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STEEL CITY FOR STATE AT COST OF $3W00,000 Port Williams Development to Start Early in 1931 Will Employ Thousands. , BP Time* Special EAST CHICAOO, Ind., Nov. 22. Building of Indiana’s second steel city will begin early in 1931, it was announced following a meeting here' of directors of the National Steel Corporation, which will develop Port Williams, on the shore of Lake Michigan, as another Gary. The site is between Gary and Michigan City and comprises 2,500 acres on which $30,000,000 will be spent. Thousands of men will be e.mployed in the construction work, the directors said. Insull interests have purchased a large acreage in connection with the site and will use it in development of a residential and business section for those the industry will employ. Cost Lower Now Recently a $25,000,000 plant was completed at Ecorse, Mich., for the Great Lakes Steel Company, a national subsidiary. In March, when the Port William site was purchased, the National officials announced they would begin development of the industry W'hen the other plant was completed, and at their meeting here stated they were carrying out that promise. They point out that low labor and material prices now prevailing make the present an advantageous time for construction. The site of the new steel city is named for John D. Williams, president of the National corporation. More Expansion Possible Another addition to the Indiana steel industry is being discussed due to a belief that Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel will erect a western plant, provided court sanctions, giving a merger of Bethlehem and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. This would assure expansion of the present Youngstown plant at Indiana Harbor, it is | said. INITIATION FOR SIXTEEN Pi Lambda Theta Sorority of I. U. to Hold Ceremony Dec. 3. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 22. Pi Lambda Theta, national honorary sorority for women in education, announces pledging of sixteen Indiana imiversity women students. The pledges, who will be Initiated Saturday. Dec. 6, are: Ruth Burgner, Veedersburg: Mabel C. Bowen, Glenwood; Mildred Corrie, Brownsburg; Mary Janet Derr. Boonville; Mary Prances Hale, Ft. Wayne; Mabel Hess, Vallonla; Mrs. Lottie Kirby, Bloomington; Ruth McCabe, Williamsport; Cilia Anne Rotman, Jasonville: Helen M. Stewart, Williamsport; Charlotte Steir, Ft. Wayne; Mary Prudence Thompson, Louisville; Alice E. Vawter, Laporte; Catherine Walsh. Ft. Wayne; Mrs. j Adaline B. Wood, Danville, and j Marguerite Vogeding. Garrett. SHOW MUSIC IN BOOK Scores of Dc Pamv “Moan-on-Re- J vue” Will Be Published. By United Pros GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 22. ; Musical scores of the 1931 “Moan-on-Revue," original all-campus show of De Pauw university, will be published in book form this year. The revue is scheduled for Dec. 12 and 13. The music was composed by Harold Robert Bloomington. A special cover design for the book has ben made by Robert Lowe, Anderson, art editor of the Yellow Crab, De Pauw’s humor magazine. Six hundred copies of the book will be printed and distributed. Two changes in the cast have been announced. Joseph Hutchins, Marion, will play one of the leads and Mary Sargent. Chatham, N. J., the part of a page. Mother of Fifteen Dies By United Press ATLANTA. Ind.. Nov. 22.—Mrs. j Susan Alexander, 79. wife of William B Alexander, is dead. She was the mother of fifteen children, five of whom died during the diphtheria epidemic in 1877. Two of | the children who survived that scourge are William and Edward Alexander, both residents of Howard county. Other living children are Judd Alexander. Mrs. Perry Pickering, Mrs. Lloyd Rivers, Mrs. J. F. Kilmer, Charles and Thomas Alexander and James Alexander. Kiw&nis Club Electa By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Nov 22. I New officers of the Noblesville Ki- I wanis Club are president, H. H. 1 Dittbrenner; vice-president, the Rev. | G. E- Jones; trustee, Samuel Weldy; board of directors, John T. Kester, j H. G. Panestt, Dr. Earl Brooks, Donald Jenkins, Willard Hare, Clar- j ence Barker and Raymond Caca. They ’Rill sponsor a request to pave a road connecting Arcadia, Cicero i and Atlanta, a distance of nine miles. Mason 67 Years Buried By Times Special EL WOOD. Ind . Nov. 22.—Funeral services were held Friday for Amos j C. Ratcliffe, 87. a member of the j Masonic lodge for sixty-seven years,! who died after an illness of two! months.

