Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1927 — Page 2

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GH GOALS OF :ddges passed I IN LAST YEAR welve Months of Expansion Give Hope of Bright Future. p wlimaxing a year of expansion n< improvement, Indianapolis iraIfcrn&l organizations turn attention fb the promise of the new twelve Bionths. H Featured by parties ani dances, Membership campaigns, charity ||rlves, ritualistic observances, the ■ear proved successful. Dedication ind corner stone laying ceremonies gyere outstanding mile stones in Building activity. Gaiety and action |vere key notes. |: Only once did the grim specter '•*f tragedy loom on the horizon to larken the spirit of fraternity. % On the night of Oct. 14 a truck pind trailer carried a merry crew to |i barn dance given by the Blue §3evil drill team of the Sahara forotto. The crowd laughed and fioked and sang. They were happy. Lay Temple Comer Stone ; From the darkness sped an interurban toward the truck on the itrack. The vehicle moved slowly—la light—a crash—death shrieksthen silence. The toll was twenty dead. Grotto rallied and helped the vicItima’ families. The memorial re--3 lief fund was established for the benefit of the sufferers. But the 'ead lurked in their memwas done that could be and the Grotto is carrying on. utstanding demonstration ir in Indianapolis was the id semi-annual convocaI Ul>U reunion of t’ne Scottish Rite, featured by the corner stone laying ceremonies for the new $3,500,000 Rite cathedral on Meridian St. One class of candidates was taken through the degrees on successive Wednesday nights for several weeks, and another class was given the work during the week of the convocation, Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. Both classes united to celebrate the corner stone rites. A banquet closed the event, and distinguished Rite visitors went to their homes in all parts of the United States. Form Associated Fraternities More than twenty-five fraternal bodies took a forward step in the organization of the Associated Fraternities of Marion County in the early fall. Their aim was unity and cooperation. They achieved their purpose under the leadership of E. H. Palmer, president. The high point of their activities was the Fraternal day parade ending at Univerc’ty Park with entertainment and drills m. "rack teams from various lodges. L. T. Wright, of the Modern Woodmen of America, was leader in arrangements. Many lodges celebrated with appropriate retualistic ceremonies their founding day anniversaries and other “ritual days.’’ Scores of conventions were held in Indianapolis including a few State and national gathering and many district rallies.

Aid Foor on Christmas Armistice day was observed by the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars with parades and speeches. Veterans marched through the downtown district and gathered on the steps of the Monument to hear speeches of notables. The Legion assembled in Keith’s Theater for an hour's memorial service. Thanksgiving was the occasion for several lodge observances blended with the spirit of the day. The peak of fraternal philanthropical endeavor was reached at Christmas. Hundreds of baskets were distributed to the worthy poor and thousands of dollars was used in relief work. Shrine sent 419 baskets; Elks. 209; K. of C„ 130, and K. of P. about 100. But the greatest relief work was not public. Chain & i of relief boards carried on tlw. work under the guidance of secret ritualistic laws. Families whb were members of an order received substantial checks unannounced. They were aided m rehabilitation work secretly. The public never heard and never will hear of the bulk of fraternal benevolence. New Year's Parties Tonight In addition to local work, the lodges entertained guests at their homes. The Masonic home at Franklin, Ind., was the scene of merry making at Christmas, as was the Pythian home at Lafayette, Ind., which recently was dedicated. Many other homes held like demonstrations. New Year's Eve parties tonight will close the lodge calendar year. Looking back they will remember picnics last summer, outings to lakes and summer resorts and late fall barn dances and steak roasts. But most lodges are not looking back, but rather turning their heads and hearts forward to the promise of the new year. WOODMEN WILL INSTALL Omaha Man to Direct Work Set for Tuesday Night. Installation of officers will be held by the Woodmen of the World at the hall, 116 E. Maryland St., at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. J. H. Price, Omaha, Neb., State manager, will be installing officer. An oyster supper will follow the business meeting. William D. Shipp is presidentelect and C. M. Risk is clerk. W. R. C. WILL INITIATE New Officers Will Be Installed Jan. 7. George H. Thomas Women s Relief Corpa will hold initiation at. 2 p. m. Monday at Fort Friendly, 512 N. Illinois St., under the direction of outgoing officers. New officers will be installed Jan. 7. A covered dish luneheon will be served by retiring eta AT. Mrs. Lolla V. Park is the Corps’ press correspondent.

