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HOOSIER EDITOR IN EAST NOTES LIQUOR ABOUNDS Muncie Man Says High Price of Drinks Only Dry Law Effect. Bv Tim ft Special MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 4.—Wilbur E. Sutton, editor of the Muncie Press, who is on a trip in the east, writing back to his paper declares New York and other cities in that section openly flout the prohibition law and that the only complaint citizens have against the dry measure is that it causes high prices for liquor. Following is one of the reports by Sutton: “New York people don't discuss prombition. The reason appears to be that the- don't know anything about it. Still, that is not literally true. They blame the prohibition laws for the high prices of liquors. These prices are what make them know there are such laws on the statute books. “In njpst cities where bars are running as they are in New York, it is at least necessary for the patron to have some kind of card to show he is ‘all right.’ or be accompanied by one who is known to the bartender. No such rule obtains here. “To be sure, you are required to have cards to gain entrance to j certain places, but that is because! they are exclusive and not because they fear you may be an officer who will turn them up. Officers Drink, Too "And speaking of officers, .sometimes the regular trade has difficulty in lining up to the bar, owing to the congregation of bluecoats. There has been considerable complaint about this on the part of the cash customers and some threats have been made to report such officers to Grover Whalen or Jimmy Walker, or somebody. “The way the national prohibition laws are flouted in the east is j a revelation to an inlander. And j the apparent utter unconsciousness \ of the average man or woman that there is anything extraordinary about entering a saloon or restau- j rant and calling for any kind of drink that may be wanted. Is re- j markable. At, least they must be given credit for being quite open ; and above-board about it all. “And the stores cater openly to j the drinking trade. It is likely, that it would be impossible to buy I beverage appurtenances in a book; store or a baby clothes shop, but! these are about the only places that come readily to mind where this could not be done. “And this situation is not alone ; true of New York proper. Far more open than New' York City itself is Hoboken, which is in the state of New Jersey, across the river j by ferry or tube from New York. | “On the way from a certain hotel there down to the tube station, \ last Saturday nieht. I counted fourteen screened windows fronting the street, that were said to be open bars.

Old-time Bars Flourish "In the hotel itself was a bar exactly like the hotel bars that used to be in the Delaware and Kirby hotels at home—mahogany, brass rails, bottles on the back bar. mirrors, whit^-aproned bartenders and all. “The password to this saloon is merely the price of a drink. Below in the same hotel is a Bavarian rathskeller, with no questions asked provided you buy food and drink. "Tn a saloon in Greenwich Village the free lunch consisted of bologna, liverwurst. cream cheese and crackers. It was warm, that afternoon, and the doors were thrown open to the street. “To get a right slant on the situation. a Hoosler must understand that New York has no prohibition enforcement laws. It has refused to co-operate with the federal government in making the eighteenth amendment “stick.” That is because the sentiment of the people is overwhelmingly "wet” “And it. is said there are 10,000 or 20.000 or some such trifling number of ‘speakeasies’ in Manhattan alone. But nobody speaks ‘easy’ in them. Tor the most part the managers keep these places well regulated, in contrast with many saloons in the old era. They do not cause much open trouble. “The truth is that in a week in New York city I have seen but one patently drunk man and he was trying, ineffectually, to catch the ferry for Hoboken. “On the streets of Hoboken, however, the tale was different. The ‘drunks’ there reminded me of scenes on Walnut street in Muncie on Saturday nights twenty years ago after a big pay day in the factories. They do not seem to regulate their drinkers so well in Hoboken.” Mercy Auto in Crash Hm Timi .< special MUNCIE. Ind.. Jan. 4.—An- automobile. rushing Mary Hutchinson. 29, to a hospital here, after she had been struck by an automobile, figured in two accidents, both at cme street intersection. The car carrying the woman hit another and smashed into a third. Her injuries were minor. Union City Jobs Filled Bv Time # Sr •■•'i'll - UNION CITY. Ind.. Jan. 4 Fred Clear has been named chief of police here by Mayor-Elect Charles I. Williamson. Other appointments are Russell Thompson, night policeman: William Gray, merchant policeman: Lloyd Morgan, chief of the fire department; Dr. Harry Davis, Carlton Fraze and Herman Veit, ooard of health. Manufacturer Is Burned gjt 1 1 !*• * Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., Jan. 4. Funeral services for Marvin Campbell. 80. one of South Bend's leading manufacturers who died Wednesday morning, were held Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hager? * A

