Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 294, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1929 — Page 9

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MORE SEEKING STATE SCHOOL MOSIC HONORS Final Contest Will Be Held at Bloomington Over Week End. SOUTHERN GROUP GAINS Increase from One to Nine Entrants Shown in Year. Jtu Time* &pcaal BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. April 30. More than sixty school bands and orchestras of Indiana have entered the district meets preliminary to the annual state contest to be held In Bloomington on Friday and Saturday it is announced by Paul W. Mathews, president of the Indiana School Band and Orchestra Association, sponsor of the contests. The winners in the district contest will be eligible to compete in the state finals, in which the grand prize is the state trophy awarded to the band and orchestra each winning first place in Class A. The trophies are donated by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, which is co-operat-ing with the association in the contests, and which will also award prizes to the winners in other classes. In addition to the trophies, the band and orchestra winning first place will be entitled to represent Indiana in the national competitions for the grand trophies awarded by the bureau. The National School Band Contest will be held in Denver, Col., May 23 to 25, and the National School Orchestra Contest in lowa City, la., May 17 and 18. The band entries, as announced by Mathews, are as follows: Class A. Northern District—Hammond, j EUchart and Laporte high schools and the ! Horace Mann. Emerson and Froebel high j schools of Gar; . Central District—Peru. Kokomo. Marlon. Muncle and Huntington. Southern District—Bosse of Evansville and Bedford. Clars B. Northern District—Hammond. Hobart. Milford. Roosevelt Annex of Gary. Michigan City. Lew Wallace of Gary. Gosher. and Roosevelt of East Chicago. Central District—Frankfort. Converse. Martin Boots of Marion and Fairmount. Class C. Northern District—New Paris. Franklin Junior high. Wakarus. Napannee, Jamestown and Bristol. Central District —Flora. Gas City, Rockville. Rushvtile and Van Buren. Southern District— Rising Sun. Class D. Northern District—Horace Mam and Emerson schools, second bands of Gary and Kendallville. Class E. Northern District—Elkhart county and Steuben county. Orchestra entries are as follows: Class A. Noethern District—Hammond. Elkhart. Laporte. Mishawaka and Emerson and Horace Mann schools of Gary. Central District—Kokomo. Muncle and North Side school. Ft. Wayne. Southern District—Bedford. Bloomington trd Bosse of E' ansville. Class B. Northern District—Goshen, Michigan City and Lew Wallace. Gary. Central District-Fairmount and Southern. Martinsville and Huntington. Class C. Central District—Rockville, Flora and Westfield, and southern. Holland. The nine entries in the southern district are an increase from one in 1928, but because of the limited number in each class it has been decided to call off southern district contests and to permit its entries to go direct to the state contest. The great number of entrants in the district contests this year indicates a considerable increase in the number rbat will take part in the state contest this year as compared vith 1928. In the latter year there were twenty-two bands and twelve orchestra- competing at Muncie. when Proebel high school. Gary, won the band trophy, and Hammond high school won the orchestra trophy.

EVANGELICAL PASTORS TO ATTEND MEETING l,oeal Ministers on Procram at Ft, Way no Session. Pastors of Evangelical churches of city will attend the seventy-sev-enth session of the Indiana annual conference which opens in Ft. Wayne at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Meetings will be held in the First Evangelical church. The Rev. L-. E Smith, pastor of the new Broadway church of this city, will give a report to the board of missions on the construction and financing of the edifice. The church was erected by the board of missions. Sunday a choir from the Broadway Evangelical church will furnish the music for the afternoon ordination and missionary services.

STATE RE-ELECTS DEAN Stanley Coulter Renamed Head of Conservation Department, Stanley Coulter, dean emeritus of Purdue University, was re-elected chariman of the state conservation department at a meeting Monday in the office of Director Richard Lieber. He has held the chairmanship since 1925. Request of the Indiana Boys’ School of Plainfield for the collection of antiques and scientific material belonging to the state museum will be referred to the attorney-gen-eral and Governor Harry G. Leslie by the commissioners. Music Faculty Increased By rime* Special RICHMOND, Ind., April 30.—Miss Ruth Bohamann, a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, has been added to the faculty of Earlham college here.

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Four Bystanders Are Slain as Duelists Fight for Moonshine

Only 5 Per Cent p t j Time* Special NEW YORK. April 30.—Silk hosiery, a feminine luxury in pre-war years, is the commonest standardized article of women's apparel sold today, according to a survey conducted by Snrnrt Set magazine. The figures show that only 5 per cent of all American women now use cotton or lisle for every-day dress.

