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MURDER TRIAL SCENE REMAINS DISPUTE: POINT John Van Hook Faces New Charge in Slaying at Terre Haute. C.i Tim Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Aug. 31. Termed by Prosecutor William Littlefield as “the mo6t important case" on the September docket of Vigo circuit court, to convene Monday, state and defense counsel will renew a conflict resulting from the slaying of Austin Sweet, local attorney, by John Van Hook. Efforts will be made by Littlefield to prevent the defense from taking the case to Brazil for trial in Clay circuit court. In this tribunal, a first degree murder charge against Van Hook was dismissed by Judge Thomas W. Hutchinson on the state’s motion after he ruled that under acts of the 1929 legislature, Van Hook must be acquitted or convicted of first degree murder, and that the jury could not return a second degree or manslaughter verdict. Immediately after the dismissal, Van Hook was rearrested and brought to the Vigo county jail here, the charge being changed to second degree murder. The case was taken to Brazil on a change of venue asked by the defense. The next move in the case depends upon whether it is to be tried here or at Brazil. Van Hook's counsel contends that he has a choice in the matter, but the state asserts the case must be tried here. The difference of opinion is based on the issue of whether the rearrest opened 8n entirely new case - or is merely a continuation of proceedings at Brazil. Sweet was fatally shot by Van Hook, then a deputy constable, seeking to arrest him on a charge of fishing on Sunday. THREE BROTHERS ADMIT VIOLATION OF DRY LAW Federal Judge Defers Sentencing of Naha* Group. Bu Timet Special SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Aug. 31. Jack, Edward and George Nahas, brothers. Michigan City, vice and liquor barons, entered pleas of guilty to charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law before Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick in United States district court here. The three are now serving sentences of one year each in the St. Joseph county jail on liquor charges. Judge Slick accepted their guilty pleas but deferred sentencing until the opening of the next term of court, Oct. 1. The brothers were indicted following the federal investigations of conditions in Michigan City. Fifty other defendants, including former Chief of Police Richard Kruse, were also accused.

FAMILY OF THREE DIES Ft. Wayne Man, Wife and Child Succumb Since Jan. 1, 1928. Bv Time * Special FT. WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 31.—Death has wiped out an entire family of three here In less than two years, the last to die being Joseph Kelleher, 28. qjter his left leg had been crushed by a train. The wife of Kelleher was fatally injured in a fall down a stairway at. the family home. Jan. 18, 1928. "Eleven months later the only child in the family, Dolores. 18 months old, died after a month’s illness. Bandits Serve Store Patrons r ’> Timrg Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 31—The second holdup wihin fortyeight hours occurred here when WilJim Gregory proprietor of a drug ■ tore, was robbed of about SIOO by two bandits. Gregory and William Nevit, city firemen, who were in the store at the time, were forced into a back room and tied to chairs. While the bandits were rifling cash registers. two women customers entered the store and were served by the bandits. Three robbers held up a filling station and obtained more than $125. Closed Bank Pays r.ti Times Special ARCADIA. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Robert Hartman, receiver of the First National bank of Arcadia is distributing a 10 per cent dividend, making 70 cents on the dollar that has been paid depositors. Hartman believes the bank will pay 80 or 90 cents eventually. An assessement of 100 per cent has been made on all stockholders. Airport Planned r. i Timrx special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Plans for establishing an airport here are revealed by Michael Murphy. Lafayette aviator. Murphy said that he expected to commence work on the flying field within a hort time. Cripple Escapes Death ' / l ime* special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Otto Luckow. a cripple, was injured severely when his automobile was struck by a Motion freight train at the Main street crossing here. Luckow’s wife saw the accident and became hysterical. The automobile ?was demolished. Veteran Lawyer Dies • *V* Time* Special BRAZIL. Ind.. Aug. 31—Peter T. Luther. 85. pioneer lawyer and active in Democratic political affairs of the Fifth congressional district for sixty years, is dead after an illness of several weeks. Business Man Dies F.n Time* Special BOSEYVILLE. Ind., Aug. 31— Funeral services were held Friday for John E. Downen, 48.* vice-presi-dent of a motor sales company who died suddenly of quinsy. #

