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GUARD COURT; FEAR GANG IN BANDITTRIAL Vengeance Attempt Hinted When Hohlt ‘ Holdup Informer Testifies. JURY IS COMPLETED Lloyd Amos Faces Judge; Branded 'Master Mind’ in Thwarted Robbery. 'Vith criminal courtroom guarded heavily against the possibility of a gangster reprisal shooting 'a jury was selected and testimony begun today in the trial of Lloyd Amos,

617% North Illinois street. Amos is charged with having been the bandit who sat in an automobile, with motor running, outside the F. W. Hohlt & Son dry goods store, 1239 Kentucky avenue, the morning of

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Dec. 8 while two pa’s went inside and were killed by police in ambush when they attempted to stage a $6,000 holdup. Otto Price and Carl Kittrell were the bandits killed. Officials had information that friends of the bandits, particularly those of Price, might be in the courtroom armed and ready to take a vengeful shot at Herman Armfield, Kokomo, the man who informed police of the plot to rob the Hohlt store. Armfield’s connection with the plot has been a police secret since the holdup. Armfield, declaring he did not want to be involved in bloodshed, went to police several days before the robbery and told of the scheme in detail. This enabled police to plant a dozen sharp-shooting officers inside the store. Price, Kittrell, Armfield and Amos drove to the store about 8 a. m. Dec. 8. Price, Kittrell and Armfield went inside. Police had been warned not to shoot Armfield, who had gone through with the plot. Armfield jto Be Witness Armfield tok a pre-arranged place beside a doorway. Kittrell and Price started shooting when the officers commanded them to surrender. The police returned the fire and the two bandits wilted under the hail of bullets. Armfield was to be a state witness today. He was kept, under protection, in the prosecutor’s office, while jury selection proceeded. Lieutenant Roy Pope and Detective Herbert Fletcher, policemen who were slightly wounded in the gun battle, were among the fifteen police witnesses waiting to testify. Mrs. Kittrell, widow of the bandit, also was entertained in the prosecutor’s private office. The state may use her as a witness. Judge James A. Collins asked Police Chief Claude M. Worley for a special detail. He sent six plain clothesmen. Besides these guards, Detective Harry McGlenn of the prosecutor’s office, John T. Willis, criminal court investigator, and two deputy sheriffs were on duty. The fifteen police witnesses were under instructions to be ready to aid the guards in case of disorder. Guard Every Entrance The guards were stationed so as to command every entrance and exit and men with wide knowledge of known gangsters, particularly the friends of Price, were seated wb're they could scan the faces of everyone in the courtroom. It was planned to search any known gangster who appeared in or near the courtroom. The jury, completed at 11:25'a. m. Include: Arch Grundy, Negro, R. R. A.; Edgar Patterson, 214 East Fifr teenth street; Olin A. Hammond, 1633 Hall place; Homer C. Lathrop, 3730 Washington boulevard; Clarence E. Miller, Acton; William G. Kreis, 135 Euclid street; Dale White, 336 West Thirty-first street; John Hilgert, R. R. 5; Lawrence Archgill, 1710 Barth avenue; Fred J. Henneke, R. R. 5; Myron J. Gardner, R. R. 6; Walter H. Rasmussen, 1048 West Thirty-fifth street. A. G. Manning, Kokomo, attorney for Amos, announced the deIfense would admit Amos drove the bandits to the Hohlt store, but would contend he knew nothing of the purpose of the trip. Branded “Master Mind” Deputy Prosecutor Judson L. Stark in the state’s opening statement, described Amos as the “archdesigner” of the holdup attempt. He and Amos asked Herman Armfield to “spot the place” and promised him a “20 per cent cut on the job.” Amos, according to Stark, urged Armfield to participate in the contemplated robbery and told him that he had obtained the services (two Chicago gunmen who "had ugged a coupla guys and who eant business.” “Amos told Armfield that he innded to obtain from $75,000 to 50,000 in robberies before Christas.” It pays to telephone. Basic rate to [NCINNATI only 70 cents.—Adrtisement.

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4-Way Love Father, Second Wife and Divorced Mother Make Home for Girl, 5.

