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POLICE ACCUSED OF CRUEL ACTS AT EVANSVILLE Probe Ordered by Mayor After Report of Three Instances. By Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 19 Mayor Frank W. Griese has ordered an investigation of alleged brutal treatment charged to police as the result of the shooting of a 16-year-old Negro youth by patrolman Horarc Lowe, Negro, and of Bud McGill, Negro, by traffic officer Ernest Lynn, and alleged injury of John C. Wallenmeyer. The mayor expressed special interest in the ca.se of Wallenmeyer, a former city sealer. Lauds Character “I happen to know him as a man cf good character,” Griese said. Appearing in court to answer a charge of malicious trespass, WalIcnberger failed to come to trial because Detectives Lukeman and Ashworth asked indefinite postponement of a hearing. They said the arrest was made as a result of mistaken identity. Alleges Beating Wallenmeyer says he was beaten on the head by the officers and that he later suffered from hemorrhages. The wounded youth, Homer Jackson, was shot by patrolman Lowe When he discovered a craps game. McGill charges he was shot in the back by officer Lynn and accused him of “planting’’ holdup evidence on his person. ROAD WORK PAY CUT BY HAMILTON COUNTY Thirty-Five Men Affected by Reduction to Begin Oct. 1. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 19. The thirty-five assistant road superintendents of Hamilton county arlb the members of their families j held their annual chicken dinner on the Kiger farm, where it was announced by Clinton Haughey, highway superintendent and the board of county commissioners that beginning Oct. 1 wages of road workers and teams will be reduced. Drivers have been receiving 30 cents an hour, and 15 cents an hour has been paid for teams. The new scale is 20 cents an hour for drivers and 10 cents for teams. This cut was deemed necessary because of the low gravel road budget for next year. A budget of $90,000 was asked, which was reduced to $28,000.

PRIZES TO 21 HOOSIERS Results of 55,000 Bar-O Contest Made Public. Prizes were won by twenty-one Hoosiers in the $5,000 Bar-O contest conducted by B. T. Babbitt, Inc. Indiana winners are as follows: Miss Ethel Crane, Mrs. Emma Graham, Miss Lillia A. Kerz and Mrs. W. A. Mackey, Indianapolis; Mrs. J. M. Chellberg, Gary; Charles Gufflgan, Miss Hazel Mansfield and Mrs. M. A. Hurst, Muncie; G. A. Creiger, Goshen; Olive F. Conn, Winamac; Bernice V. Dare, Evansville; Mrs. William Elpera, Ft. Wayne; Mrs. Herald Fair, Elkhart; Mrs. J. E. Hawn, Goodland; Miss H. M. Hacker, Huntington; Mrs. William Mills, Hartford City; O. J. Myers, Frankfort; Mrs. R. M. Robinson, South Bend; Miss Lola Gale, Owensville; Victor Albanson, Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Mary Warner, Wheatland. OLD STANDPIPE DOOMED Served as Part of Warsaw >Vater System for 45 Years. By Time* Special WARSAW, Ind., Sept. 19.—An old standpipe which until a few days ago had been a part of the Warsaw waterworks system for forty-five years is being torn down through fear that it might collapse. The pipe is 120 feet high and five and one-half feet in diameter. It is built of sections of wrought iron held together by rivets. Estate Worth $16,000 By Timet Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 18— Mary V. Makepeace, late Anderson rerident, left personal property of the value of $16,395.74. it is shown by an inventory filed in circuit court by the Citizens bank, administrator. She owned stock in Anderson and Indianapolis enterprises. Real estate holdings include valuable blocks in the business district. Threaten in Labor Clash By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Sept, 18.—Two Muncie theaters, closed for three weeks because of differences with the Motion Picture Operators’ Union, have reopened with operators from Indianapolis. The local union insisted on employment of two operators in each theater. Handbills attacking the theaters are being circulated. Poor Aid Restricted By Time* Special FOWLER. Ind.. Sept, 19.—Benton county commissioners announce that no persons owning real estate, automobiles or dogs will be given aid from the poor funds of the various townships, and that names of all persons receiving help will be published. Death Ends Long Union By Times Special LOWELL, Ind., Sept. 19.—Death has parted Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Surprise, who celebrated the sixtyfifth anniversary of their wedding May 31. Mrs. Surprise is dead after a short illness. The husband, 91, Is believed to be the oldest Civil war veteran living in Lake county. Quarantine Violator Fined By Times Special ROME CITY. Ind., Sept. 19 Breaking a scarlet fever quarantine at his home cost Ray Asher a total of $22.50 in fine and costs. Presbyterians to Meet By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 19— Tht!*fall meeting of the Vincennes Presbytery will be held here Monday and Tuesday.

