Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 325, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1927 — Page 15

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fruit Crop Survives Frost and Freezing Temperatures

PROSECUTORS OF JAMES ARMITAGE TALKWITH JUROR Prepare for Trial of Politicians on Bribe Attempt Charge. A conference oetween Claude Achey, member of the grand Jury who charged that he had been offered a bribe by James E. Armitage to influence his vote in the grand jury and the attorneys for the prosecution was held this morning. Prosecutor William H. Remy, Deputy William Sheaffer and Special Prosecuors Emsley W. Johnson and John W. Holtzman called Achey to the grand jury room and presumably went into the matter of evidence to be presented at the trial of Armitage on charge of contempt, on April 29. Need Early Action ■Meanwhile the special prosecutors ' charge of the former grand jury professed some concern as to the working of the statute of limitations on matters which they investigated. Three of these prosecutors, Former Judge Gause, Ralph Kp.ne and Prosecutor Remy, declared after its adjournment that the jury, in their opinion, should have returned indictments in the political probe. Prosecutor Remy today said that the statute does not yet apply to some of matters, out that unless something is done to hasten further action, some of the acts will be barred. "I don’t think that the statute of limitations applies yet,” said Prosecutor Remy. “But unless something is done to hurry matters, some of the alleged offenses will be barred.” Armitage Active Attorney Fred Gause, special prosecutor before the last grand jury, says: ‘‘The statute of limitations would not yet apply to the things that the last grand jury investigated. Should delays go on indefinitely, however, of course the statute would be effective in barring further consideration for indictments. There is some time yet before it will be effective.” The defense of Armitage was today busy seeking evidence with which to combat the charge made by Juror Achey. Agents were rounding up witnesses, who, it is intimated, may attack the record of Achey. SITE FOR NURSES’ ROME ANNOUNCED Structure Will Be Built at Eigtheenth St., Capitol Ave. Methodist Hospital trustees today announced the selection of the northwest corner of Eighteenth St. and Capitol Ave., for the proposed $400,000 nurses’ home. The contract will be let within the next month, according to Arthur V. Brown, board president. Fred Hoke beads the building committee. “The executive committee is undecided on several details of the plan, but we expect to get work Under way shortly,”*Brown said. The hospital purchased the site several years ago looking to the building of additional units. The lot has 213 feet frontage on Capitol >ve., with a depth of 181 feet on Eighteenth St. Nurses now live in ten small bouses north of the hospital at Sixteenth St. and Capitol Ave. The ground occupied by the houses is held in reserve pending expansion of the hospital. Brown said.

Mussolini's Industrial Plan Put in Effect B, ROMe! April 22.—Premier Mussolini's long awaited plan for regulating capithl and labor for the good of the state was presented to the Fascist grand council last night, approved after a four-hour session lasting until 2 a. m., and today was in operation throughout Italy. The plan, presented under the name of the “carte del lavoro,” was revealed as a set of rules for both capital and labor designed to protect both and at the same time insure efficient operation of industrial plants. The various factors of production must be harmonized through conciliation of the opposing interest of capital and labor and through subordination of all to superior interests of the nation, the “carta del lavoro” said. Service Will Rule Radio Licensing By United Prree WASHINGTON, April 22 Public service will be the paramount factor in assigning wave lengths to broadcasting stations, the Federal radio commission announced today. Pioneer stations which have remained on their original wave band and offer a variety of entertainment will have priority, according to Com•ssioner H. A. Bellows. Issuance of "permanent” 60-day licenses will be started by the commission Monday. These licenses will inform stations of their frequencies, hours of gperation and limit of power. As far as possible the commission will avoid refusing licenses and “killing” stations, Bellows said. About 300 stations must accept undesirable lengths.

