Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1930 — Page 11

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POWDERS NOSE, AND KILLS SELF

Society Girl, Spurned by Nobleman, Makes Self Prettyfor Death

Jtv U*ite4 Press • CHICAGO. Aug. 22.—Whether Miss Margie Angermeier, 27, of New York killed herself or died accidentally remains a matter of official doubt today with a coroner's jury declining to state an opinion. With all the care of a debutante preparing for an important dance. Miss Angermeier Thursday stood before her bathroom mirror in a loop hotel, fluffed her curls, powdered her nose, rouged her lips, lit a cigaret and smiled approvingly at her attractive reflection in the mirror. Then she drank the contents of a bottle of poison,

GERARD ‘RULER’ LIST DERIDED BY CARAWAY Arkansas Senator Scorr'' ‘U. S. Kings’ Selections as Ridiculous. BY NATHAN ROBERTSON I’nited Press Stiff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug' 22—The i apital is inclined to take lightly James W. Gerard's list of fifty-nine men who he said are the “real rulers" of this country. Most of the men listed by the former ambassador to Germany are outside of official life. Gerard's idea that wealth rules, found considerable support in official circles, however, and his list attracted wide interest today. The list was characterized as “ridiculous" by Senator Caraway 'Dem.. Ark.), chairman of the senate lobby investigating committee. “There is not a man on the list powerful enough to name a member of congress,” Caraway said. “Why Atterbury and Mellon combined couldn't even name a Governor in Pennsylvania this year." W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Secretary of Treasury Mellon, both on Gerard's list, supported Francis Shunk Brown, defeated candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania. Gives List of Own Caraway countered with a partial list of his own, naming seven men who he said were so powerful because of their positions or their influence on public opinion, that they should be included on any list of “rules." He pointed out he was not attempting to name a complete list, but. merely noting some of the more important omissions on Gerard's list. President Hoover headed Caraway's list. Others on it were William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor; Chief Justice Hughes, Senators Robinson iDem.. Ark.) and Borah (Rep.. Idaho), Speaker of the House Longworth and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university. Spokesman for Mary the present, the most important man in the world is Herbert Hoover," Caraway said. “Any President of the United States, whether 'a Democrat or a Republican. is the most powerful man in the world." The Arkansas senator said Green should be on the list because “he speaks for a larger number of people than any one on Gerard's list." Discussing his reasons for naming the others. Caraway said Chief Justice Hughes belonged on the list because the supreme court “constantly remakes the Constitution"; Robinson, because he is the minority leader of the senate and one of its most influential members; Borah, because he “speaks to an audience as large as any one in this country.” Speaker Longworth. because of his power over legislation; Butler, because of the “great number of bright young men and women he reaches as an educator." Supreme in Their Lines Caraway said the men named by Gerard were “supreme in their field.” but that there were many others more important in the field of public opinion. Senator Fletcher (Dem.. Fla.) was inclined to support Gerard's idea, saying, “I think he's about right, the money interests control.” He added, however, that there were “some very important omissions" in the former ambassador's list. “There are some others who exercise much more power and control whom he doesn't mention." the Florida senator said.

Explains About Hoover Bv tailed Press NEW YORK. Aug. 22.—President Hoover would have been the first mar chosen by former Ambassador James M. Gerard among the fiftynine “rulers of America." if the chief executive were in private life. Gerard made that assertion in replying by telegram to questions which the United Press asked in connection with the list of men he had selected *s guides of the nation’s destinies. “The President was not included, as I left off ail officials." Gerard answered. “If he were in private life, his ability would entitle him to ffTst place." Nine Hurt When Stand Falls Bv failed Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Aug. 22. Authorities today are attempting to ascertain the cause of the collapse of a section of bleachers at the Hamilton county fairground that resulted to serious injury of Mrs. Fred Anderson, farmer's wife, and slight injury of eight other persons. Livestock Dies in Fire BAINBRIDGE, Ind.. Aug. 22 Fifty tons of hay. eight calves, a saddla horse, harness and machinery were burned In a barn on the John Huffman farm The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. Insurance was carried on the barn but the stock and other contents, owned by Aaron Goodwin, tenant, were not insured. - .