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—Courtesy, Marion Chronicle. Edward C. Hayes, whose second term as prosecutor of Grant county expired Wednesday, will resume the practice of law at Marion. FIGHT STARTED ON BAD CHECKS Wayne County Prosecutor Takes Initiative. r:u n> * Sh" ini RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. 4 A drive to check what Prosecutor C. M. Haworth of Wayne county terms an epidemic of forged and other worthless checks has been started in circuit court, resulting in three men being sentenced by Judge Gustave H. Hoelscher to serve prison terms on forgery charges. Haworth intimated his intentions of continuing a “hard-boiled" attitude toward all persons charged with forgery. J. P. Wetsel. Howard Hudson and Robert E. Reid, the latter claiming Johnstown. Pa., as his home, were each fined $lO and costs and each given prison terms of not less than two nor more than fourteen years. Reid, the court was informed, was the only man ever arrested in Wayne county who used a woman's name as an alias. One of his worthless checks was issued in the name of Mrs. Harry G. Miller. He opened an account at a Richmond bank with two forged checks. “I did so because I needed money to feed and clothe my wife and children." Reid said.

EIGHT CO-EDS AT I. U. ELIGIBLE AS DEBATERS Six Will Be Chosen to Form Two 1930 Teams for Contests. By I hues Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Jan. 4. Eight Indiana university co-eds are eligible for tlie 1930 debating teams and from this number three will be selected for the affirmative team and three for the negative team. The subject this year is: “Resolved, That the Present Extent of Installment Buying of Goods for Private Consumption is Detrimental to the Nation.” Indiana's negative team will meet Ohio university there Jan. 16, and on the same evening the Indiana university affirmative team will debate the co-ed Michigan negative team here. The following are eligible for the teams: Joyce Armstrong, Springville; June Goyer. Kokomo: Kathryn Cregmile. Osgood: Rebecca Whittington. Crawfordsville; Margaret Williams, Bloomington: Mae Kivett, Martinsville; Orthello Stephens, Oxford, and Naomi Osborne, Richmond. Art Center Predicted By Times special RICHMOND. Ind., Jan. 4 prediction that the United States will become the art center of the world within the next twenty years, was made by Guy Wiggins, an artist of the New York colony, in a speech before the local Rotary Club. “We have the money, the ambition and the taste,” said Wiggins. Safety Board Chosen By Tithes Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Jan. 4.—The board of safety to serve during the administration of George R. Dale as mayor has been completed. Dale, who will take office Monday, has named William France, coal merchant: Charles Indorff, merchant, Fred Ellis.- mechanic, as the three members. France and Indorff are Democrats, and Ellis is a Republican. Retiring Executive Honored By 77)h. .* Sue > iifj ANDERSON. Ind.. Jan. 4.—Harry O'Connor, retiring superintendent of the American Steel and Wire mill, was honored at a banquet given by plant executives and.foremen. O'Conner has been with the steel corporation forty-four years, the last thirteen of which he has been head of the local plant. He has been succeeded by E. C. Morrison. former assistant superintendent.

Non.'He'll Work Bu Time* special COLUMBUS. Ind., Jan. 4. When Ed Hendrickson. 30. [iddleiown. 0.. boasted in city court before Mayor C. B. Cooper that he had not “worked a lick” for a year, he was fined SSO and costs on a charge of vagrancy. Unable to pay the fine, he will be taken to the state penal farm to serve a sentence of sixty days. Hendrickson slept in the basement of the city building here and at an early hour began begging, going from house to house asking for food. He told several stories and complaints were made which resulted in hi s arrest.

FEDERAL LIQUOR PLOT TRIAL TO BEGIN TUESDAY East Chicago’s Mayor and Police Are Among 40 Accused. Fv Timet Special HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 4—More than 100 witnesses will be used by the United States in its effort to obtain convictions in the East Chicago liquor conspiracy case which will go to trial in federal court here Tuesday morning with Judge Thomas W. Slick presiding. Defendants include Mayor Raleigh P. Hale, mayor of East Chicago, and the city's police chief, James Regan. In all, forty persons are accused. Assisting District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis in the prosecution will be Earl J. Davis of Detroit, a criminal lawyer of outstanding ability, formerly assistant attorney general of the United States, and in that capacity, prosecutor in cases tried all over the country. Davis has had copies of the evidence in the East Chicago case for a considerable period. Loomis announces he is ready and expects that the proceedings will open as scheduled Tuesday morning when selection of a jury will be started. Defense attorneys at various times in the last few weeks have sought to have Judge Slick compel the district attorney to provide them with names of government witnesses, but the court has refused. Loomis told Judge Slick that lives of the witnesses would be endangered should their identity become known. The case now near trial is one of three resulting from a lengthy federal grand jury investigation made at South Bend. The other two cases have been disposed of, both having been almost complete routs for the government. However, it is said, the East Chicago case will afford the prosecution better opportunities to obtain convictions than the others.