DISCOURTEOUS COP IS FIRED Detective Samuel Young Is Convicted at Hearing. Detective Samuel Young, a policeman for fourteen yeras, was discharged today by the board of safety following conviction on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and insubordination. Fred W. Connell, safety board president, testified Young was discourteous to him April 17, when he asked the whereabouts of City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. Young did not know Connell. He later apologized. “It is fortunate that the incident was in the presence of a board member and not a citizen. There is no reason for discourtesy from any policeman because this board has preach'd courtesy and morale for more than two years," said Ira Haymaker, who presided at the hearing. “We expect all city employes to be courteous to the public at all times. Severe penalty must be expected in such cases of flagrant violation of this rule. “There are too many fine citizens wanting to be poicemen to retain men who are discourteous,” Haymaker said. Smiley N. Chambers, assistant city attorney, prosecuted the case. Retirement of Henry Arnold and Ollie Harding, chauffeurs at Engine House No. 32, was expected to be ordered on recommendation of Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell. Arnold resigned because of his twenty-seven years’ service and Harding was to be retired because of disability.

JEALOUSY SET AS SHOOTING MOTIVE

Turns Tables By United Press BUTTE, Mont.. April 30. Tired of having his place robbed of chisels and hammers, A1 McLeod, Butte blacksimth, posted a prominent sign, "Burglar Tools for Rent,” in his shop, hoping that prospective burglars will be thoughtful enough to pay him a small fee for the use c-f his tools in the future. McLeod's shop has been broken into numerous times. Hammers and cold chisels were the only articles taken. On one occasion, the thieves returned the stolen articles the night after they gained access to his shop, but other prospective burglars were not so thoughtful. The "Burglar Tools for Rent” sign will be illuminated at night.

GAMBLER SENTENCED Burke Gets Jail Term, Fine for Gaming House. Charles E. Burke, 28, was sentenced to thirty days in Jail and fined $250 by Criminal Judge James A. Collins Monday afternoon for keeping a gaming house at 111 West Maryland street, Burke was tried along with Charles Duckworth and Richard Poland. who were arrested at the place with him. Feb. 6. The othmen were discharged by Collins because of lack of evidence. The chief witness in the case was Grant Hart, 22. of 1902 Woodlawn avenue, former downtown trust company cashier, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement Monday. Hart's plea carried the statement that he had stolen almost $1,900 to keep "in the game" at Burke's place. Collins deferred sentencing Hart until Saturday when attorneys informed him that friends of the youth were to offer him aid If he were not sent to the reformatory and “given a chance.” WELLBAUM IS HONORED Resigned Telephone Head Guest at Luncheon. George B Wellbaum. Indiana Bell Telephone Company publicity director, who has resigned to accept a similar position with the New York Bell Telephone Company, was honored at a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce Monday by friends. Wellbaum was given letter in appreciation of his services while in Indianapolis by each of those present. Picks Assistant Indian Head By I'nittd Print WASHINGTON. April 30.—President Herbert Hoover has selected Henry' Scattergood of Philadelphia to be assistant commissioner of Indian affairs. Formal announcement of the appointment is to be made soon.

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Witnesses of Battle Are Shot Down as They Flee for Cover. Bv United Press PAINTSVILLE, Ky., April 30.—A gun battle over a quantity of liquor at Green Rock creek Monday night resulted in the wounding of the duelists and the killing of four bystanders. Details of the battle were revealed today when the principals, Wayne Hanna, 22, and a man known as Bennie Sailors were brought to a local hospital. Hanna may die. Those killed were Lee Gibson, 45, a hillman; his wife, Cassie; their son, Bemie. 30, and Hanna’s brother, Wallace, 12. Sheriff Adams said Hanna, and Sailors began firing after a heated argument over possession of a Jug of moonshine. The Gibson family and Hanna’s young brother, standing nearby, were shot down by the wildly firing duelists before they could scurry to cover. Wayne Hanna was shot in the left lung and may die. Sailors received an arm wound and was lodged in jail, after receiving treatment at the hospital.

