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TAX SYSTEM OF INDIANA DRAWS BITTERATTACX I. U. Law Professor Brands Method as 'Tolerated Dishonesty.’ By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. Professor Hugh E. Willis of Indiana University law school declares Indiana's present method of raising revenue is “a system of tolerated dishonesty,” and that if the state constitution is changed, the need for tax reform will have played, probably the most important role in bringing about anew basis for lav>. Discussing the taxation system of the state. Professor Willis says: "One-half of the wealth of the state is forced to pay all of the direct taxes, and the other half of the state’s wealth is avoiding the payment of anything toward the support of local and state governments. The wealth escaping taxation is in the form of money, stocks and bonds and other money credits. Realty Bears Burden. “The Atlas which is carrying the tax load is farm lands, city lots, houses and buildings. The reason for this is the provision in our present Constitution that the general assembly shall provide by law for a ’uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal. "In accordance with this mandate the legislature has prescribed that all property must be assessed at its true cash value. This provision did not work so badly at the time of its adoption when most of the wealth in the state was in the form of land and corporal chattels, or tangibles. Since that time, an enormous amount of the wealth of the state has gone into intangibles. If the Constitution were obeyed, intangible property would have to be assessed at its true cash value,” he said. Constitution Evaded "The tax rate has increased until j It is around 4 per cent. If tangibles : were assessed at their true cash I value and this ijate of taxes j collected, the rate would be confis- ; catory and the wealth would not re- ; main in the state. Asa conse- ; quence, tax officers have conspired j with the large owners of intangible j wealth to evade the constitution. The only hope seems to be a change i in the constitution itself. "An ideal system of taxation for ; the state of Indiana would be a scientific and modern tax program and one not in conflict, with the tax program of the United States government. "In the first place, the iniquitous and unjustifiable personal p\ppcrty tax should be forever abolished. This tax is proving, and always will prove a failure. There is no scheme known to man whereby the intangibles owned by very rich men can be made to pay direct taxes. The situation should be faced, and some indirect method of making this part of the wealth of the state contribute its share should be devised.

Favors Inheritance Levy ‘‘A highly graduated inheritance tax would be the best step in this direction. A graduated income tax could be justified on the same grounds, but because of the federal | income tax it might be wise for the i state of Indiana to relinquish this i form of taxation. The main reli- j ance of the state for its revenuej should be upon excise taxes. •'The success of the gasoline tax is j enough to show how easy it is to' procure revenue in this way. A general excise tax on foreign corporations not engaged in interstate com- j merce would produce a large revenue. Lists Revenue Producers "An excise tax on tobacco, chew- i ing gum. patent medicines and other luxuries would produce more revenue than the state needs and nobody would feel the tax. "There could be no opposition to these forms of taxes, except from certain special interests which might be affected. They also probably could be devised so as to make a good part of their burden fall upon those who are now the owners of the intangibles which are escaping taxation. At any rate these taxes would not burden the people of the state of Indiana in the way that land taxes are now burdening them. "Os course, the tax on land should be retained, but the rate should not be high enough to make it burdensome. and the revenue derived therefrom should be used for the payment of county and city governments. If this revenue were not sufficient it could be supplemented by some of the revenue derived from excise taxes." Hospital Erection Near Start ft %t Snrcinl NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Nov. 9 —Construction of Henrv county's $200,000 hospital here, will be started within the next few days. Work of laying a six-inch water line to the hospital site, north of the city, is being rushed to completion. The contractor is ready to begin work as soon as water reaches the site. Inventor Visits Bloomington Bu Ti ****** snrrinl BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Nov. 9 W. E. Anderson, a guest here with Mrs. Anderson of Professor J. W. Plercy of Indiana university and Mrs. Piercy. is the inventor of a machine which stamps a trade mark on English walnuts. Anderson has retired from active control of the Food Machinery Corporation of California. His home is at Los Gatos in that state. Aged Marion Man Dies Bu Time* sj.. rial , MARION. Ind.. Nov. 9—Charles Levy. 79, died at the Grant county hospital of double pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Sinai temple here. He leaves three sons. Arthur and Mark, Chicago, and Sam, Indianapolis.

