Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1930 — Page 13

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22 LIFE TERM CONVICTS WILL ASK CLEMENCY Total of 71 Petitions to Be Heard Jan. 30 by Prison Trustees. LIST AT REFORMATORY Pleas of 13 at Another Institution to Be Received Same Day. Bv Times rial MICHIGAN CITY, Ind„ Jan. 24. state prison board of trustees will consider seventy-one petitions for clemency at a meeting here Jan. 30, it is announced by Warden W. H. Daly. Thirty of the petitions are those of men who have not ap]>eared before the board before. Included in the list are applications of twenty-two serving life terms. On the same day. thirteen petitions for clemency for reformatory inmates will be considered by the reformatory board. Only four of these are cases that have not been heard before. Those seeking clemency, county and date of conviction, crime and object of plea, include the following: New Prison Cases William Brown, St. Joseph, July 15. 1929; one to seven years, obtaining money falsely; parole. Eli Budack, Bake, Sept. 19. 1929; one to two years, transporting Intoxicating liquor; parole. John Clemmons. Putnam, April 26, 1929; one to five years, escaping slate farm; parole. George. Cook, Shelby, Sept. 2, 1929; one to five "years, possession of still; commutation. Walter Cowin, Shelby, Aug. 11. 1929; one to five years, possession of still; parole. Vikendi Darabut, Lake, Oct. 4, 1929; six months. Impersonating officer; pardon, parole or commutation. Vonnie Fenwick, Delaware, March 25, 1929', two to fourteen years, bribery; commutation. Clarence Johnson, Wayne. July 27, 1929; one to seven years, failure to provide for children; parole. Walter Kiler, Vanderburgh. Dec. 27, 1921; life, murder; commutation. Merl Leisure, Allen, Sept. 26, 1929; one to ten years; pardon or parole. Ocorge Laster. Allen, Sept. 28. 1927, five to twenty-one years, criminal attack; commutation. Emmett Laughlin, Marlon, April 20, 1929; two to fourteen years, forgery; pardon or parole. George Linvllle, St. Joseph, March 8, 1927; ten to twenty-one years, robbery: commutation. Charles Pruett. Lawrence. Oct. 11. 1929, two to five years, bigamy, parole. John B. Sadler. Vanderburgh, June 28. 1928; two to fourteen years, forgery and embezzlement; parole. Jess Simpson, Howard, Aug. 10. 1929; one to ten years, grand larceny; pardon. William Smurdon. Lake, Jan. 29, 1929; two to fourteen years, forgery; commutatlon. Edward Btrupp, Vanderburgh. July 3. 1929; one to five years, two to fourteen years, false pay roll and embezzlement; parole. Eddie Terry. Marion, Jan. 28, 1920; life murder; commutation. Addle Tucker. Shelby, Sept. 10, 1929; one to five years, possession of stlU; P George Waddell, Lake, March 4. 1929: two to ten years, assault and battery to commit robbery; temporary parole. Edward Wells. Allen. June 13, 1921. two to twenty-one years, criminal attack, pflrole ‘ Reopened Cases . Graham Ashworth. Vanderburgh. July I, 1928. five to twenty-one years, robbery, P Ralph Bldleman, Lake. Nov. 27, 1928; two to fourteen years, forgery; P ar ° le - Eloyd I. Black. Vigo. Oct. 31, 1925; life, two to fourteen years, habitual criminal; temporary parole. n . Charles W. Born. Jefferson, Feb. 6. 1918, life, murder; parole. Earl Bruner. Kosciusko. Feb. 23, 1924, two to fourteen years, forgery; P a r° le - Ernest Byrum. Clay. Sept. 22, 1921; ten to twenty-one years, robbery: parole Oscar Cartwright. Marion. Dec. 7. 1918: life, murder; parole. William Childers. Marion. April 21. l#l. life, criminal attack; pardon. Ralph Cole. Lake. April 11. 1921: life murder; commutation. William E. Cook. St. Joseph, Dec. 6, 1906; life, murder; parole. John Debord, Daviess, Jan. 21, 1907; life, murder; parole. Edward Donahue. Lake, Feb 33, 1905, life, murder: pardon. Frank Duffy Jr., Marlon, Feb. 28, 1925; ten to twenty-one years, robbery;, commutation. j. Monroe France, Grant, Jan. 23, 1933; life, murder; pardon. * George Gilman. Vigo. April 1, 1918; life, murder; parole or commutation. Homer Groggens, Vanderburgh. April 8, 1914; Use. murder; parole or commuta--1 Thomas Hardin. Owen. Dec. J. 1914; life murder; communion. Prank Jenklnes, Lake. Jan. 15, 1923; life, murder; commutation. Anzo Key. Delaware, May 35, 1928; two to ten years, violation of motor law pardon. John Levinski, Lake. July 13, 1921; life, murder: parole. Perry Lynam, Hancock, March 3, 1915, life, murder; parole. John Marconi. Lake. Sept. 12. 1921; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. Don MeCammon. Greene. March 9. 1910; life, criminal attack: pardon, parole. Henry Pautsch, Lake. May 19, 1927; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. Gains Phelps, Posey. Oct. 11, 1926; five to twenty-one years, criminal attack; commutation. Henry Pollard. Shelby. Aug. 6. 1926: life, Viurder; commutation. John O. Reas, Gibson, May 8. 1917; Use. murder; parole. Albert Rogers. Lake, Nov. 9, 1920; Use. murder; commutation. Grover Rogers. Tippecanoe, June 9. 1928; Use. criminal attack; pardon, parole or commutation. Stanley Wachewlca, Lake. April 12. 1922. ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. James Walker, Madison, April 3, 1911; Use, murder; commutation. Orville Westbrook, Allen, March 39. 1926; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. James whittenger. Tippecanoe. Oct. SO, 1907; Use, murder; parole. Bmub Wiggins. Vigo. J Ut 4* UMi

