Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1923 — Page 2

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CRASH WHICH CAUSED P. H. PERNOTS DEATH INVESTIGATED

GOVERNOR IMW WELCOMES GUESTS AT PARK MEETING Richard Lieber Outlines History of State Park Movement in Indiana. Hu Times special TURKEY RUN STATE PARK, May 7. —Conservation of natural resources and tne inculcation of love aitd pride in our forests, lakes and primitive beauty spots is the patriotic duty of every citizen, Governor McCray said in his address of welcome to about 100 conservationists and park enthusiasts at the third annual conference cf the National Parks Association here today. "Let us not complain of the few pennies we pay for state support of our parks if it is wisely spent for th£ good of the whole people," he 3aid. 1 We realize how essential it is for the state to control its native resources and valuable deposits that succeeding generations should enjoy the blessings which God provided for their use. ‘ln these days of discontent, it is worth our while to reflect upon the sources of our national strength and prosperity,” Gov. McCray continued. Richard Lieber, director of the conservation department gave a brief history of Indiana's park development. 'The growth of attendance presents some interesting figures, as follows: In 1919 it was 33,145; in 1920, 45.297: 1921. 53,966, and 1922, 58,090,” Lieber s:iid. Today’s session closed with appointment of committees and showing conservation department movies. Hon. Stephen T. Mather, Chicago, acting chairman of the national conference on State parks, presided. Senator James E. Watson will speak Tuesday. GREENWOOD MAN DIES ON VISIT TO RELATIVES Thomas Trulock. Contractor, Suceuinbs to Heart Failure. Thomas J. Trulock, 76, of Greenwood, Ind., who came to Indianapolis about two weeks ago to visit relatives. Is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Sullivan, 545 N. Oakland Ave. He succumbed Saturday night after an attack of heart trouble. Mr. Trulock, who lived in Greenwood about thirty years. He was a building contractor. Y He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Flora Morman of Greenwood, Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Laura Caldarone of Cincinnati, Ohio: one son, John W. Trulock of Greenwood, and two brothers, John and George Trulock, both of Indianapolis.

VETERAN PRESSMAN WILL BE BURIED HERE TUESDAY Edward Nelson Succumbs After Ixmg | Illness. Edward Nelson, 63, veteran Indiana pressman, who died Sunday following a long illness at the home of his daughter. Mrs.-C. M. Powell, 53 Hamilton Ave.. will he buried Tuesday. 2:30 p. m In Crown Hill cemetery'. Services will he conducted at the ! Flanner and Buchanan chapel, 3 p. m..! with* the Knights Templar in 'charge. ’ Mr. Nelson came to Indianapolis the ■ first of tbc- year to seek treatment : for his health. He was connected i with the Muncie Star for twenty-two years. Surviving Mr. Nelson are the widow, Mrs. Julia D. Nelson, who was the first woman elected to the Indiana State Legislature: one daughter. Mrs. ; C. M Powell, and two sons. Paul and j George Nelson. MARKET EXPERT HONORED C, of < . Will Give Dinner for 500 Thursday Fevening. Practically all of tin 500 reserva- I tions for a dinner on Thursday night 1 at the Lincoln for Dr. Patti Ivey have j been taken. Blaine McGrath, publicity chairman of ti Chamber of Com terce said to uiv. Dr. Ivey, who occupies the chair i of ma r k' ting .J the University of Nebraska s in the city in the inter ! e3*s of retail buying and selling. Many o'Tieiais and employes of local de- j partment stores will be guests at j the banquet. Dr. Ivey will address employment j managers and directors of local de- ; parment stores at a luncheon Thurs- i day noon in the Chamber of Com-; merce. I. A. C. PLANNING DANCE Four Hundred Expected to Attend Entertainment Tuesday Night. The Indianapolis Athletics Club will give a theater party and dance at Eng- 1 lish’B Tuesday night. About 400 mem bers are expected, and plans are being made to make the affair different from: other club parties. “Wallace O. Lee, who is head of thoi committee in charge of the entertain -j ment, has announced those who will I occupy boxes as follows: Governor W. | T. McCray, H. C. Stutz. Dr. F. E Ab | bott. William E English, Col. G M i Lee, Dr. J. W. Wright. W. B. Cooley and their parties. ONE STUDENT GRADUATES Exercises to Be Held for |g>ne Royal Lawrence. A whole commencement program will be given at lawrencp High School May 12 for ons boy. The young man upon whom attention will be showered is Elbert Darnefl. >, .Other, Marion County high scu-joAfi excepting those of Indianapolis, hafl held their commencements.