TWO CLAIM OFFICE Valparaiso Mayor Refuses Place to Successor. By l nit cel Press VALPARAISO, Ind., Jan. 4.—With announcement of Mayor Louis F. Leetz that he will not surrender his office to Harold J. Schenck, Valparaiso looked forward today to having two mayors when the new term opens Monday. Leetz protested at a special meeting of the city council Friday that Schenck was not legally elected as the election inspectors were not lawfully appointed for the last election. He announced he will not give up his position and hinted that injunction proceedings will be instituted. Mayor-Elect Schenck announced he intends to assume office and will contest any court action. BANDIT SENT TO PRISON Restaurant Robber at Terre Haute Gets Ten-Year Term. ' Bp l nit eel Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 4. Clarence Stanley, 38, is under sentence to ten years in the state prison for his part in a restaurant robbery here. The sentence is the minimum for robbery and was given as a result of a conviction after a jury deliberated nineteen hours Wednesday. Stanley was one of three men implicated in the robbery which netted $63.50. John Kanzleiter pleaded guilty to auto banditry and was sentenced to from ten to twenty years. Sentencing of Arthur Cox, who also had pleaded guilty, was deferred. Board Member Ousted Bv Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 4.—Homer E. Duke has been ousted as a member of the board of safety recently appointed by J. H. Mellett. mayorelect. and the place given to Charles E. Miller, wealthy rubber manufacturer. Tlie change was made, Mellett said, "to obtain the services of a competent business man.” Duke, a Republican, was one of the principal orators for the Democratic party in the city campaign. Estate Valued at $26,000 ™' Bu Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 4.—Robert W. Thurston, Alexandria, has qualified in circuit court as administrator of the estate of his father, Joseph E. Thurston, who died Dec. 23. The estate is valued at $26,000. TTae estate of Emil V. Hitchins, former resident of Alexandria, was opened in circuit court. Mrs. Hattie Hitchins, the widow, was named administratrix.

BIRDS REACH NORTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

By Times special DUBLIN, Ind., Jan. A —Speculation among weather observing residents of Wayne county is rife as to whether the rest of the winter will be mild and spring flowers appear earlier in 1930 than in recent years. If not, disappointment is in store for a large flock of meadow larks which arrived in the county a few days ago, according to Walter Ratliff. a bird lover. Never before in observations of migratory birds by Ratliff, while identified with the inland division of the government biologcal survey, has he observed so many and so varied a list of birds here so early In the season. Besides the arrival of the larks, Ratliff has observed the belted kingfisher, Carolina wren, cardinal, morning dove, several species of I

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Couple Wed 61 Years and Happy, Pity the Single

Fn Times Special Franklin, ind., Jan. 4.—The marriage problem is one of the most serious in America today, according to Dr. Barnett Wallace, a husband for sixty-one years, who with Mrs. Wallace a few days ago celebrated the anniversary of their wedding in 1868. He is a former faculty member and trustees of Franklin college. Speaking for himself and Mi*. Wallace, the husband declared their marriage had lasted because it was on the “right basis and principles.” 'We pity the bachelors and old maids,” Dr. Wallace declared. ‘They have missed so much of the real worth of life. We can appreciate it more and more as we grow older together. We have lived a full and complete life while the unmarried have not.

INDIANA MISSIONARY HOPEFUL FOR CHINA

Death Silence Pm 'Timex Special HAMMOND. Ind., Jan. 4. W. C. Atwood, repairman, was perplexed when he failed to find the cause of telephone trouble at a grocery until he went into the basement and found John Niedbale, 64, had hanged himself with phone wire. The aged man had been despondent because of failure to find work.

