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FLORIDA TO HOLD CENTENNIAL NOV. 9-15 ATCAPITAL A State Under Five Flags Will Be Setting for Celebration, By Times Special TALLAHASSEE. Fla,, Aug. 12. Florida under five flags will be the historical background of the Florida centennial celebration to be held here Nov. 9-15. The banners which have waved over the peninsula State are the French. English, Spanish, Confederate and the Stars and Stripes. The official centennial design, which embodies these flags with the great seal of the State, was drawn by Mrs. Reinette Long Hunt, great granddaughter of R. K. Call, who was governor of Florida both as territory and State, and a close friend cf Andrew Jackson. Mrs. Hunt, as writer and painter, is known as Reinette Gamble Long. She resides in a picturesque southern mansion in Tallahassee which was built by Governor Call in 1836. “No State in the Union has had the historical setting which Florida can boast.” declared Mrs. Hunt* who is a recognized authority on State history. "From the days of Ponce de Leon and De Soto, the State has known a succession of regimes. Spanish grandees, the red coats of Britain, French emigres, buccaneers with their treasure ships, the hardy soldiers of Andrew Jackson, have all had their part in weaving romance and achieven ent about this commonwealth. The reviving of this history as a part of the centennial celebration will provide an interesting feature for our thousands of visitors from all partg of the Nhtion.” Mrs. Hunt is preparing the historical pageant which will be given as part of the exposition program on the campus of the Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee, under the direction of Miss Mary Hollingsworth, who occupies the chair of dramatic art at that institution. Mrs. Hunt is a great great granddaughter of Lewis N. Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. TEACHER’S RITES SET Miss Ila Pearl McPherson to Be Buried Wednesday. Funeral services for Miss Ila Pearl .McPherson of 1148 Spruce St., who died Sunday at Warsaw, Ind., following an operation for appendicitis, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the home. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Miss McPherson, who was a primary teacher in the public schools, was born in Indianapolis and lived here all her life. She was a member of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, where she was an active worker. Surviving: The mother, Mrs. Margaret McPherson: four sisters. Misses Della and Belle McPherson of Indianapolis, Miss Katherine McPherson of Lafayette and Mrs. George Burkitt, Carolton, Mo. Grand Jury Action Awaited Bv United Preen EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 12. Buck Sanders is being held in _ jail here today pending grand jury’ investigation of charges of murder which resulted from a gun duel in which Otto Heckler, 47. was killed and Mrs. Heckler and Mrs. Myrtle Lynch were wounded. He waived preliminary hearing.

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WHITE ANT ARMY DEVOURS HOMES IN AUSTRALIA I Synthetic Lumber Made to Combat Destructive Pest. By Times Soeclal CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—White ants that devour homes are a pest in Australia, according to H. C. Armstrong, special representative of the Australian Board of Trade investigating industries in the United States. “These white ants,” said Mr. Armstrong, “feed on the lignum content of lumber and as there are millions of them, their depredations are a serious menace to all buildings constructed of wood. They weaken the timbers by eating tunnels through them and turn a substantial house into a flimsy shell, that soon disintegrates and falls to pieces. A workman’s cottage is a prime tidbit for the insects and a handsome residence a sumptuous banquet. "White ants are peculiar to the island continent. They travel in armies that extend in mile-long lines. Once they attack a building, it is almost Impossible to dislodge them. They intrench themselves inside the planks and eat until there is nothing left. The seventeen-year locust and the army worm in this country devastate only crops. These ants literally devour houses. “This plague of home-eating ants is one reason that the Australian government has completed arrangements with an American firm to establish in Queensland a $2,000,000 plant for the manufacture of synthetic lumber from the waste fibre of sugar cane. This new lumber, now made only in the United States, is as good as native lumber for building purposes and has in addition insulating and sound-absorbing qualities. In Australia It can be made much cheaper than tree lumber can be bought. Australia has no hard woods and mu&t import all its soft building timber. The cost of ocean transportation makes the lumber prices very high.”

Hoosier Briefs D r ~~ m ECATUR almost turned cannibal. Dyronis Schmitt ■ lost two fingers in a sausage grinder. Arthur Meranda, Kokomo patrolman, sent v a quantity of fish he caught while on his vacation, to the force. When he returned home, he asked his fellow officer if they liked the fish. “Heck, we thought it waa bait and we went fishing with it,” said Capt. O. L. Main. Meranda is peevish. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Groub and Hugh Nevin of Indianapolis had a narrow escape when their auto stalled on a railroad track with a train approaching. The rear wheels caught in some sand and were un able to grip. TIHE will of Moses Puterbach of Peru authorizes a memo- - rial fountain so built that dogs can drink out of it. William Matthews of Frankfort was injured when a tractor pulled a separator around a turn in the road too fast. The separator upset. __ Fairmount boys, suspected of entering the Congregational Church with intentions of robbing it, explained to Justice of Peace Overman that they were simply trying to catch pigeons that roosted in the belfry. Dr. H. H. Carter, head of the Engat Indiana University, warns that persons ho use slang constantly soon will rose the power to express themselves any other way. tr OU win,” said the proprieY tor a dry goods store at Shelbyvllle to John Beard when he was awarded a pair of overalls, as the biggest man in the county. Beard weighs 425 pounds. Because his farm needed attention, Howard Brickley, near Bluffton, gave himself up to Authorities at Sturgis, Mich., who wanted him on charges of manufacturing liquor. He was released on bond and returned to his farm. U. C. T. OUTING PLANNED Picnic of Council No. 4 at Broad Ripple Park Saturday United Commercial Travelers’ Council No. 4, which has a membership of 1,000, will picnic at Broad Ripple Park Saturday. The committee: Roy Maxwell, chairman; W. F. McMillan, Harry Olson. Officers: Walter Jones, supreme counselor, atid John Kfoch, junior counselor. Humane Meeting Tonight Indianapolis Humane Society will hold Its regular business meeting tonight at the Chamber of Commerce.

