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9.000 GALLONS OF MASH FOUND IN LARGE BARN Seventeenth Liquor Plant in Clinton Area Wrecked Near Klondike. Bp Times Special NEWPORT, Ind.. June 7. The seventeenth liquor plant wrecked by officers In this- vicinity since Jan. 31. was housed in a large barn near Klondike. It was destroyed by a party composed of Sheriff Harry Newland of Vermillion county, Deputy Sheriff Ray Foltz, Everett Helms, Clinton police chief, and Patrolman Burnside. The officers made no arrests. A man in the barn as they approached fled, warning another who was engaged in digging a well, and both disappeared in a ravine. Axes were used to chop holes in seven vats holding mash, and 9,000 gallons flowed out. The mash would have been ready for distilling within a few hours. Charcoal, thirty sacks of sugar, coke, a heater and a large copper tank were seize .. There was no still. The raiders said it appeared that part of the apparatus would have been installed within a few days. In the loft of the barn extra vats and five-gallon tin cans had been stored. Preparations had been made to create an elaborate plant. Several hundred feet of two-inch pipe had been laid from the barn to a well, and there was a pump operated by a gasoline engine for transporting water. The officers estimated several thousand dollars had been spent in establishing the plant. SHERIFF MURDER CASE NEARS JURORS’ HANDS James Anderson Will Know Verdict Soon in Brookvilie Court. I'u Tim ' * Sncrial BROOKVILLE, June 7.—Murder case against James Anderson of Kentucky, charged with the fatal shooting of Sheriff Herman Lange of Dearborn county, was expected to go to jury here today. Lange, before his death, said Anderson shot him when he was shown the sheriff's badge. Lange had given the defendant a ride in his automobile. State and defense attorneys were allowed four hours each for arguments. Judge Roscoe C. O’Byrke admitted a confession, said to have been made by Anderson, in the absence of the jury. The statement purported to be Anderson’s said that Anderson shot Lange in self-defense.

TRUSTEES’ HEAD QUITS Official of Township in Hamilton County Silent on Reason. Bn Timex Snerinl „ NOBLESVILLE, Ind., June 7. \Otto K. Jensen has tendered his resignation as trustee of Jackson township, Hamilton county, to A. J. Hines, county auditor, effective when his successor is appointed and qualifies. Jensen has served three years and a half of a second term. He assigned no reason for the resignation. He is a Democrat and as Auditor Hines is a Republican, it is presumed that the appointee will be a Republican. Jensen had been ,hier of the Central bank at Arcadia for twelve years but was thrown out of employment a few weeks ago when the bank closed. He is president of the Indiana Trustees Association. PURDUE HEAD RETURNS President Elliott Delivered Series of Addresses in West. JRw l inn n sin rial LAFAYETTE, Ind.. June 7. President E. C. Elliott of Purdue university, returned Friday after a two weeks’ trip to the Pacific coast where he delivered a series of addresses. Elliott made the commencement address at Oregon Agricultural college, where he secured an honorary doctor of laws degree. He also spoke at Montana State college, University of Montana, University of Idaho. University of Washington and Washington State college. Mrs. Elliott accompanied him. Injured Cyclist Sues Bn Timm Snrrinl ANDERSON. Ind., June 7.—Collision of a truck owned by the Urmston Grain and Seed Company and a motorcycle driven by Donalfl Powell. 17, at Summitville. led to the filing of a suit here in which Powell asks SIO,OOO damages for injuries. He alleges he was thrown fifty feet, suffering injuries that will cause him to be a permanent cripple. The comulaint says the driver of the truck had no chauffeur's license. Father of Six Killed Bn Timex Scrcial MARION. Ind., June 7.—Carl T. Beard, 32, World war veteran and father of six children, is dead of injuries suffered a week ago when a truck he cranked moved, crushing him against another machihe. Another addition to the family is expected soon. The children range in age from 2 to 10 years.

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Fishing Lake on Factory Ground

A miniature lake is a novelty at the Nicholson file factory in Anderson. The lake is a hobby of William H. Morsches, manager of the plant, whose principal recreation is fishing at Lake Walloon, Mich. The small lake is stocked with bass, but fishing is seldom permitted.