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Bp Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 19. Attendance of 1,000 is expected here Sunday when the comer stone of the new Lutheran church and manse will be laid. Delegations are expected from twenty-tw r o other churches.

LINCOLN RELIC GIVEN MUSEUM Clapboard Maker Used by Father of Emancipator. By Times Special PERU, Ind., Sept. 19.—A frow, a device used in making clapboards, which was once owned by Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln, has been presented to the Miami County Historical Society museum here by F. W. Troutman. The elder Lincoln used the frow in making clapboards which covered a cabin he built in Coles county, Illinois, where he died in 1851. John King, a neighbor, borrowed the device, and for some reason failed to return it. He gave it to a son who in turn presented it to Troutman.

BOYS’ ADVENTURE ENDS Fall From Truck Reveals Two Posing as Secret Agents. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 19. Things didn’t “pan out” right for two Redkey boys, who started cn a trip they had planned for weeks. Donald Thompson, 12, and Virgil Reese, 15, armed themselves with a dagger, a revolver and papers identifying them as “secret service” operatives before they set out on their adventure. The scheme went awry when Donald fell off a truck. The accident was witnessed by an Anderson policeman, who hurried to the scene to help the boy only to be greeted by a dagger. A chase started which ended in the “secret service” agents being captured in a corn field. Parents of the youths returned them to their homes. CONFESSION IN SLAYING Anderson Man Will Be Given Term for Manslaughter. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 19.—Jack Ring, 36. who has been held in jail following the death of John Araund, 65, during a denatured alcohol party, will plead guilty to a charge of manslaughter in circuit court. Ring confessed that he struck Araund with his fist and then kicked him in the face when the elder man insulted him. Both were intpxicated. Ring was recently paroled from the state penitentiary, where he was serving a four-year term for escaping from the Indiana state farm. CRASH DAMAGES TRAIN Front of Locomotive Smashed When Truck Is Struck. By United Press MT. VERNON, Ind., Sept. 19. A C. & E. I. freight train was more badly damaged than a truck with which it collided at a crossing near here. Dan Jones, driving the truck, and his wife and father-in-iaw, were slightly hurt. The truck was not badly damaged. The cow catcher and front end of the locomotive, however, were demolished. Injured Man Asks 55.000 By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Sept. 19. Walter Skinner has filed suit in Madison circuit court seeking $5,000 for injuries suffered in an automobile collision north of Anderson on State Road 9. Defendants are Wayne Bookout and the Home Furnace Company. Bookout was driving a furnace company truck when it collided with Swinner’s automobile. Baptists Elect By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Sept. 19.—The Harmony Baptist Association has elected the Rev. Noel P. Irwin, Alexandria, as moderator for a second term. Other officers are the Rev. Robert W. Sage. Elwood. vicemoderator, and A. B. Carver, Orestes, clerk.

UNDERTAKING FIRM WINS ZONING FIGHT

Anderson Property Owners Lose When Council Adopts Ordinance. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 19.—An ordinance passed by the city council by a vote of 4 to 1, rezones a large lot at Eighth and Chase streets from residence to business use for occupancy by the E. S. Albright Mortuary Company. Rezoning of the lot was opposed by Otis P. Crim and William T.