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REPUBLICANS SEE PARTY FIGHT END WITHIN FEW DATS State Committee May Be Called This Week to Accept Lyons' Resignation, With the Republican chairmanship squabble apparently near settlement, a meeting of the State committee was expected to be called this week for the purpose of accepting the resignation of Lawrence E. Lyons as chairman. Senator James E. Watson. who spent three days of last week discussing the chairmanship aff;dr with party leaders, was in Danville, 111., today visiting “Uncle Joe" Cannon. He was expected to return to Indianapolis tonight and go to Turkey Run for the State park conference. Lyons m Conference Lyons himself was the last of the politicians with whom Watson conferred. Lyons arrived in Indianapolis Saturday afternoon and remained a while Sunday to talk with politicians. Although he would not talk for publication. it Is understood he assured his friends he will resign. Indications were growing that C’yde Waib of La Grange, vice chairman of the committee, would be named chairman. During Watson's stay in Indianapolis pressure was brought to bear by some Marion County Republicans to hav<* him use his influence to bring about the resignation or removal of William H. Freeman as Marion County chairman. It is understood Watson told them he had troubles enough without participating in a Marion County fight. Ixjcal Wrangle I p Freeman, who also railed on Watson, Issued a statement In which'' he said Claude Worley, special investigator for Criminal Court, and Harry Dunn, county auditor elect, had sent Henry Fleming and William H. Jack son, both colored, to Watson to persuade Watson to use hts influence to bring about Freeman's resignation. He said both Fleming and Jackson are under indictment in Criminal Court. Among the Marion County Republicans who called on Watson were Mayor Shank. C. O. Dodson, George Snider sheriff; Judge James M. Leathers; .Judge Clinton H. Givan, John W. Castor, county recorder; Dr. Paul F. Robinson, coroner; John J. Griffith, county surveyor; William H. Evans, Center towmship trust Harry D. Tutewiler, county commissioner, and George V. Coffin. RAILWAY MAIL MEN TO GIVE DINNER WEDNESDAY Washington Officials Coming for Meeting at Severin. Members of the local branch of the Railway Mall Association will hold a business meeting and dinner at the Severin Wednesday at 6 p. m. Covers will be laid for 175. Guests of honor will be Paul Henderson. second assistant postmaster general; Louis Breahm and C. W. Herrick of the service relations board, Washington. D. C.; supervisory officials of the railway mail service from a number of cities; W. M. Collins of Washington. D. C., president of the national association, and B. J. Burris, president of the fifth division, of Cincinnati. C. OF C. DELEGATES LEAVE Free to Exercise Best Judgment at National Convention. Ten delegates of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce have gone to New York to attend the annual national convention of Chambers of Commerce. They are uninstructed. The delegates: O. B. lies, John R. Welch. Daniel Brosnan, O. D. Haskett, W. J. Hogan, C. J. Lynn. G. B Moxtey, .John B. Reynolds, G. A. 'd A - A Wilkinson. Felix s'gs3*?*s®irter, who has been in Euintematii|^^^

LEFT—KENNARD H. ONG. CENTER—A GROUP OF MARBLE PLAYERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ELIMINATION GAMES AT SCHOOL NO. 9. RIGHT—FOX THOMPSON.

Here are two sectional martfle champions and a group of players who participated in The Indianapolis Times elimination tournament at School No. 9, at 700 E. Vermont St. The two champions belong to a group of seven who will participate in the city championship game. Each one is determined to go to Atlantic City to play for the National championship. The champions shown are Kennard H. Ong, 12, of 2361 Park Ave., who attends School No. 45, and Fox Thompson, 14, of 1722 W. Washington St., who attends Technical High School. He is the only high school player to reach the finals.

