Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1929 — Page 2

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FUND GIVEN TO HELP PLODDERS GET EDUCATION Crawfordsville Business Man in Will Frowns on Brilliant Students. to Tlm , s Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24—Two tru6t funds, one to provide funds for needy boys and girls of a half dozen western Indiana counties and the other to assure perpetuity of the Crabbs Reynolds-Tay-lor Company, of which he was president at the time of his death, are created in the will of Andrew Edgar Reynolds, who died last week. It will be several weeks before the amount of either of the funds can be determined, officials believe. Employes Remembered Numerous employes of the Crabbs-Reynolds-Taylor Company will benefit by the will provided thev remain an employ of the nrm, one' of the largest seed and grain companies in the world, for three vears The bequests are all made in capital stock of the company and are to be paid out of a stock trust fund which will provide for the future of the company. Claude C. Dunnington, newly elected treasurer of the company- is to receive the greatest amount, $19,500, in common St< The educational fund composes the greater part of Mr. Reynolds estate and will be made available to boys and girls in Montgomery. Putnam, White, Tippecanoe, Fountain and Pulaski counties. Mr. Reynolds states in the will very specifically that there shall be no scholastic qualifications to obtain money from the fund. He says that during his life he found that the plodders were always more successful than the brilliant students and that they are far more likely to achieve success in the business world than are their more apt schoolmates. Provides Cheap Loans The money is to be loaned to applicants on long time notes at a low rate of interest, which will not accrue until after students have been graduated from school or ceased * The will states the maker's belief that he believed the liberal arts colleges are being neglected and that too many young persons are taking vocational training which would be of no use in later life. He also said that he wished the trustees of the fund to show preference to young men entering Wabash c°leSeexpressed the hope that Wabash at some time would be co-educationaL The testator said that he believed boys and girls who are attending institutions of higher education should not use tobacco and asked that the trust funds be loaned only to those who would agree not to smoke nor chew during the time spent in college. Although the definite amount of the educational fund, which will be known as the Reynolds Foundation, can not be obtained at the present, it is known that it will be several hundred thousand returning to movies Gary Society Woman Will be Given Talkie Test. to Times Special GARY, Ind- Aug. 24.—Mrs. Marie Gleaves. Gary society woman who for eight years as Marie White was a motion picture actress, plans to return to that field soon. She is to be given a talking picture test in Hollywood- Cal., and will leave here for that city. Sept. 1. She is the wife of Captain John F. Gleaves, instructor of the United States armjreserve detail here. They were married two years ago. Winning of a beauty contest in her home city, Jersey City, N.. J., 2AV6 Mrs. Glcaves 3 r start as a turn actress. During her career in silent pictures she appeared in a. number of Jesse L. Lasky productions. STORM SWEEPS COUNTY Lightning and Heavy tons Cause Damage in Montgomery. to Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 24.—This city and other sections of Mongomery county today are repairing damage caused by one of the worst storms of the season, Friday. Barns were burned after being struck by lightning and some livestock was killed by bolts. Electric sendee in half of Crawfordsville was interrupted, traction cars delayed, and telephones made useless. Tents were blown down at the Montgomery county fairground and a portion of the tract flooded. Rainfall reached 2.75 inches. Rose Float for Parade F.v Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 24. World war veterans from Newcastle, who are to participate in the American Legion state convention at Richmond, will be headed in their section of parade Monday by a special ‘ Rose City" float, and the Howard R. Smith post drum and bugle corps. Newcastle, “the Rose City,” is planning to establish a large rose garden, soon, and the float will be a reDlica of the garden. Several thousand roses will be used in the design. 3.500 Invited to Picnic to' Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 24. The largest picnic held in Muncie this year will be that of the Beatrice Creamery Company Thursday at McCullough park. Thirty-five hundred patrons and their families have been invited. H. W. Gregory. Purdue university, and Miss Aubvn Chinn, of the National Dairy Council. Chicago, will be speakers. Girl 16, Attempts Suicide to Times Special ‘LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Aug. 24—Miss Caroline Wolverton. 16. is expected to recover from effects of poison swallowed because she saw a boy friend in the company of another girl. She took the poison while in a taxicab. The driver rushad her to a hospital.

