Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1929 — Page 11

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MINE OFFICIAL DENIES CAUSE OF REDS AIDED Knox Consolidated Executive Replies to Charge of Union. WORKERS’ HEAD SILENT District 11 President Refuses to Comment on •Political Contacts.' 11Y BEN STERN Timr Staff Corrupondent BICKNELL. Ind.. June 18.—Vigorous denial of the charge that the Knox Consolidated Coal Company, with offices in Indianapolis, is allied irith the communist party and is offering communist speakers protection. as charged by the United Mine Workers of America, was made today by Harvey C. Conrad, general superintendent of production of its mines Conrad branded a? false the charges made by Bicknell members of the United Mine Workers in a telegram to Governor Harry G. Leslie. He declared that the company does not recognize either thp U. M. W of A . or tine National Miners' Union, which the striking miners call a communist organization ‘ When our inen came back to work in January they were formed into an organization known the Knox County Miners Association and our contract was signed with. this oreanization. The association is affiliated with neither the United , Mine Workers nor the National Miners Union.” Conrad said. He' declared that many of the miners felt biiter toward John 1 L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers for premitting Ohio j miners to go to work on a 1917 w age j seale and forbidding the Indiana miners from doing the same. Offered $5 a Day Wage “When we reopened American No. j 1 we offered the men the Ohio wage j scale as the Ohio fields are in di- ! rect competition with our fields. This scale provided for a minimum j wage of $5 a day. The United Mine j Wo r kers would not permit the men to go back. . ! "At present we arc employing too men and have turned away 5.000 who have sought employment. ‘‘l personally know that at leas* 98 per cent of the men employed j in the mine are English speaking i and worked for us before the strike. | They are paying on their own | homes, were good members of the ; United Mine Workers of America j and have not the slightest taint of communism. "We have not more than fifty miners working for us who might be susceptible in the least to communism. and I am sure that our miners are able to withstand any talk from these men. “It is the silliest thing in the world to imagine that, employers of labor would ally themselves with communism. •*We have for years endeavored to weed out every miner who is a member of the I. W. W. and the charge of the unionists that we are allied with the communists is silly.” The communist charge of the United Mine Workers is based ;n part on the growing strength of the National Miners’ Union in the Bicknell field. Many employes of the Knox Consolidated mines are said to belong to this union, which the mine workers claim to be a communist organization. Red Resolution Recalled This charge is based on an alleged statement by Patrick Toohey. secretary-treasurer of the National Miners' Union at Pittsburgh on Feb. 27. that the executive board of the association had adopted a resolution affiliating itself with the "Red International Labor Unions with headquarters at Moscow.” There are approximately 600 miners out of work in the Bicknell field, which includes Vincennes. John Gillespie. subdistrict secretary at Bicknell. said. David Robb, president of district No. 11. U. M. W. of A., was reticent as regards the charges of communism leveled by his organization against the Knox miners. "I have no desire to comment on political contacts." Robb declared. "I recognize no dual organization. I know only one union and that is the United Mine Workers." Workers Operate Mine While this debate on "Who’s a communist?” is going on an interesting experiment in miner ownership is' taking place at the Fanhandle mine. I 1 : miles north of Bicknell. Here 150 miners have assumed a mine that was to be abandoned and are making a success of working for themselves. These miners last fall organized the Bicknell Coal Company capitalized with 1.000 share no par value. Wesley Harris, one of the most popular men in the Bicknell field, is superintendent and president of the company. In order to float the company. Harris purchased $15,000 of the shares, which are valued by the miners at $95 each; business men of Bicknell purchased $5,000. and the miners subscribed for the remainder. For twenty days the miners worked long shifts for $1.50 a day. in order to get production under way. Now. with the coal market at a standstill, they work four days a week at a minimum of $5 a day and are paying on the stock. The miner-ownership plan is proving successful and is indicative o! what might result if the plan & adopted more widely.

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Van Hook Reindicted

TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. June 18.—Indictment charging John Van Hook - with murder in *he second degree for the shooting of Austin Sweet, attorney, has been returned by the Vigo grand jury, and Van Hook was placed under $25,000 bond. The former deputy constable was dismissed on a first degree indictment in Clay circuit couit last week Vhen the court held the new' Indiana statute prevents conviction under such an indictment on any charge other than first degree murder, new indictment also contains a count covering manslaughter and prohibits a change of venue.

