Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1929 — Page 2
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HARP OF HUMAN HAIR AND SEVEN CLOSELY LINKED
Unusual Piece of Work Based on Frequency of Number in Bible. Pm Times Special WABASH, Ind.. July 6.—The number seven is intimately associated with one of the nation's most unique objects at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs Ellsworth Smith, six miles south of here —a lyre harp made from human hair. The" harp""was made by Mrs. Smith's mother. Mrs. Mattie Holloway. who died eight years ago. Mrs. Holloway, devoutly religious, was Impressed by the number of times seven is mentioned in the Bible, and in beginning work on the harp, kept ♦he number in mind by making its dimensions four feet by three, addition of which gives what she considered a lucky number. When the harp was complete. Mrs. Holloway was just ten times seven '•ears old. The harp is made by combining fabricated groups which Mrs Holloway called her hair flowers. The following from her diary shows the connection of .seven with the unique piece of handiwork: •‘lt was seventy years since the first hair flower was made for a keepsake, seven years since the harp was started, contains seven hundred names, framing cost seven dollars. has seven ministers, seven missionaries. working in seven different eountries. the seventh child of a family of seven and the seventh child has worked in seven different countries, seven different nations are represented, seven mothers with their seven daughters, seven people over one hundred, there is hair from the head of a hundred and seven, his wife ninety-seven and they had been married for seventy-seven years, the flowers were set at seven o clock p. m. on the seventh day of the week, seventh day of the month, seventh month of the year 1917, and the harp is valued at s7oo.'' 5 HURT AT KOKOMO IN AUTO ACCIDENTS old Ace and Vouth Suffer as Result of Two Mishaps. KOKOMO. Inri.. July 6—Five persons are suffering from injuries here today as a result of automobile accidents. Two of the cases were regarded as serious. J. W. Mendenhall. 70. was disfigured in an automobile collision and may die as the result of loss of blood. His mouth was cut far back in each cheek and he suffered severe lacerations on the head. Four young persons were injured when a car in which they were riding got nut of control of Howard White. 10. and plunged off a road near the end of the Phillips street pike northwest of the city. Wilda Stevens. 16. suffered a severe cut on the left arm. an artery being severed. Her life probably was saved by quick thinking of White who bound a handkerchief around the arm. White received an injury to his left shoulder and cuts on the hands. James Hollingsworth. 16. 409 East Vailc street, who was riding in the car. suffered a sprained leg. Evelyn Young. 17. suffered severe bruises.
Boy Browns in Creek F’i -■ Serial SEYMOUR. Ind.. July 6—Thomas Richart. 3. w as drowned while swimming in a small creek near the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richart. six miles east of here. The boy.' twin sister. Dorothy, found his clothing on the creek bank, and a search was instituted. The body was found a mile downstream. Lightning Shocks Two P 7i: .Si URBANA. Ind.. July 6.—Robert Thomas. 16. remains unconscious today after bein'- shocked by lightning during a storm Thursday night. His father. Howard Thomas, also shocked, is in a weakened condition. The bolt ipnited a bam in which fa sher and son took refuge from the storm, and they were rescued bv neighbors called by the wife and mother. Bees Injure Woman r Tim. * -I ANDERSON. Ind.. July 6.—Mrs. Thomas Crane. North Anderson, is recovering from serious injuries sustained when she was attacked by a swarm of bees it a neighbor’s home. The bees fell on Mrs. Crane’s head as she walked under a tree, covering her face nd most of her body. Auto Victim Buried 7 irr* , • • rs ANDERSON. Ind.. July 6.—Funeral services were held here Friday for Harry Pierce. 38. fatally injured in an automobile crash on the Anderson-Middletowm road. The victim's son. Harry Pierce j r .. hurt in the accident, remains in a critical condition. I. I'. Man on Committee T'ir if * '-ini BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. July 6 Professor R. S. Cavanaugh, director of the Indiana university extension division, has been appointed a member of the national university extension committee for a study and analysis of extension work. Kokomo Doctor Dies Ell Til”-* M<>< ll KOKOMO. Ind.. July 6.—Dr. S. Roscoe Chancellor. 61. a resident of Kokomo thirty years and a practicing physician here the greater part of that time, is dead of heart disease. Admits Jail Break Plot Titnrs I'll, ' ,1 SHELBYYILLE. Ind.. July 6.—A six months penal farm term and a $5 fine is the punishment of Jacob Hoover. 55. for smugging saws to his son. Clarence Hoover, a prisoner in the Shelby county jail here, as part of a plot for a break. The father admitted providing the saws.