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POISON MURDER CASE NEAR JURY Victim’s Widow and Iceman Romeo Involved. By United Preen NEWBURGH, N. Y„ April 22. Mrs. Lucy Baxter Early, charged with putting poison in her husband's soup, was prepared today to learn, possibly before nightfall, whether she must face execution or imprisonment for murder or be set free. Testimony wan concluded yesterday after Mrs. Earley herself had testified and denied that she killed her husband; that she had ever been unfaithful to him or that she had been the mistress of William Wegley, the iceman Romeo of Newburgh. After attorneys finished closing arguments today. Justice Tompkins was to charge the Jury and permit the twelve men, mostly farmers, to weigh the conflicting evidence against the widow. Practically, what the jury must decide is whether to believe the story of Wegley, who testified to roadhouse nights with Mrs. Earley and admitted she bought poison for her, or Mrs. Earley, who contradicted her alleged lover on every count. PUTS STRESS ON FARM PROBLEM f Purnell Addresses Farmers in Illinois. By United Preen WATSEKA, 111., April 22.—The farm problem is the greatest question congress has undertaken to solve since the beginning of the government, according to Representative Fred 8. Purnell of Indiana. Speaking before eastern Illinois farmers at a banquet of the Watseka Bankers Association, Purnell declared that the farmers’ difficulties must be straightened out before continuous national prosperity can be assured. This Won’t Hurt a Bit SEATTLE, April 22. settlements along the. Alaska coast and the Aleutian Islands will be visited by a floating dental office this spring. Dr. William F. Goode, dentist and skipper of a 40-foot schooner carrying the equipment, is taking the trip as a vacation and intends to relieve the toothaches of all the white men and Eskimos in the isolated places.

FIREMAN ‘CELEBRATES’ ON DAY OFF; HE’S OUT William Petty Reports Car ‘Stolen’ Four Hours After Accident in Which He Injures Man.

William A. Petty', fireman at Station 13. was off duty Thursday, by choice. Today he is off duty by request and his Thursday escapade will be aired Tuesday by the board of safety. Andy, in municipal court. Petty faces charges of assault and battery, intoxication and driving an automobile while drunk. Files Report “Late” Roy Poore, of 412 E. Twenty-First St., suffered a broken rib in the accident in which Petty's ear crashed into Poore's automobile on Kentucky Ave., near White River bridge, about 6:15 p. m. Thursday.

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Dietzs Have Attended Over 6,000 Patients at City Detention Hospital. Indianapolis has, two candidates for the peacetime bravery medal. Mr. and Mrs. James Dietz who care for patients at the city detention hospital, Montcalm and Fifteenth Sts., have come in contact with billions of germs in the past seventeen years at the institution. Constantly endangering her own health in nursing hundreds of persons with contagious diseases, Mrs. Dietz, 61. goes about her task cheerfully and fearlessly. Not Afraid “I’m not afraid and I enjoy my work. I was vaccinated for smallpox in Germany when a child and have never taken it,” she said. She has cared for more than 6,000 patients and lost only four in seventeen years. Their deaths were due to pneumonia. She has seen several mad epidemics. Although located along Fall Creek in an undeveloped district, the detention hospital, has an attractive garden and flowers. Mrs. Dietz and her husband, 70, are the only attendants. They have two police dog, pigeons and a bevy of birds in the yard. The hospital has a radio. Both have left the hospital only four times in seventeen years. “One of us always has to stay,” said Dietz. Nursing a Pleasure The majority of the cases are smallpox and all classes of persons are taken to the hospital. The youngest patient was 6 weeks old. "All kinds of soaps, disinfectants and cleaning compounds are used here in our battle against germs,” said Mrs. Dietz. “We live with millions of germs every day, but I think nothing of it because I'm interested in my work. “People generally appreciate what we do for them. It is a pleasure to nurse and I get recreation from my flowers and garden.” Building Needs Repairs Mrs. Dietz treats smallpox without the aid of a doctor. She is a practical nurse. The condition of the hospital building was deplored by Mr. and Mrs. Dietz. They pointed out that the building is inadequate and needs repairs. During high water it is necessary to move out patients. High water reached windows last March. Dr. Herman Morgan, city health secretary, commended Mrs. Dietz’s work. “She is a mighty good cook too. The board always goes out wiien chickens are ripe,” he said. Auto Hits Abutment Police today had not located the driver of an auto badly damaged Thursday night when it crashed into a concrete abutment aNthe S. East St. Pennsylvania Railroad elevation. No one was reported injured.

And. at 9:10 p. m., Petty, who had abandoned his car and fled the scene of the accident, notified police that “his car had been stolen.” He told how he had planned to go fishing with a friend, how the plans had changed and he had parked the car, later discovering it had been stolen. Confessed, Say Officers Today, however, police renewed investigation and, according to Sergeant Owens, Petty confe>.~ed that he was driving the car at the time of the accident. Arrested, Petty was suspended by Fire Chief Hutsell and ordered before the safety board Tuesday.