Modern Woodmen to Install Officers in January

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GROTTO CUPID’S PARTY TONIGHT No. 3 Head—Sec Puzzle 31 Newlyweds to Be Guests of Honor at Dinner. Newlyweds will be guests of honor tonight at the Sahara Grotto cupid’s party and dance at the Claypool. Reservations have been made for 800 couples, who will dine and dance and play in the Riley room and mezzanine floor. Thirty-one Prophets went through the “I Do’’ ordeal in 1927. The couples are: Messrs, and Mesdames H. Verle Wilson, L. W. Seiler, Horace H. Plummer, Houston A. Cory, Walter A. Barney, Russell Smith, Edwin Shields, A. W. Eubank, Virgil Wray, Miehlous Domor, J. J. Alyea, Lee Everitt, Jack Stone, Elmer A. Crews. Walter B. Davis, William B. Kilgore, Fred Reinhardt, Clyde Raub, Erank Kirkpatrick, Barton Mallory, Forrest Cook, R. H. Guhne, Jesse E. Raymond, Raleigh O. Payne, Ira E. Lyon, Kenneth Ramsey, H. D. Rusie, Ed Schanke, Richard Trippeer Jr., John Buenthing, Charles Mathews. DELAY C. OF C. MEETING Legal Holiday Causes Postponement of Monday Session. Monday meeting of the Knights of Columbus at the K. of C. hall, Thirteenth and Delaware Sts., has been postponed because of the legal holiday. At the last meeting the following men were admitted to membership in the council: Nicholas A. Baan, transfer from Yorkton, Canada; Harry P. Lewis, transfer from Montreal, Canada, and Walter Robinson, Indiananopoiis, by reinstatement. WATCH PARTY FOR ELKS All Reservations Taken for Affair at Club House. “Standing Room Only’’ will be available tonight at the Elks New Year's Eve celebration at the club house. St. Clair and Meridian Sts., says C. C. Cohee. chairman of the entertainment committee. All reservations have been taken by members and their friends. Two orchestras will play and refreshments and entertainment are major items on the program.

AUXILIARY WILL ELECT Grotto Saharabelles to Name 1928 Officers Tuesday. Saharabelles, auxiliary to the Sahara Grotto, will name 1928 officers at a meeting at 8 p. m. Tuesday on the mezzanine floor of the Lincoln. The meeting has been called for evening instead of afternoon, to allow all members to vote. Membership campaign closes today. Terre Haute Grotto Party Rn Times Soerinl TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Dec. 31prophets of Kerman- Grotto are preparing for the annual New Year's Eve frolic tonight at the Grotto hall. Monarch Russell Myers announces reservations have been limited. Jerry Shandy and Dr. Ray Scofield have arranged an entertainment program including vaudeville, dancing and a buffet supper at midnight. Red Men Plan Drive Bii Times Soerinl COLUMBUS. Ind. Dec. 31—A meeting of Red Men from Brown and Bartholomew Counties was held this week in local Red Men's hall. An oyster supper was the feature of the evening. Plans were outlined for opening a membership drive on Jan. 6. Hold Public Installation Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 319. F. and A. M„ held a public installation of officers Friday evening at the Masonic Temple, North and Illinois sts. Obie J. Smith, most worshipful grand master, was installing officer. Open House at Home for Aged Little Sister of the Poor Home for the Aged. 520 E. Vermont St., will hold open house from 1:30 to 4 p. m. Sunday. Members of the Knights of Columbus have been invited.