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Scripps-Howard Editor at Evansville Wins in Seven- Year Bridge War P.h Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 22,—After a seven-year fight against a toll bridge, Fred R. Peters, editor of the Evansville Press, a ScrippsHoward newspaper, is chronicling today the story of construction progress on anew $5,000,000 public span across the Ohio river from Evansville, Ind., to Henderson, Ky. Work on the project began this week, almost seven years to the day after the bridge committee of the Evansville Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting to advocate it. In the meantime, Peters, often single-handed, has insisted: “There should be no perpetual toll on a public highway.”

Painful Error pp Times Special REDKEY, Ind., NOV. 22. Lewis Gay lor thought he was placing liniment on a wrist sprained while shucking corn, but he picked up the wrong bottle and used carbolic add. Today the wrist is in worse condition than it was from the sprain.

$2,500 SET AS TAX WAR FUND Anderson Retains Attorneys to Fight State Board. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—8 y unanimous vote the five members of the city council appropriated $2.500 to pay attorneys retained to represent the city administartion in its court contest of a 77-cent tax rate ordered by the state tax board. Fred Gause, Indianapolis attorney and former judge of the Indiana supreme court, and the firm of Pence & O’Neill, Anderson, will represent the city, opposed by James M. Ogden, attorney-general. Mayor J. H. Mellett says the rate fixed by the state board is inadequate and charges that it was inspired by purely political motives during the recent campaign. The council had asked for a rate of 85 cents, the same rate established by the previous city administration, 1 plus a 23-cent special levy to retire one-half of a $194,000 debt inherited from the former administration. Following action of the board. Ft. Wayne and Peru bankers instituted a suit demanding a 47-cent special levy to raise money necessary to pay all of the $194,000 represented in certificates they hold. Both actions are pending in Madison county courts. NEW SCHOOL PROPOSED Place for Senior High Students Asked by Ball College. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 22.—Establishment of a senior high school at the Burris training school, practice school of Ball State Teachers college, is proposed in the budget submitted by President L. A. Pittenger. Junior high school students now are attending the school, but President Pittenger declares the need of a senior school is very pressing. An unusual growth in the student body is largely responsible for the request for an increase of $131,566 over the total granted for the last two years. JOB bodFbegins work Former Studebaker Executive Directs St. Joseph County Task. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22. The unemployment relief committee of St. Joseph county has started its work. W. W. Austin, chairman, announced. Austin, a retired executive of the Studebaker Corporation, received formal notification of his appointment from Governor Harry G. Leslie Tuesday. He will select a group of eight or ten to serve on the board. Definite policies will not be formulated until after a thorough survey of economic conditions in the county has been completed by the full membership of the committee. Club Sponsors Show By Times Special ST. PAUL, Ind., Nov. 22.—The newly-organized St. Paul Lions Club has set Dec. 12 and 13 as dates for a four-township coni show to be held here. Townships invited to participate are: Adams in Decatur county, Liberty and Noble in Shelby county, and Orange in Rush county. In connection with the com displays there will be domestic art classes for women. Murder Charges Stand By United Press SCOTTSBURG, Ind., Nov. 22. Judge R. Carney overruled a motion to quash indictments charging conspiracy to commit murder against the Rev. B. J. Westbrook and George Washington, Indianapolis. Both are Negroes. The indictments were returned after the body of Edward D. Pierson, Negro, Chicago, was found in the Muscatatuck river, north of Scottsburg, April 18. Wife, 70, Asks Divorce By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Nov. 22. After thirty-five days, marriage proved irksome to Mrs. Rosa B. Stefanski, 70, and she has applied for divorce from Michael Stefanski, 60, charging cruelty. It was the plaintiff's third marriage venture and the defendant’s, second. They were married Oct. 6, 1930, and separated Nov. 12.

