Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1921 — Page 2

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KOKOMO WOMEN FIX MEETING AS CRIME PROTEST Call Sent Oat Demands Action to Check City Wave of Thuggery. Special to The Time*. KOKOMO. lad.. Feb. 17.—A general meeting of women has been arranged for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the city council chamber. The call for the meeting has been signed by Mrs. L. M. Knepple, Nora T. Gause, Mrs. A. B. Armstrong, Mrs. W. T. Arnold, Mrs. Otis A. Smith. Mrs. C. M. Randolph, Mrs. Ida B. Hopkins, Dr. Anna Landon, Mrs. R. H. Wattles, Mrs. Emma Wright, Mrs. C. K. McCain and Mrs. L. R. Naftzger, all prominent in social and civic affairs of the city. The call reads: •‘ln view of the deplorable condition* and the abandonment which has obtained in onr city during the last few months, culminating In some of the most distressing episodes in the history of Kokomo, it is evident from the number of Hag rant misdemeanors, robberies and debaucheries, that nh are dominated by the thug element. This condition has brought much embarrassment to the citizens of Kokomo as a result of the notoriety obtained thereby. . "The situation has become so acute and the patience of the better class of citizens so tried that a demand bas arisen for immediate action to prevent a further occurrence.'’ VAN BRIGGLE IS INDICTED FOR USE OF MAILS (Continued From Page One.) bo received large amounts on royilty contracts from the company. News of the indictment of Van Briggle occasioned no surprise to persons about the Federal building, as the action was foreshadowed about a month ago, when a large number of persons, known to be stockholder* in various Van Brlggle enterprises, came from all over Indiana to testify before the grand Jury. The career of Van* Brlggle in the past few years has been little short of sensational, his rise In the commercial world being only excelled In rapidity by the ■uddennes* of hts fall in the last six months. Less than a year ago he was widely regarded as a financial genius and a coming captain of Industry. Mr. Van Brlggle was an active member of the First Baptist Church and took a prominent part In religions affairs. It Is said that Invariably directors meetings of his companies were opened with prayer, and that only a few weeks befor the crash came the teacher of one of the largest Sunday school classes In Indianapolis had devoted a large part of one lesson to Van Briggle as the type of man who was both a Christian and a financial success and holding him up as a man worthy of the emulation of members of the class. ORGANIZED COMPANY IN 1915.

After practicing, law In Indianapolis for several years as a member of the firm of Wiley & Van Brlggle, he organized the Van Brlggle Motor Device Company In 1915 with himself as president and began the manufacture of the Van Br'gele carburetor. Later a shock absorber for Ford automobiles was added to the line, and It was the manufacture of this article that eventually starred the company on its downward plunge that endefl In the collapse of the entire string of Van Brlggle enterprises. Meantime the Van Brlggle Manufacturing Company was organized to mnnifactnre an rutomcHle trailer and operated two plants, one at Fowler and one at Mooresrille. and tha Van Brlggle Clieml tnl Company was organized to take over the manufacture of a well-known proprietary article. A year ago the three Van Brlggle concerns were at their peek and It is said that there was a ready market for their securltle*. The first cloud In the skies of prosperity appeared last spring when Judge Albert B. Anderson, in Federal Court, ruled that the shock absorber manufactured by the Van Brlggle Motor Device Company was an infringement on patents owned by Robert II Hassler, Ine., of this city, and granted an injunction forbid ding the manufacture of the Infringing article. He also ordered an accounting. CHANGE IN AFFAIRS BEGINS. Right here the Van Brlggle sun began to set. I.ate In August a atilt for receiver of the Van Brlggle Manufacturing Company was filed in Superior Court, room 3. and Judge Solon B. Carter named William E. Reiley as receiver. This started the avalanche. Within less than a month the Van Brlggle Motor Device Company was thrown Into receivership In the Marlon Circuit Court by stockholders of the company and Judge Harry Chamberlain named W. R. nirst as receiver. The Van Brlggle Chemical Company underwent a complete reorganization and was renamed the Celery-Vesce Company and Van Brlggle was dropped from the directorate. In November. William E. Relly, receiver for the Van Brlggle Manufacturing Company, filed suit for SIOO,OOO against Van Brlggle and Individual members of the board of directors for mismanagement of the affairs of the company. This had been preceded by a suit far $200,000, filed by W. R. Hirst, receiver of the Van Briggle Motor Device Company, making similar charges. These suits are nowpending in the local State courts. In these complaints and in the complaints asking for receivership, serions charges of a sensational character were made. It was alleged that Van Briggle, while an officer of the company, had collected a commission for stock ■old by himself, that he had misappropriated funds, that he had misrepresented the financial affairs of the companies, that he had paid out company funds without the authorization of the board of directors and that he bad even gone so far as to make a false Income tax return and to pay out a large sum In Income taxes for one of the companies in order to create the Impression that It was making a great deal of money when us a matter of fact It was on the verge of Insolvency. Many charges of this same general character were made. F. Prange Funeral to Be Held Sunday Funeral services for Frederick Prange. who uled at his home, 337 North Davidson street. Wednesday after three days’ illness, will be held from the residence Sunday with the Rev. J. G. Matthius In charge. Burial will be In the Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Prange was In the grain mining besiness in Indianapolis for many years. He was born In Germany. Nov. 19, 1931, ■nd came to th United States In 1854. The widow, two daughters, Minnie, of Indiana polls, and Mrs. Louise Kllnsick of Lafayette, and two sons, Fred, reslldng at 1320 East Vermont street, and Henry, thought to be In Wyoming, survive. GO TO INSANE COLONY. Charles Iris Hornocker, who killed hts father and brother, and John Hungate, charged with a criminal assault on a 12-year-old girl, today were taken by Sheriff George Snider to the Insane colony at the State Prison. The sheriff was •ocompanled by Dr. Paul S. Robinson, county coroner, and several policemen.