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Dr. Ralph A. Ward Bn Times Special BATTLEGROUND. Ind., Aug. 31. —A conference of field representatives of the six benevolent boards of the Methodist Episcopal church, known collectively as World Service, will open here Sunday afternoon to be concluded Tuesday morning. Dr. Ralph A. Ward, Chicago, executive .secretary of the service, will preside. A meeting of the church’s national Men’s Brotherhood, which opened Wednesday, closed today. There w r as an attendance of 200. Plans for the brotherhood's activities during the next year were made.

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Pat Emmons Accuses Sheriff and Deputy After Wife Halts Suit. Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 31. Hugh F. Emmons, who under the first name of Pat gained considerable prominence as exalted cyclops of the Ku-Klux Klan in northern Indiana, reported to have disappeared from South Bend, is still here. He denies a radio sales business he operated has been closed. A suit for separate maintenance filed by Mrs. Ethel Emmons has been dismissed. It was after this legal action was taken that Emmons was reported missing and his business closed. Emmons is indignant over what he terms false reports of his affairs, alleged to have been given newspapers by his former klan brothers, Sheriff Thomas A. Goodrick and his deputy, Flex'd V. Fishburn. “I made no attempt to escape service of papers in my wife’s suit,” Emmons asserts. “A deputy sheriff came to my house Wednesday morning. He saw me leave. Later he saw me at my place of business and again at the telephone office in Mishawaka. If Sheriff Goodrick was too yellow or too klannish to have me picked up, I will come to his office at any time. If he is afraid of me—one of his ex-deputies —what would he feel toward rum runners or bandits?” Emmons says Fishburn was formerly treasurer of the Valley klan. and exhibits checks signed by Fishburn and countersigned by himself as president. The checks bore dates in 1925 and 1926. “The one point of friction between Goodrick, Fishburn and me,” Emmons asserts, “was when they came to me while Ed Jackson was Governor of Indiana, asked me to go to the Governor and urge that D. C. Stephenson be pardoned.” Mrs. Emmons confirmed her husband in saying that her suit would be dismissed. He admitted that he drew $2,000 from a bank the day it was filed. Mrs. Emmons had asked that he be restrained from disposing of money or property.

Gun Presented to Pastor Fji Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 31—The Rev. Will E. Sweeney, pastor of the Tabernacle Christian church here has returned from Boone's Creek. Tenn., where he tvas the principal speaker at a district convention of the Church of Christ. Following his closing sermon, which was before 6.000 persons, the convention chairman made a talk in which he said the Rev. Mr. Sweeney was interested in hunting and fishing, and was a native of Kentucky, and then presented the minister with a shotgun. Undulant Fever Found r." Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 31. Three cases of disease known as undulant fever which is contracted by drinking infected raw milk, have been reported in Bartholomew county. The disease resembles typhoid fever and is marked by unusually high temperature. The victim is usually ill three to four weeks. Collector Covers 3.100 Miles HOKOMO. Ind., Aug. 31—M. J. Webb, collector for delinquent personal taxes in Howard county, has traveled 3.100 in performance of his duties, it has been revealed. Some of the collections called for trips to various counties of the state. Fourteen Pups Form Family Bji Time* Special GARY. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Fourteen pups were born to Lassie, a German police dog. owned by Henry' Roddiger. There are six males and eight females in the family. Pioneer Kin Dies T.’i Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 31.—Mrs. Katherine S. Smith. 80. widow of the John H. Smith end member of one of the pioneer families of this city, died suddenly at Walloon lake, Mich. School to Open Sept. 9 Fji Times Special SHARPSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31 Trustee J. J. Batchelor of here has announced the opening date for school. Sept. 9. Ralph Phillips will serve as principal of the school