POLICEWOMEN TO BE PI: COURI MANDATES BUSER But ‘How’ Is for Controller to Figure. Out, Says Judge Elliott. Judge Byron K. Elliott, in Marion Superior Court Four, today mandated City Controller William Buser to pay the fifteen policewomen who have been working since the first of the year without remuneration. The ruling was on the petition of Mrs. Sara Rodgers, one of the fifteen., who. successfully resisted efforts to discharge them. In Issuing the mandate Judge Elliott said: “It is not up to me to determine the validity of the ordinance. The only situation I’m facing Is that of these women and as long as they are employed by the city they must be paid. “With what funds” asked Don F. Roberts, assistant city attorney fighting the women’s reqdest. I’p to Controller “That’s up to the controller,” Elliott replied. “If it were up to me. I would pay them under the ordinance.” The policewomen were to receive a salary of $154 a month. The amount now due them approximates $9,000. Hearing was held before Judge Elliott Thursday afternoon. Roberts contended that the ordinance passed over the mayor’s veto, which transfers funds so that the policewomen may be paid, was illegal as it did not have the officials O. K. of the city controller. Not Appropriation Holmes pointed out that it was not an appropriation measure, but only a transfer of funds from the board of works to the board of safety and therefore did not have to go through the same channels as an appropriation bill. The ordinance was passed after Judge Harry O. Chamberlin of Marlon Circuit Court had issued an injunction prohibiting discharge of the policewomen. They had asked for the restraining order immediately upon learning that no provision was made for them in the annual budget. It was granted on the theory that second year service police officers could not be discharged without cause.

FOUR BOYS’ CAR THEFT RING HIT Two, 16, and Two, 14, Were ‘About to Quit’ When Caught. “We Intended to stop stealing cars, and had talked about it on several of our joy rides,” said Glenn Peters, just past 16, of 4802 E. Washington St., a senior member of a ‘‘firm” of youthful auto thieves apprehended by police Thursday night, as he sat on an upper bunk at the city prison today, tugging away at a sandwich. Harold Passfaiter, 16. of 430 N. Emerson Ave., the other senior member, was locked in a cell in another division of the prison. Two junior members, both 14, were left in care of their parents Thursday night by police and ordered into juvenile court today. Tells of Theft “Harold stole a truck one night and drove it arouhd. The next day he told me about it,” Glenn said. "I suggested that I go joy riding with him the next time. Harold said he knew where we could get a car if we had a key. I remembered seeing my brother, who works in a garage, disconnecting wires at the switch and connecting them together making the motor start without a key. I told Harold, and he tinkered about the auto until he got It running. I recall five autos that I helped steal, I think Harold and the two other boys were along. They took two more.” Playing Slips Glenn said he always was home by 9:30 p. m. and if his parents asked where he had been he always told them he was “playing slips.” He laughed as it was suggested It might have been “slips” with the police while riding In stolen autos. The youthful ring was rounded up by Motorpolice Schley and Englebright, who were called to 132 S. Meridian St. by A. Gorham of that address. Gorham said he parked his a-ito in front and left the key in it. Two minutes later he heard the en gine start and saw the car pull away from the curb. H. C. Dinwiddle, 25 S. Meridian St., and William F. Kruger, 370 Century Bldg., heard Gorham's calls and leaped on the running board. Two boys leaped out the other door and ran. Passwaiter wus held. He Implicated the other three. Glenn said after most of the thefts the quartet drove out of town and back, a favorite ride being to the Greenfield city limits. The autos were taken in the vicinity of the boys’ homes, he said. THINK PIANO FIRE CAUSE A fire, believed to have started in an electric piano, according to fire men, did $250 damage to the former home of Mrs. Anna Collins at 1105 W. New York St. about midnight. Mrs. Collins told firemen she had been spending the night at the home of a friend preparatory to completing removal of her effects to anew residence. The piano and a few other pieces of furniture were all that remained in the house.

