Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 162, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1929 — Page 3

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QUIZ ASKED IN CRUELTY CASE AT INSTITUTION Governor Hears of Alleged Beating at Colony for Feeble-Minded. Bu Times Special BUTLER VILLE.'Ind.. Nov. 16. Request for an investigation into activities of attaches of the Indiana colony for the feeble-minded here has ben made to Governor Harry G. Leslie. The request is the outgrowth of m alleged attack by Walter Lough, iormer attendant. Aug. 14. on John niggles, a youthful inmate.' Lough was bound over to the rand jury by Justice of the Peace ’acob Swarthout, to whom he surrendered, on a charge of assault and oattery with intent to kill. Before He was indicted by the rand jury on the charge. Lough was permitted to give a SIOO property bond. He left Jennings county vithout being tried and is reported to be residing on a farm near Greensburg. Contend Bond Ended According to records, the bond was to insure Lough's appearance in Swarthout’s court. Attorneys of Jcnnmgs county declared the bond became invalid when the grand jury indicted lough. Circuit Judge John R. Carney instructed Sheriff Wilbur Bannister to have Lough appear and supply anew bond, but Bannister says he had not had time to inform Lough of the court's order and did not know Lough had left the county. William T. Riley, former county Republican chairman, who is superintendent of the institution, was appointed while James Jackson, brother of former Governor Ed Jackson, was head of the Butlerville institution and the State School for Feeble-Minded Youth at Ft. Wayne. Riley, who refused to discharge Lough when the charges were filed, declared he discharged the attendant following the grand jury's action. According to court records. Lough surrendered to Swarthout when the first affidavit was filed, but the latter refused to accept his pleo of guilty to the assault and battery charge without presenting the matter to the grand jury, because “feeling in the community was running high.” Accused Admits Mistake At the pro r itor’s office, it was said Lough, in addition to wanting to plead guilty to the assault and battery charge, declared: “The only mistake I made was that I did the beating while someone was around •to see it.” According to witnesses, who testified before the grand jury, Lough struck Riggles after the latter is alleged to have picked up a pipe belonging to workmen employed on a construction job at the institution. The blow staggered Riggles. it was j said, and he fell. Lough then is said to have grasped the inmate by the shirt and dragged him to his feet, striking him again, witnesses said. Lough also is charged with having kicked Riggles several times.

HOOSIER CORN HUSKER FIFTH IN U. S. CONTEST Illinois Man Who Won In 1928 Again National Champion. P,u Tim i h .s Drcinl PLATTE CITY. Mo.. Nov. 16. 'Charles Etter, Indiana's entrant in the national corn husking contest, todays holds fifth honor, first place in the competition held here Friday having been won by Walter Olson, 32, Rio, 111., also winner of the title Tn 1928. Harold Holmes, Woodhull, 111., was second: C. Tague, lowa, third, and Henry Sorenson. Nebraska, fourth. There were thirteen entrants from seven middle western states. A crowd of 5.000 witnessed the contest. The event was broadcast over the NBC chain. To win, Olson husked 25.27 bushels in eighty minutes. The world's record is 35.8 bushels, set in 1925 by Elmer Williams of Illinois, TRUCK CARRIES LOOT Merchandise Worth 51.500 Stolen From Ladoga Store. Ru l imn Spccint LADOGA. Ind.. Nov. 16—Backing a truck up to the rear of the Sutherlin department store here, thieves loaded $1,500 worth of the most expensive goods and escaped They were not seen by any one, so far as can be determined. The loot consisted chiefly of men s and women's hosiery, men's suits and women's silk dresses and coats. A small quantity of jewelry also was taken. Judges to Be Honored Bu Ttm- ,1 Succiul RUSHVILLE. Ind., Nov. 16.—Tire principal speaker at a dinner here tonight honoring Judge Will M. Sparks, who recently left the bench cf the Rush circuit court here to become a member of the federal circuit court of appeals at Chicago, will be James M. Ogden. Indiana at-torney-general. Attendance is 150 is expected. Death Probe Continued Bu Time* Snrrial ROCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 16.—A coroner's investigation into the death of John Stanley. 46. a state motorcycle policeman, who died on .Friday of injuries received Wednesday. will be continued Monday morning. The officer’s motorcycle was struck by an automobile driven by George Hifltcker. 17. who. in a statement to authorities, assumed blame for the crash. Klwanis Club Elects Bv Time* Bnrrin l CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Nov. 16 —Merle F. Coons has been elected president of the Crawfordsville Kiwanls Club for the coming year. Coons, a school teacher, succeeds Benjamin C. Evans.