ATTIC DISTILLER SENTTDPRISON Two More Facing Trial in Anderson Case. 81l Timm Special ANDERSON, Ind., June 7.—William James, 34, will be taken to the state prison to serve a sentence of one to five years, imposed on him in Madison circuit court here by Judge Carl F. Morrow, on a plea of guilty to a charge of violating the prohibition law. James admitted he was the owner of a huge still police found operating in the attic of a residence of Wallace Arehart. He said he installed the apparatus, provided materials for the manufacture of corn whisky and hauled away the finished product, paying Arehart a stipulated price for each gallon the still produced. Arehart and his father-in-law, William Stewart, jointly charged with operation of the still, have not been brought before the court. The convicted man served a state farm sentence a year ago on conviction on a similar charge.

SSOO GIVEN HUSBAND IN LOVE THEFT SUIT South Bend Man Asked SIO,OOO for Loss of Wife’s Affections. Bu Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind, June 7.—A jury in Judge J. Fred Bingham's court after three hours’ deliberation Friday afternoon gave Lloyd H. Pletcher a verdict for SSOO damagase against Ray H. Heierman, a druggist, for the alienation of Mrs. Gertrude Pletcher’s affections. Pletcher asked for SIO,OOO damages for the loss of his wife’s love. He produced evidence tto show that Heierman and Mrs. Pletcher had many clandestine meetings during the fall of 1928 and the early winter of 1929. There were only a few spectators in court .when the jury reached its verdict. Most of the women who had faithfully attended the hearing for three days had tired of waiting for the jurors to reach an agreement, and most of them left just before the verdict was voted. Floyd O. Jellison, presenting Pletcher, spent most of the morning denouncing Heierman as a love thief and home-wrecker. An hour later George Sands, attorney for Heierman. had the floor before the jury, branding Pletcher as a negligent husband who threw his wife’s love away. FLIES TO SEE ORPHANS Monte Blue Attends Commencement at Knightstown Today. Bu l'piled Press KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind.. June 7. Monte Blue, film actor, traveled bv plane from Hollywood to Knightstown to attend commencement exercises at the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors orphans home. Blue, himself a graduate of the school, arrived early today. Twenty-three of the 630 children in the school were graduated. Minister's Widow Dies B>' Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind, June 7. Mrs. Margaret Apple, 75, widow of the Rev. John W. Apple, is dead at her home near here. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mock who settled near Indianapolis in 1830. She leaves the following children: Miss Pearley Apple, Mrs. Bernie Klepfer and Freeman Apple, Oaklandon, and Mrs. Herman Young, Indianapolis; three step-children. Arthur and Edward Apple. Oaklandon, and Mrs. Irwin Elsworth, Pendleton; a sister, Mrs. J. P. Heath of Fishers, and a stepbrother, J. M. Lingle, Oaklandon. Indigestion Causes Death Bu United Press PRINCETON, Ind, June 7.—Acute indigestion was given as the cause of the death cf Thomas L. Williams, 61, in a coroner's verdict. His body was found in bed at his home here. Williams, a mechanic in the Southern Railway shops, moved here recently from New Albany. Estate Valued at 58.400 Bu Times Soecial ANDERSON, Ind, June 7.—The estate of Miss Mary I. Muldown, former resident of Anderson, was opened in circuit court. The residue of the $6,400 estate after payment of claims will be inherited by a brother. Thomas A. Muldown, Trenton, Mich, and a niece, Catherine Muldown, Donora, Pa. t Theft and Forgery Charged Bu Times Special ANDERSON. Ind, June 7—Oaklin Robison. 22, living near Castleton. is in jail here charged with the theft of an overhead valve attachment from an automobile belonging to Archie Reynolds, Anderson. Robison denied the theft and produced a bill of sale, which police declared is a forgery. County Bankers Elect £l‘ Times Soecial ANDERSON Ind, June 7.—A. T. Dye of the Farmers Trust Company. Anderson, is the new president of the Madison County Bankers Association. Other officers are, Edward Dehorny. Elwood,

Triplet Boys Bu Times Soecial HARTFORD CITY, Ind, June 7.—Mrs. Joseph Glancy and the triplet sons born to her at the Blackford county hospital here, are reported by attendants to be in excellent condition. She is the wife of a restaurant proprietor at Roll. The babies were bom respectively at 8:35, 10:30 and 11:10 p. m., and their weights are 4 pounds, 9 ounces: 4 pounds, 3 ounces, and 4 pounds, 2 ounces.

