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TWO STATES TO CO-OPERATE FOR COAL GATHERING Illinois and Indiana Fuels Will Be Topic at Purdue. Hv 'J'tmtt Special LAFAYETTE. Ind., Feb. 22,-Coal consumers of the middle west will have a three-day educational session at the midwest bituminous coal conference, to be held at Purdue university here. April 9. 10 and 11, 1930, the tentative program for which was announced today. The conference is sponsored by the engineering extension department of Purdue, the Coal Trade Association of Indiana and the Illinois Coal bureau, representing southern Illinois producers, in collaboration with the fuels division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The conference will open a series of similar annual meetings, alternating between Purdue and the of Illinois. They will be to determination of newer V.V'd better methods by which and Indiana coals shall -'have wider and more .satisfactory application and midwest consumers will be guaranteed a more conomlral fuel. Economics Govern Policy The governing policy, according to those in charge of the conference, arises from the conclusion, not only of the co-operating educational and public institutions in the two states, but of a majority of consumers in the area, that from a broad economic standpoint it is far more appropriate and intelligent to use less expensive nearby coals, and as nearly as may be exclusively, If through proper and adequate mechanical assistance, a direct economy can be accomplished and other conditions satisfactorily met. One of the main conference sessions will be devoted to a discussion and presentation of mechanical devices for burning Illinois and Indiana coal in domestic and semiindustrial application. This session will be held the morning of April 10, opened by T. A. Marsh of the Chicago office of the Combustion Engineering Corporation, New York. He will be followed by representatives of household and small commercial and industrial stoker manufacturing companies. Connected with this session will be the exhibition of stoker and boiler units in actual operation. Appeal to Retailers Completing an entire day which will have particular appeal to retail coal dealers throughout the middle western territory, the afternoon will be dedicated to retailers. Those on the program will include Milton E. Robinson Jr., Chicago, president of the National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association, and B. R. Gcbhart, public relations counsel of the Illinois Coal Bureau, Chicago. The main topics for the Friday morning session, April 11. will be reconditioning of existing plants to buiT. Indiana and Illinois coals economically and smokelessly. The conference will open Wednesday afternoon, April 9, with an address of welcome by A. A. Potter, dean of engineering at Purdue. Governor to Attend Banquet A number of guests are expected at the Thursday evening banquet, including Governor Harry G. Leslie of Indiana; Governor L. L. Emmerson, Illinois; President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue university, who will preside, presidents of the Illinois and Indiana Manufacturers Associations and of the Indiana and Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Committees arranging for the session are as follows: Gene-al—Professors W. A. Knapp, A. A. Potter, dean of engineering and A. W. Cole, all of Purdue; Jonas Waffle, managing director, and M. A. Tuttle, research committee chairman, both of the Coal Trade Association of Indiana, Terre Haute; Dr. Fred C. Honnold. sec-retary-treasurer. and B. R. Gcbhart, public relations counsel, both of the Illinois Coal Bureau. Chicago. Exhibits—Professors Knapp. G. A. Young and L. V. Ludy, all of Purdue. Program—Waffle. Cole and Gebhart.

Garrick Club Elects Rw Timi ,< Si in ial BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Feb. 22. The Garrick Club, dramatic organization at Indiana university, will be headed by Robert Masters. Bloomington, during the present semester. Stanley A. B. Cooper. Brazil, has been elected vice-presi-dent: Sarah Gilworth. Warsaw, secretary. and Jack Countryman, Terre Haute, treasurer. Asks Marriage AiWiulment R’J Time* Special KOKOMO. Ind.. Feb. 22.—Joseph M. Shackleford alleges in a suit to annul his marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Shackleford, that he married her in April. 1927. in the belief that she was then single, but discovered two years later that a former husband. Francis Danforth. did not obtain a divorce until two months after the second marriage. Train Wreck Averted Rtf Time* Special FRANKLIN. Ind.. Feb. 22.—A mail pouch filled with bundles of newspapers, which fell beneath a mail train from which it was thrown here, nearly caused a wreck. Witnesses of the incident said the wheels of one coach were raised several Inches from the track as the pouch was struck, but came down on the rail as the train speeded on. Cafeteria Owner Dies I'.it Time* Special CENTERVILLE. Ind., Feb. 22. John F. Sutten, 58. proprietor of a cafeteria on the National road, and well known to tourLsts. is dead. He leaves his widow, Cora: five sons, Cleo. Clarence L„ Oman G., Floyd A, and Everett; a daughter. Frances Sutten. all of Centerville: two Hannah Dain. Muhcie. and Vforv TU