EMPLOYERS SCRAP LABOR SPY SYSTEM

CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Spies were being squeezed out of the cation’s Industry today. Elaborate intelligence systems maintained by employers as "strike insurance” are being dismantled In the present readjustment period. The method of placing operatives to work beside employes In industrial plants was a product of the labor scarcity in the boom days during the war. v Reports given to employers on the state of mind of employes enabled the former In many cases to prevent labor difficulties by remedying conditions or eliminating agitators. Strikes no longer are feared by man-

BILL TO AID IN CITY BUYING IS NOT PREPARED (Continued From Page who prepares the city administration bills. The corporation counsel, being opposed to most changes in city government of which lie Is not the author, it la said. Is deliberately sidestepping preparation of the bill. Meanwhile, Mr. Ritter, his friends say, has been morally prevented from having the bill prepared outside the administration because Mayor Jewett has not yet taken back his promise to put the measure through. Mr. Ritter has been unable to get an appointment with the mayor to discuss the situation, it also is said.

Friends of the storehouse -system and some people who still believe Mr. Jewett meant what he said when he promised Indlanapols a business administration, are unable to understand why the legislative plans have been sidetracked. If the mayor bad been seriously inclined to support the plan he would have seen to It that the bill was among the other administration measures presented In the Legislature several weeks ago, they say. WOIXD SAVE $20,000 EACH YEAR. They are particularly mystified over the mayor’s apparent lack of interest In view of the fact that ft can be easily demonstrated that the storehouse system of buying standard materials and equipment would save approximately $20,000 per year, over and above the other material savings which the purchasing department has been able to effect on big equipment and material contracts not failing under the category of "standard” ever since the department was created. They wonder how the mayor can harmonize his failure to aid the purchasing agent in this matter with his preelection promises of a business administration. The additional saving possible under the storehouse system would amount to more than the entire cost of operating the purchasing department. The 1921 appropriation for this branch is $13.8n0. By using two vacant rooms in the basement of the city hall for the storehouse at the start Installation of the new system would cost not more than sl,o*lo additional, for it would entail only the additional expense of a clerk's silary. As the system expanded and greater opportunities for economy developed the cost naturally would be more, but not out of proportion with the extra saving, the purchasing agent says. Under the present system the purchasing agent cannot legally buy standard articles in quantities sufficient to supply all city departments using them. He can | only buy in small lots for each department as their needs arise and as they requisition for the materials. STOREHOUSE SYSTEM ADVANTAGE. Under the storehouse system a board of standardization and control, composed of one member each from the boards, the heads of the principal departments and the purchasing agent, would decide what are standard articles, determine tnb amount and quality of each needed to run all the divisions of the city government, of which there aro thirty-nine, for a Specified time and then authorize the purchasing agent to buy such quantities. The present rlan provides that the individual departments pay the business houses from which the articles are bought. The storehouse plan would provide that the standard articles be purchased In the greater quantities out of a revolving fund to be known as the "stofPhonse fund.” The purchasing agent would voucher for these payments. The departments, as they drew the materials as needed from the storehouse would reimburse the storehouse fund. Hundreds of eases In which savings could have been effected, had Mr. Litter been able to buy standard materials In quantities, develop each year„ A most striking example, oecnrred in December, when a manufacturer of brooms, who had been compelled to take ! back from a bankrupt customer a large i consignment of his product, offered to sell the lot to the city for $8 per dozen. I The market price at that time was $11.25 I per dozen. But, because Mr. Ritter was : legally unable to buy more than a half dozen or dozen brooms at a time, ns a j particular department happened to need I them, he had to pass up thtF'offcr. , jLACK OF ECONOMY , IS EVIDENT. | Purchase of electric light bulbs under the present plan Is so uneconomical as to seem extravagant to citizens with any i business sense whatever. It Is a well- | known fact that lamp globes are sold upon a maximum discount busis; that is. the greater the quantity bought the greater the discount. Although the city uses hundreds of lamp globes a year the ; purchasing agent must buy them lu lots ! of a dozen or two as the departments happen to need them. If they were | bought In case lots it would be possible | for the purchasing agent to get a dis- | count of 29 per cent from the list price | which he now must pay. | Linseed oil and white lead for paints. ! which are used by several departments. | could be more cheaply purchased if I bought in greater quantities. Sponges. if bought in bales, could be purchased j for 35 cents each, whereas as now bought j In broken lots they cost 75 cents each. ; The city uses COO sponges a year, so a material saving could be effected on this item alone. The chamois skin situation lS similar. Not l(>ng ago the Big Fonr Railroad had a consignment of slightly damaged ; cheese cloth, which is used by several city departments for poli.-hing metals, glass, etc., for sale. It was offered to the city at 5 cents per yard, but the purchasing agent had to go on buying In small lots as requisitioned for at 11 cents per yard. It Is obvious that if hundreds of small

