Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1927 — Page 3

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ICE AGE WIPED •RACE OF OLDEST MAN OFF GLOBE American of Millions of Years Ago Lived in Tree; Liked Music. Editor’s Note: The following is the Hecond of three articlts describing discoveries made bv Dr. Harold J. Cook, famous paleontologist, of remains of the world's first human life in America. Tile last article will tell of other discoveries which have disproved scientific theories of twenty years' standing. BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright by United Press DENVER, Colo., ' Aug. 27.—Remains of the world’s first man, discovered by Dr. Harold J. Cook of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, tenddto show that the man of 4,000.000 years ago had most ofj the instincts and tendencies of a modern human being. A tooth of one of these prehistoric citizens of the United States was found among other fossilized remains by Dr. Cook at Agate Swings, Neb. So sure are scientists that the tooth represents a hitherto unknown race that they have credited Dr. Cook with having discovered the H esper opithecus Harolodcookli, which means in English “the ape of the west found by Harold Cook.” A little guess work, from which Dr. Cook absolves himself of all responsibility Until his findings can be verified further, paints a most interesting and in all likelihood an authentic picture of the first known human life in the world.

First Lived in Tree First of all Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii lived in a tree. There were no caves. And had he been able to build a house for himself on the ground he sooner of later would have awakened one morning to find his roof crushed in by the enormous foot of some beast towering high above him. So, sleeping at night in a tall tree, the Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii cautiously climbed down at dawn to stalk small game with the sharp •weapons he had fashioned for himself out of green bone. Fossilized bone weapons used by him have been found. He didn’t need the animal’s skins for clothes because #1 the tropical sun which warmed him, but he did eat the meat. Crushed marrow bones in great numbers found near the tools point to his carnivorous appetite. Music Was Solace And when he couldn’t find a small bird or diminutive beast to eat, he beat in one of his brother’s skulls with, a club made from an elephant bone and resorted to cannibalism. Crushed and macerated bones kreatly resembling those of present ay humans were discovered. At, nightfall after the day’s work was done, he turned to music for so•lftce ffom the frights of the manyeyed jungle closing in about him. Up in his tree safe from the gigantic snarling cats, the mastodonic dogs and the huge slimy beasts below him, he blew into his bone flute a simple tune which perhaps he thought would quiet the jungle strife about him. A hollow bone drilled with holes similar to those of a fife was found in the Agate Springs deposits. Lived for Many Ages He lived thus for many ages, more than 2,000,000 years, fighting, playing, raising families, and gradually becoming more intelligent as the facts of the world about him penetrated his thick skull. But after innumerable sons succeeded innumerable fathers, the ice age began to dim the tropical splendor of North America. Gradually as the years passed by the thousand and the hundred thousand, the sun shone less brightly. It began to get voider. * The less hardy animals, snakes and birds vanished. Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii chilled by the biting winds from the north, probably took to clothing himself with skins from the great packs of wolves which abounded in the region. But the progress of the icy coldness' was steady. l Thousands more generations lived and died. VegetaPtion withered away. The animals all disappeared from the face of the earth.

Perished In Ice Age - And with the plant and 'inim..l life, Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii too, probably perished. Although there is too great a gap between the quarternary age and even the glacial age which followed the ice era for scientists to make statements of any kind con'- r possible descendants of the earliest man, Dr. Cook said that probably .there was no relation between him and the modern American Indian. “The man-like race of 4,000.000 years ago in all likelihood disappeared as did the animal and plant forms when the ice age gripped the world,” Dr. Cook declared. NEWS HOUNDS TO MEET Journalism Teachers of Hoosierdom to Parley Oct. 21 and 22 More than one hundred high school teachers of journalism will meet Oct. 21 and 22, at Franklin College in connection with the Indiana High School Press Association convention. Plans were laid at a meeting at the Statehouse attended by: Miss Ella Sengenberger, Indianapolis, president; B. H. Penrod, Marion, vice-president; Miss Ruth Alford, Bedford, secretary; Dan A. Edkins of Franklin college, executive secretary. and Dr. Myron MoCurry of Franklin college, an honorary member of the committee. | Walks 3,000 Miles to Convention r Bp Times Special DETROItf, Mch„ Aug. 27. Attending the Spanish War Veterans’ here next week will be Jpck parley, 36, who walked from El Paso. Tex., 3,000 miles away.

