Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1928 — Page 11

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BETTER LIGHT SERVICE, PLEA OF JAIRVIEW Gustav Schmidt Asks City to Change System of Illumination. DISTRIGT IN SHADOW Would Charge Property Owners for Excess Candlepower.

A system of charging propertyowners for excess street lighting over a certain standard of candlepower to the block, as a means of enabling citizens in poorly lighted districts to get relief, was advocated today by Gustav G. Schmidt. 4205 North Illinois street, former president of city council and former president of the city plan commission. “We have been trying to get adequate street lighting in the rapidly growing Butler-Fairview district for months, but they keep telling us at city hall that the appropriation for street lighting is used up,” said Schmidt. “We have on assurance that the budget for next year will take care of us. “By daylight this is one of the most beautiful new home sections of the city. By night it is just a shadow, about which we fear somewhat to let our wives and daughters travel.

Pay Share of Taxes "And yet we Butler-Fairview property owners are paying our share of taxes for street lighting the city over. We are helping pay for 24,000 candlepower of electric light to the block in the business district and we can’t get enough light to read the street signs by in our neighborhood. "We are just as bad off as those folks living on Talbot street, who have to light a match to see whether their ancient gas lights are lit. "Why wouldn’t it be fair to adopt the modern system in vogue in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., and throughout Montana and in our own neighbor city of Cincinnati? Likes Cincinnati System r *Tn Cincinnati the standard is an arc lamp every 400 feet. If a sufficient number of residents sign a petition, this lighting is increased with ornamental standards, the difference between the operating cost of the ornamental system and the standard candle power being pro rated among abutting property holders at a fixed sum a front foot "This cost is added to the tax bills and is a lien against the property and must be paid at the time of paying taxes. "Out our way we Just can’t see the justice of Washington boulevard being lit up like a circus midway all the way to the canal, past acres and acres of vacant lots, when we can’t get enough to see what time it is.

Thick on One Comer “Why, over at New Jersey and Thirtieth streets they’ve got four of those great big light standards, one on each comer. And the streets are so narrow that people drive out of the way to avoid such corners. Why, not long ago a track tried to turn that comer and knocked over one of the standards. "We’d be grateful if they’d just give us the standards that the trucks knock over, whether they’re too thick for the automobiles to get through.’’

GIRL IUMPS INTO SEA Pianist Leaps to Death From Liner on Way Home to Europe. £(/ United Press CHERBOURG. France, Dec. 20. Passengers arriving today aboard the liner Deutschland from New York said a girl, Palma Kerestesy, who had been studying piano in Chicago, jumped overboard and was drowned last Tuesday. A broken heart because she had to leave her sweetheart in America was blamed by some of the passengers for the act. Others said she was despondent because the alien law forced her to abandon her hopes of becoming a great pianist when the period she was allowed in America expired. ' limit” bills - on aliens Mexican Immigration National Origin’s Only Action This Session. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, Decf. 20.—Action on immigration at this session of congress will be confined to Mexican immigration and the national origins provisions in the opinion of Senator Hiram Johnson of California. “I look for only these two propositions to reach a vote in the senate at this session,” Johnson, who is chairman of the senate immigration committee, said today. Last week the senate committee reported out the Harris bill to put Mexico on a quota basis. ACCUSE DEATH DRIVER Bloomington Police Charge Liquor Smelled After Crossing Crash. h'j/ Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 20. kElza Boshears will face a variety of in city court here Friday following death of his cousin, Reige L. Adkins, Helenwood, Tenn., who was his guest here. A train struck an auto in which the cousins were riding. Police say they found a broken bottle which had contained liquor, in a pocket of a coat Boshears wore and that the garment smelled strongly of liquor. He is under $1,500 bond ending trial,

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HERE’S opportunity for movie fans with good memories to earn Christmas money. Picture goers who have followed the career of Colleen Moore, one of filmdom’s most versatile actresses, who corner to the Circle theater next week in “Synthetic Sin,” will find this contest easy pickin’. Above is a collection of pictures of Colleen Moore as she appeared in a number of her pictures. For the person who identifies correctly the pictures from which the particular poses printed herewith were taken The Indianapolis Times, in asso-