BUCKLE STOPS BULLET, SAVING WOMAN’S LIFE Jilted Man Shoots on Valparaiso Street—Belt Metal Flattens Missile. Bu Timea Special VALPARAISO. Ind., Aug. 31. William Yarnell, 35, is awaiting trial on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after an automatic pistol in his hand was fired, the bullet flattening itself against a dress belt buckle, without injury to Mrs. Hattie Rathbun, 25, who refused to marry him. Approaching Mrs. Rathbun on a street, Yarnell demanded that she accompany him and be married immediately. She refused. Yarnell drew the pistol and Mrs. Rathbun tried to wrest it from him. but the trigger was pulled. The single shot resulting struck the buckle. Mrs. Rathbun told police, Yarnell had often asked her to be his wife, and frequently threatened her life when she refused. “You belong to me or no one else,” he remarked as he shot. Police Chief Robert Felton heard the -shot and arrested Yarnell immediately.

It's Gotta Stop J Ti met Special WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 31. There will be no more petting parties at night in Oakwood cemetery here. After receiving numerous complaints about the practice, the city council has ordered the sexton, T. D. Mayer, to close the cemetery gates at sundown.

ATHLETE ASKS SS.OOOJN SUIT Court Action Follows Auto Crash Injuries. Bu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 31.—Damages of $5,000 are asked in a suit filed in Delaware superior court by Erwin (Curly) Walsh, former star athlete of Central high school here, against Arthur Beckner, basketball star in the same school and later at Indiana University. The suit is the result of injuries suffered by Walsh while riding in Beckner’s automobile. It collided with another ’ car, the driver of which was killed. Walsh alleges that his injuries forced him to remain in a hospital seventeen weeks at an expense of $2,300. He suffered a skull fracture, broken leg and dislocated shoulder. Walsh alleges his earning capacity was reduced 50 per cent by his injuries.

AUTO SIGNAL INVENTED Rushville Man Gives Patent on “Left” and "Right” Box. Bn Times Special RUSHVILLE. Ind., Aug. 31—Dr. D. D. VanOsdol has been granted a patent on an automobile signal device which he claims will end the uncertainty about what “that driver” ahead is going to do when he sticks a hand out, The new device is a rotating box on which the words “Right” and “Left” appear twice,'so that drivers in front and behind a car can read. The box is electrically illuminated, powered from the automobile's battery'. The signal is to be placed on the left edge of the windshield. Death Takes Five Lives Bn Times Special LEBANON, Ind., Aug. 31.—John Dickey, Lebanon, ensign in the United States naval reserve corps, is the only one of six men left who took up aviation at the same time as Warren Packard, heir to the Packard automobile manufacturing wealth, killed in a plane crash this week. The other four also met death while flying. Firecracker Causes Injury Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 31More than a month late, a Fourth of July celebration by George H. Beck resulted in severe injury of George Henderson. A firecracker thrown from a second story window struck Henderson in the right cheek as he passed along a sidewalk below. Odd Fellows Hold Jubilee B.n Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 31Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellow's in northern Indiana are holding their annual fall jubilee here today.

‘Ket Wit Rebbits’ Just Another Case of Rabies Bn Lnitrd Press GARY. Ind.. Aug. 31.—A dead cat carefully wrapped in paper was exposed to the view of Mrs. Rose Smith, secretary to Dr. B. W. Harris, Gary city health commissioner, by a foreign bqrn woman with a limited knowledge of the English language. After the bearer of the dead failed to make herself understood by reference to a “ket wit rebbits.” she went into more detail and described how the animal acted just before it died. “Las nite he gat sick in brains. He ronn, he jomp, he dim up de curtains and walk on de rod. Then he fall down and no more jomp around. He die.” > Then it dawned on Mrs. Smith that “ket wit rebbits” meant cat with rabies. The animal was sent to Indianapolis for laboratory examination to determine whether it was infected with the disease.