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lions of acres of farm land and through scores of small cities. The river becomes a menace Just north of St. Louis. Mo., where the Illinois —raised to flood stage by spring rains—pouts in a tremendous volume of water. The Illinois threatens Beardstown, 111., and already several inches of water run through the streets of the city. (.'hanged to l,ake The Mississippi stays in its regular course some fifty' miles south of St. Louis, but .front there on it is transformed into a lake. A levee broke on the river near Murphysboro. 111. Waters whirled into the farm land. Buildings are torn and broken and spring crops do not show above the miles wide area of water. But the first real disaster picture comes when the Mississippi reaches southeastern Missouri territory, a territory known for its fertile cotton fields. Two levees broke at New Madrid. Mo. The little town of approximately 5,000 inhabitants is deserted save for a few workers. Streets are running water of four to five feet high. The water washed away lower windows in business buildings and homes. Farmhouses near the levee are almost submerged. A roof sticks up here and there, but the remainder of the houses are blotted out by the foamy, clay-colored river waters. * ( hickeiis Ride on Water In every direction there is water, and the current is tilled with broken debris, here and there paris of of barns and occasionally a few chickens riding on. timbers. Sweeping on toward Cairo the river has seeped through and forestlike growths of trees are almost submerged. Just the upper limbs show in some places. At Cairo, there is a tremendous new volume of water poured into the Mississippi from the Ohio River. Scores of men, wielding huge sandbags. may be seen dotting the levees which protect the town. Their faces are grim. Thus far the sweep of the river has not reached Cairo and belief today was that the city would be spared through a diminishing current in the Ohio. The northern part of Arkansas is a watery waste. The Mississippi has broken through several places, sending untold millions of gallons of water into the area. The White river is overflowing/ The St. Francis basin, fed by waters of the Mississippi from tiie levee break at New Madrid and by the St. Francis River, is ruined. Small Houses Afloat Small houses can be seen floating in the miles of flood waters. The top corners of a roof—in one of the low spots—are all that show of a one-story house. Barns have been battered by the high waters. There are a few dead animals in the water. Occasionally along the St. Francis water front, which is probably the widest place of the floor area, a huddled group of refugees can be seen on a small bluff or hill. They await the rescue ships which dot the entire river front of this area. Two

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These three persons have heon choosen to aid the city manager campaign committee its task of informing Indianapolis voters of the need for a change in city government before the manager election June 21. Above: Mrs. Lehman Dunning, 1565 College Ave., women’s organizer, and Roy Lewis. 445 Riley Ave., ward organizer. Below: Blythe Q. Hendricks, 1127 N. Meridian St., publicity and speakers’ bureau chairman.

boys were seen waving to a ship from the top of a tall tree. The lower branches were under water. three sections relieved Water Recede in Farts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. By United Preen KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 22. — Rain clouds that have hung over the southwest almost continually for three weeks disappeared today and for the first time in many days there is no immediate danger of new floods in Kansas, Missouri or Oklahoma. The danger point yesterday was Coffeyville, Kan., where several hundred men labored for hours in a near freezing temperature to save the east levee. The re-enforced wall turned back a tremendous rush of water in the Verdigris River and saved the city from inundation. Two Rivers Recede The Kaw and Missouri rivers, two which threatened the industrial district here early yesterday, were rapidly receding early today with the crest of the rise passed. Many thousands of acres of farming land in the three States are still under water that has stood in many places for two weeks. The crop damage has been enormous. Hundreds of families are still cut off from their homes, they .were forced to evacuate when flood waters threatened. Roads Blocked Highway travel still is disrupted. Dozens of bridges that served heavy cross country traffic have been washed away and are being repaired where the water has receded. Adding to the damage inflicted by tornadoes and floods, a freeze early yesterday In western Kansas seriously damaged the fruit crop. DISCIPLES ELECT HEADS Cloyd Goodnight of Bethany, W. Va., Is Chosen President. Disciples of Christ, closing their annual convention at the Severin, Thursday, elected Cloyd Goodnight, president of Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., to head the church board of education. T. C. Howe, Indianapolis, former Butler College president, was chosen vice president; G. D. Edwards of Columbia. Mo., recorder: Max Crichfleld of Indianapolis, treasurer; 11. O. Pritchard of Indianapolis, general secretary: H. H. Harmon of Indi-' anapolis, secretary of promotion and endowment, and J. C. Todd, Indiana University, university secretary. Representatives of twenty-eight educational Institutions affiliated with the board attended the convention. College of Missions, Indianapolis, was one of three new institutions admitted to membership. TO PROTEST CITY RULE South side residents have been called to meet in the Garfield Park shelter house Saturday night, April 29, with the Garfield Park Civic League to protest city government laxity. The meeting is to be a “pep” session for the purpose of renewing interest in good government and public improvement. Mass meeting was called as the result of a league session Wednesday night.. The session will discuss track elevation and other civic improvements and the city manager move.

