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BEST ’LEGGER IN ST. LOUIS JAJLED HERE Prisoner Proudly Admits His High Standing When Quizzed on Theft. DIAMOND PIN MISSING It Was a Good Party, at That, Suspect’s Wife Tells Police. The best bootlegger in St. Louis, he admits it, reposed behind bars at city prison to< J ay, while Indianapolis detectives investigated a colorful story involving: A missing SI,OOO stickpin. A party in a downtown hotel. Seven quarts of whisky. An alleged deputy sheriff from Detroit. The “best bootlegger,” Frederick Gosslin, 33, and his wife, Mrs. Margaret Gosslin, 26, are held on vagrancy charges under si,ooo bond each, as are the Misses Dorothy and Evelyn Cline, 22 and 20, Colonial hotel, alleged attendants at the party. Gosslin wasn’t at the party, according to his version of the affair. He’s “Best Bootlegger” “I’m a bootlegger. But I’ve never bootlegged in Indianapolis—haven’t been here long enough. I did my bootlegging in St. Louis,” he announced, with a touch of pride in his voice. “When the St. Louis police see that picture you’ve taken they’ll say: ‘There, you’ve gone and arrested one of our best bootleggers.’ “My wife and I have been here less than a week and a half, staying in a hotel. There wasn’t much dong here, so we decided to go to Pittsb’irgh today. “The old lady went out on a party last night. St.e doesn’t do that very often, but when I came back to the hotel last night she was gone. She came in about 2a. m. Said she had been out with a deputy sheriff from Detroit who had seven quarts of whisky he’d brought down here. Two other men and two other girls were on the party in another hotel, too. “Well, we got up at 5 a. in. to start tc Pittsburgh by bus and were eating breakfast in a restaurant w’hen two men came up and tried to ‘make me.’ He’s Both Irishmen “I didn’t know they were bulls at first and I came near taking a smash at one of them. You see they’re only two Irishmen in the world —and I'm both of them. “I saw a deputy sheriff badge on this man who says one of the women on the party took his diamond pin. But I don’t know anything about the pin.” Phillip Karcher, Detroit, came to police headquarters at 5 a. m. and complained that his stickpin had been stolen at a party in a downtown hotel attended by the three woimn under arrest, according to Detectives Roy Peats and Alfred Schultz, who made the arrests. If Karcher is a deputy sheriff from Detroit, they don’t know it, they said. The officers, who had been on duty all night, worked until noon on the case and were reluctant to discuss details. Good Party, She Says It was a good party, according to Mrs. Gosslin. Karcher showed her his deputy’s badge, she declared. “He made a holler about 2 a. m. when the party was breaking up, that someone had stolen his stickpin. The hotel detective came up, but Karcher pretended he’d found the pin and they didn't search us. “If they had—the men. too—they might have found the pin. “Everybody was drunk. There was lots of liquor, lots of good liquor.” UNABLE TO EXPLAIN QUOTATIONS ON STOCK Advance-Rumely President Discusses Common and Preferred Prices. Bv Times Special LA PORTE. Ind.. Feb. 27.—Finley P. Mount, president of the AdvanceRumely Company here, declares he is unable to explain why its common stock is selling even with and at times above the preferred on exchanges. “I can conceive of no reason for this situation, especially in view of the $29.25 a share accumulated dividends on the preferred stock which must be settled before distribution can be considered for the junior issue,” Mount explains. He took occasion to deny that his company is considering entering a merger, which had been rumored. Lands Plane in Street Bv Times Special . HAMMOND. Ind.. Feb. 27.—Land - ing his plane on a paved street hero without damage, was the feat of Edward Hill, mail flier. A valve was blown on the plane's motor, but Hill brought the machine down safely through a maze of telegraph wires. Groun Frozen 31 Inches Bv Time* Special MARION, Ind., Feb. 27.—Ditch contractors in Grant county report that since December ground in this vicinity has been frozen thirty-one inches deep. This is said to be the deepest freeze in many years. Lumber Dealers in Session Bv Tin” a Special _ __ SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 27.—The Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Retai’ Lumber Dealers Association is holding its twentySlnth annual meeting here todsy?,
