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PARTY LEADERS DUBIOUS ABOUT EAR PROPOSAL Special Judiciary Session Scheme Expected to End in Talk. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY State party chairmen are showing about as much enthusiasm for the Indiana State Bar Association proposal for a separate judicial convention session as that displayed by the Anti-Saloon League for modification of the eighteenth amendment. Conferences between the party chairmen and James Bingham, chairman of the bar association’s judiciary committee, probably will be the only result of the proposal, it was indicated today. Elza Rogers, Lebanon, state Republican chairman, declared he will "take the matter up with the state committee at the March meeting.” A conference with Bingham may be approved, but there will be small chance for two convention sessions, he indicated. Willing to Talk R. Earl Peters, Ft. Wayne, Democratic state chairman, who was at state headquarters here today, announced he had answered the bar association request by a letter to Chairman Bingham declaring his willingness to confer and “talk over possibilities.” Bingham's request for the special Judicial session grew out of a report of the bar association committee on Judiciary, presented at the midwinter meeting here recently. It set out that the bar believes a separate convention session to nominate appellate and supreme court Judges held at least thirty days before an adjourned session to nominate the other state officials would eliminate "general wire pulling and political log-rolling.” This, it was indicated, would improve the personnel of the bench. Face Problems But practical considerations are Uppermost In the minds of state chairmen. They face these problems: Who will pay for a separate convention session, which would mean bringing the 1,544 delegates together twice? Would any "political log-rolling" be el minated by a thirty-day recess? Can not the same object be achieved by placing Judicial nominations first In the regular convention scssicn? The latter question may be answered in the affirmative, but is unlikely to result in the susgested switch. State bar members spent much time at the r mid-winter meeting discussing the advantages of a separate election for judges. Outstanding lawyers pointed out that a constitutional admendment would be necessary to bring this about. Law Is Cited But President. James M. Ogden of the association since has pointed out that Section 14. Article 2, of the Indiana Constitution makes a separate judicial election possible by act of the legislature. This is an amendment passed in 1881, but never taken advantage of by the statute makers. It jreads: "The general assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts and general and appellate jurisdiction, by an election to be held for such officers only, at which time no otlier officer shall be voted for.” ERROR CAUSES DEATH Man Slays Wife Mistaken for Burglar at Washington. Bn Vnited Prrtf WASHINGTON. Ind., Jan. 29. Chester McCall mistook his wife for a burglar, and blew her head off with a shotgun, he told authorities who investigated her tragic death today. The wife, Mrs. May McCall. 40, mother of tw lildren, was killed as she fumbled at the latch of the kitchen door early this morning. Coroner W T . O. McKittrick and police are investigating the case. ■ No verdict had been returned by the coroner. McCall said burglars had been bothering the family for several nights and he was anticipating another call from them. DR. OXNAM WILL SPEAK {, Central Avenue Church to Hold De Pauw Night Dinner. Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw university president, will speak at the Central Avenue M. E. church De Pauw night dinner Thursday. Former students of the university were invited by the De Pauw Alumni Association of Indianapolis. R. A. Shirley, president, and Mrs. William H. Remy. secretary, arranged the program. Reservations may be made at the church office. Milo H. Stuart. Technical high school principal, also will speak and f George Kade will sing. Henry E. Ostrom, William B. Schiltiges and Neal Grider compose uhe church night committee.