GOLFER FALLS DEAD ON LINKS Heart Victim Identified as William E. Murphy. Funeral sendees •will be held Thursday for William E. Murphy, 48, of 214 West Thirty-first street. Inspector in the bureau of animal husbandry, United States department of agriculture for twenty years. Mr. Murphy died suddenly of heart disease on the South Grove golf course Monday afternoon. Born In Indianapolis, Mr. Murphy had been a lifelong resident here except for a few' years spent in Chicago and Jersey City. He attended St. Patrick’s parochial school and Manual Training high school. Surviving are the widow', Mrs. Bessie Wintergust Murphy; the son, Edward; 4wo brothers, John and Walter Murphy, and a sister. Mrs. John Niehaus, all of Indianapolis.

Prosecutor Gives Theory in Evansville Society Affair. Dp Vnited Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 30. Jealousy over a third woman is believed today to have been the cause of a mysterious snooting here, in which two socially prominent Evansville women were Wounded. According to authorities, Mrs. Josephine Greene Conrad, 27-year-old divorce, shot and slightly wounded Miss Margaret Maley. 25, w’hen the latter sought to WTest a revolver from her. and then turned the gun on herself Inflicting a serious wound. Mrs. Conrad has admitted the shooting. Miss Maley said she was shot when she attempted to take the revolver from the divorcee to prevent her from commuting suicide. Doubts Suicide Story Prosecuting attorney, Menries Lindsey, declares a belief that the shooting was resented because Mrs. Conrad was jealous of Miss Maley’s friendship for another woman Lindsey further said he doubted truth of statements by the women that the shooting occurred when Mrs. Conrad contemplated suicide. The prosecutor announces that a complete investigation would be made, including questioning of persons who attended a party, following w'hich the shooting occurred, and also a quarrel which the women were said to have had two weeks ago. The quarrel was said by police to have developed into a fight, Miss Maley receiving a broken nose. Witness Believed Shielded Lindsey is of the opinion that the women were not alone at the time of the shooting. Hospital attendants said Mrs. Conrad’s chances for recovery were ' about even.” A bullet entered her breast and ranged downward, piercing her stomach. Miss Maley sustained a flesh wound In a thigh. The shooting occurred in Mrs. Conrad'- bedrx>m after guests at the party in the Maley home had gone. Both women admitted "having had a few drinks” prior to the party, but said they "were all right” at the time of the shooting. Guests at the party included Mrs. F. Harold Van Orman. Republican candidate for mayor of Evansville; her husband, former Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and State Senator John H. Hewitt, Terre Haute.

CHILD WITH CORN GRAIN IN THROAT FIGHTS TO LIVt

Bit Timet Special Tk/CT. VERNON, Ind., April 30. An angry little boy who wanted to help daddy feed the chickens is a suffering little boy today. The boy is the 2-year-old son of Aloyslus Denning, farmer in Point township, Posey county.

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You Herd Me By United Press SUPERIOR. Wls., April 30. The United States coast guard was called out to save “Miss Freida,” a Guernsey cow, w'hich swam two miles out into Lake Superior. The nautial cow refused aid, however, and arrived at her home port under her own power..

PASTOR URGES UNITED CHURCH Council Hears the Rev. John Moore; Officers Elected. All officers of the Church Federation of Indianapolis were re-elected at the seventeenth dinner-meeting Monday night at the Irvington M. E. church. Unity of all Protestant churches in America was advocated by Dr. John M. Moore, general secretary of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, who w'as the principal speaker. Officers re-elected are: Marshall D. Lupton. president; Thomas C. Day, Dr. Orien W. Filer and Earl R. Conder, vice-presidents; P. R. McAnally, recording secretary, and Henry R. Danner, treasurer. The Rev. G. I. Hoover, general secretary of the Indiana Christian Missionary Society, w r as elected honorary vice-president, and all six of the present honorary vice-presi-dents were re-elected. They are: The Rt. Rev. Edgar Blake, bishop of the Indianapolis area of the Methodist Episcopal church; the Rt. Rev. H. H. Fout, bishop of the United Brethren church; the Rev. Virgil P. Brock, secretary of the Indianapolis Christian Church Union, the R.ev. F. A. Hayward, former executive secretary of the Federated Baptist churches of Indianapolis who will take a pastorate at Lafayette May 1; the Rev. H. B. Hostetter, executive secretary of the Presbyterian state office, and the Rev. J. B. Parsons, superintendent of the White River conference of the United Brethren church. Five members of the executive •committee whose three-year terms had expired were also re-elected. They are: Attorney-General James M. Ogden, Harry W'. Krause. Dr. IV. T. Grafton, chaplain of Butler university; E. F. Bloemaker and Roy Sahm. Governor Lands Indiana, By United Press COLUMBUS. Ind.. April 30. Governor Harry G. Leslie lauded Indiana in an address before members of the Rotary Club here. He said “Indiana is not as bad as it is painted to be and said that he was not “hardboiled” toward prisoners, but only wanted to help them."