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The “Nervous Wreck,” an eccentric yountf easterner, drives Sally Morgan, daughter ot a Montana ranch owner, over a rough, uncertain trail from the ranch to the railroad station. They run out of gasoline and the occupants of a passing car refuse to lend them ary. The Wreck takes five gallons at the point of a gun and drives on. Later they are held captive at a ranch a.ong; the way because the foreman. Charlie MeSween, needs a cook, and Sally fills that need. They discover thqt the owner of the ranch Is the owner of the car which they held ua. MeSween announces that the dwner is Mr. Underwood of New York, and thta he and his boy and girl expect to stay at the ranch for sevral weeks. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY T"1 IS bein’ from New York is I—l why I was so particular 1 about the cookin.’ I had Chinks here last year and they did real well. So I went and got another pair this summer; but, as I told you, the boys got kind of juvenile with ’em and they lit out. It seems that a Chink expects you to take him serious. It beats hell.” “The boss must have money,” sugcested Sally. “Yes, ma’am; he’s lousy'with it. He raises fancy cattle, only that ain’t the way he made his money. He took It from somebody in Wall Street. But there ain’t any finer cattle In Montana. They don’t know how he made his money. They don’t care. I can’t say that I care anything myself. I’m liberal in my views. If I were you, ma’am, I’d sort of give ’em plenty to eat, but I’d make it look as much like New York as I could.” “Oh, I’ll give them lots,” said Sally. “Don’t you worry, old—” It slipped half way from her lips —‘old timer.” It was awfully hard to play tenderfoot when Charley was around. But Charley gave no sign that he noticed anything. "That’s right, ma’am; feed ’em liberal and fancy. I can see you're goin’ to make an awful hit with the boys,*’ He went out again, satisfied that dinnef*lfcus under way and that Sally would be a credit tj his discrimation in cooks. She was flying around the kitchen like a marionette on wires, attending to three or four

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things at once, but without the least trace of confusion. “Poke that fire up, Henry; put a lot of wood on it and get it going. I want a hot oven. There’s a pile of wood outside the door. Fill the kettle over at the sink fiump and put it on. I’ve got fifty things to do, and you’ve got to help with some of them. Better put your apron on too; you’ll get all mussed up If you don’t. The Wreck went about his task with a scowl. “The big lying hog,” he said. “I never touched their watches and valuables.” "They’re just excited,” explained Sally, as she hunted fora rolling pin. “People always exaggerate. Charley doesn't suspect us, anyhow, so there’s that much gained. Don’t fill the kettle too full; it’ll boil over.” "I’m not. I’ll be hanged if I’d break my neck cooking for them.” “That’s nothing. I’ve cooked for lots of people. Besides, we’re stalling for time. We're going to give them the best meal we know how.” “Chinamen’s work!” "It would be a good thing for us If we were Chinamen,” said Sally blandly. “Then we'd have a complete alibi.” He grumbled his way through the chores, but she could not complain that he was inefficient. Although he seemed constantly at the point of disobedience, the W T reck followed his orders. He even kept a faithful eye on the stove, while she went into the dining-room to set the table. She took a swift peep into the livingroom white engaged in this task, but the Underwood family was evidently upstairs. t “Underwood?" she mused. “Can’t say that I remember hearing the name around here. Fancy cattle, eh? I’ve heard of somebody around here who raised prize Herfords. I'll bet it’s the same one. But if it is, we’re a long-'way from the Bar-M. We haven’t any neighbors like that.” There wer efootsteps on the staircase that down into the livingrooms, and Sally, with a' final look