B,y United Press , „ „„ . -w-jtrICHITA, Kas., Dec. 27.—A W 5-year-old child has united under the same roof a Wichita man with his present wife and his divorced mate, mother of the little girl. George J. Doley and his wife, Daisy, obtained a divorce in Chicago. The judge, granting the divorce, ruled that the mother should have the child, Catherine, five days a week and the father week-ends. This rule was adhered to, but was unsatisfactory. Then George married again. Neva, his second wife, was fond of Catherine. Daisy was forced to work and Neva took care of the baby. Eventually an agreement was reached whereby Daisy and Catherine would come to live with George and Neva. This was in Chicago when George was a member of the police department. He went into government serice and was transferred to Wichita as livestock inspector. Soon he sent to Chicago for Daisy, Neva and the baby, Catherine. On Christmas day, Daisy and Neva trimmed a Christmas tree and cooked dinner. Daisy is working in a Wichita home. George goes to his office every day. Neva takes care of Catherine during the day and keeps house. Little Catherine says she loves her “own mother a lot, Neva heaps and dady just loads and loads.’’

USE POISON TO KILLAND ROB Night Watchman Slain by Laboratory Bandits. By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 27—A bandit poisoned the coffee of a night watchman of the Guggenheim laboratory here early today, waited until he died, then took S2O from a cash drawer and started searching through the filing cabinet containing valuable chemical and medical formulae. Surprised by two drivers delivering a truckload of tear gas from Baltimore, lie took them inside, felled them with the butt of a revolver, bound and gaggeg them, robbed one of $26 and escaped. The truck drivers, Chester McCauley and Elmer Mayhew, were unconscious several hours. When they awoke and freed themselves they called a policeman who found the slain night watchman, Henry W. Gaw, 29. Gaw’s head rested on a telephone book and his hands were neatly folded on his breast. He had no wounds but his lips were covered with a fine white powder. Chemists found poison in his coffee pail.

ROB AGED COLLECTOR Bandits Take Him for Ride; Give Him Carfare. Two bandits this morning took a 60-year-old real estate collector “for a ride,” robbed him of SSO and returned 25 cents for carfare. The collector was William Mellender, 108 North Chester avenue, an employe of the Dunlop & Holtegel real estate company. While riding his bicycle at Seventeenth street and Arsenal avenue, he was crowded to the curb by the bandit car, forced into the machine and driven to Thirty-ninth street and Keystone avenue, he said. The SSO was taken from him. He was ejected from the machine after one of the bandits had given him carfare, he said. U. S. REFEREE NAMED George F. Zimmerman, Evansville, Appointed Bankruptcy Agent. Appointment of George F. Zimmerman, Mt. Vernon, as federal referee in bankruptcy for the Evansville division, was announced today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Zimmerman succeeds Charles F. Werner, Evansville, who resigned effective Jan. 1 to become first assistant Indiana attorney general. NO MAIL ON JAN. 1 Postoffice to Observe Holiday New Year’s Day. New Year’s day will be observed as a holiday at the Indianapolis postoffice, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced today. No carrier delivery will be made. All departments will be closed except perishable parcel post and special delivery. Holiday collections will be made. married sixty‘Years Couple, 84 and 77, Celebrates; Live in House Where Wed. Bn United Press PLANO, 111., Dec. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. Amer Cook, 84 and 77 respectively, celebrated their , sixtieth wedding anniversary here. They still live in the house in which they were married.