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IHu Times Special MARION, Ind., Nov. 16.—A dis- | cussion of “Administrative Organization and Articulation of Junior High Schools,” will be led by Hugh E. Vandiver, principal of the Martin Boots and McCulloch junior high schools here, at the Saturday morning session of the eighth annual high school principals’ conference, which will be held at Indiana university, Bloomington, Nov. 22 and 23. The conference will open at 2 p. m. Friday and close at noon Saturday. A banquet will be given at 6 p. m. Friday.

BOY KILLED, 4 ATHLETES HURT • I Auto Carrying Football Team Strikes Cyclist. Hu United Press ROCHESTER. Ind., Nov. 16.—A 14-year old cyclist was killed and i six members of the Valparaiso high ; school football team injured near i Rochester when an automobile oc- ] cupied by the players struock the j bicycle. Gunnard Nielsen, driving an auto, j said he did not see the bicycle be- j cause of blinding lights of an ap- j proaching car. He set the brakes, I but too late to avoid the crash, and i William Priest, the cyclist was killed j instantly. The auto overturned. Besides Nielsen the injured are: Jack Gibbs, left arm broken; Tom Sheffield, cut on right ear; Joe Saunders, bruised, and Howard Powell, right eye cut. James Sullivan and Joseph Brown, high school instructors, were also in the car.The team was en route to Peru to Play. LEGAL OPINIONS DIFFER IN BANDIT SHOE CASE Robber Made Sale to Woman During Store Holdup. Hu Timm Pm rial MARION, Ind., Nov. 16.—Grant county judges and attorneys disagree concerning the ownership of a pair of shoes purchased by Mrs. Samuel Brody, Chicago, from a bandit who robbed a store which carried them in stock. While one of the bandits covered the manager of the store and a clerk with a gun. his companion waited upon Mrs. Brodie and sold her a pair of $8 shoes and pocketed the money. Mrs. Brody, according to Judge O. D. Clawson and Attorneys E. H. Graves and Thomas Longfellow, was within her rights when she refused to return the shoes at the request of the store manager. The store manager rightfully claimed the shoes, according to Superior Judge Robert F. Murray and Attorneys D. H. Bell,. George M. Coon. John F. Burden. Harry Roberts and Prosecutor Edward Hays. YULE LEADER CHOSEN Anderson Christmas Mother of Past Two Years to Serve Again. Bji Timm Special , ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 16.—Mrs. George B. Sefton, who has served as Anderson's Christmas mother the last two years, will again distribute holiday cheer to the needy this year. Anderson council of social agencies. sponsor of the movement, has appointed the following committee chairmen to assist the Christmas mother: Mrs. Gladys Cornwall, investigating; J. W. Geater, finance; Mrs. Leafy Palmer, publicity, and Donald Tyner, purchasing. The committee heads with Adjutant Joseph Frankman of the Salvation Army: C. P. Ogden, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and Rev. C. W. Atwater of the ministerial asosciation., form the executive committee. Manufacturer Dies Hu 7 i* m•x smeial CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 16. Funeral services will be held Monday morning for Robert T. Huston. 65. leader in business, civic and church affairs here, who died suddenly of heart disease. He was president of the Connersville Blower Company. Father of Eight Killed Hu United I'res* MICHIGAN CITY. Ind.. Nov. 16. —Ralph Parkohouse, 47. father of eight clifldren. was fatally injured here Friday night when he was thrown from an electric hand car into the path of a train. He applied the brakes of the car suddenly to avoid crashing into the train and was pitched to the tracks. Kidnaper Sent to Prison /? i/ Time* Saerial CROWN POINT, Ind.. Nov. 16 Convicted in criminal court here on a charge of kidnaping. Eli Miller was sentenced by Judge Martin J. Smith to a two to fourteen-year prison term. Miller tried to carry away Mabel Cline, 5, in Gary in September.