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STOLEN PLATES ON BANDIT CAR . \ Three Escape After Kennard Bank Robbery. Three bandits who obtained $2,500 in a hold-up of the Kennard State Bank, Kennard, Ind., Friiay afternoon, used license plates trorn arr automobile stolen near here on the car in which they escaped. The robbers were riding in a large sedan, which bore plates from a Ford roadster belonging to Leslie-Young, R. R. C, box 662, Indianapolis. He reported to local police that the roadster was stolen from in front of the Haerle store_west of Maywood, on State Rd. 67. 7 Charles Pierson, cashier, and his wife, assistant cashier, were alone in the bank when one of two men who entered together presented a $5 bill to Pierson for change. As he turned to get the change, the man who offered the bill drew a revolver, covering Pierson. The other robber entered the cashier’s cage and gathered up practically all the cash in the bank, leaving only, a fevr pennies and the $5 offered for change. The third bandit took care of the auto in which the escape was made BRIDE OF 13 GIVEN HUSBAND BY COURT Kentucky Judge Passes On Result of Indiana Wedding Bp Timet Special NEW ALBANY, Ind., Aug. 27. Marriage of 13-year-old Leila Dawson, in this city, to Harvey Enbry, 48, Louisville, has been upheld by Judge A. T. Burgevin of criminal court In the Kentucky city. Following the wedding ceremony here July 30 last, performed by Magistrate Otto McKinney, the girl as turned over to her father, W. I Dawson, by the Louisville and Jefferson County Children’s home of which she had been an inmate. Her husband a few days ago brought habeas corpus proceedings to obtain his wife. Ruling in the case, Judge Burgevin declared elopement from the home with the girl by Embry did not constitute an act of delinquency and released the girl-wife to Embry.

MERGER IS APPROVED State Commission Allows Purchase of Phone Firms. After cutting $500,000 from the combined valuation, the Public Service Commission Friday approved purchase of five southern Indiana telephone companies by the Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company for $1,600,000. Permission was given to issue $1,000,000 in first mirtgage bonds, 4,000 shares of common and 2,000 shares of preferred stock. Companies involved in the purchase are the Madison, New Washington, Clark County, Dubois County and English Telephone Companies. $200,000 GOLF LINKS Proposal at Bloomington for CityOwned Course By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, lnd., Aug. 27. Detailed plans for a $200,000 municipal golf course at Cascade park, near here, will be discussed at a meeting of local business and professional men to be held next Tuesday night. Attendance of 150 is indicated/ Clubs and other organizations are co-operating with the city park board in the project.

Opening Markets

Bp United Prett NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—General Motors again led the stock market higher today, rising to 250 for the first time in its history. United States Steel, new General Motors and General Electric also made new records, causing a bullish sentiment to predominate despite considerable irregularity of the general list. United States Steel reached 142, bringing a better tone into steels in "general, while General Motors imparted strength to other automotive shares. Pressed Steel Car rose a point to 67. . Sugar issues held steady to firm; tire issues gained under the lead of Kelly-Springfleld, while rails held steady in the face of further declines in earnings reports. " Pan-American Petroleum B was a weak feature, declining nearly a point to 48'4, anew low record. Wright Aero sold off more than a point and smaller losses were noted in Allied Chemical, North American and American Smelting. Nothing happened in the outside news overnight to change the character of the market and the forward movement in standard industrials went ahead under familiar leadership. General Motors attained the goal -of 250 predicted early this week by its sponsors. Steel common also forged into new high ground, selling at 142, up 114. General Electric was another member of the leading industrial class which attained record levels loi present shares, spurting 114 to 135.