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‘Get My Book Published, ’ Is Deathbed Plea to Friends by Indianapolis Man
LIFE wrote “finis” to its novel for John M. Maxwell, Indianapolis newspaper man and author, Tuesday night in a Martinsville sanitarium, but not before he made the deathbed request that his heart manuscript—“ The Man Behind the Mask”—keep going the rour ds of publishers’ offices until it is accepted. For years Maxwell, the man who gave Theodore Dreiser, famed author, his start in the Chicago newspaper game, had sought to win favor at publishers’ doors with an expose of the real author of Shakespeare’s works. Maxwell, in his book, “The Man* Behind the Mask,” held that Sir Robert Cecil was the author of Shakespearean sonnets and plays. He spent $12,000 to prove his theory and gather data for his book. Aided by the man he befriended in early life, Dreiser, the former editor of the Union Labor News in this city, Maxwell mailed and remailed his manu-
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By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 27.—As a a church goer, Billy Frank Engelbert, 2Vi years old, holds the record here. He hasn’t missed attending Sunday school since he was one month old. He attends the First Christian church and has been inside its Bible school auditorium every Sunday in that period excepting once, but he made up for it by attending the Methodist church in Kalamazoo, Michi, July 3, 1927. He has a brother, Robert Alexander Engelbert, now three months old, who made his debut in Sunday school before he was quite two weeks old, and he hasn’t missed since. 8 St St THE boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Engelbert. Their ancestors were soldiers. The father was years in the World war; one grandfather served in the Spanish-American war, and the other one and two great-grand-fathers were in the Union army in the Civil war. Billy can recite the civilian pledge of allegiance to the flag and knows how to salute the flag in correct military form.
BEMOANS WET YALE Student Paper States That Drinking Increases. By United Press NEW HAVEN. Conn., Feb. 27. Commenting editorially upon the recent statement of President-Emeri-tus Arthur T. Hadley that drinking at Yale may have increased since prohibition, the Yale Daily News bemoaned today the passing of the beer gardens and sighed for the days when Yale men “drank like gentlemen.” / “Let us come out once and for all with our confession: drinking at Yale has increased, and increased to a very good degree, since prohibition,” urged the News. “We know of regrettably few times and places where an intoxicated man is rendered thereby more conspicuous than a sober one,” the editorial continued. Woman to Manage Store Bn l ime* Special MARION. Ind.. Feb. 27.—Mrs. Lena Roberts has been appointed sis manager of the Marion branch of Ray’s, a chain ready-to-wear store, which is to be opened here early in March. Mrs. Roberts formerly resided in Marion.
He Wore His Dainty Dress to $25 Fire Bn Times Special . ROCHESTER. Ind.. Feb. 27.—Any he-man can imagine the embarrassment of Robert Shafer in a situation like this: He was giving a female impersonation at a home talent show. He was lavishly gowned and had just come off stage after singing “I'm a Gypsy Wild and Free,” when he was informed that his fana home was afire. Clad in his dainty raiment, Shafer made a dash for his automobile and drove with all speed to his home. The fire was out when he arrived. A blaze on the roof had caused $25 damage.
SPURN SPAT, BEFITS NOT AMBASSADORIAL ANKLE, EMBRYO ENVOYS WARNED
BY LOUIS JAY HEATH United Press St&3 Cerrespondent. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. American diplomacy has been dealt a staggering blow. The hammer of official disapproval has descended upon the spat, long considered the indispensible adornment of the perfect diplomatic shank, from ambassador extraordinary to humble second secretary legation.