‘Thar’s Gold in That Thar Gravel’

bove (left) Cecil Bronnenberg; at his op planting just as he has in Bronnerberg declares he has no tention of selling the ninety-,e-acre farm and denies reports at the supposedly gold bearing avel banks are being guarded.

Above deft) Cecil Bronnenberg; right and below, scenes at his farm where he asserts gold was found. Times Special CHESTERFIELD. Ind., Feb. 22. —Reports of offers ranging from $100 weekly for a lease and $35,000 for sale of the farm of Cecil Bronnenberg, near here, are heard here and in Anderson, following assertions that gold had been found in gravel on the land, leave the owner calm. It is said that assays so far show the gravel worth from $15 to $30 a ton, but Bronnenberg is proceeding with preparations for crop planting just as he has in past springs. Bronneberg declares he has no intention of selling the ninety-one-acre farm and denies reports that the supposedly gold bearing gravel banks are being guarded.

APPEAL TAKEN IN SONS CASE Sullivan Bank Receiver Opposes $60,000 Claim. I:it 7 im< s Sii< * i'll SULLIVAN. Ind.. Feb. 22.—The case of William Abbott of Spencer, who holds a judgment of $60,000 against the defunct Citizens State bank here, will be carried to the Indiana supreme court. Abbott alleges that Liberty bonds for $60,000 were given by him to James M. Lang, absconding president of the bank, but were not returned. In a trial in Knox circuit court at Vincennes, Abbott won a $60,000 judgment against the bank, the question of preference for his claim not being considered at that time. Later the court ruled $35,000 of the judgment should be a preferred claim. Then counsel for Ben C. Crowder, receiver of the bank, obtained an appeal to the supreme court. FUGITIVE GIRLS HELD Two Who Escaped From State School Caught at Kokomo. It II I II it 111 Press KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 22—Police here will return Bertha Labarre, 19. Terre Haute, and Verna Cook, 18. Greencastle, to the state girls’ school at Clermont, from which they escaped Wednesday. They were en route to Detroit when apprehended here. The girls said they obtained money and clothing in Indianapolis, and threw their school garb into a creek. It was the third escape by the Cook girl. Road Building Urged I'ji Times Sure in l WILLIAMSBURG, Ind., Feb. 22. —Ray K. Chalfont, newly appointed highway superintendent of Wayne county, speaking at a Green tow’nship farmers’ institute here, declared “the day of letting our roads just grow, as did Topsy in ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.* is past!” Chalfont said that roads for the future must be constructed today and that cooperation of farmer groups is essential. Accident Victim Buried F,u Times Special WALKERTON, Ind., Feb. 22. Funeral services were held here Friday for Jesse V. Dare, 43, Allen, fatally injured when he fell from a handcar on the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois railway, Feb. 11. He was employed as a section hand when the accident happened. He was removed to the St. Joseph’s hospital in South Bend, where he died Tuesday. Aged Farmer Dies Bn Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22. John F. Stewart. 72, farmer and live stock dealer, is dead. He leaves the following children: Mrs., Bernie Lewis. Tipton: Mrs. Sarah Hullett, Kokomo; James A. Stewart and Miss Elizabeth Stewart, and a sister. Mrs. Dora Whelschel of Anderson. Former Lawmaker Dies It ii I u iteil Frets ANGOLA. Ind.. Feb. 22.—Louis W. Fairfield. 71, member of congress from the Twelfth Indiana district from 1916 to 1924. is dead at the home of his son. Almond Fairfield, in Joliet. 111., of stomach and heart disease, according to word received here. Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield went to Joliet last fall to spend the winter. The body will be brought here for burial. Fraternity Pledges Four Fa Tunis SptciiH BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 22. Phi Rho Sigma, honorary medical fraternity at Indiana university, has pledged four medical students. They are Joseph Dudding. Hope; Wendell Anderson. Mentone; Stanton Bryan, Evansville, and Robert Wisehart. C 1 ~ 1 - .V>