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Cards While Away Days for Six in Death House By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 24.—G100m of approaching death hangs around six cells in the Jackson county jail here. Never before in Missouri has so large a company been under sentence to death in a single jail. The men play hearts, but the ace of spades ic left out of ti e deck of cards. They say it calls up painful thoughts. It means death in their lingo. Joe Hershon, Carl Nasello, Tony (Lollypop) Mangiaracino, John Messina and Joe Brockton, a Negro, were convicted of the murder of three policemen. The sixth man, Roscoe Warren, is accused of murdering his partner in a Rocky mountain resort, John C. Deskin. Hqrshon must die for tne death of Patrolman C. H. Dingman Jr„ Nasello, Mangiaracino and Messina for the death of James H. (Happy) Smith, a traffic officer shot during the Home Trust bank robbery; Brockton for the death of Patrolman Ralph Hines. The supreme court and the Governor are the only hopes left to the six men.

BANKERS CITED BANDITRY COST Protection Lack Reflected in Insurance Rate. Bank burglary insurance rates in Indiana have doubled in the past few years and are six times as high as in states where a good bank protection plan has been established, members of the Indiana Bankers’ Association were told by C. E. Lamb of Mt. Summit, chairman of the protective committee, at their midwinter meeting in the Claypool Thursday. Os the forty-six attempted and successful holdups and bank burglaries in Indiana in 1929, only four were committed in counties belonging to the association’s protective group, Lamb pointed out in a plea for closer organization of banks for protection. “The banks must fight back through the use of alarms, gas, bullet-proof glass and the organization of vigilantes,” he said. “Sheriffs must be instructed to forward all finger prints of all arrests to the state bureau of criminal investigation and identification in order that a complete record of all suspicious characters in the state may be kept.” Annual convention of the association will be held in Ft. Wayne in September, the council of administration announced. MENINGITIS REPORTED Illiness of Negro Brings Disease Total to 87 Cases. One additional case of cerebrospinal meningitis was reported to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, today. Charles Smith, 42, Negro, of 215 West North street, was the latest victim taken to city hospital. Total cases to date is eighty-seven within the last six weeks. There have been fifty-eight deaths from the disease. SCHOOLS WILL’BE SOLD Business Director Drafts Measure for Action of Board. A resolution approving sale of a two-story dwelling at school No. 60, Thirty-third and Pennsylvania streets, and a one-room portable structure at school No. 43, Fortieth street and Capitol avenue, was being drafted today for presentation to the school board Tuesday night by A. B. Good, school business director. The buildings are not in use and no structures will be erected to replace them.