AMERICANS SHOT BY CHINESE TROOPS (Continued Front Page 1) country toward the hill fastenesses where they planned to hold them. The refugees believe that the captives were forced to march, in the midst of the bandits, for many hours through a desolate and forbidding country and far from habitants.

Names of thirteen Americans who were aboard the train have been compiled by the American legation here. Dispatches received here up to 4 p. m. apparently confirmed earlier reports of the capture of Robert P. Scripps, editorial director of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, of which The Indianapolis Times la a member, and Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr. A foreigner who was killed at the time of the hold-up has been Identified as an Englishman named Rothman. Thousand Attacks Train. A thousand bandits attacked the train near Lin Cheng in the southwestern section of Shantung. A portion of the track w.is rooted up. The engine plunged into a ditch, leaving the passengers easy prey for the bandits. Names of thirteen American passengers. as listed by the legation, are: MISS LUCY ALDRICH, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr. LEE SOLOMON. LEON FREEDMAN. MISS MAC FADYEN. CAPTAIN ALLEN AND WIFE MAJ. R. N. FINGER, HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. J. B. POWELL of the Chicago Tribune. J. A. HENLEY. MISS SCHOENBERG. Name Not on List The name of Scripps is not given in this list, but later advices apparently confirmed his capture. Other Americans, whoso capture was apparently confirmed were Capt. Roland Allen of Manila, his wife and two children, and Miss MacFadyon. (Mrs. Allen in a later dispatch was said to have escaped 1 The name sos Miss Allen, Major Plngor and Miss linger nro reported among those who escaped The list of British subjects aboard has not been checked. It is difficult to obtain an accurate list of hostages, as many of the passengers were reg istered in parties, not individually. The identity of the brigand organlza-

“Chinese Cromwell” Will Command Army of Christian Orientals Against Bandit Band

By United Press NEW YORK. May 7.—The eleventh division of the Chinese army, composed of Christians, probably will be sent against the bandits who are holding Americans and other foreigners hostage, if the government decides to dispatch a strong expedition, according to the Methodist Church Missionary Bureau here.

Powerful Machinery of Standard Oil Cos. Set in Motion to Get Facts on Kidnaping

Bv United Press NEW YORK. May 7.—Machinery of the Standard Oil Company, one of the most powerful single agencies in the Far East, waa put In motion today in an effort to tecure infornia tion regarding the wrecking of a train by bandits In the Shantung basin and the kidnaping of passengers, Includ ing Miss Lucy Aldrich. John D. Rockefeller .Jr.'s sister-in-law. Miss Lucy Aldrich's home is in Providence. R. 1., where no tidings other than brief news dispatches had been received. Winthrop Aldrich of the firm of Murray, Prentiss & Aidrich. New York, a brother of Miss Aidrich, expressed alarm over her possible fate, but had received no direct word from China. He said his sister started last October on a tour of the world and had visited several European countries, India and Burmudia and sailed to China. She is an ardent traveler. Miss Aldrich is a daughter of the late United States Senator Aldrich. Later unofficial dispatches state the ten women of the thirty-four captured foreigners had been released. This would mean Miss Aldrich has gained her liberty. The following cablegram was re ceived by Mrs John D. Rockerfeller, Jr., who was Miss Abbie Aldrich, from |Dio Standard Oil Company at Shang-V-r-jlf 1 -" Aldrich was In the party on

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Expcnses of the winner of the city championship and his father or mother on the trip to Atlantic City will be paid by The Times. The city champion also will be given a bicycle. More elimination games will be played next Saturday at 9 o’clock. Here is the schedule: School No. 52, King Ave.. and Walnut St.—P up 11 s attending Schools Nos. 16, 67, 76, 63, 62, 53, 50 and 30. School No. 47, at 1240 W. Ray St. Pupils attending Schools Nos. 46, 47, 48 and 49 and Assumption School. If you attend any of the schools named, be present at the places scheduled at 9 o’clock Saturday.