SLAYING CLOSES ARGUMENT OVER USEDCLOTHING Clarence Barrett Stabbed by Howard Case of Mishawaka. Bv Timm Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 16. Howard Gase, 20, is a prisoner in the county jail here because he fatally stabbed his friend, Clarence Barrett, 21, Mishawaka, during an argument over a second hand suit of clothes. The suit was loaned by Barrett to Gase who sold It while in St. Louis. The two quarreled on Gases return when he could neither produce the suit nor the money he received for it. In a statement to police, Gase said he feared a clash with Barrett and armed himself with a paring knife. When they met Gase says Barrett struck him ami he stabbed him in the chest, it was only a flesh wound, Gase says a companion told him, after pulling back Barrett’s coat. Gase came here seeking a job after the fight. He overheard a conversation about a stabbing and bought a newspaper, and from it learned that Barrett was dead. He surrendered immediately afterward to Mrs. Rose Grimes, juvenile court agent. Gase has been a victim of misfortune since the death of his mother and father, and had been befriended by Mrs. Grimes.

Keeps Seventh Husband Bu Unit'd Presx TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Nov. 16.—1n a divorce hearing, George Giffen told Judge Earl Mann that his wife threw shoes and teacups at him. He also recited for the judge names of six former husbands of his wife. But neighbors testified the married life of the two was not out. of the ordinary, so far as they had observed. Giffen and his wife told the judge they still loved each other. Judge Mann took Given’s suit for divorce under advisement.

STATE DIRECTOR LAUDS CLEAN STREAM EFFORTS Campaign Directed Against Pollution of St. Joseph River. Bu Timex Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 16. Elliott H. Parks, director of laboratories for the state department of sanitary engineering, praised a movement under way here to check the pollution of St. Joseph river, in an address before the Progress Club, women’s organization. In a report to the club Parks revealed findings of a survey conducted last summer by Lewis S. Finch, chief engineer of the state department of health. Even a casual inspection of The river will verify the report that the sewage poured into it from South Bend and Mishawaka has caused an unsanitary condition, Park said. Ivar G. Hennings, state president of the Izaak Walton League, introduced Parks and spoke briefly on the league’s effort to purify the stream. BANKER WILL BE TRIED Former Columbia City Mayor to Face Court Thursday. I'li Unit'd Prexx COLUMBIA CITY. Ind.. Nov. 16. Lloyd S. Crouch. 32, former mayor of Columbia City, will be tried in Whitley circuit court here Thursday, charged with embezzlement of SIOO.OOO from the Princeton Trust Company, of which he was assistant secretary. Judge Arthur Riggs set the trial date after the grand jury returned a second indictment to replace one drafted by the September grand jury, in which lawyers found a technical flaw. An additional indictment was returned charging Crouch with forgery of a deed to a farm near here. LEGAL DEATH SOUGHT Mother Files Action Against Daughter at Columbus. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Nov. 16.—Mrs. Eliza Herron of this city has filed suit in Bartholomew circuit court here to have her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Howe, declared legally dead. In the suit the mother alleges the daughter, divorced several years t ago, left home five years ago, saying she was going out in the world to work. She has never been heard from since. She left no property other than an insurance policy for SI 16.50. She was a daughter. 12, with Mrs. Herron, who says the insurance money is needed for support. Magazine Describes Shop Bu Timex Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Nov. 16.—The current issue of Popular Science magazine carries an article on the woodworking shop here of Benjamin C. Evans. The article i says the shoo has every tool a wood- ; worker needs. Rosston Bank Quits i Itii Times Special ROSSTON. Ind., Nov. 16.—The Rcsston bank, a private institution, is being liquidated under supervision of the state banking department. It is said depositors will be paid in full, but that stockholders may suffer a slight loss. Mice Cause SIOO Fire Bu Tiyuc* R^'u'ial BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 16 Fin started by mice gnawing ; matches caused SIOO damage at the home of Cecil Le trier.

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Judge Holds Home Brew Not Menacing to Child BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 16.—Possession of home brew in a house Is not sufficient grounds for taking a child from a parent, Judge T. W. Hutchinson ruled in Clay circuit court here. Mrs. Raffeen Deakins had sued her husband. Herbert Deakins, for custody of their 9-yco.r-olld baby. She charged in the complaint that her husband kept brew in his home. court refused to change custody of the child. The mother has a divorce suit pending.