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Croton, Cucumber, 102-Year-Old-Cook in Collection
\ Pm Times special \ TEW LONDON, Ind., July 6. iN The oldest business building in this town, once the site of a Quaker academy attended by students from ail parts of Indiana, is occupied by C. W. Johnson. An old spring in the rear of Friends church is on** of the town s chief attractions. Legend has it that, any one drinking of the spring’s water will return to New London. o a lIJt 7 ini* . *S h* 'i'll WA VELAND. Ind., July 6 John Alward of this town owns what he believes is one of the oldest cucumbers. It was grown in a bottle in 1862. and is preserved in the same bottle at Alward's home. nan P it Tim* - Surrinl TALAPA. Ind., July 6.—Thus .1 Marion county town now has a population of only 152. but old residents, taking note of today’s short and backless dresses and hoseless legs, recall when the hoop skirt fashion caused a near riot here. Back in Civil war days, hoopskirts arrived in Jalapa. Young men of the town were so incensed by the fashion that one of them donned an exaggerated model of the skirt and paraded the streets. A group of young women showered him with eggs. Citizens held an indignation meeting as a result of the style war. but what came
FIGHT OPENED GN CORN PEST Overflow Worms Causing Loss Near Princeton. Pm Times Special PRINCETON. Ind., July 6.—C. M. Packard, department of agriculture agent stationed at Purdue university, is engaged in a campaign in the river bottoms near here designed to halt destruction of growing corn by overflow ■worms. So far the pest appears confined to a section west of here. The worm develops rapidly in land over which water has flowed. Eggs laid by the millions in mud produce a species of cut worms, which will quickly destroy a stand of corn. So far no method has been found that will completely rid land of the pest. Packard is trying several means in his campaign, including poison. Trees Menaced /?V Time* ANDERSON. Ind.. July s—Faced by the prospect of a treeless city, citizens here have opened a campaign against the cottony maple scale, damage by which has reached alarming proportions. Making its appearance here three years ago. the scale was the object of a concerted campaign which checked its advance. Reappearance this spring has resulted seriously. L. M. Busche. Madison county agricultural agent, has volunteered to lead a drive to restore damaged trees. FIVE PASSENGERS HURT Interiirban Car Derailed by Washout Near Happy Hollow. Bn United Tress HAPPY HOLLOW. Ind.. July 6. Five persons received treatment today for injuries sustained near here when an interurban car was derailed after striking a washout. Several other occupants of the car escaped inj> les. The injured are. Mrs. Fred Weiss. 33. Ft. Wayne, cut on the legs; Willis Rodaburgh. Wabash, injured back: Charles Williams, Peru, motorman. bruised: W. t). Reed and Dr. Gerald Mason. Ft. Wavne, cuts on heads. Postal Receipts Gain !’.}• linn* S In.c in I KOKOMO. Ind.. July 6.—A decrease of $487.97 in receipts of the Kokomo postoffice for June as compared with the same month last year, but a gain of $4,834.15 for the first hall of 1929 over the first half of 1928. is shown in the semi-annual report of Morton Lamb, postmaster. Two Given Scholarships r,” J ijum Spieinl. GREENCASTLE. Ind.. July 6. Misses Meyrl Michaels and Barbara Duncan. Cloverdale. have been chosen bv John C. Vermillion. Puttnam county superintendent of schools, to receive Indiana university scholarships under a plan whereby each county is entitled to send two high school graduates with highest grades. Teacher Faces Divorce Suit P-t 7 iinm sjr.viv/ WABASH. Lnd.. July 6.—Alleging cruelty. Mrs. Veva Whiting of North Manchester has filed suit for divorce in Wabash circuit court here against Rollin Whiting, a school teacher. She asks SI,OOO alimony and custody of a 2-year-old child. The couple was married three years ago. Murder Trial Set I 1’ • 7 illicit special VALPARAISO. Ind.. July 6.—Mrs. Catherine Cassler and son Edward. | charged with the first, degree murder of Miss Cameola Soutar. have lost their fieht to prevent trial, and will face the Porter circuit court here on : the death charge at the September term. Defense attacks on the indictments have been overruled by Judge Grant Crumpacker. Robbed Lodge Offers Reward ] > Ti • * special LEBANON. Ind.. July 6.—The local of Elks offers a SIOO reward for information leading to arrest and i conviction of person or persons who in three burglaries in a month have I taken loot valued at S3OO.