COURT CALLS $50,000 LEVY Directors of Closed Bank at Hobart Cited. Bu Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., June 7. Thirteen directors of the closed Hobart bank have been ordered by Judge E. Miles Norton to appear in Lake circuit court here June 21 to show cause why they should not be assessed for amounts sufficient to meet all claims against the bank for a total of approximately $50,000. Since the bank was voluntarily closed five years ago, the directors have paid about $200,000, threefourths of the amount of claims. The citation of Judge Norton is designed to bring in money to complete settlement. The bank was a private institution and the directors therefore are declared liable to depositors to the full amount of money they had in the institution. * BARBERRY WAR OPENS Extermination of Plant to Be Made in Wayne County. Bu Times Special DUBLIN. Ind., June 7.—Field agents of the United States department of agriculture will arrive in Wayne county next week to wage a campaign for eradication of the common barberry bush, which spreads black rust to wheat and other small grains. W. E. Leer, agent in charge of the Indiana field office of barberry eradication, with headquarters at Purdue university’s agricultural experiment station, and Stanley Castell, will be in charge of the work. Several years ago a campaign was made against the barberry bush. On ninety acres more than 3,000 bushes were located and destroyed. Leer states, however, that seeding has caused the plant to appear again and for that reason prompt action is necessary. Farmers have been asked to aid in extinction of the plant. SLA YING CHARGE FI LED Terre Haute Man Faces Indictment Alleging Second Degree Murder. Bu Times special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 7. Fred Weaver is charged with second degree murder of Edward Compton in an indictment returned by the Vigo county grand jury. Compton was shot to death the morning of May 30. Bond of Weaver was set at $25,000 which he failed to provide. On arraignment before Circuit Judge John Jeffries, he entered a plea of not guilty. He appeared without counsel and the court appointed James Stunkard, pauper attorney, to defend him. Weaver asserts he shot Compton when the latter tried to forcibly enter the Weaver home. Second Robbery Causes Arrest Bti Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. June 7. —Not satisfied with obtaining $220 April 26 when they robbed the office of the Producers Oil Company, two 16-year-old youths returned to rob the place again. They were leaving with a small amount of change when police caught them. The robbers, Francis Mojs, 555 Dearborn street, Indianapolis, and Alfred Lasley, Lebanon, confessed and cleared the mystery of the previous robbery. Ice Box Hid Whisky pa Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., June 7. An ice box in the lobby was the hiding place of a bottle of whisky police confiscated when they raided the Harter hotel with a search warrant. The day clerk, Adam Shaw, was arrested and charged with violating the prohibition lav*. He gave bend for appearance in city court for trial. Veteran Dies at 90 Bu Times Special CLOVERDALE, Ind., June 7. Harvey Denny, 90. Civil war veteran and merchant here more than fifty years, diec, at his home following an illness of general debility. He leaves his widow, a daughter, Mrs. William Alleen. Greencastle, and two sons, Charles Denny and Uly Dennv, Cloverdale. Richmond Woman Dies Bu Times Spectal RICHMOND, Ind., June 7.—Mrs. Mary Lambert, 70, is dead here. She was a member of the Science church of Spiritualists. Burial will be made at Union City. She leaves a son, Charles this city; eight four great grand- : ip?Jjyrothers, John and

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GOAL COMPANY FINANCESSHORT Claims of $60,000 Against Property Worth $25,000. Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June I.—. A hearing in the receivership of the General Coal Company, operator of two coal mines in southeastern Gibson county, has been set for Wednesday ih Vigo circuit court here before Judge John Jefferies. A. M. Ogle, Indianapolis, receiver, has a claim of $5,000 against the company, and John T. Beasley, attorney, and Clem Richards, expert adviser to the receiver, claims of SIO,OOO each. In addition, employes not paid when operation of the mines ceased are demanding $13,000 and there is also a claim of $19,000 for taxes filed by Gibson county. With fees connected with the receivership, the total debt is expected to exceed $60,000. The property is valued at only $25,000. It is said Ogle and Beasley had invested approximately $300,000 iq the property at the time the mines were closed.