MELLON ATTACKED FOR TAX REFUNDS

Secretary Is Charged With Misleading Congress and President. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A double-barrelled attack is being made on Secretary Mellon, because of tax refunds to the United States Steel Corporation and to other large concerns. * Representative John Garner of Texas yesterday devoted an hour on the floor of the house of assailing Mellon. Senator McKellar has introduced a bill in the senate taking refund powers out of Mellon’s hands and placing them with the commissioner of internal revenue, subject to approval by board of tax appeals. Gamer said that Mellon ought to be asked to resign for "deliberately RHODES NEW HEAD 0E SECURITIES DIVISION Transferred From Auto License Department by Fifleld. Mark W. Rhoads, Columbia City, will be transferred as chief of the automobile license department to the position of state securities commissioner, Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield announced today. Wallace Weather holt, who has been serving as securities commissioner, resigned to accept a position with a Chicago banking concern, it was announced. Rhoads will assume his new duties Jan. 15. Announcement of his successor in the automobile license division was not made. Appointment of Miss Opal Evans as private secretary to Fifield was announced. Miss Francis Kunkle, who served under Schortemeier, will become his secretary in law practice.

DOGS TEAR MAN TO DEATH AFTER HE BEATS HIMSELF UNCONSCIOUS

Head bruised, battered, and bloody, one ear tom off, clothing ripped and slashed, the body ox John Bucker, 65, of Elwood, Ind., was found in a clump of bushes near the Brookside park shelter house today. Denatured alcohol killed the man, and in the frenzy caused by the poison booze, he beat his head against a stump until he was unconscious, then stray dogs r ming Wild in the park tore at the body.

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ciation with the Circle theater, will give a prize of sls. For the person whose answer is second most nearly correct, an award of $lO will be given. The third prize will be $5 and will go to the person whose answer is adjudged third best. A pair of tickets each to the Circle will be given to the next ten. In case of a tie, equal awards will be made. Neatness will be paramount. All contestants must have their replies at The Times office by 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon. To insure fair ness, all employes of First National

furnishing President Coolidge and congress with false information as to the government’s finances.” He said American people “will not tolerate continued secrecy in treasury department and other scandals.” Garner said the country was informed last summer that a $94,000,000 deficit might be expected at the end of the next fiscal year. He said when congress opened it was informed there would be surplus of $37,000,000. A few days later he said instead of a surplus a deficit of $55,000,000 wa§ expected. “Why?” asked Garner. He answered the question himself by accusing Mellon of misleading congress and the President, to get legislation enacted that Mellon desired. Garner said the treasury department is paying the United States Steel Corporation millions of dollars in refunds on excess taxes collected in 1917. GRAND DUKE BETTER Nicholas of Russia Still Seriously HI in France. Bu United Press ANTIBES, France,, Dec. 20.—The lung congestion of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia had diminished today, but the condition of his heart continued to cause uneasiness. The grand duke, leader of the Russian white army, is seriously ill at his home here. ‘SIN WILL COME OUT Public Opinion Takes Man's Measure, Y. M. C. A. Club Told. "Public opinion finds out the size of an individual so there is little personal sin that a man can cover up,” the Rev. Homer P. Boblitt, pastor of the Linwood Christian Church declared Wednesday night, at the Bible Investigation Club in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. \

This was the shocking death scene police and Coroner C. H. Keever reconstructed from the evi - dence. Bucker had been living at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Curtis Flannigan, 2637 Olney street. He was drunk often, the daughter told police. Saturday he was drunk and she took a bottle of denatured alcohol away from him, s}a declared. Sunday he was drunk again. Monday he returned home and Mrs. Flan-