TRAGIC SEQUEL TO UNPAID BILL Child Scalded After Water Service Is Stopped. Bji Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jail. 4.—Walter Murphy, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Murphy is dead as a result of scalds suffered when he fell into a tub of boiling water at the family home. Death occurred at a hospital five hours after the accident. The water had been drawn from a hot water heater to prevent an explosion. The mother, standing nearby, pulled the child from the tub and tore off its clothing. The child was almost submerged in the water. A few hours preceding the tragedy, an employe of the municipal water plant shut off the supply at the Murphy home because the water bill had not been paid. The dead child’s father explained that he had not been billed for water and supposed the bill was being paid by his landlord. Shutting off the supply caused water in the tank to become overheated and prompted the mother of the child to drain it into the tub. MARRIAGE TIE BROKEN Girl Freed at Richmond from Man Serving Prison Term. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 4.—Judge Gustave H. Hoelscher, in Wayne circuit court annulled the marriage of Mary Tolson, 20. to William A. Tolson, now serving a sentence in a federal prison for violation of the Mann act. The girl told Judge Hoelscher that she was not aware Tolson had been married before until two months after her marriage to him. Then she was informed by a department of justice agent. Tolson is said to have admitted to the police at the time of his arrest, that he was guilty of bigamy and said that he had once served a prison term in Kentucky for the offense. License Revenue Gains By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 4.—The law making hunting and fishing licenses effective during the calendar year instead of for a period of one year from the date of issuance is providing greater revenue. A report compiled by County Clerk Chester Thomas shows $10,104 paid to the state on licenses in Madison county during 1929. This amount is almost double that paid prior to the new law. Teachers Institute Is Held By Times Special MARION, Ind., Jan. 4.—The first all-county teachers institute for the semester, which ended Dec. 20, was held at the Marion high school today. Fred Ratliff, Grant county schools superintendent, prepared the program.

hawks, both species of kinglets, the golden crowned and russet crowned, and swamp sparrows. All of these birds are north ahead of schedule by one or two months. In commenting on this unusual occurrence, Ratliff says, “In all of my thirty-one years of observation, I do not record a single instance where so many of these birds felt the call to come north at this time of the year. Take the hawks for an example. They usually start north the latter part of January, but more often, are seen coming in February. The others are months ahead of schedule.” “Do these birds ever make mistakes?” Ratliff wtes asked. “Yes, once in a while, but they retreat seemingly for a short distance and keep trying until they are fully established,” replied Rat[liff.

“But I feel a fear for the present generation," Dr. Wallace continued. “They are so lax about marriage. They seem to disregard the marriage vows and do as they please. The great trouble with marriage today, I fear, is that the young people let sex enter into it too much. Os course, we can not talk too much about that, but it is a fact. After that is gone the marriage vows are broken.” Mrs. Wallace, however, is not pessimistic about the youth of today. “I think that some of the things expounded by modern youth are very good,” she declares. “Their knowledge and their ability to see things clearly causes me to hope for the future. I think that marriage will return to the sound basis of the past and will endure as a sacred institution.

Anderson Woman Believes Youth Movement Has United Nation. Bu Titn> x special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 4.—Warring Chinese elements bring no fears to Miss Marie Adams, who has spent fourteen years in China as a missionary for thef Methodist Episcopal church and plans to return soon to resume her work. Miss Adams is familiar with strife in the country. She says China is now a unified nation, due to the efforts of the youth movement, “Modernization of China, the pro- ; curing of sex equality in education ! and private life, and the independ- : ence, economic and social, of the | masses, are the three principal prob- ! lems facing the youth of China to- ! day. “One student out of 1,000 attends ; high school in China and one out iof 7,000 goes to college. The aims of the youth revolt in China may be claSvsed under three separate headings—political freedom from tyrannies of their own and outside government; freedom from extraterritorial rule of foreign countries, and freedom from the almost universal illiteracy. “Progress is being made. Before the youth movement started, 98 per cent of the population of China was illiterate. In 1929 this average was reduced to 85 per cent through the efforts and sacrifices of participants in revolt. “China feels* that America is its best friend. To be an American in China is a great honor. Their hero and ideal is Abraham Lincoln and not Confucius as might be supposed.” A civilization that was old in the days of ancient Rome must f&dopt itself to the twentieth century methods, is the opinion of Miss Adams. FIRE LOSS INCREASES Ft, Wayne Total for 1929 More Than Double That of 1928. Bu I nited Press FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Jan. 4.—Ft. Wayne suffered heavily from fire loss in 1929. figures compiled by the fire department show. The total loss, excluding some figures for December not yet adjusted, was $265,373.61. more than twice the 1928 loss. Although the loss was exceptionally heavy as compared to 1928, it was lighter than the losses in other recent years. Seventeen persons were injured in fires during the year. Os these, Robert Skiles was fatally hurt. School Head Chosen By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 4. Herrick E. H. Greenleaf. associate professor of mathematics at De Pauw university, will have charge of the De Pauw summer school in 1930. William A. Huggard has been in charge of summer school work for the last three years. He is associate professor of English. Professor Greenleaf has been on the De Pauw faculty for the last eight years and taught in the summer school of Boston university in 1925 and 1926. , Undertakers Lose Suit By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 4.—The E. S. Albright Company is restrained from operating a funeral home at its new location, Eighth and Chase streets, zoned for residences, following a suit filed in circuit court by owners of adjacent property. Plaintiffs were Otis P. Crim, Thomas McCullough, his wife, Mary; Mrs. Marie Weslow and Mrs. Maude McCullough Childs. Columbus Man Is Injured By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 4.—John Behrman of this city, agent for the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation, was injured severely when he was crushed between an oil truck and the wall of the garage where the truck was stored. His right knee was broken. Behrman attempted to crank the truck, which was in gear. It started suddenly and he was caught on the bumper j and carried a distance of four or five feet.