CHILD CHAINED IN HOME BASEMENT

VANITY SAVES WOMAN Stops to Replace Shoe and Is Persuaded Not to Drown Self. £;/ 7 imes special EVANSVILLE. Ind., June 18.—A woman giving the name of Dorothy Miller has feminine vanity to thank for escaping death. She went to the Ohio river to commit suicide. As she prepared to hurl herself into the water, a shoe came off. She stopped to place it on her foot again and the few seconds’ delay was enough to give James Chenault a chance to reach her side and persaude her to live longer. COUNTY FARM AGENTS MEET Annual State Session Opens at Purdue. B” Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. June 18.— County agricultural agents from over the state are at, Purdue university for a three-day conference which opened today to discuss problems met in the field through the medium of a program of addresses and discussion sessions. The county agents will hold a joint session with vocational agriculture teachers of the state Wednesday. The vocational agriculture teachers will hold their annual meeting at Purdue. The relationship of the county agent and vocational teacher in building and carrying out an agricultural program will be the topic for discussion at the joint session, with Director J. H. Skinner, of Purdue. leading the discussion. One of the principal speakers on the county agent's program is Dr. O. E. Baker, of the United State department of Agriculture. He outlined the future trends of agriculture and devoted some time to the question of whether more farm land is needed. T. R. Johnston, Purdue publicity director, will appear on all | three days’ programs in a series of j addresses designed to aid county agents in news writing. Other | speakers includes C. T. Gregory, j Purdue: H. S. Benson. Vincennes. I and H. K. McMillin. a vocational | teacher. i AH of the agents, with the teach- | ers. will be guests of the Indiana | state board of agriculture at a banj quet Wednesday evening. The report of the relations committee of the Indiana County Agents’ Association and the annual business session of the organization will occupy prominent places on the closing day’s program. Thursday.

SCIENCE POINTS TO EPILEPTIC AS KILLER IN BRUTAL SLAYING OF CO-ED

TTTTASHINGTON. June 18 W When police of Columbus, 0.. succeed in apprehending the brutal killer who inflicted so many wounds on the body of his victim. Miss Theora K. Hix. that identity was difficult, they are very likely to find that the murderer is an | epileptic. Psychiatric authorities here j

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Father of Gary Boy Held After Nine Days' Imprisonment, Bn United Press GARY. Ind.. June 18.—Nine-year-old George Jurick is under a physician’s care today after being rescued from the basement of his home, where he had been chained to an iron pipe nine days because he ran away from school. The boy, his eyes sunken and legs unsteady, had only bread and coffee, his only food, after he ran away from school because of cruel treatment he said he had received at home. An examination by physicians revealed that the boy's mind had become temporarily deranged because of the imprisonment. George was apprehended at a Glen Park residence, where he requested something to eat. He said he had wandered from place to place "afraid to go home.” according to police. After the boy was returned to his home, police said he was placed in the basement and permitted to have coffee and bread as food, which his little sister. Sophie, carried to him. The father, severely reprimanded by authorities for his action, was placed in jail under SI,OOO bond, charged with contributing to delinquency. A speedy trial was promised by police. The mother, employed as a maid, was absent from home most of the time and the bov was left alone. HOSPITAL FUND OP Methodist Drive Receives $407,032 in Gifts, Spurred by additional gifts, bringing the total in the Methodist hospital expansion fund appeal to $407.032. workers will devote this week to intensive solicitation and will meet at the Columbia Club Thursday noon to check up on the progress of the campaign. One million dollars is being sought in the present appeal to help provide new buildings and new' scientific equipment Among the larger additional pl°dges announced are gifts totaling $17,225 obtained by the campaign executive committee: $25.000 obtained by Arthur V. Brown, president of the hospital board of trustees, and $9,000 obtained by Dr. George M. Smith, superintendent of the institution. Arthur R. Baxter, general chairman of the movement, also announces that additional pledges totaling $5,592 have been received from members of the staff of the hospital.

state that whenever, during the course of a murder, more is done to the victim than is necessary to extinguish life, the finger of suspicion points to the blind and absolutely uncontrolled, even unconscious. rage of the epileptic. Many different types of insanity will cause the afflicted person to commit a murder.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929

