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EARL KLINCK IS GIVEN 1 TO 3 ■ YEARSJN CELL Fine of SIOO Also Assessed by Judge Garvin; Case to Be Appealed. Earl Klinck, former D. C. Stephenson aid and political henchman, was sentenced to from one to three years at Indiana State prison and fined SIOO and costs by Special Judge Thomas E. Garvin in Criminal Court today. Motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial were denied. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court, defense attorneys stateu. Klinck was found guilty by a jury after ten-mi.iutes deliberation Tuesday, j Charged With Conspiracy He was charged with conspiracy in the fraudulent use of a notary seal in making false affidavit. The affidavit purported to be that of William Rogers denying testimony regarding Senator Watson's Klan card given before the Reed mittee and declaring that the matter had been “framed” by Editors Boyd Gurley of The Indianapolis Times and Thomas H. Adams of the Vincennes Commercial. Prosecutor William H. Remy in addressing final remarks to the jurymen, pointed out that Klinck was the tool of political powers who panted to “get” Gurley and Adams. In a dramatic moment he named the man who took the false affidavit to the grand jury and attempted to have the two editors, leaders in Indiana’s political corruption cleanup campaign, indicted. It was George V. Coffin, then Marion County Republican chairman and since promoted to head of the district organization, he said. Spent Nigjit in Jail The case had come to an abrupt elose Tuesday when the defense rested without putting a single witness on the stand. They had stated they would have “between twentyfive and thirty.” Remy gave his closing argument at noon, the jury went to lunch, returned, and after a single ballot, according to reports, brought in the guilty verdict. Klinck was then turned over to Sheriff Omer Hawkins and spent the night in Marion County jail. He was formerly deputy sheriff. Appeal bond was placed at $5,000 by the judge today when defense counsel objected to Remy’s suggestion that it be SIO,OOO. Klinck was expected to be able to post the bond before the day closed, his attorney said. PARTIAL N. CAROLINA VICTORY WON BY AL Claims to District Delegates Preserver! for Houston Convention. By United Press RALEIGH, N. C., June 13.—Supporters of Governor Alfred E. Smith won a partial victory in the Democratic State convention here when adjournment was forced through before a vote was taken to apply the ur/; rule to North Carolina’s twen-ty-fjur votes. Asa result, while Congressman Cordell Hull of Tennessee won the four votes of the eight delegates-at-large by a vote of 1,073 to 800, Smith claims to district delegates were preserved for the Houston convention. Hull claims 19 Vi votes in the delegation of 24, while Smith concedes 161i to Hull and claims 7 !i. N U RSES IN EXER CIS ES Annual Class Day Fete Is Held at s City Hospital. Dr. William A. Doeppers, City Hospital superintendent,' delivered an address at the annual class day exercises of the nurses’ training school of the hospital this afternoon. The exercises were held on the lawn in front of the nurses’ home. The class day ceremonies included the taking of a picture of the graduating class, ivy planting and reading of the class prophecy. Jane Watson is president of the seniors. The class will be entertained with 'ti theater party at the Indiana tonight, and will be guests of the board of health at a banquet Thursday. The final exercises will take place Friday night, auditorium at the hospital wfien twenty-nine young women will re- ; ceive their diplomas. DEMOCRATS LAY PLANS State Candidates Meet Here Today - With Central Committee. , Democratic campaign plans were ■wfsrmulated at a joint meeting of the Democratic State committee • and State candidates at State headquarters in the Claypool today. R. Earl Peters, State chairman, said plans for attendance of the Indiana delegation at the national convention opening at Texas, June 26, also were discussed. Open Canada, Australia Wireless By United Press SYDNEY, Australia, June 13. The new Marconi Beam wireless service between Australia and Canada will be opened Saturday, it was announced today, with rates 10 per cent below those charged for cablegrams.

In Own Trap Bn United Press NEW YORK, June 13.—John Weisinger invented a device which records the speed of an automibile by perforations on paper. He was testing it wnen arrested for speeding, and the invention, introduced as evidence, caused his conviction.

