Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1926 — Page 2
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AMS WATSON FOR CALLING ALL WITNESSES LIARS Rev. A. P. Renn Offers to Debate Truths With Senator. "They were all out of step but Jim.” With these words the Rev. A. P. Renn of North Vernon, scouts the assertion of United States Senator James E. Watson that he and other witnesses in the Reed Investigation "deliberately lied” about the Hoosier legislator. Renn. former Ku-Klux Klan evangelist, today issued a statement offering to meet Watson at some public place and submit to questioning by the Indiana Senator if the latter will permit himself to be examined regarding the truthfulness of testimony at the Reed hearing. Under oath before Senator James E. Reed. Renn testified that before the spring primary when he was a candidate for the Congressional nornl nation. Watson promised support of his candidacy If Renn would secure Watson the Klan vote of Renn’s district. “We find Senator Wa-tson, the George Washington of our day, saying to the public, ‘I cannot tell a lie.’ Does he realize how many witnesses in this probe he has branded liars?" Renn asked. ‘Solemn Duty’ "He has the nerve and the audacity to say to the public, ‘Only I am right and this great mass of witnesses is wrong.’ "I went to this probe in response to a summons sent me by Senator Reed. I felt it my solemn duty to all citizens of our great State to tell nothing but the truth, which I did “I had been warned by stanch Watson supporters, and men who claimed to be on Mr. Watson’s pay roll, that such testimony would mean political suicide to me. I testified with no maliciobs intent of hurting any one, as I had no malice In my heart toward Senator Watson or any one else. Ts the truth hurts I cannot help that. “I am deeply grieved to think the Senator is confined and not able to answer me in public debate. The good people and especially the voters of the State of Indirna have a right to know who has really lied. Ready to Meet Him “My last proposition is that I shall at this time declare my willingness to meet Senator Watson publicly in Cadle Tabernacle, Tomlinson Hall or an> other suitable place, and submit myself to a rigid examination by him personally concerning the truthfulness of my testimony, provided he in turn will permit me to question him in the same manner. "Senator Watson has said he never had but one conference with me, and that after the primary. Will he deny that a conference was held through appointmtnt of Robert F. McNay, a great titan of the Klan. several months before the primary, at which time the entire fourth district was discussed and analyzed a to Klan strength? “Will he deny that I had three conferences with him. all of which were arranged by Klan officials?” "Will he deny stating that he had appointed Orville Plater of North Vernon as his fourth district chair man and Fred Tripp, also of North Vernon, his county manager, because he was under the Impression they were Klansmen? Will he deny conferences w'th W. Dee Smith. Klan grand drago- with Joseph Huffington. great ii an of the Evansville district, and with Robert F. McNay, former great titan?
FALL LEA VES NEW DANGER TO MOTORIST Hold Menace of Skids When Brakes Are Applied on Pavement. The autumn leaf on the pavement Is as tricky for the motorist as the banana pfeel on the sidewalk is to the pedestrian according to the safety department of the Hoosier Motor Club and a warning is issued caution an applying brakes over leaf strewn pavements. Every fall the club received many reports of accidents due to skidding on leaves and the wrecking service of the club is heavily tayed until the leaves have settle down for the winter, according to Duane Dungan, club president. . • “Both sides of the autumn leaf are treacherous," says Dungan. “for when they are wet or covered with frost, ice or snow th<*v give a polished surface on the upper side for skidding automobile wheels the brakes are applied. The apparently dry leaves on the pavement usually holds moisture on the underside causing a skid when the brakes are applied directly over them. “The season of many skids is fast approaching and every motorist should use extra precaution when driving over wot or icy pavements. It has been proven that wet rubber Is slick and that skids may occur on concrete pavements when wet or heavily saturated with oil. Gravel roads present a special type of skidding hazard at all times and some types of paved roads become as slick as a skating rink when wet. “It is a good plan to carry skid chains in the car ready for immediate use when the roads are wet fir icy and after the chains are placed on all four tires it is safe to drive without placing too much confidence in them for they slip sometimes. Mechanical devices for safety should always be used, but nothing will take the place of good sensible driving.”