Party Bad Enough,' Pa rty With Coppers 700 Bad EVANSTON, HI.. April 30.—Mrs. Frank Darling wasn’t sleeping so well, she complained to police. “It’s because of a party in the apartment above me,” she said. “Will you please send over some officers?” Forty minutes later, after two policemen had been assigned to quell the party, Mrs. Darling telephoned headquarters again. “Will you please call those officers in?” she asked. “The party was bad enough without the policemen, but now they’re knocking aU the plaster off my ceiling. And will you send older policemen next time?”

PIONEER FUNERAL SET Services for Lemuel Harold, 90, to Be Held Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. 10 a. m„ at the home of Mrs. Charles R. Butler, a daughter, 3734 Woodlawn avenue, for Lemuel Harold. 90, Hamilton country pioneer, who died at Noblesville, Ind., Sunday. Burial will be in Wood Ridge cemetery, near Carthage, Ind. BANKS FIGHT TAXES Suits on Valuation Will Be Filed in U. S. Court. Seeking reduction in the $90,000,000 assessed valuation of Indiana banks, suits probably will be filed by the Indiana Bankers Association in federal courts of the state against the state tax board which now assesses banks on a true cash value basis. This is expected to be the second step in bankers’ tax reduction fight which opened Monday when Clyde Robinson, Marion county treasurer, was given notice that banks will pay their 1929 taxes under protest. Robinson said he would keep bank taxes in a separate account until a decision is reached. The suits in federal court will be based on a United States supreme court decision interpreting a clause in the 1864 national banking act which specifies that “bank shares must be taxed on the same basis as other competing money capital," William M. Hammond, one of the attorneys for the Bankers Asosci*- j tion, said.

Today he is in a hospital at St. Louis, where surgeons are fighting to save his life, endangered by a grain of corn lodged in the windpipe. Toddling into a poultry yard where the father was shelling com to feed chickens, the boy asked to help. The father gave him an ear of com.

FARM CONVICT PAROLE LACKS COURTFAVOR Vincennes Judge Terms Governor’s Act as ‘Special Privilege.” BOOTLEGGER RELEASED Necessity for Work in Peach Orchard Announced Reason. R)f Times Special VINCENNES. Ind.. April 30—“A case of special privileges,” is the comment of Judge W. F. Calverley on the case of Mike Toth, local bootlegger, released by order of Governor Harry G. Leslie from the state penal farm to tvhich the judge sent him. Toth was released on his plea that his two-acre orchard here needed his attention. Employes of a florist whose place is near Toth’s, says the orchard needs only a little plowing and that last year Toth gave it no attention. Only the vigilance of Judge Calverley caused Toth to be punished at all, it is declared here. He was arrested with Roy McGiffen and William Kirk after a raid by Federal agents. The latter two were sentenced March 20. Toth obtained a, continuance for a few' days and when the time was up, failed to appear. Court Forces Hearing Judge Calverley issued a bench warrant and Toth was brought before him and sentenced. “I don’t believe in making fish out of one case and fowl out of another,’ ’the judge remarked at the time, “and this court is not going to be made a party to any such scheme.” Since Toth’s return, of w'hich the court had not been advised until told by a reporter who saw' the convicted man on a street here, Judge Calverley remarked there was “considerable interest” in the case in certain Republican circles here. Given Five-Day Parole A telephone call to the farm resulted in the following conversation, with a deputy' superintendent' talking for his chief, who was absent: “Yes. the Governor ordered us to let him out on a five-day parole.” “What for?” “Oh. for business reasons; something about a peach orchard.” In some quarters it is asserted Toth is a paid informer for prohibition enforcement officers and that i it was he wlio aided in plotting a ! still possession case which resulted [ in arrest of two men at the Walker hardware store here recently.