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of the meeting is not recorded! Apparently, It was a case of “people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.” At the time hoopskirts were being worn by women, men were wearing red flannel underwear, detachable shirt bosoms, skin tight trousers, watch chains made of their sweethearts’ hair and carrying a combination watch key, pencil and toothpick. V * Bv Timm special SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 6.—A solid gold crown which was worn by Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon 111, emperor of France,
STEPHENSON PLANS NEW LIBERTY PLEA
Keep Out-Dead, Tells Suicide Bji Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 6. —Mrs. FTank Schore who operates a rooming house here, does not often go out on errands for roomers, but George Phelps, 62, had been sick since February, so she agreed to get his laundry. On her return she found a note from him on the livingroom table: “Keep out, dead.” Police found the body, the chest torn from the fire of an old-fashioned Zulu .12 gauge shotgun. He had purchased the weapon for $1.50.
MUNCIE WOMAN AIDS MATE'S SECOND WIFE Deposition Shows Man Now in Prison Committed Bigamy. Be 1 Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 6.—Mrs. Lillian Larkins-Barkon of Muncie was still the wife of Dr. Raymond Barkon. self-styled heir to the “millions of Lord Barkon” of Londonderry, Ireland, when he wed Miss Edna Foster, winner of a beauty contest in Norwood, Cincinnati, 0., suburb. This was revealed at a trial in Cincinnati, when annulment of the second marriage was ordered. Barkon is serving a seven-year term in the Ohio state prison for issuing fraudulent checks. A deposition of the Muncie woman showed she did not divorce Barkon until six weeks after his second marriage. APPEAL BRINGS LIMIT Anderson Man Fares Badly in Liquor Possession Case. Bei Tinu s Special ANDERSON. Ind., July 6.—Appealing a liquor law conviction venued to Madison county, proved disastrous for Raymond Ross. Ross was found guilty by Judge C. B. Salyer in city court a few weeks ago of possession of liquor, fined $l5O and costs and sentenced to six months on the Indiana state farm. He appealed to circuit court where Judge Carl F. Morrow raised the fine to SSOO and costs and added a sentence of six months on the state farm, the limit of punishment provided by Indiana statutes for conviction on a possession charge. Banker Faces Death Charge Bv Times Special VALPARAISO. Ind.. July 6.—A charge of manslaughter has been filed in Porter circuit court here against Albert Scholz. Whiting banker, as a result of the death of Theodore Turner. Porter. In an automobile accident on the Dunes highway Sunday. War Veteran Kills Self P v Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. July 6. Arlie Monroe, 37 is dead, a suicide by poisoning. 11l health is believed to have caused the act. He leaves two sisters. Mrs. Jennie Holesapple. Indianapolis, and Mrs. Hattie Sella, Oakland City, apd a brother. Wil- ; liam Monroe. He was ~. World war l veteran.