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lieft to right: Walter F. Bosscrt. former Indiana grand dragon of tile K l.ui, who testified at the James A. Reed senatorial r-omnrittee hearing Thursday; the Rev. V. I*. Itenn, Ml. Vernon, Ind., pastor, former Klan lecturer, who said Senator -lames K. Watson promised to support his candidacy for Congress In the primary in return for K. K. K, support of Wat Aon; George Meyers, clerk In the Indiana secretary of State’s office, who testified Itossert was forced to resign as grand dragon, because he would not support Watson; and James V. Bolen, Anderson, grand kligraph of the Indiana Klan, who told how Mayor Duvall attended a conference with Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans lift Washington.
‘HE HAS A SINE WY MIND, ’ ESTIMATE OF WOOLEEN
Meredith Nicholson Gives Intimate Picture Borrowed Money for College Course.
By Meredith Nicholson “How's Woollen? He was an usually able student when lie was in college. lie has a sinewy mind.”
The speaker was one of the most distinguished members of the faculty of Yale University; the time, twentyfive years ago; the place, a farm in tlie Connecticut hills. I had stopped for a day to pay my respect to the eminent scholar and naturally he asked me about Indiana men who had sat under his teaching. That word ’’sinewy” has remained with me. as a happy characterization of the vigorous intellectual powers of Evans Woollen. And now that he has become a candidate for United States Senator in his native State I ant moved to exercise the right of an old friendship to say a few things about him which are not generally known. 1 have known him for forty yeahs. My grandparents were friends of his grandparents in Marion County many years before the Civil War. Both his father anil mother were country-bore * and country-bred. Evans was his mother’s family name. Both Evans and Woollen are names scattered far back through the records of pioneer Indiana. Earned His Way I have been amused to find in the Republican press references to Evans Woollen as a banker and a capitalist with the implication that he is to be counted among the spoiled darlings of the rich. Every’ nickel he owns has been earned by his own exertions. He took his college course partly on borrowed money and the rest be earned by tutoring and doing other jobs in his ► vacation. Both his father and | mother were endowed with unusual mental gifts. They were not bent upon money-making but lived for the better things of life. “Plain living and high thinking” was the rule of the Woollen home. • Woollen struck hard sledding when he carqe home from college but he turned himself diligently to the business of trying to make a place for himself In the world. The law was his goal, but his needs were Immediate and urgent. He took such employment as offered and sometimes carried on several jobs at once. I was just beginning newspaper work on the Indianapolis Sentinel when he joined the staff as reporter. I don't know when he slept in those f days for his newspaper connection was only one of several employments and his work days were twenty-four hours long. Indomitable Youth To me he has still the look of earnest, indomitable youth that challenged my admiration In those early hard years. How the man worked! And what a fine spirit he brought to all his undertakings. And he remains the most conscientious
SOME THINGS THAT CLARIS ADAMS SAID \ • And Candidate Whom Watson Defeated in Last Primary Asserts He Will Not Retract Them Now.
Here are a few of the statements made by Claris Adams, defeated by Senator James E. Watson in, the spring primary, which Adams, in a speech at Rushvllle advocating election of Watson because he is a Republican, said he would not retract. Speech at Goshen, April 23: “The farm situation has been in the critical stage for at least two yearS in America and yet Sneator Watson not only did not offer anything constructive of his own to help solve the agricultural problem, but did not even committ himself to any deflnltt plan suggested by others until just upon the eve of the primary. “Os course I did not hear Senator Watson say the fanners will be satisfied with a bag of peanuts, hut, as I heard a prominent man remark recently. ‘it certainly sounds like .Uni’.” Speech at South Bend. April 22: “A friend of mine has said that Senator Watson’s course in the World Court controversy might well be described as a hesitation waltz danced Jn this fashion: One step forward, two steps back, side step, hesitation, and then reverse. “On the day of the Republican editorial banquet in IndianapoHs, witlvn a few days after his vote against (he World Court was east,