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Orchardists Say Damage Is ! Slight Here; Colder in | Northern Indiana. 31 IS CITY’S LOW MARK Weather Bureau Predicts Return of Cold Tonight. Jack Frost, who paid a visit to ; Indianapolis and Indiana Thursday ! night without seriously damaging j early fruit and vegetation, will i pay a return call tonight, the United States Weather Bureau predicts. Scattered flakes of snow fell In Indianapolis at noon today. The lowest temperature here was 31 degrees at sa. m. Lower temj peratures weere recorded in other parts of the State, particularly In the northern portion. Snow fell at Marion for nearly an ! hour Thursday night, but melted as soon as it reached the ground. “Temperatures will fall to almost the same point tonight,” was Meterologist J. H. Armington’s prediction. “The lowest temperature in the State last night was 26 degrees at South Bend, and tempera tures were below reezing in every Indiana city reporting except Madison, where the low mark was 33 degrees. “Frosts tonight again will be heavy to killing.” Frost with thin sheets of ice was reported In various parts of the county by growers, but it was a general belief that no serious damage was done to early crops. Orchardists Comment “I don’t think it hurt the fruit. I saw some frost, here, but It was not sufficient to damage things,” declared Howard Johnson, orchardist at Mooresville. “There is lots of excess bloom this year and we could loose some by i frost without injuring the crop. I I have seen it get as low as 26 and i still pull through a good yield,” he said. Charles Broyles, of the Bridgepoit Nursery, said it is impossible to determine the extent of frost damage until a few days afterwards. “It must have been 3 or 4 degrees below freezing, but I don't think any great damage was done by the chilly spell. We had frost and sheets of ice on pools of water this morning early,” he said. Gardens I'nhurt Gardens were not far enough along due to the wet spell, to be damaged by the freeze, growers declared. “Leaves were stiff this morning, but vegetation doesn’t seem to be hurt much,” said Edward Maschmeyer, nurseryman, 206 W. Troy Ave. “We are cutting asparagus and if there was any damage done asparagus would wilt,” he declared. Thursday was a chilly day with .18 of an inch of rainfall in three showers

DELAY PERMIT PENDING CHANGE Await Ordinance Rezoning Site for $250,000 Building. Approval of specifications for a three-story business building at the northwest corner of Twenty-Seventh and Meridian Sts., has been withheld by the city plan commission pending certification of an ordinance rezoning the site for business. Several councilmen visited the plan commission In Interest of a permit for T. A. Moynahan. The proposed structure would cost about $250,000, It was said. Legality of the ordinance passed by seven arose when it was pointed out that the council passed the measure without securing recommendations of the plan commission. The zoning board originally turned down plans for a one-story structure, but agreed to approve a three-story project with architectural embelllishments. Blind Woman 9 s Will Rewards Kind Deeds Bv United Preen CHICAGO, April 22.—Because they sought at some time to bring happiness into che life of a blind woman, hospital and hotel employes In several widely separated cities have been rewarded. Filing In probate court here of the $1,000,000 will of Mrs. Emily Preston Willey revealed that she remembered many who were a comfort to her In her affliction. Mrs. Katherine McCarthy, Chicago hotel maid, Is bequeathed a squirrel coat and an Income of SIOO a month for life. Mrs. Elverta Clause, Atlantic City hotel employe will receive SI,OOO. The sum of $2,000 is left Mrs. L. S. Kelsey of the Hotel Trinity, Los Angeles. Mrs. Wren Watkins and Mrs. Anna Mohler whom Mrs. Willey named as “faithful nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,” were left $2,000 and $1,500 respectively. INVITE TAFT TO SPEAK Chief Justice William Howard Taft of the United Spates Supreme Court will be invited by Governor Jackson to deliver the dedicatory address at the corner stone ceremonies of the Indiana World War Memorial, July 4. The Governor will leave late today for an eastern trip, and will present the invitation to Taft at Washington, D. C. Mrs. Jackson and Adjutant General William H. Kershner will accompany the Governor. Jackson will speak at a city missions convention in Charleston, S. C., Sunday.