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Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 31. Direction of a probe of alleged liquor, vice and political linking in Lake county, started by a federal grand jury here today, rests on District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis. His assistants, George Rulison and William Duff, the latter appointed

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College President Asserts Youth What Elders Make It. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 31—“ Boys and girls of today are just as good, moral and law-abiding as older folks teach them how to be,” declared Dr. Paul Voleker, president of Battle Creek college, in an address on “Experiments in Education” before the Madison county teachers institute here. “You can make a boy be good by giving him ideals. A good boy in. a bad group falls down. A bad boy in a good group comes up. “Morals are taught rather than caught. Subject the boy to the proper sort of idealism and he will be a good boy, better than the average.” Dr. Voelker referred to his lecture as his ‘slo,oo lecture” because he spent that amount to gain scientific proof that the goodness and badness of boys may be controlled by idealism. In his research he selected 150 boys in New York and subjected them to various tests of his own invention to show trustworthiness. Half of the boys were placed in charge of two Boy Scout leaders. With no other stimulus than these leaders, w'ho served as ideals, the boys in the group over w’hich they w'ere in charge displayed great moral strides as compared to the group where no ideal was given. Boys in both groups were unaware that a test was being made. The speaker said the tests showed that a boy 60 per cent good is the average morally. “A boy who grades 75 per cent is better, but if the boy grades 90 per cent he is sprouting wings and really is not for this world. Why is it that boys can not be more than 90 per cent good? It is because their parents, their ideals, are not entirely trustworthy.” Experiments of Dr. Voelker disproved the theory that boys of higher intelligence are more trustworthy than dull boys. His test showed the opposite to be true. “Boys are either educated to become rascals or to be good. Give a trustworthy boy ideals and he will be as good as the average and generally a little better. There can be no boy who is perfect, because he can find no ideal that is perfect.” Legion Head to Speak Bji Times Special KOKOMO. Ind., Aug. 31—Forest Harness, new'ly elected state commander of the American Legion, has announced he w'ill speak at a banquet and meeting of the Legion post at Logansport, Nov. 11. Each year the Logansport post holds a meeting in celebration of the close of the World war. New Library Opened E.n Times Special HAGERSTOWN. Ind., Aug. 31 A new' $22,000 library here is in use today following formal opening Friday. The library is the gift to the town of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Teetor, and their children, Lothair, Macy, Donald, Herman and Winifred.

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only a few days ago, will aid in examining the 200 witnesses said to have been called. Loomis at the start of the inquiry indicated that he will act without an assistant of William Mitchell, attorney-general of the United States, with whom he discussed the case on a recent visit to Washington.

Stung! Bn Times Special HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Aug. 31.—Blackford county authorities, who arrested Adam Thomas after he stole a swarm of bees from the farm of John Sparks, permitted him liberty after he paid for the insects. Thomas was traced through the license number of his automobile, which was used to carry the bees away.

