Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1930 — Page 2

I* WILL FACE TRIAL AGAIN IN RUM PLOT CASE Former Police Chief at Michigan City Among Accused. Bv Tim*** Fprcfat SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. 1. Trial of the Michigan City liquor conspiracy case has been set for March 3 here in Federal court before Judge Thomas W. Slick Tlr’re are ten defendants, including Richard Kruse, former police chief at Michigan City, and Joseph Allie, former prohibition agent. Others accused are Jack, George and Edward Nahas; Ijouis Mazzaia, Peter Ofcharchakv, Frank Arndt and John Boss, all of Michigan City, and Frank Lapham, Laporte. At a previous trial a jury disagreed after twenty-three hours deliberation and Judge Slick termed the outcome of the trial “a pronounced miscarriage of justice.” The first trial was held more than a year ago, and since then several postponements of a second hearing were obtained by the defendants. With setting of the March 3 date, Oliver M. Loomis, district attorney, announced he had not intention of dropping the case.

SNORES LED OFFICERS TO ALLEGED THIEVES Three Gary Youths Arrested Near Columbus While Asleep. Fp Timet Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Feb. L Guelph Bryant, 26, Howard White, 19, and his cousin Edward White, 19, of Gary, are in the Bartholomew county jail here facing charges of vehicle taking, after losing an automobile chase with Sheriff Alonzo E. Fitch and other officers during an all-night search. The arrest of the youths was accidental. The officers had been asked to be on the lookout for three men wanted for chicken stealing. When the Gary youths failed to stop their car on command of Sheriff Fitch the officers gave chase. The chase led through city streets and five miles into the country where the pursued abandoned their automobile and ran through fields and over fences reaching a ford which they were unable to cross. The officers were close and the youths fired at them. They then back tracked and eluded their pursuers. The officers continued the search and at daylight when passing an abandoned barn they heard snores and found the youths asleep. They were armed with a shoegun, but gave no resistance to arrest. They confessed to stealing the automobile which they had used in Indianapolis.

SOVIET POST ACCEPTED Chrysler F.x < utive at Newcastle to • Sail for Russia Feb. 6. If# Time* Special ; NEWCASTLE, Ind., Feb. I. Charles Butterworth. who had been an executive several years at the plant here of the Chrysler corporation, automobile manufacturer, will sail from New York Feb. 6, for Moscow, Russia, to serve the Soviet state institutes for nationalization of production and designing new metal plants. •The work of Butterworth is in connection with a five-year program intended by Soviet leaders to organize industry and agriculture on a sound basis. He has a contract for one year.

ICE PRESERVES BODY Columbus Man Committed Suicide by Leap in River, Jan. 8. Bv United Presi t COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. I.—lce had preserved the body of Charles J. Schowe, 68, former Columbus councilman, it was found when the body was taken from White river here. Schowe leaped into the river Jan. 8,. and his act was pronounced suicide. High water prevailed at that time. The body was incased in ice when found Friday. Bankers to Meet iv Time Special DUBLIN, Ind., Feb. I.—Wayne county bankers will hold their quarterly session here Wednesday. A banquet will be served. Bankers from the county will be the guests of Richmond bankers. Robert Wiechman, of the Dickenson Trust Company here, is chairman of the program committee. Other members of the committee are Dudley Elmer. Second National bank Claude Hoover. First National and Walter Schultz, American Trust and Saving Company, all of Richmond. E. G. Crawford of the Second National bank is president of the association and Thomas Daugherty, Boston, is the secretarytreasurer. Mother of Five Dies Bv Time* Special UNION CITY, Ind., Feb. I.—Mrs. Joan Byrum, 68. is dead near here of heart disease. She leaves her husband. L. D. Byrum, and five daughters, Mrs. Bessie Smith. Ft. Wayne: Mrs. Celia Rose and Mrs. Hazel Stewart. Sturgis. Mich.: Mrs. Blanche Fansher, Springfield, 0.. and Mrs. Floyd Hoover, at whose home she died. Former Resident Dies Bv Times Special PERSHING. Ind.. Feb. I—Word has been received of the death of Priah Shoos. 80. former resident at the Masonic home in Franklin. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Emma Van Buskirk, Muncie. and Mrs. Catherine Nfewbold, Pershing, and a brother. Christopher Schoof, California. Former Resident Dies P# Timm Special MARION. Ind., Feb. I—George W. Shultz, 74, a resident of this city for many years, is dead at his home In Lansing, Mich.