New' Lutheran church and manse at Bloomington

Among leaders of the denomination attending will be the Rev. J. D. Matthius, vice-president of the Central Lutheran church, as a representative of the Rev. W. F. Lichtsinn, senior pastor of St. Paul’s church, Hammond, district president; the Rev. E. H. Eggers, repre-

Fraternities at Purdue Publish Part of Pledges By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 19.—A partial list of pledges by the thirtyseven fraternities on the Purdue university campus was announced as the fifty-eighth school year opened. Lists are as follows: Aloha Tau Omega—James Howard. Harrisburg. Pa.; Charles Meade, Logansport: Charles Rawlings. Anderson: Pahl Rector, Pendleton: William Uhl. Indianapolis; Wayne McMason and Frank McLaughlin. Chicago; Wayne Howard. Elkhart: Meil Stickle, Angola. Beta Theta Pi—Charles Bartow, Birmingham, Mich.; Harrod A. Bolds, Ft. Wayne: Charles F. Clancy. Sioux Falls. S. D.; Fred I. Clifton, Indianapolis; Major Cohee. Martinsville; Harv Carrol, Bowline Green. Mo.; Harry S. Daniels. Chicago; Frank D. Engeler. Bluffton; Richard Gaus. Indianapolis; William S. Holmes, Evanston. 111.; Donald Kennedy. Evanston, 111.; Edmund E. Lang. North Vernon: David McQueen and Richard Moore, Lafayette: William M. Norwood. South Chicago. 111.; William E. Sims, River Forest, 111.: Don F. Svfreph. Muskegon, Mich.: Robert G. Wheeler. Lakewood. O.: Truman B. Williamson. Tulsa. Okla.; Harry W. Bues. Rankin. 111.: Frank L. Putt. Goshen; Charles J.-, Payne. Bedford. Delta Uosilon—Edward Shaver, Frankfort; Frank 'Skinner. Portland; William Kramp, Lagrange, 111.: Earl Blakely, Indianapolis; Paul Schafer, Ravenna. O.; Bob Pratt. Buffalo. N. Y.: Wilfred Dolton, Youngstown .O.; James Carr, Tell City; Paul Helm. Washington: Carl Penn. Camden: Emil Schmitt. Chicago, and G. J. Carlson. Houston. Tex. Lambda Chi Alpha—A. T. Stephens, New Harmony; D. A. Sankev. Trinidad. Col.; J. T. Winslow, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. F. Newhard. Preble: James Prvde, Sioux Falls. 3. D. William Cripp. Ft. Wayne; W. O. Montgomery. Owensville; Ted McClintock. Anderson: Jack Deible. Chicago; C. M. Mitchell. Gary; H. B. Rose, Detroit. Mich.; Bruce Carr. West Lafayete: Sam Burgiss, Waukegan. 111.; Clinton Wainwright and George Wainwright, Kalamazoo, Mich. Phi Gamma Delta—S. F. Jones. Muncie; W. R. Elden, Chicago; W. Z. Barns and S. E. Fenstermaker: M. G. Knox, Indianapolis: F. S. Browne. Milwaukee, Wis.; W. D. Ingle. Oakland City; R. L. Hoenk. South Bend: G. H. Smith. Camden, Ark.; C. T. Thuman, Evansville; R. E. Shearon, Hammond: R. G. Kelly. Wilmette. 