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BOSTON BRAVES BUY LESTER BELL Cardinal Star Goes To Boston Club For Andy High And $20,000 Si. Petersburg, Fla.. Mar. 21. —(U.R) —The Boston Braves today appeared more formidable than ever as a result of the acquisition of Bell, who starred at third base for the St. I,ouis Cardinals when they won the world's championship in 1926 To get Bell, the Braves gave Andy High and $20,000 in cash. The Cardinals wanted Eddie Moore. Braves allaround player who is holding down a regular outfield berth, but Manager Slattery refused to part with him. Rogers Hornsby, manager of the 1926 Cardinals, was largely responsible for the deal which brought Bell to the Braves. Hornshy and Bell are friends, and it was under the Rajah that Bell played his best, baseball. Holm To Play Third Avon Park. Fla., Mar. 21. —(U.R) —■ •‘Wattle" Holm, who has done everything with the Cardinals but pitch, will be used at third base. Manager Bill McKechnic announced today. Andy High, who was obtained from the Braves in the trade for Lester Bell, will be retained as a utility man. McKechnie said. —o —— — Johnny Farrell Wins Golf Tourney In Florida Miami Beach, Fla., Mar. 21. —(U.R) Johnny Farrell, Mamaroneck, N. Y , professional, won the La Goree $15.000 open golf tournament because he hated where Bobby Cruickshank hesitated. Farrell had a scorching 30-33-63, eight under par. on the last IS holes of the 72 hole tournament for a total of 274. two strokes ahead of Cruickshank: who lost because he played canny, conservative golf. The Scott, elected to stick to par coming in, believing he had wo.t. Gene Sarazen, who led through til 8 first 54, broke going out, taking a 39. Cruickshank was in 36 for a C 6 and 276 total. Farrell's game in the final roun I was featured by six birdies and an eagle. He used woodens where r. n older player would have used irot s and was up to the pin on every a >- proach. Sarzen, out of the running with his 39, tame in with a 35 but was forced to take fifth place. Joe Kirkwood finished ahead of him in third with a 279 and Harry Hampton was fourth with 252. Fart ell won $5,060 as first prize in the tonrney)-$2,500 went to Cruickshank, SI,OOO to Kitkwood and the remaining 16 high finishers received apportioned shares of the $15,000 total. National Catholic Net Tourney Opens Tonight Chicago, Mar 21 — (U.R) —The fifth annual national Catholic high school basketball tcurmment will open at Loyola university here tonight with three first round games. Tonight’s games: Elder high of Cincinnati vs. St. Benedict's of Atchison, Kan.; De La Salle of Jo’let, 111., 1927 champions, vs. Calvert Hall of Baltimore, Md„ and Cathedral high of Indianapolis vs. Cathedral high of St. Cloud. Minn. o Ducks Survive In Pennsylvania Cold Franklin, Pa., — (U.R) — Franklin's "wild duck” colony, now numbering close to 50 is still intact, hovering close to the island of French Creek near here. The ducks, a curiosity in Northwestern Pennsylvania, and only ‘‘tame" wild ducks in this secticn it was bellaved have survived several ice g.~ ;es and floes. They are fed daily from dinner palls by men go ng to work. A fund has been subsc Un 1 to feed them until spring. o Academy Tourney Opens t Madison, Wis., Mar. 21. —(U.R) —The third annual national academy basketball tournament started at the University of Wisconsin today. Among the eight first round games was Wheaton vs. Culver. o Chicago—Entry list in the University of Chicago National Inter-schol-astic Basket ball tournament were increased to 28 with entries of Winfield, Kas.; Iron Mountain, Mich.; Rrlatrhl' CotlTl.' High Os Dft”* ton, O.; Oregon, Mo.; Yankton, S. D; Ashland, Ky.; Carr Creek, Ky., and Wheeling, W. Va.