Straw Hat Out By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 22.— Frank Wilson, Muncie seed store owner, believes in protecting his laurels. For at least twenty years he has had the distinction of being the first to appear on the streets in & straw hat here. He made his annual appearance this week.

I. U. PROGRAM TO BE WASHINGTON TRIBUTE Historian and Author Will Appear at Saturday Convocation. ttu Tim< Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 22. Indiana university students, faculty and townspeople honored George Washington at a convocation program in Assembly hall this morning. Paul Wilstach, historian and author, gave an illustrated lecture on “Mt. Vernon and the Hisoric Potomac,” in honor of the first President's birthday. He recently gave this lecture before a meeting of 4.200 members of the National Geographic Society. Wilstach is the author of “Mt. Vernon.” “Jefferson and Monticello.” “Potomac Landings,” “An Italian Holiday,” “Islands of the Mediterranean,” “Along the Pyrenees, “Patriots Off Their Pedestals.” “Correspondence of Adams and Jefferson” and “Tidewater Virginia.” 52,335 LIVE IN MUNCIE Real Estate Board Survey Shows City Has 10,467 Homes. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 22.—Muncie is a city of 10,467 homes and 52.335 persons. These are the figures shown by a survey conducted by the Muncie Real Estate Board. There are only 135 vacant houses in the city, despite the unemployment which has been the worst during the winter in ten years. Most of these houses are unfit for use, the survey shows. Os the 668 stores, only eightyfour are chain owned. There are fifty-three factories, forty-four religious institutions and twenty educational institutions. Suit Cleaning Causes Fire B.u Timi s Special ANDERSON. Ind., Feb. 22.—Nor- . ,n Dobson bought some naphtha a id decided to clean his own clothing. Asa result, he has one suit less. A spark set fire to the saturated suit, destroyed it and started a fire that threatened his home. Jurors to Be Seated F,u Times Spedal ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 22.—An increasing number of jury trials since Anderson became a city of the second class will cost the city about S4OO for new T furniture in the city court room. The board of works has directed purchase of twelve swivel chairs for jurymen. Doctor Given Position nu Tinn s Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Feb. 22. Dr. A. L. Myers, a physician here nine years and chairman of the Republican city committee, has been appointed a member of the staff of surgeons in the government hospital at Chillicothe. O . and will move to that city next week. The appointment was made through a civil service examination. Marion Water Approved MARION, Ind.. Feb. 22.—Tests of samples conducted by the state board of health show Marion city water is of the highest standard, according to a report received by S. M. Van Cleave, water works superintendent. The test was the first made since anew 556.000 water softening plant was installed. Gary Teacher Killed GARY. Ind., Feb. 22. Miss Edythe M. Clifton. 25, Gary, high school teacher, was instantly killed when she was struck by a truck as she alighted from a street car. Albert Fodder. 21. Hammond, driver of ♦v- f-. i-W