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MORE MARINES FOR NICARAGUA Estimate 5,200 Guards Needed for Election. By T'nitcd Press WASHINGTON, June 13.—Preparations were going forward here today to send 1,500 more Marines to Nicaragua, most of whom would be employed in supervising the Nicaraguan elections in November. Several Marine and Navy officials including Major General John A. Lejeune, Marine commandant, will place this proposal before President Coolidge at a White House conference today. This action was decided upon following the receipt of a telegram from Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, United States Army man in charge of the elections, asking for the reinforcements. His message said that at a conference in Panama Tuesday with Read Admiral David Sellers, commander of the naval service squadron in Nicaraguan waters, it was decided that 600 men would be needed to replace the Marines already detailed to election duty and another 900 for guard duty throughout the country. McCoy is now on his way to Nicaragua, after having conferred here with President Coolidge, Secretary of State Kellogg, and other officials on the Nicaraguan situation. The reinforcements will bring the number of Marines in Nicaragua to 5,200. OIL CASE TO JURY Stewart Contempt Verdict Is Expected Soon. WASHINGTON. June 13.—A jury of eight men and four women today received the case of Robert W. Stewart, Standard Oil Company of Indiana, chairman, charged with contempt o fthe Senate in refusing to answer Teapot Dome committee questions. Justice Siddons completed his charge which directed the jury to decide by the evidence, shortly after 1 p. m. A verdict was expected soon. BUS DRIVE IZE Draft Plans to Aid in Promotion of Safety Program. Bus drivers met Tuesday night at the office of Fred Barrett, 807 Odd Fellow Bldg , to cooperate with the board of safety order for bus operators to comply with traffic laws. “Our meeting was to organize the bus drivers so we can comply with the board’s order and make suggestions as to the loading and unloading of passengers with least congestion of traffic,” Barrett said. Fred Connell, board president, warned bus drivers that the police department expects bus operators to observe all speed and traffic laws and show courtesies to motorists. PLAN BRIDGE WIDENING Plans for widening the E. Washington St. bridge over Pleasant Run were presented to the board of works today by City Engineer A. H. Moore. Widening of the span from fortytwo to fifty feet was made necessary by the widening of the E. Washington St. roadway to fiftyfeet from Wallace St. to Audubon Rd. Modre estimated the bridge job will cost $4,000.

COLLEGE DIPLOMA IS BURGLAR’S LOOT

A thief today was the proud possessor of a diploma from Indiana University. The coveted sheep-skin, however, was not from the hands of President William Lowe Bryan direct, but stolen, along with clothing valued at $1,128.50 from an auto owned by Mrs. Lincoln Lesh of Muncie, Ind., which was parked on Capitol Ave., near Washington St., Tuesday night. Mrs. Lesh and her companions had attended the graduation of her son William at Bloomington. Her suit case and clothing was valued at $397. The suitcase containing the diploma also contained clothing be- ' x

SI,OOO a Bite By Times fipccial SOUTH BEND, Ind.. June 13. —Suit for $2,000 has been filed here on behalf of Ernest Boros, young son of Emery Boros, against Vincent Kirisits, seeking damages as a result of being bitten twice on the left leg by a dog Kirisits owned.

ELKS TO HONOR FLAG Elaborate Ceremonial to Be Held at Club. Indianapolis Lodge No. 13, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will celebrate the birthday of the American flag, Thursday evening with an elaborate ceremonial at the club, St. Clair and Meridian Sts. Alvah J. Rucker will deliver the address. Anew flag will be raised on the building Thursday morning; in accordance with an annual custom of the local lodge. George W. June is chairman of the committee arranging the program. The formal ritual starts at 8 p. m. The program: Overture by the Seiner Trio. Organ solo, "On the Banks of the Wabarh. Organist John B ’Lauck. Prayer by Lodge Chaplain Carl Steinhauer. Introductory exercises by Exalted Ruler Thomas L. Hughes. Vocal selection by Clifford Norman History of the flag, by Past Exalted Ruler A. B. Hanson. Song. "Star-Spangled Banner," on Introduction of flag Instrumental National Airs, the Seiner Trio. Alter service, ritual, the officers cf -the lodge. Song. "Auld Lang Syne," members of the lodge. Flag day address, Alvah J. Rucker. Song. "America." Pledge to the flag, Exalted Ruler Hi ghes and assembly.