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Pictures, The Times, and SkourasPublix theaters are barred from entering the contest. Colleen Moore has been starred in many of the screen’s finest pictures. Her latest picture, "Oh Kay,” was seen in Indianapolis only a few months ago, while every picture goer remembers “Lilac Time,” her supreme production prior to “Synthetic Sin,” which, coming to the Circle, shows her at her best. In "Synthetic Sin,” Colleen Is seen as an innocent young thing who wants to go on the stage. Her playwright sweetheart tells her, in an effort to discourage her, that she must have experience. Colleen promptly goes to New York and in stalls herself in a hotel whose reputation is none too safe. Thrills in Play She overhears her sweetheart planning a mock gang battle with the manager of the hotel. The great comedy scenes follow when a rea l gang battle actually takes place hi the hotel. From laughs the picture turns to thrills. Antonio Moreno, Montagu Love, Gertrude Astor and Katherine McGuire are among the players who appear in Colleen’s support. It is only fair to the contestants to know that none of the pictures of Colleen in the adjoining collection is taken from “Synthetic Sin.” For assistance of contestants The Times is printing a list of the pictures used as a basis for the contest. They follow:: "It Must Be Love,” "Happiness Ahead,” "Her Wild Oat,” "Irene,” “Lilac Time,” “The Perfect Flapper,’’ “Twinkletoes.” “Ella Cinders,” “The .Desert Flower,” "So Big,” “Sally,” "Naughty But Nice,” "The Huntress,” “We Moderns,” "Orchids and Ermine,” “Painted People,” "Flaming Youth” and "The Lotus Eater.” Be Careful In Selection Don’t forget! Cut out the list as it appears in this issue of The Times. Make a list of the pictures represented by the photographs You will discover that several photographs are taken from the same picture, so be sure you. take great pains to identify the right photograph with the right picture in which Colleen played. Here’s a chance for you picture fans who need a few extra dollars for Christmas to have your memory earn you a prize. Remember, it is not necessary to be a subscriber to The Times to enter this contest, but be sure you send your answer in before 5 o’clock Saturday night. carloes into’ditch After his automobile had plunged into a ditch and overturned near Flackville on Road 52 early this morning, Henry Johnson, 48, of 21 North Alabama street, was arrested by deputy sheriffs on charges of driving while intoxicated. He was uninjured in the crash.

nigan told him he could not live in her home unless he could be "decent,” she told police. She ordered him away and told him not to come home again in that condition, she said. J. M. Driver, 609 East Eleventh street, park custodian, and Clarence Bell, 3021 Wood street, park employe, found the body today. Buckner had obtained another bottle of denatured alcohol. It lay near the body, one-third gone,

IDLE LIQUOR COSTLIER AND NOTSOGOOD Bootleggers are Reported Extremely Busy by Those ‘Who Know/ GRAIN ALCOHOL SCARCE Brewery in Cellar One Cause of Reduced Demand Here. Indianapolis residents who desire to quaff the health of good old Saint Nicholas or drink to a happy New Year in malt or spirituous beverages will do so as usual this year, but— The general quality of liquor is not as high as last year. The price is a little higher. This is the consensus on this year’s Indianapolis holiday liquor situation, of those who know. Every out-of-jail bootlegger who ever bootlegged is hard at work this Christmas, say the “insiders.”

Activity is Revived There has been a revival of activity, temporarily stopped by Uncle Sam’s dry agents this summer, in the Chicago district and there is some manufacturing in the Indiana mine districts. Sugar alcohol is the principal product of the Chicago makers. Cut half and half, ready for the stomach, it costs 75 cents to $1.25 a half pint here. The original white mule, from raisin mash and sugar alcohol, l> made in the Indiana sections. Whisky, of the alleged real bonded variety, can be bought this year, but is still more expensive than in th--past. The retail price is $5, $6 and $7 a pint, and even at that price much of it is said to be “cut stuff,” recapped. The south, instead of as usual the Canadian border, is the principal source. An inferior whisky, known as “red,” which really is disguised grain alcohol, sells for $4 or $5 a quart. "Red” is made by mixing distilled water and alcohol and adding Bourbon extract or by “aging” mixed alcohol and water in charred barrels in a high temperature.