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adorns a niche in the Sacred Heart church at the University of Notre Dame here. It is believed the. crown was brought here by Father Sorin, who founded the university in 1842, on a trip to France, his native land. The crown is inlaid with precious stones and studded with pearls. v a * Bv Times Special BEDFORD, Ind.. July 6.—Sheriff John Tyree, if called upon to do any shooting, will use a 17-year-old revolver. It was brought to the office by William Sitler, who started a term as sheriff in 1912. A. J. Lee, who became
Terre Haute Attorney to File ‘DebunkecF Coram” Nobis Plea. Bv Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 6. Orph Hall, Terre Haute attorney, is preparing to file with the Indiana supreme court a “debunked” petition for a writ of coram nobis, another of numerous efforts to Win liberty for D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana klan leader serving a life term in the Indiana state prison for murder. The same writ was sought recently, by another local lawyer, Felix Blankenbaker. former partner of Hall. Recently Paul Newton, another lawyer, acting under Stephenson’s instructions, withdrew the petition. / Hall announced his intention of acting after returning here from the prison where he interviewed Stephenson. The 'attorney says the petition will allege that Stephenson, through fear of mob violence, did not present evidence which would have aided him when he was tried on the murder charge in Hamilton circuit court at Noblesville. WRIT RESTRAINS WIFE Columbus Woman Accused of Trying to Kill Husband With Auto. COLUMBUS, Ind., July 6. Thomas McClure, truck gardener, after filing suit for divorce, asked the Bartholomew court to grant a restraining order against his wife Josephine, which would protect him from violence. McClure contended his wife assaulted him, threatened to kill him, burn their home and tried to run him down with an automobile. A restraining order was granted which restrains the wife from assaulting plaintiff, from killing him and from running him down with an automobile. Dean of Merchants Dies By Times Special CRAWFORDS VILE. Ind.. July 6. —Funeral services will be held Monday for Marshall M. Nye. 75, oldest merchant here, who died after a long ilines. He has been the senior member of a drug firm here fortysix years. Catholic Church Desecrated B.v Times special KOKOMO, Ind.. July 6.—Vandals who entered St. Patrick's Catholic church here through a basement door broke a marble altar, desecrated the Holy Host and unhinged doors. The altar was a gift from the late William Johnson. Father Halpin. pastor, declines to make a statement. Motoring Couple Killed* Bv Times Special NEW ALBANY. Ind.. July 6. William A. O'Bryan, 31. New Albany, is dead in a Paris (111.) hospital of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near there Thursday in which his wife was fatally hurt. Cane Aids Suicide With Gun Bv United Press RICH VALLEY. Ind., July 6. Pulling the trigger of a shotgun with a cane. William Bowman, 78, farmer, committed suicide at his lonely farm home near here. His body was found by a grand-daugh-ter.
sheriff next, bought the weapon from Sitler. Then by the same means it successively became the property of William Owen. Harry Gordon and Tyree. It has never been used in shooting to kill. a m a I Bv Times Special ALAMO. Ind., July 6. Old and fruit and vegetables are a hobby of Mrs. Harriet McFeely. Her collection includes a 20-year-old potato, a 7-year-old lemon and a comparatively young orange of 14 months. The potato was a gift from the late Jonathan Newkirk, who carried it in a trousers pocket for twelve years. m * B,v Times special PETERSBURG. Ind.. July 6. Jasper Jerrell. farmer, while spading in a garden at his home south of here, dug up a metal calendar for the last half of 1854 and the first half of 1855. The calendar is round, about the size of a half dollar. Date figures are immovable, but. days of the week are on a movable piece to make the calendar usable. u 0 &j/ Times Special CARBON, Ind.. July 6.—Asked to pose for a photograph, Mrs. Mariah Monroe. 102, excused herself long enough to inspect some food she w r as cooking at her home here. Although she will be 103 years old Oct. 2, Mrs. Monroe does all her housework.
MAYOR'S WIFE ASKSJIIVORCE Evansville's Executive Declared Cruel. B.v Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 6. Mayor Herbert Males faces a divorce suit filed by his second wife, Mrs. Martha Males, formerly his secretary. Cruelty is alleged but no specific sets are cited. The mayor’s first wife divorced him two years ago, and he took a second bride shortly afterward. The first Mrs. Males obtained $lO,ot>o in cash and a residence property with her divorce. In the present suit, is is understood a property settlement has been made but further than information that it was liberal, details are lacking. Scott Thornburgh, nurseryman, was the first husband of the mayor’s present wife, the union ending with a divorce after they had been married fifteen years. She left here for St. Louis, her former home, before paper in the present suit were filed. TOILING WOMAN SUES Worked 'Like a Man' on Farm. Divorce Seeker Alleges. B.v Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., July 6.—Working “like a man,” on a farm is the manner in w r hich Mrs. Dora Conger, mothers of six children, describes her efforts in accumulation of a $50,000 fortune, in a divorce suit filed in Madison superior court here against David Conger. She alleges he deserted her nearly two years ago. Judge Lawrence Mays has issued restraining oi'ders as asked by Mrs. Conger to prevent Conger from disposing of any property during pendency of the suit. Outing to Start July 22 P,v Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. July 6.—Record attendance was predicted at the district 4-H Club annual outing at Camp Nawakwa. July 22 to 26. at a conference held here. Madison, Delaware, Hancock and Tipton countie; will participate. Attending the meeting wei*e M. E. Cromer and Miss Ha iel Arbuckle. Muncie. Miss Evelyn Blackford and W. A. McKenzie, Eaton; G. A. Scott and J. B. Oyler, Kempton; Miss Ruth Richards, Winfall: Mrs. Anna Van Horne. Sharpsville; D. S. Dyson. Summitville; J. R. Stubbs. Pendleton: L. H. Cromer, Yorktown; Miss Dessie Burton. Pendleton: Miss Cora Zell. Alexandria: P. J. Davis, Elwood, and L. M. Busche, Anderson. Proposes Rose Garden P,u Times spi rial NEWCASTLE. Ind.. July 6. Myer Heller, who originated the rose business here, that gave New castle the name of “The Rose City,” has suggested that a five-acre rose garden be started here this fall, as a means of propogating and developing hardy flowers for planting on home lawns.
