaht and Loo Ouffey. age thirty fire, snd Otho Lovelace were fataEy wounded tn a pistol fight at the Wayne county fairground. Ooffey. who slew Lovelace's brother.

Lyie Lovelace. July 12. encoontered CXho Loeeiace in the midst of a crowd ofeveral thousand perrone the fair. Few words were spoken be fort pistols were drawn. Ouffey.

i struck three times by Lovelace's fire to the ground but Kfled hlnssrlt on nia elbowa and flred five shots lots Lowelsce. The shooting threw the fair crowd Into tvanie. Ouffey died a few minutes after reaching a hospital here, and Lovelace died today at a Somerset boszxtal Authorities aaVi the bitter ferBng between trt two famCies dated back many year. It was reneaed July 12 when Ouffey and Lyie Lore lace dls treed over the afterUoos ef a girl They ouarrcled and Ouffey shot and kine Lmrtace. Otho Lovelace was the fourth male member of the Lovelace family to die la Rrhts Fox I ore lace, the father, was in first.

Later, mm Osrrnce was killed, snd then Lrie and Otho. Notorious Indiana Crlmtnti and Charles Holmes, Another Prisoner. Foiled In Carefully Executed Plot When Thty Become Confused While Penetrating 700 Feet cf Un derground Passageway Caught by Guards as Sewer Exit Is Sought Neither Of. fas Resistance) When Cap tured AJggr Serving Fifteen Years for Bank Robbery and Howard Ona to Ten. in solitary; COKFIKEUENT MICHTOAN CT7T, Ind Beptrg.be COT Aa attempt by Ocne ef Indiana's most notorious crta.

InsX and Charles Halmas. art thty free, to escape from the Inara SUte bare, was revealed when ths two were placed la sectary cochin today. A cmrefuCy executed plot which tailed only because A2rvr and eocfased la their dirrrUarj while penctraUcg 70S feet of a sever two foot undcrgroend. was csctosed. The aUempt, made yesterday, vu learned when guards noted the ab seace of tha two prisoners whSs thy ata wandcrtEg through the tunnels seeking the cerUrt, tar ouUlde the prison wsa.

Alger and Holmes entered a heat tunnel running between the power bouse and the shirt factory. They dug directly dowa through this a tweciy four incn sewer, only two feet beneath the beat tunnel. Sis laehas af Water. The aewer contained aU Inches ef water and sewage, Alger was nu and Holmes dad only la Lis cnlrra wear. They started In the right bet wandered sbrjt snd naCy unrr the dlsun eovvred.

They attempted to make so em through a heavy roncrclc man bole cover Inside the walls. Th were engaged for eonsideraUe thr.s at this task, and gwerds, tneanvMlt advised ef their abaence, noted ths disturbance, jeeither prisoeer resisted capture, Alger was sentenced ta the Indiana Reformatory from North Ternca HSe for a flftsen year term oa charge cf bank robbery, after a spee tarular career ot crime daUcf back to a previous parcle. His first am tenee was for mantis egbtrr mlut crs rictloa ea a charge ef k2ag aa In disnspoUs eclored polkcmsa when Alger ws a student la Butler Ctrrer Ktty. Ho was transferred to the rristm here ta January, ltJL Itohnes was sentenced from Kokomo to a ooe to trn year term ta 1221 ca a charge of aecood degree burgiary. a la Cassstiwctiea Wart, Alger was engaged la coutructica work st the prison, and liolmes wu employed ta the shipping department of the shirt factory.

Algtfs sentence was for robbing ths Paris Crossing Bank, sHrgeO wnh the aid ef his youthful and beauti ful wUe, State ponce aaid they had sufficient evidence to Indict him ea charges ef several ether bank robber lac, ta st least one ef which he was sided by a and that they would keep aim ta prtaoa nhe rest ot his tfe, Hls criminal career began ta Xadlaa sped In 1224 when he shot Jcv3 Buchanan, who sought to arrest him and some corn ps nines while they were escsplng ta a stolen sutocoobUe. His youth woo him a sentence ea a charge of manslacghtrr kvlead of murder, and he was paroled twe years aa Page It, Psrt BODY FOUND ON LINKS Eaactrirtaa fsr Chirsga Edacatiaa Baard Saat sad Beatea ta Death, CHICAOO. Septmbcr 4 (AF.) Mortimer F. Earight, chief clectrtrisa for the board of education, was found shot and beatea to death ea the grounds ef the York Oolf Club, neaf Hinsdale, today. Enright left his apartment yester day to spend the week end with his wife and child at their summer boms In lakeside.

Mich. The manager of the buOdlaa saw bha drive off la his automotive wtih his vsCae and grCf clubs. He had been shot Ave times la the face and his bead beaten. Joha Martin, Downers Orovc who reported finding the body, aaid the club's care taker told htm be beard two shrj oa the course last night. MERCHANTS' GROUP TO CLOSE UEOR DAY Stares af the Ifarcbaats As eeeUtlaa 13 tvaaaia claaed s2 day Maday.

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