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$437,117 LOSS Damage in Vigo County Heaviest to Railroads. I! ii 1 nitcil Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 22. 1 Losses in Vigo county caused by the recent Wabash valley flood, amounted to $437,117, according to a statement from the Wabash-Mau-mee Valley Improvement Association. The figure was compiled from information gathered from railroads, coal companies, utilities and j farmers. Losses of six railroads running through the county were $212,056, with the C. & E. I. the heaviest loser, with $133,000. The Vigo county coal industry ! lost $133,566. Damage to utilities and real estate, considering houses vacated, rent loss and moving ex- j penses, totaled $30,000. Farm losses were estimated at j $61,495. including damage to crops, i fences, buildings and trees. Connersville Man Dies B, Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22. George Brattain. 83, is dead here ; following an operation. He was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, and came here in 1851. where he has since resided. He leaves two sons, Raymond, Memphis, Tenn.. and Clifford, Fayette county; three daughters. Mrs. Eva Troxell. Connersville; Mrs. Mae Ostheimer, Anderson, and Mrs. Ethel Reed, Milton; two brothers, Clark Brattain. Milton, and Frank Brattain, Westfield; a sister, Mrs. Eliza Mafrey, Sheridan; seventeen > grandchildren and seven great- j grandchildren. Motoring Teacher Hurt mi Times Spcciul NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22. An automobile driven by Miss Ruth Spalding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Spalding, skidded on the road and went down a fifteen foot embankment in attempting to pass another machine. Her nose was broken and she suffered internal injuries, the result of the steering when striking her in the abdomen. Miss Spalding is a teacher and was going home from her work at the time of the accident. Trees Hamper Radio Bn Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Feb. 22.—Interference which has caused complaints by several thousand radio owners has been traced by William J. Kiely, chief lineman of the municipal electric light plant, to high voltage wires coming in contact with limbs of trees. Efforts are being made to eliminate the interference. Bank Robbery Prob Opens B.ii Times Special WILLIAMSBURG. Ind.. Feb. 22. I Oliver Wright and Ingle Laird of the state bureau of criminal iden- j tification and investigation have ! been assigned to probe the robbery j of the First National bank here, in W’hich $1,148 was taken. Steel doors ; of the bank vault w r ere burned ! through with an oxyacetvlene torch, i * ; Beautification Planned nu Times Special MARION. Ind.. Feb. 22. Plans for beautification of banks of the Mississinewa river are nearly completed, the city plan commission has been advised by Lawrence V. Sheri, dan. Indianapolis architect. The river will be landscaped for several thousand feet as one of the first steps in the program which the commission has inaugurated. Re-Election Sought nu Times Special MARION. Ind.. Feb. 22.—Senator George B. Nottingham. Marion attorney, announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for reelection at the primary election. May 6. He was elected Grant county treasurer in 1921 and served for two terms. He was elected state

PAINT VANDALS j DEFACE SCHOOL AT NEWCASTLE Red-Smeared Building Is Believed Rap at Some Officials. By Tima special NEWCASTLE. Ind., Feb. 22. Twice this week vandals have entered the Newcastle high school building and smeared red paint over walls. ceilings and drinking fountains.. A third attempt to enter failed. Names of certain school officials have been painted in large letters and authorities believe the names I are those against whom the vandals are directing their disapproval. ; Nothing has been made public j concerning the basis for a campaign against those whose names appeared j in the building. Principal Valentine ! denied that a second painting episode had occurred, but it was j established police were called to the 1 school after janitors had removed evidences of the vandals’ visit. The last act is believed to have j been committed by a person who hid in the building until a period between departure of the day janitor I force and arrival of the night force, | and did the painting alone or admitted confederates to the building. Woman, 100, Dies A?/ Time}* Special VINCENNES, Ind.. Feb. 22.—Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, who was 100 years olds in September, is dead here. She was a native of Germany and had lived here thirty-six years.