BLONDE GUNWOMAN IS CHICAGO ‘GUEST’

Bit United Press CHICAGO, Jan, 24.—Handcuffed to Lieutenant Tom Fenton of the Pennsylvania state police, Irene Shroeder spent twenty-five minutes in Chicago today, leaving behind the conviction among police and newspaper men that “she’s plenty smart.” The woman, with Glenri Dague, her sweetheart, are being returned to Pennsylvania to face charges of ISOLATIONJS URGED Quarantine Is Necessary at Prison, Says King. Dr. William F. King, director cf the state Health department, has recommended that all incoming prisoners in Indiana penal institutions be held in quarantine at least three days. This recommendation was made upon King’s return from Indiana state prison at Michigan City, where he was sent by Governor Harry G. Leslie to organize control of an incipient epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Four cases, with three deaths, have occurred among the prisoners there. I two to fourteen years, conspiracy to commit felony; parole. New Reformatory Cases Bert Cramer, Noble, March 31, 1927; ten years, auto banditry; parole. Louis Uncapher, Bt. Joseph, March 14, 1924; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; commutation. John H. Wieson. Lake. Nor. 31, 1924; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; commutation. Robert Woods. Lake. Sept. 24, 1924. ten to twenty-one yean, robbery; commutation. Reopened Cases Jesae Oarrett, Lake, May 18, 1922; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. William Mats, Lake, March 22, 1922. ten to twenty-one years, robbery; parole. Pate Moore. Vigo, Oct. 7, 1921; ten to twenty-one years, robbery; pardon or pifoll, Willard Tex, St. Joseph. Peb. 14. 1923: tea 4e yean, robbery; parol*.

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WINS THIRD CHANCE FOR LIFE BY PERIOD Verdict Punctuation Causes Mistrial of Accused Son-Killer. BItKEA Service CLEVELAND, Jan. 24.—A period, a mere matter of punctuation of a two-word sentence, has won for Frank E. Andrews a third trial and given him another chance for his

life. Andrews went to trial here for the second time, accused of the murder of his 18-month-old son. The foreman announced a verdict of manslaughter, whereupon Juryman Laurence Millward declared that such had not been his verdict. Millward had written “No manslaughter.” The

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foreman, reading it thus “No. Manslaughter” took this to mean to vote against a murder verdict and for a manslaughter verdict. The juryman contended he meant his vote without the period, meaning merely no as to manslaughter. The case was declared a mistrial.

WORKERS FAIL TOM BODY Search of Sugar Creek for Victim Is Continued. B<il Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 24—Efforts were continued today to locate the body of Amador Wyrick, 50, Franklin dry goods merchant, one of two F 'ankiin business men drowned in Sugar creek six miles south of here Wednesday night. The body of Clark Prather, 45, druggist, was recovered Thursday noon. Workers sought the body of Wyrick below the dam over which a boat in which the two men and three others, returning home after attending a dinner at the Pekus Club, a summer resort cottage, plunged. The three other men, Floyd Owens, Franklin township trustee, Ray Sellers, editor of the Franklin Star, and Arthur McDaniels, budget clerk at the statehouse, escaped and, after precautions to prevent ill effects from exposure, aided in search for Wyrick’s body today. The swift current below the dam has caused the search for the body to be extended far downstream.