Detroit Runner Takes Lead In “Bunion Derby” Holbrook, Ailz., Mar. 21. — (U.R) I With Arne Soumlnen, Detroit runmr ' holding lhe time advantage, athletes in the c. C. Pyle cross-continent "Bunion derhy” today started out on a Jaunt of 39 miles to Navajo, the next control station. Andrew Payne. Claremore, Okla., youth who held the top position after Arthur Newton, flying Englishman was forced to drop out, finished well hack in the field yesterday. Earle Lindilks, Newcastle. Penn., athlete, showed a burst of speed yesterday and trotted into Holbrook from Winslow to take first place. NEWS FROM THE TRAINING CAMPS Exhibition Games Today By The United Press Boston (AL.) vs. New York (N.L.) at Bradenton. Washington (A.L.) vs. Brooklyn (N.L.) at Tampa. Cleveland (A.L) vs. Columbus (A.A.I at Gulfport, Miss. Philadelphia (A.L.) vs Baltimo e (I.L ) at Auburndale. Chicago (A.L.) vs. Wichita Fal.s (T.L.) at Wichita Falls. New York (A.L) vs. Boston (N.L.) at St. Petersburg. Ph’ladelphia (N.L.) vs. Reading (1.L.) at Winter HavenPittsburgh (N.L.) vs. San Francisco (P.C.U) at San Francisco. Tuesday's Results At Tampa: Senators 6. Robins 2. At Fort Myers: Athletics 6, Giants 5. At St. Petersburg Braves 4. Yankees 2. At Avon Park: Red Sox 11. Cardinals 8. At Wichita Falls: White Sox 7. Wichita Falls 0. At San Francisco: San Francisco 13, Pirates 5 At Auburndale’ Phillies 7, Baltimore 4. — ORLANDO. Fls. - Manager Jack 1 Hendricks of the Cincinnati Reds to day took measures to prevent his ! players from going stale. There will j be only one workout each day the bal- j anee of the week. NEW ORLEANS, La. — Despite a denial by Billy Evans, general man-1 ager of the Cleveland Indians, rumors i persisted here today tiiat the Indians ; w e after Bill Hunnefield, Chicago White Sox infielder. Evans said no offer had been made since last winter. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Rogers Hornsby was worried today over his failure to start hitting. He went Iffless yesterday in a game with the Yankees and ha_s made only three hits in nine games WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.—Physicians today assured Outfielder Heinie Manush of the St. I.ouis Browns that his arm was well on the toad to recovery and that his playing would not be hindered as a result of the Injury. SAN ANTONIO. Tex. — Manager George Moriarlty has practically -ettled on the line-up of the Detroit Tigers with the exception . of the pitchers and catchers. The infield will line-up with Nenn at first, Gehtinger at second, Tavener % at shoe* an 1 McManus at third. The outfield will be composed of Heilmann, Rice and Easterling or Fothergill. Avalon, Catalina Island—Finding a econd baseman to replace "Sparky" Adams, traded to the Pirates for "Kiki” Cuyler, today appeared to be Manager Joe McCarthy’s biggest problem with the Chicago Cubs. Fred Maguire, from Toledo, is the leading candidate for the second base job, but he hasn't quite come up to expectations. Wichita Falls. Tex.—Bill Goodell, who was <i semi-pro pitcher at Tulsa, Ok a. las year, today was seriously considered for a place on the Chicago White Sox staff. He held the Wichita Falls club tn two hits yesterday.

Young Couple Held For Stealing Chickens Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 21.—(INS) — Charged with the thefts of about 1,500 chickens from Hendricks county farmers, John Carrigan. 24, and hie 16-year-old wife, Minnie, were being held in the county Jail here today following a running gun battle with deputy sheriffs. The couple was booked on charges of grand larceny, vehicle taking, unlawful possession of an automobile and shooting with intent to kill, according to Sheriff Omer Hawkins. The capture of the young couple was accomplished by four of Sheriff Hawkins’ deputies near Clermont, Ind., last night. The pair was cornered on the Ed Cloud farm near Clerto stiOot Wciy to freedom. After an exchange of shots, however, Carrigan and his wife surrendered.