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ufacturers.they say, because of the present abundant labor. Men now think many times before throwing down their tools, employers believe, because they know large numbers are Jobless. Another reason for scrapping the Intelligence systems Is the retrenchment- 1 policies of employers. A survey Just completed by the Chicago Federation of Labor showed that Industrial intelligence operatives are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Several strike-breaking agencies have closed their doors here recently. Thousands of ‘‘finks,” as professional strikebreakers are called, have Joined the army of unemployed.

lot purchasing transactions could be combined Into one big lot deal a great saving In the overhead expense of record keeping and handling charges could be made. Likewise, there would be less delay In deliveries to departments if they could go directly to th&storehouse and obtain what was needed Instead of having to wait until the purchasing agent has gone (hrough the present red tape procedure! Many times. It Is said, department heads and employes and the purchasing agent's office suffer annoyances because the wrong article Is purchased through the lack of a proper description on requisitions. If the department representatives could go to the storehouse and pick out of stock exactly what was needed this source of error could've eliminated. RATTS’ DEPUTY SHERIFF BILL PASSES SENATE V (Continued From Fage One.) labor troubles in Gaa City by the use of deputy sheriffs. He declared the deputy system is better .than calling military trained men into disturbances. The Senator said the people are opposed to the constabulary system because of Its great expense. Senator Nejdl opposed the bill because, he said, It would give authorities an opportunity to swear in a “lot of rough necks” with which to fight organized labor. Nejdl Is also against the constabulary idea. The Seuate passed Senator Richards' bill which raises the pension rate of retired policemen In cities of the first and second class. Officers retiring after twenty years’ service would receive S4O a month and for each additional year they remain on the force they would, on retirement, receive $2 a month extra. Senator Southworth’s bill fixing the salary of the commandant of tAc State Soldiers’ Home at $2,500, the adjutant at $1,500 and the surgeon at $2,500 was passed. The Senate also passed Senator Strode’* bill giving judges of Circuit Courts power to appoint bailiffs at a salary not to exceed $4 a day. The measure would raise the present bailiff's salary from $2 a day, at the option of the Judge. The vote was 32 to 13. The constitutional majority was not obtained until the absentees were called.