New York Stock Opening —Au*. 27. Allied Chem 156% Am Can 61 % Am Loco 11l Am Smelting 169 Am Sugar 90% Am Tel <fe Tel 169 */ Beth Steel 63 Calif Pete 31% Ches <fc Ohio . 195‘/ 3 C F it I 77'.. Chrysler 60% Cons Gas 112',a Dodge /. 17% Famous Flayers 102% Gen Electric 134 Oen Motors 249Vit Goodrich 69 Va Hudson Motor 85 A. Houston 133*4 Mack n Marland 36Vi Mid Conti Pete 30% Mont Ward 73 % 14 Y Central 156% N Y N H & H 51 Nash 82 Va Pan Amer Pete B 48'A Pernsylvi nla 65% Phillips 4 Radio 62'4 Sears-Roebuck Sinclair 16% So Pac ... 121 S O Calif 53% S O N J 38% Stew Warner 66% Studebaker 52 Tex Oil 49 U. S. Steel 141%. White Motors i..,' Willys Over 17% Yellow Truck Wright Aero .. u 52 New York Curb Opening —AUg. 27Bid. Ask. Cities Service 49% 49% Cont Oil 18 18% Durant 9% 10 Ford iCanada) 545 555 Humble Oil 61 81% Indiana Pipe 70% 72 Int Pete 30 Impellal OH (Canada I 46 48% Mormon 48 48 Va Ohio Oil 61 61% Prairie Pipe 180% 181% Prairie Oil and Oas 51 51% Reo 22% 22% Stutz 13 ■ 14 Standard OH (Indiana) 73% 73% Standard Oil (Kansas) 16% 17% Standard Oil (Kentucky) ....121% 122 Vacuum Oil y .128% 130 Chicago Grain Opening By United Press CHICAGO. Aug. 27.—Wheat: September up tic, December up tic; March unchnaged. Com: September up %c, December up %c, March up %c. Oats: September up %c, December up %c, March unchanged. Provisions unchanged. Local Livestock Opening Hogs—Receipts, 4,000; market, steady. 15c- higher; top, $11.10; bulk, $10.40® 11.10. Cattle—Receipts, 300; market, steady. Calves—Receipts. 300; market, steady; best veale*%, sl6. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 400; market, steady.

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Chicago Livestock Opening

Hogs—Receipts, 3,500; market, steady; holdovers, 8,000. Cattle—Receipts, 400. Sheep and lamb—Receipts. 1,000.

PLAN MEMORIAL FORLOSTFLIERS Services Are Suggested 700 Miles at Sea. Bp United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. While search for the missing Dole Pacific planes continued, approval of tentative memorial service plans by relatives of the last fliers was awaited today. Walter W. Cribbln, San Francisco business man, suggested that the' services be held about 700 miles o it at sea, approximately where Capt. William Erwin last was heard from, September 16, a month after the day the Miss Doran and the Golden Eagle took off in the dole race, was the date suggested. Flowers would be cast on the wat t over an aiea of several square miles, under the plan. The memorial service would be conducted while tV liner Maui was halted about 700 miles out in the Great Cir'le steamship course. Details of the plan were snt to relatives of Miss Mildred Doran. John Auggy Pedler and Lieut. Vilas K. Knope, of the Miss Doran; Jack Frost and Gordon Scott of tlu Golden Eagle, and Captain Erwin and his navigator, A1 Eichwatdt, x of the Dallas Spirit. Hold Dallas Memorial Bp United Press DALLAS,-Texas, Aug. 27.—A memorial service to Capt. William Erwin, thought to have fallen Into the Pacific in an effort to trace the missing Dole fliers, will be held Sunday. - , # GAL LEAVES PARK Expects to Attend Church Sunday at Summer Home. Bp United Press WITH PRESIDENT COOLIDGE’S AUTOMOBILE CARAVAN EN ROUTE TO CODY, WYO., Aug. 27. After five days viewing the wonders of Yellowstone National Park and fishing to his heaH’i content. President Coolidge today Is returning to his summer home in the Black Hills. Soon after sun-up he started from Canyon camp in the big limousine with a retinue of twelve busses for a seven-hour ride to Cody, where he will board his special train. He will arrive back at Custer, S. D., twelve miles from the State game lodge, in time for church Suftday morning. POSTOFFICE *TO CLOSE Labor Day Will Be Observed, Says Bryson. / The postoffice will be closed Labor day, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced today, but parcel post and general delivery windows will remain open from 8 a. m. to noon. Mail delivery will be confined to special delivery and perishable parcels. The Sunday schedule of collections, evening delivery to hotels and dispatch of outgoing mail will be in effect. Carrier stations will be closed all day.