Double Loss Firemen Drink at Home in Flames and Owner Is Arrested.

By Times Special HIGHLAND, Ind., Feb. I,—lngratitude didn't vanquish Town Marshall James Jamison. It made him angry and he arrested Gust Pihlgren, 70, who complained that firemen who conquered a blaze at his home drank some of his wine. ‘‘The idea,” the marshal said as he rebuked and arrested Philgren. ‘‘After our boys put out your fire, you accuse them of stealing wine.” Seven barrels of wine were found in a cellar, the marshal said. The liquor is said to be twenty years old. One fireman who went into the basement found the wine instead of fire. He was shivvering when he started, but warm when he returned from the basement and his shivvering mates also found relief.

BANK MAY BE OPENED AGAIN Stockholders Agree to Pay Deficit at New Harmony. ■ It” United Press NEW HARMONY, Ind., Feb. I. Reorganization of the New Harmony Bank and Trust Company appeared certain today following the announcement that stockholders had agreed to pay the bank’s deficit. The bank was closed three weeks ago because of frozen assets due to deflated land values. The stockholders agreed to make up the deficit between the assets, appraised by the new organization, and the liabilities. It was said the stockholders would suffer heavy losses, but depositors would not lose. Removal of the deficit would clear the bank’s record and itt could resume operations. Hearing on the petition for receivership was postponed to Feb. 15 in view of the plans for reorganization.

MAN AND WIFE FINED Columbus Court Punishes Couple for Drinking and Fighting. hj/ Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. I.—Mrs. Inez Tidd, 26, Seymour, plead to charge of intoxication in city court here and was fined $lO and costs amounting to S4O, and her husband, Thurman Tidd, was fined $5 and costs, a total of sls, for assault and battery on her. The couple was arrested after an affair on U. S. road No. 31 north of here. They told police they had started from Seymour to Indianapolis in an automobile with a Mr. and Mrs. Elzea Clemmens and when about a mile and a half north of here, Mrs. Tidd was thrown out of the car following an argument between her and Mrs. Clemmens. The Tidds walked back to Columbus. When they arrived here the wife showed signs of being badly beaten, her clothing was torn and she was suffering from exposure. She had lost her shoes.

EVIDENCE NEAR END IN DOUBLE MURDER

Pint Penalty Bu Times Special DELPHI, Ind., Feb. I.—For selling a pint of whisky to Horace Lyle and James West, Negro investigators for Attor-ney-General James M. Ogden, jury in Carroll circuit court here recommended a sentence of six months on the penal farm and a S2OO fine be imposed on George Vianco. The jury deliberated thirty minutes. Merl Wall, assistant to the attorney-general, and Joseph Ives, Carroll county prosecutor, handled the state’s case.

Signal Change Asked pu Times Special MARION, Ind.. Feb. I.—Flasher signals have been requested by the streets committee of the Association of Commerce for the Highland avenue crossing of the Big Four railroad, where three Marion youths were fatally injured Tuesday. The crossing is now protected by signals bells which were installed several years ago. Body Sent to Home City Pu Tinus Special MARION. Ind., Jan. 31.—The body of Charles Schalenberg, 35, inmate of the Marion national sanatorium, who was instanlty killed Thursday when struck by a C. & O. freight train, has been sent to his former home at Grand Rapids, Mich., for burial. Schalenberg, a World war veteran has been an inmate of the sanatorium since Feb. 2, 1924. Girls to Wear Trousers pu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. I.—Girl members of the Central high school band here have obtained new uniforms of trouser type, closely resembling those worn by boy memers. The girls explain that when a band is judged, uniformity in appearance is an important factor. Legion Head to Speak pu Time* &t>ectiil HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 1. —Forest Harness of Kokomo, commander of the Indiana department of the American Legion, will be the speaker at a meeting Feb. 10 of the Hartford City legion post.