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Professor Arthur M. Charles Bn Times Special RICHMOND, Ind.. Aug. 24. When the 109th Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends opens here, Sept. 30, for a five weeks’ session, details of its proceedings will be recorded by Professor Arthur M. Charles, who holds the office of presiding clerk. He is head of the modern languages department of Eailham college here. The Indiana meeting is the largest Quaker organization in the world. MURDERTRIAL shifhikely Cassler Defense May Ask Venue Change, Bp United Press VALPARAISO, Ind., Aug. 24. A probability is seen here that the defense will apply for a change of venue for the trial of Mrs. Catharine Cassler and her son. Edward, accused of murdering Miss Cameola Sauter. Miss Sauter, a former employe in the Cassler home, was slain and her body hidden in a Kankakee river swamp. The alleged murder occurred 'shortly after Mrs. Cassler was released in Chicago after at one time being under a death sentence for another murder, and was said to have been caused by jealousy over Miss Sauter’s alleged attentions to her husband during the defendant’s incarceration. BANDIT DOUBLY ARMED Draws Two Guns on Woman and Takes S6O and Gasoline. Bit Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24. Flashing two guns in the face of Mrs. Sarah Potter, a bandit robbed the Dixie Inn barbecue on Federal road No. 31, rifled the cash register of S6O and took twelve gallons of gasoline from the pumps at the place and cut telephone wires. He drove away in the direction of Indianapolis. The place is owned by George Vogenberger. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Potter, was in charge at the time of the robbery. Town Boys Fire Truck Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind| Aug. 24.—The Howe Fire Apparatus Company of Anderson has delivered anew fire truck to Fortville. ’jf’he town is one of the first in this of Indiana to purchase fire fighting equipment in partnership with the surrounding rufal district. In this instance. farmers paid; more than half the cost of the trudk. Picnic for Sunday Schools Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24.—More than 700 persons, representing sixty-eight Sunday schools of the county, attended an all-day ; ajnual conference and picnic held jrl Milligan park here. Harry Eller ! Oi *his city, president of the Montgomery County Sunday School Association. had charge of the meeting. Treasurer-Elect Dies to Times Special NEWCASTTE. Ind.. Aug. 24. Funeral services were held today for James B. Compton, treasurerelect of Henry county, who died after an illness of eleven days. He was active in Republican political work and lodge affairs, having been a member of the Knights of Pythias order forty years. Young Wife Dies Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Aug. 24.—Mrs. George Reynolds. 20. is dead at her home here. Besides the husband, she leaves three sister, Mrs. Ralph Grant and Mrs. Emma Belbern, Indianapolis and Mrs. Elma Reynolds, Lapel.

Issue Hog Cholera Warning Bj/ Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Aug. 24—Veterinarians of Henry county are warning farhiers of the spread of cholera among several herds of hogs that has already resulted in the loss of several hundred dollars. Two Families to Meet Bji Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 24 The nineteenth annual reunion of the Cannaday and Walker families will be held at Heekin park here Sunday. C. M. Cannaday is president of the reunion association and Charles Lykens. secretary. School Bus Drivers Insured jjn Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Aug. 24.—Thirteen out of fourteen township tru tees of Bartholomew county have bought liability insurance covering drivers of school busses and hacks. Pastor Retains Pulpit Bu loaf* Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 24.—The Rev. A. N. Shockney, pastor of the East Columbus Christian church, has accepted a call to remain for another year.