Foil Leaned tVir* Sr*4ee of tha (.'sited Pros Association

‘Take It, Helen!’ Grab That $20,000 Bequest—Bobby Jones’ Advice.

Bu United Pi i ss NEW YORK. Aug. 22—Helen Wills Moody ought to take the $20,000, Bobby Jones believes. The world's greatest golfer was replying to a question as to whether Mrs. Moody, the world’s greatest woman tennis player, should accept the $20,000 bequest left her in the will of Senator Phelan of Califomiq. “Why shouldn't she?" he asked. “I wish someone would leave me the same amount and see how quick I would take it!” “What about that $50,000 house you refused to accept from Atlanta friends a few years ago?” “That was different. I. think it is absolutely asinine for any one even to question Helen's procedure in this instance. Aij heir to an estate or part of an estate has all the right in the world to accept an inheritance." Bobby then was induced to talk of his future golf plans: “I don’t want to say whether I will quit golf after the amateur or not. It would be embarrassing for me to commit myself to leaving the game and then want to come back again. I get a big kick out of competition, although sometimes there is a big kick back, especially when I don't win.”

THUMBS DOWN ON MEMORIAL Wabash Prefers Low Tax to Street Light Marker. B Times Special WABASH, Ind.. Aug. 22.—This city —said to have been the first to use electricity for street lighting—will not pay a 2-cent tax rate increase to provide a $2,000 fund for erecting a light memorial. At a session of the city council considering a budget, the memorial proposal was rejected, although no one objected to it, except on the ground of expense. H. , H. Hutchens, an advocate of the memorial, declared he thought Wabash's refusal to act was a discredit to the city and said he believed taxpayers would not object to a 2-cent increase to raise the fund. Plummer, city attorney, asserted that low taxes make a city attractive to industry, and declared more factories for Wabash was of higher importance than building the memorial.

Leprosy Scare Results From Action of Joker

Ft/ Times Special Hammond, ind, Aug. 22. A leprosy scare which started in Calumet City. 111., spread to Hammond and for several hours kept many citizens worried. Investigation at Calumet City revealed that the scare was the result of a joker's work. In handwriting resembling that of Edward S. O'Brien. Calumet City health officer, was scrawled a

CITY MAY BE SUED IN RAID AFTERMATH

Bv Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Aug. 22.—Police campaign against gambling and liquor traffic has assumed proportions of a strong-arm marathon, with a record of t-Wdiity raids so far this week. In their wake are six wrecked establishments alleged to have been booze or gaming places. Armed with hammers and axes from the fire department a squad of police raided six places in the downtown section in quick succession, performing the Carrie Nation act on locked doors, bars, tables and other articles. In a place operated by Sam Ross, where frequent raids have availed nothing, due to a system of peepholes and warning signals, the raiders not only wrecked fixtures believed to have been used in gaming

Beer, Beacon Blaze to Celebrate Birth of British Princess

Bv Tailed Press GLAMIS. Scotland. Aug. 22.—A princess was born to the duchess of York Thursday night as the tulmult of storm rumbled over the Scottish moorland and a driving rain whipped against the weatherworn walls of Glamis castle. The duchess and her second, daughter, who is fourth in line of j succession to the British throne, were reported early today to be j progressing satisfactorily. ■riie princess probably will bei

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walked put into the bedroom and lay down to wait for death. That description of the former New York society girl's last toilette was given at the coroner’s inquest. Arthur M. Clarks, night manager, and George M. Reynolds, hotel detective, testified that they stood across the court watching helpless as Miss Angermeier swallowed the poison. Miss Angermeier was described to the jury as a “broken-hearted young woman, who sought to forget a love affair with an English nobleman by indulging in a xound of cocktail parties.”