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script of five volumes, telling how the real Shakespeare was an English nobleman who desired anonymity throughout his writing days. Rejections in letter and formal printed cards filled his scrapbook. He hoped on until he became ill. Tuesday night, calling three newspaper men to his bedside, and the man he delegated to be his executor, Guy D. Sallee, R. R. A, Box 96, he made them promise to get his literary life of the years in bound copies a,nd on book shelves. They pledged their word. At present, the treatise written by Maxwell is in the hands of an Indianapolis publisher for perusal. He died before his iast rejection slip—or—would it have been accepeance?—could be received. A son, Waldo Maxwell of Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. D. M. Parry, Mrs. nda E. Rose and Mrs. Mary Wittenberger, all of Indianapolis, survive him. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
WEST COLLEGE ENDS SERVICE Historic Old Building Is Abandoned as Unsafe by De Pauw. Hu l imes Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 27. West college, historic De Pauw university building, has ended eightynine years of service. Activities in it ceased this week with discovery that it is .unsafe. One wing has pulled away fror' the main structure and another wing is sinking. In the building, erection of which was started in 1873, Dr. Matthew Simpson, first president of Indiana Asbury college, as the present De Pauw was then called, was inaugurated. He received the charge of his duties and keys to the structure from Governor David Wallace. Stone Laid in 1837 It was then the only building on the campus. Its comer stone was laid June 30, 1837, and part of it was occupied three years later. Fire in 1879 destroyed part of West college, including the historic “old college clock.” It was repaired and two wings added. m Dr. Edwin Post, De Pauw Latin instructor for fifty years, started his famous Latin library in the old building. Causes Transfers Activities carried on in the building at the time of its condemnation included those of the geology, military and comparative literature departments. Little theater and psychology and literature classroom work. These have been transferred to rooms in the music school, Minshall laboratory and basements of Meharry hall and the Methodist church. University officials have not announced what steps they are considering in regard to replacing the old structure. TESTIFIES TO SLAYING State Witness Describes Death Scene in Atlee-Osborne Case. By United Press BEDFORD, Ind., Feb. 27.—Trial of Atlee Osbonje, 32, charged with the second degree murder of Sylvan Moore, 27, was continued here today with witnesses being heard. Osborne is alleged to have killed Moore when he arrived at his home here from. Bloomington and found the latter_\vith Mrs. Osborne. William King, state’s witness, testified he saw Osborne beat Moore’s brains out against a concrete sidewalk. He said he attempted to part the men but was told to keep away by Osborne. receiverltTla-Trock. Building Association’s Affairs to Be Handled by Attorney. Bn limes Special FLAT ROCK. Ind., Feb. 27.—Following appointment of a receiver, the Citizens Building Association was transacting business as usual today. Reports of alleged irregularities in the company’s affairs had been current several days. On petition of Ralph Isley, a stockholder, Claude R. Henry, Shelbyville lawyer, was appointed by the Shelby circuit court at receiver. Discuss Massachusetts Program Plans of the city administration to widen Massachusetts avenue from Pennsylvania to Tenth streets were discussed by A. E. Chambers, Massachusetts Avenue Merchants Association president, Tuesday at a meeting in Cooper’s restaurant.
The white spat boys of the state department, unless there is. a counter-revolution staged against the present unwritten edict, may become as legendary in a few years as the historic auk, the James brothers or the “Hall Room Boys.” a a a THERE has been no formal announcement from Secretary of f
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Beveridge Bust Gift to De Pauw Speaker Lauds Work as Biographer of Lincoln By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 27. De Pauw university today possesses a Paul Manship bust of the late Albert J. Beveridge, gift of Frederic Clay Bartlett, Boston (Mass.) artist. The bust was accepted by the university Tuesday in a memorial program, the principal speaker on which was Dr. W. W. Sweet of the University of Chicago. Referring to the writing of a Lincoln biography by Mr. Beveridge, Dr. Sweet said: “He is the only investigator who has personally gone to every source. He has placed Abraham Lincoln in his environment as no one else has done or ever will do. He has made the only thorough investigation ever made of Lincoln’s legislative career and he is the first to trace accurately the unchanging political opinion of Lincoln.” Dean W. M. Blanchard presented the bust and it was accepted by Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw president. OFFICE BOY 37 YEARS AGO NOW HIGH IN FIRM James S. Watson Is New VicePresident of Link Belt Company, James S. Watson, new vice-presi-dent of the Link Belt Company, today recalled his first day of employment thirty-seven years ago as office boy for the manufacturing company. Watson steadily has risen to his present executive position. His promotion was announced at the fourth annual “roundup” dinner given by the company Tuesday night at the Col.unbia Club. Albert Kauffman. Chicago, company president, traced recent developments of the company. PLOT ACCUSED FREE Alleged Aid of ‘Hawk’ Not to Face Charge. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 27. Upon recommendation of Emmet Fertig, prosecuting attorney, the case against Jack Montgomery, 19, charged jointly with Wendell Hessong, alias the Hawk, with blackmail, has been dismissed in Hamilton circuit court here. The prosecuting attorney said he had discovered that Hessong’s confession implicating Montgom iry was untrue in many phases. Hessong was convicted of the charges and is serving a sentence for blackmail. Signing letters "The Hawk,” Hessong admitted writing various prominent men requesting money on threats of violence. WORRY OVER DOG TAX Putnam County Assessors Expect Difficulties Due to Higher Rate. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 27. The high dog tax in Putnam county is a cause of worry to the thirteen township assessors of the county, who will meet here Friday to receive supplies and make out schedules for spring assessment. County commissioners have raised the tax this year to $4 for the first male owned and $5 for the first female and each additional animal of either sex. Reports from other counties indicate that the total revenues are less under a high tax, because owners turn dogs loose rather than pay. — ~A Enters Race for Mayor By Times Special WINCHESTER, Ind., Feb. 27. Herman F. McNess, Winchester business man, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for mayor.