WIFE SLAYER IN CUSTODY AFTER INTENSIVE HUNT Ogden Whitfield Had Threatened Lives of Two Sons at Terre Haute. Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 23. An intensive man hunt which has been carried on throughout the Wabash valley for enearly two weeks bash valley for nearly two weeks has ended. He was captured near Robinson. 111., and is now a prisoner at Danville, In that state. Police here were on the alert since the slaying through fear that Whitfield would come to the city bent on slaying his sons, Kenneth, 19, and James, 15, following threats to that effect some time ago. The prisoner at first said he was here after the slaying, but later asserted that throughout the search he had been at Chrisman, 111., and left on the day of his capture for Robinson to board a train for Terre Haute. Whitfield fatally wounded his wife Ida Aug. 14 at Danville, using a shotgun. Flourishing the weapon he stood off a mob and succeeded in escaping by running down a railroad track. With his elder son, Whitfield is facing charges of larceny here, growing out of alleged theft of an automobile and a quantity of accessories. Captain Harvey Jones of the local police department says the prisoner has a criminal record extending over the last twenty-two years. HOME AT NIGHT TERM OF SIX MONTHS FIXED Vincennes Man Restricted by Court After Canned Heat Spree. to Times Special VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. 24.—Fred Southerland will go to the state penal farm for six months if police catch him away from home at night during the next half year. The stay-at-heme sentence was imposed in city court by Mayor Claude Gregg after Sutherland had been convicted of getting drunk on canned heat. Back of that particular spree was a record of drinking which brought a number of state farm terms. Police were instructed by the mayor to arrest Southerland if he leaves home at night, and said that in such event suspension of a six months penal farm sentence would be revoked. FIRST SETTLER SUED Quiet Title Case Names Pioneer of Evansville. to Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24. A suit on file here lists among defendants Hugh McGary. first white settler of Evansville, and his descendants. The plaintiff is H. A. Mann who seeks to quiet title to a tract of land he bought for development purposes. The land was owned originally by McGary, who received it free from the government under an old grant act. It came into McGary’s possession April 2, 1817. McGary’s heirs and various other parties who have since owned the tract are defendants. School Enrollment Gains Bu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 24.—Thirteen of Muncie’s sixteen school districts have been reorganized. Superintendent Frank Allen announces. The changes were made necessary to accommodate more than 1,500 children who will attend city schools this year, but who last year were in township schools. They live in territory recently annexed by the city. i School Bonds Sold. Bu Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24. A bond issue of $42,000 has been sold by Trustee Frank Klingensmith to the Fletcher American National bank of Indianapolis at. par and accrued interest. The money will be used to erect an addition to a school building at Fishers, which will include a large gymnasium. Bank Receiver Asks Divorce Bu Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Aug. 24. H. B. Randolph has filed a divorce suit against Mrs. Dorothy Randolph. alleging abandonment. They were married four years and been separated three years. The plaintiff was agricultural agent for Hamilton county several years and is now receiver for the Medaryville bank. Girl Goes to Park in Pajamas Bis Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 24.—One Muncie girl won’t be beaten by mere man. Attending a community songfest at a park she attracted much attention as she was dressed only in pajamas. They were a brilliant red with polka dots of blue. Playground Season Ends Bu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 24.—With the presentation of an historical pageant by more than 350 boys and i girls, the work in the city playgrounds here came to a close today.

By, By, Fifty Blackbirds Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24.—H. H. Talbot, 88-year-old commander of McPherson post, Grand Army of the Republic, still has his shooting eye. Two shots from a double barrel-shotgun aimed by the veteran brought down fifty blackbirds, which will provide a pot pie feast for himself and friends.

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‘Tree on Tower Float to Boost Greensburg GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 24.—With the aid of Joe Welsh post of the American Legion, the Greensburg Chamber of Commerce is preparing to advertise the city extensively at state and national meetings of the legion within the next few weeks. . The famous tree growing in the Decatur county courthouse tower here will be the basis of the advertising. The legion post has constructed a “Tree on the Tower” float which will be used in the Indiana department convention of the legion now in session at Richmond and also at the national convention to open Sept. 30, in Louisville. Eighteen thousand cards bearing a picture of the tree and listing Greensburg’s advantages from a business standpoint have been prepared by the chamber for distribution from the float. Os these, 3,000 will be given out at Richmond and the remainder at Louisville. The float will make its first appearance Monday, during the Indiana Legion parade.