111.: R. W. Sanifur. Evansville; E. C. Morin. Lafayette; W. Wilson. Crawfordsville; W. H. K. Bennett. Winnetka, 111.; F. V. Vorrhees, Fairview, 111.; b. Moore. Lafayette. Sigma Nu—Guy Davis. Lebanon; James Crouch. Fortville. Kennard Fritz. Indianapolis; Robert Southerlin. Ft. Wayne; Henry Belfield. Chicago: Kenneth Sandbach. Gary; Linn Lewis. New York; Orva! Anderson. Gary; Paul Hamilton, West Lebanon; Dale Woerner. Chicago; M. D. Layden, Linden; R. A. Miller. Ft. Wayne; R. A. Chubb, Michigan City; D. D. Trimble. Indianapolis. Sigma Pi—H. Crabtree. Clay City; A. F. Hegewald. New Albany; E. Schechter, New Albany; R. King. Francisco; R. Voneman, North Canton. O.; J. Lamb, White Plains. N. Y.; A. M. Gage. Indianapolis; D. C. Giovanni and V. Cherico. White Plain. N. L.; R. W. Davis. Corydon. Theta Xi—Theodore Eiselt. Hammond: Darrell Mack. Niagara Falls. N. Y.; Frank T Vogt Oak Park. 111.; Farran W. Read, West Lafayette; Frederick R. Parker. Evanston, 111.: Charles G. Hall Jr.. Terre Haute: Richard Smith. West Lafayette. Sigma Alpha Epsilon—George Roach, Eyansvile: Richard Smith. Chicago; John Finney. Anderson: John Thurdoog. Indianan?,is; William Klepper. Decatur: Robert Reik. Ft Thomas. Kv.: James Crandell, Springfield. 111.; Sam Naismith and Robert Glass. Chicago: Joe West. Peru: Frederick Strom. East Chicago: Stanley Jensen, Chicago; Edward Wiseman. Danville, Va.; Don Schwartz. Ft. Wavne: Robert Sawyer. Chicago: George Rinehart. Ft. Wavne'; Willard Ogdon. East Chinago: William Murphy. Chicago: William Keesling, Logansport; William Glavin. Three Oaks. Mich.; Windell Costello. Bluffton. Delta Chi —Charles Elliott. Connersville: George Webb. Kempton: Boone Lodge. Madison: Albert Hetter. Elkhart: Joseph Rittenhouse. Bourbon: Harry Baumgartner, Bluffton: Henry Williams, Indianapolis: Edwin Wertzler, Chicago; Albert Berry, West Terre Haute. Phi Delta Theta—John Rockwood, Indianapolis: Clyde Nau. Cincinnati. O.: Jules Dalton. FT. Wavne: John Brockman, Brookville; James Turner. Louisville, Ky.: Paul Proctor. Piatia. O.: Oscar George. Oak Park. 111.: Ernest R. Riolev. Lawrenceburg. Kv.; Earl Heidt. Evansville. Phi Kappa Sigma—Vernon Craig. West Lafayette: Garland S. Burris. Indianapolis; Charles Kellum. Detroit. Mich.: Philip Smith. Dayton. O.: Kendle Molvneaux, Oxford. O.: Henry C. Dick. Park Ridge, 111.; Rav M. McCarthy, Chicago: Edwin Bali, Highland Park. O.: Rov Wells Jr„ Chicago; Malcolm Miller. Oak Park. 111.; James G. Dwyer. Oak Park. 111.: W. E. Evanson, Lafayette; H. Swenson. Oak Park, 111. Siema Phi Epsilon—D. D. Colker,, Mitchell; W. Steimle. Louisville. Ky.: J. E. Ulrich. Louisville. Kv.; C. H. Gummer. Dayton. O.: D. L. Curtner. Lafayette: K. G. Houts. Westfield. N. Y.: A. B. Berry. New Rochelle. N. Y.; G. A. Harper. Elgin. 111. „ I ?. aDDa Sigma—Joe Diamondstone. Reed Keller and Charles Martin. Lafayette; Philip Kelley. Martin; William Reiman. Shelbvville: Peter Bussel, Otterbein; George Hopkins. Hammond; F. M. Robbins. New Madrid. Mo.: George Wichman. White Plains. N. Y.: Hudson Anshutz, New Albany; Russell Smalley. Fairmont: George i Keifer. Yorktown. N. Y.; Kirk Garrett, Chicago: William Borger. Newport,: Frank Paramenter and William Riblet. Elkhart: Ernest Davidson. Bloomfield. N. Y.; Thomas Holt. Elkhart: Charles Neff. Logansport; i W. Edwards. Logansport: Meredith Campbell. Lafavette.

