Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1921 — Page 4

INSPECTION BY STATE RESCUES BEE INDUSTRY Activity of Apiarist Curbs Disease and Insures Better Production. MORE COLONIES OWNED Beekeeping as a source of remuneration la known to have existed from th moat ancient times, says a bulletin Issued by the division of entomology of the Indiana department of conservation. It la In the last few decades that the buHness received notable assistance from scientists with the result that a relatively small business was transformed Into an Industry of gigantic proportions. In the last two years largely due to a shortage of sugar and unprecedented cost of this domestic necessity occasioned by the world war, honey was accepted by many thousands as a substitute for sugar. In the opinion of many bee experts, thousands who turned to honey as a substitute now favor it to sugar, aud it Is questionable if many ever will accept rugar In all Its former uses. Consequently an evolution brought about through necessity bids fair to assure an Increase of honey for future consumption. HONEY BEE KLLOGIZED. Poets, philosphers. historians and naturalists have eulogized the honey bee as unique among insects and endowed ly nature with wonderful gifts more beneficial to mankind than any other creature of the Insect family. Hindu medical authorities used new honey as a laxative, and after It become a year old it was considered an astringent. Doctors of India, considered well learned regarding cancers, made a eeromel by gently heating together one part of pure beeswax and four parts of strained honey. This preparation was recommended for application to ulcers, etc., and much preferred to fatty appll-

eatlons. In Egypt and the Far East honey was used in making embalming material and likewise for the preservation of fruits. , cakes, etc. Milk and honey were proper offerings to guests and the bride and bridegroom at connubial events. It is a Hindu custom to place honey in the month of a new-born babe, and as a feed for small children it Is considered unexcelled. The Greeks used either milk or water and honey as a libation to the dead. There is well-founded evidence that : the “manna of trees" referred to and eaten by John the Baptist was really wild honey. Twenty-five years ago Indiana was accorded little recognition as a bee-keeping State and there were only a few energetic bee-keepers within Its borders. These few confined their operations to limited areas. Most of them werj located along the Kankakee River, where the swamps abounded in wild flowers The central part of the State had a few bee-keepers, for there clover was pro- ; duced and clover honey harvested. The hilly section in southeastern Indiana i maintained a few bee-keepers. In the southwest river bottoms the Industry was . practically unknown. All efforts at honey I production were made in a crude aud . unscientific manner. APIACULTI RE MADE STUDY. There' were scattered throughout the State people who kept bees In "gums.ti. soap boxes, nail kegs, etc. In fact, where beekeeping existed It was followed in the most ancient, crude and antiquated manner. Little honey was obtained and the remuneration was nearly negligible. Some owners killed a part of their bees each fall In order to remove the honey store. As the truth of real beekeeping filtered through the State as a result of b Journals and a few books on apiaeniture. there became manifest a alow drift toward improvement and a gradual increase of weil-’lnfe-cjned apiarists. , About 1008 It became evident that two dreaded brood diseases known as American and European foul brood prevailed In epidemic form throughout Indiana bee colonies. As these diseases were little known they soon spread rapidly—ln fact, all over the I'nited States. Eastern and Western States began enacting laws to combat .the scourge. Such States made liberal appropriations and employed the services of experts as Inspectors. Indiana beekeepers recognized the Importance of such State action and a few es the more progressive beekeepers created an organization known as the Indiana State Beekeepers’ Association. This association drafted proposed bee In spectlon laws, set forth the needs of procedure if the industry was to progress and the 1907 Legislature gave this State Its first inspection laws. INSPECTION ONCE OPPOSED. The first two or three years under State inspection developed tome highly enlightening facta on the bee Industry There were found to be in Indiana about 10,000 people who kept bees and about 98 per cent of them operated their business In a haphazard manner with an utter disregard at prevention of weak oi diseased coloniee. There was no uniform method to Increase honey production. Antiquated hives were uspd and diseases flourished in malignant form Many people opposed State Inspection terming It official Interference. In view of the many difficulties attending State Inspection, It is little less than miraculous what has been accomplished in placing Indiana In the foremost ranks of money producing States. Three summers ago, department of conservation records show, there were more calls for Inspection and assistance than it was possible for four inspectors to 111 L In that season 14.000 colonies were inspected and it developed that State Inspection and advice on methods of beekeeping had cut down the foulbrood ravages until only 14 percent of colonies visited were infected. In 1919 four men, working under C. O. Yost, State apiary Inspector, inspected 19.000 colonies. Last year three inspectors. through cooperation of the State Beekeepers' Association, were able to Inspect 18.000 colonies, and It was determined that there now exists 66 per cent less foulbrood than existed In Indiana two years ago. There are approximately ifli.OUU beekeepers in Indiana today and they own about 200.009 colonies. Inspection records show that each beekeeper owns 20 per cent more colonies than prior to State Inspection. Uoosier beekeepers produced 6.000,000 pounds of honey In 1920. According to \ ost no other State In the Union has a more liberal distribution of honey bearing plants than Indiana. there being 100 species which gives the State two classes of early summer flows and two classes of fail •flows. An entire failure of all these groups at once haa never been known. In his opinion Indiana can produce sufficient honey for ita own needs and a big surplus for export. There Is sufficient flora he says, to anpport 300.000 colonies of bees and the annual honey production of the State should be around 20,000,000 pounds. Boy Drowns in Eel River While Wading Special to The Times. PERU. Ind., Jnne 14 —Robert Hann. 6. son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ilann of this city, was drowned in Eel River Monday when he stepped into a deep hole while he and a boy companion were wading. The family, with some neighbors, bad gone to the river for an outing. The body was recovered.