NEW CLEWS MAY SOLVE SCHOEN CASE Municipal Court Evidence Shows Sleuths on New Trail in Mystery. ADMITTED BY KINNEY Suspects Roundup Fails to Reveal Sufficient Cause for Arrest. Detectives have a clew which eventually may lead to the solution of the murder of Patrolman Norman Schoen, but to date have not been able to obtain enough evidence to warrant an arrest, evidence in a municipal court case indicated Lday. Parolman Schoen was shot down the night of March 6 in front of his home on Irvingon avenue as he was returning from his beat. The slayer or slayers drove away in an automobile which had been parked near his home. Apparently the murder has been an absolute mystery to police. Give* Important Clews The indication that detectives may have a clew was given today at the trial of Hugh Cooper, the Princeton hotel, Marmon Motor Car Company inspector, on charges of assault and battery, drawing deadly weapons and assault with felonious intent. On the stand in his own defense, Cooper stated he had given Detectives Emmett Englebright and George Hubbard information in the Schoen case. Called to the stand Detective Chief Jerry Kinney declared Cooper had given “very important information” in connection with the case. Asa result a roundup of suspects was made, but “not sufficient evidence was obtained to make an arrest,” Kinney said. Kinney later refused to enlarge on his statement. The prosecuting witness against Cooper was not present at the trial. He is said to have disappeared. Cooper declared detectives had told him the man was connected with members of a “hot car” ring. Cop Tells of Fight Cooper was arrested the night of Nov. 20 after a fight with the man at Scott's restaurant, 20 North Capitol avenue. Claude Kuntz, traffic officer, testified he had been eating dinner in the restaurant and saw the two men and two women leave the restaurant and saw the men fighting outside the place. They were struggling over a revolver and in ,the fight two shots were fired, one of which fired a newspaper in the other man’s coat and one of which passed through Cooper’s overcoat. Cooper charged the man had been swearing at him in the restaurant. Last summer, he testified, he had met a woman he knew in the terminal station. She told him that her husband had beaten, her and that she was afraid of him because he was the man who had killed Schoen, Cooper testified. Hold Back Facts Cooper said he took the information to Detectives Englebright and Hubbard and the woman had been questioned, but backed down on her story. Since then he has been followed by members of the alleged gang, Cooper said. Special Judge Paul Rochford. who heard the case, fined Cooper SSO on the drawing deadly weapons charge, withheld judgment on the assault with felonious intent charge and discharged the assault and battery charge. He expressed the opinion that “considerable is being held back in this case.”

YUGO-SLAV KING ILL Alexander Confined With Severe Cold in Belgrade. Bn United Press BELGRADE, Dec. 27.—King Alexander of Yugo-Slavia was confined to his bed today with a severe cold. FILE ‘HOUAR’ PLEA Glenn and Wolf Lawyers Complete Appeal. Appeal of Michael J. Glenn, Long Island, former Indianapolis traffic inspector, and Frank R. Wolf, Indianapolis merchant, from their conviction on motor theft charges was completed in federal court today with filing of a bill of exceptions. They were convicted several weeks ago of receiving and concealing a stolen automobile. Wolf was sentenced to fifteen months in prison and fined SI,OOO. Glenn’s sentence was three years and $5,000 fine. Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell today approved the bill of exceptions. N White County Pioneer Dies Ru United Press MONTICELLO, Ind., Dec. 27. Captain Benjamin E. Price, 90, Civil war veteran and a lifetime resident of White county, died here after a long illness.

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Life's Platter Most Perfect Waiter Kills Self and Canine Buddy.

Bu United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—When Fred Cigler of Heidelburg. Germany, worked at the Waldorf hotel he was famous the country over as “Frederick of the Waldorf, the perfect waiter.” But after his foot, infected, was amputated, Cigler left the hotel and dropped from sight. Occasionally he would reappear, selling pencils, with a pet poodle dog at his side. Last night he told his boarding house landlord on the east side, that "They’ve sold the Waldorf and are going to tear it down next summer.” This morning the landlord smelled gas. He found Cigler with a gas hose in his mouth. “Frederick of the Waldorf” and his poodle were dead.

FLAYS UTILITIES FOR DAM FIGHT Preferred Ruin of Area to Defeat, Says Norris. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Senator Norris of Nebraska, long-time foe of the “power trust,” said today in a statement of the Boulder dam bill that this “trust’s opposition to the measure “would have left Imperial valley standing face to face with ultimate destruction rather than have government control the power.” He declared the compromise reached to obtain passage of the bill was “not satisfactory” to the “power trust.” This, he suggested, arises from the fact that the power development does not meet with the power organization's ideas. “Take it all in all it is a wonderful piece of legislation—a progressive step on bne of the great natural resources of the country,” he said. He charged that “trust-chntrolled newspapers” warned lowa and Nebraska farmers “that the new lands opened up to settlement would compete with the corn and wheat product in those states,” whereas the new lands would be suitable for only tropical and semi-tropical products.