ENGINE BURNING OIL SET EASILY IN AUTOMOBILE Columbus Plant’s Product Declared Equal of Gasoline Motor. Bn Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. I.—Ease of installation of Diesel oil burning engines in automobiles is cited in a review by A. E. Leßlanc, sales manager of the Cummins Engine Company here, whose president, Clessie L. Cummins, recently completed a trip from Indianapolis to New York in such a car at a fuel cost less than $2. Leßlanc explains that the automobile used for the trip, a 6.000pound sedan, was equipped with a stock model, four-cylinder engine, without in any way changing the appearance of the car and with very little alteration in any other way. The local company has been building Diesel engines for about twenty years and the model used in the car has been produced for the last three years. A maximum speed of fifty-five miles an hour was posible with the car on the New York trip. Cummins says there was no objectionable odor from the oil fuel and that operation of the car was as satisfactory and handled as easy as with a gasoline engine.

THREE HELD IN BANDITPROBE Robbery Series Believed Solved at Marion. By Times Special MARION, Ind., Feb. 1. Many local filling station robberies are believed to have been cleared with the arrest of three men heie. Several guns, a kit of burglar tools and loot believed to have been stolen from a hardware store was found In their possession. The men under arrest gave their names as Theodore Williams, 21, North Manchester; Ralph Stineman, 20, and Francis Curtis, all of Wabash, Ind. One of the guns has been identified by James BotkinS. local attendant at a filling station, as one stolen there several weeks ago. 25-YEAR TERM IMPOSED Bandit Who Failed in Bank Holdup Admits Guilt. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. I.—A 25-year sentence to the state reformatory was the price Victor Dold, 23-year old Indian of Buffalo, N. Y., has started to pay for his unsuccessful two-gun attempt to hold up the Chapin State bank here Monday. Dold pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Pattee. He also is wanted on robbery charges in Detroit, police were informed. Dold was foiled in the holdup when a bank teller ducked beneath a counter and whose yells brought help and resulted in capture of Dold.

Wood Case at Muncie to Reach Jury Early in Week. Bu United Press MUNCIE. Ind., Feb. I.—State and defense attorneys presented their last evidences today in the trial of James E. S. Wood, charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Heath, hoping to place the case before the jury early next week. The state Friday attacked the theory of the defense that Wood was insane, with testimony from Wood's former fellow workmen, his landlady, barbers, garagemen and grocer. All witnesses told the court they believed Wood insane. Among state witnesses in rebuttal were detectives and the sheriff .who captured Wood after his alleged clubbing to death of the couple. Three doctors, members of a commission appointed by the court to determine Wood’s mental condition, earlier in the trial had testified Wood was insane. The commission will be called upon for its formal report after both sides have ended testimony. Crime Stand Approved Bu Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Feb. I. Mavor J. H. Mellett is receiving many letters of congratulation following a speech at a meeting of Governor Harry G. Leslie’s crime commission. The mayor charged that dishonesty on the .part of public officials is the real cause of the crime wave. Father of Five Killed Bu Times Special BEDFORD, Ind., Feb. I.—Raymond Watson, 31, Bedford, was killed instantly north of Waverly when an automobile in which he was riding overturned. He leaves a widowr, four daughters and a son. He was employed as a planerman in the Matthews Bros.’ stone mill at Ellettsville. Former Judge Arrested Bu Times Special FT. WAYNE. Ind., Feb. I.—Carl Yaple, former Allen superior court judge, on his release from the state prison, where he had served more than a year for embezzlement, was re-arrested cn a federal charge of using the mails to defraud. He is at liberty under $1,500 bond pending triaL

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Wreckage of an automobile in which two young men were killed and three injured when it was struck by the Twentieth Century limited at Mishawaka.

NEW CIRCUS WILL TRAVEL BY TRUCK

Old Bird Dies By Times {special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Feb. 1. —A canary bird owned by Scott Syrum, dead at the age of 16 years 9 months, is said to have been the oldest bird of the kind in this section of Indiana. The bird ceased singing two years ago.