STRIFE CAUSES LISTED 0 Adjutant General Everson Declares Lack of Religion to Blame. Bji Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Aug. 31—“ We hope and pray for world peace, but how can we expect to have world peace when we can not live together right here in Muncie without disobeying the law and without distrusting one another?” was the question propounded by Brigadier General William H. Everson, newly appointed adjutant-general of Indiana and pastor of the First Baptist church here, in an address to the Exchange Club. A lack of religion, a wrong relationship between individuals and nations and the fact that so many Americans do not “play the game” in the affairs of their country were the three chief faults of the nation pointed out by General Everson. CHARITY BOARD FORMED Kokomo Council of One Hundred to Elect Officers. Bn Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 31—David Liggett, executive secretary of the Indianapolis Community Chest Fund, will be the speaker at an organization meeting of the Council of One Hundred, to be held at the Frances hotel, Wednesday evening. The proposed constitution of the local community chest will be presented for adoption at the meeting. Permanent officers and twenty-four directors will be elected following the dinner. The Inter-club council has been instrumental in backing the organization of the movement here. Illness Delays Funeral COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 31Burial rites for the Rev. James W. Comfort, Vincennes, here were delayed three hours due to the illness of his daughter. Miss Emily Comfort, who came here by automobile. Miss Comfort was taken ill on the way and fainted several times. Burial of the father took place in the city He formerly was rector of the St. Paul’s Episcopal church here and rector emeritus of St. James Episcopal church at Vincennes. Old Settlers Meet Bji Times Special MONTICELLO. Ind., Aug. 31 The annual Old Settlers day celebration is being held here today. Among contestants for a cane to be awarded the oldest man attending. is J. V. Rawlins, 94. He was born in Monroe county, but has lived in this community sixty-five years. Two at National Outing B,u Tim* * Special KOKOMO, Ind.. Aug. 31.—John Kiley left today for Canada to attend the annual national outing of agents of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. Ray Dieden. Kokomo, will also attend. Boy’s Lip Repaired Bji Times Special 3ICKNELL, Ind.. Aug. 31.—Plastic surgery has been resorted to in treatment of a lip of Ronald Thompson, 3. injured in an auto- | mobile accident. A small piece of flesh was inserted in a wound.

FRAIL RECRUIT LAST SURVIVOR OF’6 [COMPANY Frankfort Man at 86 Only H_ One Attending Cos. I Reunion. By Times Special FRANKFORT. Ind.. Aug. 31. George P. Gaddis, when mustered into army service Sept. 10, 1862. with eighty-four of his Clinton county comrades, was in point of health and physical condition requirements the least favored, but this week when the forty-fourth annual reunion of Company I, One hundredth Indiana infantry was held at the Frankfort city park, his was the only “Here!" to respond to roll call. Gaddis has lived sixty-nine of his 86 years in Frankfort. He says it is difficult to understand the strange workings of fate that caused the passing of his hardier and more robust comrades one by one, leaving him the last survivor of the company. Although frail, Gaddis, a soldier at 18, was determined to serve when the Civil war started in 1861. He first was turned down by the Third Indiana Cavalry, commanded by his uncle. No company would take him as a real soldier, but he finally “sneaked in” Company I as a musician, although he never had—and never did—play a note in his life. A fife was issued to him and he took his place in the drum corps, going through all the motions. There were plenty of othft- fifers to make the noise and Gaddis passed inspection perfectly. Although he officially ranked as a musician throughout the war, he soon became an orderly and as such served General Reuben Williams, commanding the Twelfth infantry. Because of his position as orderly, Gaddis did most of his marching on horseback, despite being in the infantry. One hundred and forty-five persons participated in the company’s reunion this year. Although all Civil war veterans in Clinton county were invited, only six were able to spend the day with Gaddis. A program was presented and refreshments served. Cigars were provided by Fred A. Sims, Indianapolis, whose father, the late James' N. Sims, was the company’s captain in its first years of service.

LIFE PRISONER TELLS GANGLAND DEATH TALE Indiana Convict Declares Victim Was ‘Taken for a Ride.’ By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 31. Authorities today have a confession by a life prisoner which describes thq gangland slaying of Urosh Marovich, who allegedly was killed because he wanted to “break away from a gang and go into the business for himself.” The confession also purports to show that two accomplices in the slaying were allowed to go free and that several witnesses were not allowed to testify. A1 Armstrong, the prisoner, gave the confession to Oliver M. Loomis, United States district attorney, and Floyd Draper, deputy prosecuting attorney of Lake county. According to Armstrong, Marovich was “taken for a ride” on the orders of an East Chicago racketeer. He also said that two of Marovich’s murderers were spirited away from the Calumet region.