murder in connection with the killing of a state police officer at Newcatle. They arrived here at 8 a. m. from Phoenix, Ariz., where they were captured in a gun battle with a posse, and resumed their journey eastward at 8:25 a. m. Irene stepped from the Rock Island train, smiling a wide smile for the lineup of photographers, reporters, police and curious spectators. She peered out from under a blue hat which covered her blond hair and shadowed her face. She was muffled in a black coat. The woman appeared tiny alongside Lieutenant Fenton, although he is only a medium sized man. Dague was handcuffed to another officer. Irene declared she will plead not guilty and the state will have to supply her with a lawyer when she comes up for trial. Dague has little to say and has said little, according to the officers—other than to call Irene endearing names. Joe Wells, captured with the two at Phoenix, was not brought east. The couple picked him up and he was not connected with the Newcastle case, the officers said, and was left to Arizona authorities. 3EGIN LICENSE DRIVE Kinney Orders Police to Enforce Ordinances. City police officers have been instructed by Police Chief J. E. Kinney and Captain Otto Ray of the license inspection department to assist in enforcement of all license ordinances. Many business men and individuals who should have city licenses have failed to obtain them for the new year, Chief Kinney announced. Chief Kinney announced soldiers’ or sailors’ discharge papers are valid only as licenses for peddling, huckstering or vending of small wares. Police also were ordered to begin immediate enforcement of traffic laws in suburbs of the city wheve enforcement has been lax. Violations of improper parking and other traffic laws will not be tolerated in outlying section^

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ATTORNEYS AT LAST TO GET COURTREPORT State’s Supreme Tribunal Finally Decides Enough Cases to Fill Book. WAIT FOR TWO YEARS Four Terms Necessary to Provide Rulings for ‘2ooth Indiana.’ BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Indiana’s Supreme Court Reports, Volume 200, is on the press at last, it was announced today by Miss Genevieve Brown, reporter of the supreme and appellate courts. Lawyers long have been protesting about the protracted delay, for two years have elapsed since Volume 199 was issued. Two appellate court reports have appeared in book form in the interim. Cause of this unusual delay wa6 explained at the Indiana State Bar Association midwinter meeting recently by Benjamin F. Watson of Miss Brown’s office. It was a simple answer. “The supreme court had not handed down sufficient cases to make up a volume,” Watson explained. Shumaker Case Lengthy In an interview Watson elaborated on this theme. He pointed out that the “200th Indiana” will contain the 700 pages prescribed by law and that 100 of these will be taken up by the Shumaker contempt case. Usually it takes about 104 supreme and 140 appellate cases to complete a volume. With the Shumaker case, Volume 200 will not contain so many. Otherwise, delay would have been even longer. Any two terms of court customarily have been sufficient to provide a volume in the past. But four terms were necessary for Volume 200. It will contain the May and November terms of both 1927 and 1928, which includes part of the court sessions in the calendar year of 1929. Court Slows Up Following the 1929 legislative session the supreme court got rid of 160 cases at one fell swoop. All the misdemeanors were transferred to the appellate court under anew statute. That court since has set a record for rapid decisions. The supreme court in the interim has proceeded even more slowly, so far as decisions are concerned. A proportion of this is explained by the marked division of the supreme court judges on questions involving public policy. The split is three to two, with Judges Charles R. Martin and Willard B. Gemmill on the minority side. All members of the court are Republicans. Outstanding cases on which the court was divided were the Shumaker contempt case’s final disposition and the city manager law. Majority members of the court held the latter unconstitutional Ninety Decisions Given Since 200th Indiana has gone to press, ninety decisions have been rendered by the high court during 1929, according to current Northeastern Reporters. Records in the office of Charles Biederwolf, clerk of the supreme and appellate courts, show 168 supreme court cases are pending. At the present rate of filing and decisions, the court is several years behind, despite the relief afforded by unloading the misdemeanor cases. Os the ninety cases now ready for the next court report, judges rendering the decisions are as follows: Judge David A. Myers, 11; Judge B. M. Willoughby, 15; Judge Julius C. Travis, 17; Judge Gemmill, 21, and Judge Martin, 23. Eleven Rulings by Myers These cases cover about ten and one-half months’ time. Myers was credited in one calendar year with eleven decisions and in another year with nine. At a salary of SIO,OOO a year, this means the state pays about SI,OOO a case from Judge Myers. In addition to the decisions written by individual judges, there always are a few marked “per curiam,” which are credited to the entire court. Three of these are included in the ninety. THREE KEEP UP SEARCH Army, Navy Pilots Abandon Hunt for Missing Mail Flier. Bv United Press LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 24.—Army and navy pilots, who took part in the search for Maury Graham, air mail pilot, lost in the mountains for nearly two weeks, returned to their bases today, leaving three fellow fliers of the missing aviator to carry on until he is found. They are Jimmy James, Fred Kelly and Jimmy Carson, all pilots for Western Air Express, for which Graham flew the Las Vegas-Salt Lake City run.