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TO HOLD ANOTHER ORT AGENT TEST Examination For Applicants For Job In 12th District To Be Held Soon Washington, Mar. 21. —(U.R) —Examination for prohibition administrator in the* 12th district, which includes Ohio and Indiana, was announced today by the civil service commission. A shortage of eligibles has .made necessary the giving of a new examination. the commission said. Formal applications must reach the commission by April 17. The entrance salary is from $5,200 to $6,000 a year. o— Commencement Speaker At I. U. Is Selected Bloomington, Ind.. Mar. 21.—(INS) - President Walter Albert Jessup, of the University of lowa, will be the principal speaker at the 99th annual commencement exercises of Indiana University next June. Dean Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the commencement committee announced here today. Commencement exercises this year will probably be lield on the evening of Monday. June 11th in the Memorial stadium. The .Monday date has been selected to enable more alumni to attend. Theretofore the exercises have been held in the middle of the week and many who would like to attend have been unable to do so because of business conflicts. President Jessup is a native Hoosier and was dean of the Indiana University school of education in 1911. He is well known in educational circles and holds a Ph.D. from Columbia university as well as the LL.D, degree from the University of Wisconsin. He also received an A. M. from Hanoyer college, after .getting his A.B. at Earlham college. Jessup was appointed dean of the college of education at the Universit yof lowa in 1912. and was ele;ted president of the lowa school in 1916. o Leak Visible In Dam 12 Days Before Break Los Angeles, March 21. —(INS) —William Mulholland, chief engineer of the Los Angeles bureau of light and power, ‘admitted at a coroner’s inquest this afternoon that a new and fast increasing leak was visible in the St. Fancis dam 12 hours before file giant structure tore loose from the canyonside and hurled a death carrying f ood of water upon hundreds of sleeping residents of the fertile valleys below. — — o

General Sandino Again Evades U. S. Marines Managua, Nicaragua. March 21. — Z U.R>—The wily General Augustine Sandino. leader of the Nicaraguan rebels, again today was believed to have evaded United States marine patrol. Marine planes Monday bombed a rebel base near Murra, an up-country ■■tronghold, inflicting many casualties. ' The base was wide open. Ground forcee were called. But when the "Devil-Dogs" arrived, bent on rounding up the straggers, it was found that the base had been d eserte-i. o Congressional Medal Os Honor Bestowed On Lindy Washington. March 21 —(INS) —The highest honor that is within the gist of his government, the congressional medal of honor, was bestowed upon Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today, in recognition cf his unparalelled feats of aerial navigation during the last ten months. Rarely- has this honor been conferred tor other than extraordinary feats of heroism in actual warfare. Prince Os Wales Takes Another Spill * London. March 21. — (INS) — The Prince of Wales had another sensational escape from injury today in a turf accident. He was riding a powerful Jumper in the point to point brigade guards race at Bedfordshire when his mount stumbled, throwing the prince over his head. The rider turned a complete somersault in the air. When ’he struck the ground he hi<l difficulty in scrambling out of the way of the following horses. o South Bend. Ind —When Joseph Jachym. former captain, and Francis Crowe, both forwards, received the same number of voles for the 192«-29 basketball captaincv. it was decided Notre Dame would be represented by two captains next season.