EX-MAYOR ACCUSED Former Peru Official Faces Bribery Charge. By Times Special PERU, Ind., Feb. I.—Trial of T. O. Keller, former mayor of Peru, on charges of bribery, will be held before Judge J. Frank Charles of Marion in Miami circuit court, at a date to be set soon. Judge Hurd Hurst disqualified himself in the case. Alden Foote, former councilman; Ramsr Spurgeon, former light plant foreman, and Charles S. Loucks, former county road superintendent, who are under indictment charged, with unlawful conversion of city and county property, also will be tried before Judge Charles.

PADLOCK SUIT IS FILED Liquor Selling Alleged in Case of Anderson Woman. E,y Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. I.—Suit seeking to abate an alleged public nuisance and to enjoin sale of .liquor in the home, of Sarah Morefield, was filed in Madison superior court by Prosecuting Attorney Oswald Ryan. The house has been the scene of numerous liquor raids, the most recent netting several bottles partially filled with alleged alcohol and a can said to contain corn whisky. Police were in the act of arresting the woman when Alfred Bay, a guest, confessed ownership of the liquor. His change of front in city court the next day when he entered a plea of not guilty led to the arrest of the woman. Both are in jail awaiting trial.

UNIT TO COST $167,800 Addition Will Be Built to Marion Sanatorium. Bu United Press •, MARION, Ind., Feb. I.—A contract for an addition to the Marion National sanatorium for World war veterans has been given Edward S. Moore & Son of Kokomo, for $167,800. The addition will be of brick and steel, two stories high, and will provide seventy-two additional beds. There are now 1,067 patients in the hospital, the second largest of government institutions for former service men. Work will start within thirty days, and must be completed by Oct. 1. Service Charges Fixed Bu Times Special anderson, ind., Feb. I.—Contracts for rural line extensions by the municipal electric light plant will distribute the cost on a 60 and 40 per cent basis, the petitioners to pay the greater portion. This was approved by the Board of works with instructions that there shall be no deviation from the policy to accommodate persons seeking special favors and electric service at less than others are required to pay. The action was taken on recommendation of C. B. Stelle, superintendent, who said some of the rural extensions made in the last few years have been unprofitable. Eleventh Child Dies pu Times Speeial HUNTSVILLE. Ind., Feb. I. Mrs. Anna Parker. 69, is dead at Huntsville following a long illness. She leaves a sister. Mrs. Flora Butler, the only remaining member of a family of twelve children. Brookville Man Buried pu Times Special BROOKVILLE, Ind., Feb. I. Funeral services for Clifford Robesen. 42, wlto died at the Bethseda hospital at Cincinnati, were held here. He leaves his widow; a daughter Ruth, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Robeson. Aged Smcker Burned Bu Times Special HOPE, Ind., Feb. I.—A. Dalmbert, 95. retired merchant, was burned on the head and face when a celluloid eye protector he was wearing caught fire when he lit a cigar. His daughter' ran to his assistance and tore the protector off.

General Motors Sponsors Venture Organized at Bloomington. By United Press BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. I. A circus, sponsored by General Motors Corporation and the only show of its kind to travel in motor ti’ucks, will be put on the road this spring, it was announced here by Sam B. Dill, president and general. manager of the new United Circus Corporation. The show, to be known as Gentry Brothers circus, is now in winter quarters at West Baden, preparing for its road trip to begin the last of April. Incorporation papers filed with the secretary of state this week name as officers besides Dill, Ben Becovits, vice-president, and Sam Hutton, secretary. The show is incorporated for SIOO,OOO. Trucks, manufactured by General Motors at a cost of SIOO,OOO. will convey the circus. Truck travel will reduce overhead expense, Dill said, permitting lower admission prices. NURSES TO MEET FEB. 3 Fourteen Cities and Towns Will be Represented. By Times Special RICHMOND. Ind.. Feb. I.—Public health nurses from fourteen ’ cities and towns in Indiana will meet here Feb. 8. Speakers will be Dr. J. M. Fouts, Wayne county health officer; Dr. M. F. Johnston, city health officer; Dr. Helen Langnef. director of the child’s guidance clinic of the Indiana School of Medicine; A. H. Hines, county superintendent of schools and Miss Eva McDougal, director of public health nursing for the state board of health. Nurses will be in attendance from Indianapolis, Muncie, Kokomo, Connersville, Tipton, Anderson, Delphi, Marion, Rushville, Newcastle, Winchester, Liberty, Portland and Hartford City.