CONGRESS TO RECESS FOR TWO MONTHS Way for Vacation Starting Wednesday Cleared by Watson. WINS SENATE VICTORY G. 0. P. Floor Leader Forces Adjournment Proposal by One Vote. BY PAUL R. MALLON fnlcd Press SttfT Correspondent WASHINGTON. June 18.—President Hoover's special farm relief and tariff revision session of congress probably will recess Wednesday for two months, the senate returning Aug. 19 to work on the tariff bill. The summer recess is being taken in an atmosphere heavy with doubt as to what form the new tariff law will take. The way for the vacation was cleared late Monday when Floor Leader James E. Watson defeated by the majority of a single vote, 39 to Leader James E. Watson defeated in the senate by the majority of a single vote, 39 to 38. the Borah resolution which sought to wipe out half the house tariff bill and confine senate action upon it to agricultural schedules only. Out of his pocket, unbeknown to any of the other leaders. Watson drew forth a peculiar resolution of adjournment, as soon as the vote on the Borah resolution was announced. Decided Without Debate He succeeded in getting a ruling from Vice-President Charles Curtis that the two months recess resolution must be decided without debate. Taken by surprise, the. midwestern independents and some Democrats, proposed an amendment to make the returning date Sept. 15, knowing that the house would never agree to such a long recess. This move was defeated 44 to 35, although the harassed floor leader was deserted by such stalwarts among his usual supporters, as Reed Smoot of Utah, the tariff maker, and David Reed of Pennsylvania. The final vote on the recess resolution was 57 to 23, Democrats and Republicans flocking to Watson’s support. It w r as his first victory after a series of reverses, but it was a brilliant one. The whole proceedings, tense and bitter, gave an indication of what the tariff fight is going to be like when the senate resumes it in August. By a single vote 39 to 38 the independent Democratic coalition succeeded in defeating the Jones amendment to the Borah resolution which would have permitted the senate finance committee, now working, the fullest latitude in drawing a general tariff revision bill. Jones Proposal Defeated Watson could have passed *he amendment by switching a few pairs, but he knew if the amendment was adopted, a flood of debate would be released again on the Borah proposal, thus delaying the scheduled recess. So he let the Jones proposal go down in defeat and then accomplished the defeat of the Borah resolution itself by just as slender a margin. The issue was whether the house tariff bill should be accepted as the standard for senate tariff action or whether the senate would kill the industrial rates of the house bill, acting only upon the agricultural rates. As the decision was reached by only one vote, it may readily be seen that the senate probably will play havoc with the bill when it begins voting on the individual rates. An effort to induce the senate to abandon its 140-year-old secret sessions rules before its recess was inaugurated as soon as that body met today. Secrecy Vote Demanded Senator Weley Jones, assistant i Republican leader and author of the i pending amendment to the rules I providing for open sessions in the future, served notice that he would expect the senate to vote before night. He was encouraged by Floor Leader Watson, who made a public appeal to senators to stay here and finish up pending business. Debate started immediately and the change was indorsed by all of the early speakers. In the meantime the house was arranging to accept the senate resolution providnig for a recess from Wednesday until Aug. 19. or amend it to recess until Sept. 23. House leaders want to get action first on a resolution authorizing the secretary of treasury to hold open the negotiations with France for settlement of her war debt, because the negotiations would expire Aug. 1 unless some congressional action is token Follows Wife in Death B;i Time* Special ANDERSON, Ind.. June 18.—John P O'Hare. 98. is dead here, having lived only two days after the death of his wife. Mrs. Mary Ellen O'Hare..

WITH the type known as sadism. for example, the victim gets a certain tragic satisfaction from inflicting physical pain on others. In the course of inflicting the pain, he may go to such extremes that the person punished dies. Another type of insane perbon will kill because of the delusion