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PHILADLEPHIA, Jan. 29. One of the great troubles with the prohibition law Is that it has ruined the drinking technique of our flaming youth. At least, this was one of the many objections to the law expressed by Mrs. Graham Dougherty, young society matron here, in an address to the executive committee of the Pennsylvania division of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. She is chairman of the organization. Mrs. Dougherty told the committee that since prohibition came into being the young folk had forgotten the art of taking their liquors like ladies and gentlemen. She declared she intends to train her two young daughters how to take their “lotion” like ladies when they grow’ up, “if prohibition still is in effect.” a a a DISCUSSING scenes she said she witnessed at a YalePrinceton football game not so long ago, the young society matron declared, whimsically: “The hip flask has replaced the chrysanthemum at football games. At a recent game I attended, between Yale and Princeton, young men and women, and older ones, too, drank openly in the stands. I never saw so much drunkenness at any football game.” “There is no use in our trying to evade the issue or close our eyes to it,” Mrs. Dougherty said. “Since liquor flows freely in our state and other states, it remains for us to teach our children to drink in moderation, and like ladies and gentlemen.” PETERS TO RAP STATE REGIME Takes Up Jackson’s Figures at Peru Rally. Discrepancies in the farewell address of Governor Ed Jackson regarding the “excellent condition” of the state finances, and the actual facts will be pointed out in an address tonight by R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman, at the Jackson day dinner of Eleventh district Democrats at Peru, Peters said here today. The dinner was postponed until tonight because of high water in the vicinity. Peters will tell how Jackson declared the state had §15,000,030 on hand when he left office and its financial condition was the best in history. “Within six weeks a Republican legislature increased appropriations by five and one-half millions and the state tax board Increased the levy from 23 cents to 29 cents,” Peters said. Walter Myers of Indianapolis, the other speaker, will discuss campaign issues in which the administration of Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield will be criticised. PROBE TO CONTINUE Lake County Invitation Was Merely Politeness. Invitation for Lake county commissioners to appear before the state board of accounts and explain, if possible, the alleged $250,000 overcharges In material purchases, was merely a “polite gesture” and their refusal has no bearing on the case, Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts, asserted today. "We asked the commissioners to come in and tell their story before Jan. 31,” Orr said. “Their declining to do so w’ili not affect the case in the least. “As always w r e stand by our examiners’ reports and now it is up to the attorney-generals office to recover and push prosecution on these overcharge allegations.’’ The Lake county investigation continues and other ‘startling disclosures” have been predicted by Orr. Attorney-General James M. Ogden has declared his office is ready “to go the limit in performance of duty in the Lake county matter.” CHURCH HEAD ELECTED The Rev. Hobson Named Bishop of Ohio Episcopal Diocese. By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 29.—The Rev. Henry Wisse Hobson, rector of All Saints’ Episcopal church, Worcester, Mass., was elected bishop coadjutor of the Southern Ohio Episcopal diocese at a diocesan conference here today. He succeeds Bishop Theodore Irving Reese, elevated from bishop coadjutor to diocesan bishop.

(JUDGES DRAW ; RULES AIMED I AT SHYSTERS Garvin and White Act to ' Curb Activities of Racket Combines. BY DICK MILLER After a month’s investigation of police court racketeeering by professional bondsmen—shyster lawyer combinations, Municipal Judges Thomas E. Garvin and Dan V. White, today set forth rules they declare will not afford loopholes for continuation of unwholesome practices in criminal city courts. Judges Garvin and White were transferred from the civil to criminal division of municipal courts early In January, when Governor Harry G. Leslie declared he would ' stamp out alleged corruption of city law enforcement machinery. Board, Chief Approve The board of public safety and Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney, who promised co-operation in the fight jto give justice a bath, approved rules of the tw’o judges. The rules are: 1. Lawyers no longer w’ill loaf in and around the turnkey’s office in rooms adjacent to city prison. Night bailiffs were appointed to guard against this. 2. Lawyers w r ill interview prisoners between 7 a. m. and 9 a. m., and noon and 2 p. m., and before conversing with a prisoner, will register their names, and that of the prisoner. Another lawyer coming to visit the same prisoner must W’ait until the first attorney is notified and withdraws. Relatives and friends w’ill interview prisoners only after obtaining an order from the judges. 3. Bailiffs will listen to conversation between bondsmen and prisoners, guarding against soliciting and exorbitant fees. On Own Recognizance 4. Prisoners with good reputation, or having family or other ties in the city that would insure against their running aw’ay, will be released on their own recognizance, if charged with offenses for which bonds are SSOO or less. 5. Bonds will be higher where j the offense is against a person and not against a statute. 6. Grand larceny bonds will be placed on a sliding scale, of §I,OOO bond for each SSOO stolen. Within three weeks after Judges White and Garvin took over the criminal benches, two attorneys were cited for contempt of court, charged w’ith soliciting prisoners. Both judges have promised continued action against paid perjury and other forms of racketeering in their courts. POLICE CAPTAIN DIES