man I have ever known. He nevsr skimped a job * n bis life. That sinewy mind, which they admired and still remember at Yale, has a way of taking firm hold on every question and wrestling with It, testing it in every way. He hasn't a grasshopper intelligence; he doesn’t jump at conclusions. I have consulted him on every conceivable question in the course of time and always with satisfaction. If he isn’t certain he will say so His "yes” or "no” is uttered in the same tone, but either is definite and final. Fate has played some curious tricks with Woollen. After much labor and effort he had got Mroself started in the law when an Indianapolis bank found Itself in need of a counsel—that is to say a lawyer who would pass upon credits. Tha’.'s how he became a banker. He is, I suppose, the ablest political economist and financier In all this Western country. These were the departments in which he specialized In college and he has fortified theory with broad practical experience. The bank employed him because of his varied abilities, good judgment and unquestioned Integrity. When ho took his place in the bank had only enough stock to qualify him for a place on the directorate. Ten years after he left college Yale was still trjing to coax him back with a view to preparing him to succeed the eminent William Graham Sumner in the chair of polltlcul economy. The last time the offer came I remember our talk about it. The college offered to send him abroad for a year of study before he joined the faculty. A advised him to accept. He refused and was right in refusing. Ilemocrat by Conviction Woollen is a Democrat by conviction. His farntfy were all Republicans. even to his remotest cousins. It would have been much to his Interest when he was starting out in life if he had proclaimed himself a Republican. But his ideals led him elsewhere. It has always been his way to think for himself with that \)ers' capable thinking machine lylth which Almighty God endowed him. The people of Indiana need not except any comedy or bunk from Evans Woollen as he winds up his campaign. He knows why he is a Democrat, and with a fine economy of words he will tell the folks about It. Woollen makes you think. Iq my long and Intimate acquaintance I always find myself trying to appear sane and sensible when I talk to him. If he were to summarize his political faith I think he might say that what he wants are equal
lie told two of the prominent Republicans in this State, one of them Clem Richards of Terre Haute, that while lie had voted against the proposal, against the platform which he had helped to adopt and against Ills personal pledge to the Presid "t of the United States, wholly on political grounds, ‘lie had personally helped secure enough votes from other Senators in its favor to insure Its passage.’ On April 30, at Gary, Adams said: “Senator Watson has not denied that although he voted against the World Court, he helped secure the votes of other Senators for it, and, as one prominent eastern newspaper stated, 'stood on the bias and talked in both directions.' "Upon this great record will those who believe in American adherence to the World Court repose their confidence in one who voted ene way and talked another?" At Clinton, April 28, he said: “The only time that Senator Watson has been out of public office during the last thirty years lie was employed as a lobbyist. His activity in behalf of his employers, a subsidiary of tin? National Manufacturers* Assoc'al was the subject of a congressional investigation."
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rights and justice for all the people of America. Woollen is ndt one of the roaring good fellows who piits his arm round you and tells you funny stories. His charm Is of a different sort. He is a gentleman with all the simplicities and sincerities connected by the word. A man of fine loyalties and syrnpatlilcf* Is Woollen. He has given vastly of his time and strength to furthering good causes. He is a man who inspires affection —who gives you his hand with an engaging frankness and his own peculiar winning smile and makes you his friend.
ADAMS BACKS RIG FORMER SPEECHES (Continued From I’age I) 300 persons for the official Watson pep meeting. “Damning with faint praise,” was the description of Adams’ treatment of the two Republican senatorial candidates by a political observer here. Although Adams urged "a vote for the straight Republican ticket and the return of a Republican delegation to the Senate and House,” mention of names was lacking. Robinson was named even less than Watson. ”1 advocated the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill before Senator Watson was for It,” Adams said. “But I believe Watson was for it before many other Senators.” Adams referred briefly to the pres ent political scandal Involving Wat son and Robinson. “A good stirring up does every party good,” he said, "but certainly not In a time of great prosperity Personalities, whatever they may be, must not he allowed to obscure tho fundamental Issues." Defines Issues The speaker defined the Issues as: The tariff, farm relief and the League of Nations. Adams praised Albert Stump, Democratic opponent of Watson, as a "man of vision and great capacity.” ’but added that his views were diametrically opposed to Republican principles. ”1 didn't take back a thing,” Adams told an associate in Ills primary campaign following the meeting. “This is an off year when sometimes there la n political upset, but we don’t want It to happen this year,” Eleanor Barker, Indianapolis Q. O. P. woman worker, told tho audience. Forced by Organization Considerable pressure was used to Induce Adams to speak for Watson, who had sent word that his Illness prevented him from closing the campaign in his home town. Bert Morgan, manager of the Adams primary campaign, said the Watson organization forced Adams to conform to the custom that stipulated the defeated candidates should aid his opponent. However, It was noted that the Watson machine failed to accord Adams the courtesies of the defeated candidate during the G. O. P. State convention. No one asked him to move formally the nomination of Senator Watson at that gathering, a custom that has prevailed for many years In the Republican party.