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Mrs. Margaret Moddrell of Eminence Will Be 100 Sunday. By Times Special EMINENCE. Ind., Feb. 22.—Mrs. Margaret Moddrell, who will reach her 100th birthday Sunday, will be the honor guest at a community celebration Monday, which will be held in the Methodist church. Born in Virginia in 1830, Mrs. Moddrell when 6 years old came to Indiana with her parents, the trip being made in a covered wagon. They settled first in Owen county, then moved to Putnam county. Six-ty-five years ago Mrs. Moddrell established her home here. Her husband, Andrew J. Moddrell. to whom she was married in 1850, died twenty-five years ago. They had three children, two daughters and a son, the latter having died in 1928. Tire daughters, who will attend the celebration, are Mrs. T. S. Arend and Miss Ellen Moddrell. NARROWER DRIVEWAYS Anderson Plan Commission Order Affects Filling Stations. I'U Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 22.—Filling station driveways wider than thirty feet constitute a hazard for pedestrians and will hereafter be barred by the city plan commission. The new ruling was invoked when the Standard Oil Company asked authority to build a thirty-nine-foot driveway in connection with a station in Park place. The commission voted a change in zoning boundaries to enable Philip Cooke & Sons, Inc., to enlarge its factory building at Twen-ty-fourth and Delaware streets, over the protests of the owners of adjoining property, who pointed out that the addition would reduce the •values of their properties. The fight will be carried to the city council, the remonstrators said. Resident 38 Years Dies B, Times Special RICHMOND. Ind., Feb. 22. Charles Hazeltine, 57, for more than thirty-eight years a resident here, is dead. He had been in the employ of the Miller Brothers Hardware Company for the last seventeen years and prior to that time had been with I. H. Howard, wholesale grocer, twenty-one years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church. He leaves his widow, Adda D.; his mother, 92 years old; a sister, Mrs. Clara Kirby, Lincoln, Neb., and a brother, C. W. Hazeltine, New York. Pioneer Postman Dies B.u Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 22. Funeral services for Edgar A. Dickinson, 71, one of the pioneer mail ! carriers of this city, were held here. ; He died in a hospital at Cincin- j nati. He was a member of one of the oldest families here and had ; been employed as a mail carrier I more than thirty-three years. He I is said to have not missed a day or been late during that period. He leaves his widow’, Catherine; a daughter. Mrs. Mary Burroughs, j New York; two brothers, Horace L., here, and Oscar, California. Lawmaker Escapes in Fire Bn Times Special HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Feb. 22. James M. Knapp of this city, state j representative from Wayne county, ; narrowly escaped serious injury j when the automobile in which he was riding caught fire and the gasoline tank exploded. He was en route from Cambridge City to Hagerstown. The car was destroyed.

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300 Jobless Men Rush to Gary in Work Hoax

By United Press GARY. Ind.. Feb. 22.—H. E. De Voill nearly was mobbed when he appeared in Canal street, in the heart of Chicago's employment district, and offered jobs here to 300 men. No strings weer attached—no fees, no delays; only the necessity of being in Gary early the next morning to go to work. De Voill, a cripple, was pushed along Canal street in a wheel chair as a mob of unemployed gathered to get the notes to the new Gary steel company that De Voill said would employ them. The mill, he told them, was to be a subsidiary of General

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Dog Rescued By Times Special CANNELBURG. Ind.. Feb. 22.—James Griffin risked his life to rescue a dog belonging to Ernest Lavely which fell into an abandoned coal mine. Lowered with a cable, Griffin went down the 100-foot shaft and was hoisted up with, the dog. The animal was the little worse for the experience, as it fell in water as its long fall into the pit ended.

COLLEGE PRESS MEETS Six Schools Represented at Muncie Session Today. By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Feb. 22.—The Indiana State Teachers College Press Association is holding its annual conference at Ball State Teachers college here today. Speakers include Wilbur E. Sutton and Frank E. Harrold, Muncie newspaper editors. Dean Ralph Noyer of Ball college gave the welcoming address. Six colleges are represented at the session.

CLOSED BANK TO PAY SOON Depositors at Hope Will Gel 20 Per Cent. By United Press HOPE. Ind, Feb. 22.—Creditors of the closed Citizens National bank here will be paid, probably within tw’o weeks, Charles H. Ellis, receiver, announces. Checks amounting to $70,241.18 have been forw’arded to the controller of cm’rency for his inspection and signature, and will be distributed among the creditors of the bank which was closed, following defalcations by its cashier, Herman A. Stew’art. The amount to be distributed will represent 20 per cent of approved claims. Receivership proceedings will not be closed until decision of a suit filed recently in federal court at Indianapolis against twelve officers and directors of the bank. By the suit, Ellis hopes to place the responsibility for loss of $211,767.91 on the defendants. Noblesville Woman Dies PM Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Feb. 22. A message received here announces the death of Mrs. William H. Craig, 71. at the home of her son-in-law, Walter C. Essington, Orlando, Fla., where she had spent the winter. She W’as found dead in a bathroom, having suffered a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services and burial will be held here. She leaves her husband and tw’o children, Mrs. Essington of Florida and Houston Craig of this city. She was a daughter of Wesley Hare, one of the pioneer business men of this locality. Bums Cause Death Bn Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 22. Burns suffered Jan. 14 when his home caught fire have proved fatal to Sanford Lytle, 67, carpenter. He escaped through a window and walked barefoot in sub-zero temperature to the home of a neighbor. His chest, arms and face were bauiy burned. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Libby Wolf, Detroit, and four nephews. Lytle was never married and lived alone. Judge 111 at Office B.u Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 22. Judge Benjamin A. Ball of city court suffered an attack of heart disease w’hile in his office. The attack was serious enough to cause his removal to a hospital in a semiconscious condition. Judge Ball was clearing up his mail preparatory to going to the city hall to hold court W’hen stricken.