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Patrick O'Connor Heart Attack Is Fatal to Patrick O'Connor. Patrick O’Connor, 53, of 25 North Tacoma avenue, appointed captain of police with the incoming administration of Mayor Reginald Sullivan, died at St. Vincent’s hospital •his morning from heart disease, which followed an attack of influenza. Captain O’Connor's conscientiousness earned him the nickname: ‘Duty Bound O’Connor.” "I'm sorry to have to arrest you,” he would tell offenders, ‘but I’m duty bound to do it.” Captain O’Connor joined the police department June 12, 1905, was named sergeant Jan. 2, 1922, and was cited for efficiency Nov. 3, 1923. He resigned as sergeant Jan. 8, 1926, and was promoted to lieutenant Dec. 5, 1926, serving in this position until Jan. 6, 1930, when he was named captain. His widow, Hannah, and three ! sons. Thomas, Daniel and Martin ', O'Connor, survive him. A brother, j Martin O'Connor, is a city patrolman. FALL VICTIM TO LIVE Broken Ribs Only Injury of Man In Three-Story Plunge. Bv Vnited Press KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 29. —Several broken ribs, which were not expected to result in permanent injury, is ail that R. M. Groves, 40-year-old carpenter, has to show for a threestory fall from the Bell Telephone Company building today. -Groves was working on the third floor of the building when he slipped and plunged into space. He crashed to the basement. Other workmen said he struck projecting timbers during his descent, and that they probably saved his life by diminishing force of the fall. Sprinkler Pipe Breaks Furnishings and carpets valued at approximately S2OO were damaged by water today when a frozen sprinkler pipe in the show window of the Taylor Carpet Company, 110 South Meridian street, broke.

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FINDSJDUD’ BOON Dainty Doris Dashes to Stardom

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Doris Carson NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Take George Gershwin for the music, George Kaufman for the libretto, Ira Gershwin for the lyrics, a snappy company, costly scenery and first-class costumes, mix judiciously and you should have a theatrical cocktail ample to attract the jaded palate of even New York theatergoers.

‘OUTSIDE MAN' FOR DRY POST Winders Has Little Chance as State Leader. Despite the efforts of friends of Dr. C. H. Winders, acting superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, to obtain his appointment as permant superintendent, an “outside man” will be given the post, it was learned today. Dr. F. Scott Mcßride, national league superintendent, has indicated that he already has fixed upon a choice and in a few days will write Bishop H. H. Fout, chairman of the board of Indiana trustees, asking a meeting be called. By virtue of his office. Dr, McBride will name a nominee who then must be approved by the trustees. Dr. Mcßride’s first choice, Samuel B. McNaught, lowa league superintendent, refused the post. Dr. Winders was a candidate for the Indiana superintendency at that time. Since McNaught’s rejection of the offer, Dr. Winders friends have redoubled their efforts in his behalf. Some see possibility of a split over the matter which might jeopardize the league’s influence.