Representatives and senators op- ] posed him, the Chamber of Commerce once abandoned the struggle, | citizens' associations sought injunctions to tie up the bridge funds and members of the state legislature I sought to repeal the free bridge authorization. The fight at length reached the United States supreme | court. Supreme Court Ruled Last April a lengthy opinion writj ten by Chief Justice Hughes sustained a contract entered into by Kentucky and Indiana for the building of the bridge and ordered prog- • ress reports on the construction ! work every six months until com- | pleted. | “ ’Twas a long, hard fight, mates, but the Ohio bridge is won,” the ; Press headlined the story anncunc- : ing the award of the construction j contracts, recently, i ‘‘ln few cities have there been i longer or more determined contests,” 1 Peters wrote. Asa member of the first Chamber | of Commerce committee, Peters be- | gan the free bridge fight in NovemI ber, 1923. Because the projected span would form a link in United States Highway No. 41, main trunk line between Chicago and Florida, Peters and his supporters took the position the bridge should be as free as the state highways. In this he was supported by several members of the Indiana highway commission. A booster fund of S9OO was raised at the outset, but more than ten times this amount was spent in promotion and legal expenses before the flight was won. With the two-state contract negotiated, and the necessary legislation passed by the Indiana assembly, the project suffered a staggering blow when Kentucky voters rejected in 1926 the $75,000,000 omnibus road bond issue which was to provide funds for that state’s share of the expense. Suffered Severe Setback Starting all over again, anew plan was presented to the Indiana ! legislature in 1927. Meanwhile, the private toll bridge interests had undertaken extensive lobbying in Evansville and Indianapolis, winning large followings with the pledge to start work within sixty or ninety days. It was a dark hour for the free bridge advocates, already more than four years in the field. Then, in the 1928 Chamber of Commerce elections the toll bridge advocate won the presidency. The old bridge committee, for a time, was unwelcome at home. Peters and his friends called a mass meeting of 100 leading citizens. A resolution was adopted pledging the community to support the Ken-tucky-Indiana plan, regardless of the Chamber of Commerce elections. The two states wrote anew contract and tested its validity in the supreme court. Thus assured, the committee then swept away the last political resistance in the Indiana highway commission, defeated the members of { congress who had fought for the toll bridge and at length reunited the I entire community behind the twoJ state contract. Woman Suffers Bums j By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22. Mrs. Ray Terry is recovering from burns suffered when a can of naphtha in which she was cleaning some clothes exploded and set fire to her dress. Several men passing by noticed a cloud of smoke gush from a cellar window where Mrs. Terry was working. They rushed in and stripped her flaming clothes from her. Her arms, hands and face were severely burned. Tax Fight Counsel Retained By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22. Mayor J. H. Mellett has employed Fred Gause, Indianapolis attorney, as counsel in a suit pending in Madison circuit court against the state board of tax commissioners. The suit, filed by Wilbur G. Austin, member of the Anderson works boad, seeks to declare void a city tax rate of 77 cents fixed by the state board. The 77-cent rate is 31 cents less than the mayor and the city council declare is necessary for expenses in 1931, and retirement of a $194,000 debt. Club Meeting Set BV Times Special CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Nov. 22.—The Sixth District Federation of Women's Clubs will hold its annual convention April 11, gt Brookville, it was decided at a meeting of the district council here. A committee was named to revise the constitution to conform with the universal membership. The question of universal membership will be determined the first of the year. It is reported to be receiving favorable consideration from clubs of the district. Recount Changes Result By United Press ELKHART, Ind.. Nov. 22.—A recount of the vote for superior court candidate in Elkhart county is reported favorable to Judge William B. Hile, who had been believed defeated by Orrin Conly by nine votes in the Nov. 4 election. Hile’s election by a majority of more than twenty is forecast. Lawmaker Indicted By United. Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22. Edward J. Bouchard, real estate operator, was indicted here Friday on charges of embezzlement and false pretense. It is charged three persons lost about SIO,OOO in fraudulent real estate deals engineered by Bouchard. He was a Republican rep-esentative in the general assembly in 1929. Mancie Man Appointed By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind,, Nov. 22.—Appointment cf Glenn D. Brown, Muneie school official, as county chairman of a better homes committee, has been announced by the Better Homes in America Association in Washington.