AIMEE OUSTS MRS. KENNEDY FROMTEMPLE •But I Quit Long Ago,’ Says Mother as Elders Serve Notice. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.—The breach between Aimee Semple McPherson, dynamic evangelist, and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, widened today when Mrs. Kennedy definitely withdrew from the affairs of Angelus temple as the latest move in the three-day verbal conflict between the two women. Both were recuperating from illness as the split came, Mrs. McPherson in her beach cottage, where she is recovering from a nervous breakdown, and Mrs. Kennedy in a Brentwood sanitarium, where she is nursing a broken nose she says she received at the hands of her daughter. Mrs. Kennedy’s decision was made when she, learned of a resolution adopted by the Angelus Temple elders which she interpreted as “ordering her out” of the million-dollar four-square temple. “They can't tell me to get out,” Mrs. Kennedy was quoted. “Because I’m already out. I wouldn’t return if they gave it to me.” Mrs. McPherson directed the resolution from her Las Tunas b#ach cottage and ordered that her mother be informed of the resolution which also called on the elder woman to “cease her statements.” Two elders undertook to deliver the resolution to Mrs. Kennedy, but were met and turned back at the gates of the sanitarium by Miss Khar vina Barzek, ex-circus performer and now Mrs. Kennedy’s chauffeur “You can t see her,” declared Miss Parzek with authority. “Ma's sick and if you have anything to say, you’ll say it to me. Ma wants you all to know she quit the temple long ago." BIKE~ BUSINESS "GROWS Manufacture of Motorcycles Falls Off Almost 10 Per Cent. Bu United Press WASH'NGTON, Aug. 22—The bicycle ir iustry is showing signs of new 115 i, despite the general idea that motorization has forced slower and more laborious methods of transportation into the background. A census bureau report showed that while the manufacture of motorcycles fell off 9.3 per cent and their value 5.7 per cent in 1929, as compared with 1927, the output of bicycles increased 20.5 per cent in number and 6.6 per cent in value for the same period.

sign. “No one allowed on this street—four cases of leprosy.” The sign was placed on Webb street, a short section of which had been closed to traffic due to to the serious condition of Spyros G. Sarros, declared by physicians to be suffering from decomposition of the heart. The street had been closed to insure quiet, as the sick mans condition was such that he could not be moved.

and booze selling, but advanced to the proprietor's living quarters upstairs, breaking furniture to bits. The crusade was directed by Mayor Mellett, assisted by Alvin Riggs, police chief. The mayor has declared himself' “through with the business of search warrants.” He said it has become impossible to obtain evidence against law violators by “silk glove" methods and henceforth police will resort to the “hammer and tong" method. Five of the six men whose places were smashed have announced that they will hld the city liable for damages, and Samuel E. Johnson, local attorney, and former prosecutor of Madison county has bee l retained by them. The campaign followed persistent rumors that federal prohibition agents have been operating secretly here several days.

named Margaret, a name high in the records of Scottish history and, because of its familiarity in the Strathmore family, a favorite with the duchess. Church bells throughou f the neighborhood of Glamis sounded the rejoicing of the people at midnight and searchlights swung their slender beacons through a dark sky, swept by thunder and the dazzling flash of lightning. Warships in all ports were or-, so-

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William W. Wood, vice-president of the Guyon Manufacturing Company, New York, and Thomas J. Mclntosh, New York salesman, told the jury Miss Angermeier lived at a leading- hotel for ten days before drinking the narcotic, that she had been disappointed over & love affair with a noblesman whom she met at Detroit, and that she drank excessively during her stay here. Wood said Miss Angermeier had planned to return to New York last Sunday. He and Mclntosh took her to her train, he testified, but she decided not to go, returned with them to the hotel and left soon after. Wood said she had been drinking and that he asked the house detective to watch her.

Queen of Toy Golfers

Mrs. Mary Jane Meyers. SpinkA r m s hotel, Thursday night captured the women’s toy golf championship of the city in The Times tournament, and will compete Saturday night for the city-wide title against the men’s champion. The latter will be named tonight when Morris McIntyre and Theodore Siener clash at the Plaza course, Pennsylvania and Michigan streets.