GUILTY PLEA MADE IN INSURANCE PLOT

FROM ALTAR TO JAIL ; Auto Thief’s Sentence Deferred for Marriage Ceremony. Bu United Press EAST ST. LOUIS, 111, June 7. George Albert Boyde, Ft. Wayne, Ind, began serving a jail sentence Friday for stealing an automobile. His bride of a day, formerly Miss Florence Kane, East St. Louis, started search for a job to keep,bier busy until her husband is free. Boyde pleaded guilty to the theft, Thursday, but sentence was deferred so that he could marry Miss Kane. Under guard, the couple walked from police headquarters to the office of a justice of the peace. A detective and a deputy United States marshal were among witnesses of the ceremony. BABY IN AUTO KILLED Three Others of Family Hurt When Car Overturns in Ditch. Bu Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind, June 7. Four persons were injured, one fatally, late Friday when the automobile in which they were riding overturned in a ditch near here. Robert Hall, 3-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hall, died of skull fracture.. Mrs. Hall suffered severe cuts and bruises. Mrs. W. S. Smith, mother of Mrs. Hall, was injured and Mrs. J. P. Klechner, 73, mother of Mrs. Smith, suffered a fractured spine. Man Fails at Suicide Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, June 7.—The second attempt of Earl Coffman, 41, carpenter, to commit suicide was no more successful than the first. He tried gas first. He made the second attempt with a razor, slashing an artery in his left arm. His wife, a bride eight weeks aao, summoned helo and the bleeding man was taken to a hospital where he is recovering. Oldest Resident Dies Bu Tim'’* Special FILLMORE, Ind, June 7.—Putnam county’s oldest resident, James Henry Arnold, 99, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Henry Nichols. Funeral services were held at the Christian church here with the Rev. B. H. Bruner of the Greencastle Christian church in charge. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. John Henry Nichols, Mrs. Lowell Dicks'and Mrs. Sylvester Lewallen, and two sons, William Arnold and Alonzo Arnold, Greencastle. Quarantine on Dogs Bu Times Special CLOVERDALE, Ind, June 7. Following reports that two children have been bitten by dogs running at large, the town marshal has been authorized to shoot all unmuzzled dogs. Valuable stock has been lost within the past week as a result of being bitten by mad dogs. Bible School Abandoned Bu Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind, June 7. City church officials today abandohed*plans for the annual 1930 vacation Bible school. The plan was given up because cf impossibility to obtain a superintendent and expense of the project could not be met by the churches. Lifelong Resident Dies Pv Time* Special ANDERSON, Ind, June 7. Funeral services will be held here Sunday for Mrs. Viola McClintock, 57, wife of Ira McCliutock. She tvas a lifelong resident here. Besides the husband, she leaves a sister, a niece and a nephew. Year and a Half for Liquor Bm Tim** Rnrf'iol FRANKFORT, Ind, June 7. Paul Michael was sentenced to eighteen months in the state reformatory Friday, after his conviotion i>£ a Jur? on.a charge of

RUM PLOT CASE ON DOCKET OF FEDERAUOURT Term to Open Monday at Terre Haute for Trials of Forty-Six Persons. Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. June 7.—A total of fifty-three cases involving forty-six persons accused in alleged Vigo-Vermillion county conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law are on the docket of the federal court here for disposal during the adjourned spring term which will open Monday. Within the past few days seven cases accusing fourteen persons also among the forty-six charged in a blanket conspiracy indictment returned by a federal grand jury at Indianapolis, have been filed. In these seven cases, specific charges of manufacturing or transporting liquor are made. In addition three other liquor cases not connected with the alleged conspiracy are on the docket, and it is said more will be filed by the time court convenes. The outlook is for a session of unusual length. GASOLINE TAX CLAIM AGAINST CLOSED BANK Attorney-General Files Suit for Slate at Portland. Bu Times Snreinl PORTLAND. Ind., June 7.—A suit asking $1,102.65 has been filed in Jay circuit court here by Attorney-Gen* eral James M. Ogden on behalf of the state of Indiana against the closed Jay Co-mty Savings and Trust Company bank, of which Jesse L. Peters is receiver. It Is alleged in the suit that the money asked is gasoline tax which was on deposit in the bank at the time it is closed, and is declared a preferred claim. Clyde Bechtold, former cashier of the, bank, whose defalcations caused the closing, is serving a prison term for embezzlement.