DOG TEAM RACES DEATH TO TAKE AID TO >UL M* nRI

Bv United Press C’N RANGEVILLE, Idaho, Jan. X 24.—A dog team raced death in a blizzard today to take medical aid to Fred Burke, a miner who lay critically ill with Dlood poisoning in a cabin at Copper King mine, high in the mountains. Ten sturdy* fast Irish setters

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p v Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 24.—Four co-eds and six men students of De Pauw university will have the leading roles in “Moan on Revue,” all-campus show, which will be presented Feb. 21 and 22. The production is similar to the “Jordan River Revue,” produced annually by Indiana university students, and is the first venture of its kind at De Pauw. The feminine leads will be played by Margaret Winship, Rushville; Mary Joe Krummel Vevay; Constance Caroline Jones, Pennville, and Natalie Roberts, Kendallville. The leading male characters will be taken by Thomas Anderson, Chicago; Richard Crowder, Rochester; Sidney Showalter, Brookville; Harry Kelly Jr., Sullivan; George Zimmer, Noblesville, and Ernest Beler, Chicago.

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Judge Robbed Ejj Times Special PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. 24. City Judge Clyde McGary’s office here was entered by burglars whose only loot was all records and correspondence filed under the letter “R.” From a desk of Constable Allen Hale in the same office, three pennies and 25 cents worth of postage stamps were taken.

BANDITS ESCAPE WITH $16,000 Two Armed Robbers Hold Up Dayton Bank. By United Press DAYTON, 0., Jan. 24.—Two bandits, one of them armed with a small machine gun and the other with a shot gun. held up the South Park Savings bank here shortly after it opened for business today, and escaped with loot estimated at $16,000. The bank opened at 9 a. m and the paying tellers had piled the money on the counters when the robbers entered. The machine-gunner covered the tellers, other employes, and two customers, while his companion stuffed the money into a bag. A third customer, who entered while the robbery was in progress, was forced to back up against a wall with the others. The bandits escaped in an automobile, waiting at the curb. Equal Bids Rejected ANDERSON, Ind.. Jan. 24.—Unwilling to choose between two contractors who submitted bids of exactly the same amount for a contract to make a fill in the east section of Anderson, the board of works instructed City Engineer H. L. Gwinnup to solicit new bids. The tie bids were submitted by Garnett Stottlemyer and the Pritchard Excavating Company,

CITY FUNDS SHORT; WOMAN IS QUIZZED

Bv United Press FT. WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 24.—City and public utility officials appeared for questioning before the Allen county grand jury today in an investigation of an alleged shortage of between $6,000 and $7,000 in accounts of Mrs. Addle McCollem, 46. former cashier of the City Light and Power Company. The shortage was discovered Jan. 11, five days after Mrs. McCollem left the cashier’s post under the change of city administration.