Train Change Asked Bji Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 31— Efforts are being made by the traffic bureau of the local Chamber of Commerce to persuade the Big Four j Railroad Company to stop its eastI bound Knickerbocker Special here. | At the present time the train stops at Anderson instead of here and it is pointed out by the bureau that Muncie patrons would be able to get to New York three hours earlier than they can now if they could board the Knickerbocker here. Fish Food Received Bji Times Special ANDERSON. ,Ind., Aug. 31— Madison County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League has received thirty pounds of wild rice from the state department of conservation to be placed in streams and small lakes as food for fish. Y. M. C. A. Official Quits Bjj Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Aug. 31 Harry Stone, former basketball star of Anderson high school, has resigned as physical director at the Newcastle Y. M. C. A. to enter the insurance business here. He will be succeeded by Lawrence L. White, Marion. Burglars Loot Safe 8.1 l Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31. Burglars who entered the office of the Fred L. Baker Insurance Company obtained only a small sum at money after prying open a safe with a bar. Aged Women Hurt in Falls B.n Times Special* NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31— Mrs. Frances Whisler, 85, suffered a broken hip in a fall down the front steps of her house. Mrs. Amanda Sumner, 91, who also suffered a broken hip in a fall, is near death. Noblesville Man Dies Bji 7 ime* Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31 Allen Good. 74, died of heart disease arfter an illness of only a few hours. He leaves a widow, a sister, Mrs. Kate Dunn, of Atlanta, and a brother Benjamin Good, Hobbs Station. Farmers Hold Picnic Bn Times Special FLORA, Ind., Aug. 31—Fred S. Purnell was the principal speaker at a farm bureau picnic here Friday He also served as judge of an old fiddlers' contest.

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Russell Bell Bn Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Aug. 31. Authorities of Richmond and Wayne county have enlisted the aid of police in other cities in the search for Russell Bell. 26 years old, charged with the njjh'der of John Ingerman. 70, marslral of Cambridge City. Ingerman died as the result of wounds received when he opened fire on a man believed to have been Bell, who forced his way into the poolroom of Clyde Miller at Cambridge City about 1 a. m., Aug. 21. Ingerman and Miller had been tipped off that Bell was to attempt robbery of the place and lay in wait for him. When the man broke through a rear window Ingerman opened fire, which was returned by the intruder. Ingerman was shot in the throat. He died several days later in a Connersville hospital. Bell escaped and has not been seen since. Wayne* county commissioners are offering a rew’ard of SSOO for the capture of Bell. VETERANS HOLD FINAL REUNION Few Remain of Roster of 69th Regiment. Bn Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Aug. 31.—The Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry held its last reunion in the RichmondLeland hotel here Friday. Only twenty-eight members of the regiment are alive, with homes in eleven states, and of that number ten were guests of Colonel Oran Perry, who entertained with a dinner as the farewell gathering of the veterans. There was little joviality as the ten gathered in a private dining room of the hotel for their last reunion. In former years the annual gathering of the Sixty-ninth was replete with fun but the ravages of old age gradually have changed the spirits of the men. The regiment was recruited in th.'p section of Indiana and had a large number of Wayne county men in it. ,Colonel Perry, then an adjutant, organized and drilled the men. Two days after they were mustered in they took part in the battle of Richmond <Ky.), where the unit played an important part. Colonel Perry was in command. The last reunion of the regiment was on |he anniversary of the battle. Most of the men attending the farewell dinner were residents of Wayne county. Colonel Perry has been superintendent of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument in Indianapolis for many years. ACADEMY OPENING SET Seventh Day Adventists School Term to Begin Wednesday. Bn Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Aug. 31. The Indiana Academy of Seventh Day Adventists in the northern part of Hamilton county will open its next term Wednesday. Members of the faculty are: Principal, J. W. Craig; Bible department and school pastor, O. K. Butler; office manager and mathematics, O. A. Blake; preceptress and science, Mrs. Mary Champion; preceptor and manual arts, Wilber Schram; English, Mrs. J. W. Blake; short-hand and typing, Mrs. O. A. Blake; matron and history, Mrs. O. K. Butler, and piano, Vivian Gereland Schram. Woman Motorist Hurt Bn Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 31—Mrs. Nellie Deiwert, was seriously" injured when an automobile she was driving went over a fifteen-foot cm- j bankment on Flatrock -river, near j Lewis creek. Fresh gravel caused the car to skid, it is said. She sustained fractures of several ribs and was badly cut and bruised on the body. Lawmaker Will Speak Bn Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 31. Albert H. Vestal, representative in congress, wil speak at the Labor day exercises to be held Monday in Shadyside Memorial park here. The program is being arranged by the North Side Community Club. Merchants have donated prizes which will be given winners of contests.