Casting Dignity Aside

Wearing the sweater. Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam of De Pauw University, and with the ukelele, R. G. McCuthan, dean of the university music school.

flu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 9 Two blackface comedians who were on a program given by the De Pauw university faculty women’s club took parts of each other’s names to make

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Mother of Six Sent to Prison By Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 9. Mrs. Marjorie Walker, 32, mother of six children, faces three months term in the Indiana woman's prison and was fined SIOO and costs by Judge H. F. Clementsin in Posey circuit court here as a result of a pica of guilty to possessing liquor. The mother was arrested at her home in New Harmony a week ago, raiding officers having found a gallon of white mule liquor. Her husband committed suicide a year ago, presumably because of domestic troubles.

WOMAN AT COLUMBUS MANAGES GAS PLANT Miss Flora Kollmeyer Among Few Executives of Kind. Bu Timex Sot rial COLUMBUS, Ind.. Nov. 9.—The current issue of the American Gas Association magazine in an article about Miss Flora Kollmeyer, manager of the Columbus Gas Light Company here, says she is one of very few women holding such a position w ith a concern of that kind. Recently the local company was taken over by the Interstate Public Service Company, officials of which have announced Miss Kollmeyer will retain her position, regardless of the change in ownership. Miss Kollmeyer directs a force of twelve and her duties cover the entire managerial field.

INDICTMENTS ATTACKED Lake County Defendants Resort to Demurrer Weapon. Du Timex Special HAMMOND, Ind.. Nov. 9.—Filing of demurrers in three federal court cases here is believed the forerunner of a defense attack which may have large scope in cases arising from the Lake county investigation by the United States grand jury in South Bend, resulting in arrest of 300 persons. The first demurrers were filed by Attorney C. B. Tinkham of Hammond, attacking indictments in the cases of three of his clients, two accused of violating the prohibition lav.- and one the narcotic law. Tinkham is counsel for the defense in a liquor conspiracy case involving Raleigh P. Hale, East Chicago mayor, and several other persons. Governor Accepts Invitation Du Timex Snceieil ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 9.—Governor Harry G. Leslie has assured officers of George Hockett post of tlr? American Legion that he and Mrs. Leslie will be guests at an Armistice day banquet here Monday. They will come here from Lafayette with General William G. Everson, head of the militia bureau of the United States war department. Both Governor Leslie and General Everson will make speeches in Lafayette this morning. Estate Closed Du Timex Special MARION. Ind.. Nov. 9.—The final report on the estate of Wjllie Mailcs filed in the circuit court, shows a remainder after all debts and fees had been paid, of $216.07, which will be divided equally among the three heirs. Anna Jane Burrell and Mahalie Mosley, sisters, and Matthew Williams, a brother. - - Armistice Program Ready j Du Timex Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Nov. 9. Armistice day will be observed by De Pauw university with special chapel services, at which Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam. president, will speak, and tribute will be paid to the ten De Pauw men who died in the World war. Mother of Eight Dies Da Timi * Special CARMEL. Ind.. Nov. 9—Mrs Maggie Doane. 77. died at the home of her son here. Among eight chilj dren she leaves are Charles and William Doane. Indianapolis.

new ones, Oxcutch and Mcfram. After the burnt cork was removed Oxcutch was revealed as Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the university, and R. G. McCutchan, deal of the university music school.

Mt. Summit Democrats Preparing for Court Fight. Dll United Press MT. SUMMIT, Ind., Nov. 9.—Election of the on'y ticket in the field here Tuesday is expected to be contested by lawyers representing the Democratic party. For years there had been no opposition to town officials and the election went by default. It v?as assumed the same would be done this time. Therefore the present town officials did not put out a ticket. Fifteen minutes before the closing time for filing a slate containing names of the present town officials and two new ones were fi’ed. There was io time for filing an opposition ticket so the independent slate elected the three trustees and clerk-treasurer. It poled 51 votes from the town's 165 voters. MARION SANATORIUM WILL BE ENLARGED Annex Plans Call for Expenditure of §150,000 to $200,000. • Du Timex Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 9.—Plans are being prepared by a Ft. Wayne architect for an addition to the Marion National sanatorium to cost from $150,00 to $200,000, Colonel William Mac Lake, commandant, announces. The new building will be an annex to the treatment hospital and will provide seventy-two additional beds. It will be of brick and steel construction. 156x132 feet. It will be two stories high. The money with which the building will be constructed is part of a $700,000 appropriation made by congress in February, 1928. Space, for 210 beds has been provided by an addition to the sanitorium recently completed at a cost of approximately $400,000.