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Thirteenth District Casts Covetous Eyes on Hickey and Fifield Jobs. Bu Timm Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 16. Democrats of the Thirteenth congressional district, stimulated by sweeping victories of their party in Indiana municipal elections Nov. 5, were optimistic of electing a Democratic representative in congress from the district at the 1930 election. The incumbent representative, Andrew J. Hickey, La Porte, has withstood many Democratic assaults, but members of the party now believe the time has come when it will be possible to unseat him. Another Republican upon W’hom guns were trained at the meeting is Otto G. Fifield, secretary of State. Democrats of northern Indiana have long cherished an ambition to put one of their party in that office.

FISTS OF WIFE SETTJI_SCORE Husband Attacked After Divorce Is Given. Bu T’nitrd Pm* HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 15.—For many years Mrs. Rose Wright bore cruel abuse at the hands of her husband, Cecil Wright, assistant bank cashier, she testified in her divorce suit. Once he broke her nose with his fist, she said. The divorce was granted. At the clerk's office Mrs. Wright collected her copy of the decree and the cash settlement which it specified. She walked over to where her husband was standing. Onlookers thought they noted a hard glint in h# eyes. Wham! It was a terrific right blow’ from Mrs. Wright’s fist which landed squarely on her erstwhile husband’s nose. Wham! “And that one, too,” she remarked, as his knees began to sag under the attack. Mrs. Wright expressed satisfaction that the score was even when attorneys brought peace. GYPSIES QUESTIONED ON KIDNAPING REPORT Band Stopped at Columbus .After Louisville Girl Disappears. Bu Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 16.—A band of Mexican gypsies, including twenty adults and twenty-four children, was questioned here after it was reported a girl had been kidnaped at Louisville. Local officers v arned to stop the gypsies met them near the city. The gypsies were riding in seven large automobiles, five of which were brought here, but the other two escaped. One of them later was stopped at Franklin and brought back here. When questioned concerning the kidnaping some of the group stated “we have enough of our own without stealing any others.” 'ttiey declared, however, the police would never find the girl "in a thousand years.”

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STOCKHOLDER OF BANK HELD LIABLE FOR LEVY BUekford Circuit Court Decides Full Assessment Legal. Bu T'nitcd Presx HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Nov. 16. —That a bank stockholder is liable to a par assessment on the amount of stock that he owns was the decision of Judge Victor Simmons in Blackford circuit court here, in the case of Robert Simison and others against Addie Byall and other stockholders, directors and officers of the closed Blackford County bank. Plaintiffs sought an assessment of stockholders and appointment of a receiver to assume charge of the assets. Judge Simmons’ ruling specifically held that W. C. Horn, a stockholder, was liable to an assessment and awarded a Judgment against him for SBOO, representing eight shares of stock. The bank now is in the process of liquidation. Two suits before the Indiana supreme court concern liability of bank stockholders to an assessment. One is an appeal from the Wells circuit court holding that stockholders are not liable to assessment and the other is an appeal from the Wabash circuit court to the contrary. SENTENCES FOLLOW WITNESS TAMPERING Two Men Caused False Testimony in Chicken Theft Case. Bu United Press BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 16.—Sentences of one to ten years each in the state reformatory were imposed upon two men here for inducing two minor girls to give false testimony in a chicken theft case. The two sentenced are FrancLs Knight. 48, and William Yocum, 22. Gladys and Irene Neese, the girls testified in behalf of Elmer Knight, son of Francis, who was charged with stealing chickens. The girls said they had gone to a picture show with Elmer the night of the theft. During the trial it developed the picture house was closed that night. The girls were committed to the Indiana girls school until they were 21, but this was suspended. HOOSIERS JUDGES FOR INTERNATIONAL SHOW Seven Will Serve at Display In Chicago Nov. 30 to Dec. 7. Seven of Indiana’s foremost agricultural experts have been elected to serve as judges in the International Livestock Exposition, to be held at the Chicago stockyards Nov. 30 to Dec. 7. Two of the Indiana Judges are members of the Purdue university staff. They are W. W. Smith of the animal husbandry department, who will judge the junior livestock pig feeding contest, and A. T. Wiancke, who will serve on the com judging committee in the grain and hay show. Other livestock authorities of the state and the classes of stock they will pass upon, are John E. Webb, Indianapolis, Rambouillet sheep; E. J. Barker, Thorntown, Berkshire swine; Arthur Tomson, Wabash, Chester - White swine; Thomas Bradburne, West Point, junior feeding contest lambs, and W. E. Bryan of Portland, Cotswold sheep.