Poliak, nearby residents, who said the proximity of the funeral home would depreciate value of their properties. A suit growing out of the controversy is pending in the Indiana appellate court on an appeal taken from Madison circuit court by the Albright company. The case was decided here by Judge Alonzo L. Bales, Winchester, who ordered the firm permanently restrained from establishing a funeral home on the site. The Albright company then filed a petition to have the lot rezoned. which it neglected to do at i the outset.

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senting the district finance board; the Rev. Herbert E. Levihn, representative of the board of missions; the Rev. Walter Littmann, representative of the southern Indiana advisory board, and the Rev. E. W. Meinzen, visitor for the Indianap-olis-Louisville circuit.

CITY IN COURT SEEKING FUNDS Gary Desires Money Held In Closed Banks. By Times Special GARY, Ind., Sept. 19.—Five suits on behalf of the city of Gary and the firemen’s pension fund, seeking a total of $94,500 from four defunct banks are on file in Superior court. Defendants include officers and directors of the banks, the Peoples, the Glen Park, Mid-City and Miller state banks. The city is seeking $16,400 of its general fund and $25,000 of its sinking fund fi'om the People’s bank, representing a total of $41,400 on deposit when the bank was closed. From the same institution, $5,700 is sought for the fireitien’s fund. From the Glen Park bank, the city is seeking $9,700 and from the MidCity, $32,000.

0E PAUW BEGINS NEW JUNIOR HONOR SYSTEM Exceptional Ability Will Permit Doing Research Work. By Times Special ' GREENCASTLE, Ind. Sept. 19— Anew phase in modern education is being adopted by De Pauw university this semester, a system of honor .course which allows juniors who have shown exceptional ability in major subjects to do research work without the restrictions of class attendance. For the first year the system is being used in the departments of history, education, psychology, political science, economics and sociology. If it proves satisfactory it will be extended to other departments. The first juniors to be granted the privilege are Everett Aldridge, Chfisptoher, 111, and Robert Justice, Logansport, history; Wilbur Osterling, Glen Ellyn, Hi.; John Millett, Indianapolis, and Marion Yoder, Angola, political science; Harry Armstrong, South Bend; Ben Taylor, Odon, and Wilfred Bottorff, Columbus, economics, and Paul C. Glick, Hope, sociology. BATTLE DATE REUNION Veterans of Three Regiments Meet on Chickamauga Anniversary. By Times Special LEBANON, Ind, Sept. 19.—Survivors of three Indiana regiments, the Tenth, Fortieth and Eightysixth, are in reunion here today on the anniversary of one of the famed Civil war' engagements, the battle of Chickamauga. Separate business sessions of each group, a chicken dinner and an address by Elza O. Rogers, Lebanon, Republican state chairman, comprised the program. Tax Row to State Body By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. 18.—An appeal to the Indiana state tax commission was being prepared here today in an effort to settle Muncie's tax levy fight. Two budgets and tax rates are on file. One is that of Mayor George R. Dale, calling for an 86-cent rate and the other is that passed by the city council with a rate of 63 cents. Dale contends the council’s action illegal, declaring it mutilated the tax ordinance which he had prepared. City Merger Favored By United Press HAMMOND, Ind, Sept. 19.—Endorsement of the proposed merger of Hammond, East Chicago and other communities of the Calumet district, has been voted by the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, which has incorporated the proposal as part of its “Forward Hammond” program. Gary Mayor Elected By Times Special HUNTINGTON, Ind, Sept. 19— Mayor Roswell O. Johnson was elected president of the Municipal League of Indiana at the closing session of its annual convention here Friday. Newspaper Sold By Times Special CAMPBELLSBURG, Ind, Sept. 19.—The Rev. William Hartshaw, Methodist pastor here, has sold the Campbellsburg Graphic to G. T. Wilson of Meadville, Pa. Youngest Student By Times Special HUNTINGTON, Ind, Sept. 19— He’s anly 11 years old; name, J. Alfred Young; height 4 feet and nickname Austin. He is the youngest high school freshman in Huntington's history. Two Weeds on One Sulk By Times Special BROWN'S VALLEY, 7 Ind, Sept. 19.—A ragweed growing on the stalk of a Canadian thistle was found by W. L. Jones on the George Todd farm north of here.

FLAWS CITED IN TERRE HAUTE'S CHARITYSETUP Survey Reports Mention Lack of Leadership and Unification. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 19. Several flaws in dispensing chajity here are pointed out by Professor Dewey Annakin of Indiana State Teachers colllege, reporting on a survey he and members of his sociology class made at the request of the Welfare Council. The survey covered thirty-one agencies dispensing charity, including township trustees. Among the flaws listed are duplication of service, lack of unification of charity organizations, too high salary for Community Fund executive, and “a regrettable antagonism” among some agencies. “A summary of the picture of the condition of welfare work in Terre Haute is not a pleasing one,” the report continues. “An honest facing of all facts leads to but one conclusion, namely; That there are lacking adequate leadership-and a unified program. The very fact that some agencies refuse information, either partially or totally, is deplorable in that it reflects the individualistic viewpoint of those agencies. The viewpoint should be a social, community viewpoint.” increase of publicity relating to the agencies was recommended.