SENIORS VS. FACULTY De Fauw Instructors Accept Challenge in Athletics. Bu Timex Special GREENCASTLE, Ind.. Nov. 9. Seniors at De Pauw university will have an opportunity to carry their differences with the faculty to the gym floor, if plans materialize. A challenge from the senior men to the teachers, published in The De Pauw, school paper, brought an instant reply from the faculty, who, "recognizing the superiority of mind over inert matter,” accepted the challenge. Competition is planned in volleyball. basketball, handball and swimming. A similar system is used at Oberlin college. Aid to Visit I. U. Du Timex Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. George Ade, Indiana humorist, ■will be the guest of Indiana university Nov. 23 for Purdue-Indiana football game. Ade is coming especially to see the presentation of his play, "The College Widow’,” by I. U. students, Nov. 21 and 22. He will be introduced from, the stage immediately before each performance. Ade is a graduate of Purdue. Com Winner Announced Du Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Nov. 9.—Albert Suhre, Clay township, east of here, is the winner in the Bartholomew’ county five-acre corn club contest this year. W. A. Douglass, county agent, announces. Reports from Purdue on the five-acre checkup, gave Suhre 83.6 bushels an acre. The next two highest In the county were R. L. Heilman, Flatrock township, 81.1 bushels, and Clarence M. Cook, Union township, 78.09 bushels. Veteran Merchant Dies Du Timex Special BOXLEYTOWN, Ind.. Nov. 9. Andrew H. Cline, 70, is dead at his home here. For forty years he was the owner and manager of the only general store in the town. He retired a year ago on account of illness. He leaves his widow and the following children: Mrs. A. M. Padgett. Indianapolis: Mrs. Ray Johns and Mrs. Walter Butterworth, Boxleytown: Mrs. Porter Teter, Winchester. and Edward, Fred and Odie Cline, at home.

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YEAR’S LARGEST BANQUET TO BE GIVENTUESDAY Livestock Breeders Will Hold Annual Affair at Muncie. Bu Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Nov. 9.—The Eastern Indiana Livestock Breeders Association, w'ith a membership of I, will hold its annual banquet and meeting here Tuesday evening. The principal speaker will be Duncan Marshall of Toronto, Canada, on “Agricultural Problems.” He is a former minister of agriculture of the Province of Alberta and an expert cattle judge. P. J, Claypool will be toastmaster. The Rev. William E. Steckel of the First Presbyterian church will give the invocation. The banquet is the most largely attended affair of the kind ever given in Muncie. A reception committee for the event includes: W. W. Wilson, chairman: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Nottingham. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Madill, Mr. and Mrs. Urba Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Meritt Heath, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Gray, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cromer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhner, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Green Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fuand Mrs. Frank Kuhner. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shlrey. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Shirey, Mr. and Mrs. W. A,. Dragoo. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Arbogast. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wysor Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmore, Mr, and Mrs. John A. Day. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Miller, Mr. and Mrs.. Marion Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. Riley Broyles, Mrs. and Mrs. F. J. Claypool, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cecil, Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Miss Hazel Arbuckle, Cecil Madill and Mrs. Aletha Harvey.

J. Riley Broyles is president of the association. Directors are as follows: Cattle, Wes Green, Farmland: W. W. Wilson, J. E. Green, Henry Kuhner, H. Wysor Marsh. Muncie; Joe Ice, Sprlngport; Caleb Starbuck, Winchester: A. L. Hodgson, Samuel Dragoo, Ray Meeker, Muncie: horses. Roscoe Bower. Springport; Walter A. Shlrey, W. A. Dragoo, Muncie; Joe Painter, swine, W. L. Gray, Selma; Carmin Alexandria Portland; Berl Madill, Muncie: Urba Carter, Gaston; John Htmelick, Falrmount; G. C. Arbogast, Selma; Palmer Egerton. Marion; Glen Rife, Tipton: Frank Young, Falrmount; sheep, Marion Williams, Yorktown; J. P. Baxla, Muncie; W. A. Hoover. Selma; John M. McGeath, Hartford City, and Merritt Heath, Muncie.