State Frank B. Kellogg or his assistants. However, the word has gone down the line through those wellrecognized mysterious channels of diplomacy that the shin muffler is henceforth taboo especially among the younger aspirants to diplomatic posts. 000 THE first evidence shafts of ridicule hurled by senators
STEPHENSON'S FORMER WIFE OFFERS HELP Terre Haute Counsel for Convict Quotes Mrs. Nettie Brehm. TELLS OF FORGIVENESS Oklahoma Woman Asserts Worst Crime Was Against Her. Bn Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 27. D. C. Stephenson’s former wife believes he was “railroaded” to prison for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer and is willing to aid him in obtaining freedom, according to Felix Blankenbaker, local lawyer, who is counsel for the former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. Blankenbaker. counsel for Stephenson in efforts to get anew trial, quotes his client’s former wife, now Mrs. Nettie Brehm. Oklahoma City, Okla., from p letter the lawyer has just received. Expresses Sympathy According to the lawyer. Mrs. Brehm wrote in parts as follows: “I am thoroughly in sympathy with Steve and wish to do all In my power to aid him. Steve has wronged me most heartlessly, and I would not say this were it not for our beautiful and most adorable little daughter, Katherine. It is the general opinion of all here that Steve was ‘railroaded,’ Truly th'e greatest crime of his life was committed in Oklahoma and I forgave him long, long ago.” Wants Word for Daughter With the letter, Mrs. Brehm sent some pictures of 14-year-old Katherine, and asked that Blankenbaker get from Stephenson some message of regard for the girl. Her mother intimates that the father has not seen the child in several years, but is very much attached to her. Blankenbaker assorts that he has some new facts of a startling nature in regard to the Oberholtzer case which he will use in seeking a new trial. He refuses to give even the slightest hint as to what the facts include. SELF-DEFENSE PLEA Murder Defendant on Stand at Marion. By Times Special MARION, Ind., Feb. 27.—Evidence to support the defense of Jesse Kemp, charged with the slaying of Paul Riggs in the Riggs home in Cas City, Dec. 10 was continued in Grant circuit court here today. Kemp, in his testimony late Tuesday asserted that he struck Riggs over the head with a pop bottle, fracturing his skull as charged, but that he had acted in what he believed was self-defense. It was Kemp’s belief that Riggs was armed with a knife when he followed Kemp into the hall of the Riggs home, the defendant testified. Both men had been drinking and it was only through the intervention of Mrs. Riggs, her brother, Virgil Smith, and cousin, Floyd Smith, that Kemp was prevented choking the husband to death, the widow has testified. RUM PLOT CASES ' SET Three of Nahas Family to Be Tried April 22. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 27. The Michigan City liquor conspiracy cases, first trial of which resulted in a hung jury, will be retried in federal court here April 22. George, Jean and Abraham Nahan, three of the defendants in the cases, have been found guilty of simple liquor charges. Conspiracy charges against them remain. Trial of Jack Nahas, alleged directing chief of the family in liquor and vice operations in Michigan City, is now being held in the United States district court. ‘INDIAN’JjAME FATAL Boy Shot by ‘Cowboy’ Playmate. By United Press PONCA CITY, Okla., Feb. 27.—A1l the wishes of boydom today could not covert the “cowboy and Indian” play of Julius Mansfield, 11, and Kenneth Stahl, 10, into real fun again. Julius, the “Indian chief” mounted on a bicycle instead of a pony, in a backyard play Tuesday, is dead, ambushed by playmate Kenneth, “cowboy.” Air rifle shot fired from a pistol loaded with blanks entered the base of Julius’ brain. He died an hour later.