ROYSE DRAWS PAY Long Fight Over Pauper Post Is Ended. i Year-old court fight between two | candidates over the post of Marion county pauper attorney ended today when John Royse, appointee of Criminal Judge James A. Collins, drew a $2,400 pay check for his 1929 salary. Lloyd D. Claycombe, appointed to the place a year ago by county commissioners, will receive no remuneration as result of a year’s litigation to win the post from Royse. Suit at Lebanon, filed almost a year ago by Claycombe and commissioners contesting Collin’s fight to make the appointment, will be dismissed this week. Charles T. Kaelin, who will be attorney for the poor this year by appointment of Collins and agreement of commissioners, will begin his duties Peb. 2. TRUE BILLS CITE 23 Grand Jury Returns Third Report to Collins. Twenty indictments naming twenty-three persons and seven discharges were returned by the Marion county grand jury today in a third partial report to Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Defendants will be included in the arraignment Feb. 3, when they will enter p.eas to the charges against them, and dates for their trials will be set. In the report, five persons were charged with burglary and grand larceny: three with Issuing fraudulent checks; three with criminal assault, and the remaining number on lesser charges. Eleven of the number are being held at the county jail while twelve are at liberty under bond. CONDITION IS CRITICAL Howard Willis, 23, taxi driver, of 831 North Capitol avenue, who shot himself in the abdomen Tuesday, is in a critical condition at city hospital. Willis claimed the shooting was accidental, but police "were told by Miss Louise Leland, 21, of 3815 Spann avenue, that Willis shot himself after she had refused to permit him to come to her home to room.

That’s what Edgar Selwyn, the producer, thought when he spent a couple of hundred thousand dollars on “Strike Up the Band,” only to see it “fall over and play dead,” after a so-and-so opening at Atlantic City six years ago. However, Selwyn shelved the piece until recently and such is the changing taste of Broadway that today the one-time flop is packing them in with the promise of continuing for the remainder of the season. Perhaps one of the reasons Selwyn has struck it rich with what was such a dismal flop is Peppy Doris Carson, regarded as one of the finds of the year. The daughter of a well-known actor, Doris got her first chance in the films last year as an understudy in “Show Girl.” CRUSHED BY BOILER Trucker Suffers Injuries to Side and Leg. Dan Parson, 45, of 712 Southeastern avenue, suffered a crushed left side and broken left leg today while moving -a boiler at the National Veneer and Lumber Company, 1645 Michigan street. Parson was taken to the Indiana Christian hospital. His condition is critical. The accident occurred when Parson, an employeof theNimun'transfer and Storage Company, was struck by the boiler as it slipped from several blocks being used to hoist.it into place.

CHEATS OBLIVION Fred Stone Stages Come-Back

BY BOYD LEWIS. United Press Staff Corresnondent NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 29.—Fred Stone has kept his promise to dance again, and astounded science. When the famous stage star broke both his legs and half the other bones in his body in an airplane crash at New London eighteen months ago, surgeons shook their heads and said: “You may live, but you never will dance again.” But Fred Stone glared up through the bandages that covered all but one eye and whispered: “I don’t want to live if I can’t dance—but I’m going to dance!”

He danced again Tuesday night in the opening performance of “Ripples,” and gave the world another of those rare exhibitions of the curative-powers of a brave heart and the will to win. Two surgeons who fought a successful battle to save Fred Stone’s life saw their patient win thunderous applause with breath-tak-ing terpsichorean feats. He danced with a youthful abandon that belied the gray that has sifted into his curly locks in nearly forty years back of the footlights. tt a u IT was hard for the audience to believe that the owner of those flying legs and twinkling heels recently had been overjoyed to discover he could wiggle his toes through the hip-high plaster casts that incased both his shattered legs. Near the end of the play Fred Stone took the audience into his confidence, revealing the "inside story” of his airplane accident, confessing he was through for good as a pilot, and thanking the public whose generous sympathy had bolstered his courage in the long fight back to health. “You can’t learn another man’s job in forty hours,” he said. “I thought I could, I was stunting too near the ground—cocky, you know, when I woke up I was in a plaster cast up to my chest. I’ve been in some tough casts before, but this was the toughest. My legs were hung from the ceiling so long I almost thought I was a chandelier. # “Den t'think I’m knocking* aviation. It’s here to stay—so long as it stays up. I'd love to fly again (he stepped back and peered into the wings) but there are four good reasons why I shan’t—they're on this stage tonight.” nan THE “reasons” were Mrs. Stone and his daughters. Dorothy. Paula and Carola. Dorothy starred