FIVE DAYS ENOUGH TO END MARRIAGE

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to Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24.—A marriage that ended in separation five days after the wedding ceremony is described in a divorce suit filed here by Mrs. Delia Goodman against George Goodman, an attorney, and In his answer. The wife, charging Goodman was “cold and indifferent,” faces the following allegations in his answer: “On the first night she quarreled and told me she had made a mistake in marrying me. “I discovered on the second day she had misrepresented her age and that she was older than I thought her. “The quarreling continued and became more bitter on the third day and the fourth was not better. “She ran into my bedroom—we were occupying separate bedrooms by that time—and said: ‘Get out of my house, you old rascal, and get out quick, or I’ll prepare you for the undertaker.’ ” That was the fifth and last day. Mrs. Goodman asks a restraining order to prevent her husband from disposing of a desk and furniture, which she says were purchased with her money to equip a law office for her husband. Mrs. Goodman operates a grocery. ROBBERY NEWS FINALLY TRANSMITTED TO SCENE Indianapcnlis Police Advise Bloomington Officer of Crime There. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 24. Local police were notified of a robbery here by Indianapolis police in a roundabout manner. Three men entered the Illinois Central station here early today, two binding the agent while the other acted as a lookout. The agent knocked the receiver from a telephone line connecting with the railroad’s dispatcher at Mattoon, 111,, notifying him of the holdup. The dispatcher telephoned the Indianapolis dispatcher, who called police there and they advised the police chief here. The bandits escaped in an automobile, driving in the direction of Indianapolis. Although all roads were watched, no trace of the men was found. Honor Fallen Soldier Son to Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Trout, Pershing, are celebrating their golden wedding here today by atttending session of the Indiana American Legion convention. Their son, Leroy Trot, for whom the Dublin legion post is named, was killed in action during the World war. Columbus Woman Seeks Office Bu Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., Aug. 24.—Mrs. Elizabeth Haymond of this city is a candidate for the office of state president of the American Legion auxiliary, it is announced here. She will be accompanied to Richmond for the state convention by Mrs. Walter Schaefer and Mrs. Forrest Main, delegates from the local unit. Mrs. Haymond will oppose Mrs. Pauline Bassett, Goodland. Veterans to Hold Reunion to Times Special COVINGTON. Ind., Aug. 24—The forty-eighth annual reunion of the Sixty-third regiment. Indiana volunteers, recruited largely in Fountain county for service in the Civil war. will be held here Thursday. Fred LaTourrette is president of the few survivors remaining. Pioneer Undertaker Dies Bu United Press VINCENNES. Ind., Aug. 24. George E. Gardner, 63, widely known southern Indiana undertaker, died at a hospital here today after a long illness. He was associated with the firm of Dexter Gardner & Son, one of Indiana’s oldest undertaking establishments. Train Kills Aged Man TIPTON, Ind., Aug. 24.—Henry Kinder, 78, life long resident of Tipton county, met instant death Friday when he stepped in front of e passenger train here after he had been cautioned by Glen Carter that a train was approaching. His legs were severed below the knees. Lawmaker to Speak to Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 24. Harry E. Rowbcttom, representative in congress, will be one of the speakers at this city’s Labor day celebration- A custom of having a parade as part of the program has beer abandoned. Beys an 2,000-Mile Trip to Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Aug. 24.—/ motor trip of 2,000 miles was started Friday by twenty-five Columbus Boj Scouts. The boys will be gone twelve days, during which they will visit several eastern states and Canada.