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Left to right, above: Oliver R. Wald, F. Smith Kirtley, George E. Hopkins and Cash Gephart. Below: M. T. Wright and William O’Bannon. Modern Woodmen of America officers will take office during January. F. Smith Kirtley, consul-elect of Maple camp, was re-elected for the sixth time. He has been with the Woodmen for thirty-three years. He took into the organization M. T. Wright, who has been district deputy for the past five years. George Hopkins has been State deputy for six years and recently was reappointed. Cash Gephart is consul-elect of Capitol City camp, and William O’Bannon is consul-elect of Ironwood camp. Oliver P. Wald, consul-elect of Marion camp, will be installed with public ceremony Jan. 10. Kirtley will receive public installation Jan. 19 at the Modern Woodmen Hall, 322 E. New York St., at which time a banquet, dance and entertainment will be held for members and friends.

Important Events Mark City Lodges 9 Activities

Indianapolis fraternal activities during the last six months hav< been marked by several important events. A chronological list follows

JULY 2—Knights of Columbus annual picnic. 14—Indianapolis Elks parade at Cincinnati. 21-23 —Indianapolis Maccabees go* to Detroit to dedicate new $2,500,000 temple. 29—Sahara Grotto Blue Devil drill team crowned world champions for third time. AUGUST 9—U. G. Lipes, Indianapolis, at- j tends Dokkies’ imperial palace con- | vention at Ft. Worth, Texas. His third session. 7-10—Five hundred Indianapolis 1 members attend convention of the Odd Fellows Indiana department council patriarchs militant at Valpairaiso, Ind. 19—About 1,000 Pythians from Indianapolis attend dedication of K. of P. Home at Lafayette, Ind. 16—Two hundred Indianapolis i Elks attend State convention at j Muncie. 16-18—Ben-Hur holds national | fraternal congress at Boston, Mass., | attended by John C. Snyder, Craw- i fordsville, Ind., president. 19— Odd Fellows purchase property at 1120 W. Thirtieth St., as site for future home. 20— About 2,000 prophets attend Grotto picnic.

21—Red Men picnic at Winamac. 21— Modern Woodmen annual picnic at Walnut Gardens. 22 Five hundred local Moose attend national convention at Philadelphia. 24—Elks hold twenty-fifth annual orphans’ outing at Riverside Park. 28—Grotto prophets numbering 8,000 visit Masonic home at Franklin, Ind. 31—Grotto golf tournament. SEPTEMBER I— Ft. Wayne district of Modern Woodmen meet. s—Modern W'oodmen name annual log rolling at BlufTton. Ind. 15— Associated Fraternities of Marion County hold annual Fraternal day parade. OCTOBER 3—Knights of Pythias grand lodge meets in annual session. 14— Twenty die in Sahara Grotto ! crossing crash. 16— Shriners visit Masonic Home at Franklin, Ind. 16— Eagles hold district rally. 17— —Eight hundred attended | meeting of the Great Council of Red Men. 28— Pythian grand lodge officers meet to outline 1928 policy. NOVEMBER | 7—Knights of Columbus home memorial services. s—Eastern Star chapters celebrate . birthday of Mrs. Nettie Ransford, I secretary. ll Elks observe Auld Lang Syne day with banquet. i l7—E. H. Palmer, president of Associated Fraternities of Marion County, resigns to take up Maccabees work in Kentucky. 20—De Molay unveils marker In memory of Barton Bradley, who saved another’s life in 1926, at the cost of his own. 23 Knights of Columbus hold Thanksgiving dance. 29 Prophets of Sahara Grotto have first entertainment since crash which took twenty lives. 28 to Dec. 2—Sixty-second semiannual convocation and reunion of Scottish Rite and dedication of new $3,500,000 Rite cathedral. DECEMBER 3 Red Men burn mortgage on home on N. Capitol Ave. 4 Elks hold annual memorial service. 12-14—American Legion chiefs meet for conference. 15— Shrine holds mid-winter ceremonial with Clarence M. Dunbar. imperial potentate, as guest of honor. 18— Knights of Columbus conduct , Old Melodies concert to raise money for Christmas baskets. 24 Indianapolis lodges distribute hundreds of baskets to poor. 27—Scottish Rite observes St. John's day at Murat Theater. Elks to Be Entertained Bn Ti*nc* * TERP-- xTAUTE. Ind-.. Dec. 31.—1n return for the Christmas party given by the Elks last Sunday, children of the Glenn Home will entertain Elks and friends, Sunday, at the home. A program will be given by the children aid moving, pictures will be shown. /

