Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1925 — Page 2

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LAST WISH DENIED IDIANA OF.DUNES’ Husband Too Poor to Cremate Body of Girl Who Deserted Society to Live in Indiana Wilds,

2 hi United Prett , GARY, Ind., Feb. 11.—“ Diana of the Dunea” is to be buried quietly and “horribly / respectable” late today from a little undertaking parlor .in the sooty city of Gary. Her last •wish—that her body be cremated and the ashes scattered from Mount Tom. in the sandy hills of the dunes she loved, will be unfilled. “No money,” Paul Wilson said today. ' . > . j Relatives in Charge "Diana,” really Mrs. Alice Gray ■Wilson, college graduate, who shook the shackles of conventionality nine years ago and went to live In the shifting sands which border the southern end of Lakh Michigan, is to be burled by two relatives, a brother and sister. Wilson admits he is too poor to carry out the wishes of the girl he wedded five years ago. Cremation is expensive. And Paul Wilson's life as a fisher man made it impossible for him to amass much worldly wealth. The services will be witnessed by only her husband and relatives. The relatives remember the girl who won Phi Beta Kappa honors at the Uni-

COUPLE DRAW PRISON Man and Woman Sentenced on Ciquor Transportation Charge. Miss Katherine Fullen, 29, and Gordon Moore, 21, both of 551 Wilkins St., were each fined SIOO and coats and sentenced to one to two Vears at the Indiana Woman’s Prison and Indiana State Reformatory respectively, by Criminal Judge James A. Collins today on charges of transporting liquor. Deputy Sheriff Roland Snider and a Federal prohibition officer testified they confiscated alcohol }n Moore’s Automobile last October. , y Harry Pierson, 2, of IDIB S. Keystone Ave., was a similar fine and sentence. ILLNESS PROMPTS CALL Police Explain Mystery at Home of Mrs. Leona McCollum. Detective Captain Simon said today be believed Illness prompted Mrs. Leona McCollum, 28, of 1214 S. Harding St., to tell police that two men entered her home Tuesday and that ehe did not know anything after that until revived by Lieut. Claude Johnson and emergency squad. Johnson found Mrs. McCollum with a gag on her chin, apparently unconscious. Later she told the officers she drank a little whisky as a medicinal stimulant. The police found drawers ransacked and phAiograph records strewn on the floor, but all doors and windows were locked and they were forced to break in. Neighbors said they had seen no one enter or~ .leave. Standard ' Discovery;Tbat StfffiQattfE-grocery at 401 S. Warihan JSvIL Was entered Tuesday night and S7O taken was made by officials today when they came to open the store. Ole GRAY HI - BY USING SAGE TEA V '• , • When you darken your 5-lr with Sage Tea and Sulphur, ro one can tell, V<ecause it’s done so naturally, so everly. Pre- •> * pairin % this mixture, though at jHh° r ..s Is mussy \ jp and troublesome. J . At little cost you 1 can buy at any / drug store the ready-to-use preparation, improved by the addition of other ingredients called “Wyeth’s Sage and ’ Sulphur Compound.” You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your bair, taking one small strand at a time. By- morning all gray hair disappears, and, after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxuriant. > / Gray, faded hair, though no disgrace, is a sign of old age, and as we all desire a youthful and attractive appearance, get-busy at once with Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound and. look years younger.—Advertisement.

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Benefactors An Indianapolis undertaker today offered to make possible the granting of "Diana of the Dunes’ ” last wish. Paul Buchanan of Flanner 6 Buchanan, authorized The Indianapolis Times to transmit to the husband of the late isjyrtery woman of the Hoosier sand dunes an offer of his firm to pay transportation of the hus-baj-id and "Diana’s” body from Gary ter Indianapolis for cremation in the Flanner & Buchanan crematory and-v transportation back to Gary. “Diana'’ had expressed the wish that her ashes be scattered to the winds over tRe dunes, but the husband said he was too poor to pay the host