Motors. Some were told the site was “on the lake ’ in Gary. Others thought he said it was at Tremont, where a workers camp would be established. The advance guard of the 300 came the night before. More than fifty men walked over the city seeking information about the mill. Some took rooms for the night, intending to get to work early in the morning. Others slept in the dunes and woods. In the morning the search for the mill again was taken up, and continued until the 300 became convinced the proposition was a hoax. Many of the men had spent all their money to reach Gary.

Court Approves Action of Warren Town Board Despite Informality. F.u Tima Special WABASH. Ind., Feb. 22. The right of the town of Warren to contract by ordinance for purchase | of equipment to make its own power j and light, without first filing a nol tice, holding an election, or obtaining competitive bids, was upheld by ! Judge Frank O. Switzer in Wabash j circuit court here. The Indiana service corporation J sought an injunction to prevent a , contract made by the Warren town I board with the Fairbanks Morse I Company, from going into effect, on j the ground that it had not been : legally made. The corporation coni tended that inasmuch as no notice had been filed, no election | held, nor competitive bidding eni tered into, and no approval obS tained from the Indiana public I service commission, the contract, was not legal. Judge Switzer held that it amounted to replacement of old eni gines and generators to make power for the town light and water plants, hence was no violation of statutes. The case was filed originally in Huntington, April 29, and was brought to Wabash on change of ! venue. About eighteen years ago Warren | owned the utilities here. Five years | ago it contracted with the Indiana I Service Corporation for power, and I the contract will expire March 1. A i year ago the contract with the i Fairbanks-Morse Company was enI tered into. Tire case has been viewed as | highly important because it sets a | precedent. SICK FILIPINO’S HOPE OF TRIP HOME ENDS j Steamship Company Refuses to Take Youth Stranded at Columbus. rtv Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Feb. 22.—At the last moment, when everything looked favorable for Frank Pallatt, young Filipino, who is stranded and ill of tuberculosis in the Bartholomew county infirmary here, to be sent to his native home, fate dealt a severe blow when it was learned that the shipping company which j had been asked regarding trans- ! portation for him, informed a local | committee that he could not be ! taken due to quarantine regula- ; tions. His condition is such that I he is suffering from hemorrhages, which, the steamship company pointed out, makes it impossible to take him as a passenger. The youth came here with a carnival company. As he is not a native of this country and still is not an alien, the government can take no hand in the matter. More than enough money to send him home has been raised by subscription here and it i was planned to start him on his | way this week. He may be sent to a sanitarium in an effort to regain his health sufficient to send him home. ———— ... DePauw Professor Chosen Ru Timex Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Feb. 22. ■ Professor E. R. Bartlett, head of the department of religious education at De Pauw university, will j teach in the summer school of j Northwestern university this year. He will offer courses in “Organiza- j tion and Administration in Religious Education” and “Supervision in Religious Educaton.” The summer session runs eight weeks, from June 23 to Aug. 16. Brookville Student Dies I),u Times Special BROOKVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22. Carl Zacharias. 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Zacharias of this city, is dead at the Garfield hospital, Washington, D. C„ following a two weeks’ illness from plural pneumonia. He was a senior student at Georgetown university and would have been graduated in June. After he had graduated from the Brookville high school, he attended Indiana university and taught school for a year. The body will be brought here for burial.