I. U. WHISKERS STAY Leaders of No-Shave Club Declare Against Quitting. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. Rumors that the famous No-Shave Club of Indiana university has broken up are declared false by its leaders. The club members whiskers are longer and the students are more determined than ever to stand behind the university football team until it turns in a victory. Kevin D. Brosnan, Indianapolis student who originated the no-shave idea, says: "We will keep our organization intact until the close of the football season. We are not going to quit. Neither is the team. We will win yet.” Turkey Gambling Stopped Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 9.—Punch boards and raffles making their appearance on cigar store counters with the approach of Thanksgiving have been seized on orders of Police Chief Elmer R. Nighbert. He says the average man will pay more for chances to win a turkey than for one purchased outright.

1.000 GALLONS OF GASOLINE STOLEN

Lullaby? Bu Types Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 9. Kenneth Admason was granted a divorce from Mrs. Myrtle Adamson when he testified in superior court that she sat all night and sang, keeping him awake and preventing him from going to work the next day. They had been married three years.

Phi Delta Theta Wins Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. The Phi Delta Theta fraternity has been awarded a silver loving cup offered by President W. L. Bryan to the Indiana university fraternity pledging the largest amount to the campus Y.. M. C. A. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was second. The cup was presented to the winners by President Bryan. The Y. M. C. A. is headed by Alexander Campbell, president, Ft. Wayne, and Roy Johnston, general secretary. Compromise Ends Suit Bu Timex Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 9.—Attorneys for the defense in the $2,500 suit of H. Maurice Fahl against the Fowlerton bank, administrator of the estate of Henry Garrison, which was set for trial by a jury in the circuit court, compromised for S2OO. Fahl, charged Garrison failed to keep a promise, after he worked for him two years preceding his death, to give him two houses and five lots in Fowlerton. Washington Dentist Dies Bu Times Special WASHINGTON. Ind., Nov. 9.—Dr. C. J. Burris, 49, Washington dentist and nationally recognized as a leader in his profession, is dead following an operation. He was a brother of the late Benjamin J. Burris, who was president of Ball State Teachers’ college at Muncie. Liquor Found in Stoves Bu Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Nov. 9.—Sixtyeight half pints of what is said to be alcohol, was taken in a raid by police on the home of Albert Harden. The liquor was found stored in the ovens of a cook stove and a gas range. Harden was arrested on charge of possession of intoxicating liquor.

WATERLOO OF BANANA SKIN

Collector of Fake Damages for Falls Jailed

By Times Special Elkhart, ind., Nov. william Hoke, big slip and-'' fall man, has * banana skin Waterloo here. For several yearn, in many cities of the middle west, Hoke has been faking falls while riding on street cars. Always a banana skin would be near where he fell. He wou'd collect damages from street car companies. Passengers on a car here were startled when a man fell. He

WOMAN SLAYER DENIEDPAROLE Loses Despite Aid of Marion Judge and Others. By Times Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 9.—Mrs. Dorothea Walser of Falrmount, convicted here of* aiding her husband in the slaying of her nephew, Clifford Cox, has been refused a parole from the Indiana woman’s prison, where she is serving a two to twenty-one-year term. Arthur Walser, the husband, serving a term of the same length in the state prison, has made no effort to obtain a parole. The minimum term of the wife expired in October, but the prison board refused to liberate her de-: spite recommendation of Judge J. Frank Charles, who presided at the trial; Prosecutor Edward Hays and ten of the jurors. Two of the twelve men who found Mrs. Walser guilty died since the trial. The board sad its action would preclude filing another parole petition at its next meeting. SUDOVIGH CONVICTED