KING GAINS SLOWLY One Bulletin a Day Now Is Schedule. Bn United Press LONDON, Dec. 27.—“ There is no change in the king’s condition,” an official statement issued at 3 p. m. today reported. This was taken to indicate that the “slow improvement” noted in Wednesday night’s bulletin was being maintained. But one bulletin daily now is being issued. Advices from the palace intimated this was because the extremely slow progress in the king’s illness made two unnecessary. The bulletin issued Wednesday said: “His majesty had a quiet day. The slow progress in the general and local condition is maintained. No bulletin will be issued until tomorrow evening.” burybrothero? late HOUSE OF DAVID KING Lewis Purnell Denied Place in Mausoleum of Benjamin. Bn United Press GREENUP, Ky., Dec. 27.—Lewis Purnell, 82, brother of the late King Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, was buried here today, but not in the mausoleum being erected for King Benjamin. Lewis Purnell died here after a long illness. A movement was started to place his body in the mausoleum, but officials refused permission, explaining the mausoleum site is involved in litigation. King Benjamin died several months ago.

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FINES BUYER OF BOOTLEG AS RUMPLOTTER First U. S. Case in Which Purchaser Is Sentenced for Conspiracy. DECISION IS APPEALED Transport of Liquor Brings Man Under Terms of Law, Court Holds. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.—1n the first case in prohibition history when a buyer of alleged bootleg liquor was tried for conspiracy to violate the law, Alfred E. Norris, New York and Philadelphia banker

and clubman, was fined S2OO today by Federal Judge William H. Kirkpatrick. In the Norris case liquor from Philadelphia was sent to New York at Norris’ order, it was contended. The banker's counsel appealed to the circuit court and Norris, meanwhile, was realesed on S4OO

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bond, pending the outcome. Judge Kirkpatrick said the “mere purchase” of liquor was not an offense under the present prohibition laws, but if a buyer's transactions with a botlegger required the seller to transport the liquor, then both are guilty of conspiracy. The judge said that it was sufficient for the buyer to order the liquor over the telephone and then later pay for its delivery to show an agreement between the two parties to transport the liquor. Norris and Joel D. Kerper, socalled “society bootlegger” because he claimed among his patrons prominent persons of Philadelphia, Washington, New York, and Bar Harbor, Maine, were tried early this month on the conspiracy charges. Norris’ attorney at that time said his client pleaded nolle contendre to the charge and admitted buying the liquor but said it was no offense against the law. The counsel also said that Norris was only one | of 51,000.000 persons in the United | States who had violated the laws if j Norris was found guilty. Kerper’s attorney said a previous conviction for which Kerper is now serving a 15 months’ term at the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga„ wiped out the present charge of conspiracy. YALE EDITOR DIES School Paper Head, Kicked by Horse, Succumbs. Bu United Press CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 27.—Henry Stoddard Sherman Jr., 20, Yale junior member of the Yale varsity crew and editor of Yale Daily News, is dead here from injuries received Christmas day when he was kicked in the head by his horse. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Sherman. CHILD DIES OF BOOZE Girl, 6, Finds Bottle Under Bed; Whisky to Be Tested. By United Press BROOKLYN, N. Y., Dec. 27.—Ida Medina, 6, crawled under a bed after a rubber ball Wednesday night. She found a bottle and sampled it. Later she became unconscious. Today she died in Long Island College hospital. Police said the bottle had contained whisky, Samples of which they sent to chemists for analysis before taking any action against the mother, Mrs. Mary Santos, 798 Myrtle avenue.

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Get Up Steam! Soft Music, Altar Will Help Keep New Year’s Resolutions.

B)i United Press •PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.—For L those who make New Year’s resolutions with the idea of keeping them, Professor Thaddeus L. Bolton, chairman of the psychology department at Temple university, has offered an “emotional send-off” making it more difficult to break the resolves. “New Year’s resolutions, like births, weddings and graduations, have to have an emotional sendoff,” he said. “Breaking them is more a matter of the method pursued than the principle or habit of oreaking them.” The doctor suggested soft lights, spacious surroundings with an altarpedestal, and soft music rising to a crescendo, when one signs his New Year’s resolution. Tnen, ne adivises placing a copy where one can see it the first thing in the morning and at various times during each day.