tion Involved has not been established. Some of the bandit bands are composed of former soldiers who have deserted their commands because of wages being unpaid. They form strong parties, well armed and equipped and operate under military discipline. The various legations are awaiting arrival of those who escaped before negotiating with the government, which is seriously embarrassed by the capture. Several legations recently protested against the activities of bandits. The attack on the train took place in the early hours of the morning. The American and other foreign passengers were In their berths. Immediately the train was halted after bumping Over the ties where the rails had been tom up, and then plunging Into a ditch, the handltH surrounded it. The brigands were well armed, and forced the passengers to alight from the sleeping cars at the point of rifles. After the passengers had been taken out. the train was pillaged. Scripps on Tour Robert P. Scripps was on a tour of the Orient with tils father E. W. Scripps. Both left the United States In E. W. Scripps yacht, the "Ohio” accompanied by Mrs. Scripps, N. D. Cochran, editor emeritus of the Toledo News Bee: his daughter Dorothy and Miss Margaret’Culbertson of Sac Diego, a cousin of Mrs. Scripps. It is not known how many of the party besides Robert P. Scripps were aboard the train. Howard Gets Word Last Wednesday. Roy W. Howard, business head of '!e Scripps-Howard concern, received the following cable gram from Scripps at Shanghai: ’’Arrived Shanghai Tuosday All well. Came on htfi-e from Shimoneski, Japan Will remain here two weeks.” Major R. M. Finger, formerly a stu dent at the University of California, listed in the hold-up was a member of the student battalion

This division is commanded by Gen Feng Yu Hsisang, n Christian who is known as the ‘‘Chinese Crora well.” He has welded his Christian sol fliers Into the most formidable fighting unit in China. A year ago he defeated Chang Tso Ltn before Pekin, saving the capital from the Manohn rlan invaders. At present he is In Pekin with his division.

Peking train held up by the bandits. Out of the thirty-four foreigners on train ton are known to be safe, but their names are unknown,” > EVANS HOME RAZING Auto Salesroom to Ro Erected on N. Meridian St. Razing of the G. T. Evans homo. 1018 N. Meridian St., which recently was purchased by the General Realty Company, Henry Marks and Sons, owners, to be replaced by anew twostory building to serve as automobile sales rooms, will be begun within % few day3. It is said that $52,000 was Involved In the transfer. The home was owned by Edgar H. Evans, president of the Acme? Evans Milling Company and was erected by his father, George T. Evans about thirty-six years ago. DR. OTTO ROBERTS BURIED Rites Held for Ex-Indianapolis Man Who Died in Arizona The funeral of Dr. Otto M. Roberts, 60, w-as held at the Hisey and Titus chapel, 951 N. Delaware St., this afternoon. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery 4 Dr. Roberts ctritd April 28 in Arizona; where he went thirty years ago for his health.

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SCORES THRONG FOOO EXHIBITION Chamber of Commerce Health Drive Opens, Scores of visitors thronged the health exhibits opened to the public on the seventh floor of the Chamber of Commerce today. Health and civic organizations are Joining the Chamber in the campaign to continue ail week. "Ladies' day" will be observed Tuesday at 12 15 in the dining room on the seventh floor Printed menus will show the caloric value of all foods, and Miss Clyde B Sehuman of Washington will speak on "Nutrition." Miss Sehuman is director os the nutrition norvice of the American Red Cross. Business men attending noon luncheons at the Chamber were attracted by exhibits showing value of foods, and the progress made by the American Red Cross, the Marion County Tuberculosis Association and other agencies in combating disease. INMATE SAYS HE WAS NOT PRESENT AT OWN INQUEST Habeas Corpus Writ Demands Release From Hospital for Insane. Claiming he was not present at his insanity inquest held before Justice of Peace Isidore Wulfson. Aug. 30, 1922, and that the doctors never even talked with him, Lincoln H. Carter, 41. of 25 N. Keystone Ave., today filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from the Central Hospital for the Insane. Carter Is an ex soldiers, having served with the 603d l'tilted States Engineers In France. lie Is drawing SIOO month compensation. The suit was filed in Judge Miller’s court.