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BIDS RECEIVED FOR 12 INDIANA ROADPROJECTS Paving and Grading Work Proposals Studied by Highway Board. Bids were received today on twelve state road projects by the Indiana state highway commission. Eleven of the projects were for paving and the twelfth establishment of a grade. Canvass of the bids showed the following low bidders: State Road 54, Bloomfield to Bedford, 8.529 miles, John J. Quinn Company, Inc., Bedford; bid $152,579.19, State Road 28, Tipton to Alexandria, 13.322 miles, Grace Construction and Supply Company, Ft. Wayne. $194,081.91. State Road 20, Gary to Michigan City, one-tenth mile east of Lake and Porter county line, 3-282 miles, Barnes Brothers, Inc., Gary; $141,042.88. State Road 20, Gary to Michigan City, one-tenth mile east of Lake county line to one mile west of Porter. 4.746 miles, Barnes Brothers Construction Company; $205,975.71. State road 20, Gary to Michigan City, one mile west to one mile east of Porter county line. 4.73 miles. Calumet Paving Company. Gary. $253,160.88. State road 20. Gary to Michigan City, in Porter county. 12.758 mties, H. P. Downey Construction Company. Hammond. $623,824.80. State road 18, one mile east of Roll to Fiat, 11.107 miles, in Blackford and Jay counties, P. B. Putnam Construction Company. Ft. Wayne, *189.511.89. State road 18, from Fiat to north of Bryant in Jav county. 9.929 miles, Cunningham Construction Company. Indianapolis. *181.379.05. State road 66. in Spencer county. 9.981 miles. Henson Brothers Inc., Terre Haute, *153.887.59. State roads 144 and 135. in Johnson countv. 13.594 miles. Moellering Construction Company. Ft. Wayne. $240,436.67. State road 54. in Greene and Lawrence counties. 4.594 miles. Hodgkins-Adams Inc., Winchester. Ky.. $60,391.80. State road 2. railroad grading project, near North Davden in Lake county, George W. Welch. Gary. $7,543.47.

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Gummed Up By Times Special PERU, Ind., Nov. 22.—Workmen remodeling the Liberty theater here scraped a haifbushel of chewing gum from the floor and gathered two bushels more which chew err, had stuck in out-of-the-way places on seats.

WAYNE COUNTY LEADSINCRIME Rate Highest of Twelve Comprising District. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 22.—Delaware county, with a regional crime conference in session today, has a rather bad record to present in comparison with its neighboring counties. r Os the twelve counties represented here, Delaware stands third in the number of persons per 1,000 who are now serving terms in penal institutions. The county has 2.77 per cent 1,000 population in prison. Wayne county is highest with 2.93, while Hancock is second with 2.78. Figures on other counties are: Grant, 1.50; Randolph, 1.62; Tipton, 1.67; Henry, 1.73; Howard, 1.82; Blackford, 1.85; Madison, 1.86; Hamilton and Jay, .095 each. One of the principal speakers before the conference, being attended by more than 400 persons, is Clifford R. Shaw, Chicago, formerly of Muncie. He is an investigator for he federal crime commission. Traveler Gets Help Bet Times Svecial ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Some traveler has arrived at Terre Haute, thanks to city hall charity here. The traveler was using a horse and buggy and had covered fifty miles when he arrived here, the horse shoeless and weary, and the traveler dejected. He heard about the city relief fund and went to the city hall in search of help to have the horse reshod. Emory W. Jackson, park superintendent, arranged to have the horse shod at the city barns. , Accident Victim Buried Bn Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Funeral services were held here Friday for Frederick C. Douthwait, 17, who was ground to death under the wheels of a Big Four freight train he attempted to board. The youth was starting to Ohio in search of employment. A companion, Paul McKinney, 19, witnessed the tragedy. Concert Series Opens By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 22.—The first of a. series'of three coiicerts to be given this year under the auspices of the Civic Music Association was presented at Goddard auditorium, Earlham college. Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist, was the artist. His accompanist was Pierre Luboshutz, who was received with an acclaim rivaling that of the violinist. Principals to Be Guests By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 22.Principals of twenty-eight Chicago high schools are at Purdue university to attend the Purdue-In-diana football game this week-end as the guests of the Purdue-Chi-cago Alumni dissociation. Tax Payments Improved By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22. Madison county property owners paid $2,567,095.23 in taxes this year, aa shown by the books of Marcia H. Barton, county treasurer. Tax collections this year totaled $998.08 more than paid in 1929. The percentage of delinquency this year was less than ever before. Aged Man Dies BP Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 22 Marion J. Wood, 84, is dead at his home near this city. He leaves two sons, William, near here, and Clement, Fortville. He spent his entire life within a few miles of where he was bom.