AGREEMENT ENDS BOARD FEUD ON SUORERIDGE BIDS School Officials Consent to Tax Body’s Slashing Off of $37,126. The school board today agreed to a compromise on Shortridge High School heating, ventilating, plumbing bids in an effort to prevent delay in the construction of the new building. The school board voted to accept the Freyn Bros, bid on the plumbing and the "direct-indirect” ventilating system, manufactured by C. C. Shippt with a $37,126 deduction. / Because of the reduced price, $215,310, thermostatic steam control of radiators and several other small items will not be installed. Word Awaited The State tax board was expected to approve the reduced bid and specifications this afternoon.A school board meeting to formally award the contract is to be held as soon as the tax board verdict is received. Minority Absent • • Only majority faction board members attended the session this morning at which the compromise was accepted. They have been insistent on installing the Shipp type cf ventilating system in the building in spite of objections of the minority faction and State tax board members. Charles W. Kern, urged the agreement. declaring: “It is going to cost the taxpayers a lot of money, no matter who is proved to be right If more delay Is caused.” Visit Tax Board After the morning session school officials went to the State tax board offiices to get formal approval of the State board. The compromise was affected at a meeting Thursday afternoon of Jacob H. Hilkene, school buildings and grounds superintendent; Walter Horn, tux board engineer, and members of the tax board. The school board was forced to advertise twice for Shortridge heating and ventilatinon bids, because the tax board insisted that the Shipp ventilating system was too expensive.

BURGLARS, THIEF GET $1,225 LOOT Three Homes Visited While Families Are Absent. Tliroe burglaries and one robbers', 'n which $1,225 loot was obtained, were reported to police today. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tappan, 5555 N. Delaware St., called police when they reached home late Thursday and found the back door broken open. A diamond clasped pearl necklaca valued at $750, men’s clothing and a $225 traveling bag were missing. While Arthur Elparache and family were away from home, 122 Spencer Ave., a burglar took a watch and two rings worth $l5B. Max Gold, grocer, 803 W. Tenth St., said burglars climbed through a transom and stole $1 in change and a revolver valued at sls. He believe his Feturn heme frightened the burglar away. Mrs. Flora Simmonds, 2931 N. Capi. tol Ave., employed at the Kahn Tailoring Company, St. Clair St. and Capitol Ave., told police someone stole her purse and $63 in cash from the cloak room. Student Tries Suicide; Note Asks Cremation Bv United Prces COLUMBIA. Mo., April 22.—After writing a, suicide note that his body be cremated, but not explaining the reason for his act, Charles J. Morton, 20-year-old University of Missouri student, shot and probably fatally wounded himself in the basement of his fraternity house here. A bullet from a .38 calibre pistol touched his left lung and his condition ia very critical today, physicians said. Morton belongs to a prominent St. Joseph (Mo.) family. He made a previous attempt to take his life two years ago, fellow students said. He recently had been reading phllisophy and psychology of a depressing nature and had been in a morbid mental state during the last two years, according to Ids companion. CHARGE 2 STOLE MEATS Driver Accepts Invitation to Drink and Finds Wagon Looted. Lon Smith, 38, of 1428 E. Raymond St., driver of a meat wagon, doesn’t mind buying a couple of drinks, he told police, but when someone steals the meat from his wagon, then he complains. Smith filed a warrant charging Henry Morrison, 60, of 126 Greer St., with operating a blind tiger. Morrison, he said, invited him into the. home of Edward McCloud, 50, of 313 E. South St., and sold him two drinks of white mule for 50 cents. While he was drinking, the meat disappeared from his truck. Police said some of the meat was found in McCloud's home and some at the home of a neighbor woman who said MeCloud and Morrison sold it to her for sl. Both were charged with petit larceny. At Gadsden, Ala., a one-armed magistrate fined a one-legged man for striking a one-eyed policetnaji.