Auto Victory Bu Times special EVANSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 4.A blacksmith, shop operated here for seventy-five years by the Becker family, has been closed. Christ, Ed and George Becker, whose father, Charles Becker, established the shop, have reluctantly quit due to inroads of automobiles which took away the horseshoeing business, main support of blacksmiths.

MUSICAL STUNT WINNERS WILL SHARE IN S2OO Third Annual Contest to Be Held at Purdue Jan. 13. P,i/ i ' me* Bvcrial LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 4—Cash prizes totaling S2OO will be distributed among winners in the third Corn Belt Musical stunt contest which will be held the first evening of the annual Indiana agricultural conference, Jan. 13 to 17 at Purdue university. All rural residents of the state, excepting professionals and those under 12 years of age. are eligible to enter the contest. Entries will close Sunday and are being received by Tom L. Wheeler, editor of the Farmer’s Guide, offering the prize money, and F. C. Gaylord of the Purdue agricultural experiment station. The first prize will be $75. Judges will mark contestants on originality, novelty, entertainment and musical rendition. No stunt shall require more than ten minutes for presentation. but, there is no limit on the number of persons appearing in each. Elimination trials will be held Monday morning, Jan. 13, in the Purdue Memorial uhion building. Last year’s winning stunt was presented by Mrs. Rufus Cummins and son Gene of Cambridge City. Second prize was won by the Clayton high school chorus. TRAIN KILLS COUPLE Auto of Middletown Man and Wife Struck. l?,u Time# Special MIDDLETOWN, Ind., Jan. 4.—A Pennsylvania passenger train struck an automobile at the Eighth street crossing here Friday night, bringing instant death to Mr. and Mrs. John Knuckles, both 55. The couple had spent the evening at the home of Frank Ziles and was en route to the high school building for their daughter Lucile, who attended a basketball game, when the tragedy occurred. The couple leaves another daughter, Miss Mary Knuckles, Anderson. A coal shed and flour mill partly obstructed view of the crossing which has been the scene of a number of serious accidents.