CARAWAY AND ROBINSON TILT DURING PROBE I Feeling Flares at Quizzing of Dye Firm Head on Lobbying Activity. Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.—Herman A. Metz, president of the General Dyestuffs Corporation, told the senate lobby committee today he had sent a check for §I.OOO to Senator King iDem., Utah) during the 1928 campaign, but that it never had been cashed. The witness also testified to contributing SI,OOO to the King campaign in 1922. Without any mention of King’s nnnn* by the committee. Metz told of stopping in Salt Lake City on his way back from Alaska In 1928. Stopped Off “T stopped off to see Senator King, if that is what you are trying to get at,” Metz said. “I haven’t said anvthing about it,” Senator Arthur Robinson (Rep., Ind.) said. “Well, go ahead.” Chairman Cara- , way said. “That’s what he was leading up to.” This was not the only feeling between Caraway and Robinson which : developed during the session. Sena- | tor Robinson asked Metz about his i duties as treasurer of the American ' I. G. Chemical Corporation, when Chairman Caraway intervened. “Answer the questions, although they have nothing to do with the whole matter,” Caraw’ay said. Whet Do You Mean? “What do you mean it has noth- ! ing to do with the whole matter?” | Robinson asked Caraway, j “What he did in congress has nothing to do with it,” Caraway said. “Well, I think it has,” Robinson said. Robinson tried to get an admission from Metz that the American I. G. is controlled by the German I. G. Metz finally said it might be true that the German I. G. controlled the American I. G., but denied its purpose was to destroy the American company. ASKS MENTAL TEST Mother Claims Son Victim of Kleptomania. Since he suffered injuries in ; three successive automobile accidents about a year ago, John j Baker, 19, of 631 Woodlawn avenue, j has suffered from kleptomania, his mother believes. Appearing before Judge Thomas I E. Garvin in municipal court today, ; when the son was charged with petit larceny for theft of §l4 from | Roy Clark of the Linden hotel, the ' mother asked that he be given a i mental examination. “If he is sane, I want him sent \ to jail for his theft,” she told Judge \ Garvin. “But if the injuries have I caused him to suffer a mental trouble, I believe he should be given treatments.” Judge Garvin agreed with her and continued the charge for two weeks, ordering Baker to the psychopathic ward at city hospital. Baker has been a bus driver.

in “Ripples” and Mrs. Stone and Paula were in the supporting cast. There was a double thrill for Stone in Tuesday night’s performance. For in this production Paula, tall, slim, daughter of the famous Dancing Stones, made her footlight debut. Paula won the applause of the audience, while “Daddy,” “Momma” and sister Dorothy peered anxiously from the wings. Probably the highlight of the evening came when Stone introduced “two new dancing partners with whom I’ve been working in the hospital.” With the aid of a pair of crutches he did a crutch tap dance, one of the most remarkable exhibitions of his dancing career. Midway of the dance he was joined by Dorothy and Paula, also with crutches. TALKS ON CATHOLICISM Church of Assumption Pastor to Hold Series of Meetings. The Catholic faith will be expounded in a series of meetings to be held on the first and third Sundays each month in the Assumption school hall, 1105 Blaine avenue, the Rev. Joseph Weber, pastor of the Church of Assumption, announced today. A special invitation has been extended to non-Catholics. The first meeting of the series will be held next Sunday at Bp. m. The Rev. Mr. Weber's address will be preceded by a musical program. EARLY SPRING INDICATED B u United PreM NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—An early spring is indicated by the presence of icebergs in the ship lanes about 100 miles off Newfoundland, according to officers of the liner Hellig Olav. The Hellig Olav was forced tc swing southward to avoid five giant bergs and also sighted a vast ice field.