ARRESTS BRING INQUIRY Woman Taken Twice During Night at One Place. An alleged bootleg resort in the 900 block on Broadway is under in vestigaticn today as a result of the two arrests at the Broadway address of Mrs. Josephine West, 33, of 536 E. Miami St. . She was charged the first time with malicious trespass, as it was alleged she had broken a window awakened neighbors by screams. The second time she was charged with intoxication and disorderly conduct. She told police she got her liquor at that place, stating that it was a rendezvous for youths and girls. REFRIGERATOR FIRM FII.ES Articles of Incorporation for the Sure Cold Corporation of Indianapolis were filed at the Statehouse today, listing capital stock as 1,000 shares of no par value. Acquisition of patent rights on refrigeration ma( chines is given aH purpose of the organization. Incorporators are James W. Smith, Erwin Claus and Agnes M. Smith.
COMMISSION, CITY TO COOPERATE IN UTILITIES AFFAIR State Body to Help Officials Protect Public in Proposed Merger. Full cooperation of the public service commission was promised today to city officials in their move to protect the interests of the public in the’proposed merger of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company. and the Merchants’ Heat and Light Company, with n capitalization of approximately $56,000,000. Indications were that the proposed merger will precipitate a "battle of experts." Mayor Duvall and Corporation Counsel Alvah ,1. Rucker have entered the fray against the proposal and today Rucker said that what is needed for their defense before the public service commission is the testimony of experts. The mayor already has placed all of tho city’s legal talent at the disposal of Rucker for the combat. Need Experts “The trouble Is that the merging companies will have experts, equipped w'ith facts and figures, and to win we must have experts, also,” Rucker said. “We haven’t the money to employ them with city funds, but it is possible that an aroused citizenship could provide for the defense by popular subscription.” This proposal will be one of the things discussed it a meeting of tho executive committee of the federated civic clubs early next week. A. Leroy Rortteus. federation president, called a meeting to discuss the matter last night at the Chamber of Commerce, hut was unable to attend.
According to John F. White, secretary and treasurer of the organization. the attendenoe was so small that tt was decided to postpone the matter until next week. The proposal to disempower the city planning commission and also the fight being made by the Fall Creek Civic Association to prevent the erection of a filling stution In that district will be taken up by the committe, 'White declared. Whether the Chamber of Com merce will take a definite stand on the utilities merger could not be learned today. Secretary John D. Reynolds and Leonard V'. Harrison, civic affairs expert, both were out of she city. William Fortune, secretary of the chamber civic affairs .committee, stated that in his opinion a special committee would have to he appointed by the hoard of directors to investigate such a matter. Acting upon adCice of the mayor, Rucker sent a letter to the public service commission asking the members to withhold action on the merger until the eity got together material with which to combat It. "It Is our present Intent to oppose each and every manner of relief prayed for In such petition," the Rucker letter stated. In a letter sent In reply by Public Service Commissioner Frank Wampler. assurances were given that any facts on the merger which the commission may bring to light will be available to the city. "The commission Is pleased to have you join It in an Investigation of the issues presented,” Wampler told Rucker in the letter. ’ Assistance of the eity in the appraisal of properties of the two erstwhile competing companies which now desire to merge was welcomed by the utility body.
APPLES 10 FORE IN COMING WEEK It's Apple week in Indiana, and “the Indiana apple is the best grown anywhere in America.” according to A. L. Messerlie, secretary of the Indianapolis branch of the National League of Commission Merchants. Apfde week was not only planned to cause more Indianapolis folks to meditate upon the charms of Indiana apples, but “it will help to obtain the next annual convention of the International Apple Shippers’ Association.” said Messerlie. The last convention. of the shippers was held in Buffalo, N. V., In September nnd was attended by L. J. Keach of the Keach Commission Company, who extended an invitation to the shippers to come to Indianapolis next year. “Apple week" will hold forth from today until Nov. 6. In the meantime, apples will be distributed to all of the public institutions of Indian-, apolis. A supply of lucscious red apple will find their way to the General Orphans' Home on S. State St., this evening, where the annual Halloween party will be held. Night Tennis, Fire . Hose Baths Favored Night tennis, greater use of school yards for playgrounds and baths for 'children via the (Ire liose. were nmmendations of City Director Jesse P. McClure to ihy park w... ... following his return from a national convention of playground directors in Philadelphia. McClure said that because business men are unable to play tennis during the day, many cities have adopted the system of illuminating tennis courts at night. Sprinkling children with the fire hose during the hot summer days has proved popular in many large cities, he said. The hoard refused to accept the appeal of Mrs. H. D. Pierce, who wrote suggesting that Thomas Taggart Park retain Us original name. Riverside , Park. The name was (hanged during the latter part of the Shank administration.