RESTAURANT OWNERS FACING LIQUOR INQUIRY | Two Summoned After Officers Sniff at Bottles and Glasses. I B.i/ Tim is Suer,ini SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 4. | Chinese proprietors of a restaurant I here are still in doubt this morning | as to what action will be taken by \ federal authorities as a result of a I raid staged by dry officers of the j local prohibition squad New Year’s ! eve. Two of the Chinese followed in- ! structions by reporting to federal | headquarters, but due to the ab- ! sence of Howard Long, deputy administrator, they were permitted to leave unquestioned. The officers did a great deal of “sniffing into glasses and bottles,’’ accordipg to patrons of the restaurant and confiscated several bottles. OFFICE SPACE NEEDED South Bend Faces Problem Due to Barret Law Change. Bv Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Jan. 4.—As an immediate effect of the new Barrett law, which went into effect Wednesday, one of the first problems of the new city administration will be to provide quarters for collection of street improvement assessments. Under the previous law the collection w T as handled by the county treasurer. The new law provides for its transfer to the city controller. County Treasurer George W. Swintz has informed city officials that the temporary placing of city clerks in county offices would have to be discontinued at an early date. Inasmuch as the city hall is already in a crowded state, officials are perplexed where to place the new office. Mother of Seven Dies Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Jan. 4.—Mrs. Florence M. Wilson, 58, wife of George Wilson, died at the family home here after a two-week’s illness. She was the daughter of the late Squire and Mrs. Henry Nickerson. She leaves her husband and seven children: Russell Wilson. Anderson: Howard Wilson. Glen Flora, Wis.; Mrs. Ben I. Coobs and Mrs! Henry Buss, Klemme, 1a,.; Mrs. James O. Poole, Flint, Mich.; Mrs. Earl Timbrook, East Columbus; Robert Wilson, at home, and a brother, William Nickerson, Brown county. Official Avoids Bond By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 4. Gwin Ensign, city clerk, will avoid posting a $25,000 bond for one week by keeping the Barrett law books which were turned over to him by the county treasurer, closed until Monday, when the new administration takes office. Student Foils Burglar Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 4. Robbery of the Lambda Chi house at De Pauw university was frustrated when an early rising student frightened away p man who had piled up a collection of clothes in a corner ready to carry away. One overcoat was the total loot. ■ ■■ i New City Editor Chosen Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 4. Howard W. Miller has been appointed city editor of the Herald here to succeed Leroy Bee, resigned.

1930 ‘Firsts' Marion Woman With Name to Match Pays Fine: Man Pays Taxes.

MARION, Ind.. Jan. 4.—Mrs. Elsie First, Marion, was the first woman to be arraigned in city court this year. Mrs. First was also the first woman to plead guilty to an assault and ‘battery charge and was the first to pay a fine of $1 and costs assessed by Mayor James H. McConpell. Mrs. First was arrested on the first of the year and tlie case was the first, that the new prosecutor, Harley Hardin, prosecuted. Raymond O. Jackson was the first Grant county man to pay his 1929 taxes, due in 1930, according to County Treasurer Claude Hamilton. The payment was made a short time after the treasurer's office opened Thursday. Jackson was also the first man to pay his taxes last year. The spring installment is due on or before May 5.

GARY TREASURY WITHOUT MONET Fight Over Mayor’s Office Cramps Finances. By l iii/t il Press GARY, Ind., Jan. 4. —Gary city officials face the problem of operating the municipality without money. Failure of any bidders to appear 1 at the sale of $300,000 in short time warrants will mean an empty treas- ! ury for the next three months, j Uncertainty over the next occu- ! pant of the mayor’s office with three claimants fighting for the place in Lake county courts and the Indiana supreme courts caused failure of the sale, according to W. E. Scorah, city controller. Another effort will be made to sell the warrants. The money is needed to meet city pay rolls until April 1, when the first tax money will be received. MAN SUED FOR DIVORCE TRIES SUICIDE BY POISON found Unconscious in Automobile Near South Bend and May Die. BtU Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 4. Jesse M. Stryker. New Paris, didn’t feel like starting the new year with the troubles that beset him during 1929. His wife had left him, had filed suit for seperate maintenance, and a court had summoned him to j appear. These facts were evident to police : when they found Stryker near death in his automobile in a wooded ravine east of here, suffering from the effects of swallowing poison. Hospital attaches say he will die. ! The summons to court and copy | of his wife's complaint were found Jin a pocket. The empty bottle lay ! at his feet. j Two boys. George Emery and Everett Walker, who 'were playing j nearby discovered Stryker in an un- , conscious condition. SECOND BULLET VICTIM Connersville Man's Death Follows That of Sheriff. PV Timt s Special LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., Jan. 4. I Benjamin Shaw, 68, Connersville, is j the second victim of a shooting episode at a Whitewater river beer camp which had already claimed the life of Herman Lange, Dearborn county sheriff. Shaw died of bullet wounds in a Cincinnati hospital. James Anderson, Brookville, is charged with the shooting of both men. Despite extended search by posses, no trace of him has been found. The sheriff was shot after he had been called to the camp because of the wounding of Shaw. Lifelong Resident Dies By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 4.—Ezra Spaugh, 74, farmer and lifelong j resident of Bartholomew county, i died at his home in Hawcreek township, after four weeks’ illness. He spent all his life on a farm near Hope until five years ago, when he moved to the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. Kissling. Besides Mrs. Kissling, he leaves another daughter, Mrs. Lena Carmichael, Franklin, and a son, Erastus Spaugh, Newcastle. Petition Asks Receiver By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 4. —Petition is on file in Montgomery circuit court here asking a receiver be appointed for the Veedersburg Brick Company. The suit was filed by Elmer Myers who charges that the company is insolvent and indebted to him in the sum of $6,425 for principal and dividends on fiftyshares of preferred stock. He asks i judgment for that amount. The plant has not been in operation for 1 several months.