Lazy Voters Blamed for Failures in Government

GETS SSOO JEWEL LOOT Daylight Burglar Ransacks Washington Blvd. Home. A daylight burglar entered the home of T. A. Bell, 3607 Washington Blvd., this morning, and while Mrs. Bell was in the basement ransacked the house. She told police that a S4OO diamond studded wrist watch was taken from a jewel case and SIOO worth of other jewelry. beateFbrTde is freed Charged Mate Blacked Both Her Eyes on Wedding Day. BOSTON, June 13.—Charles J. Driscoll and wife started the marital battles early. On their wedding night, Mrs. Driscoll asserted in a divorce appeal, Charles presented her with a beating and two black eyes. Since then he has given her many beatings, she said, one confining her to bed for two or three months. She w'as granted a decree nisi of divorce. EGG IS 9 INCHES LONG Laying Championship of World Claimed for Nebraska Hen By United Press FAIRMONT, Minn., sane 13. Mrs. Cora Lovel] owns a hen for which she claims the egg-laying championship of the world Recently she found an egg measuring over seven inches in diameter and nine inches in length. Although the egg is dark red Mrs. Lovell is convinced that it was produced by one of her Rhode Island Reds.

longing to Charles Lesh, valued at SBB. Mrs. Robert V. Baughan, also a party in the car, said her suit case contained clothing valued at $383.50. William Lesh, the graduate, was out a S2OO bond and graduating gifts worth SSO, in addition to the diploma. Returning to her car parked near Illinois and Washington Sts., Tuesday night, Mrs. John Feltes of Cincinnati, saw a Negro removing two suit cases and a hat box from the auto. When she screamed, the thief dropped the cases. From one which broke open, he seized a SBS suit of men's clothing and ran.

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MAN WEEPS AT DIVORCE TRIAL Wealthy Anderson Husband Testifies in Tears. Bo Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., June 13. Charles E. Miller, wealthy rubber manufacturer, is again on the witness stand today his divorce suit against Ina Miller, after weeping while testifying Tuesday. Both husband and wife ask a decree, Mrs. Miller accusing her husband of cruelty. The case is being heard by Special Judge C. W Mount. Tipton, who has excluded all minors from the courtroom, opening statements by counsel for the wife indicating there will be testimony of sensational nature. Miller testified Tuesday be possesses $750,000, but counsel for the wife contends his wealth is twice that. The husband contends the incident starting trouble between himself and wife occurred the day after their marriage, thirty-three years ago, declaring his bride, angered because he wanted to keep some money for his own use. tore a $5 bill in two. Customs Pact Canceled By United Press ATHENS. June 13.—The Chamber of Deputies today canceled the Grcco-Russian customs agreement on the ground that prejudical trade gave diplomatic immunity to the Soviet commercial mission.