Anderson Man’s Promise to Aid Prosecution Delays Sentence. : :‘ ■ ' Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, June 7.—Clarence W. Scott, one of ths principals in a group of nineteen defendants charged with conspiring *to defraud the Modern Woodmen of America by means of bogus applications for membership and fraudulent proof of death on insurance policies, withdrew a plea of not guilty and substituted a plea of guilty- to a charge of feloniously receiving money obtained by false pretense. Judge Carl F. Morrow postponed passing of sentence until the other cases are disposed of. Scott offered if called upon to testify in the other cases before the court to talk freely and truthfully, and on this promise Prosecutor Oswald Ryan suggested to the court that the attitude of the defendant be taken into consideration when sentence is pronounced. Dr. Fred A. Kimble charged with being a party to several hundred alleged fraudulent insurance transactions on policies written by Scott and his deputies to collect bonuses for obtaining new business for the company. The policies were taken out in the names of fictitious persons, accompanied by medical certificates alleged to have been signed by Dr. Kimble. One or two premiums were paid on the policies, after which they were allowed to lapse. Scott admitted that payment of two $3,000 death claims by the home .office of the Woodmen was obtained by fraud, and he confessed to receiving a share of the money after the checks were sent to the local Woodmen camp in the names of the beneficiaries.. Seventeen persons, among them former local camp officers and deputies, are in custody. Two others charged with engaging in the conspiracy are fugitives. Dairy Tests Announced Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, June 7.—Thirteen of the twenty-five dairy cattle herds tested by Worth Stanley for the Madison-Hancock Heard Improvement Association are composed entirely of cows giving one or more pounds of butter fat a day. The highest producing herds include those of Herman Brunt, Summitville, eight pure bred Holsteins, 47.1 pounds of fat; Lotis Spaugh, Frankton, ten grade Jerseys, 44.7 pounds, and Charles Fing, Greencastle, nine pure bred Holsteins, 42.7 pounds. Sporting Clubs Elect Cu T imes Special GREENCASTLE, Ind, June 7. Ths Putnam Ccunty Sporting Club lias re-elected the following officers: Ernest Stoner, president; Carl Stewart, secretary, and Harry Wells, treasurer. Arrangements have been made for distribution of 150 pheasant eggs and placing young fish in Putnam county streams this summer. Abandoned Hearing Set Bu United Press KOKOMO, Ind, June 7.—Hearing of the proposed aba mment of the Union Traction line between Kokomo and Logamport has been postponed to June 11. The hearing originally was set for Friday. Howell Ellis of the public service commission, will conduct the hearing. It is reported the Kokomo city administration and Chamber of Commerce will fight abandonment. Aged Man Kills Self By Times Special PERU. Ind, June 7.—Frank Cole, 71, Peoria, 111, despondent dver ill health and the death of his wife four years ago, committed sufcide in a hotel here by swallowing poison. Drouth Causes Loss Bu Timet Soecial TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 7. Lack of rain _ has cost Vigo county strawberry growers. $25,003, according. Ao, Horaqt 'll Abbc&, county farm agent.

Stolen Hen Returned to Task of Hatching

Bu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind.. June 7.—A setting hen, one of eight chickens stolen from the farm of Glenn Colson, east of Gilman,' flapped her wings a few times and went back to her job after Sheriff Fred W. Puckett had returned the feathered loot and arrested James T. Davis, near Reed Station, as a theft suspect. So quickly was the loot re-

MINING ARBITER CHOICE DEFERRED

John L. Lewis Will Be Asked to Aid Union in Selecting Man. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 7. Decision to ask John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers of America., to aid in selection of an arbitrator for district No. 11, vote of the miners was reached in a meeting between the executive boards of the district union and operators here today. According to plans formulated at the meeting, Lewis will meet with Homer Talley, president of the Indiana Coal Operators’ Association, and Michael Ferguson, president of District 11 as soon as possible, to make the selection. The arbitrator, as provided in a contract agroemer t between the miners and operators, signed April 1, this year, will hear arguments on working conditions that come up between the two bodies, and give final ruling on settlement. Other actions taken by the joint boards in the meeting included appointment of a committee to draw up new working conditions for the deep mines in this district using loading machines. The committee is composed of Abe Vales, district vice-president; William Rainey and Frank Barnhart of the miners’ executive board, and Harvey Cartwright, P. L. Donie and John Templeton, of the operators’ association.. No definite date was set for the meeting of the committee on working conditions, but it was said the two committees planned to meet soon.