THREE TAKE POISON One Woman Critically III; Two Will Recover. One woman is in serious condition and two others are recovering from poison taken in suicide attempts Monday afternoon. Mrs. Myrtle Allen, 30, Apartment 3, 243 East Eleventh street, is in a critical condition at city hospital, where she was taken when found by her companion, Mrs. Clara Biddle, prostrate on the bed in her apartment. She said she had taken poison, but would assign no reason for the suicide attempt. Mrs. Clarrie La Tourrette, 35, of 1628 Ingram street, and Mrs. Edna Van Zant, 22, of Newcastle, visiting relatives at 1817 Arrow avenue, were recovering from poison taken Monday. Mrs. La Tourrette blamed domestic troubles. Mrs. VanZant had been in ill health.

JONES ACT TO GET TEST First Cases Under New Dry Law Here Slated Wednesday. Sixty defendants indicted by the recent federal grand jury will be arraigned before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell at 9:30 a. m. on Wednesday. Most of the cases are of a minor character. Defendants pleading guilty to liquor charies committed since passage of the Jones act, providing liquor violation penalties with a maximum of five years and SIO,OOO fine, will afford the first opportunity for observation of the workings of the new law in the local court.

Angered because his little hands lacked the strength to shell the com, the boy cried, at the same time pounding an ear on the ground. Suddenly a grain was dislodged and was hurled down the child's throat. The child first was treated at an Evansville hospital, where, all efforts to remove the com’ failed.

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Times and Junior League Will Select Star for Follies Act, A group of the most promising girl dancers in the city will compete tonight in the dance classic of the season. The Times-Junior League Dancing Scholarship contest, starting at 7:30 in the Lincoln room of the Lincoln hotel. Five judges will choose the winner of the competition, who will receive a double reward. First will be a two-term course of lessons in tap, acrobatic, or ballet dancing, in the studio of Louise Powell, one of the foremost instructors in the midwest. Second will be the opportunity to present her act in the Junior League Follies, to be staged at the Murat Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Judges were announced this morning by Mrs. Robert C. Winslow, chairman of the contest committee for the Junior League. They are Miss Louise Powell. Allen Carey and E. T. Thomas, of the Directors’ Service Guild. Inc., of New York; Roltaire Eggleston, and a fifth to be named by the league. All contestants are requested to be at the Lincon hotel by 7:15, preparatory 7 to opening of the contest. They will be met there by representatives of the Junior League and The Times and given their instructions. The contest will be in the Lincoln room of the hotel. Entrants in the contest, enrolled with The Times to noon today, included Eilenor McDonald, 2186 Sherman drive; Virginia Lapp, 3213 East Sixteenth street; Allen Champion. 3230 Roosevelt avenue; Myrtle E. Long, 6176 Rcsslyn avenue; Dorothy Mabey, 2325 Coyner avenue; Mazine Lambert, 2329 North La Salle street; Mary Frances Bowers, 3145 Central avenue; Mary 7 ; Eleanor Ellis, 1630 Central avenue; ; Margaret Laughner, 451 North Wal- ] cott street; Billie Craig, 1939 Cen- j tral avenue: Mary Ellen Higgins, 119 McLean place, and Eileen Adair. j 2024 North Harding street.

Fast weakening, the little patient was rushed to St. Louis, where it is believed only surgery will be able to cheat death. Doctors say there have been cases where obstructions were coughed up. but in the present instance there is little hope of relief from that source, due to the lowered vitality of the patient.

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Ton. Margaret Laughner. 451 North Walcott; left, below, Bi'iir Craig, 1939 Central avenue; right, below, Mary Ellen Higgins, 119 McLean place.

NEW SCHOOL URGED Broad Ripple Citizens to Attend Board Session, Determined effort to obtain promise of anew Broad nipple high school at once will be made by a large delegation to appear before the school board tonight. A number of speakers will present the delegation's views, including Attorney Delbert O. Wilmeth, Mrs. M. A. Baltozer and Ross Smith. Speakers will be introduced by Clyde F. Young. 5201 Broadway, Broad Ripple Parent-Teacher Association president. The delegation will ask immediate start to relieve present crowded conditions. There are neary 500 pupils in the school, originally built for 100. Classes are being held in the auditorium, cooking room and every available space, and attendance is increasing constantly, Young said.

WEST SIDE CHILDREN AID CLEANUP DRIVE District Has New Appearance; Students Seek Prizes. West Indianapolis today was cleaner than ever before in its hisstorq. as the result of whole-hearted effort on the part, of school children participating in the annua! cleanup, paint-up campaign. Sanitary 7 department officials reported they had worked overtime Mondav in removing debris. At one home fifty containers were found piled high with trash. West Indianapolis business men have offered several hundred dollars in prizes for a clean-up contest among the school children. WRECK DRIVER HELD Intoxication Charge Filed After Auto-Truck Crash. Bruce Campbell, 30, of 2130 North Meridian street, was arrested today on charges cf operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, after the car he was driving crashed into a large gravel truck at the corner of Broad Ripple and Rivera avenue. A woman, riding in the car with Campbell, left before police arfived. The gravel truck was driven by Wilber Scott of Westfield.