Working For You i'our money, in a savings account, works for you twentyfour hours a day, every day in the year, holidays and Sundays included. If you add to the balance regularly, the results of its working for you is increased, which, added to the interest paid on it each six months at 4 r c per annum, soon makes it a capital sum. THE INDIANA TRUST %T£mi surplus $2,000,000.00 4% on Savings Oldest Trust Company in Indiana

.JAN. 4, 1930

SPINAL MALAUY STILL SHURT UF EPIDEMIC STATE Health Department Declares Conditions Favorable For Spread. Alihough meningitis is not epidemic in Indiana outside of Indianapolis, "conditions generally are favorable to the spread of the disease." This warning is contained in a bulletin issued by Dr. William I’. King, director of the state health department, urging all local health officials to report cases in their communities as soon as they are discovered. The state department is ready to aid in thwarting local epidemics, the bulle'in declare; . It lists the following regulations of the American Public Health Association for control of communicable diseases 1. Recognition of the disease and isolation of infected persons. 2. Concurrent disinfection, which means absolute cleanliness with destruction of all infected material, throughout the course of the disease. 3. Search for carriers among those exposed to recognized cases. 4. Instructions as to personal cleanliness. 5. Prevention of overcrowding. 6. Isolation of carriers until the secretions of the nose and throat are proved by bacteriological examination to be free from infecting organism. Rule of the state board of health regarding quarantine in epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis is as follows : “For the patient. Quarantine and isolation until fouriftai days after the temperature has become normal or until three successive cultures from the ncse and throat at intervals of not less than five days are shown to be free of meningococcus by laboratory examination. “Persons living in the house where the disease is present shall not be in contact with the general public and school children from said house shall be excluded from school, during the period of isolation, except on permission of the health officer having jurisdiction.” The bulletin also advises the use of a non-irritant nose and throat spray and above all, absolute cleanliness.

INDIANAPOLIS PROMOTER TO BE TRIED THURSDAY False Freten c Case Bill Be Heard at Anderson. | By 'Timex Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Jan. 4.—Judge Carl F. Morrow has set trial dates ! for a number of criminal cases in I Madison circuit court, including that of Floyd W. Kreig, Indianapolis, charged wilh false pretense growing out of his promotion of an electric power line proposed to serve farms near Markleville, is set ! for Thursday. Farmers who invested money in i T -he enterprise will testify against | Kreig. The case of Vernon Southworth i and his wile. Pearl, charged with concealing goods stolen from the j H. L. Wise general store at Frankton, will be tried Jan. 22. Four youths, Herbert and Homer Hammer, Oliver Brown and Guy Horton, who are charged with robbing 1 5 he store, have indicated they will plead guilty. Aged Mother Dies By Times Special WESTFIELD. Ind, Jan. 4.—Mrs. Parthene Gaddis, GB. is dead at her home near here. She leaves the following children: Mrs. Albert Moon. Mrs. W. D. Brattian, Mrs. Edlen Wade and Amos, John and William Gadais. Train Kills Aged Man II a l uit it! J'rrsft PRINCETON. Ind., Jan. 4—A crossing accident claimed the life of Jamas T. Runcie, 78, retired merchant of 11. Branch. Runcie was killed instantly when struck by a Chicago & Eastern Illinois train. The body was hurled several feet. SOME WOMEN ALWAYS ATTRACT You want to be beautiful. You want the tireless energy, fresh complexion and pep of youth. Then let Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets help free your system of the poisons caused by clogged bowels and torpid liver. For 20 years, men and women suffering from stomach troubles, pimples, listlessness and headaches have taken Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, a successful substitute for calomel, a compound of vegetable ingredients, known by their olive color. They act easily upon the bowels without griping. They help cleanse the system and tone up the liver. If you value youth and its many gifts, take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly. How much better you will feel—and look. 15c, 30c, 60c.— Advertisement.