PFAFF FAMILY BRINGING BODY * BACK TO CITY Doctor Who Died in Cleveland Hospital Served State Many Years. Dr. Orange Garrett Pfaff, 70, of 1222 N. Pennsylvania St., prominent physician, died Friday in the Clinic Hospital at Cleveland. Members of his family were in Cleveare to accompany the body to Indianapolis today. Dr. Pfaff entered the hospital Aug. 8, to be treated for degeneration of the bone tissue. Following an operation, Aug. 12, Dr. Pfaff improved, but a sudden relapse brought death from a severe hemorrhage, hospital authorities said. Dr. Dudley Pfaff, of this city, a son, reached Cleveland, Friday, and was with his father when death came. Long Resident Here Dr. Pfaff was born in Westfield and came to Indianapolis when 6 years old, being educated in local schools. He was graduated from the Indiana University Medical School in 1882. He practiced medicine with Dr. T. B. Harvey and later became resident physician at the Marion County infirmary. In 1890 he began specializing in abdominal surgery and gynecology. He took courses in the New York Post Graduate School and the New York Polyclinic for two years, later studying in the University of Berlin, Germany. Shared Knowledge He was professor of gynecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and held on honorary degree of master of arts at Wabash College. Dr. Pfaff was connected with several Indianapolis hospital: and held a commission in the medical reserve corps of the United States army. He was in active service as a major during the World War at Lilly Base Hospital. He was a member of the Indianapolis Medical society, of which he was president in 1907; the Indiana Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Mississippi Valley Medical Society and was a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Active In Community Dr. Pfaff also was a member of the University Club, the Columbia' Club, the Indianapolis Country Club, the Woodstock Country Club, the Athenaeum and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. He is survived by the widow and his son. Dr. Dudley A. Pfaff. At a special meeting of the Indianapolis Medical Society Friday night, President Dr. H. G. Hamer appointed the following physicians to plan a memorial for Dr. Pfaff: Dr. Hugo Pantzer, Dr. W. N. Wishard and Dr. John H. Oliver.

FAKE WINGS HELPSCIENCE Used to Test Autos, Aviation Building. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Made-to-order hurricanes, with wind velocities up to 180 miles an hour under measured control in a Bureau of Standards experiment station here, are being used by scientists in tests important to the development of automobile, aviation and building construction. * Placing models and various articles in the wind tunnels, buildings were found to explode rather than collapse under the great pressure of cyclonic disturbances. One automobiles was found to be losing the equivalent of 30 horsepower by air resistance, most of which was elilmnated by steamling the body. The “cave of winds.” in which the hurricanes of science tire generated, is a structure similar to a smokestack, thirty feet high and ten feet in diameter, with twentyfour air inlets, each supplied with a pressure gage.

FUND RECEIPTS GAIN Community Chest Collections Are Getting Back to Normal. Audit of Community Fund accounts show monthly payments are on the increase, and that the collection record which in February fell below last year’s, Is coming back to normal, fund officials announced. Collections are now only two-tenths of 1 per cent below the 192 C figure. The audit was made by George s. Olive, public accountant, in September most of the money outstanding on 1927 L subscriptions should be in, Frank E. Angerei\ Community Fund auditor said. For the first nine months of this year total cash receipts were $519 - 422 83. A total of $443,494.17 was disbursed to the thirty-six member organizations of the Community Fund. J AIR MAIL LINES GROW Argentina to Urguay System Contract Signed By United Press \ \ WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. The Commerce Department was advised today that Argentina and Uruguay have signed a contract providing for a 74 day air mail service between Paris and Buer <js Aires touching twenty-five citito enroute. It will operate probably by the end of the year. Monuments In Egypt Planned Bp United Prett CAIRO, Aug. 27. The government planned today to erect monuments to the late Zaghlul Pasha, nationalist leader, in Cairo and Alexandria.

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Here you are, gentlerm n—Lorelei Lee herself, the very blonde of your legendary preference! The screen world knows her as Ruth Lee Taylor, heretofore abscure comedy bathing beauty. To her has fallen the coveted role of the gold-digging Lorelei in the forthcoming photoplay version of Anita Loo.';’ book. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Fame stepped up and crowned her when she was just about to give up her movie ambitions. Ruth hails from Grand Rapids, Mich., and Portland Ore. She was born on a Friday the thirteenth. She is 21.