Wisconsin Editor Extols City Manager Plan as Remedy. “The lazy voter is the guilty person if city government is disappointing,” declares Stephen Bolles editor of the Janesville <Wis.) Daily Gazette, in an article in the June Rotary magazine. “Thirty-five years as a newspaper man has convinced me that there are no real remedies under the elective system of filling offices with ‘representatives of the people,’ ’’ writes Bolles, “but there are palliatives for some of the epidemics of political illness.” Bolles’ article, extolling the city manager plan of municipal government, was suggested by the contribution, "Politics and the Citizen,” from the pen of Meredith Nicholson, novelist and Indianapolis city councilman, which appeared in the May issue of the Rotary magazine. Deplores Strange Machinery Bolles deplores the “strange and archaic machinery” by which most cities, large and small, are operated. “Strange machinery,” he terms it, “because it is the result of graftingold and ancient traditions upon modern city aspirations.” Governmental ills befell cities, Bolles says, "because we failed to understand that in a highly organized business nation where men who should be called upon to servo the city were too much ngaged in earning a living or amassing a fortune to pay much attention to municipal or any other governmental, affairs. “So the clique of political grafters was built up and there was no one to blame but the parsimonious taxpayers who were unwilling to adequate salaries for services of public servants. Must Grin and Bear It “It was easy, therefore, as cities grew, to build up a separate and distinct citizenship apait from the ordinary life of the tiller and toiler. A political office-holding, contractletting coterie, and pretty soon we arrived where, as Mr. Nicholson says, ’if there is corruption in local government we are supposed to grin and bear it.’ ” Bolles declares that the adoption of the manager plan in his city has increased the actual buying power of the city’s dollar from about 60 cents to 99.9 cents. “Cowboy” Dog Catcher Scored Bn United Press RIVERSIDE. N. J., June 13.—Joe Homentuski, dog catcher, has resigned because he was criticized for catching dogs with a lasso instead of in a net. - ■ —; a — -

ST. JOHN CLASS GETS DIPLOMAS IN K. OF G. HALL Shelbyville Pastor Gives Address to Group of 35 Seniors. “All life has its dogmas, why not religion?” asked the Rev. J. C. Ragor, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Shelbyville, in an address to thirtyfive graduates of the St. John Academy Tuesday night in the Knights of Columbus auditorium. Relating the criticisms of religious faith because of its dogmatic standards, the speaker added: “If we insult our friends we will lose them; if we do not make good a faulty sale we lose our trade; if we steal we pay the penalty. In fact, every ordinary affair of life has its dogmas and religion must have them also.” Mr. Ragor discussed truth, goodness and beauty as a “trinity of power for man's happiness.” Truth Will Prevail “Truth is an unpopular factor of life, but it will prevail,” he said. “We talk lightly of mediaeval things these days as impractical, unprogressive. The is cited as mediaeval and therefore unfitted for modern times. People say that the present forms of governments are the results of new and modern ideas. “Asa matter of fact, all forms of democracy are ancient and all religious. What is ancient is not necessarily untrue. Truth lasts through all times.” The academy orchestra opened the program with the “William Tell Overture.” directed by Sister St. Sophia. The graduates wore white caps and gowns. Senior Bids Welcome Rosemary Prenatt, a senior, gave the welcome address. Lillian Beck and Vivian Mulhall, violinists, and Katherine Lenahen, saxophone, accompanied the senior class song. The Rev. Monsignor Gavisk, pastor of St. John's church, presented the diplomas, assisted by the Rev Flement Bosler. The class is the sixty-eighth to be graduated from St. Johns. Sister Mary Gregoria is the Superior Mother and Sister Euphrasis is the class teacher. SELL COUNTY BONDS Extend Last Payment on Courthouse.

Refunding bonds totaling $200,000, to extend, what was to have been the last payment on the Marion County courthouse issue, were sold today to the Merchants National Bank and the Indiana National Bank at par. plus a premium of SBOO. The bonds bear 4 per cent interest, and run for five years. To date, Marion County has paid $2,626,250 in interest alone on the indebtedness on the building, which cost only $1,470,000 to build, records of Auditor Harry Dunn show. Only two bids were received, the winning one and one by the Union Title Company, the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, the Inland Investment Company and the Fletcher American Company. The latter syndicate's bid was par plus a premium of less than SIOO. The issue sold today replaces one issued in 1908.