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INVENTOR LACKS MONEY TO BUY PLATES Terre Haute Man Fails to Gef Financial Backing for Oiler. Bv Times special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. July 6. Walter Edwards, inventor of thirtyeight devices, is so poverty stricken that he is unable to buy license plates for his automobile. According to Edwards, one of his inventions alone would save millions of dollars. It is an automatic oiler for wheels of various types, including those on trolley poles of street cars. For two years Edwards has endeavored to get financial aid for production and marketing the oiler, but without success. Once the inventor had an appointment to demonstrate the device before a Chicago implement manufacturer, but when he arrived in that city with a model and approached the man, was told: “I don’t have the time to listen to the demonstration. I am the experimental man here and it would give me a black eye.” Enraged, Edwards started to "clean out” the manufacturer's office, but was ejected after smashing a desk and. upsetting an ink stand. Edwards says that he applied the oiler to what was termed a worn out street car trolley wheel and that it gave 5,000 miles more of sendee. The oiler is made a part, of the wheel it is to serve, being hollowed and with a small wire to carry oil to the bearings. A batteryless automobile is another invention. Another is a device to prevent automobiles from rolling backwards when stopped on hillsides, not requiring use of brakes.
ARGUMENTS TO OPEN IN MURDER CASE MONDAY Lawrence Turpin From Stand Denies Guilt in Slaying of Merchant. Bv United Press SALEM, Ind., July 6.—Trial of Lawrence, Turpin, charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Zack Burton, Mitchell store owner, during an attempted robbery, has been adjourned untli Monday because of the death of Arthur McCart, former deputy prosecutor. Final arguments will be started Monday. James Jenkins is serving a lifetime sentence in the state prison in connection with the shooting. Turpin testified Friday that although he and Jenkins were together the evening of the murder he did not accompany the convicted man to the store, but remained in an automobile. He later said he went into the store to obtain cigarets and that a man passed him on the run. Noticing that it was Jenkins with a drawn revolver and not wishing to be implicated, he also ran. TWO HURT BY BLAST Eight Sticks of Dynamite Explode Before Expected. Bv United Press WABASH. Ind.. July 6.—Two men were injured seriously near here when eight sticks of dynamite which they had lighted while blasting a bridge foundation exploded prematurely. The injured, Everett Miller. Geneva. and T. E. Small, Rich Valley, said the fuses burned more rapidly than they expected. Miller sustained injuries to his back and Small suffered several broken ribs and his spine was hurt Lawn Mower Mangles Finger B.V Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind.. July 6.—A 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett New lost a finger as a result of playing with a lawn mower. The finger was so badly mangled in had to be amputated.
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Love Laughs at Distance Wabash Girl Leaves for Africa to Become Bride.
Pm Times special WABASH, Ind.. July 6.—Miss Elizabeth Clark of Wabash sailed from New York today on the liner Albertic for Liverpool, England, the first stage of a journey which will end at Monrovia. Liberia. Africa, where she will become the bride of Bruce Worth, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Worth of Wabash. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark of this city. The bride-elect will be accompanied on her trip by Mrs. L. A. Peterson. Madison, who is going to Monrovia to join her husband, who. with Worth, is an employ of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron. O. Just before Miss Clark left here, she received a cablegram from Worth that erection of a stone bungalow, which is to be their home, has been completed. Worth is a graduate of Purdue university. Miss Clark attended Indiana university.