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Indianapolis Man Up on Hooch Charge Special to The Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., June 14.—Benjamin Surface of Indinntpolls pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully transporting intoxicating liquor when arraigned in Circuit Court here. Surface, who is a former saloon keeper, was arrested in Indianapolis Sunday by Sheriff John W. Phillips of Bartholomew County and brought to this city. After making hig plea he was released on SI,OOO bond. The chsrge against Surface grew out of a raid made by local officers on the home of Harvey Mink three months ago, when a whisky still was found. Mink was arrested, tried and sentenced to six months at the State Penal Farm, following his plea of guilty to a charge of making intoxicating liquor. Following his arrest Mink and his wife are said to have told Sheriff Phillips that the still was furnished by Surface, and that Surface took the liquor to Indianapolis for sale. Mink has been paroled from the State Penal Farm until October In order that he may raise a crop for the support of his family. New Officers Go in a t Next Meeting The following regular ticket was elected at the annual election of the Indianapolis Board of Trade yesterday: Presi dent, Joseph A. Kebler; vice president, Harvey Mullins: treasurer, Tom Oddy: members of the governing committee. Edward D. Evans, Brodehurst Elsey, Horace E. Kinney, James H. Tsylor, Edgar H. Evans, William Scott, E. H. Darroch. Fred C. Dickson, Otto P. Deluse and Charles E. Hall. Mr. Kebler, Mr. Mullins and Mr. Oddy were elected without opposition, as they both headed the regular and the independent tickets. The new officers will be installed at the next monthly meeting of the governing committee.