REALTY SLUMP IS REPORTED w Slight Decrease in Total Sales for Week Shown. Sale of real estate in Indianapolis lessened slightly this week, as compared to transactions for the last few weeks. Approximately $190,000 was involved in transactions reported to the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. . Forrest B. Kellogg, realtor and builder associated with Gregory and Appel, Inc., announced four house and two lot sales aggregating SIOO,000. Dr. H. F. Beckman bought a new residence at 5245 Washington Blvd.; Dr. Roy B. Smith bought a house at 421 Blue Ridge Rd., from George Wantz; Kellogg sold E. Kenneth Miller a house at 5349 Washington Blvd., and Ross S. Hill bought the H. O. Warren residence, 5241 Washington Blvd. George W. Russell of the G. W. Russell Company reported nine deals. Albert J. Quigley of the National Realty Company announced iieiyis Williams bought a bungalow in Sunset Park Addition from Edwin -O. Miller for $4,000. Frank C. Smith, president of the Frarik C. Smith Company, reported two residence sales. H. J. Fox of Fieber & Reilly, announced the sale of seventeen lots for SII,OOO and sixteen houses for $60,000.

BUILD PLANE DEPOT Special Building Will Accommodate Air Travelers Bp United Press DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27.—A passenger depot for air travelers will be completed about Sept. 20 at the Ford airport here. The building will serve as a focal point for Ford air activities and will be used by a private company as a ticket office and waiting room for its Cleveland service. VETERANS TO REUNITE Engineers of 113th Regiment Will Meet Here Sept. 3 to 5. The 113th Engineers’ Regiment, composed of World War troops from Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, will hold its annual reunion in Indianapolis. Sept. 3 to 5. Headquarters will be at the Severin. Progmm includes a stag dinner at the Severin roof garden, a basket picnic at Garfield Park and other features. Six Killed in Diamond Riot Bp United Press CAPETOWN, South Africa, Aug. 27.—Six persons were killed at the Grasfontein diamond diggings when rival tribes rioted from Sunday until Wednesday, said a dispatch received today. '

Fined a Penny By Times Special PRINCETON. Ind., AUg. 27. —Mrs. Ophir Hyslop was fined 1 cent on conviction of an assault and battery charge in city court here. She whipped Helen May Hughes, spall daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doc Hughes, neighbors.

That Glow Pastor at Franklin Asserts Dawn of New Day, Not Flaming Youth, Fires World.

lIH Times Special r— 7JRANKLIN. Ind., Aug. 27. I p I Addressing the local Ki- | 1 | wanis Club, the Rev. Arthur E. Cowley, pastor of the Lebanon Baptist Church, came to the defense of modern youth with these words: “Many people look out and see the world on fire and say it is our flaming youth. But they are wrong. It is just the dawn of a new day. “We hear a lot of talk,” the pastor continued, “about the problem of young people, but it isn’t a problem of youth which we are facing—it is ail adult problem, for a cold analysis will show that wherever a young man or woman has been found to have gone astray, a cause can be found. The neglect of the parent in early years of the ehild’s life is often the cause and it is often found that too much attention to business means too little attention to the business of rearing children as they should be.” COACHES’ SONS EXCEL Young Page and Dobson Hold Records At Culver Bp United Press CULVER, Ind., Aug. 27.—An interesting side light of the Culver summet schools has been the all-round work of the sons of two famous athletic coaches: Pat Page of Indiana and Frank Dobson, of Virginia, recognized in the southeast as the leading four-sport coach. Page junior is the leader among the seniors and ranks first in swimming and track and is pitcher on the ball team which won the championship. Young Dobson, a junior, plays shortstop on the same team. In addition to being winner of the breast stroke in swimming, he won a championship in tennis doubles, won the boxing championship in his weight and has won the jumps as well as being a member of the relay team in track.