THIRTY-EIGHT ARRAIGNED FOLLOWING INDICTMENTS Plena of Not Guilty Entered by Per sons Accused of .Many Offenses. Thirty eight persons indicted by the grand jury in the last month pleaded not guilty when arraigned this morning in Criminal Court before Judge i ’ollins. The alleged crimes included nearly everything from ‘stealing chickens to assault and battery with intent to murder. Milton Jackson, alias Paul Leffler of Detroit, who was arrested when he was alleged to have posed as tho long lost son of an Ohio man in an effort to get money, pleaded not guilty to issuing fraudulent checks, which ho is said to have passed in buying a typewriter. BOY GIVES NEW ALIBI Says He Wanted to Keep Watch “Little While.” When Roy Daniels, .17, colored, giving his address as W. Fourteenth St., cut the shoestring holding the watch belonging to Leo Gest, colored, 234 Smith St., Saturday night, he intended “to keep it only just a little while,” he told Joseph Beckett, judge pro tern, In city court today. Daniels said Gest told him lie “could cut the string and take the watch if he wanted to.” Daniels was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to ninety days on the Indiana State farm. The days were sus pended. NARCOTIC AGENTS SPEAK Public interest is aroused as to the evils of the narcotic traffic, J. J. Keene and Guy Braughton, Federal narcotic agents, told members of the Service Club at. their weekly luncheon at the Lincoln today. This agitation, they said, will have a beneficial effect in curbing the traffic. The agents showed a number of “dope layouts.” seized in raids, to illustrate the cleverness of dope peddlers and addicts in concealing drugs. Jarvis Leaves for Conference R. Walter Jarvis left today to attend the Third National Conference on State Parks to be held at Turkey Run. May 7, 8 and 9. He waa sent aa official representative of the board of park commissioner's.

Noted Mining Engineer Killed by Auto While Standing on Corner —Driver Released Without Bond —Series of Accidents Causes Injuries and Car Damage,

An accident that resulted in the death of Peter H. Pernot, 65, of 2406 Kenwood Ave., former Indianapolis newspaper man, and nationally known mining engineer, was investigated today by Coroner Paul Robinson. The accident was one of four serious automobile crashes Sunday. The injured: Miss Grace Noble, 3905 N. Capitol j Ave., cut by glass from broken wind shield. Not serious. Joseph P. Stewart, 60, of 231 N. Noble St., bruised and badly shaken up when hit by automobile. Mrs. Fred Scholnbein, 833 Buchanan St,, bruised and cut. Driver Arrested George T. Meyers, 20, of 666 E. Maple Rd., was arrested on a charge of manslaughter following the accident at Kenwood Ave. and Twenty-Fourth St. at 5:30 p. m. Sunday, In which Pernot was killed and Miss Noble injured. Meyers waa released without bond on order of the coroner. Meyers, driving his automobile north on Kenwood Ave., collided with a touring car driven cast on Twenty-j Fourth St. by John McGinnis, 20, of f 24 S. Butler Ave. Meyers’ automobile j struck the left rear wheel of McGinnis 'car, causing it to turn com-; pletely around. Meyers’ car apparently forced onto j the sidewalk by the collision, ran over | Pernot, who was standing on the cor- I ner talking to Harry A. Bolin, 2352 ! Kenwood Ave., and stopped when It | ran into and damaged the front porch | of the residence at 2403 Kenwood j Ave. Autos Not Sjeeding Pernot was dead when Sergeant Wilkerson and the emergency squad ] arrived. Miss Noble was riding in j McGinnis’ automobile. Witnesses told the police the automobiles were not going faster than fifteen miles an hour. Pernot .was bom in Ft. Wayne, Ind. After attending Valparaiso University. he waa a school teacher for a number of years Thirty years ago he married Miss Nellie Stone, of Mitchell. Ind.. who survives hint. He also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Claude H. Wolff, of Indianapolis. He was the personal friend of many prominent men. He was connected with the Ft. Wayne Sentinel for a number of years. He came to Indianapolis with Samuel Morss to take over the Indianapolis Sentinel and was a member of the staff of editorial writers for five years. He gave up journalistic work to prospect in Mexico. He located copper properties which were developed by a syndicate of Indianapolis men. During the Cleveland administration Mr Pernot was head of the department f Congressional Records. Later In the same administration he was sen! to Oklahoma, where he surveyed and appraised Indian land*. 110 chartered a boat and was the head of a local delegation that partook In the first Klondike gold rush.