TWO ORDINANCES TO BE REDRAFTED BY CITY COUNCIL (CONTIXI'KD FHOM PAGE <>NEI i the improvement of North Secontl I street, by the Indiana Servlcd CorI oration, which will include the taking up of the old rails and ties and putting hack the street in its old form. The Service corporation will pay the entire cost of doing the work. The dummies in the center of the streets will be removed, the council seconding the motion of Councilman A. R. Ashtbaucher to remove the "toad stools” from the center of all streets. works plant. The committee was also instructed to erect a sign forbidding boys and girls to roller skute on top of the reservoir at the city water worbs plant. The committee was also instructed to put up a fence around the new spray pond at the water The waler works committee was Kirbland Farmers Want Power Several farmers , from Kirkland township, with Milton Girod acting a_s chairman, conferred with the electric light committee and with M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the city plant, relative to the city furnishing power to their rural lino. The finance committee allowed bills and the meeting adjourned. EDITOR DEMANDS INVESTIGATION OF INDIANA POLITICS <CONTINirm> FIIOM PAGR OVRI listen to an amplification of his charges which he said he would make at 10 o’clock, eastern time tonight over radio station WLW at Cincinnati, O. The letter of Adams, he said was occasioned by a speech delivered by Senator Capper Monday in congress in which he declared there should be a nation-wide clean-up of political affairs. o Jury To Determine Guilt Os Indianapolis Councilman Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 21—(INS)— The jury must decide the guilt or innocence of City Councilman Boynton J. Moore on trial in Marion criminal couit on charges of bribery. This was the ruling of special Judge Paul G. Davis in refusing to instruct the jury on a motion of the defense, to return a verdict of not guilty. o Automatic Telephones Installed At Lafayette Lafayette, Ind., Mar. 21— (INS)—Lafayette will bid goodbye to it’s ’Hello" girls Saturday midnight, June 30, 1928, according to an announcement of the Lafayette Telephone company. On that date new- automatic telephones will be put into service

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here for the first time, replacing the old manual service that has been in operation for years. Twenty two installation experts from Chicago have been at work for months Installing the automatic system. an elaborate arrangement of electrical devices, and the gigantic task Is now nearly completed. The same system is being installed as is now In use in Indianapolis. Terre Haute. South Bend uud Fort Wayne. The change Is expected to cost In excess of $500,000 but officials say the benefits that will accrue from the improved service will offset the cost. — o— — Wife Says Husband Was too Anxious To Find Job For Her Fc.t Wayne, Ind.. March 21—(U.R)— ‘Help Wanted-Female" was a topic in which Charles H. Hinderer was much interested, aceoiding to a divorce suot filed by Mrs. Lillie D. Hinderer. She says he watched newspaper advertisements in search for a job for her. —o • Henry Gerber, Ex-Adams County Man, Dies At Gary Henry Gerber, of Gary, son of John Gerber of Berne, and former Adams county resident, died at Gary today according to word received in this city this afternoon. Details of the death were not known. Mr. Gerber was united in marriage at Berne several years ago to Sarah Simon, who. with two sons, Gary and Water, survives. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Gary. Chisholm To Face Trial In Court At Valparaiso Crown Point. Ind., Mar. 21. —(INS) — George Allen Chrisholm, Canadian World War veteran, who drowned his two sons in the Indiana Harbor canal, will go on trial for his life in the Porter circuit court at Valparaiso, Indiana, as the result of a change of venue granted him by Judge Martin Smith of th? Lake criminal court here. Chrisholm Is under indictment on charges of first degree murder. He will plead insanity according to his counsel. o—. Becomes Judge Adam Beeler, former Blufftcn resident, has been appointed judge of the King county, Washington, superior court, according to word received in Bluffton by Judge F.ank W. Gordon. Judge Heeler succeeds Judge Walter Beals, who resigned following his appointment to the bench in the Washington supreme couit. Mr. Beeler has been practicing law in Seattle, Washington, for 20 years.