Bibbling Dry Agents Rain State's Case pu Times Special MONTICELLO, Ind., Nov. 22.—A jury in White circuit court here acquitted Harry Arrick, proprietor of Fisherman's Paradise, on a charge of violating the prohibition laws, when it was shown that two undercover men who testified against him haf"' iminal records and were given overindulge** ce in liquor drinking. The witnesses were D. C. Shou6e, Anti-Saloon League agent and Walter Henderson, department of justice operative, who said they bought a half pint of alcohol from Arrick on June 11 this year. Arrested Three Times Henderson admitted under questioning by defense counsel that he has been arrested three times. He was before a juvenile court at the age of 16; was arrested several years later on a charge of association and a year ago on a highway robbery charge. He admitted he is now on parole. Vehement denial was made by Henderson that he hijacked an automobile load of liquor and buried it on his father's farm in Carroll county. He said he knew liquor was taken to the farm, but denied having anything to do with it. ‘Drunker Than s7oo’ Asked if his father had demanded removal of the liquor, Henderson entered a strong denial and added: “In fact the old man and his wife got drunker than $700.” Trial of the case required two days. Lynn A. Thompson, White county prosecutor, was assisted in presenting the state’s case by Ethan A. Miles, counsel for the Indiana Anti-Saloon League.

Achievements During 1930 Lauded by World Head of Organization. B.V Times Special CHICAGO, Nov. 22. —Kiwanis clubs in Indiana during 1931 will continue to help under-privileged children, teach citizenship and the fundamentals of government, promote ethical business standards, develop town and country group meetings for fellowship and the discussion of urban and rural problems, and provide vocational guidance and placement for high school students. Announcement of these objectives for next year was .made today by James E. Fischer of Indianapolis, governor-elect of the Indiana Kiwanis district of 1931, who is attending an international meeting here of one hundred Kiwanis officials from the United States and Canada. Raymond M. Crossman of Omaha, Neb., president of Kiwanis International, praised the Indiana Kiwanis district for its civic and welfare accomplishments during 1930. “There are on record hundreds of activities accomplished in the last twelve months by the 4,335 members in Indiana,” he declared. District and club officers for the seventy-four Indiana clubs will take over their official duties Jan. 1. The sponsoring of short courses in agriculture, conducting business shows and Christmas parties for the poor, is the work of most all the clubs during these winter months. Hunting Wound Fatal Pi/ Times Special CLARKSVILLE. Ind., Nov. 22. Clarence Kemmerly, 35, is dead at his home south of here from a wound in a shoulder which he suffered a few days ago while he was hunting, the result of the accidental discharge of his shotgun. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Hazel Kemerly, and two sons, Richard, 15, and Herschel, 11; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kemerly; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Patterson, Laura Rash, Mabel Humbles and Mrs. Goldie Deardorf, and two brothers, Everett and Robert. Three to Share Estate BP Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Mrs. Elizabeth Florence Johnson, pioneer Anderson resident, left an estate of $9,000, it was revealed in application for letters of administration filed in Madison circuit court. A son-in-law, Myron B. Reynolds, wealthy manufacturer, qualified as administrator.. The property will be shared by three children, Charles O'. Johnson, Almeda. Cal.; Mrs. Julia Jackson and Mrs. Florence Reynolds, Anderson. Paving Advocates Win BP Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Decision of the state highway commission to pave State Road 32, between Anderson and Noblesville, crowns with success a movement started two years ago by business-men of Anderson, Lapel and Noblesville. Delegations representing the three cities were present when John J. Brown, chairman of th state board, announced plans for paving the road next year. Lifelong Resident Dies BP Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Nov. 22. Clement Passwater, 85, Is dead at his home east of Noblesville. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Charles Lennen and Miss Grace Passwater. He was a resident of Hamilton county all of his life. Divorce to Mother of Eleven BP Times Special' COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Nov. 22. —Granted a divorce from Elmer Moyer, Mrs. Nellie Moyer was given custody of six of their eleven children and the father ordered to pay S2O monthly for their support. Short Course Announced By United Press COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 22.—A two days short course will be held in the Armory here Dec. 17 and 18 under auspices of the Bartholomew County Farm bureau: Farmer’s Wife Dies By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 23.—Mis. Elizabeth E, Vestal, 64, wife of Edgar Vestal, farmer, la dead. She also daughter,