Indianapolis Check Forger Gets 2 to 14 Special to Tho Time*. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., June 14 —WiN liam n. Tcrkins. of Indianapolis, who was arrester here a week ago on an affidavit charging him with forgery, pleaded guilty to the charge in Shelby Circuit Court after withdrawing his plea of not guilty. He was sentenced to a term of two to fourteen years Imprisonment In the Indiana State Prison and was fined $lO by Judge Alonzo Blair. The arrest of Perkins followed the cashing of a check for $lO which he pre.sented at a department store. World War Man Leads in Minneapolis Race MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. June 14. George E. Leach, a colonel 1 nth# World War. apparently was elected mayor of Minneapolis In Monday’s election. Leach was leading Thomas Van Lear by about 5000 votes with the vote almost complete. Van Lear served a term as mayor when he was elected on a Socialist ticket four year ago. The campaign Just ended was one of the most bitter In the city's political his lory. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PASTIME. Anew out of doors pastime has been discovered. Tt is being enjoyed each day by hoys and young men, who amuse themselves by rolling parts of the concrete railing of the Morris street bridge Into the waters of Big Eagle Creek. W. F. Applegate, superintendent of the bridge repair department of the city, reported to the police that already $1,500 damage has been done to the bridge.

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mechanic. Five thousaud miles lie between the Intrepid pioneeers and their destination. Mr. Otis, who owns a plantation at Caracas, proposes to demonstrate by h's business flight that aviation has reached the stage where It is practical for long Journeys. He plans to

RICHMOND HOLDS ELECTION TODAY Vote Is Being Taken on City Manager Proposal. Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind , June 14.—Richmond Is voting on the city-manager proposition today. Indications about voting places at 11 o'clock showed that only a light vote was being cast and also indicated that about twice as many men as women were voting during the morning hours. The women's vote, however, is expected to be heavier this afternoon. Today's election follows a seven woelsg’ campaign. In which both advocates and opponents of the new form of government worked vigorously, each side hold ing a number of mass meetings and public discussions. A few weeks ago public sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed change, but recently, It Is claimed, there has been a decided change in opinion and the stanchest advocates admit today that the adoption of the city-manager plan is doubtful. Rev. Murr Is Chosen Platform Manager Special to The Times. SHELBY VILLE. Ind., June 14 The Rev. Lyman C. Murr, pastor of the West Street M. E. Church, has been chosen as platform manager for the Sheihyvllie Chautauqua which will he held here the first week tn August. Rev. Mr. Murr will succeed J. Oscar Hall, who. after eight years as platform manager, has resigned. Rev. Mr. Murr Is known here as the ‘Tastor Editor and Printer,” having started In a newspaper office at Corydon. He has been pastor of Methodist Episcopal churches at Indianapolis. French Lick aud until coming to this city was for three years chaplain at the Indiana Reformatory.

HOOSIER DEATHS NOBLESVILLE—Mrs. Dorothy Graham. 74. Is dead at her home in the northern part of Hamilton County. The children who survive are Mrs. Sarah Kinder. John Graham and Mrs. Eliza Huffman. Arcadia; Mrs. Mary Jane Kessling, Nobbsville; Cleveland Graham, Walton; Mrs. Lucy ITelnv. Agnew. Chl Mrs. Amanda Sohl, 80, widow of Fred Sohl, pioneer grain and elevator man of central Indiana. is dead at the home of her grand son, Walter Sohl In this city. PRINCETON The Rev. Morris Wat son. one of the best known ministers 1 n southern Indiana, is dead at the Methodist Hospital in this city. Rev. Watson held the pastorate of the United Presbyterian Church here since 1911. He ts survived by his widow, two daughters, throe brothers, a sister and an aged mother at New Concord, Ohio. HARTFORD CITY -Opal Andrews, 13. Is dead of heart trouble at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Pari Andrews, east of this city. SWIMMING rOOL OPENED. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., May 14 Answering hot weather appeals, the school authorities have opened the hlgn school swimming pool to the general public.

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bring back niups and data of value in charting an air route up and down the two American continents. The photograph shows the three starting on their long flight from Marina flying field, San Francisco. From left to right. Pilot Morris, Mechanic West and Mr. Otis.