Alleged Capone Aid Guilty of Slaying. But Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 9 Mick Sudovlch, reputed Indiana lieutenant of A1 Capone, Chicago gang leader, today faces a two to twenty-one year prison term for slaying Uron Marovich, rival liquor dealer at East Chicago. A jury in Porter Circuit eouV> here convicted Sudovich of slaughter after being out four hours. Defense counsel indicated there will be no further efforts on its part. Sudovich has not yet been sentenced. The verdict was returned on the last day of the present term of court and the sentencing will probably take place early in the new term, which will open in about ten days. WINNERS WILL REST South Bend Mayor-Elect and Judge to TraveL By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 9.—W. Riley H ; nkle, mayor-elect, and A1 Hosinski, city judge-elect, will leave soon on extensive vacations following the strenuous campai~n that put them in office. Both are Democrats. Hinkle will go, with his family, to the south, while Hosinski, accompanied by John Henry Zuver, a local publisher, will spend two weeks in the west.

Thieves Breaks Lock on Sinclair Tanks at Noblesville. Bu Tfmcx Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Nov. 9. Robbers broke locks on tanks of the bulk filling station of the Sinclair Oil Company here and stole 1,000 gallons of gasoline. This was the first of a series of robberies. The combination on the safe in the Fred L. Baker insurance office was worked and a small amount of money and several checks taken. The office of Dr. Earl Brooks, dentist, was ransacked but nothing was taken. Woman Motorist Sued Bu Timex Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 9.—Miss Wave Laird, cashier of the Anderson municipal electric and w r ater plants, is defendant in suits of Alonte E. Williams and his wife, Mrs. Rachel Williams, Marion, as a result of a collision of automobiles driven by Miss Laird and Williams near Maplewood cemetery here, Aug. 31. Williams asks $125 for damage Jto his automobile and $225 for personal injuries, and his wife SIO,OOO for personal injuries. Veteran Dies at Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 9.—Alexander W. Phillips, 90, veteran of the Civil war, died at his home here following a long illness. He was born in Jefferson county. In 1861 he enlisted at North Vernon and served with Company K, First Indiana Infantry a year and re-enlisted in Company L, Second cavalry, fortysecond Indiana volunteers, serving until the end of the war. Last of Thirteen Dies Bu Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Nov. 9. Mrs. Eliza Apple, 89. is dead at the home of her son Alva, following a stroke of paralysis, the last of a family of thirteen children, most of whom lived in the vicinity of Oaklandon, Marion county. She was the mother of nine children, three of whom are dead. Those liv ng are Frank and Alva Apple, Hamilton county; Harry Apple, Fortville, and Mrs. Andrew Strayer and Mrs. Thomas colborn, Indianapolis.

groaned loudly and convincingly. An ambulance was called and took William Hoke to a hospital. a b u injuries were found. The next day Hoke was discharged and made a bee line for the office of A1 Herschberger, street car line superintendent. Herschberger thought he had seen his caller before. He called in William H. Hahn, a line superintendent. He remembered Hoke as the man who fell in a South Bend

Ends Own Life

Jacob G. Lamont

Bv Times Special HUNTINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. Funeral services are being arranged today for Jacob G. Lamont, 70, contreator and former state senator, who committed suicide by shooting. No cause has been assigned for the suicide, whiefy took place at his country home near here. He was a candidate for nomination as a member of the Indiana house of representatives at the primary in May.

PAUPER GIVEN SUOOjSTATE Legacy From Brother to Poorhouse Inmate. Bu Timex Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 9. Miss Alice Twadell, 65, an inmate of the Vigo county poorhouse fifteen years, has been disclosed as heir to the estate of her brother, Chauncey Twadell, valued at SI,BOO. The brother and sister had been separated for several years at the time of his death. The will reveals the brother did not know of the sister’s whereabouts, although he had been employed here, as it directs in case she could not be found, the estate should go to Martin and Alice Leach, friends of Twadell. 20 YEARS FOR BANDIT Youth Sentenced at Terre Haute After Two Robberies. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 9. Sentence of twenty years in the state reformatory was given Robert Gingher, 17, Scranton, Pa., here, on an auto banditry charge. He and a companion posed as hitchikers and robbed Ernest Dinara, 23, of an automobile. They later robbed a barbecue stand. Marshall Bailey, 19, a companion is near death from a bullet fired by Dinara while attempting to escape from the two. It does not seem probable that any charges will be filed against Dinara, as police say the storiei of the youths indicate the shooting was in self-de-fense.