Saturday Night, But No Bath WABASH, Ind., Aug. 24. Among other things, Mrs. May Watkins alleges in a divorce suit against Hubert Watkins that he refused to bathe. She also charges he spent Sundays in the barn at their home, refused to take her to church services or places of amuse- N ment, failed to provide and compelled her to work when she was in poor health. They were married a year ago.

QUAKERS GIVE COLLEGE DAY Earlham Being Honored at Yearly Meeting. Bu Times Special PLAINFIELD, Ind., Aug. 24.—Today is being observed as Earlham college day at the Western yearly meeting of Friends here. The annual college reunion and banquet will be held at 5:30 p. m. The evening speaker will be the Rev. W. O. Trueblood, pastor of the First Friends church, Whittier, Cal. He formerly occupied the pulpit of the First church of Indianapolis. Prohibition has been a success, the meeting was told Friday by S. Edgar Nicholson, New York, chairman of the Friends board of prohibition and public morals. “We can not afford to rest on our oars now that victory in the last election is evident. The victory in the last election of a dry President and more especially the gaining of dry strength in Congress is hopeful,” Nicholson declared. The meeting will close Sunday afternoon. WAR HERO TO SPEAK Sergeant Alvin York on Program Sunday at Winona Lake. to Times Special WINONA LAKE, Ind., Aug. 24. Twelve services will be held here Sunday, the final program of the annual Bible conference. A prayer and testimony service at 7:30 a. m. will be the first of the day, and the last will be communion at 9:15 p. m. Sergeant Alvin C. York, noted World war hero credited with the single handed capture of 132 prisoners, will speak at 3 p. m. in the tabernacle. He will discuss educational work among mountain children.

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NEWS OF DEATH ONCE CONVEYED BY CORNSTALK Crawfordsville Undertaker for Half Century Recalls Custom. to Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24.—R. W. Wade, who retired this week after fifty years as an undertaker, recalls the time when a group of person bearing a cornstalk was a symbol of a death. The stalk w-as the measure of the person dead, for the purpose of giving a coffin size. All coffins then were made by the undertaker and were not called caskets, the word now in use, just as mortician is replacing undertaker, although funeral director is much used. When Wade entered upon his career, there was very little embalming. At that time, the undertaker did little more than manufacture a container for the bodyother details of burial were attended to by neighbors. The one-horse hearse ushered in an era which extended the services of undertakers. The next step was the two-horse hearse which gave way to motorized equipment. Wade once conducted funerals for from S2O to $75, giving the best service at these prices that was available at the time. He contrasts that period with the situation today, w T hen funeral directors have thousands of dollars invested in equipment and buy various articles they require at high prices. PURDUE MAN MAKES CALF CLUB AWARDS Stock Judging at Annual Meeting in Noblesville. to Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind- Aug. 24. At the annual meeting of the Noblesville Calf Club held in this city the following awards were made by E. A. Gannon, Purdue university, who judged the stock: • Cows. 2-Year-Olds aaia More—Hollis Hamble. Samuel Morris. Benjamin Illyes and George Illyes. Junior Yearlings—Roger Anderson, Donald Girton, George Illyes, Gerald Young. Samuel Morris, Joe Whitmoyer. Hollis Hamble and Mary Louise Bryant. Senior Calves—Donald Girton. Robert Bird. George Illyes. Clarence Boram. Lawrence Wilson, Edwin Mosier and Gerald Young. Bull Calves—Roger Anderson and Samuel Morris. Junior Champion Heifer—Roger AntJerS °Senior Champion Cow—Hollis Hamble. Record Books Robert Bird, Hollis Hamble. - NEW PLANE DESTROYED Builder at Newcastle Sees Work Lost When Soldering Causes Fire. to Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 24. Horace French, local student aviator, had worked for months building a monoplane, which, he had hoped, would be the first ship of his own which he would fly. His plans were blasted just before the plane was to be christened. ■While soldering a wire, with the use of a blow torch, French set the plane afire and it was consumed. Only the motor and propeller were salvaged. He plans to build another. Delegation to Exceed 300 to Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 24. More than 300 Muncie war veterans will attend the American Legion convention at Richmond Sunday and Monday. Several busses have been chartered to make the trip. Many of the legionnaires will attend dedication of the Doughboy Memorial at Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, where Brigaried General William G. Everson, Muncie, will speak.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Julian Bu Times Special MARION, Ind.. Aug. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. George Julian, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home here, this week, were married at Olive Branch church in Fulton county. They resided in Marion for thirtytwo years. Mr. Julian is a prominent contractor.