pulled a sled over trails piled high with snowdrifts as Sumner Stonebreaker, veteran driver, urged them on with a snapping whip. With Stonebreaker were Dr. J. P. Weber, Lee Pettibone, guide, and the superintendent of the Copper King mine. They left late Thursday with medical sup-

Favorable Action Taken on Gold Coast Project by Park Board. Plotting of Frank Woolling’s Gold Coast addition to the city, along Cold Springs road, formerly Myers road, from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth streets, was approved today by the park board. The board of works and city plan commission previously had approved the development project. The thirty-two acre subdivision will be directly south of the proposed monastery to be started this spring by Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The first twenty-eight lots south of the monastery will be restricted for residences while the remainder of the 115 lots have been classified for apartment house construction. The Gold Coast Realty Company is composed of Guy Ramsdall, president; Thaddeus Baker, vice-presi-dent, and Frank Wooling, secretarytreasurer. Moore and Jeup, Inc., engineering firm, plotted the addition. The park board also adopted plans for the extension of Pleasant Run parkway, north drive, from Pennsylvania railroad to Washington street. Park Engineer J. E. Perry said bids will be received in six weeks. Preliminary estimate for asphalt material was $72,000. The engineer will confer with the railroad about erecting a subway. CLUB WILL GIVE DANCE Entertainment Program Arranged by Street Railway Group. An entertainment and dance will be given by the Twenty-Year Club of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company next Thursday night at the Crystal Dance Palace, 729 North Illinois street. Prizes will be awarded and the entertainment program will include James and Ilena Westover in piano and dance novelties; Cappy Young and Cal Knittel, comedy duo; University Place Christian church .quartet, and a Negro women’s quartet.

In an alleged confession to the board of works, Mrs. McCollem Is said to have admitted embezzling and that she had spent the money It was said that most of the money allegedly embezzled was in checks mailed to the office by patrons in payment of bills. Mrs McCollem was said to have kept the office receipts for bills paid in her purse, later removing them to her home, thus preventing officials from noticing the short?^e.

piles from Elk City, a-ter heavy storms delayed them several hours. The delay may prove fatal, as the forty-two-mile dash to the mine is over territory described sis ‘the worst in Idaho” in winter. Veteran mushers predated it will be some time Saturday before the the party reaches Butfe

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CHAIR DEATH James Wood Silent in Double Murder Case. Bu United Press MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 24.—James E. S. Wood, 31, World war veteran, sat in Delaware circuit court today and stared in empty space, apparently unmoved by testimony to the brutal club murder of Mr. and Mrs. George Heath, elderly couple, at their home, south of Muncie, Dec. 10, for which he is on trial. Neighbors and relatives of the slain couple were called to the stand today as the state waged a fight for conviction of first-degree murder, the penalty for which is death in the electric chair. The jury box was filled Thursday, the fourth day of the trial. There is no denial by the defense that Wood committed the crime to which he confessed, but it was contended that Wood was insane. The defense claimed Wood returned from overseas duty a “mentally weak, shellshocked maniac.”

MOTHER ASKS AID IN FINDING MISSING MAN Foul Play Feared in Disappearance After Selling Business. Foul play is feared by the mother of Roy T. Cartwright, 33, of 3851 Winthrop avenue, missing since Monday when he disappeared with f't'n in r?h on his person.