INDIANA NINTH IN USE OF GASOLINE By Chester A. Baker (U. I’. Staff Correspondent) Indlanapoiw, March 21—(U.R) Indiana ranked ninth among States of the country in total consumption or gasoline by motor vehicles, last year, according to figures announced today by the American Road Builders' Association. The automobiles, motorcycles and trucks, burned up 11,663,490,000 gallons of gas in 1927. An increase of 12.4 percent, according to the report. Any person who used less than 550 gallons of the fluid in their automobile last year, used less than ttieir share. That was the average consumption per motor vehicle, the report said On a basis of 13.5 miles to the gallon. it was estimated that the gas- burn Ing vehicles traveled more than 150, 000,000,000 miles. California led all states in gasoline consumption, accounting for 1,017,681.000 gallons. New York was second with 892.800.000 gallons: Qhio, thir.d, 770,801.000 gallons; Illinois, fourth 750,960,000 gallons; Pennsylvania, fifth. 684,097.000; Michigan sixth. 593.372,000; Texas, seventh, 591.447.000; New Jersey, eighth, 408.300,000 and Indiana, ninth, 347,757.000. At the close of 1927 a state gasoline tax was collected in all but two states New Yotk and Massachusetts, the report pointed out. o Legless Man Plans Trans-Atlantic Hop Wheeling. W. Va., March 21—(U.RU M. R. ’’Dinger" Daugherty, known as the "Flying Assessor," because he is an aviator as well as assessor of Wetzel county, is planning a flight this summer from Washington to Rome, Italy. Daugherty lost both legs and one. arm in a railroad mishap, hut he can operate his single motor Fokker plane with ease. He expects to make his transAtlantic flight in July or August. He will tak; with him Captain Jack R. Adams, army reserve flier. o Investigation Os Interior Os S-4 Completed Today Boston. March 21—(U.R) —The Naval board of investigation today completed examination of the interior of the hull cf the submarine S-4 where a majority of the crew of 40 men were believed to have lived far hours after the fatal crash off Provincetown. The tiller room was the last compartment examined by the board and th s afternoon, the members will direct their attentions to the exterior.

Brother And Succumb To Hea n I I)lsease 1,1 Hl)Ur I Vincennes. i„,i. Heart disease s- ni <,| ()W|) a aid a slater hei,> lol | av . , llni mono hour. ' ay In Mloss Emma .. . „ B a stroke and wa- <i vinß wh ' 'MH aiclan arrived. ■ Relatives, including ~ B Henry VonbMiren. had Mint the woman s |„., w final breath. > Suddenly Henry Sl ul( . h( , (1 J] "I am going too" he ,-, N ”*■ A minute lute, Im wua () | When the horrlfie drelativ-s , , I turned to the sister on Ihp found sh« too had IU „ P(I * 1 Both sister ami brother . parent good health this lnorni they arose. 5 "’i* Heart diseas,* caused both a , physicians said. h M ——— — ___ Mother Seeks Elopers; Willing To Forgive Them Valpataiso. Ind , March 21-im Miss Lydia Roach, U, an( | ’ Russell. 19. of Chicago, are sourtl L the girl’s mother. Mrs. Florence rJ ’ following their marriage here The couple first went to c w . Point. -Hoosier Gretn- c.reen, b ut refused a license. They stopped here next , o | rtaiw | J license by falsifying their ages aai | were married by a Justice 0 ( the PWt Mrs. Roch told authorities here she ! was willing to bestow her blessing upon the couple. _ Ossian Woman Dies Mrs. Mary Gee Newman. 74. died of pneumonia and paralysis at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Gibson, j n Ossian. Tuesday morning Herhushuu Dr. Miles N. Newman, died several years ago. Surviving are two sieees Mrs. Gibson and Miss Kendrith, Ossian, and Miss Elizabeth Kendtitii of Hammond, and one nephew, W v. , Mannes, of Boykin. Virginia. Funeral services were to be held this ift»rnoon. —— o— Policeman Kills Negro Indianapolis, Ind.. Mar. 21-fK-Coroner C. H. Keever todav was investigating a gun fight between patrol se.geant Patrick Daily and Charles Walker. 29, a negro, which resulted in Walker’s death ami in the wounding of Willie Raymond, 19. colored delivery wagon driver. The officer said that Walker d dyed behind Raymond’s wagon and opened fire when He tried to arrest him. One of Walker's bullets struck Raymond in the arm. Walker then tiled D run from the scene but a bullet from Daily's i evolver chashed into his head killing him almost instantly.