REMOVE SPIKES; WRECK TRAIN Four Coaches of Santa Fe Navajo Turn Over. Bn United press SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Dec. 27. —Train wreckers caused the derailment of the Santa Fe train, Navajo, near Hesperia today. Official reports from the scene of the wreck said all spikes had been removed for the length of one rail and that a connecting angle iron had been disconnected. The wreckers’ motive was not known. Although the entire train left the rails and four of its cars overturned, only eight persons were reported injured seriously. Credit for the small number of injured was given to the engineer, A. C. Long, who brought his train to a stop in fifteen lengths, although it was traveling sixty miles an hour when it struck the weakened section. Three sleepers and the private cable of F. J. Mackie, assistant manager of the Santa Fe, turned over after they left the rails. Mrs. Mackie was among the injured. Her condition was said not to be serious. W. H. Burdage, Winslow, Ariz., attorney for the Santa Fe. was injured critically, it was said. He was placed on a train and removed to Los Angeles. The names of the others hurt in the crash w’ere not reported. Sheriff Shea of San Francisco ordered a posse to the scene of the wreck to attempt to pick up some clew to the identity of the wreckers. LOSES PANTS TO BANDIT Victim L'idn’t Protest Loss of Money but Fights for Trousers. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 27. George Wood, traveling salesman, didn’t protest when a robber took his watch and sl6 while he was putting his car in the garage today. But when the robber demanded Wood’s pants he put up a real fight. For two hours Wood and the robber wrestled on the floor of the garage. Finally the robber got the pants, and Wood, in his underwear, chased him down an alley. The robber escaped. HELD AFTER STABBING Actor at Elkhart Theater Accused of Attacking Porter. Bp United Press ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 27.—Joe Christy who has been appearing as an entertainer at a local theater, is in jail here today awaiting trial on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. According to police, Christy and Charles Wright entered a local restaurant and Christy became enraged at a porter who asked him not to walk on a freshly washed section of the floor. An argument followed and Christy is alleged to have stabbed the porter and Wright to have hit him as he fell. Wright is also in jail.

PROBE BRIBE TALE Ball Club Owner to Tell of ‘Fixing’ Attempt. By United Press BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Charles F. Adams, vice-president of the Boston Braves, agreed today to appear before the finance commission late this afternoon and testify in connection with the investigation of his bribery charges. Adams has alleged that he was approached by a member of the Boston city council who suggested that it might be necessary f Adams to make a payment before the council adopted the Sunday baseball bill. The city council was scheduled to consider the baseball bill this afternoon. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 35 10 a. m 35 7a. m 36 11 a. m 35 Ba. m 35 12 (noon).. 36 9a. m 35 Ip. m 36

ANGRY CONSUMERS STORM STATEHOUSE, CHARGE GOUGE BY CITY WATER COMPANY Supply Shut Off After Bills Had Been Paid, Irate Patrons Tell Public Service Commission. HEARING STARTS ON METER PROGRAM Utility Passed Buck, Ellis Finds; Harassed by Inspectors, Declaration of Many Witnesses. Fifty irate water consumers appeared at the public service commission hearing on the Indianapolis Water Company meter program today. Taking turns on the witness stand, they aired personal experiences regarding the alleged arbitrary actions of the company in forcing them to have meters installed. They told of how the company shut their water off, although their bills had been paid in advance on a flat rate. They told of bow they were informed by inspectors that their charges would be less with a meter, only to find, after installation, that they advanced from 75 cents tp the meter minimum of $1.50 a month. They told of how they had been harassed by constant inspection for leaks when they had refused to install meters.

And unanimously they were greeted, upon making complaint, with the statement from company officials that their action in the matter had been upon order of the public service commission, they testified. “In other words, the company passed the buck to us?” CommisFAVOR JOHNSON ON CITY BOARD Mayor to Name G. 0. P. Lawyer to Berth. Emsley W. Johnson, Republican attorney, probably will be named u board of works member by Mayor L. Ert Slack, Democrat. Slack is understood to have offered Johnson the post to be madvacant by removal of Charles L. Riddle, Republican, about Jan. 1. Johnson has been actively identified with Republican politics for several years. He has offices in the Peoples State Bank building. During the administration of former Mayor Lew Shank, Johnson served on the park board and was a special prosecutor with Corporation Counsel John W. Holtzman in the city political corruption quiz.