Self Defense Plea of Greensburg Woman Special to The Times. GREENSBiUO, Ind , June 14—The case of the State of Indiana vs. Mrs. Cora Willey opened in the circuit' court here Monday. The charge against Mrs. Willey is assault and battery with Intent to kill. The selection of the jurors occupied most of the day, twenty five men being examined. Attorneys for tbe defendant made a plea of solf-defense. Four witnesses testified Monday afternoon, one of whom, Mrs. Controy, stated that Mrs. Willey came to her immediately after the shooting and told her that she had shot Pat Darmody and hoped that he would die. She also said Mrs. Willey told her she hoped she could find Nolan Sylvia, another local man, as she wanted to kill him also. Mrs. Controy testified that she tried to take the gun from Mrs Willey, hut was unsuccessful, Mrs. Willey saying that she was not through yet. Prosecutor John W. Holcomb Is as •dated by Frank Hamilton. The attorneys for the defense aro George W. Bruce aud Rollln Turner.

Ex-Police Reporter to Address Kiwanians "Bob” Jenne. former police reporter on Indianapolis newspapers, now editor of the Chiropractor Research Review, will be guest of honor at the Kiw.mis Club luncheon In the Rainbow room of the Hotel Severln tomorrow noon "Reading Character at .a Glane*," a subject which will deal with Mr. .Tennc's experiences In writing police stories and interviewing criminals, will lie the topic. In a chaik talk the speaker will show the Kiwanians how they may become proficient in "sizing men up.” The entertainment is in charge of a committee headed by Charles O'Brien Murphy. .1. Lorenz Schmidt of the Aqua Beverage Company will supply the silent boost. Posey County Man Critically Wounded Special to 'fhs Times. EVANSVILLE, ind., Juno 14. Raymond Culley, 112, Is in a hospital here suffering from gunshot wounds which lie received near his home in Posey County. Physicians liavo little hope for his reel, very. It is claimed by Culley that the shooting was accidental. Emil Noeile. Posey County farmer, declares that lie fired a’ Culley when the latter was attempting to steal ids ehlekens. Arrested as Speeder After Causing- Upset Ray Mllliken. (119 East Forty Ninth street, was arrested and charged with speeding after his car had collided with an automobile driven by lister Poole, of MUlersville. last night at Meridian street and hall Creek boulevard. Poole's automobile turned over aud Mrs. Maude Poole, his wife, was severely injured, suffering a broken shoulder. Other persons In the accident escaped injury. Mrs. Poole was taken to the city hospital.