HIGH NAMES BARED BY ZUTA RECORDS

Capper to Cop But imes Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. Aug. 22. —Roscoe Stephenson, police captain, who attended a benefit affair for the city zoo with Chief Wesley R. Kibbey as his companion, won a bottle capper on a wheel of chance. Stephenson kept the prize only a few minutes. The chief whispered in his ear and he handed the capper back.

DELAY GOTHAM QUIZ Contempt Action Against Three Are Demanded. Bu United Frees NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The federal grand jury's investigation of the Ewald case was put over until Monday today after Charles H. Tuttle, United States attorney, had asked Federal Judge Burrows to bring contempt proceedings against three of the pensions involved. They are Mrs. Bertha Ewald, Martin J. Healy and Thomas Tommaney. After Tuttle’s petition was made, counsel and the court agreed there might have been some standing concerning the questions. Accordingly, Tommaney was taken before the jury againMAYORCENSURED FOR MINIATURE GOLF WORK Bedford Street Official Also Condemned for Use of City Property. Bu Times Special BEDFORD, Ind., Aug. 22.—Mayor Henry S. Murray and Martin Ridge, street commissioner, face anew miniature golf hazard, in the form of a decision by the city council that hereafter no municipality owned equipment shall be used outside the city without the council's permission. Tire council censured the mayor and Ridge for permitting use of Bedford’s trucks and machinery in constructing miniature courses at Loogootee, Oolitic and Paoli. One councilman condemning the action said Murray and Ridge “should have known better.” SI 6,075 _ TO REWARD Offer Made Following Hi-Jacking of Cigarets Worth 532,000. Bn Times Special DYER, Ind.. Aug. 22.—A reward of $16,075 posted by the Insurance Company 'of North America, is a sequel to three cases of cigaret hijacking in this section within a few months, in which more than $32,000 worth of cigarets was stolen. In the most recent case, the loot was valued at SIB,OOO. In each case the loot was cigarets owned by a Louisville company which were being taken to Chicago by truck.

ldered to fire a salute today and bells will be rung throughout the country prior to the traditional lighting of .beacons —delayed Thursday night by rain—on Hunters hill, near the birthplace of the princess. The birth of the princess in the right wing of ancient Glamis castle, where legend says the “ghost of Glamis” wahts, was more joyously received because of some anxiety caused by recent lack of official word from the castle. ** ' • * - -

Education Board Chief Is Linked to Gangster by Books. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—A veteran campaigner against crime, who has earned the title of “Honest Pat,” opened today for public inspection the records which told the story of the Zuta milions and the gangsters and officials who shared in them. Names of high men and low appeared prominently in the 497 documents, which Pat Roche, stocliy, hard-fisted son of Ireland, found in Jack Zuta’s secret vaults and opened so that all might read. Roche, who still retains a thick brogue and who, since coming to America has served as policeman, government agent, income tax collector, prohibition agent, and special investigator for John A. Swanson, state's atorney, continued Iris search for more records, which he believed Zuta, a slain gang leader, had hidden. High Names Are Bared Among the many names, not previously announced, which Roche made public as apeparing in Zuta’s books were those of Nate De Lue, assistant business manager for the Chicago board of education: Attorney Simon Herr, law partner of the former Judge Emanuel Eller, and Paul W. Rothenberg, former chief deputy coroner and a Republican ward committeeman. The records disclosed how Zuta, a leader in the Moran-Aiello-Zuta northside gang combine, handled annually millions of dollars tribute which Chicagoans paid to gangland, how he operated dog tracks and vice syndicates, drove enemy gangsters from the city, played important roles in the city's politics, and, possibly, how he conducted himself when his wealth w? ' threatened. Girl's Statement Cited One document in which Roche showed special interest w r as an official statement given to police by a girl who was arrested three years ago. This girl, who never was indicted, told the officers, according to the document, that she came here at the request of Joe ("Peppy) Genero and Thomas (Mops) Volpe to lure Zuta into a kidnaping trap which they planned for him. Roche pointed out that the girl’s statement never was made public by the police, but that Zuta, somehow', obtained it, and that shortly after the date it was obtained, Genero and Volpe were mysteriously slain. Loses Arm and Legs Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 22.—Truman Cline, Camden, taken alive from the wreckage of a burning automobile in which his three companions lost their lives, has suffered amputation of his legs and right arm at a hospital here.