INSURANCE SUITS FILED Widow of Drowning Victim Asks $35,000 at Evansville. Bu T'nited Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 9.—The widow of John L. Graulich has filed seven suits here on insurance claim totaling $35,000. They are against the New York Life Insurance Company, Farmers National Life Insurance Company and the Federal Reserve Insurance Company. Fraulich, an automobile dealer, was drowned when his automobile plunged from an Ohio river ferry Aug. 6. The insurance policies provided for double indemnity in case of violent and Accidental death. The widow claims the companies paid her only on a single indemnity. Aviator’s Leg Amputated Bu Timex Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 9.—Garnet Estle, 27, underwent an operation for the amputation of his right leg, injured in an airplane crash, near Welch field, June 20, and is now believed to be recovering at St. John’s hospital here. Estle was flying his own plane to the field for repairs when the motor stalled. He attempted to stretch a glide but the plane went into a half spin and crashed. Armistice Speaker Engaged Bv Tirrc* Snerial x GREENSGURG, Ind., Nov. 9. William-Remy, former prosecuting attorney of Marion county, will be the speaker for Joe Welsh Post, American Legion, at a public Armistice day program here, Monday night. The meeting will follow the annual Armistice day banquet of the post. Boy Scouts Get Awards Bu Timex Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 9. Honor badges have been awarded to William Brown, Roger Morrison, John Van “Horn, Robert Dirks. Hubert Dirks, Frank Durham. Robert Etter. Kenneth Peck, and Eugene Allan, local Boy Scouts.

car in March and collected $lO7. Then the police took Hoke. mam IN both falls, no heel marks were found on the banana skins. "I guess I have done it about forty-five or fifty times,” Hoke told police. “O, yes, they always paid until this time—sometimes SSO, sometimes, SIOO, and bananas were cheap.” Hoke asked payment of ambulance and hospital bills and sl4 for his latest, and probably last fall.

G. 0. P. SHUNS FIERY CROSS Denies Responsibility for Wabash Display. Bu Times Special WABASH. Ind., Nov. 9.—Burning of a fiery cross here following the election of Homer Showalter, Repubican, as mayor, was not the work of his party, its leaders assert in denying reports that Republicans were responsible for the demonstration. Showalter, active church worker, is expected to appoint Homer Williams, former federal prohibition agent, as police chief. Others mentioned for the place include James Smallwood, Wabash county sheriff, although he says Showalter has said nothing to him about an appointment. The present chief is Charles D. Bolte. Although Fire Chief William Milliner is a Republican, the fact that he was appointed by a Democratic mayor will cost him his place. His successor will be Carl Elshire, a defeated candidate for the sheriff nomination in the May primary. ROAD PLAN ALTERED Rights-of-Way Will Be Bought by State. Bu United Press BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Nov. 9. The Indiana State Highway Commission will in the future buy its own rights-of-way for state roads, Albert Wedeking of the commission announced here Friday night in an address at the semi-annual banquet of the Brownstown Chamber of Commerce. Rights-of-way have been under jurisdiction of county governments which often refused to co-operate with the state and held up highway construction, Wedeking declared. The new program is expected to greatly accelerate highway construction.

$150,000 TO BE COST OF HOME FOR AGED Peabody Memorial Will Be Built at North Manchester. Bu Times Special NORTH MANCHESTER. Ind., Nov. 9. —A home for aged persons is to be erected at a cost of $150,000 as a memorial to Mrs. James Peabody, who died a year ago, by her husband, James Peabody,. and son, Thomas. They are the wealthy owners of a furniture plant here. Sale of the old fairground here to the Peabodys as a site for the home has been completed. Buildings on the tract will be sold at auction Nov. 16 on condition that they be removed within two weeks. Plans for the home have already been drawn. SCHOOL CLUB ELECTS Mishawaka Chosen for Leaders’ 1930 Convention. Bu United Press NEWCASTLE. Ind., Nov. 9.—The Northern Indiana School Superintendents’ Club, in session here, Friday chose Mishawaka as the meeting place for the 1930 convention. The session will be held on the Thursday and Friday nearest Nov. 10. P. C. Emmons, Mishawaka, was elected president for the year, and Professor E. M. Canine, director of supervised teaching at the Indiana State Teachers college at Terre Haute, secretary. Dies Listening to Radio By Times Special ROCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 9.—Mrs. Rachel Riley, 75, died while listening to a radio program at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. R. Shaffer, nine miles east of here. She had been ill with heart disease several years. Newcastle Artist Dies NEWCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 9 Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon for Miss Frances Goodwin, artist, who died Friday night after a long illness.