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RUM-CHICKEN TRADING HINTED IN DEATH PROBE New Theory Disclosed in Henhouse Murder at Owensville. By Times Special i OWENSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 22 - Traffic in liquor is believed by authorities to have led to this town’s ! “hen house murder,” which cost the life of Carl Sampson. 32. H 1 ’ was found shot to death in a poul- | try yard at the home of Ben Davis j a week ago. Sheriff William Ruston and dep- | uties, in developing the liquor angle of the case, have found evidence i that chickens believed stolen were traded for liquor. The officers obtained a statement upholding their theory from Charles Martin, who lives on a farm near Armstrong, and where they report I seizing thirty-five gallons of whisky and parts of a still indicated liquor ! making had been in progress lately. ; Martin told the sheriff that three | days before Sampson was slain, lie ! and three other men visited the : Martin farm and Tried to hi-jack him and his son. He declared | twenty shot were fired as a result of the visit. The officers found a large poultry house at the farm in I which were about seventy-five j chickens of various breeds. A still possession charge already | stands against Martin, but prose- ! cution had been delayed owing to [ arguments over a technicality regarding validity of the search warrant used in a raid. | FORMER TRUSTEE OF TOWNSHIP SENTENCED Embezzler In Daviess County Gets One to Five-Year Prison Term. By l nil al Press WASHINGTON. Ind., Feb. 22. I John W. Waggoner, 52, former j Washington township trustee, pleated guilty in Davies circuit court here j to a charge of embezzling township I funds and was sentenced to serve ! from one to five years in the state prison. He also was fined $250 and j disfranchised for three years. After Waggoner agreed to appear | before the state board of accounts I and the township advisory board to aid in untangling township affairs j the original affidavit of indictment | was charged so that the defendant | might receive a lighter sentence. The new affidavit did not state the amount allegedly embezzled, but Waggoner’s attorney conceded an embezzlement of $215. Immediately after the sentence was pronounced, Waggoner was taken before the state accountants and members of the advisory board for questioning. When Waggoner resigned, it was | said, there were only $5.03 of towni ship funds on hand, with $13,000 in | checks outstanding. Payment on all checks has been stopped >xu v ll j they are passed upon by the newly ; appointed trustee, W. A. HyaW. iSLOW POISON FOUGHT Bloomington Woman Awaits Outcome of Suicide Effort. B.v Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. 22.--Miss Ruth Terr, 22, who swallow ;d a slow poison early Wednesday after a. quarrel with her lover, Roy Thrasher, lies at a hospital here awaiting the crisis, which medical authorities set at from five to ten days alter the poison is taken. The young woman is being given the Patterson-Lambert treatment, permitting a diet only of raw eggs and milk, with a clearing of the stomach twice a day. Aged Man Dies Pa Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 22.George W. Taylor, 72, Is dead at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Retlierford, on the Chester pike. He was a member of the Moose and Red Men’s lodges. He leaves his widow, Jennie; three daughters, Mrs. Blanche Ross, Dunkirk; Mrs. Lafa Musterbaugh, Portland, and Mrs. Retherford; a son, Ralph of this city; four stepsons. Arch, Payton, Claude and Ellis Knight; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Milroy Baird and Mrs. Emmett Haas, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Brouse, all of this city. Hoosier Dies in Kansas Il.i/ Times Sin rial CONNERSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 22. Mrs. Carmeletta Nicholas of this city, has received word of the death of her husband. J. T. Nicholas, at Topeka. Kas., w’here she was called a week ago to his bedside. The body will be brought here for burial. Besides the widow, he leaves two children, Elizabeth and Roger. Two Motorists Hurt Ru Tima Special ANDERSON, Ind.. Feb. 22.—Two automobiles crashed in the Meadowbrook addition, seriously injuring Harold Snyder, 27, who was driving one of the cars. He was taken to St. John’s hospital suffering a fractured .skull, Ralph Davis, 25, one of the occupants of the other car, was less seriously injured.