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STUDY SCHOOL AIDS Stammering Is Handicap to Progress of Child. In recent years much attention has been given to the specific handicaps under which children pursue their studies in school. In the public schools of Indiana the child's eyes, ears and throat are receiving examination to detect conditions harmful to his advancement; and speech defects in children, especially in the primary grades, are receiving more attention than formerly. According to Benjamin N. Bogue, president of the Bogue institute for Stammerers, it is more difficult fo> a stammering child to learn at school than one who talks normally. “His day at school is practically wasted at best, and there is always the possibility that he may transmit his stammering speech to othc/ children. The amount of learning that a child acquires at school in a given day is small at most, but the injury that he may suffer from being obliged to try to recite when he stutters cannot be estimated. “The stuttering child disturbs the school and detracts the attention of other children. He takes the teacher’s time and attention from her work. Parents should not under any circumstances send children to school when they stutter.” LIQUID LECTURE BOOKED Rotarians to Hear Why Men Like Their Alcohol, “The Psychology of Alcohol, or “Why Do Men Drink?” will be the subject of Charles Milton Newcomb, Cleveland, Ohio, at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Claypooi, Tuesday. The talk, according to the Rotary bulletin, is said to be “more fun than a barrel of home-brew.”

Dokkies Will Install

Dokkies will install officers at 9 p. m. Friday at Castle Hall. 230 E. Ohio St. Otto Fulgraff is royal vizier elect, and Charles Orbough, temple deputy, will be installing officer. Edgar L. Minnich is secretary.

What's Funniest Event in Your Lodge s History? It happens in the best of families —and lodges, too. These funny events often are bright spits in fraternal life. Not while they are happening, however, but years later when members are in the sunset of life and look back on their work and adventures with the lodge. One of the funniest stories told by Charles W. June, known to Elks as Brother “Pop” June, concerns the Indianapolis Elks Lodge a few years after it was founded. At that time membership was limited to members of the theatrical or writing profession. The Elks got good men from the two groups, but once they hit a snag. The prospective candidate was a “good Elk” but he neither wrote nor acted. The constitution could not be violated; they wanted the man, but they held the fraternal laws in esteem. It fell to the lot of one member to tell the candidate he could not be initiated because of the “theatrical-writer” clause in the laws. “Jimmy,” he said, “all the boys know you are a fine chap, and we all like you, but you are a bill poster. If you were connected with the theater or even a newspaper reporter we could welcome you. “Golly, listen” said the candidate, “I’m connected with the theater.” “How?” came the excited question. “I post bills for the opera house.” He was initiated the next day. Wha twas the funniest thing that ever happened in your lodge. Send story to Fraternal Editor, Indianapolis Times.

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AUTO THIEVES GET RICH LOOT No. 3 Head —See Puzzle Cars Valued at 2 Millions Stolen Here in Year. Automobiles valued at $2,224,371, totalling 3,770 machines, were stolen in Indianapolis during 1927, police records show. The records were compiled on order of Police Chief Claude M. Worley by Policewoman Bertha Duclus of the missing car department. Os those reported missing, 3,490 were recovered, which amounts to $2,082,450 in property value. Missing yet are 280 cars, valued at $141,921. In 1926 there were 3.601 cars stolen and 3,304 returned. This year there were 20,791 out-of-city cars reported stolen and ninety-six recovered. There were 248 arrests made off the charge of operating a stolen vehicle, an increase of twenty-eight over 1926. Many machines recovered were wrecked and abandoned or stripped. Most of the requests to search for out-of-city machines come from detective forces in other cities or insurance companies.. State police and the sheriff’s department aided in many recoveries, the report points out. May and June are the big months for car thefts and the lowest number is recorded in December and January.