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LAND LITIGATION AFTERMATH OF BANK jOLLAPSE Shelburn Man Serving Prison Term Among Defendants. Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 9.—A | suit filed here involves land which figured in dealings of Jessup F. Blinger, president of the defunct First State Bank of Shelburn, who is serving a two to fourteen-year prison term on a forgery charge. | Tlie land is in Hillsborough county I Florida. Plaintiffs, in the suit are the First Savings and Trust Company of j Tampa. Fla., Grover C. Rankin. Charles H. Brown and Frank L. I Phillips. Defendants who bought the land : through Bolinger. who is also named in the suit are Otis Russell. Walker Jennings, F. Marion Hall. Benjamin E. German, Oscar Jensen, Frank J. Smith and David Giles. The suit seeks collection of $45,000. Those against whom the suit Is directed, with Bolinger, as their : agent, bought the land from Rankin j at a price of $77,285, paying $19,- , 321.35 cash and giving promissory notes for approximately $45,000. Collection qf these rtotes is the suit's object. At the time of the purchase. Nov. 18, 1925, the land was encumbered With a $17,825 mortage held by Swift : & Cos., which has since foreclosed, with a judgment for $22,545.88. representing principal and interest. There is another mortgage given by Rankin for $4,065 and held by a I group of men who gave the first lien to Swift & Cos. KIDNAPING AND ATTACK STORY LACKS SUPPORT Marion High School Boy SaHI Negroes Abducted Him. By Timm Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 9.—Authorities have been unable to find any clews to support a story of kidnaping and attack, told by Robert Hutchinson, 15, junior high school student. Hutchinson said two Negroes drove alongside him in an automobile while he was waiting for a street car to take him to school and forced him to get into the auto. The car was driven into the country where the men questioned him concerning his father whom they said they wanted to kill. Unable to make him talk, the men cut his shirt to pieces, the boy said, and brought him back to the city, where he was put out of the car. Although the shirt was reduced to ribbons, there were few marks on the boy’s body, according to Detectives Braden and Peterson. DEVICE GAUGES LIGHT Former I. U. Instructor Perfects Sensitive Photometer. R\t Times & pedal BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. Dr. R. E. Nyswander, Indiana university graduate and former member of its physics department, is the inventor of a device for measuring the intensity of light t-o one onehundred thousandth of a candlepower. Dr. N.vswander is now head of the department of physics at Denver university. The device, known as a photometer, will be given one of its first tests in measuring the light of certain distant stars, by which valuable data regarding their movements will be obtained.

DOGS TO AID SHERIFF Two Bloodhounds Added to Equipment at Bloomington. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 9. Two English bloodhounds have been added to the law enforcement equipment of R. H. Stephens, Monroe county sheriff. They are being kept at the home of Deputy Sheriff Andrew Cox. The dogs are brothers, 9 months old. and as yet untrained. It Is expected they will be ready for use in three months. The hounds are brothers of two used at Indianapolis recently in tracking down a man who wrecked a train. Road Bonds Voted Du Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 9.—The Madison county council has voted a $213,147 bond issue to pave two roads, totalling eight miles, under the county unit road law’. One of the roads begins at Summitville, extends west to State Road 9 and west into Boone township. The other road will extend east from Emporia to the Madison-Henry county line. Two Pay Double Alimony 81l Timex Special PERU, Ind., Nov. 9.—Tw’o men among those paying alimony in Miami county, each pay two former wives, records in the office of County Clerk Ed Marburger reveal.