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WHY DID INDIANA SBLONSVOTENO ON REED’S QUIZ? For Whom Were Senate Ballots Cast, Stump Asks Audience* Ifu Turn * Sorrial ROCKVILLE. Ind., Oct. 30.—" For whom were the votes of Mr. Watson and Mr. Robinson cast when they voted not to consider In the Senate of the United States a resolution authorizing an investigation into charges that $3,000,000 or more had been expended in the Republican primary In Pennsylvania last spring?” That question was asked herei this afternoon by Albert Stump, Democratic nominee for the long term in the United States Senate. Is Sincere “I am simply asking that question," Stump continued, “in all sincerity and with a deep earnestness in arriving at a correct answer to the question, if one could be given. Do you think those votes were cast for your own good, my fellow citizens of the State of Indiana? “Or were they cast for the purpose of protecting interests unfair to you? Why did ators lend their vote to a plan to conceal the very forces that were attempting to reach into the places of government and influence its policies through the their money? Carried by Democrats "The motion to investigate primary expenditures carried on the vote of the Democratic Senators and the progressive Republicans, and thereafter a vote was had on the adoption of the resolution itself. The record will disclose the names of a long list of Senators, who had left the Senate Chamber by the time their names were reached on the roll call In order to avoid voting on the resolution at all. Among those who left were Senator Watson and Senator Robinson of Indiana. ‘Should not their actions in this matter be explained to the people of the State of Indiana? How can such actions and such votes be reconciled to a clear and unwavering purpose to serve your interests with the singleness of aim your interests require? It may he that such explanation can be. given.”
THREE PRISONERS RECEIVE PAROLES Three temporary paroles were extended today by Governor Jackson to prisoners in State penal institutions, due to emergencies. A ten day parole was granted Emmett Browlee, sentenced in Marion Crimi nal Court Sept. 20, 1926, for three to five years in the reformatory for au tomobile banditry and one to fourteen years for vehicle taking. He must submit to an operation. In order that )he might attend his grandfather’s funeral. Ralph H. Gehrtng of Richmond, sentenced In the Wayne Circuit Court, March 24. 1925, to two to fourteen years In the reformatory for burglary, received a two-day leave. Herbert Burdin, fined SIOO and costs in the Richmond city court Sept. 1, 1926, for liquor law violation and Who chose to serve the fine on the State farm, received a three-dsy parole to/attend his sister'* funeral.
ST A TE CORN HUSKERS TO SEEK TITLE Winner on Nov. 9 Will Have Chance at World Honors. Indiana corn huskors are to have a chance to pit their skill with the humble shucking peg against that) of /heir boasting neighbors at a Statewide corn-husking contest which will he held Nov. 9, near the town of Flora, In Curroll County. The winner of flrts place will receive a gold medal and SIOO In cash from the Prairie •Farmer, a national farm paper which Is sponsoring the contest. Additional prizes of SSO, $25, sls and $lO will be awarded winners of second, third, fourth and fifth places. Expect 5,000 to Attend Arrangements so rthe contest are being handled by the Carroll County Farm Bureau and the Flora Community Club. Plans have been made to accommodate 5,000 persons. It Is the first time In the history of the’ State, so its sponsors say, that such a contest has been staged on Hoosier soil. Such contests, however, are annual events in some of Indiana's neighboring States and the attendance invariably has been large. Last year 5,000 persons attended the State contest held in Illinois and more than 15,000 cheered the winner at the Midwest championship, also held in Illinois, Cliance at District Title As nrl honor, the winner of the Indiana contest will represent Hoosierjand at the Midwest contest nt Fremont, Neb., on Nov. 17. He will compete with State champions from Illinois. lowa, Nebraska, Missouri and the northwest States to determine tho world’s champion title. The title now la held by Elmer Williams of Stark County, Illinois, whe huskod 35.8 bushels of corn In one hour and twenty minutes last year to win. The Indiana contest will he held on the George T. Pwllen & Son farm, two miles west of Flora. The field where the contest will be staged is Reid’s yellow dent corn which will average sixty-five bushels to the acre. ELECTION NEWS PLANS John C. Ruckelshaus. president of (he Columbia Club, announces that election returns will he received In the main dining room of the club Tuesday evening. Arrangements have been made for returns to he received by special wire and will be announced as rapidly as they come In. A large number ’of candidates and their friends are expected to lie at the club during the evening to hear the returns.