KOKOMO BANK SHUT Heavy Withdrawals Given as Closing Cause. Bu United Press KOKOMO. Ind., Feb. I.—The Farmers Trust and Savings bank lis closed today. An announcement of the closing was made Wednesday night when it was said neavy withdrawals from the cash reserve made it impossible to continue operations. Thomas Barr of the state banking department, is in charge of the institution. Barr will liquidate the bank after an examination of the books. E. B. Seawai’d, president, said the closing was done in order to treat customers fairly and impartially and with the desire not to impair further the bank’s reserve. Deposits are said to total near $1,000,000. It was a state bank.

DEATH RECALLS CRIME Aged Father of Slain Alexandria Officer Succumbs, By Times Special ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Feb. 1. Robert Ellis, 82, farmer, father of Police John Ellis, victim of a slaying, is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John East, southwest of here. The police chief and Patrolman Virgil Kirkman were slain when they surprised James Walker and Rufus Warren in the act of robbing a loan company office. Former Resident Dies Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. I.—'Word has been received here of the death cf Thcmas R. McConnell, at New Orleans, La. The body will be sent here for burial. He was born near Gresnsfork, and was a resident here many years. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church here. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hannah McConnell; three brothers, Edward, Cincinnati; John, Anderson, and George, Indianapolis; three sisters, Miss Bessie McConnell, Mrs. Walter Kute, Anderson, and Mrs. Thomas Lovell, Indianapolis. Family Escapes in Fire Bn Times Special BETHEL, Ind., Feb. I.—With a fire smoldering all night while they slept, the family of Carl Mc-ore, at Bethel, this county, were awakened at 7 a. m. by smoke. Moore, his wife and five children escaped just before the house burst into flames. Mcore said that he had smelled the smoke during the night but raid no attention to it The house was destroyed with a loss of $3,000.

RICHMOND MAY CONTRACT WITH INSULLCONCERN Arrangement for Electric Service in Emergencies Probable. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind.. Feb. I.—Superintendent D. C. Hess of the municipal light plant here, has expressed himself as walling to take the responsibility of selecting the Insull interests to supply the city with standby electric service. A tentative contract has been prepared which provides that the Insull company would have to be ready at all times to serve the city plant with 9.000 kilowatts, while the city would not be obligated to suppy the Insull lines with any current. It also provides that the Insull company would build lines from Newcastle to the Richmond city limits and also that the city would erect a substation and a line from it to the municipal plant. Superintendent Hess estimates the cost to the city would be about $85,000. This city recently was without electric power for several weeks due to a breakdown at the local plant and the arrangements with an outside company to supply standby service followed complains to the city officials from patrons.

ARREST PROTESTED Oakland City Students Threatened Strike. Bj United Press OAKLAND CITY, Ind., Feb. I. Peace had been restored at Oakland City college today with release of Howard Hargreave, student, from jail. Hargreave was held as a suspect in the recent robbery of a college office, in which several hundred dollars was obtained. Students threatened to go on strike unless he was released. TWO ASPIRE TO OCCUPY PLACES IN LEGISLATURE Fayette-Franklin District Candidates Enter Race. B.y Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Feb. I. George M. Fries of this city has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination joint representative from Fayette and Franklin counties in the state legislature. He is the first Democrat here to seek office this year. Fries is president of the A. Fries and Sons Tile company; president of the Fayette County Taxpayers Association, and former president of the Connersville Kiwanis Club. He has been active in the Democratic party for many years. The Rev. H. E. Conn, Presbyterian minister, of Mt. Carmel, has also announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative.