from the com belt against the " diplomatic ankle warmer at last were bringing results came quite unexpectedly during the examinations of youthful aspirants just concluded, it was learned today. At the close of the examinations, according to one of the candidates, one of the patriarchs of the department was brought in to give the fledglings some important advice that would help them in
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WITHOUT a trace of apology for his alcoholic days that gave to print “John Barleycorn,” a daughter called her writerfather—Jack London—a “drunken bum” Tuesday. Joan London was the speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon in the Riley room of the Claypool. Breathing life into the thirty-five-minute character sketch of her father, she did not gloss over his frailties, but instead made those frailties assume positive parts of his character as she recounted his youth as the “Prince of Oyster Pirates” in San Francisco bay and his rise to her own pet name for him —the “Prince of Story Tellers.” “John Barleycorn is the autobiography of Jack London, written by my father—who knew Jack London better than any biographer might have known him,” his daughtetr explained. “Sometimes I even say more about his wilder days—where the time for the talk isn’t so short,” she added, after the address. 0 0 0 SHE told of how he rose from a drunken waterfront fighter to an eminent place in American literature. Despite numerous editions of his best-known book, “The Call of Jhe Wild,” being issued yearly, his daughter does not receive one penny royalty from it. The book was sold outright, upon conception, to a publisher for a pittance. A short story, “Under the Deck Awning.” was recited briefly by Miss London, who in private life is Mrs. Charles Malamuth. “You see my name in private life e' en carries a tang of my father’s Klondike days and the malemutes,” she asserted. Miss London resides in Berkeley, Cal. She has a son, Parker London Abbott, 7. At present she is on a lecture tour of the United States. Lose Three Children by Death By Times Special RENSSELAER, Ind.. Feb. 27. Death of Delos Huff. 9. son of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Huff, following an appendicitis operation, was the third among heir children in two years. Mary May, a daughter, and Harold, a son, were the others. 166 Get Masonic Degrees By Times Special _ _ , SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. 27. Consistory degrees were bestowed upon 166 Masons at a Scottish rite meeting here today.
Altogether , Men —Lets Try to Tie This One W B " r,m ASHINGTON. Ind.. Feb. 27.—Gib Essig is the owner of a rabbitcatching automobile. He admits it in this fashion: While driving with Bud Patterson as a passenger, a rabbit started across the road in front of the car. It was struck. Essig remarked there couldn’t be any doubt that it lay dead on the road. Patterson agreed. Continuing their trip, the men thought no more about the bunny’s fate until a scratching noise was heard at one of the car’s doors. Investigation revealed that the rabbit had been hurled from the road and impaled on the door handle.
trying thei# diplomatic wings. Among other matters of paramount important pertaining to conduct, etiquette, protocol and dress, the “spat” came in for discussion. a a a THE candidates were told, according to one of them, that the “masses of people failed to understand and the
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OLDEST PLANT TO BEJAZED Pioneer Kokomo Factory Will Pass. By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind.. Feb. 27.—Spring is to bring demolition of this city’s oldest factory building which is likewise its largest frame structure. The building is the old Moore woolen mill. It has become a fire hazard and the present owner, A. W. Moore, announces work of tearing it down will begin soon, as it has been unoccupied for a long period and is not suitable for any purpose. Since the mill was erected in 1864, Kokomo has grown from a village of 2,000 to a modern industrial city of 40,000. At the time of building, the structure, which measures 90x50 feet, and is a full three stories high, was considered of large dimensions. Machinery of the old plant was taken out several years ago and sold to a company operating a woolen industry at Owen’s Sound, Georgian Bay, Canada. Two years ago Mr. Moore visited the mill and was assured by the company that the machinery once used here was still producing satisfactorily. Prosperity was enjoyed by the mill for the greater portion of the time it was operated from 1865. to 1879. Competition from New England’s weavers brought about its downfall. INSULL WILL RETIRE Utility Chief 111, May Give Control to Relatives. By United Press * CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Samuel Insull, utility magnate, is ill and is preparing to relinquish the direction of his interests in power companies throughout the United States, it became known today. Insull, who is 70, has been ordered by his physicians to guard his health and for that reason his duties are gradually being turned over to his brother, Martin J. Insull, 60, and his son, Samuel Insull Jr., 28. The son already has taken his father’s place in many boards. '