SUPPORTERS PREDICT GOVERNOR WiLL WIN Party Lines Eliminated in Illinois Fight on Appropriations Ry Cnited Press SPRINGFIELD. 111.. May 7—Supporters of Gov. Small predict he will win his fight on veto of the appropriation of $513,200 for the attorney general's office. Party lines are being eliminated in the fight which opens in the house of representatives tomorrow morning. COUNTY OFFERS ROOMS TO FOREIGN WAR VETS Ma.\ Be Used for National Headquarters Here. County commissioners today authorized the lease of rooms at 430 N. Pennsylvania Pt. now occupied by the Columbian Insurance Company, to he given to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for national h-ndquarters. If the organization derides to locate bore. The county now owns the building, which l-< in tho war memo rial site Officials of the veterans’ association were in tho city Friday to look over prospective sites. They point out that they would move their head quarters here to be closer, more centrally located in patriotic work. TAX INCREASE DEFENDED Nusbaum Prepares Brief Justifying Order of State Tax Board. A brief, presenting arguments that horizontal Increase in tax valuation is justifiable, was to be filed in Circuit Court late today by W. C. Nusbaum, representing the State tax board. An order of the State tax board issued fn 1919 increasing assessments on property in eighty-three counties from 20 to 50 per cent Is under fire In the court. Five taxpayers demand a refund on the grounds that the in crease was illegal. WANTS HIGHER GAS RATE Richmond Utility Has Hearing Before Commission Hearing on application of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power Company, of Richmond, for authority to increase natural gas rates, was held today before J. W. McCardle, chairman of the public service commission. McCardle will hear application of the Indiana Power Company of Vincennes. asking authority to issue and sell $1,250,000 in bonds and $1,400,000 in stock, for improvements and betterments at a conference, Tuesday. The company owns a generating plant at Edwardsport. Os Black Satin A black satin frock of unusual beauty depends for trimming only on a huge butterfly bow of the material placed at the right side with e*ds that reach the hem. The gown has a low V In the back and front and tiny sleeve caps. j

He spent many years in Mexico. He got more results than most Americans because of his wonderful handling of the Mexicans and his knowledge of many languages. An expedition to that country in quest of*oil and minerals had been planned by Mr. Pernot for the near future. He was a close friend of Pancho Villa The funeral will be at the home at 2 p. m., Wednesday. Friends are invited. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Flagman Hurt Frank Purtlebaugh, 1112 E. Georgia St., driving a touring car on Bates St., Sunday, started to cross the Big Four Railroad tracks as a train approached. He become confused, it is said, and swerved his car, knocking down Joseph P. Stewart, flagman, who was painfully hurt. Stewart refused to quit his work. The accident in which Mrs. Scheinbien was injured occurred at Troy and Madison Aves. The car of Carl F. Burk, 2180 Ringgold St., Bide-swipc-d that of Raymond Cole, 1040 Troy Ave. Cole’s automobile was turned over. Mrs. Schelnbien and her mother-in-law, in Cole's automobile, were slightly injured. Both cars were badly damaged. No one was injured, but three automobiles were slightly damaged Sunday night in an accident on New York St., near Colorado Ave. The automobile of Elmer Haus, living at Michigan St. and Rlbolt Ave., sideswiped a car driven by C. E. Klinger, 331 N. Riley Ave., and then swerved Into another owned by Claud Ewing, 3546 Balsam Ave. Auto Accident Fatal to Girl Bv Times Special COATESVILLE. Ind., May 7.—Mabel Masten, 20. daughter of Ira Masten. was killed when an automobile inwhich she was riding with Joe Ray and Mart Hadley, hit an embankment. She was thrown Into a fence.