He Got There Bv United Press MOBERLY, Mo.. Jan. 29.—A lost pair of spectacles caused ’ 'abash railroad officials to “ nk they had lost a train, a.id caused the train to lose thirty-five minutes. When his glasses fell off his nose. D. W. McGinnis, engineer of Wabash No. 3, thought he knew where they had fallen. The train was reversed, and the engine crew aided the skipper in his search. They were joined by the rest of the crew and the passengers. Pattonsburg officials of the road, worried over the lost train, dispatched searching parties. Engineer McGinnis succeeded in getting the train into town, without his glasses, thirty-five minutes late.

CONFERENCE ON STATE TAXES IS SLATED FEB, 20 Governor Leslie Announces Personnel of Enlarged Advisory Group. First meeting of the Indana state tax conference, authorized by the 1929 state legislature, will be held Feb. 20 at the statehouse. The conference will endeavor to i work out taxation problems for report to the 1931 legislature. Governor Harry G. Leslie today j 'jnnounced the personnel of the enlarged conference. Previously he had appointed Senator J. Clyde Hoffman, chairman; Senator Joseph Rand Beckett of Indianapolis, secI retary; Frank D. Stalnaker, president of the Indiana National bank; ; Lewis Taylor, of the Indiana Farm | Bureau Federation; J. W. Stevenson of Marlon, representing the Indiana i Manufacturers’ Association; Mrs. j Leora Teeter of Hagerstown, reprej renting the League of Women Voters 1 vnd Victor C Kendall of the Retail Merchants’ Association. This committee has added the following members, according to announcement today: A. G. Brown, 1 Greencastle, Indiana Bankers’ Association; John E. Frederick, Kokomo, Indiana Chamber of Commerce; Adolph J. Fritz, Indiana State Federation of Labor; Arthur K. Remmel, Ft. Wayne, Republican ■Editorial Association; Repre:entative George L. Saunde.’s, Bluff ton, Democratic Editorial Association; | James M. Knapp, speaker of the state house of representatives, and Senator J. Francis Lochard of Mi- ! lan, manufacturer. CHINA TO CELEBRATE New Year Observance Ban Has Little Effect. Bu United Press SHANGHAI. Jan. 29.—Despite the ban of the Nationalist government on the celebration of Chinese New j Year, the entire country today apj patently was prepared to begin the | customary one to five-day holiday | Thursday. i Even most government employes, 1 1 excepting those in postal and railway service, expected to enjoy a vacation under the newly created name ! of the “spring festival.” Thousands of servants and coolies in Shanghai demanded their custo- j mary seasonal gratuities. Callers at | the United Press bureau for this ! ! purpose included an emissary from j the intelligence division of the for- | eign department. Police strictly enforced the regu- j j latiohs forbidding firecrackers of the ; noise-making variety, but silent fire- ! works were permitted and prices : were bullish. TWO ARE ELECTED AS INSURANCE DIRECTORS Harry C. Byers, Mabra C. Jones Named to Board. Harry C. Byers and Mabra C. Jones, both of Indianapolis, were elected directors of the American Central Life Insurance Company at the annual stockholders’ meeting here Tuesday. Byers has been serving as new business department 1 manager and Jones has held the 1 1 position of auditor, controller and ! assistant secretary. Directors re-elected are: Henry j H. Hornbrook, William G. Irwin, i George E. Hume, Evans Woollen Gwynn F. Patterson. Milton F. Belisle, Floyd R. Fisher, Edward A. Meyer, Frank W. Morrison, Henry W. Buttclph, Russell T. Byers, Harry R. Wilson and Herbert M. Wollen. DE PAUW HEAD SPEAKER Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw universty president, will be the principal speaker at a banquet for Master Masons of Marion county in the Scottish Rite cathedral Saturday night. The limit of 3,500 reservations for the affair was expected to be reached today, which is the last date for making reservations. Banquet hosts will be David C. Pyke, chairman; Arthur J. Randall and Joseph J. Davis. fOR HACKINCCOUGHS fIH *l*l IJg ' PURE root