spat,” and that the “department now frowned upon its use especially among younger members of the corps who certainly would court misunderstanding and invite ridicule by adorning themselves with spats of any color—white, black, gray, mauve or brown. Only the old apd seasoned veterans of many notes may cling tr their nether protectors—but i are decidedly “old school,"
NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR CITYOUTLINED Councilman Meurer Would Change Light System in Downtown Area. FAVORS DOUBLE LANES Two Lines of Cars Would Speed Up Travel, Says Investigator. Albert Meurer, chairman of the city council public works committee, today advocated establishment of a centrally controlled electric traffic light system for the downtown area. “The traffic signals should be synchronized to prevent bunching at corners and provide smoothness and dispatch in all streets. Monument circle needs no light control, only the streets leading from it,” Meurer declared. Abolition of the present pedestrian regulation at Illinois, Meridian, and Pennsylvania streets, on Washington street; strict enforcement of a thirty-minute downtown parking period, and establishment of double traffic lanes at downtown corners were other proposals made by Meurer, who has been studying Indianapolis’ traffic needs for several weeks. Wants Two Traffic Lanes Other city officials have sought to abolish the pedestrian regulation on Washington street, allowing pedestrians to move with traffic as at other downtown corners. Requiring motorists to use two traffic lanes at all downtown corners would eliminate delay and reduce the long lines that now cause congestion. Widening of the street was suggested at corners which will not permit two lanes at present. Persons wishing to turn right would use the lane next to the curb. “A right turn lane should be provided at all downtown comers,” Meurer said. Meurer contended that the police department is not equipped properly to serve a city with a population of 400,000 and an area of seventv square miles, 500 miles of paved streets and about 100,000 automobiles. Too Few Policemen Inadequate appropriation has prevented the police department from draining the necessary equipment and men. “There are only thirteen motorcycle officers to police this vast area, and they are divided in three shifts. The greatest number on duty at any one time is seven men. This is a ridiculous condition. We should have at least twenty-five as a minimum,” Meurer said. Abolition of the pedestrian bell system would enable Police Chief Claude Worley to assign part of the downtown traffic squad to other police duties. “Establishment of the bell system here has proved that people can hurry while in the streets. There never before was so much running at downtown corners in the history of Indianapolis. In this day and age it is not safe to be half-asleep, absent-minded or preoccupied while in the streets of any city. Pedestrian Should Watch “The first consideration of the pedestrian should be self-preservation, rather than the ‘hit me if you dare’ attitude so many display. Assuming that Indianapolis citizens are as alert and intelligent as those of other cities, I see no reason why we can not remove the restrictions and let them cross any street when, where and as they please," Meurer declared. Building of a subway for pedestrians at Meridian and Washington streets was proposed. Shops and news stand rental would pay the cost of the subway, he said. Meurer suggested that there be eight entrances and exists. J Requiring the street car company to reroute street cars to eliminate turns at Capitol avenue, Illinois, Meridian, Pennsylvania and Delaware streets, permitting other traffic to make right turns, was urged. INDIANA PRINTING PRESS FIRST LINCOLN VIEWED Emancipator Saw Machine of Office of Vincennes Sun. By Times Special „ VINCENNES. Ind, Feb. 27.—As a result of research made in connection with the Clark sesquicentennial celebration here this week, it has been revealed that the first printing press Abrahar Lincoln ever saw was in the office of the Vincennes Sun, then known as the Western Sun. Lincoln, 21, at the time, visited the Sun office while he and his family were en route from Lincoln City, Ind., to take up residence in Illinois. Elmer Stout, then editor, had a long talk with his visitor, old records reveal. Stout founded the paper :n 1804. Faces Rifle Theft Charge By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 27 Charged with taking two rifles from the National Guard armory, Forrest Marshall, former deputy sheriff, was taken into custody here. Marshall is alleged to have sold one of the guns to Cliff Donham, alleged liquor runner. The rifle has been identified by Captain Paul Harter. slo€,ooo School in Use Bit Time* Special WASHINGTON, Ind.. Feb. 27. The new SIOO,OOO St. Mary's school is in use today, work on its completion having been rushed to relieve a crowded owditinn