Cart wright, a world war veteran, recently sold his engraving business in the Jackson building, to Harvey Bickneil and James Jackson. He was to accept a government position at Washington. He was last seen at the engraving company's office at 3 Monday. A check of the homes of rel-

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gJ v. —, i <W zero, and a cutting wind prevailed along the bleak trails that lead to the mine. For days, Eurke has lain in his cabin suffering from blood poisoning. His fellow miners planned to bring him in on a sled, but his condition became so serious they

INDUSTRIES ON UPGRADE WITH BUILDJNGSLOW Elwood Tin Mill Shows 25 Per Cent Operating Increase. STONE BUSINESS GOOD Unfilled Orders of Indiana Company Announced as Largest. BY CHARLES C. STONE. State Editor. The Time* Improvement in industrial conditions and rather discouraging prospects in building are noted in a survey of Indiana for the week ended todtiy. A 25 per cent increase in operations of the Elwood plant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Company will become effective Monday. Officials announce the outlook for the industry is good. Efforts are being made to raise $25,000 to insure location of the Monticello Manufacturing Company in Elwood. Columbus is assured of retaining the tannery of W. W. Mooney it Sons as a result of subscribing a SIOO,OOO fund which will be a factor in purchase of the plant by Howes Brothers of Boston. Finley P. Mount, president of the Advance-Rumely Company at Laporte, which failed to make a profit in 1929, announces better things are in store for the company this year, and cites booking of orders for tillage equipment. More on Pay Roll A slight addition has been made to the force of the Ames Shovel and Too! Corporation at Anderson through a Shift in operations involving assembly work formerly done at the plant in St. Louis. Employment conditions in Indiana have improved, according to Professor G. W. Starr of the Indiana university school of . commerce. November’s slump continued through December, but the recession rate decreased, Starr reports. For the state as a whole, there was a decrease of nearly $7,000,000 in building during 1929 as compared with 1928. However, building* in December, 1929, was nearly $2,500,000 greater than during the same month of 1928. During the month, ; eight of nineteen cities showed building gains, including East Chlj cago, Ft. Wayne, Hammond, Michigan City, Muncie, Richmond, South Bend and Whitiig, An optimistic view of the building outlook, however, is expressed by Lawrence Whiting, chairman of the board of the Indiana Limestone Company. He announces unfilled orders of the company at present are the largest in history. Work on Lawrence county’s new ”390,000 courthouse at Bedford will be started early in February. The contract has been signed and bonds sold Utility to Spend $650,000 The Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company plans to spend more than $650,000 this year for additions and other improvements, it is announced by Frank J Haas’ general .manager. The following summary shows conditions in various cities of the state: Spencer—Employment conditions here have been improved by the opening of the Midland Press, formerly the Farm Life Publishing Company. Goshen Combustioneer, Inc. manufacturer of automatic stokers, which has assets in excess of $230,000, will be moved here from Cicero, 111., and wi] begin operations In April. Fifty men will be employed. Laporte The LaMode Garment Company plans to move its plant here to Chicago. Plant to Be Enlarged Kokomo—An addition to the new sheet mill of the Continental Steel Corporation is being erected. The 9- C. Jenkins Glass Company factory is operating on a full time basis, and a large increase in production over 1929 is predicted by Addison Jenkins, general manager. There are 350 men on the pay roll. Elkhart— Officials of the Tim-O-Stat Controls Company announce an addition to its plant will be built within ninety days. C. G. Conn, Ltd., musical instrument manufacturer, has effected an arrangement for sale of the Soprani accordion, an Italian product, in this country. South Bend—The Bendix Aviation Corporation has booked one of the largest order? for airplane parts and accessories in the history of the aviation industry. The order waa placed by the Stinson Aircraft Corporation and includes 500 magnetos, 500 carburetors, 300 starters and 300 sets of instruments. Wabash Gets Industry Wabash—The Reliable Garment Manufacturing Company is anew industry here which is expected to begin operations within a few daya with a goal of 200 employes. The first year’s pay roll is expected to be about SIOO,OOO. The Mir Honeywell Regulator Com purchased property here pr to putting its entire pla: one roof, and building will ed as soon as the weather Portland —Work of erec new Hines theater has beei Auburn —Production at burn Automobile Company running ahead of the san last year, according to E. I ner, vice-president. Richmond Hotel S( Py Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. of the New Arlington ho by H. C. Humbert, Munci E. Brown of Poseyville nounced. Brown formerly hotels at Munci* and 2m