BUILDING STOPS IN RICHMOND Dispute Arises Over New Wage Scale. Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., June 14.—A1l building activity has stopped in Richmond as a result of the differences which have arisen between building contractors of the city and workers over the scale which shall be adopted for future operations here. Several hundred men are idle today as a result of the disagreement. The Master Builders’ Association Is in-, slsting that the workers accept a 12 to 15 per cent wage cut. Members of the labor unions claim that the scale In Richmond is lower than that in any of the surrounding cities and that a reduction for them is unjust. They state that reductions can be made in building costs without lowering their scale of wages. Another source of grievance is said to be the failure of the contractors' association to deal directly with the Building Trades Council. Laboring men state that communications announcing the reductions were sent directly to the various crafts. Men who are Ullo as a result of the disagreement state that they are ready and willing to go back to work under the old scale, but feel that any reduction is unfair aud refuse to resume work under a lower scale. Conference are being held between strikers and contractors, but no settlement has been reached.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ASS’N CONVENES 57th Annual State Gathering at Lafayette. Speoial to The Times. LAFAYETTE, lud., June 14.—Hundreds of delegates are in Lafayette today to attend the fifty-seventh annual convention of the Indiana State Sunday School Association which will bo In session until Thursday evening. It is expected that tbe total attendance will reach 4,000. Local hotels are filled to capacity, and scores of private homes have been thrown open for the accommodation of thp city's guests. George R. Durgan, mayor of Lafayette delivered an address of welcome at th first session this morning at Mars theater and several other talks were made by prominent Sunday School workers. State officials present are: John N. Fenscy. president; E. T. Albertson, general secretary; A. B. Cornelius, vicepresident; E. C. Boswell, secretary and J. F. Wild, treasurer. Bishop F. I>. Leote oftthc M. E. Church will he present Wednesday morning. A pageant Thursday night will be an Interesting feature. Alleged Navy Deserter Arrested at Peru Special tn The Time*. SHEI.BYVILLE, Ind, June 14—John Wells, 21. son of Richard WtJ'. of this city, Is being held at .Teru, for authorities who will transfer him to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station at Chicago, where he is wanted as a Navy deserter. Wells was arrested at Peru in connection with the theft of a motorcycle, owned by George Havens, which was stolen from the Haven’s home, north of this city, last Friday night. Wells Is said to have deserted from the Navy In New York this spring and had been living at the Haven's home for four days before bo left taking ihe motorcycle He served a term of three years in the United Starts Army and enlisted In the Navy on his discharge. Visits Police Station; Nabbed for Robbery Special -to The Times RICHMOND, Ind., June 14. Harry Tracey, colored, is being held at the Wayne County Jail on a charge of larceny. He was arrested when lie came to police headquarters with a complaint that merchant kept, the change from a $1(1 bill. Tracey has been wanted since Jon 13 when he is alleged to have rob ied a grocery. War Relics Displayed at Public Library An exhibit of world war relics'collect ed by Richard Hnbbe of this city is now being shown In the delivery room of the Indianapolis Public Library. Some of the Interesting features of the exhibit include a French helmet. German signal horn and signal gun, German drinking cup, German and American aeroplane message droppers, French mm. cartridge cases decorated by French wounded, German Infantry shoulder strap, fuse head of a German dud, German Identification tag, coins fffun France, England, Germany, Canada and Belgium; German no tlce posted on telephone and telegraph poles In occupied parts of Franco and Belgium, map key and a panoramic drawing by a German of the German and French lines. The display will be shown for two weeks.

Holds Gardening Great Moral Tonic Gardening is a great moral tonic for both man and boy. That’s the theory of Judge Frank Lahr of the Marion County Juvenile court. The judge Is putting his theory Into practice because he can be found early each week day working In a large garden near his home. His children take delight in getting up early and aiding their father hoe and attend to the garden. "It not only reduces the cost of living, but It makes me a pal of my own children as we play and work together," said Judge Lahr.

BUNCH FILES IN MUNCIE RACE Convicted Former Mayor Again Asks Nomination. Special to The Times. MUNCIE, Ind., June 14.—Dr. Rollln H. Bunch, convicted In 1819, while serving as mayor of Munrle, of using the mails to defraud, and who returned to his home here a few months ago after serving one year in Federal prison at Atlanta has announced himself a candidate for mayor on the Democratic ticket subject to the primary here on July 19. Ills brother, Dr. Fred Bunch, filed a candidacy notice for the primary to have been held in May, but this was knocked out by the city manager election and It is understood he will not re-file. Bunch declares he has entered the race at the personal request of many friends and will run on a platform of efficient business In ail city affairs. No other Democrats have filed for mayor and Bunch Is anticipating little competition in the primary race.

Belgians to Officiate in Matthews Funeral Bpeolal to The Times. HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May 14 Members of La Prevoyance, a mutual society of Belgian glassworkor* with national headquarters here, will be in charge of the funeral of Bernard Leroy, 38, a member, at Matthews. Ind., Wednesday. Leroy committed sulcids Sunday by hanging at his home in Matthews. Hut Carpenters Sign New Agreement Special to The Time*. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., June 14—Car Renters of. the local union will receive KJbj rents an hour for their work under the now 1021 22 wage scale agreed upon here today, bv tlm arbitration board of contractors and carpenter*. Th old scale expired May 1. Carpenters going on a strike returned to work three weeks ago under a temporary schedule of $1 an hour. AMUSEMENTS.

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