FIGHT LOOMS OVER WISCONSIN PLANKS

B'l Times Special KANSAS CITY. June 13.—Undaunted by rejection of his minority platform in the resolutions committee Tuesday night, and undisturbed at the prospect that an attempt probably will be made to boo him down, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., today prepared to TOES RULE DIGESTION! English Osteopath Sdys Feet Out of Line Disturbs Stomach. By United Press LONDON, June 13. —If you walk with your toes turned in, you don’t suffer from indigestion. If you walk with the foot digits turned outward, however, according to Capt. Lowry, English osteopath, your digestion is impaired. Toes pointed outward cause the body to be thrown out of alignment. That affects the hip bone, which in turn articulates the spine. Trouble at the back of the spine affects the nervous system and then starts your stomach trouble. All very clear if you believe it. DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO 22 Commencement Exercises Held at Jasper College. Bn Times Special JASPER. Ind.. June 13.—Twentytwo graduates received diplomas from Jasper College at commencement exercises held here. Members of the class are: Herbert M. Gardner and Joseph M. Moylan. Chicago; Herbert P. Riehl, Sunman; Svlvester J. Grotc, Shively, Ky.; Robert E. Glasser and Urban J. Schuck, Brookville,; Robert L. Slomer and William Elsaesser, Cincinnati. Ohio; Henry J. Beckman, Dubois; William P. Grant, Sparta, Ky.; Robert A. Dux and John T. Bevan, Indianapolis; Edwin A. Volz. Batesville; Arthur A. Jackie. Valley Station, Ky.. F. Kenneth Worland, Harold S. Jerger, Othmar B. Schneider, Paul F. Wuchner. Alfred A. Seng. Joseph Gortzweiler, William H. Reis ana Herbert Thyen, all of Jasper. Old Building May Be Saved Bn United Press PERU, Ind., June 13.—The old east side school building here may be preserved for use as a home for the Miami County Historical Society, members have agreed. With completion of anew school, the old building was cast aside to be torn down and the material disposed of for whatever it was worth. Suggestions piled in that the structure be put to use. One business man flatly stated it was a crime to wreck a structure with an approximate value of $45,000.

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These men were elected officers of the Indiana Association of Lions Clubs at the closing session of the State convention of the order Tuesday at the Claypool. Left to right: District governor, Lynn Craig, Scottsburg; State treasurer, Dr. E. N. Clark, Michigan City; Edward F. Kepner, Indianapolis, State song leader.

TEXAS SCHOOLS, UTILITIES ARE CLOSE LINKED ‘Good Will’ Program Told to U. S. Probers by Power Leader. BY CECIL OWEN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 13.—Texas utilities interests are “thoroughly contacted” with all colleges in their territory and cooperate closely with the educational institutions in a “good will” program, the Federal Trade Commission was told today in its power investigation. “The colleges and utility companies work very closely together and the general contact is very cordial. We bring our problems to them and they bring theirs to us,” C. W. Davis of the Southwestern Public Service Association testified. Denies Pushing Interests He denied that utilities have cultivated Texas colleges to forward their own interests, but said the joint endeavor of power men and colleges was to advance Texas and advertise its resources. Efforts have been made, he admitted to introduce utilities speakers in colleges and high school class rooms. “Yes,” he said, “we have done everything we could to place our speakers before the students with the things we considered would be helpful to them.” Speak to Students Asked if the utilities were presented in a favorable light by these I speakers, he replied that the industry was presented from us own | viewpoint. He said municipal ownI ership was not made a subject for ! attack. Most of these speeches, Davis I contended, were of a technical | nature. I Texas power interests are not j especially concerned about municipal ownership, Davis declared, exj plaining that the reason for their , publicity and “good will work” is to establish and maintain friendly I relations with the community at j large. Unless this were done “a bad con- | dition might result,” he said.

carry his fight for a liberal Republican platform to the convention floor. At every Republican convention for the past twenty years, a member of the Wisconsin delegation has made this fight. Not since 1912 has this attempt to get a record vote been successful. Two States must second the motion for a vote. This is the first time Senator La Follette has made the fight himself. “During the twenty years, we have proposed forty measures in minority platforms,” says La Follette. “All have been rejected at the time we presented them. But during the twenty years, thirty-five of these measures have been enacted into law. We believe this demonstrates the value of the fight and the fundamental worth of our proposals.” SCHOOL REGENT WEDS Novelist of University of Wisconsin Marries Hosiery Firm Head. By United Press MADISON, Wis., June 13.—Zonr Gale, novelist, and regent of the University of Wisconsin, was married Tuesday at Portage, Wis., to William L. Breese president of the Portage Hosiery Company. The couple went to Lake Geneva, Wis., and will motor from there to Washington, D. C.