The administration budget bill, one of Governor Warren T. McCray's campaign pledges, was passed by tlie Senate today by a vote of 40 to 9. It now goes to the House. The measure, which will revolutionize the preparation of fiscal bills, places the administration of tlie law in the hands of the chief exumlner of the State board of accounts. He Is given a chief clerk whose sole duties will he the gathering of data aud the compilation of the budget. The various departments of State and the State institutions are required to submit, by Oct. 5 o fany legislative year, a detailed staement of their needs and expenditures. These figures are prepared In a budget which then goes to the Governor. On his approval 1? Is then submitted to the Legislature. The bill will automatically eliminate the Legislative Vis'ting Com inittee, which has heretofore prepared the financial requests. Senator Ratts, author of the bill. In speaking on It, said that the special session of the Legislature last summer was made necessary because the Legislature of 1919 had not foreseen the tremendous financial outlay that would be necessary iu the next two years. “It simply places the State government on a business lasls,” he said. Senator Joseph M Cravens of Madison, in taking Issue with the provisions of the bill, said that It took away the Legislature's power of making an honest investigation of the Stnto’s affairs and placed those functions In the hands of one so-called business man. “It may provide a few more offices, but so far as the Institutions are concerned It won't do any good,” he said. "The members of our institutional boards are of the highest Integrity and business ability.” In rapping what be termed was centralization of power, the Senator took a fling at the purchasing agpnt law ana said long-term contracts he had made would cost the institutions thousands of dollars in excess payments. He predicted that the future assemblies would not accept, without questioning the figures contained in the budget, and In this connection he decried the abolishment of the Legislative Visiting Committee. “I say to yon that would be the worst thing you ever did to the State of Indiana,” Senator Cravens declared. Senator Ratts, In reply, declared the measure only supplements the work ot the Legislative Visiting Committee and denied that the committee is eliminated. “It will not prevent the legislative committees from visiting these institutions,” he said, "but it Is to be done In a different manner.” When Ratts and Cravens got Into a running debate, Senator Beardsley moved the previous question, but the chair ruled Cravens had the floor. Senator Duncan, chairman of the Legislative Visiting Committee, declared in explaining his favorable vote that he was not sure about the merits of the bill, but, under the circumstances, he would support it. He said he felt the committee should have more time to conduct its investigation. RAIDER’S SHELLS PRESENTED. Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith has sent to the State Museum two one-pouud and one three-pound shells that were taken from the former German ship Prince Eitel Frederick and given to him by the United States Naval recruiting officer at Indianapolis.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921.

Mrs. Julia Tutewiler Is on Program Friday Mrs. Julia Tutewiler, president of the Indianapolis school board, will be the principal speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Exchange Club at the Hotel Lincoln tomorrow. Mrs. Tutewiler will discuss school problems in Indianapolis. In honor of the speaker, the meeting has been designated “Ladles’ day.” Every Exchanglte is urged to bring his jvife, or if he Is not so provided, to bring a woman friend as his guest. COPS HAVE BIG NIGHT IN RAIDS Two Men in Emrichville Dry Beer Place Among Persons Held. In a series of raids and Investigations the police net was spread over the city during the night and numerous arrbsts were made. Captain Ball and Lieutenant McMurtry visited the Emrich dry beer saloon In Emrichville at 1:30 a. m. They found two men and two women at the place aud questioned them. The men were arrested on charges of operating a blind tiger after, the police declare, they found a bottle of tvhlsky In the pocket of each. They gave the names of Alfred C. Beck, 29, 518 Prospect street, and Harry B. Thompson, 27, 3052 North Illinois street. Thompson first said he was Harry Hays, of the Illinois street address. In a touring car parked near the place, police say they found a black leather traveling bag containing three pints of home-made beer aud seven empty beer bottles. INDICATES REVENUE MAN IS OWNER.