Test in English Passed by 95 as New Plan Begins By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Sept. 19. -Ninety-five new students at Indiana university show an excellent rating in English composition according to the results of a required examination given to all students entering the university for the first time. These students will be exempted from part or all the requirements in English composition. Twenty-six of the ninety-five will be exempted from all requirements, consisting of three semesters of work. Six will be exempted from the first and second semesters while the remaining sixty-three will be exempted from the first semester work. These students are the first to be excused from the English courses under the new university curriculum. Students exempted from composition for the first semester only are as follows: Shirty Collier. W. R. Griswold. Gordon Stringer. Charles Schaab. Lois Carter and Harriette Perkins. Indianapolis; Lucille Boyer. Margaret Clevenger. Mae Fishback. Gordon Fix. Lois Hancock. Emily Rainbolt. Josephine Rider. Ruth St. Clair. Wilma Stafford. Mildred Stewart. Mary Ellen Thrasher and Julia Perry. Bloomington; Louise Amos. Rushville: Arnie Glen Armstrong. Springville: Ruth Bacon. Chicago. 111.; Elizabeth Barber. Madison: Pauline Beckner, Greenfield: Robert Breaks, Crawfordsville: Edith Brown. Hobart: Ruth Brown. C. Thorild Johnson. Attica: Carl Culbertson. Vevay; Frances Dirschanger, Mt. Vernon: M. Eleanor Dodson, Otterbein; Leo R. Dowling. Decatur; Anna K. Greenwait. Topeka; Katherine L. Dunkin, R. A. Royster and Charles H. Sparrenberger, Evansville: Robert Egnor. Nancy M. Pierson and Cordelia M. Poulton. Spencer. Marian Grimm. Warsaw: Lois Heaton and Virginia Jones. Linton: Helen L. Herbert and William E. Lyons. Vincennes; Margaret Gwinnup, Bloomfield: Mattie E. Hess. Vallonia; Albert E. Highley Jr.. Lafavette: Lois G. Hixon and Virginia Lydav .Clinton. Connie Mack Hobbs, Peru; Martha K. Hunter and Elbert W. Julian, Williamsport; Marian Kern. Mooresville; Wilma Langdon, Wheatfleld: Elwood Line, Terre Haute: Winifred Foster. Fortvilie; Grace McCrory. Glenwood: Lucile Mclntyre. Paris Crossing: Mary Miller. New Albany; Nell Mixon, Hattiesburg. Miss.; Grace Persinger. Seymour: Henry F. Foster. Ft. Wavne: Robert Gorrell, Bremen and Morris Wilson. Corydon. Those exempted from the first and second semesters are as follows: Katherine Praigg. Bloomington: Edmund F. Ortmever, Evansville: Esther M. Gould. Gary; Marjorie Horn, Ft. Wayne; Marie Wells. Garrett, and Joseph W. Votaw. Peru. Students exempted from all requirements are as follows: Donald Binkley. Margaret Bittner. Martha Brand. Ross Lockridge Jr. and Louise Wvlie. Bloomington: C. W. Bicking. Evansville: David Cast. Warsaw; Mary Mixon, Hattiesburg. Miss.; Roberta Aldred, Clara Mae Guv and Mary Hosey. Ft. Wayne; John Burger. Goodland: Helen Carter. Hope; Wanda Cox, Rockkville; Chetina D’Long. Delphi: Rosemary Finney, Milan; Charlotte Grant. Marion; Virginia Jane Harrison, Anderson: Willis Jacobs, Hammond: Marion H. Lox. Jasper; Margaret McCowan. South Bend; Allan C. Miller, Butler: William C. Stafford. Plainfield: Charlotte Thompson. Philadelphia. Pa.; Helen Turley. English, and Bonnie Jean Wright. Remington.