FEAR OF DEATH BY CAPONE MEN REACHESSTATE Federal Judge at Hammond Told Defendant’s Lips Sealed. By Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., Nev. 22.—Fear of death at the hands of A1 Capone gangsters has sealed the lips of Max Kuhnert, accused of operating a large still, one of the defendants in a series of Lafayette liquor cases, Oliver M. Loomis, district attorney, told Judge Thomas W. Slick in federal court here. “He’s afraid to testify, your honor,” Loomis said, “because he thinks that he will be taken for a ride.” Joe Kopets, Chicago Italian, is accused jointly with Kuhnert with operating a still on the farm owned by Kuhnert. The outfit was of 2*doo-gallon capacity, raiding officers said, and it is declared two box car loads of alcohol were shipped to Chicago from the plant each week. jq § ave Father In another Lafayette case, pretty Miss Ruth Bowles, 24, school teacher and Purdue university graduate, sought in vain to protect her father, Edward Bowles, who with Seth Cole, were convicted of shooting at two federal prohibition agents who raided the resort of George Baumis. They will be sentenced Friday. Miss Bowles testified that she and her father were in the Baumis place engaged in a craps game at the time of the shooting. Referring to her testimony, District Attorney Loomis said “she made a noble attempt to protect her father,” and that while he did not believe her statements were truthful, he could not help admiring her. Phone Wires Tapped Harry Anheier and Arthur Allen, the agents in the case, said they tapped telephone wires and overheard a conversation they believed implicated Bowles would deliver a load of liquor to the Baumis place. Testifying they went to the place, they said Cole fired upon them after ordering them away. They retreated, and filed charges against Cole and Bowles for resisting officers. Cole at the trial declared he though the agents were holdups. Bowles, dubbed Lafayette’s society bootlegger, denied he was engaged in the liquor business and said he went to the Baumis place with his wife and daughter merely to obtain refreshments.

STILL SEIZED WITHJLCOHOL Porter County Yields Second Plant in Month. BP Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 22. Two large stills have been seized in Porter county thus far in November, the latest being found by Sheriff Burney Maxwell and deputies and three federal dry agents on a farm south of Hoffman’s mill and near the Lake county line. Mike Frose and Mike Waente, Chicago Italians, and Charles Deming, former Wheatfield resident, were arrested at the still. The seizure, in addition to the still, included 140 gallons of alcohol and 30,000 gallons of mash. The still previously seized had a capacity of 300 gallons of alcohol every twpty-four hours and could handle 50,000 gallons of mash in that period. Wife Asks SI,OOO Alimony By Times'Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Mrs. Mary E. Forkner has filed suit for divorce from Otis R. Forkner, Anderson photographer, alleging he constantly found fault and threatened her. The couple was married nine years ago. Mrs. Forkner asks SI,OOO alimony and custody of the 5-year-old. child.