. The name and address on a tag found on the traveling bag Indicated that It | was owned by an internal revenue ln- | spector. with offices at 315 Federal building, Four glasses, which the police say smelled as If they had contained liquor, also were found In the automobile. Both men were releused on bond*. The women were not arrested. In city court both men were convicted of operating a blind tiger and were fined SSO and costs, which they paid. Lieutenant Winkler and a squad of police fialded an alleged resort at 230 j North Liberty street, arresting Edna | Phillips. 45. on a charge of keeping a i resort: Nellie Denial, 25, on a statutory ! charge, and two men. who gjve the names of John O’Brien of Columbus and Charles Martin, 940 West New York street, ou the’ charge of associating. j Sergeant Volderauer and a squad rald;ed 436 East Ohio street and arrested Philip McDonald, 37, and Kate Leveron, 33, on statutory charges. The police arrested Beatrice Jackson, nc*ro, 621 East Court street, charging her with keeping a resort. Herman I.essley, 20, 110 North Nohle street, was arrested on a charge of assoclatlong. Twp women giving the names of Nellie Jones, 23, 118 North New Jersey street, and Anna Bobb, 633 East Ohio street, were arrested on vagrancy charges' In East street near Washington street. Patrolman Roman arrested Dan Bagdon and Fleming Garden on a charge of operating a blind tiger. The policeman declared he found two gallons of "white mule” whisky In a buggy in which Bagdon was riding In West street. Bowman Elder Heads Committee of Legion The personnel of an American Legion ! committee to confer with the G. A. R. j and Spanish War veteran* on plans for ! the observance of Memorial dJy lu Mai rlon County was announced today by J. F. Cantwell, chairman of the Marion j County Council of the American Legion. 1 The committee is composed of Bowman Elder, Myron Hughel. John Paul Ragsdale and Joseph R. Beckett. The cliairmau was authorized to make the appointments at the meeting of the council In the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night. Tentative plans also were made for a public mass meeting to be held under the uuapices of. the legion next Tuesday In celebration of Washington's birthday. Definite arrangements for this meeting wereleft to the officers of the council. It was reported that about 5,000 leg lonnalres In the county expect to enroll more than 1,000 me*ubers by the end of the week. # U. S. Sues to Seize Medicine for Fraud Suit for the seizure of six or more bottles of a proprietary medicine known ns Parry’s Vegetable. Compound, manufactured by the Parry Medicine Company, of Pittsburgh, Pn., and now In possession of William Brownscombe, was filed In Federal Court today by Frederlek Van Nuys, district attorney. The bill states that the drugs are falsely branded In that four bott'es bear a label Indicating a cure for various skin diseases and smallpox and two bottles are labeled as a cure for cancer, tuberculosis of the bones, lungs and flesh, gallstones and tapeworm.

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‘ODD JOB’ PLAN BOOMED TO AID PORTLAND IDLE Community Behind Scheme to Provide ‘Clean-up’ Employment. Special to The Times. PORTLAND, Ind., Feb. 17.—The citizens of Portland are endeavoring to relieve the employment situation here through a community effort Inaugurated by the Portland Commercial Association with the object of tiding over the unemployed men and women of the city until local Industries are again running at normal capacity and spring farm work opens. Several hundred men have been provided an opportunity to earn their living through odd Jobs about farms, .business houses and residences usually attendant on annual spring clean-up activities. A special committee of business men from the Commercial Association has been formed to obtain the cooperation of the city council and county commissioners by Inducing them to begin at once on road repairs and other public improvements planned for the coming season. Citizens who plan building operations are being urged to start their projects as early as possible to provide employment. It Is estimated that work for at least 500 unemployed men and women will be provided through this community effort, the slogan of which Is "Hire a Man for a Day or Two—Help Keep Portland Employed i” EFFORT TO LIFT RULES AND PASS TAX BILL FAILS (Continued From Page One.)

to make horizontal lncerases between counties. Representative Russel K. 8.-dgood, Tippecanoe County, auked Mr. Barker If the ninendment would give the tax boara arbitrary power to raise tax levies without first holding a bearing in the county affected. Representative Barker Replied that the original tax law care* for this provision, aud said a hearing must he held before any levy can bea raised. Representative Claude A. Smith, Gibsou County, In referring to a statement of Representative Chester A. Davis, Jay County, that the board Is required to hold hearing# and give notice of its action before levy can be increased, asked If the board had been following the law. "As to that, I don't know,” replied Mr. Davis. "I only know that the-law requires It.” No change was mad* in tha Barker amendment. Following adoption of the amendment. Representative Barker, Posey County, Introduce! another matlon that would strike out all of section 4 of the Dill, which gives the State board appellate Jurisdiction In the matter of local boud Issues and fixing of levies. The Barker motion aroused opposition from the majority aide of the House. Representative Barker of Boone declared the people wish the appellate Jurisdiction left In the hands of the State board, and In this statement he was supported by statements of several of the Republican members of the House. On motion of Representative Barker of Boone the motion made by Representative Barker of Posey to strike out Section 4 was tabled. Representative Barker of Boone followed this action with a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill. A vote on the second to the Barker motion showed It lost by 36 to 35. The bill will be eligible for third reading and passage Friday. Four bills were passed in the morning session of the House. They were: Requiring lnterurban companies and railroads to cut down thistles, burrs anil weeds on their rlgbls-of-way; providing new regulations for use of road* by mot>r trucks aud uew license fees for trucks and trailers; al lowing city council of South Bend to construct comfort stations In parks, and providing that railroads with more than thirty-five miles of track shall not run engines backward or tender first for more than ten miles except In case of wrecks or washouts. Local Men Will Be Banquet Speakers George N. Mnnnfeld, superintendent of the division of fish and game of the department of conservation; Gus Mayer, B. A. Sunderland, president of the Marion County Fish and Game Protective Association, and It. B. Tuttle, treasurer of the Marlon County organization, will go to Noblesville Friday night to speak at the annual banquet of the Hamilton County Kish and Game Association. On the same evening A. E. Bndine of the fish and game department will speak at a meeting of the Pike County Fish, and Bird Association at Petersburg.