Finish Fight by Drys By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, Sept. 18— “We may die, but we won't surrender,” Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley, Liberty, president of the Indiana Women’s Christian Temperance Union, told delegates to the Madison county W. C. T. U. convention here. “If the strong men of the nation won’t fight this great evil, then it is up to the grandmothers of the nation, and we are 12,000,000 strong and hold the line,” she said. Evangelist Sentenced By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, Sept, 18— Otis R. Averill, Laporte evangelist, has canceled his itinerary for the next sixty days during which he will be at the Indiana state farm. He was convicted in police court on statutory charge. Women employes of a department store testified against Averill. Dime for Conscience Fund By Times Special GOSHEN, Ind, Sept. 19—Ten cents was added to receipts of the Elkhart county fair, when V. V. Swartz, the secretary, received a letter from an Elkhart man inclosing a dime. The writer explained he attended the fair with a grandchild, but a gatekeeper failed to collect admission of 10 cents for the child.

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Teacher of 1,000 to Be Birthday Party Hostess By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 12.—Having taught more than one thousand pupils through twenty-seven terms in the Hamilton county schools, Mrs. Nellie Eudaly Graham plai-s to entertain

as many of that number as possible on her eightieth birthday anniversary, Oct. 11, at a pitch-in dinner at her farm home northeast of here. Some of her former pupils are now doctors, lawyers and college professors. All wre anticipating spending a day once more with “Miss Nellie.” Miss Esther Tomlinson of Westfield, 90, once a teacher of Mrs. Graham, will be an honor guest at this dinner, if her health permits. Mrs. Graham began teaching when she was 16 years old. During much of the time that she taught she walked to school, sometimes a distance of three miles. Often she wore high boots, changing to shoes on arriving at the school. She has reared five children, there being two sets of twins among them. Mrs. Graham lives on her farm, which she has managed since the death of her husband several years ago.

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MORE BANK CASE ARRESTS PLEDGED

Serves to Halt Ruling on Special Prosecutor in Hammond Probe. By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Sept. 19. Judge Martin Smith has delayed until Sept. 30 his decision on a petition for a special prosecutor in the First Trust and Savings bank of- Hammond case, Robert G. Estill, Lake county prosecutor, having promised by that time he will file charges against additional officers and directors in connection with the bank’s closing. Five are already accused. In deferring action, Judge Smith expressed regret that justice is so slow moving, stating he realized that a rich man, with many friends in high places, could evade justice for years, while lesser offenders, not having the means to fight the law, are punished speedily. Insinuations that Estill and his staff are not competent were noticed by Judge Smith when, he remarked: “I don’t feel that the prosecutor has not wilfully failed to act in this case, but he may have been somewhat slow.”

SCHOOL BUS SUIT FILED Award of Contract to Brother of Trustee Opposed. By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Sept. 19. John W. Roth, has filed suit in Bartholomew circuit court here asking for a mandatory injunction requiring the trustee and advisory board members of Nineveh township to award a contract for a school bus route to him. Roth was an unsuccessful bidder for the route. In his complaint, Roth names Roy Waltz, trustee; Ralph Coy, Alvain I. Milnes and Ray Stucker, members of the advisory board, and Jesse Walts, as defendants. He asks in addition to the mandatory injunction SI,OOO damages. He charges that the trustee and advisory board wrongfully awarded the contract to Jesse Waltz, a brother of the trustee. It is also pointed out that Waltz was one of the three highest bidders, his bid being $5 a day, while Roth was the 1 lowest of seven bidders, at $4.15 per day. CRASH FATAL TO TWO Man and Woman Killed When Auto Strikes Pole Near Lebanon. By United Press LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 19.—Efforts to verify tentative identification of a man and a woman killed in an automobile accident near here are being made today. Harry C. Havens, Chicago, is believed to be one of the victims. The woman was about 40. Another woman, about 35, was injured and brought to a hospital here. The accident occurred when the auto in which they were riding crashed against a utility pole. Court Forbids Fight By Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Sept. 19. The husband of Mrs. Martha Bruder, who capped the arrest of George Fisher, 44, on an intoxication charge, expressed a desire for a fight with the defendant in the city courtroom, but Judge Joseph Duffy said “No,” emphatically. Fisher was acquitted. Veteran Worker Pensioned By Times Special HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Sept. 19. —Emerson Casterline, an Snterurban railway employe for twenty-eight years, has been retired on a pension by the Indiana Railroad Company.