The new princess follows her 4-year-old sister. Princess Elizabeth, in line of succession to the throne, to which her bachelor uncle, the prince of Wales, is heir. Had a son been born, he would have taken precedence over Princess Elizabeth. Should the prince of Wales marry and have issue, his children would take precedence over heirs of his brother, the duke of York. The beacon on Hunters Hill will be

HUGE FORTUNE STARTED WITH WASHBOILER Wife of Wisconsin Doctor Made Three Millions in Beauty Business. FACE LOTIONS COST BIG I Women Neglect Everything to Buy Rouge, Powder, Says Expert. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—Women spend money to keep their faces pretty even if they have to wear old shoes and stockings with holes in the toes. Mrs. Ruth D. Maurer, “godmother” of the beauty industry, told the United Press. “They have to do it to hold jobs and get new ones,” Mrs. Maurer said. “The average family spent S9O a year in 1920 for cosmetics and beauty treatments,” she continued, “and they are spending just as much this year, depression or not. Permanent waving is the only line in our business which has shown a decrease in volume.” Mrs. Maurer, wife of a La Crosse (Wis.) physician, is one of the few women who have made more than $1,000,000 in their own right. She started with S3OO and a wash boiler and built a $3,000,000 fortune. Women workers, and not society women, Mrs. Maurer said, form the bulk of the cosmetic trade. Men fast are growing “cosmetic minded,” she added, and one of the big problems of the beauty shops is to keep them out. “The best of them,” she said, “will come down to the shop to take a treatment with their wives, and try to ‘date’ the operator. It brings about unpleasantness, because of gossip and the like. The best shops will not permit a man to enter.” A shop girl can keep herself “in fine trim” with fifteen minutes careful work and expenditure of 7 to 10 cents a day,’’ Mrs. Maurer said. “She should buy her cream, powder and l'ouge in a large quantity,” she continued, “on going to bed put on the cream. In the morning, dash a little water on the face, take a sponge bath, and rub the cream off and put on more.”

MOTHER AND SON TO FACE TRIAL TOGETHER Accused of Attacking Kinswoman Who Refused Property Gift. Bu Times Special WABASH, Ind., Aug. 22.—Mrs. Sam Howe and son Jack are at liberty under SSOO bond each pending trial at the September term of Wabash circuit court on charges of assault and battery on Mrs. Minerva Kinkade, mother of Mrs. Howe. It is alleged Mrs. Kinkade was attacked because she refused to sign a deed to property as a gift to her daughter and grandson. They admit demanding the property, asserting they were entitled to it for taking care of Mrs. Kinkade during the past several years.

Confederate Veteran, 94, Works Daily in Garden

By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 22. Daniel Baker, 94-year-old Confederate veteran of the Civil war, has worked in a three-acre garden throughout the summer, and has arose at 4 every morning to get more time for working. “Personally, I am in my teens,” Baker says. He has remarkable sight, and has never worn glasses. His hearing is good and he walks without a cane.

OLDEST REPORTER DIES AT JONESBORO

Bv Times Special MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Aug. 22. —Charles J. Gray, 70, dean of Indiana newspaper reporters, who was on the staff of the Evening Dis 7 patch here for more than 40 years, is dead at Jonesboro. Less than a EVEN JAIL - ISN’T SAFE Prisoner in Jail at Vincennes Suffers in ‘Kangaroo Court.’ B ' VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. 22.—A swollen lip. scratched face and torn shirt, received during a "kangaroo court" session in the Knox county jail, won Vincent Manning, 21. Decker, leniency when he appeared before Mayor Kimmell on an intoxication charge. Manning, after being fined $lO and costs by Mayor Kimmell. explained he had been the victim of a “kangaroo court” session during the night. .. “That's enough! You re free, the mayor declared. “If that’s all the protection the jailer can give the prisoners, he should be released. The fine is suspended.”