WEATHER L 92 BELOW Russians Find Coldest Spot, in Northeast Siberia. /?.’/ United Press LONDON, Dec. 31.—An inhabited region where the temperature fell to 92 degrees below zero has been discovered. This frigid temperature was recorded by the members of the Russian Geological Survey last November. Sergei Obruchev, one of those who participated in the expedition, reported the fact after the mission had returned from a trip to Northeast Siberia. Oimekon is the name of the district which Obruchev believes is the coldest place on earth inhabited by the world’s loneliest people. OPPOSES TAXING PUMPS Oil Company Will Fight Filling Stations Levy at Mt. Vernon. Du Times Dmeial MT. VERNON, Ind., Dec. 31 Efforts of the city council here to enact an ordinance imposing a S2O annual tax on pumps at gasoline filling stations may bring a test suit if the measure, scheduled for final action Jan. 25, goes through. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana), already has indicated it will wage a legal battle against the ordinance. Loss SBOO,OOO in Store Fire B ’• Tim''* .Vf>, FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 31—The Grand Leader department store burned here Friday night with a loss of SBOO,OOO. Firemen fought the flames nearly three hours, and succeeded in confining them to the store except for slight damage to the People’s Trust Company building adjoining.

M.W. A. CAMPS WILL OBSERVE FOUNDERS’ DAY Unite for Celebration of Anniversary Thursday; Started in 1883. Twenty-one ardent Yankees assembled at Lyons. lowa, Jan. 5, 1883, and formed the Modem Woodmen of America. Love for thfeir fellowmen was in their hearts—fellow Yankees —no Southerners. They said, “the territory of tho Woodmen shall be confined to the United States and British possessions, north of the Mason and Dixon line.” Then war hatreds had not eradicated. Later the constitution read, “ . . . shall embrace the United States and Canada subject to restrictions of the head consul and executive council.” The incident is symbolic of the growth and power of the Woodmen. In its forty-five years of history it has expanded always, as the local problems and prejudices were ironed out. Camps to Hold Program Indianapolis Woodmen camps will unite Thursday to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the organization. M. T. Wright, district deputy, will have charge of arrangements. The history of the Woodmen is interesting. The first head camp was located at Lyons, lowa, where the group first met. It later was moved to Rock Island, 111., and in 1897 it was changed to Fulton, 111., where it is today. The basis of the organization was fraternal insurance, but when the first member died July 14, 1884, at Davenport, lowa, the claim could not be paid in full. That was the first and only time a claim has not been paid. Camps in forty-seven States have paid $249,420,902.26 in death claims since organization. Starting with $697.88 paid in death claims in 1884, the organization paid $17,185,213.92 in 1920. Based on Patriotism Patriotism is one of the keynotes of the Woodmen. But when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, the question cropped up whether to pay the claims of soldiers killed. No clause in the insurance demanded payment. But there was no argument. They paid —and paid in full. And with the precedent established, World War death claims were paid with thousands of dollars. The Woodmen always have obeyed the patriotism clause in the Constitution. And in peace time they have come to the relief of disaster victims in tornadoes, floods and fires. “Indianapolis members will mark another milestone in Woodmen progress when they observe the anniversary of founding Thursday,” says Wright. CHARGE SAME PRICES TO G. 0. P. DELEGATES Rertaurants Prepared to Accommodate 25,000 Extra Persons. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 31. Kansas City restaurant owenrs will not charge exhorbitant prices for two slices of bacon and an egg, or i whatever a delegate to the Repub- 1 lican convention here next spring may choose to eat, it has been announced. A statement of H. L. Barth, president of the Kansas City Restaurant Association, promised no increase in ordinary prices for meals during the meeting. Barth expressed the opinion there will be little difficulty in handling the increased restaurant trade, since the city is equipped to entertain a surplus of 25.900 without difficulty.