ELKS HEADS INSTALLED Ceremony Closes 1930 Convention of Lodge at Lafayette. Bit Timex Snerinl LAFAYETTE, June 7.—Officers of the Indiana State Elks Association were installled Friday to close the annual state convention. Frank J. McMichael of Gary, past state president, presided over the ceremonies, assisted by Dr. Albert R. Rocs and Lewis Segal of the Lafayette lodge. Invitations ’of Ft. Wayne and South Bend for the 1931 .session of the asociation will be acted on at a summer meeting. - • Harry Allspauw, West Lafayette, was named state golf champion. J. W. Barber, Anderson, was second, and J. R. Stevenson, Noblesville, third. GIRL’S CHARGES DENIED Indianapolis Men File Pleas After Death of Operation Paiticnt. Bu Timm Snerial COLUMBUS, Ind., June 7.—Jack Lux and Vernon Lake, both of Indianapolis, Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of encouraging the delinquency of Lois Ping, 15-year-old high school girl, who died in the county hospital Sunday following a caesasion operation. Trial date of the men has not been set. Lake’s wife and Lux’s fiancee were in the courtroom when the pleas were entered. Cicero Man Killed Bn Timm SOccinl CICERO, Ind., June 7.—Charles Richards, 55, of Cicero, died in a Kokomo hospital from injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile. He was employed with a Nickel Plate railroad bridge gang. He was riding a railroad motor car when an automobile hit the car at a street crossing! A fender of the machine struck Richards just as he started to jump. He was a first cousin of Judge Fred E. Hines of Hamilton county circuit court here, and Frcfessor L. N. Hines, president of the Indiana State Teachers school at Terre Haute. Milton Woman, 94, Dies Bit Timex Special MILTON, Ind.. June 7. Mrs. Amanda Crook, 94, is dead at the home of her son, Hiram. She made her home at Centerville until two weeks ago. She was a lifelong member of the Friend’s church- She leaves the son, Hiramo; a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Modlin, Whittier, Cal.; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Burial will be made at Jacksonburg. Aged Man Killed Bn VniteA Tretx ' ' MT. VERNON, Ind., June 7. Henry Durham, 73,„was crushed to death under wheels of a freight dar here. He was walking across a trestle over Mill creek and apparently did not see a string of cars that had been loosed by switchmen. Narrowly Escapes Death Bn Timrx Snerial MT. VERNON, Ind., June 7. Death missed Albert Grabert, 29, Black township, by a quarter of an inch. Grabert was working in a barn when a hay fork fell from the loft, striking him in the chest. One of the tines of the fork missed his heart by the fraction of an inch. Liquor Padlocks Placed Bu Timm Snerial FT. WAYNE, Ind., June 7. Eleven places here are under padlock for a year each as a result of national prohibition law violation; bends have been provided in two other cases to prevent closing and modified orders have been issued affecting ten places. Elk Born at Park Zoo Bu Timrx Snrrinl EVANSVILLE, Ind., June 7. Birth of a baby elk in tie Meeker park zoo here was a complete apprise to park employes*. There are now four elk in the parte.

turned that eggs the hen had left without her consent were still warm when she resumed her task. “Why, you came while I was asleep,” Colson exclaimed to Davis. “You have always been asleep when I was there.” the prisoner replied. Colson did not know the chickens were missing until the sheriff returned them.