versity of Chicago and are trying to forget the lass who startled dunes visitors by diving into the moonlit lake clothed only as nature garbed her. Husband in Seclusion Wilson remained In seclusion Tuesday. A mile and a half from the nearest road in .his shack, sheltered by fire, he mourned alone. Beside the hut was a half-finished motorboat.. In this boat “Diana” and Paul were to have cast loose from their environment in the spring. The dunes were getting too populous. So they had planned to float down the Illinois River to the Mississippi, to the Isulf of Mexico and thence to a distant shore of a river in Texas. In the spring Paul will make the trip alon^. COMPLAINT IS AMENDED Specific Charges Filed Against Colored Bishop. An amended complaint making specific charges against defendant bishops discharged by Triumph, the Chtlrch and Kingdom of God In Christ was filed in Federal Court today by Bishop and over-seers of the church, a national colored religious organization. Defendants are Bishop John D. Barber, of Youngstown, Ohio, Bishop Cheerless C. Coleman,, of Biloxi, Mich., and R. W. Clark, Oakland, Cal. The complaint, dismissed Tuesday by Judge Baltzell, charged the bishops after being discharged refused to cease representing the church and failed to turn over money they collected. The bill was filed by Everett D. Hadley, Indianapolis, a member of the Triumph Church, Senate* Ave. and Twelfth St. URRAHNS TAKES OATH -a Last Constitutional Officer Takes Office—Succeeds Davies. Bernhardt Urbahns, for eight years deputy State treasurer today took the oath of office as Treasurer of State before Chief Justice Julius A. Travis of the Indiana State Court. The ceremony took place at II a. m. in the Treasurer’s office with Statehouse officials and employes predfcit. He Is the last constitutional officer elected in the recent election to take office. He''succeeds Ora Devies. Flunk Richards, formerly of the auto license department is the new deputy treasurer under Urbahns. CONTEST RULING ASKED Legislators Want Gillion's Opinion in Election Suit. The Denton-Willoughby election .contest joint legislation committee today asked Attorney-General Arthur Giltion for a formal opinion as to law and procedure in the case, following a short session Tuesday night. _ Another meeting will be held next Tuesday -night. The committee Is hearing* petition filed by E. C. Day, Kokomo, whith alleges George K. >Penton, Democrat, should have been elected Suprerpe Court judge over Benjamin M. Willoughby % Republican, by 953 votes. Willoughby was certified as elected by one vote by the State board of election commissioners.

STATE TO BUY BUILDING Highway Commission Negotiates , * Purchase for $14,000. The State higtrway commission has completed negotiations for purchase for $14,000 of the two-story brick building at Market and West Sts., owned and occupied by the Western Machine Works. The building. adjoining the State Highway Garage, wiU be used as a storeroom for parts and supplies, according to John D. Williams, director. Attorney General Arthur I i Gilliom today ruled the commission was empowered* to make such purchase. The ground belongs to the State, but was leased bjr the company about twelve yeers ago. -• , DEFEAT TO BE SOUGHT Religions Garb Bill, Sent to Engross \ meat, Face* Battle. Although the Cooper (Vigo) religious garb bill was passed toengroseraent. in the House today unopposed, it was reported that strong efforts ■*Hll be made bo defeat the measure in Ithe House when It is headed down for third reading. The measure. prohibiting public school touchers from wearing any distinctive clothing suggestive 'of religious faith, is similar in nature to the Sims Senate bill, which was defeated. Fire Does SI,OOO Damage. Defective wiping today caused a SI,OOO roof gre at the LoUotis Apartments, 2442 N. Illinois St., occupied by W A. Graten Mrs. Tyngfn fimia

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The-picture shows the corner of the Circle Motor Inn, at Bird and Market Sts., from jehich two men who were .cleaning the exterior of the new building fell to their death late Tuesday. The scaffold, from which It is believed a rope slipped. Is shown haftglng by one set of ropes, just as ft was immediately after the accident. The men • were Just above eighth stoxy windows when they fell. Authorities at the building said ropes had been tested early on Tuesday and found in good shape.

DEBTS CAUSE SUICIDE Illinois Lawyer Finds life in Room 0 of Chicago HoteL Bu United Meet _ i CHICAGO; Feb. 11.-aßfdntyever -ffebts was given today ns cause for suicide of John Falssler, a leading lawyer of Sycamore, 111. Faissler’s body was discovered In the room of a hotel here Tuesday night. * jssii i Ip VjM Breathe Freely Clear the Nose thatfs Clogged When the nose is clogged by cold or catarrh there is instant relief on call It is Ely’s Cream Balm—antiseptic. Apply it in the nostrils—breathe It Note how Instantly it opens air passages, subdues inflammation, stops tbs cold. All by combating the germs. Colds can’t get a start If you do that promptly. They ars quickly ended if you do it later. t . End all that misery at ones. Ask your druggist for a bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm. Watch how it cleara the head.—Advertisement. Stomach Remedy A Fast Seller DARE’S MENTHA PEPSIN V Six Thousand Bottles Sold*in One Now Jersey Town Last Year; Goldsmith’s Gut Price Drug Store Declares Money Back If One Bottle Doesn’t Make Any Stomach Sufferer Rejoice. At last the way has been found to combine Pepsin with other corrective stomach agents eo that It will do the most good in the shortest possible -time. , ' i Why borther with alow actors when one dessert spoonful of this splendid and pleaßant liquid remedy will cause faa, bloating, heaviness, acidity, eartburn or any upset condition ot the stomach to speedily vanish. And why should any man or woman suffer another hour with indigestion or any stomach mifeery when the remery that acts almost instantly can be easily procured T But there is more to aay about this remarkable remedy—something that will interest thousands of despondent people. _ Dare’s Mentha Pepsin not only quickly relieves stomach distress, but it also conquers stubborn Indigestion, dyspepsia and gastritis, and puts an end to dizziness, nervousness, headache, sleeplessness and despondency which distressing troubles are nearlv always caused by chronic stomach disturbance. Dares Mentha Pepsin is pleasant to take, has a delightfully refreshing taste and after It has put your stomach in a clean and healthy condition, just notice how much better you look and feel, for besides correcting stomach dlsordera this supremely good* remedy that Goldsmith’s Cut Pries Drug Stores and druggists everywhere fine tonic builds

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