BONDS LIMIT IS HEBE Veterans Must Apply Today for Compensation. When the clock tolls out the old year tonight. 8.000 ex-service men will have lost more than $8,000,000 in cold cash. That is, they will lose it if they don’t apply for their Federal bonus before that time to the State Department at the American Legion Bldg.. 777 N. Meridian St. Individual service men are eligible for the adjusted compensation ranging from SSO to $1,575. The majority of the procrastinating ex-sol-diers live in Marion County and Indianapolis. Legion officials say. Repeated warnings have been broadcast by the Legion and other service men's organizations through newspapers and by letter. A rush of applicants resulted today in a mad last-minute effor tto get money due on' the bonus. State department offices will be pen until 5 p. m. today. After the cffi<&? is closed, letters postmarked before midnight Sunday will be given consideration, say Legion officials. HELD AS BANK BANDIT Suspect Identified From Photograph as One of Hold-L T p Men. B“ Timi m snt riiil NORFOLK. Va„ Dec. 31—Robert Lee Fencer of North Carolina was arrested here last night in connection with the hold-up and robbery of $4,7z0 from the bank of Chester, Va., last Wednesday. Police say that Fenner was identified from a photograph as one of three or four men who forced bank employes and customers into a vault at pistol point, later making off with the loot. Red Pigs Banned From Ship NEW YORK. Dec. 31—Three red pigs were refused passage on a boat to Chile because port authorities of that country have forbade the importation of any but blue-blooded registered aniamls.

Last Chance Today is the last day for exsoldiers to apply for adjusted compensation insurance certificates. Action is urged by Edward E. Spafford. national commander of the American Legion, and by Frank E. St raver, national commander ot the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Veterans should apply today to Mrs. Ethel Tierney, service officer in the State department, Room 104, in the American Legion Bldg.. 777 N. Meridian St.

SORORITIES TO HOLD MEETINGS DURING MONTH Kappa Alpha Theta Planning Program for Founders’ Day, Jan. 21. Founders’ day will be observed by the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority Jan. 21 at the Claypool with 350 representatives from alumni groups and Indiana universities attending. The session will open with Founder’s Day luncheon in the Riley Room of the Claypool in charge of Mrs. Charles Dyer. Under Grads to Attend Decorations will be carried out in black and gold, sorority colors, and long tapers will light the tables. Mrs. J. D. Hughes, Jr„ of Greenfield, district president, will preside. Talks will be given by various chapter and alumni group representatives. Members in ciiapters at Indiana, Butler, De Pauw and Purdue universities will attend. Mrs. Daniel T. Weir, chairman of the program committee, is completing arrangements. A formal dance at night will complete the day’s observance. Mrs. Frances H. Sinex is in charge. Others in Session The Delta Theta Tau sorority will open its northern Indiana district meeting the same day with a luncheon at the Marott in charge of Miss Clara Oblinger. A dance Saturday night at the Marott will close the first day’s meeting. The feature of the second day will be a banquet at the Marott in charge of Miss Oblinger. About seventy-five members are expected to attend. Sigma Delta Kappa national legal fraternity closed its convention today the Claypool. Two fraternity conventions scheduled are the Beta Phi Sigma State gathering April 14 and 15 under the direction of Carl Craig, 6 E. Washington St., and the Kappa Kappa Sigma State convention in May.

PHONE GUIDES OUT 100,000 Copies of Directory Being Distributed. Approximately 100,000 copies of the January, 1928, telephone direc--1 tory are being distributed to Indianapolis homes and offices this week, an increase of 3,000 over the delivery of July, 1926. The directory contains 36,500 changes in names, locations and numbers. All the 6,000 Randolph numbers, changed to Talbot, are included. Six thousand copies have been sent by mail to the rural districts and 20,000 copies have been distributed downtown. According to Z. W. Leach, supervisor of directory advertising, this year’s book contains twenty more pages in the classified directory than the last issue. The delivery was handled by 100 school boys and young men under supervision of ten foremen. Fifty pushcarts, each hauling 200 books, were used to accelerate the delivery. Five days will be required to complete distribution. Compilation of the next issue of the directory will begin early in January. TOO COLD FOR SUICIDE Man Gets Big Gallery on Bridge, for Trip On Ice Cake. I’,'l United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—Mat Klich decided to commit suicide today and jumped into the Chicago river from the State St. bridge. The water was cold. Besides it was dirty. So Matt climbed onto a floating cake of ice and started ; down stream. Traffic on the bridge v.as tied up while a crowd watched the mariner. A policeman threw him a life preserver. Matt took it, was hauled to shore and taken to a hospital to, dry out. New Officials Take Oath Bn Tilli • Hn- eiiil NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Dec. 31— , New Henry County officials sworn in here today to assume their duties with the beginning of the new year are: Charles E. Cannon, succeeding Ernest Bradway as sheriff, and V/ill Shoemaker took the place of John Downs as commissioner from the northern district.