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No Rat Diet By limes Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 19. —The Abyssinian rat eater with a carnival here will have to go on a vegetable qiet as long as he is in Henry county. Prosecutor E. H. Yergin placed a ban on the live meat menu, threatening arrest unless the side show was closed.

Mission Service Topic Today at Church Session By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 19. Workers in home and foreign jnissionary fields were speakers today before the centennial assembly of the Indiana Methodist conference. Tonight, Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, president of De Pauw university, will speak on young people's work. One of the high points of the conference was reached Friday with a pageant depicting the first conference, held one hundred years ago. Ministers portrayed the roles cf early pastors riding to churches on horseback, and other details of the 1831 meeting were followed closely. Presidents were selected for each of the districts in the conference to direct organizations of brotherhoods. They are: Bloomington district, John A. Hoadley; Evansville district, Edward McGinnis; Indianapolis district, Judge Frank Baker; New Albany district, Raymond Tush; Rushville district, Morris Clark; Seymour district, Clyde Peters; Vincennes district, Clifford Far is. O. W. Fifer, Indianapolis, was elected one of six ministerial delegates to the general conference in Atlantic City next May. Five others were to be chosen today. Lay delegates to the general conference are Mrs* M. O. Robbins, Indianapolis; William H. O’Brien, Lawrenceburg; D. G. Jordan, Fairland; E. O. Powell. Linton; Judge H. H. Heuring, Petersburg, and Morris Clark, Liberty.

BOY, 13, CARRIES GUN Sheriff Finds Woman With Blackened Eye at Quarrel Scene. By Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind., Sept. 19. When Sheriff H. O. Stickler arrived at the scene of a landlord-tenant squabble north of Churubusco he found a 13-year-old boy armed with a shotgun and a woman suffering .with a blackened eye. Mrs. Lulu Whan and son Kenneth were on the landlord side of the argument. The tenants are Mr. and Mrs. Pearl McNeal,' and their son, who held the gun. Mrs. McNeal suffered the injured eye. No arrests were made. Wheat Buys Haircut By T\mrs Special MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 18.—It requires eighty-eight pounds of wheat to pay for a haircut in Muncie. Charlese Lwellen, farmer, brought exactly that amount to a local shop, and his offer to exchange it for a haircut was accepted.

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KIDNAPING PLOT FOR $75,000 TO BE HFARD SOON State Would Send Kokomo Man to Hospital for the Criminal Insane. By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind.. Sept. 19.—'Thomas O. McCoy, charged with plotting to kidnap L. W. Stout, Russiaville understaker and hold him for $75.000 ’•ansom. will be tried in Howard circuit court Thursday. It is the intention of Prosecutor Glen R. Hillis to urge commitment of McCoy to the hospital for the insane at the state prison. The accused man has been at the Central Hospital for the Insane on two occasions, but escaped. Officials of that institution say they will not receive him again unless formally committed. As McCoy is without funds. Judge Joe Cripe has appointed three attorneys as his counsel. When before the court a few- days ago, McCoy asked for a delay of a day, saying he believed Chicago friends would supply counsel for him. However, when the time was up and no one appeared, the court appointed the local attorneys. It is charged that McCoy offered to pay three youths, whose names have not been disclosed, $5,00(1 each to kidnap Stout. They changed their minds about taking part in the affair, and one of them. disclosed it to authorities. They were arrested Aug. 12. It is said they related McCoy told them he was the agent of a Chicago gang. WIDOW CHOSEN SHERIFF Appointed Clay County Official After Automobile Tragedy. By United Press BRAZIL, Ind., Sept. 19.—Mrs. May Tipton today holds the position of Clay county sheriff, appointed as successor to her late husband. Roy Tipton, who was killed when struck by an automobile. Mrs. Tipton will' complete her husband's unexpired term. Robert McDaniels, 15. , who admitted driving the auto which t struck Tipton, is facing charges of operating an auto without a license. His father, H. M. McDaniels, also faces charges of violation of ths driver’s license law. Minister to Be Priest By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Sept-. 18.— The Rev. Thomas Boywer Campbell, former widely known clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church, has begun his studies at the University of Notre Dame in preparation for entering the Catholic priesthood. For the past three years he has been an assistant in St. Paul's Anglician church, Oxford, England.

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