KIDNAP BANK CASHIER Bandits in Second Holdup of Firm in Month. By United Press MANCHESTER, Mo., Dec. 27. Three bandits today kidnaped Robert Bloom, cashier of the Manchester bank, and escaped with $2,000 I to $5,000 in the second holdup of j the bank within a month. Less than three weeks ago a bandit squad took $5,000 after kidnaping the cashier and assistant cashier. SCHOOL BOY KILLED Two Others Hurt at Evansville in Auto Accident. By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 27. Louis Wunderlich, 18, high school student, was killed and two other youths injured seriously here today when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into a parked machine. Wiliam Kassling, 20, and William Hobbs, 19. were taken to a hospital, where attendants say their condition is serious. Frank Frick, 32, driver of the machine, was arrested on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor. SIDESWIPE COSTS ARM Driver in Critical Condition After Auto Accident. By United Press ELRYIA. Ohio, Dec. 27.—John H. Johnson, 29, of Detroit, was in a critical condition at Elyria Memorial hospital today following an auto accident last night near here. Johnson driving with his arm resting on the door, sideswiped a trailer belonging to James R. Martin, of Cleveland. Johnsons left arm was severed at the shoulder. POISON BOOZE KILLS 12 Liquor Toll Since Sunday Reported in New York. By United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—Deaths since Sunday from alcoholic poisoning mounted to twelve Wednesday in the metropolitan area.

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1 sioner Howell Ellis, who has charge of hearing, inquired of one of the witnesses. The answer was “Yes,” echoed in chorus by others who were waiting to testify. Other Systems Described Hearing was held In the house of representatives. It got under way with Ellis calling William A. Edwards of the commission service department to the stand. He testified regarding practice on meter installation in other Indiana towns and cities. Attorneys for the company attempted to involve him in technicalities regarding the numerous complaints received. The hearing vtis dragging, despite efforts of Ellis aJid Chairman Frank Singleton of we commission to speed it up. I Then one of the property holdlrs arose and asked to be heard. Ae couldn’t come back this afternoon, ! he said. From that point on, one after another took the stand to tell of the | treatment charged to company inspectors and officials. Wanted to Remember All J. B. Downing, 1031 English avenue, first to take the stand for the citizenry, had his complaint written out. He didn’t want to forget anything, he said. He told of how his water was cut off when he didn’t install r meter “p’-onto” upon the company orders, ; although his payment had been ! made for two months in advance. Then he went to Frank D. Jordan ! of the company and was told that the commission was to blame, he | testified. j After that his home was the scene of constant inspections for j leaks, he said. Inspector after inspector Would come to the front door and march into the bathroom. They told him that if a faucet had a drop of water on its snout it was leaking and a leakage charge would be made, he asserted. Has Meter Installed At last he had a meter installed. It cost $3.50 and he praised the plumbers for the moderate charge. In closing, Downing told all present that he appeared merely to raise his voice about the “contemptible methods” used by the company In forcing meters to be installed. Others who testiged in similar vein were Mrs. J. C, Goddam, 830 North Temple avenue; B. F. Prunk, 1514 College avenue; Mrs. Mulray, who testified for her father, Oscar Moore, 2537 Southeastern avenue; O. F. Mussle, 1917 Park avenue; William F, Menning, 9 North Hamilton street, and George Saddlier, 2209 North Capitol avenue. Mrs. Mulray declared that her father had to pay $40.90 to have a box type meter installed and could ill afford to do so. Loses His Tenant Mussle told of having his water cut off twice and losing a tenant at his property, 1814 College avenue. Saddlier said that although he once was charged S6O for leakage on certain of his properties (he is a real estate man), he didn’t want to complain about the company. But he suggested that the small property holder and consumer be left on a flat rate and that the company pay for meter installations. He pointed out that a big meter installation bill was a decided handicap to the man buying a home on the installment plan. J. J. Daniels and Fred Bates Johnson appeared as company attorneys and all the officials were on hand. L. R. Zaps appeared for the plumbers and Asa Smith for State Senator Robert L. Moorhead. SHOT SAVES FAMILY Awakened by Gun, Exploded by Fire; Put Out Blaze. By United Press MILFORD, Del., Dec. 27.—Charles Maul, farmer, living near here and his family were aroused today when fire discharged a shotgun on the kitchen wall. The family put out the fire before It spread to the other parts of the house.