‘Grain’ Is Scarce The scarcity of real grain alcoho', the real base of most of the liquor drank by all but the most elite, is one of the causes of the lowering in quality of Indianapolis booze this year, according to the wise ones. The principal cause of the slump in the booze market, it is said, is the increased cellar manufacture. Many a peaceful citizen who ordinarily bought a quart cr two at Christmas time is beating the high prices this year by mailing his own wine and beer. Some wine will be sold by the bootleggers this year, at from $1.25 to $2 a quart, but there will be no large variety offered as In some coast sections. Liquor will be plentiful, but prices higher*, over the country, according to a United Press survey. Wine Lists in New York New York bootleggers have regular liquor cards this year, although many times you purchase a bottle of chiati off the list and find it to be merely the same as any other wine. Champagne in New York ranges from $8 to sll a quart or about sllO a case for the so-called 1919 vintage. Scotch ranges from $4 for King George IV to $8 for Black and White. Many claim they can’t tell the difference between the two. Rye whisky sells from $4 to $6 a pint. Most wines may be had for around $4 a quart. San Francisco quotes Gordon gin avaliable at $2.50 a bottle; rye whisky at $2 a pint; bourbon at $4 a pint; Scotch at $6.50 a bottle; bicardi at $3.50 a bottle; imported port and sherry at $3 a bottle; moonshine $4 to sl2 a gallon; claret and table wines at $1 to $3 a quart. Stewards from some boats offer most of the imported liquors. The rye, gin, and synthetic bourbon quality are questionable. Ax Raid Sends Up Price In Chicago, whisky, almost always of the same make but generally of different labels, sells at $9 a quart or $5 a pint. Gin is $4 a quart, some in good looking bottles. In Kansas City, where the ax raiding and women agents are reported, corn whisky is quoted at $1 a pint, and for aged com—anything more than four weeks—a price of $1.50 a pint is charged. Bourbon Is $5 a pint and Scotch from $6 to $8 a quart. Alcohol is sl2 a gallon and no gin is sold to speak of, for every one has learned the art of making gin. Detroit, just across the river from Ontario, offers Johnny Walker Black Label at $6.50 a quart; good whisky from $3 to $3.50 a pint. Beer is 75 cents a bottle.

At first police believed he had been beaten on the head and murdered. Then the belief that he had battered himself on the ground and tree stumps developed. The outer pair of two pairs of trousers h£ wore had been torn from waist to bottom. One eax was torn off. The dogs did that, said district police. < Several complaints of packs of stray dogs roaming in the park have been received, they said.

IT SEEMS TOME # # By HEIWOOD BROUN

Ideas and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America's most interesting writers and are presented without recard to their agreement with the editorial attitude of this paper. The Editor.

AN OLD, bad habit of the younger generation is cropping out I again. In various parts of the I country people are collecting autographs. In New York boys and girls stand about theaters on opening nights and hold out albums to passing celebrities like beggars with tin cups. In fact, it is not necessary to be

a celebrity to be assailed. Even columnists aren’t safe. Four or five times a week letters come in, enclosing return postage and requesting a signature. I always steal the stamps. No good ever comes of stolen stamps. They stick to the lining of your pockets. I can’t under stand what

earthly use my signature can possibly be to any one. Or even the autograph of truly famous people. I am not referring to documents, letters, manuscripts and so on. The true collector pays little attention to a bare signature. u n tt