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at the table, fled back into the kitchen. "They're coming down,” she informed the Wreck. "We’ve got to hurry. Thank Heaven, biscuits don’t take long. You keep an eye on that coffee ;ftid don’t let it boil. Stop it just when it Starts. I haven't time to cook any meat; besides, 1 don’t know where they keep it. They’re going to have an omelette.” It was a very large omelette that she made, fluffy and thick, a rhap sody in yellows and golden browns. The Wreck eyed it with jealous disapproval, but she did not give him time to express an opinion. She had him opening a can of soup and pouring it into a saucepan f r .r heating. There was time for that much, anyhow. SHE CAME BACK CARRYING A WHITE JACKET. “I’ll cook them a regular meal next time,” she promised. “But this w ill ha 'o to do for short notice ’’ Her enthusiasm for the odlojs task depressed, him. “Don't work your head off,” he idvised. “You’ll get no thanks for \ "Oh, I’ve got lots to do yet,” said Sally, cheerfully. “For one thing, I've got to wait on the table.” The Wreck nearly hpset tile coffee pot in his anger. “You will not!” he exclaimed. “Os course I will.’ "I’ll not have you waiting on hogj. Sally Morgan. They can wait on themselves." "Don’t be ridiculous. They don’t eat in the kitchen. Somebody’s got to carry it to them.” “AH right, then. I’ll carry it to ’em.”

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She stared, then shook her head vehemently. “You can’t. You got to dodge them as lon£ as you can. There’ll be a blow-up, as sure as a gun, the minute fhey see you.” “Well, I’m going to wait on them, if anybody does,” he said, doggediy. “What's the use of dodging around? We may just as well find out row as any other time.” “See here, Henry Williams! If you” 4 She stopped,' studie his face with anew interest and remembered something. Reach). <s out, she lifted off his spectacles, 1 len stepped back a pace for another- inspection. Her scrutiny lasted seve-al seconds. “It makes you look tremendously different,” she said. “Csn you see anything without them?” ”1 can see you,” said the Wreck, blinking. “Wait a minute.” She ran to a closet and came back carrying a starched white jacket. “It must have belonged to one of the Chinamen,” she said, “but I think it will fit you. Put it on.” She managed to get him into it after fierce protest. Then she viewed him agaiu. “I really believe,” she said, slowly, “that you can get away \\ith it. With that, and the apron, and no spectacles, you don’t look the least bit like a nervous wreck. You don’t look like a hold-up man, anyhow. nd if you’re sure you can get around without falling over things, I believe I’ll let you try It. But be awfully, awfully careful about your voice. Try to disguise it, if you can. Don’t forget yourself and bark at them.” “I never bark.” “You did then. But you mustn’t. Just keep remembering that we’re still hiding out. I think they’re at the table now. You can take in the soup, and don’t forget to serve things from, the left.” He picked up a tray and began navigating cautiously in the direc-

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tion of the dining room. Sally watched him anxiously. It was an awful risk, she thought; but if he passed the test she would feel a lot safer. / CHAPTER IX The .Four-in-One Bandit There were two persons in the dining room when the Wreck entered with the tray. He could make them out with reasonable clearness as he drew nearer to them. One was the girl, Underwood's daughter. If you like colorful blondes, she was just the yight sort; slim, with a delicate prettiness that belonged to <the city. Opposite her sat a youth who appeared to be a year or so older. He was well set up and rather good looking. even if there was a surly set to his features. He was drawing things on the table cloth with the tine of a fork. In the living room there was a table, close to the dining room door, and on the table was a telephone. Somebody with a heavy voice was using it; the Wreck identified the voice instantly. It belonged to the large man who would not share his gasoline. The girl and the youth were listening, and the Wreck, putting down his tray, listened ‘also, pretending to be busy by wiping the soup plates with a napkin. “Well, you’ve got to get him,” said the heavy voice, with a note of irascible authority. “I don’t care if you have to try every place in the country. He ought to leave word where he goes. Thds is Underwood talking. What? Yes, certainly. Oh, you understand now, do you? Well, you get him. Leave word every place you try that he’s to call me. He knows who it is. And you tell him it’s important, see? Tell him it’s the most important job he ever had. I don’t call people up for nothing. Get busy.” There was the snap of a receiver rdughly repjaced and the creaking of a chair. “Haven’t they located him yet, father?” called the girl. “No; and I don’t believe they’re

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half trying.” Underwood was entering the dining room. “First they thought he was over at Fisher. Now they think he’s gone back to the county seat. I don’fc care where he is. I want him.” j" The owner of the ranch seated himself at the end of the table. The Wreck observed that he lowered himself into his chair with a slight stiffness of movement. It pleased him to think that he knew the cause The mudguard of the flivver showed a tell-tale warp, where it had nudged him violently. There was no mistaking Underwood, even without the aid of spectacles. The Wreck had seen him in the white glare of road lights, toiling desperately at a crank, and the heavily jowled face was forever marked in his memory. (Continued in Our Next Issue) Indianapolis Man Hurt Bii Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 12. Elmer tracker, 27, giving his address as 2423 Hillside Ave., Indianapolis, today is suffering from a dislocated hip and serious internal injuries as result of his car being struck by an interurban. Robert Branam, 16, received a broken leg. f ana heals V- sick skins Resinol is what you want foryour skintrouble— Resinol to the itching and burning—Resinol to heai the eruption. This gentle ointment is so effective that it has been a standard skin treatment, among physicians, tor many years. It contains nothing which could irritat* the tenderest skin even oi a tiny baby. AH druggists Kit Restnot. Trial irae. Write Dept. S-R, Resinol. Baltimore, ML