BELIEF HELD KIRBY DAVIS VISITEDSTATE Citizens of Clarksburg and Nearby Towns Recall Alleged Officer. BAD CHECKS ON TRAIL Burney Doctor Recalls Man He Treated Wore Bloody Clothes.

n i/ Times Syrria! OPEFNSBURG, Ind.. April 30. Possibility that a man posing as an officer who forged several checks was Kirby Davis. Indiana bank bandit, is being discussed by officers and citizens in this section of Indiana. The latest crime of which Davis is accused is participation in robbery of the State bank at Columbia City in which one woman was killed by' machine gun fire, another woman and the Whitley county sheriff being wounded. Believe Robber Wounded Dr. W. D. Harvey of Burney, who befriended the man in addition to treating him for a kidney ailment, recalls that the man’s clothing was bloodstained. Officers at Columbia City, who fought a gun duel with the bandits, have declared their belief that one was wounded. The man gave various names, one being H. A. Rogers, and said he wa® a detective from Findlay, 0.. seeking a man and woman wanted on check forging charges. He appeared at Clarksburg and Milroy before coming to Burney. At Clarksburg, he said his name was H. S. Simpson and that he was on a secret mission. Tells Another Story At Milroy, the man left a hotel bill unpaid. Arrived in Burney the man stopped at the Albert E. Howe store and said ho was working on a case which involved a threat to kidnap a girl. He attempted to interview a girl, the supposed intended victim, but she refused to talk to him. Ed Bayliss of Clarksburg was given two checks, one for $3 and on' for $5 as taxi fare by the man. The;, were signed H. A. Rogers and drawn on a Franklin (Ohio) bank. Inquiry at the bank showed it had r.:. depositors of that name.

YOUNG MAN ARRESTED ON SWINDLE CHARGE Bakery Owner Charges Short Change Artist Took $lO. When Edwin Brown Haney, 22. of 216 East Pratt street, walked into a bakery operated by Mabel Schmidt at 1057 West Morris street today he was arrested on a charge of swindling. According to Mrs. Schmidt, Haney first appeared at her bakery last fall when he short changed her out of $lO. Two months ago Haney again appeared but escaped before police arrived. Today Haney appeared again. Police w'ere called and Haney lodged in the city' prison. He denied to police he had ever been in the bakery before.

MAN CONFESSES THEFT OF 100.000 CIGARETS Fags Arrested When Police Arrest "Smokes" Peddler. Burglars took 100,000 cigarets, valued at $650. from the Jagger Wholesale Grocery Company, 23 East Henry street, Monday night. Today, Patrolman Plez Oliver arrested Robert Hatton, 30, of 918 West New York street, for selling, cigarets on the street without a license. Hatton admitted to police he had taken the cigarets from the Jagger company and led them to an empty pool hall in the 800 block on New York street* where they found all except four cartons which Hatton had sold.

iCONFERENCE ON SCHOOL FUNDS SLATED MONDAY State Budget Group to Discuss Disposition of Building Levy. I The state budget committee will meet Monday in the office of ; Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of | the state board of accounts, to disj cuss disposition of the first annual ; funds from the 2-cent special tax j levy for buildings at the state | schools. The ten-year levy was passed by I the 1927 legislature. About $7,000 annually will go to each of the state normal schools and $140,000 each to Purdue and Indiana universities. Each school has mapped out a tenyear building program. PLAN ANNUAL DINNER Ronald Bingman Is New President of Religious Education Council. Ronald Bingman today succeeded Robert Pogue as president of the Marion County Council of Religious Education. Pogue resigned because of removal from the city. Plans for the annual county banquet May 6 at the Broadway M. E. church were discussed at a dinner Monday night at the Y. W. C. A. More than 400 young people are expected. Two Pioneers Die By Timm Bln cial BEDFORD, Ind.. April 30.—Two pioneer residents of Lawrence county are dead. They are John L. Baker, 81. former hotel proprietor, and John W. Adamson, 89, oldest resident of Indian Creek townsftip.