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Junior Senator Makes Final Plea for G. 0. P. at Closing Rally. •GRAVE CHARGES’ TALK Substitute for Watson Attacks Critics. . Ringing in variations of the old campaign slogan. "Why Chgnge?" Senator Arthur R. Robinson made a final plea for Republican support at a rally marking the close of the campaign at Tomlinson Hall Friday night. The auditorium was flag bedecked and the stage was draped in the big gest Mags (enter of the background was a large likeness of President Coolidge, whom the Indiana Senators failed to support on several major Issues. Robinson told the crowd that he loved them for their token of confidence in attending and that It. was a pleasure for him to indorse the Republican ticket from top to hot tom. lie then referrred to "grave charges" thst have been made, said that the guilty should he punished but that where no evidence was found those making the charges should be branded as "character as sasslns.” Hits Matson's Foes Pointing out that the Senior Senator, James E. Watson. Is on a "hod of pain" at Methodist Hospital, as the result of an automobile nc cldent, he condemned Watson’s critics. Robinson then launched Into a detailed explanation of what a Liberty Bond Is and how after the war they were not at par and now are at a premium. This he attributed to the Republican administration of Hard ing and Coolidge. He then cited present prosperity, citing the number of radio sets and automobiles. In closing he made a plea for protection and launched a tirade against the League of Nations. He did not mention the World Court, however. The Junior Senator was Introduced by William I* Taylor, former attorney general and permanent chairman of the meeting. In making the introduction speech, Taylor pointed out how the sun shone from the Arctic shores to the sunny ones on peace and prosperity in the United States. All Candidates Lauded Tn taking the chair, he praised all candidates, pointed to administration economy and tho wiping out of StaG lndebtednefs and the establishment of a bank balance In Indiana. Charles W. Jewett, former mayor, appeared ‘for Senator Watson. Call Ing attention to the fact that the loading newspapers of the country had been carrying headlines regarding Indiana political scandal, he do dared no convictions had been made and termed the matter "the poison gas of vllllflcatlon, Hlander and vituperation,” and said that was launched by the disappointed and dis gruntled. He made a plea for Wat son support on the senior Senator's long congressional record. RepWsentatlve Ralph Updike mada plea for support of Watson, him self and others. Urging party loyalty, the chairman said that "many things have been said that ‘ought not to have been said,” and pleaded to follow Lincoln. Roosevelt, Harding and Coolidge over "the great white way" by voting the straight Republican ticket. Band and quartet music preceded the meeting. Schuyler Haas, Sov enth district chairman, introduced Mrs. Grace Bantn Urbahns, State treasurer candidate, who acted as temporary chairman. A rising tribute of silence was paid to the memory of Charles A Bookwalter, former mayor, who was buried during the afternoon. Teller Writes Bank He*ll Return Money lUi I iiltnl prrtt MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 30 Courtney Glisson, 30, teller at the Bank of Commerce and Trust Com pnny who rolled up $5,000 In cur rency and fled when he found hank examiners were about to uncover a shortage of $400,000 in his bookwrote the bank today he would re turn in two years and make good th • bank’s losses. He wrote he ha<jf used the money to extend his auto" mobile painting stations. In the SII,OOO home recently built by Glisson In an exclusive residential section, his young wife sits ru parently stunned hy her husband's action. She declares she knew noth Ing of his peculations, that he was a devoted husband, an active church worker ahd a regular attendant V Sunday school. DISAPPROVES ROAD RONDS State tax commissioners have dis approval a $32,000 bond Issue asked by officials of Van Buren Township. Fountain County, for improving the George K. Black road. The board today reduced the levy of the Mn rlon library hoard from 9 to 7 cents and cut the civil city levy of Marlon from SI.OB to $1.04, paring 4 cents from the general fund budget.