I, U. RECEIVES GIFTOFBOOKS Professor Hepburn’s Widow Presets Law Volumes. to Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Aug. 24. The Indiana university law school library is the recipient of valuable law books which belonged to the late Professor Charles M. Hepburn, for many years dean and later research professor of the school. His widow donated the books, together with some book cases which belonged to her husband. She has also presented to the university a long autographed letter from Andrew Wylie, first president of Indiana university, to William H. McGuffey, grandfather of the late professor. The books include a set of English common law reports, early Ohio acts, Indiana acts for the second session of the state legislature, 18171818, and various works on pleading and civil procedure. “Some of the works on pleading and civil procedure contain valuable marginal notes written by Professor Hepburn,” President William Lowe Bryan of the university announces, “who was at work on a treatise on pleading at. the time of his death. “The Indiana acts for 1817-1818 fill a gap in the set of Indiana laws which the law library has been very anxious to complete.” S4OO IN OIL STOLEN Peppermint Prcduct Taken From Home Near Dearborn. to Times Special BOURBON, Ind., Aug. 24.—Peppermint oil valued at S4OO was stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hepler, northeast of here, while they were away from the house two hours. The loot weighed 120 pounds. The oil, in various containers, had been secreted in various hiding places In the house, as a precaution against burglars.

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YOUNG FRIENDS MEETING WILL BEGINMONDAY Earlham College Host for Nineteenth Annual Conference. to Limes Special RICHMOND. Ind.. Aug. 24Leaders in congregational work and in social betterment and educational activities of the Friends, representing many states in this country and Quaker meetings abroad, will attend the nineteenth annual conference of young Friends at Earlham college, to begin Monday and continue until Sept, 2. Sumner A. Mills, Indianapolis, chairman of the Friends’ board of the five years’ meeting, will preside at the opening session of the conference and direct the executive details of the gathering. Many delegates will attend the local conference and then go to the all-Friends conference at Oskaloosa, La., Sept. 3 to 9, which representatives of all Quaker bodies in this country will attend. Delegates who have registered so far for the Richmond conference include juvenile court workers, mountaineer teachers, social service workers, international and interdenominational workers, students and professional men and women. Among the topics suggested for study are: Place or organization in church work; place of the Quaker church in efforts toward denominational mergers; actual and possible experiments in the field of economic and social distress; developments in inter-racial and international movements. Friends in yearly meetings in Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio. North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the New England states have registered. James and Phyllis Sutton of Ram Allah, Palestine, and Ray and Theodora Colvert. Frederick Sainty and John William Graham, all of England, will be present. Among outstanding Friends who will be present are Joseph Platt, Friends school. Philadelphia; Walter C. Woodward, editor of the American Friend; Clarence E. Pickett, secretary of the American Friends Service committee: Homer Morris. Reading, Pa.; J. Barnard Walton, secretary of the Friends caneral conference, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. O. Mendenhall, president of Friends college, Wichita, Kan.; Lewis C. Moon, secretary of the Baltimore yearly meeting; Thomas E. Jones, president of Fiske university; Ruthanna Simms- former secertary of the home mission board, and Wilbur K. Thomas, former secretary of the American Friends’ Service committee. Lightning Kills Wagon Rider to Times Special MORRISVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24. Warren Whittaker, 33. was killed instantly when lightning struck a steel tank wagon on which he was riding.

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