MODERNISM IN RELIGION FACES UNDIVIDED FOE Church of God Ministers in World Session All Oppose Trend. 7,000 REACH ANDERSON Larger Attendance Expected as World Sessions Continue, By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. June 18— Uncompromising opposition to modernism in religion was taken by leading ministers of the Church of God in opening sessions of its annual international convention and ministerial assembly at the church’s headquarters camp ground here. Attendance of 7,000 is expected to increase to 10,000 persons before the close of the eight-day meeting Sunday. Visitors are here from all states of the Union, with missionaries from several foreign countries. The annual convention of Sunday school workers preceded the larger meeting. Editor Speaks The Rev. Fred G. Smith, Anderson. editor of the Gospel Trumpet, a publication of the Church of God, addressed the opening service on “Fundamentals of Christian Experience,” The Rev. H. M. Riggle, Chicago, president of the Gospel Trumpet Company, spoke on "The Deity of Christ,” the sermon being broadcast by radio station WHBU. Other speakers were the Rev. Adam W. Miller, Adamsburg, Md.; the Rev. Burgess McCreary. Anderson; the Rev. R. C. Caudill, Middletown. O. Young people’s convention day was observed with the Rev. W. E. Monk, Bessemer, Ala., presiding at the opening prayer service, while the keynote address was delivered by the Rev. Charles E. Brown, Chicago, who urged youth to Christian service. Other speakers on subjects bearing on young persons’s responsibilities to the church were Mrs. A. E. Sweeney, Laporte; the Rev. W. F. Coy. Ft. Collins. Col.; the Rev. E. A. Reardon, Denver, Col.; Elizabeth Marsh, Richmond; the Rev. Russell Olt. dean of the Anderson Bible School and Seminary; the Rev. G. E. Wright, Groesbeck. Tex., and Rev. J, T. Wilson. Eastland, Tex, School Seeks $500,000 Ratification by the ministerial assembly is expected for a proposal approved by trustees of the Anderson Bible School and Seminary, changing its name to Anderson College and Theological Seminary. Impetus is being planned for a campaign seeking $500,000 as an endowment fund to gain accredited rating for the school. The Rev. John A. Morrison, seminary president, has been re-elected head of the doctrinal committee, which also includes the Rev. R. R. Byrum, member of the school faculty. and the Rev. A. F. Gray, Anderson pastor. Directors of 'the Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, in annual session. re-elected the Rev. H. M. Riggle, Chicago, as president , and the Rev. N. H. Byrum. Anderson, secre-tary-treasurer. D. W. Patterson, Anderson, general manager of the company and vice-president of the board, was replaced as a director by the Rev. G. T. Neal. Bedford. The Rev. R. L. Berry. Anderson, succeeds Mr. Patterson as vice-president. 100 ATTEND WINONA SCHOOL OF RELIGION Girls’ Session Opened Monday; Adults, Boys to Convene Later. The only school of its kind in the United States, the Winona summer school of Christian education opened Monday at Winona Lake with one hundred girls, under the directorship of Robert J. McLandress, director of religious education of Indiana. Boys school and adults schools will follow later in the summer. Orville M. Brunson and Miss Elizabeth Taft of Indianapolis will teach in the school. The Rev. H. B. Hostetter. executive secretary of the Presbyterian state office, will have charge of the adult session in early August. The Winona Lake project was made possible by two gifts. Kosciusko lodge given by Mrs. Billy Sunday and a ten-acre tract on the lake front given by the Winona Lake Association. Girl Shoots Self in Hand B)l Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. June 18.—Ella Lewis. 13. daughter of Charles Lewis, shot herself through the left hand with a .22-caliber pis- , tol she foua£ in the attic of a friend's home. The girl had never handled a pistol before and thought it was a toy. She placed the muzzle against the palm of her hand and pulled the trigger, the bullet going through the member.

of persecution in which all other people are, in the diseased mind of the maniac, pursuing him in the attempt to do him harm. This man thinks he is acting in selfdefense. A third type of insane person kills because he has the obsession that he is guilty of some awful, secret sin.

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A. L. Donaldson Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., June 18—When Mayor Herbert, Males, members of the Evansville board of works, other city officials and attorneys are brought to trial charged with graft in connection with a north side sewer project, the prosecution will rely strongly on testimony of A. L. Donaldson. himself under indictment in the same case. He is a former sewer inspector here. Following his indictment. Donaldson w r as located in a little California town, through efforts of the Evansville Press and other Scripps-Howard newspapers. He returned here without a guard, driving through in his automobile.