Minding Ps and Qs BUT, then, I am a skeptic about the relation between a person’s handwriting and his character. Because a man makes broad downward strokes with a pen I refuse to believe that he is inevitably bold, generous and good to his wife and children. Miss X, a friend, showed the wizard some scrap of my handwriting I was not present and there was every reason to believe that the expert knew nothing about me. Still after a few minutes study he said: "I see a large and very careless man I seem to see one black shoe and a brown one.” Miss X brought this tale home to me in triumph. The mixed shoe incident never occurred, but it was a favorite legend spread by an acquaintance. He has gone around so • years blackening my character by saying that once he saw me walking down Fifth avenue with tan upon one foot and black upon the other. While on the staff of Vanity Fair I shared an office with a very pleasant writer who conducted a column called "What the Well Dressed Man Will Wear.” To my friends this seemed an amusing combination. And this was annoying. To prove that the Well Dressed Man never touched me I may have fallen below my usual standards in attire. But for several months my association with the "Well Dressed Man” took on all the aspects of a duel. I felt that at the end of six months I would look like him or he like me. The incident would never have been mentioned here if it were not the recital of a triumph. In four months’ time the “Weil Dressed Man” lost hi.’ job. He is now doing fight news for a paper in Newark. n an Nailing Some Lies BUT though I may have slipped away a little from the very strictest regulations about formal attire I never indulged in the exthemes which my friends ascribed to me. And if any body ever says that I came to a Broadway first night in a sweater that is also a lie. To be just, there was an incident which served as a foundation for those libels. Some years ago Frederic and Fanny Hatton wrote a play called “Up Stairs and Down,” which purported to deal with society life upon Long Island. I didn't like the play and risked a mild surmise that it was not a very faithful picture o! existence among the social register set. My only Long Island friend was a night editor who raised police dog, and smoked a corncob pipe. One afternoon we went together to the races. That very night anew play opened and on account of the rush I was not able to stop at the stand where I got my shoes shined regularly every two weeks, whether they needed it or not, and just after the fourth race a thunderstorm laid the dust and also made it glucose. As I started to walk out during the intermission at the end of the first act I noticed that the woman just in front of me kept turning around to stare with great interest at my feet. That was embarrassing I did not know her but her face was in some way familiar. Evidently she must be sufficiently well known to have her picture in the papers. m u Withering Look AT the head of the aisle she waited and cast one moro glance at the boots flecked here and there with mud. After this final downward glance the large woman looked me in the face and smiling contemptously, walked away. By now I recognized her. It was Fanny Hatton and though she may have been something less than a great dramatist there was no denying the fact that her pantomime was superb. With that one sneering, contemptuous survey she seemed to say. “And is the man wearing those muddy boots the same fellow who had the audacity to challenge my intimate knowledge of the atmosphere in the great houses of Long Island?” Now I have surrendered. I have a stiff shirt, an uncomfortable collar and even an opera hat I wonder what effect all this will have on my handwriting.

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SPECIAL MUNICIPAL BOARD TO CONDUCT GAS PLANT IS PLAN ADVANCED BY CITY Legislation Will Be Recommended at Next

Session of General Assembly by Mayor and Aids. COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION FRIDAY, Money Expected to Be Appropriated at Meeting to Cover Cost of Hiring Extra Attorneys. Corporation Counsel John W. Holtzman will resign ami devote his entire time to the Citizen Gas Company case, and attorney Fred C. Cause, 1300 Fletcher Savings and Trust building will be employed to work with Holtzman for the city, it was stated authoritatively at city hall today. Mayor L- Ert Slack refused to discuss the reportCity council Friday will appropriate $15,000 to pay the lawyers’ fees and expenses, it was t reportedSpecial legislaion creating a municipal utility unit whereby the city can operate the Citizens Gas Company probably will be sought by the city in the coming general assembly. The public utility board which is favored by Mayor Ij. Ert Slack would be given “authority to manage, control and handle finances,” for the gas company.

Council will hold a special meeting Friday noon to act on Mayor Slack's recommendation that two local attorneys be employed as special counsel to aid the city in taking over the gas company as provided in the 1905 franchise. Slack declined to reveal whom he has chosen to aid John W. Holtzman, corporation counsel in deciding the best procedure for the city in "preserving the gas property for the citizens of Indianapolis.” Mum on Counsel Slack has conferred with several ccuncilmen and it is understood they agreed to pass an appropriation for the lawyers’ fees at the Friday session. The money will be appropriated from the mayor’s $50,000 contingency fund which was placed in the 1929 budget. The money will be available Jan. 1. The mayor, declared the city’s steps to take over the $20,000,000 property will be friendly and that numerous conferences are planned with the trustees. No Fight Intended “No one need to think we are employing this counsel to fight the gas trustees. Everything has been agreed upon in friendly conferences,” Slack said. Outside counsel will be employed if the fight becomes bitter and additional aid is needed by the city legal staff, Slack said. Creation of a non-partisan board which will be appointed by the mayor on recommendation of civic groups is favored by Slack. "We want this utility board to have a representative aspect, ‘it will be named so that the personnel will look after the best Inter • ests of the city,” Slack declared. Given Separate Powers “Its powers will be separate from those of the city’s governing body. The board should have power to manage, control and handle the gas company’s finances. It will be necessary for it to have authority to issue bonds and probably it will be a separate taxing unit,” the mayor said. City officials are anxious to have legislation which specifically will provide that the indebtedness against the gas property will “follow the property” and not go against the city property. There is approximately $6,500,000 indebtedness against the gas property. If this amount was charged against the city’s taxable property the bonded indebtedness of the city would be boosted beyond the city’s legal limit. Details of the course the city will follow in taking over the utility will not be decided until after employment of special counsel, Holtzman declared. Conferences to Decide “We have had many plans suggested, but the outcome depends a great deal on the result of conferences between the city and the gas company,” Holtzman declared. The proposals: 1. Creation of a separate gas district similar to the sanitary and school units. 2. Creation of a corporation to take over the gas company under municipal management. 3. Retention of the present trustee plan, with the provision that the trustees are acting on behalf of the city. Starting of legal proceedings to take over the plant is dependent upon whether the gas trustees decide to issue mortgages against the property and redeem the $2,000,000 common stock at $25 par value, as originally authorized. Then Up to City If this is not done the city will be forced to take the first step. Conferences are expected to “iron out” many of these technical questions, city officials suggested. Trustees have gone on record as favoring of turning the property over to the city, but the financial interests seeking to obtain control are expected to offer legal opposition. Filing of a suit in federal court to restrain trustees from turning over the properties to the city in accordance with the original agreement has been rumored. It is understood a block of certificate holders alreadk has retained counsel for the fighß If a legal