WATSON REFUSES TO GIVE UP FIGHT

Bp Times Special KANSAS CITY, June 13.—Senator James E. Watson continues to stand like the boy on the burning deck amid the vigorous flames of Hoover sentiment. It isn’t true that all but him have fled, but he seems to be the only anti-Hoover to be using a garden hose on the fire. He climaxed a hard day, interspersed with vigorous denials that he had or ever would quit and permit his name to be withdrawn as a presidential candidate, with a speech to the fanners who invaded the lobby of the President Hotel shortly before midnight in their parade of the city against Hoover. Earlier, after a day of conferences, one with Mayor (Big Bill) Thompson of Chicago, had

Exit, Barn By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., June 13. Taube livery barn, the only one left here, is to pass out of existence. The barn has been bought by E. A. Mariant, a contractor, who will remodel it for use as his headquarters and may convert part of it into a garage.

WATSQN PLEDGE IS RECALLED Promised Delegates’ Release If He Couldn’t Win. Senator James E. Watson's declaration at Kansas City that he will remain in the presidential contest recalled to Herbert Hoover supporters today Watson’s primary promises that he would release the Indiana delegation to “go wherever they choose to go” when it became obvious he could not attain the nomination. Addressing the Republican editors at the Columbia Club this spring, Senator Watson said: “I am not seeking to control the delegation from Indiana in order to turn it over to any other candidate, nor to hold the delegates in the hollow of my hand until after all hope of my nomination shall have passed. “If the time comes in this convention when after consultation with others, it becomes apparent I can not reach the acme of my ambition, the delegates will be released and may go wherever they may be pleased to go ” FIND CASHIER’S BODY Identified as Colorado Holdup Victim. By United I‘ress LIBERAL. Kan., June 13—The body of a man found In an abandoned shack near here has been identified positively as that of E. A. Kessinger, teller of the First National Bank of Lamar, Colo. Kessinger was kidnaped by the bandit gang which robbed the bank May 23. A. N. Parrish, president of the bank, and his son were killed at the time of the robbery. Dr. W. W. Wineinger, Dighton, Kan., believed to have been kidnaped by the bandits, was found dead on a highway. The teller’s body was found late Tuesday by Mrs. R. J. Carr, who was hunting rabbits. The body bore a bullet wound in the head. G 0 L F E TIQ UE T IS OUT” Rules Also Breakable at Hoosier Tourney Over Week End. ! B" l Hitrd Press WAWASEE, Ind., June 13.—Golf etiquet will be dull and void Saturday and Sunday on the links of the Wawasee Hotel and Country Club when a bizarre Indiana golfing organization holds its annual twoday tourney. Members of the organization include George Ade, Indiana humorist, and Chic Evans, Chicago, former national amateur champion and national open champion. Those playing in the tourney will ignore some of the traditions of golf. The rights of the opposition will not be considered. “Anything to win” will be the slogan. Even rules will be violated, If the player can get away with it. There will be no penalties. There will be prizes for both winners and losers, and for the player with the most attractive costume. Mexican Writer Dead MEXICO CITY, June 13.—Salvador Diaz, Miron, prominent poet and author of “La Seas” and other well-known works, died at Vera Cruz after a month’s illness, according to advices to the newspaper Grafico. He was considered one of Mexico's greatest writers.

worked out the only scheme which would have a chance of stopping Hoover, if there were any chance. Hoosiers here, delegates and visitors alike, were hustled into a conference room where they were assigned two by two with characteristic Watsonian political discipline, to visit the delegates from a list of States ticked off by Watson himself, to endeavor to wean away Hoover delegates and bolster up the courage of those opposed to Hoover. The plan was thorough. Delegations of about thirty-five States were included, as far apart politically and geographically as Maryland, Arizona, Michigan and Alabama. The assignees went right out and still were toiling away this, morning.