RECKLESS AUTOIST FLED Deputy Sheriff and Posse Finally Make Capture. Bu Times Special WILLIAMSBURG, Ind., Feb. 1. —lt required the combined efforts of Deputy Sheriff Clyde Oler and a posse of Williamsburg citizens to arrest J. T. Rigsby, reckless motorist. The chase extended over fields and into woods where the posse beat the brush to find the fugitive, who finally surrendered. Rigsby was being driven by his son with Deputy Sheriff Oler trailing him, when the Rigsby automobile careened into the abutment of a bridge. Oler, accompanied by his wife, gave chase. Rigsby eluded him and the deputy enlisted the assistance of the citizens. Rigsby was fined $1 and cost for displaying Improper license plates, and $lO and cost and thirty days in jail for intoxication in the city court at Richmond. ARTIST RECEIVES HONOR Richmond Man Becomes Member of Salmagundi Club. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. I.—Lawrence McConaha is the first Richmond artist to be honored with a membership in the Salmagundi Club of New York, one of the oldest and largest art organizations in the United States. Membership carries with it the privilege of exhibiting in four displays given each year by the club. The club’s name is from the Turkish language, meaning “a little bit of everything.” City Behind With Taxes Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. I. Among debts inherited by the new city administration is $192.98 in delinquent taxes on five lots occupied by a Negro community playground, it is disclosed by City Clerk Francis Hernan, who dtscoverey the property listed for sale by County Treasurer Marcia Barton. The lots are owned by Elizabeth Cronin and Mary Campbell, and were leased by the city in July, 1928, with an option to buy in two years. Tha contract stipulates the city is to pay taxes, which provision was apparently overlooked. Sheriff Gets Summons pu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. I.—Dr. Russell Hiatt, Wayne county coroner, became a process server here when he read a summons to Sheriff Henry E. Long in a replevin case. The Indiana law provides that the coroner is the only officer who may serve such papers on a sheriff. Lawrence Mull, the plaintiff, asks possession of an automobile, seized by Sheriff long to satisfy a Judgment and also SIOO damage.

Fire Decides House Destroyed Before Court Hears Lien Cases.

By Times Special HAMMOND. Ind.. Feb. 1. Fifteen attorneys were in the courtroom of Judge Virgil Reiter here, counsel for persons seeking to collect money with liens on the little home of Jule Bell. The case was called. There was much scurrying among the lawyers arranging documents in preparation for trial. “Let’s see, there are about ten mechanics’ liens against this house, totaling about $5,000,” the judge remarked, "and about fifteen lawyers fighting for shares.” “Just a minute, your honor,” Attorney Ray Royce interrupted as he entered the room. “We can’t try this case today. That house burned down last week.” “Case continued,” the judge said.

ARREST LEADS TO $5,000 SUIT Acquitted Man Seeking Damages from Accuser. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Feb. I.—David Stephens alleges he suffered great humiliation and contracted an illness as a result of twenty-four hours confinement in the Madison county jail here, in a suit demanding $5,000 damages from Cephas Blackburn, Anderson grocer, filed in Madison superior court. Stephens was arrested Jan. 16, charged with having obtained $26 worth of groceries from Blackburn by false pretense. A finding of not guilty was entered the next day by a. justice of the peace. EARLHAM DEBATERS TO OPEN SEASON MARCH 7 First Contest to Be With Butler at Richmond. By Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Feb. I.—Professor E. P. Trueblood of Earlham college announces the personnel of the Earlham debating team, and its schedule. The affirmative team is composed of Floyd Gardner, Richmond, senior; Robert Parsons, Valley Mills, sophomore, and George Batt, captain, Richmond, senior. The negative speakers are William Colley, Englewood, 0., sophomore; Thomas Millikan, Newcastle, freshman, and Wayne Hollett, Hammond, sophomore. The schedule follows: Affirmative vs. Butler, March 7, here. Negative vs. Indiana Central, March 14, here. Negative vs. Manchester, March 18, here. Negative vs. Wabash, March 7, there. Affirmative vs. Hanover, March 14, there. Affirmative vs. Muncie Normal, March 20, there.

COURSE GIVEN FARMERS Residence Staff Members Speak at Noblesville Session. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. I.—A three-day short course in agriculture under direction of E. C. Parker, agricultural agent for Hamilton county, and instructors from the extension department of Purdue university was given here. Breeding of dairy cattle, demonstrations In the profitable feeding of hogs, a study in the comparison of dairy cows, essentials of soil improvement, soy beans and their relation to live stock and other farm topics were discussed by J. H. Skinner. E. K. Beeson, J. W. Schwab and E. A. Gannon of the Purdue staff. One of the cows exhibited was brought here by Henry Gaeth, a local business man, from the Isle of Jersey. Miss Irene Gaddis and Miss Anita Beadle also of the Purdue staff, addressed women on various phases of of household work. Student Fund Started ” Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. I.—The Wayne County Federation of Clubs has established a student loan fund to be placed at the disposal of Earlham college to aid worthy girl students. It will be known as the Wayne county federation loan fund. Each club in the county has been asked to contribute. Bandit Returns Dime Bu Times Special WABASH, Ind., Feb. I.—A bandit motorist who took $7.10 from Paul Howard handed back the dime with the remark that he might be able to use it. Howard had $lO more on his person which the robber did not discover.