SHERIFF DEFENDS PRISONER HELD IN DEATH OF NURSE

Convinced Young Farmer, Facing Murder Trial, Is Innocent. Bv l nited Press INDEPENDENCE. Kan.. June 18. —Guarded by a sheriff who expressed unshaken belief in his prisoner’s innocence, Elmer Cales, 28, farmer, remained in jail here today awaiting trial for the murder of Marguerite White, 20-year-ola student nurse. “I do not believe Cales is guilty and I will do everything I can to help him,” Sheriff R. W. Lewis declared . “I am here not only to send guilty men to the penitentiary, but to aid in keeping the innocent from behind the bars.” Even members of Miss White’s family supported the imprisoned youth, and they and Cales’ relatives were on the best of terms. When arraigned at Caney Monday Cales calmly declared his innocence and repeated his story that Miss White shot herself w'hen he refused her proposal of marriage. Cales and Miss White left Caney for a motor ride a few hours before the girl’s death. Testimony at an inquest indicated they had met for the first time that evening and that Miss White previously had had a love affair with Casey Jones of Tulsa. Okla.. w'here she was a nursing student. Cales remained in jail after the arraignment in default of $12,500 bond. Preliminary hearing has been set for June 27. Feeling against him at Caney has died down and the general opinion today was that he w’ould be cleared. 400 PICNIC THURSDAY Traffic Men to Hold Outing at Coney Island, Four hundred Traffic Club members and guests will be aboard the special train when it leaves the union station Thursday morning at 8:30 for Fern Bank en rDUte to a stag outing at Coney Island, near Cincinnati. Luncheon and business clubs of the city have responded to the Traffic Club's invitation to send representatives, and several guests from other Indiana cities will make the trip. Luncheon will be served aboard the Steamer Island Maid and a banquet, in the evening at Coney's Colonial clubhouse, with Henry' Thies’ orchestra, familiar over WLW radio station, providing the dinner music. Hhurman Miller, Wilmington. 0.. editor and nationally known hrmouist, will be the principal speaker. Returning, the steamer will leave Coney Island at 8:30 p. m., eastern standard time, and the special train will arrive in Indianapolis at 11:30 central standard time.

This individual will deliberately commit murder in order that he mav pav penalty and expiate all his sins through electrocution. Insanity of this type also accounts for false confessions voluntarily made by innocent persons, a • m MOST of these types, however, retain enough mentality even

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TEACHER FILES SUIT Hearing Demanded at Anderson After Tenure Act Ousting. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. June 18.—Miss Mary Wilson, English teacher in Anderson high school, will contest her dismissal under the teachers’ tenure law'. Her attorneys have served notice on the board of city school trustees, demanding that charges on w'hich her removal is sought be stated and that a hearing be held before the board. Miss Miller is one of seven high school teachers let out by the school board on recommendation of Principal John D. Miller. He has been principal one year. * ARGUMENT ENDS IN BONO TRIAL Abbott Case Decision Probable This Month. Bn United Press VINCENNES. Ind.. June 18Arguments have been completed in the suit of William Abbott, Spencer, against the receiver of the Citizens Trust Company, Sullivan, on a claim for $60,000 in liberty bonds. Judge W. F. Calverley of Knox circuit court did not give a definite date for his ruling on the case, but said he would endeavor to reach a decision before June 29 when the present term is concluded. Attorneys for Abbott challenged the defendant to name the piece of poper w'hich James M. Lang former president of the institution gave Abbott as a receipt for the $60,000. The receipt was said to have been in the form of a check. Abbott charged that he placed the bonds in care of the bank and had failed to receive either the bonds or a, receipt. ELKS TO TAKE SPECIAL TRAIN TO LOS ANGELES Party Will Leave City July 2 for National Convention. A special train, under supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hinkle, 1307 University court, carrying delegates from lodges in the east, south and central west, will leave Indianapolis on the Big Four railway July 2, for the grand lodge reunion and convention of Elks in Los Angeles. July 8-12. Routed as the Past Exalted Rulers Wonder Tour, the train will go to Los Angeles via St. Louis. Kansas City. Colorado Springs, Denver and return through San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. Victoria, Vancouver, Banff, Lake Louise, Winnipeg and Chicago. Many of the delegates from eastern and southern lodges will be in Indianapolis July 1 for a dinner and entertainment at, the local lodge.

in their insane passions, to know when the murder is accomplished. The epileptic does not know', because during the course of the seizure, he is absolutely unconscious of his cts. He is in an amnesic state. He is not aware of what he is doing at the time, and has no memory of it afterward.