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MINE OFFICERS LOSE FIGHT TO EVADE RETRIAL Must Face Jury Again for Brutal Slaying of Coal Worker. By Scripps-Hotcard Xetcspaper Alliance FRANKLIN, Pa., Jan. 29.— The commonwealth of Pennsylvania prepared today to prove for a second time that John Barcoski, a miner from the hills west of Pittsburgh, met his death at the hands of three coal and iron policemen employed by the Pittsburgh Coal Company. - Flanked by an array of brilliant defense counsel, the trio of defendants, Walter J. Lyster, former lieutenant, and two of his underlings, Harold P. Watts and Frank I Slapikis, have lost every legal skirmish to have the charge of involuntary manslaughter quashed. Tortured Victim The prosecution contends the three beat and tortured Barcoski Jto death last Feb. 10. They wrere ; tried for murder on that charge and ; acquitted. Cries of indignation arose j at that verdict and Samuel H. Gar-d- ---; nor, district attorney of Allegheny county, ordered them brought to trial on a remaining charge of involuntary manslaughter. Because of the alleged public feeling a change of venue brought the trial to this town, the seat of Venago county. The efforts to quash the case pending were made on the rounds that this trial constitutes iouble jeopardy. Broken Nose Twisted Judge William B. Parker ruled against that motion and then a plea at bar w’a-s presented on the contention that the men could not be tried twice on the same charge if it w’as a felony. A special jury was called to decide this question and when the issue was explained the jury was instructed to decide in favor of the commonwealth. Another jury of eight men and four women from the heart of Pennsylvania's oil country was then se--1 lected during the remainder of yesj terday, the first trial day. Eye- | witnesses will tell how he was beaten : with a poker, lashed with cowhide, kicked in the sides and tortured by i twisting his broken and bleeding I nose until he died. All this is al- | leged to have happened because he was said to be under arrest in a ; whisky case. SLAYER OF TWO HELD INSANE BY PHYSICIAN Muncie Doctor Declares Condition Has Existed Several Years. j Tin United Press MUNCIE. Ind., Jan. 29.—The ninth day of the trial of James E •S. Wood, who has confessed slaying Mr. and Mrs. George F. Heath, opened this morning, with the probability that the case will reach the jury by the end of the week. | Dr. Earl S. Green, one of three Muncie physicians named on a commission to determine Wood's mental condition, told the court as a defense witness that Wood is 1 insane, a victim of dementia praecox. The commission’s report will ! not be given until both state and defense have rested. Dr. Green declared Wood had ; been insane several years. He said j the man's mental condition will be PRISONER SENTENCED FOR MAKING ESCAPE i Drug Addict Fled While En Route to State Farm Last FalL ! Pleading guilty to escaping last fall while being taken to the state farm 1 to serve a ninety-day sentence given him at Ft. Wayne, William T. Kane, 27, Louisville, Ky., today received a one to five-year Indiana state prison sentence imposed by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Kane, an admitted narcotic addict, discovered obtaining drugs in mail he received while awaiting trial at the county Jail, has a wife and two children living at Louisville. He admitted to Collins today that he escaped at Pendleton, and that he has been a fugitive for eight months. He gave as reason for his flight that he was afraid hard labor at the farm without drugs might prove fatal. He was convicted of petit larceny at Ft, Wayne. [before! 1 YOU l 1 borrow I I 011 11 1 Real Estate I I Find out the 111 1 advantage* of 1 The 1 Metropolitan an 111 1 60% | II 1 0 f valuation Umn 111 6% interest and 111 1 favorable repayment I term* II I Full detil* in our II ft A 2 Other Mortgage V n ” w "”°’ I II call for a copyIft Loan* limited to \\ 'TOXST | So comm*io “ I cturge<L^^^l F jfletcf)er^ (Erus! Hanks Northwest Center t_ Pennsylvania end Market Jj ss= Street* --==