JUNE 13, 1928

TODD AGAIN IS NAMED HEAD OF STREETRAILWAY Deficit Is Reported for Year at Company’s Annual Meeting. r Robert I. Todd was re-elected president of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company at a directors meeting following the annual stockholders meeting of the two companies held today at the offices In the Traction Terminal Bldg. Reports for the year ending Dec. 31, 1927, were presented by Secre-tary-Treasurer Joseph A. McGowan. Lay Blame to Autos Failure to declare dividends was attributed to increased use of automobiles. The report explained this in the paragraph that follows: “The company is still confronted with the constantly increasing use of privately owned automobiles, which results in a corn ponding decrease in the number o* passengers ridiing the street cars. This has seriously affected the street railway earnings and has made it impossible to pay dividends.” Attention was called to various improvements made on the physical properties of the company during 1927, including the five new substations that were put into use. McGowan Secretary-Treasurer Wage increase to carmen, the $500,000 bus merger, increase of on?man cars to 110, pensions and sick benefits to employes were other subjects touched upon in the report. Other officers chosen for both companies are: John J. Appel, vice president; McGowan, secretarytreasurer; W. F. Milholland, assistant secretary-treasurer. For the street railway £ompany, other officers are: L. J. E. Foley, auditor; J. P. Tretton, general superintend'ent, and Ferdinand Winter, general counsel, and Henry C. Thompson, vice president and executive committee chairman. T. H., I. & E. officers, besides those mentioned, are: G. K. Jeffries, general superintendent; G. O. Nicolai, general manager Terre Haute division, and L. T. Hixson, auditor. Directors Are Chosen T. H.. I. & E. directors are: Todd, Appel, J. F. Wild, Hixon, McGowan and Marshall S. Morgan, Philadelphia. Street railway directors are: Todd, Thomson, Appel, J. P. Frenzel, Henry H. Hornbrock. McGowan, W. T. Drubin, Anderson; Walter J. Ball, Lafayette, and A. L. Kitselman, Muncie. Deficit of $155,244.16 wa sreported for the street railway and $89,810.03 for T. H., I. & E. These deficits are caused by deductions made from the annual surplus for sinking funds and unpaid dividends on preferrd stock. Gross earnings of the street railway were listed at $5,414,670.75, and net, $940,770.28. Interest, deductions from the net earnings left the surplus at $300,855.84. Passenger receipts were $4,313.446.67; tranfers, $293,938.86. and but. $237,589.07. PATROLMEN WARNED CITY CRIME MUST GO District Men Growing Lax, Worley Says in Bulletin. Crime must be halted, “a-foot or horseback,” rules Police Chief Claude M. Worley, but patrolmen walking their beats must not expect the “riding squads” to do all the arresting, he insists. > “Avery close watch must be kept on suspected places where violations of the liquor laws, gambling and offenses leading to statutory charges go on,” Worley said in a bulletin read to the men at roll call today. District men are growing lax in this work and they are to be held responsible. “Some of the men of this department might expect to appear in my office or before the board of safety for explanation of arrests made by squads in their districts, and I am giving fair warning now that I expect rigid law' enforcement.” SPEAKS AT RICHMOND Homer W. Borst Addresses Social Service Bureau Today. Homer W. Borst, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Community Fund, w'as guest speaker at a luncheon given by the Social Service Bureau of Richmond, Ind., today to discuss the organization of a community fund there. Representatives of various social service organizations of Richmond and twenty clubs and other groups attended. plan" fall festival Riverside Civic League to Sponsor Fete at Municipal Gardens. Riverside Civic League is planning the annual fall festival at Municipal Gardens in September. Hal Farr is chairman of arrangements for the celebration. The affair formerly was held in the street in the Riverside district. President James Bradford announced meetings will be discontinued during the summer. “Hell Week” Abolished By United Press COLUMBIA, Mo., June 13.—“ Hell Week,” famous at the University of Missouri for more than fifty years is to become only a memory. The Pan-Hellenic Council, governing body of the fraternities of the university, has voted to abolish the week so dreaded by initiates.

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