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DRY OFFICIALS WHO ARE WET PUT ON GRIDDLE Anti-Saloon Leader Says Prohibition Never Will Be Repealed. Bu Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Aug. 31 "The eighteenth amendment never will be repealed," B. E. Ewing, field secretary of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon League, told the White River United Brethren conference her® today. In his address Ewing discouraged wet hopes with figures to show the difficulties of repeal. “Whatever else happens, thirtythree of the ninety-six United States senators can prevent the law’s repeal; failing that. 165 of 435 representatives can prevent its repeal," Ewing declared. “Even if it were possible to secure the required two-thirds majority of both branches of congress, then a single house of the legislatures of thirteen of the states can block the wet movement." Ewing admitted the failure of prohibition's primary aim of making the country bone-dry with the statement: “There is a vast difference between a nation constitutionally dry and one practically sober. We shall continue to face a grave problem as long as any considerable portion of our citizenship vote dry and drink wet. “Neither is it healthy to have a considerable portion of judges, legislators, prosecutors, and other enforcement officials officially dry but personally wet." The eighteenth amendment is being attacked through state nullification rather than by a direct attempt to remove it from he constitution, Ewing declared. He contended this is intended to stir up public sentiment to an ultimate drive to repeal the Volstead enforcement law. making the amendment, a "dead letter." Likening a “mad marathon,” which is now in progress at the Green Lantern dancing pavilion, at the west edge of Anderson, a spectacle he would expect to see in heathern Africa, the Rev. L. O. Blake, Columbus, called upon the delegates to the conference to start “the greatest marathon of allwalking with God.” Striking at another endurance contest which is being held in another city, the Rev. Mrs. Blake asked: “How long will that couple which has been holding hands eighty-six hours hold hands after they are married?” Riverside church, Muncie, was awarded the 1930 meeting after a spirited contest with Brookside church, Indianapolis, Brazil and Perryville. E. A. Struble, Terre Haute, was elected conference secretary to succeed Roscoe S. Parr, formerly of Indianapolis and now with the Lord’s Day Alliance at Columbus. O. Other officers, exclusive of the Rev. J. B. Parsons, who was elected conference superintendent, are the Rev. A. B. Arford, Wabash, assistant secretary; the Rev. E. L. Eckerley, Marion, statistical secretary; the Rev. A. C. Wilkinson. Winchester, registrar, and the Rev. L. P. Cooper, Indianapolis, treasurer.

Machine Wheels Stolen Bji Time* Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 31— Police are wondering what use a thief made of two wheels stolen from anew cement mixer belonging to Albert Lawson, contractor. The machine was being used in the construction of anew home in Killbuck Heights. Traffic System Changed Bji Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Aug. 31—Police are removing 155 curb “stop” signs installed a few years ago, under orders of the board of police commissioners. All through streets are being eliminated and motorists are being cautioned to observe the state law which gives the driver on the right the right-of-way at intersections. jj TH| OLD I I AN AD IN / I THE TIMES . J M WILL DO THE // M TRICK Call J RI. 5551 ••cal*