lighted at 9 tonight, and at that time the villagers of Glamis will be given beer from two large barrels placed beside the great pile of brushwood and fir trees erected for the occasion. Twenty foresters worked to collect wood for the beacon and the blaze will be visibl'e throughout County Angus and in many parts of Perthshire, as well as the North Sea, if weather is clean

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All You Have to Do to Be Beautiful Is — Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 22. —The latest beauty “tips” gathered at the American Association of Cosmetitians and Hair Artists, are: Remember eyes and mouth are the two most important features of your appearance. More care should be devoted to them than any others. Shadow (not shade) the eyelids. Place the shadowing on well, then cover with powder so that the coloring barely is visible. Careful use of lipstick can make small mouths look larger and thick lips look thin Be sure your lipstick matches your gown. In selecting powder, get a shade that matches youa normal skin. Take some part of the body unexposed to determine this shade. Unless of very dark complexion, use that shade always. Dark powder for gypsy types. When wearing light clothes, use lighter shade of rouge. Medium color for dark gowns. Brighter hue of rouge for evening. Dry faces wrinkle much faster than oily ones.

DRAMATIST ON INDIANA VISIT Writer and Producer Once . Employed in Store. Bu Times Special ... SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 22. Jacques di Castello, whose work in writing and directing dramatic productions won him. a scholarship in the Sargeant School of Dramatic Art, London, England, is a guest here of Mr. Mrs. M. P. Milleson. Twenty-five years ago he was an employe in a wallpaper store operated by Milleson. Asa lecturer for the Louisiana department of education, di Castello speaks in every school and college of the state once each year and continues his writing and direction of plays. He lives in New Orleans. “The Human Side of History” will be di Castello’s next venture. He has obtained material from residents of southern states, particularly those living in Civil war to get their reaction to the conflict. FIGHT FALSE ALARM Cops Ask Public’s Aid in Catching ‘Jokers*’ After three false alarms called out several pieces of apparatus within ten minutes Thursday night, police and fire officials asked citizens to watch fire alarm boxes in order to aid in apprehending persons who are sending the alarms. Location of each box from which a false alarm is sent will be broadcast over police radio WMDZ as a further step ip stopping the practice. The department has had 250 false alarms since Jan. 1.

Baker has been a resident here forty-five years, during most of which he worked as a. log cutter. He resides with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Holeman. Born in Boston, Mass., in 1836. Baker ran away from home at the age of 12 to work in the cotton mills of the south. When the Civil war started, he enlisted in Virginia, and fought in most of the important battles below the Mason and Dixon line.

year ago a paralytic stroke forced him to cease his work here, and he was removed to the home of his brother, William P. Gray, in Jonesboro, where he was bedfast. Mr. Gray was born in Upland. He attended grade school there and he also attended Asbury college, now De Pauw university, but due to lack of funds left his studies before graobation. He came to Michigan City in 1836 as a printer. A year later he began his career as a reporter on the Dispatch. CLAIMS SET Special Session of Court Called in Liberty Bank Case, Bv Times Special . LIBERTY, Ind., Aug. 22.—Claims against the closed Citizens bank here will be presented at a special session of Union circuit court which will open Monday. A depositors’ commitee contention that claims- of depositors shall be paid first, even before those of bondholders, will be one of the matters to be considered by the court.

The natives commented widely on the ancient tradition at Glamis concerning the good luck of children born in August. “Pleasant shall be its path, lucky its love, rich its life's reward," is the legend carved in Gaelic on the famous crypt at the castle where the duchess of York played as a child. It was recalled that the duchess herself was bom on Aug. 4 and grew up to carry out her childhood promise that "I’ll marry a duke." - *