309,191 STATE PERMITS GIVEN TO SPORTSMEN Report Made on Licenses for Hunting, Fishing and Trapping. Marion county apparently is the home of more Indiana, sportsmen than any other in the state it is revealed by George N. Mannfeld, director of the fish and game division of the department of conservation, reporting more than 42,000 permits to hunt, fish and trap were sold in the county in the year preceding Oct. 1. Allen county was second on the list'with 23,597 licenses. Lake was third with 12,539. Ohio, smallest county in the state, has the fewest sports. Only 297 licenses were sold there. Mannfeld explained that the number of licenses sold does not necessarily indicate w’hich county has the greatest number of sportsmen, as landowners are not required to have licenses to hunt or fish on their own land and persons under 18 years old are not required to have licenses to fish, although required for hunting. Dearborn county had the largest number of out-state hunters, with ninety-five nonresident licenses. Lagrange was second with fifty-seven, and Franklin third with thirty-one. A total of 309,191 licenses were sold. The largest gain over the previous year in the number of permits was in St. Josephh county, where the increase was 1,732. The number sold in each county follows: Adams ........ 1.3731 Lawrence 3,826 Allen 23.597! Madison 9,860 Bartholomew . 2,166 Marlon 43,078 Benton 470! Marshall 3.288 Blackford .... I.s79:Martin 821 Boone l,4o4!Mlami 4.105 Brown 409, Monroe 3,226 Carroll 1.004 1 Montgomery .. 2,249 Cass 4,119, Morgan 1,572 Clark 2,417! Newton 449 Clay 2,893!N001e 3,889 Clinton 1,998 Ohio 297 Crawford .... 627|Orange 1,669 Davies 2.124; Owen 1,085 Dearborn 2.427jParke 1,108 Decatur 1,993 Perry 1,176 De Kalo 4,614! Pike 1.428 Delaware .... 6,275 Porter 1,186 Dubois 1.989! Posev 1,081 Elkhart 7.655! Pulaski 712 Fayette 2.660| Putnam 1.382 Floyd 3.6731 Randolph 1.562 Fountain 890! Ripley 1,776 Franklin 1.251 Rush 1.290 Fulton 2.9501 Scott 655 Gibson I.B93:Shelby 1,388 Grant s,277!Bpencer 1,448 Greene 3,44filStarke 1.870 Hamilton I,462’Steuben 4.122 Hancock 1,234!5t. Joseph ....12.501 Harrison l,3o6!SUlllvan 2,030 Hendricks I.ol6lSwltaerland ... 642 Henry 3.s7s : Tlppecandoe .. 4,319 Howard 6.134!T1pt0n 927 Huntington ... 3.9961TJni0n 511 Jackson 2,4l3!Vandeburgh .. 9,193 Jasper 7601 Vermillion 1.995 Jav 1.573! Vigo 8.241 Jefferson 1.368 Wabash 3.168 Jennings 1,0831 Warren 806 Johnson 1.8221 Warrick 1.483 Knox 2.69oiWashington ... 1,557 Kosciusko .... s,sßßiWavne 4.762 Lagrange .... 1.656! Wells 1.523 Lake 12.539! White 2.204 La Porte 4.7lo!Whitley 2.604 VICTIM OF BOTH SIDES IN CIVIL WAR IS DEAD Evansville Woman and Child Menaced by Soldiers. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 16.—Mrs. Priscilla Virginia Stone, 78. whose life was harassed by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil war, is dead here. Her father was James Welcome Mure, once treasurer of the state of Tennessee. The father tried to teach her to be southern in sympathies during the war, but her early life in St. Louis, Mo., 1 ad turned her against slavery. Asa child during the war she lived in Paducah, Ky„ where members of both Confederate and Union armies caused the family to suffer. At one time she and her relatives were forced to hide in a deserted flour mill for three days while Confederate and Union soldiers in possession of the town were constantly firing at each other from windows and housetops. On another occasion guerrillas who infested the country around Paducah attempted to steal her younger brother for ransom, but she hid him in a sugar barrel until they left..

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Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Nov. 16. Anew 370-page book on the fundamentals of radio is the work of Dr. R. R. Ramsey of the Indiana university physics department. It gives the basic theory of radio as exemplified in modern practice. The book is illustrated with many diagrams which demonstrate principles. The author prepared one of the first manuals for radio students and operators several years ago when the science was in its infancy. Several editions of Dr. Ramsey’s manual have been published and used by classes in universities and colleges.