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LEGION CHIEFS TO MEET HERE JANUARY H Important Business Slated for Transaction at Conferences. National executive committee of the American Legion will meet Jan 13 and 14, at national headquarters in the War Memorial Bldg., 777 N. Meridian' St. Members of the coiwrcittM and alternates from every State departments will attend, according to James F. Barton, national adjustant. The executive committee is the governing body of the Legion between conventions and holds meetings in January, May and immediately after the national conventioir next fall. In connection with the session, th France convention committee and the board of directors of the American Legion Monthly will meet at national headquarters Jan. 12. Reports will be read of standing committees on finances, rehabilitation. Americanism, legislation and child welfare. Sub-committees reporting are trophies and awards; use of the Legion emblem in advertising. by Robert T. O'Neil; history of tho Second A. E. F., by John Grimshaw, Jr.; and American Legion building and loan association, | by Rufus R. Rand, Jr. 1 New business includes committee appointments, finances of the American Unknown Soldier, communistic activities, preservation of official maps and records relative to participation of the United States in the war, endorsement of the Legion by Toby Jugs, resignation of ; Lucius McK. Crumrine as a member I of the national rehabilitation com-i 1 mittee, and cancellation of charters. It is not expected that action will be taken on the recent suggestion ;of Edward E. Spafford, national I commander, that a national poll be taken on the prohibition question! At a recent meeting of department ! adjutants and commanders, the sug- ! gestion was tabled. 6 VEHICLES INVOLVED WITH CONCRETE MIXER Four Autos, Truck and Interurban l Car Tangled—Three Persons Hurt. I!,ii 1 nihil l‘rins MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 30.—Three persons were slightly injured bj flying glass near here when foul automobiles, a truck and a concrete mixer, and an interurban figured ir a crash. An unidentified driver front Parker started to pass a car drivej by Edward E. Hockett, of this citj and failed. An approaching true! sideswiped his car, turning it over Hockett was unable to stop the ca and collided with a concrete mine which had rolled from the truck Hcckett's car slid over an embank ment. A third automobile approachin from the rear hit the overturned -ai The steam, smoke, dust and fljin glass had just died down when fourth automobile crashed into th rear of the third, A spectator who had in his hast left his Ford coupe parked on a interurban track to run back and se what* hod happened, turned aroun just in time to see a Muncie-boun interurban knock his car from th track.

G. A. R. RANKS THINNING FAST IN THIS STAT Membership in Indiana Now Below 2,900 Mark. Passing years have thinned t ranks of blue clad heroes wl fought in the Civil War, records G. A. R. State he show. Five hundred empty files will counted in the fast disappears army when annual reports a received next month, Capt. Albert Ball, assistant adjutant general, a nounces. Jan. 1, 1928, the Indiana divisi< mustered 2,003 men. The rapid ra of depletion best can be noted wh it is recalled that the Indiana dh sion at the height of its strength 1890 was composed of 28,000 m belonging to 592 posts. Today thf are but 139 posts. BOARD SLASHES TAXE Board’s Annual Report Is N< Completion; Many Changes. Final touches are being made the annual report of the State i board, it was announced today. 1 report will show that 136 tax le\ were brought up for review, a that no changes were made fifty-nine while seventy-.se’ were reduced for a total $4,500,000. Indianapolis taxes were redu $3,500,000 it v.ps announced. New Yorkers Are Charitable NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—New Yo ers left bequests of $17,867,000 charitable and other organizati in 1927.