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Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 7. A S3OO scholarship for the study of French literature abroad has been awarded to Miss Aurora Yetta, Connersville, sophomore student in the French department of Indiana university. The scholarship was granted by the committee on foreign study of the Institute of International Education. Miss Yetta Will study in Paris next year, receiving full credit for her work abroad corresponding to a year spent in Indiana university. Miss Yetta will sail July 16 with a group of students under the supervision of the University of Delaware and will remain abroad approximately a year. The American student group will go to Nancy for three months of extensive study of spoken French, and then to Paris for an academic session of eight months. Later she will tour Italy and visit relatives in Rome. BEQUEST TO DEAD MAN Anderson Woman’s Son Killed Before Settlement of Estate, 81l Times Sncrial ANDERSON, Ind, June 7.—The Anderson Banking Company, administrator, has filed a final report in settlement of the estate of Mrs, Hannah E. Young, former Anderson resident, who died eighteen months ago. The sum of $73,717.49 remained for distribution among two sons, Earl E. and Quincy V. Young, after payment of debts. Qunicy V. Young was killed when he fell or jumped from the window of a Chicago office building before the estate was finally settled, and his share has been turned over to the administrator of his estate. Mrs. Young’s property consisted largely of stock in the Container Corporation of America. NEW BUILDING BOMBED Hole Blown in Roof of Gary Bakery and Dairy. Bu United Press GARY, Ind, June 7.—The opening of the new City Bakery and Blue Ribbon Dairy was featured by a “blow out” not contemplated in the ceremonies. A hole, was blown in the roof of the building by a dynamite bomb thrown from a passing automobile. Father of Six Dies Bu Times Special SARATOGA, Ind, June 7 Mahloon Hinkle is dead here. He leaves the widow, two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Wuncie, and Flossie, at heme; , lour sons, Joseph and Grover, Valparaiso, and V. E. and Jessie at home.

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DRY LAW FOES OPEN CAMPAIGN lITHPETITIONS Northern Indiana Cities Are Canvassed by Groups for Modification. Bu Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., June 7.—This city and others in northern Indiana are being canvassed by a large corps of workers headed by Mrs. Eleanor Dole, Washington, D. C., in obtaining signatures to petitions in a campaign of the Congressional Districts Modification League, the purpose of which is to make the dry law less stringent. “We believe in temperance; not in prohibition,” is the slogan of the organization. Signers of petitions subscribe to a pledge to urge state and national legislators to support modification of prohibition laws. The league is an avowed enemy of the Anti-Saloon League and W. C. T. U. Its leaders hope that within a year enough signatures of persons who will “vote as they drink” will have been obtained to change the minds of dry lawmakers. Commenting on results of the work, Mrs. Dole, state organizer for the league, says: “We have met with unusual response throughout northern Indiana In East Chicago several known bootleggers refused to sign, because, as they admitted, there was no valid reason when they should oppose the prohibition law. The same attitude was encountered when we asked a few local attorney to sign the petition.” Only fifteen out of each 100 persons in South Bend favor the dry law as it stands, Mrs. Dole said, and East Chicago also showed a strong wet tendency. AUNT WILL ALSO BE STEPMOTHER OF FOUR Former Elkhart Man Will Take Dead Wife’s Sister as Bride, Bu Times Special ELKHART, Ind., June 7.—The aunt and stepmother of the four children of Warren Cline will be the same woman after Thursday when he takes as his bride Miss Helen Thomas, sister of his dead wife. Both are former residents here. He is 42 and Miss Cline 34. The first Mrs. Cline died in Pekin, China, where she and her husband had resided while he was engaged in Y. M. C. A. work. Miss Thomas is a graduate of Elkhart high school and of Oberlin college. PROGRAM AT EARLHAM Eighty-Third Commencement Will Be Held Monday, June 16. Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind, June 7.—The complete program for the eightythird commencement exercises at Earlham college, June 13 to 16, is announced by President William Cullen Dennis. Dr. William Wister Comfort, president of Haverford college, Haverford, Pa, will deliver the commencement address. The baccauaureate message will given by Dr. Elbert Russell, professor of biblical interpretation at Duke university. He is a graduate of Earlham. Baccalaureate exercises will be held Sunday afternoon. June 15, in Goddard auditorium and the commencement in the same place Monday morning. WATER FRAUD ALLEGED Service Without Payment Charged Against 219 at Anderson. Be Times Special ANDERSON. Ind, June 7. Walter Brandon, secretary of the municipal water plant, reports he has found 21D consumers whose names did not appear on the list of patrons of the utility, although service was given regularly. Among unlisted consumers was the owner of an apartment house. Magicians Choose Columbus Bu I f!iter! Press FT. WAYNE, Ind, June 7. -- Columbus, O, was chosen as the meeting place for the 1931 convention of the National Brotherhood of Magicians at the close of this year’s meeting here. W. W. Durbin, Denton, O, was re-elected president of the organization; Leslie Guest, Cincinnati, re-elected secretary, and J. J. Lybarger, Harrisburg, Pa, reelected chairman of the executive committee.

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