$25,000 BONDS SOLDFOR PARK Bloomington Project to Be Reality. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 16 Bloomington’s hope for anew park, a scenic gateway to the ctiy from the north,, is assured through purchase by four local banks of a $25,000 bond issue offered by the park board. The parkway project was showed three weeks ago when the bonds were first offered for sale and no buyer appeared. Later, however, the First National, Citizens Loan and Trust Company, Monroe County and Bloomington National banks took over the Issue with a certified check for S2OO as deposit. The bonds will be delievered Jan. 1 when the balance of the money will be paid. The park site consists of about twenty-one acres of land offered to the city by the Showers factory and the Jacob Miller estate, on the condition that it would be transformed into a park. An eighteen-foot pavement onehalf mile long will be built by the Bloomington township, extending on College avenue from Seventeenth street to an intersection with the Dixie highway. The city park board will use the $25,000 from the bond issue for sidewalks, guttetrs, curbings and a decorative lighting system along the new driveway. Bids for the work will be advertised at the next meeting of the Monroe county commissioners, on Dec. 3. JUDGE ADMITS ERROR Bu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 16.—Judge L. A. Guthrie of Delaware circuit court doesn’t believe in forcing a defendant to carry an appeal to the Indiana supreme court, when the judge is convinced that he erred in giving instructions to a jury. This prompted Judge Guthrie to order anew trial for William Warfel, convicted of shooting with intent to kill, after Warfel’s counsel attacked the court’s instructions. The judge conceded that one point was faulty.

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INCREASED USE OF INDIANA COAL TO BESOUGHT Proposed Cement for Roads Be Bought Only Where HiL>u\Fuel Burns. r. TEItVIE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 16. The Chamber of Commerce here has started a movement which it beieves will result In purchase of 180,000 to 200,000 tons of Indiana coal each year, by compelling the state highway department to buy cement only from mills using Hoosier coal. A meeting to further the plan will be held here at 2 Monday afternoon, when it is expected representatives of fifty organizations in sixteen coal mining counties will be present. Invitations have already been sent to the organizations, including chambers of commerce and luncheon CIUDS. The cement-coal plan is beinf used in Illinois, and according to information here, has aided greatly in keeping mines of the state busy. It is proposed that at the Monday meeting a committee be appointed to present the plan to the highway department. According to Morton Hayman, secretary of the local chamber, eight to ten barrels of cement require burning of a ton of coal. “If the highway commission does not specify in the contract that Indiana coal must be used to produce this cement, the Indiana mines will have lost a great chance to help themselves,” Hayman asserts.

AGED ICE MAN WORKED DESPITE BROKEN RIBS New Face on Job at Elkhart Due to Doctor’s Order. Bu Times Special ELKHART, Ind., Nov. 16.—Louis Keith, 79, wasn’t on his ice wagon route this week. It was the first time in thirty-five years that housewives in the east section of the city have seen anew face on the wagon. Three weeks ago Keith fell from the wagon. And it took three weeks for relatives to convince him that he ought to consult a doctor about that “little pain” in his side. When he did, a doctor promptly ordered him remain at home after diagnosing the case as three fractured ribs. Keith, however, is determined to resume his duties at the first opportunity. During his thirty-five years as an Elkhart Iceman, Keith has maintained a fifteen-mile route every day, delivering a load of from one to six tons in pieces weighing from 25 to 100 pounds. DEATH QUIZ SHROUDED Two Witnesses Not Indentified to Testify at South Bend. By T'nitcd Prefix SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Nov. 16. Secrecy surrounded identity of two witnesses whose sworn statements relative to the Christ Tonneff killing here are to be given the St. Joseph county grand jury. Tonneff was killed in the doorway of his home by two men who said they were staging a holdup. Harry S. Taylor, prosecuting attorney, believes it was a racketeer killing and the holdup announcement was a blind. Taylor’s theory is that Tonneff was killed for trying to hi-jack stolen automobiles. The witnesses whose testimony will be given the grand jury were not questioned by police, it is understood. Electricity Causes Death Hu Times Special ELKHART. Ind., Nov. 16.—Walter Brenneman, 47, Mishawaka, was instantly killed by electrocution when he came in contact with a high tension wire at the power plant here. A short circuit resulting from current passing through his body stopped electric service in the city five minutes.