CHURCH GROUP BEGINS STATE MEETING TODAY Indiana Council of Religious Education Meets at Shelby ville. 3.000 CROWD EXPECTED Six Mass Sessions and Sectional Conferences on Program. . B.y Times Special SHELBY VILLE. Ind.. June 18— ; The sixty-fifth annual state con- : vention of the Indiana Council of Religious Education opened here so- ; day to continue in session through Thursday. Attendance of 3.000 Sunday school workers is expected, the largest in the history of the council. Registration of delegates started at 7:30 this morning. The first of i six mass meetings was scheduled for 10 o'clock. The annual message of the council 1 president, Dr. William Lowe Brvan, president of Indiana university, was first on the program of the opening session. Among the speakers was Dr. Frank D. Slutz, Dayton. O. All music at the convention is in charge of Professor Herman U. Leedy, director of music in Oberlin college, Bucyrus, O. Seven sectional meetings are also | on today’s program: seven Wednesday and four Thi>r-These meetings will cover the following divisions: Children's vacation Bible school, young people's, adults, county officers, pastors, administrative officers, rural and small schools. They will be held in various Shelbyville churches. A banquet for county officers will be held this evening. Officers will be elected and the 1930 convention city chosen Wednesday afternoon. Speakers for mass and sectional meetings will include Bishop Edgar Blake, Indianapolis; Miss Nan F. Weeks, of the Northern Indiana Baptist convention staff; Dr. Charles R. Davis, national adult superintendent, of the Disciples of Christ church: Herman Eldridge, Dayton. O.: Myron C. Settle, superintendent of vacation Bible school work for the International Council of Religious Education and C. H. Shamburger. Church of the Brethren religious education leader. A banquet for children will be held at noon Thursday. Convention arrangements are in charge of Dr. L. T. Freeland, pastor of the First Methodist church here, and the Rev. T. J. Wilson, pastor of the First Rock Christian church. MOTORIST STEPS FROM WRECK SLIGHTLY HURT Hagerstown Man's Auto Demolished by Fast Freight Train. | Bp Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind.. June 18.— | Ulysses Personette, Hagerstown resi- ; dent, is in the Newcastle clinic 1 with bruises and slight cuts today, but thankful that he is alive. Personette drove his light sedan on a railroad crossing of the Pennsylvania lines, two miles east of here and the car was struck by a fast freight train, but Personette was able to step from the wreckage of the car, which was hurtled into a twelve-inch-square, reinforced concrete right-of-way marker post. The car was demolished. The crossing was unobstructed, ! and there was a clear view' of the | approaching train, but Personette , did not see it. SAFETY COUNCIL HEAD TALKS AT GAS PLANT Fleet Owners Plan “No Accident” Drive at Dinner. F. E. Schortemeier, president of the safety council and former secretary of state, spoke on safety at the Langsaale plant of the Citizens Gas Company this afternoon at 2:30. George T. Bryant of the Bryant Transfer Company will speak at a safety rally at, the Irvington Ice and Cold Storage Company on Wednesday afternoon. J. W. Dills of the American Railway Express Company told the truck fleet owners and supervisors at a dinner meeting at the Chamber of Commerce last night, that a careless commercial vehicle driver costs his firm one cent a mile more for each mile he drives than a careful operator. H. E. Fitzwater of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company spoke of subconscious safety habits, and George T. Bryant urged recognition of good driving. RUM RUNNERS CONFESS Youths Held Here Were Taking Liquor to Clinton. Cleo Lounsberry. 47, and Wilson Winters, 37. Muncie, arrested on charges of transporting liquor Monday, this morning confessed they were hauling a load of booze between Clinton and Muncie. Ind., when arrested by Deputy Sheriffs John Lindsey and Horace Shipp on national road their Bridgeport. Fifty gallons of white mule whisky were confiscated In their automobile. Former Statitician Dies Bn Timex ftp* rial CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., June 17.—Benjamin F. Johnson, 81, for eight years chief of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics, is dead at hi* home here. He was for many year* a school teacher and was prominent in Republican politics. He served a* trustee of Union Montgomery <punty, eight years. •