BLACK PLANS SEA HOP Baltimore Publisher Joins Ranks of Trans-Atlantic Aspirants By United Press COPENHAGEN, Aug. 27.—Van Lear Black, American aerial yatchsman back from a round trip vacation flight from Holland to the Dutch East Indies, has added his name to x the list of candidates for trans-Atlantic honors. Black, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, iS planning an AmsterdamBaltimore flight next spring. 36 HOMES TO BE BUILT * / Permits Issued for Residences Which Will Cost $145,850. Building permits for thirty-six new hon/es, an apartment and three business buildings totaling $190,850, were issued this week. The residences will cost $145,850. A storeroom will be erected at Michigan St. and Drexel AVe., and a new’ garage will be constructed at 3818 Collie Ave.

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MERGED POWER FIRM EARNINGS REPORT MADE Net Income Holding Up Despite Rate Cut, Says Clarke.. Net income of the Indianapolis Power and Light Corporation, New Jersey holding corporation of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, for twelve months ending June 35, was $1,410,841, according to a statement of earnings and expenses issued today. The statement contains a foreword by Harley L. Clarke, Chicago utility magnate, who organized the Indianapolis Power and Light Company by merging the Merchants Heat and Light and the Indianapolis Light and Heat companies. Merger was completed and approved by the public service commission Feb. 1. Refers to City Business The statement, issued in pamphlet form, also gives figures for the same period from several other Clarke utilities. Regarding the Indianapolis property Clarke’s statement makes the following reference: “In the annual report for the year ending Dec. 31. 1926, reference was made to certain projects, the consummation of which was expected to strengthen the position of your companies and increase earnings and operating efficiency, e “Included in these projects was a plan for the simplification of the corporate and financial structure of the Interstate Power Company group, and the unification of the properties of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and the Merchants Heat and Light Company. Results Are Realized The successor to the later companies, Indianapolis Power and Light Company, now furnishes, without competition, all the requirements for electric light and power in the city of Indianapolis and the county of Marion, except for street railways and interurban service. The earnings statements submitted herewith for the twelve months ended June 30, 1927. reflect these changes and show that the results which were anticipated aro being realized.” Since the Indianapolis Power and Light Comoany has been in existence but five months on June 30, the figures for the twelve-month period are combinations of the last seven months of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and the five months of the merged company. The net income figure of $1,410,841 is “before provision for renewals and replacements and {pr Federal income tax.” It is slightly less than the net earnings of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company for the twelve months of 1926 and 4286,578 less than the combined earnings of the Merchants and Indianapolis companies for that period.

Rates Are Low’ered Net earnings of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company for 1926, according to the annual report on file with the public service commission. was $1,532,234, which is $121,393 more than the Indianapolis Power and Light Corporation figure for the last twelve months. Me*c chants Heat and Ligh Company net ear Tings for 1926 were $165,185. making a combined total for the two companies, before the merger, of $1,697,419, or $286,578 more than the figures in the statement for the last twelve months of the Indianapolis Power and Light Corporation. Decrease in net earnings is attributed, in part, to lowered rates put in force at the time of the merger. The company expects to oevreome this by the savings and added efficiency caused by merging and avoiding duplication. SCHOOL PUPILS NEED PERMIT TO DRIVE CAR V, ' " '■ Certificates Will Be Issued Those Between 14 and 16, Parents in the rural districts who wish their children between the ages of 14 and 16 to drive automobiles to school should get application blanks at the Secretary of State’s office now, State Police Chief Robert Hume advised today. The 1921 statute provides that children of this age residing outside cities of the first or second class may get permits to drive to and from school “by the shortest possible route.” Sixteen is the regular minimum age for driving. Applications must be filled out by the child, signed by the parents and school superintendent and sent in to Secretary of State Frederick E. Scortemeier. A permit card will be issued and must be carried by the driver. FARMERS HOLD PICNIC Annual Henry County Event At Newcastle Today By Times Special NEWCASTLE, lnd., Aug. 27.—Attendance of 2,000 was forecast today at the annual pionic of the Henry County Farm Buieau in Memorial park here. Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, was the speaker of the day. A horseshoe pitching tournament, with every township in the county represented, was a feature this morning. GIRLS TO AID AT FAIR Scout and Campfire Groups Will Help Baby Clinic. Volunteers from the local Girl Scout troops and Campfire Girls have been called to assist at the baby clinic at the State Fair, Miss Emma Gardener, Girl Scout director. announced. Four girls will report daily at 8 a injuring fair week. They will assist with the babies and be on errand -