$71,105 IN CITY FUNDS TIED UP BY TREASURER Retirement of Barrett Law Bonds Is Halted by Robinson’s Action. SEEKS COURT MANDATE Admits Desire to Have 1929 Statute Declared as Unconstitutional. BY BEN STERN Refusal of Clyde E. Robmson, county and city treasurer, to certify checks drawn on the “special assessment delinquency and deficit! fund to pay improvement deficiencies, has tied up $71,105 of tha city’s funds. Retirement of Barrett? law improvement bonds is halted. His action is hailed as result ofl desire to set aside the 1929 statute, and permit him to collect 60 per cent of delirquency penalties, as provided by former statutes. Robinson admits that he wants the city to seek a mandate from Marion comity courts to order him to certify on the fund, in order that the court may declare’the present statute unconstitutional, and so give back to him funds accruing from Barrett law delinquencies. “I am refusing to certify on the fund because the city is seeking to use this special fund for improvednent of Capitol avenue, which the law prohibits," Robinson said. 'Knocks Off 60 Per Cent’ “The treasurer doesn't want to permit the use of this fund becausa it will knock him out of 60 per cent of the delinquencies, which he has received in the past," charges Charles E. Ettinger, deputy controller assigned to the city Barrett law department. Robinson collected $5,574.66 in 1929 and $7,300.13 in 1928 as his 60 per cent of the penalties.- The remaining 40 per cent has, in the past, gone into the city's generalfund. If the 1929 legislature had not passed a statute setting up the special fund, Robinson would be eligible to draw $4,451.69 as his sham of penalties collected from Jan. 1 to July 1, Ettinger said. The statute declares; “The special assessment delinquency and deficit fund shall consist of the interest on all cash payments of Barrett law assessments .. . the depository interest on all prepayments of Barrett law assessments ... all fees and penalties collected on the delinquent assessments and all depository interest accruing on funds paid by any person assessed fer public improvements.” Various Items Arc Assembled “Out of said fund,” it continues.’* there shall be paid all deficiencies in improvements funds hereafter arising because of the failure of the city or town to levy sufficient valid assessments resulting from tha failure to collect interest on assessments after delinquency, or for any other reason. There shall also be paid jout of said fund any improvement bonds and interest coupons hereafter issued which shall have matured." Although Robinson has refused to certify for such a special fund, tha various items have been assembled on the books by the city Barrett law department and show a total of $71,105.06. Contractors and banks holding the Barrett law bonds are demanding payment, but as Robinson refuses to permit payment from the fund they can not receive their money. Previous statutes provided for tha payment of 10 per cent as a penalty for delinquency on Barrett law assessments. but a more recent act has cut this penalty to 2 per cent at month.

ASSESSMENT FAVOREO Stockholders of Closed Monticell® Bank Decide on Step. B,v Times Special MONTICELLO, Ind., Aug. 22. Stockholders of the defunct National bank have voted to subject themselves to an assessment to provide funds, for payment of a deficiency note of the White County Loan and Trust Company. The amount of the assessment can. not be determined until a decision, is rendered in federal court on a. bill of equity fixing value of assets of the bank. The amount of the deficiency note is $23,000. TYPHOID CAUSES SUITS Two Sufferers Seek Damages of $5,000 Each at Ft. Wayne, Bv ratted Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 22.—The city of Ft. Wayne and the Wabash railroad are defendants in two more damage suits resulting from the typhoid epidemic here in 1929. The suits were filed by Geneva Alberts and Cecil Kepford and ask $5,000 each for illness said to have resulted from drinking city water. It was alleged that the city and the railroad were negligent in allowing raw water from St, Mary’s river to run into city mains through *. defective valve. Cancerous Growth Fatal Bv Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind-, Aug. 27. —Frederick Irwin Fulk, 4. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fulk, Noble county, is dead as the result of an unusual ailment in. a child, a cancerous growth on the liver and stomach, which became fastened to the ribs. Brick Cheapest Weapon MT. VERNON, Ind., Aug. 22. Pines imposed by Justice of the Peace G. L. Hoehn on two Negro youths, Herschei Smith and Philip Jackson, apparently prove that in fighting it is cheaper to use a brick than a knife. Smith who had a knife as a weapon was fined sls and costs, while Jackson, who chose a brick, was fined $5 and costs. >