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I. U. ARRANGES INSTITUTE FOR STATE BANKERS Four-Day Course Will Open Feb. 11 at Bloomington. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 1 Bankers of Indiana have been invited to attend an institute of banking to be held at Indiana university Feb. 11 to 14. The institute, which will be in the form of a short course stressing the importance of scientific training in the theory and practice of banking, has been worked out by Dean W. A. Rawles of the I. U. school of commerce and finance, in co-operation with the Indiana Bankers’ Association. Herman B. Wells, field secretary for the association, and Dean Rawles have arranged a four-day program for the bankers. Four Indiana university faculty members, who are experts in their respective lines of commerce, will conduct the course. Each lecture will be about one and one-half hours in length and will be followed by a round-table discussion in which ail persons will be invited to participate. The faculty members, in addition to Dean Rawles, who will conduct the institute, are Professor George W. Starr, director of the bureau of business research: Professor Gerald R. Redding, business law; Professor William C. Cleveland, money and banking, and Professor A. L. Prickett, accounting. The committee from the bankers’ association, working in co-operation with the commerce school, includes Senator C. O. Holmes, chairman, president, South Side Trust and Savings bank, Gary; Neal Grider. Peoples’ State Bank, Indianapolis; A. F. Bader, Old National bank, Evansville; Walter Greenough, Fletcher Savings and Trust Company; E. W. Short, Bankers Trust Company, Indianapolis, and Myron Green, Fletcher-American National bank, all of Indianapolis; M. C. Hilbish, First National bank, Elkhart; F. D. Thompson, Thompson State bank, Edinburg; Fred J. Helmen Jr., St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company., South Bend; Donnelly P. McDonald, People’s Trust and Savings Company., Ft. Wayne, and T. Reininga, Mercantile Commercial bank, Evansville. The university’s committee is composed of Dean Rawles. Professor Cleveland and Professor R. E. Cavanaugh, director of the extension division.

LAUNDRY PIONEER DIES Daniel W. Walters Operated First ( Steam Plant. Bu Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Feb. I.—Daniel W. Walters, 73, pioneer laundry man of this city and veteran member of the Knights Templar, is dead here. Walters operated the first steam laundry in eastern Indiana and was long owner of the Richmond Steam Laundry here. He had not missed marching in a Knights Templar parade in more than 50 years. He was a member of the Richmond lodge, Syrian Temple and Shrine at Cincinnati. He was one of the oldest Masons of the city, having joined the order here in 1883. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Emma Walters, a brother John, Bridgeport, Conn.; and a sister, Mrs. Alice Longbothan, Buffalo, N. Y.. CANDY CONCERN FAILS Machinery Company at Terre Haute in Receivership. Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Feb. 1. The A. B. Mewhinney Company, candy manufacturers, Is in the hands of a receiver, Conrad Spoehr, who Is under instructions of Superior Judge Linus Evans to operate the business only to the extent of consuming raw material on hand and filling orders already booked. The receiver was appointed on application of the Durand Coal Company, which alleged, the candy company was unable to pay it $282.23, and other bills were pas* due. Woman May Rule Court Bu Tiuies Special ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 1. An derson township will have its first woman justice of peace in the event the board of Madison county commissioners acts favorably on the petition of Miss Minnie Van Pelt for appointment as successor to her father, Francis M. Van Pelt, who died Jan. 21. Miss Van Pelt had been assistant to her father nine years. The present term expires Dec. 31. James W. Linder, former bailiff of Anderson city court, is also a candidate for the appointment. Hen Peck Causes Death Pu Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 1. Peter Heady, 62, widely known Howard country pouitryman, is dead of Infection which developed from a wound received when he was pecked by one of his prize chickens on a thumb.