STATE LAWYERS WILL CONVENE Meeting to Open at Gary * Thursday, Bn Times Special GARY, Ind., July 6.—'The annual convrition of the Indiana State Bar Association will be held here Thursday and Friday, with group sessions for judges, prosecutors and lawyers. A banquet Thursday evening will be addressed by Robert McCarter. Newark, N. J., an internationally known attorney. Judges at their group meeting will be addressed by Judge Grant Crumpacker of Porter circuit court, and prosecutors will hear Merle Wall, assistant attorneygeneral of Indiana. James M. Ogden, Indiana attor-ney-general. will become president of the association through operation of a custom advancing officers one step each year. He is now vicepresident. JAIL REPAIR LIKELY Howard County Counsel Expected to Aid at Special Meeting. B.v Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., July 6.—The Howard county commissioners have called a special meeting of the county council for July 27, when it is understood that several important j matters will be considered in re- { gard to needed appropriations. ! Among them is plans for remodeling | the county jail and making repairs, cost of which is expected to be from j $5,000 to $25,000. The commissioners have granted ; a request of the Indiana Beil TeleI phone Company for permission to lay an underground cable across the county and into Kokomo. The cable is to entend from Kokomo to Indianapolis. Sweep Streets as Penalty I’.n Times Special DANVILLF. Ind., July 6.—Members of the Brazil American Legion post, as the penalty for losing in a membership contest to the post here, swept Danville streets. Lin Kidd, Republican chairman of Clay county, led the force of “white wings,” Predicts Talkies Will Last F.y Times Special KOKOMO, Ind.. July 6.—William H. Wright, employed with a Hollywood (Cal.) motion picture firm, declared “the talkies have come to stay,” while here en route from Lawrenceburg, his home town, where Ihe spent a vacation.
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PUULTRY TOUR OF STATE WILL BEGIN TUESDAY Richmond to Be Starting Point: End Friday at Corydon, Bv Times Special RICHMOND. Ind,. July 6.—'Tlv fifth annual state poultry tour of the Indiana Poultry Association and the Purdue university extension division will start here, at 9 Tuesday morning and end at Corydon at noon Friday. Here the tourists will inspect a hatchery with a capacity of 8.600 chicks. This hatchery is also applying trap nesting to turkeys, a practice which is rare in Indiana, according to Leon Todd of Purdue, secretary of the poultry association. Liberty and Brockville will be visited Tuesday and in the evening the party will reach Greensburg, to remain over night. A banquet is being arranged at Greensburg. Madison will be visited Wednesday and scenic beauties of the Ohio river valley viewed. Six poultry farms will be ■visited Thursday. On the same day, the tourists will reach Corydon. In the evening a fried chicken banquet will be served.
PURDUE GIVES ADVICE IN FRUIT PEST FIGHT Suggest Dates for Spraying to Check Codling Moth. Bv United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind., July 6.—The first cover spray for the second brood of codling moth in the Bedford section should be applied by Wednesday where a late first brood cover spray was not applied, and about July 13 where such a spray was applied after June 15, the department of entomology, Purdue university agricultural experiment station, says in a letter on control of the fruit pest. The first, cover spray for second brood worms should be prepared with not less than one and one-half pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water, excepting for the earlier maturing varieties of fruit, for which only one pound should be used, the letter indicates. Spray dates in other localities; Evansville and vicinity, Sunday to Wednesday; Mitchell, Bedford and Vincennes. Wednesday to Saturday: Bloomington, Saturday to July 15; Noblesville, July 15 to 17; Ft. Wayne. July 17 to 19; extreme north of state. July 19 to 21. BACK BROKEN. BOY LIVES Complete Recovery of Motorcyclist Expected at Newcastle, Bu Timi s special NEWCASTLE. Ind., July A—Albert Crone, 18. Ashland, who is in the Newcastle clinic, suffering from a broken back, is believed by doctors to have a chance for complete recovery. The boy suffered the injury when his motorcycle, on which he was returning to Ashland from Hagerstown. skidded and hurled him into a fence. Three vertebrae are said to be fractured to some extent, but the. boy apparently has lost use of no part of his body, and his general condition is favorable. Mishawaka Boy Drown* B.v Tinh .< special NILES. Mich., July 6.—Edward Bermingstahl, 16. Mishawaka, Ind., was drowned Friday afternoon in the St. Joseph river, one mile south of here. H. F. Bartlett, Mishawaka, Bermingstahl's cousin, went to the rescue when he was attracted by shouts of women and children from the shore... His efforts were fruitless and after two hours spent in diving for the body he went to Dowagiac and asked police assistance.