battle is begun by the financial inlerts it is expected that the fight will end before the United States supreme court. Rumors in financial circles are that Insull interests are seeking to buy the stock. Gavin L. Payne and Newton Todd, brokers, have purchased some of it. Buying Up Stock One city official expressed belief that local financiers are interested in "buying up the common stock.” Trustees declareed they desired a “court of last resort” decision to relieve them of personal liability In the matter before they were willing to give up the property to the city. It is likely that the first legal questions to be solved would be validity of the voting trust and the right of the city to assume control. After it has been established that the city has legal claim to the properties, the plan of procedure for operating the municipal plant would be taken up separately, in the opinion of some city officials. Those interested in preserving the plant for the public pointed out the danger of "tapping the resources” at present, citing that the credit of the utility might be jeopardized in a few years if business conditions do not remain steady. NAME ACTING HEAD OF NURSING SCHOOL' Miss Jansen's Resignation Accepted by Board of Health. Miss Beatrice Jerrin today became acting director of the city hospital nursing school following resignation of Miss Eva Ellen Jansen, East Sparta, 0.. director, who is ill. The board of health Wednesday night accepted Miss Jansen’s resignation and authorized Dr. William Doeppers, hospital superintendent, to appoint a successor. Miss Jerrin is a member of the hospital staff, but will not retain the position. She desires to finish her education. Temporary loan of $175,000 to the nance board work until spring tax money is received was authorized. The board discussed the epidemic of respiratory infections and decided the number of cases is declining rapidly. ‘HAWK’ TRIAL" JAN. 23 Alleged Writer of Threatening Letters Refuses to Enter Plea. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20. Wendell C. Hessong, alias “the hawk,” and Jack Montgomery, an alleged accomplice, charged with blackmail, refused to plead when arraigned in Hamilton circuit court here and their trials were set for Jan. 23. Pleas of not guilty were entered for them. Hessong was returned to jail and Montgomery is at liberty under bond. A confession that he sent threatening letters to ve rious Indinaa persons demanding money has been made by Hessong. Among those receiving the letters were Hal Purdy, vice president of the Marmon Motor Car Company; Lewis Kose, president of the Capital Iron Works, Indianapolis, and Bailey Hawkins, cashier of the Citizens State bank, Carmel. PASTOR GOES TO JAIL Leader of Valparaiso Congregation Stole Coal. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Dec. 20. —The Rev. Arthur Granger, Negro pastor of Mt. Zion church here, wa3 sentenced to ten cays in jail and fined S4O by CLy Judge Fred Mitchell here when he pleaded guilty to taking coal from a company near his home. Asa result, the church was without a pastor last Sunday and probably will tn Sunday as Granger’s sentence extends into next week. When August C. Heitschmidt o? the Heitschmidt coal and feed store informed police that during the past week “sveral hundred pounds” of coal had been taken from cars consigned to him, police investigated. One morning they found shoeprints which led from a car to tii* basement of Granger’s home. He confessed, saying: “I thought by taking the coal I could save money.*'