They Find Homes for Homeless Youngsters ' \i li ■ <M *** mi MRS. GENEVIEVE M’LEOD (ABOVE) AND MISS GERTRUDE SMITH. They locate youngsters who do not have homes. It's a pleasant duty, say Mrs. Genevieve McLeod. 356 Congress Ave.. former policewoman, and Miss Gertrude Smith, 1936 Ashland Ave., new workers in the child placing department of the Family Welfare Society. CRUSHED STONE QUARRY PROTESTS FREIGHT RATE Petition Asking Reduction Filed With Public Service Commission. Complaint against intra-State freight rates on crushed stone shipped from Greencastle, Spencer a.nd Ridgeville a tut request for a reduction are contained in a petition filed with the public service commission today by the Mid-West Crushed Stone Quarries. Charges of unjust rates against ten cross-State railroads are contained. The defendant rail companies are the Pennsylvania system: the Pittsburgh,. Cincinnati and St. Louis; the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and S*. Louis; the Chicago and Eastern Illinois; the Illnois Central; the Chicago, Indianapolis and Iouisvllle; the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western; the Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and the Baltimore and Ohio. Plumbing Firm Incorporates Formation of the Wright and Arnold Company, Inc., a plumbing firm, was completed today wiht the filing of articles of incorporation with Ed Jackson, secretary of State. Incorporators are Allen D. Wright, 2627 College Ave.: Leo K. Arnold, 3111 E. Washington St„ and W. C. W. Wright, 2527 College Av*. Capital stock is

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Mining Engineer Is Victim of Collision PETER H. PERNOT FOUR HELD WHEF CARS LADEN WITH BOOZE ARE TAKEN Three Muncie Men Arrested on Blind Tiger Charges. Two booze-laden automobiles were taken to police headquarters today by Patrolmen Daily, Swank and Roman, who halted the cars in the north section of the city. Earl Long, 22; Clyde King, 20, and Harvey Moore, 22 of Muncie, were arrested on blind tiger charges at 4:30 a. m. Two gallons of white mule whisky were found in the automobile, which was said to be the oroperty of King, the police said. Mike Tasich. 35. who gave his address as 179 N. Bright St., but who the police say lives in the 100 block on N. Alabama St., was arrested on a blind tiger charge at 5 a. m.. when the police halted his automobile at Meridian and Thirtieth Sts. Tasich's car contained eight gallons of white muie whisky, police said. The men also are charged with vagrancy and are held for Federal investigation. The sheriff holds the cars.

RAILROAD BLACKSMITH TO BE BURIED TUESDAY Torrence Wenner, 37, Dies After Illness pf Six Weeks The Rev. Carl E Ploch, pastor of Prospect Street M. E. Church, will conduct funeral services, Tuesday at 1! p. m. for Torrence A. Wenner, 37, of 1526 Asbury St., who died Sunday after a six weeks' illness. The Masonic lodge will have charge of the services at Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Wenner was a blacksmith at the Beech Grove shops of the Big Four railroad. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Ruth Wenner: two children. Carl and Norma; a brother, William Wenner, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the father, William N. Wenner. of Warsaw, Ind, HALF OF DUCK BRINGS ACTION BY AUTHORITIES Bird Killed in Violation of Law, to Charge. One half of a mallard duck was th* basis of a criminal action against the Hotel Vendome of Evansville, tiled In Federal Court by Homer Elliott. United States district attorney, today. The complaint charged that in violation of the migratory bird act S. W. . Linebaugh, a game warden. was served with one-half of a mallard duck Jan. 9 at the hotel. Herman Steinhilber, manager and John W. Heyns, secretary treasurer of the hotel, now are serving a jail sentence imposed upon them by Judge Albert B. Anderson in Federal Court, recently. They entered pleas of gunlty to charges of conspiring to rob the Krogman Distillery warehouse at Tell City of eighteen barrels of whisky. HOSPITAL PLEA IS MADE Neff Asks Public to Visit Institutions. The motograph on the Merchant * Heat and Light Company building this week is flashing a message for the cause of National Hospital Day as follows: “Visit the hospitals of your community on National Hospital day. May 12 and got acquainted with the institutions which are caring for the sick and unfortunate. The hospital is one of the most humane products of our civilization —Robert E. Neff, State chairman.” BABBITT RITES TUESDAY Freight Conductor Is to Rest Ln Crown Hill Cemetery. Fred Charles Babbitt, 23, who died | suddenly at his home, 1627 S. Meridian St., will be buried Tuesday 3 p. m. In Crown Hill Cemetery. Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. at the residence of his aunt. Mrs. Stephen V. Burns. 848 S. Pershing Ave. Babbitt was employed as a freight conductor by the Union Traction Company He is survived by his mother, Mr*. Charles L .Stewart; a sister, Mrs. Dorothea Mayhew. and two brothers.