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Uncle Sam 9 s Strong Arm Yanks Pete Out of Morpheus 9 Arms Awakened from sweet dreams, by ■ knock on his door this morning Pete Brown, 527 East Washington street, deserted the tender arms of Morpheus, opened the door and fell into the strong embxaee of the United States Government in the form of Thomas J. Long, deputy United States marshal. Brown was arrested on a capias, after being indicted by the Federal grand Jury on a charge of violating the national prohibition law by having about a quart and a half of whisky In bis possession for purposes of sale March 7, 1920. He was released on bond of SI,OOO signed by Harry Bookaedls.

HEARS EVLDENCE IN FUNDS SNARL Anderson Considers Case of Insurance Company. fevldence In the suit of William George of Aurora, 111., against the Liberal life Assurance Company of Anderson and four directors of the concern, to compel the return of about $150,000 of company funds said to have been turned over to certain directors without consideration and for an accounting, was heard by Judge Albert B. Anderson In Federal Court today. The alleged unlawful acts are said to have taken place while the late Austin Retherford was president of the Insurance company. James J. Davis, Elwood; R. H. Brandon, Aurora, 111.; 8. L. Van Petfen and James J. Nettervllle, both of Anderson, are directors named. Mr. Davis Is head of the Loyal Order of Moose. Following the trial he will go to St. Augustine, Fla., to confer with Presidentelect Harding. The company Is no longer active. Its business having been reinsured In another company. NINETY RECEIVE RITE DEGREES Ceremony Concludes Spring Degree Work. The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, conferred the thirty-second degree on ninety candidates last night, which concludes the degree work for the spring class. The work began at 2 o’clock In the afternoon and was resumed after a 6 o’clock dinner. Marshal Levy conducted th* Ceremonies of the thirtieth degree, with Logan Scholl In charge of the thirtyfirst and James E. Lilly, eotnmander-ln-chlef. conferring the thirty-second. Officers of the class Include: Wilson W. Godfrey, president; Charles E. Temmerlin, first vice i resident and orator: George E. Cox, second vice president: Paul E. Fisher, secretary-treasurer, and Harry P. Ondbiirv, historian. Diseased Skin Freedom at once from th* agony of •kin disease The soothing wash of oil*. Try O D D —lt's different SSc. 60c and SI.OO. The first bottle guaranteed to give you relief. J3.D.D. JML Lotion for Skin Disease Sore Throat Prudence Y our ® edici ne shelf is not well stocked without a bottle of TONSILINE, for you don't know what moment it may be needed to relieve a sudden case of Sore Tnroat. Relieving Sore Throat is TON* SILINE’S special mission. Itis made for that—advertised for that—sold for that one purpose. TONSILINE is the National Sore Throat Remedy. It is sold in every State in the Union. Yon •<. will need TONSILINE one of these days, or some night when the drug store is dosed—better f have a bottle ready at home when you need it most. 35c., U 1 and 60c. Hospital Size, SI.OO. \\

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CLAIMS POINT IN ROW OYER NATIONALROAD Richmond Woman Stfys City Admits Illegality of Closing Highway. Bpelal to The Time*. - RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. t7-~Esther Griffin White, chairman of the Wayne County Women’* Republican Committee, announced today that she will continue her fight to Movent the Richmond board of public works from closing a part of the National road, which la mad* unn.pp.unry, according to the hoard, by the Main street bridge. Miss White filed suit to restrain the board from dumping waste Into th* historic highway. Hearing was set for Wednesday but the ease did not come np because the city admitted It had proceeded Illegally, Miss White declared. Min* White stated that Richard Llel,er. head of the State conservation department, has said that he will come to Richmond at the time of any public hearing, as the conservation department of Indians is actively Interested In preferring all historical places and monuments. Miss White declared she will fight every step the city takes to close the road.

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