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Ambitions of McNutt Held Mayr Target BY BEN STERN | Appointments to major positions made by Frank Mayr Jr., seetetary of state-elect, aro being hailed today by observers as an effort to curb the growing importance in Democratic state affairs of Paul V. McNutt, dean of the Indiana Law school and convention keynoter, and to build up an organization to be headed by Mayr and his close associates. These are Chester Montgomery, former mayor of South Bend, and Ruldolph Ackerman, controller of that city. Naming of two close adherents and supporters of the new secretary to key positions in his department give a tinge of truth to the reports. In appointing Robert Codd of South Bend, retired business man, as deputy secretary, Mayr selected a man who is unknown to party leaders of the state, and is one of his closo personal friends. Without going afield, tire new secretary then gave the position of securities commissioner to William P. O'Neill of Mishawaka, Lieuten-ant-Governor under Samuel M. Ralston. O’Neill was one of the leaders in the convention fight to nominate Mayr and accompanied him everywhere during the campaign. Peters’ Foe Appointed A play for the support of John Frederick, Kokomo manufacturer, who was a candidate for the nomination for Governor in 1928, was’ made in the appointment of Grover Garrett, Ninth district chairman. Garrett was one of the leaders in the fight, against the re-electien of R. Earl Peters, state chairman. The one appointment which is winning general approbation is that of James W. Carpenter. Connersville, Sixth district chairman whose ability as an organizer was evidenced when the district went Democratic. Montgomery, it is said, cherishes ambitions to be either Governor or senator, and through the state department expects to be able to further them. Mayor Is Criticised The most serious threat to his aspirations is McNutt, and by reducing any power he could build up through patronage, the way would be clear for the South Bend man to force himself to the front. Mayr is being widely criticised for not conferrign with Chairman Peters regarding the appointments. Other officials-elect have been in close touch with the chairman and submitted all appointments for his approval. An agreement is said to have been entered into by Mayr and Governor Leslie. Under the statutes, the Governor must approve the secretary’s of state appointment of a chief of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, all members of the state police department and all the deputies on the securities commission. Leslie is anxious that Edward L. Osborne of Lafayette, head of the crime bureau, he retained, and it is declared that, in consideration of. this, he agreed not to obstruct Mayr’s other appointments. CHARTER FOR SORORITY Alpha Lambda Delta Added to I. U. Organizations. B,y Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 22. A charter for a chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, national honorary scholastic fraternity for freshman co-eds at Indiana university, has been granted, according to Mina Sweeten, Elks Basin, Wyo., president of Mortar Board, which will direct the work of the new organization. A list of girls eligible to belong will be announced shortly after the Thanksgiving vacation. Membership will be based entirely on scholarship during the first year. For this reason the organization will be composed at first entirely of sophomore women. Students from the present first year class will be selected next spring. An average of B plus in all academic work of the freshman year will be required. Participation in campus activities will not be considered.

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PHONE CONCERN MAKES THREATI IN RAJE FIGHT f Northern Indiana Company Seeks to Stop Plea for Free Conventions. BP Times Special NORTH MANCHESTER. Ind., Nov. 22.— I The Northern Indiana Telephone Company, with headquarters here, and which serves fourteen rural communities in this section of the state, has thrown down the gauntlet to those of its patrons who are circulating petitions for presentation to the public service commission asking free connection affecting several exchanges. . In a statement under the signature of its general manager. W. J. Smith, the company declares: "The present revenues of the various exchanges are now inadequate, but as we said some time ago, we would cease our efforts to obtain higher rates, especially during the present depression. However, if our present revenues are threatend with the filing of a petition for free service where we now collect, we will promptly seek higher exchange rates and we will not stop until they have been obtained.” Several rate increases have been granted the company during the few' years it has been in existence, those, supporting the petition assert. Before the company took several separately owned exchanges, including those at Akron, Macy, Fulton and Mentone, connecting service haq ben made without charge. i BEAUTY CONTEST OPEN TO DE PAUW CO-EDS Six Will Be Chosen by Nationally Known Critis for Yearbook Display. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Nov. 22. De Pauw university’s most beautiful co-eds will be determined in a contest sponsored by the Mirage, De Pauw’s yearbook published by the junior class. Each sorority on the campus will submit two candidates and the student body at large will elect twelve from tjiis group. Pictures of the twelve winners will ’be sent to a national critic, who will select six. These will be featured in a special section of the Mirage. Charles Tyler, Carthage, -111., managing editor of the Mirage, announced the plan for selecting the prettiest co-eds. Last year the. Mirage featured a section in which the three men and the three women selected as th® most representative on the campus were displayed. This was a deviation from the usual run of beauty contests and proved popular. Pictures of each of the two representatives from each house on the campus will be on display for several days prior to the election. Special photographs will be taken of each representative for display purposes and for the general election and final selection. lo;, ! s separatioFends Three Sisters Farted Forty Years Hold Reunion at Noblesville. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 22. Mrs. Lottie Carson of Topeka, Kan., is here, visiting her two sisters, Mrs. Frank Bragg and Mrs. Alonzo Gipe, the first meeting of the three in forty years. Mrs. Carson wrote to the postmaster at Knightstown for informa- . tion concerning her sisters. One of her nephews lived there and the postmaster turned the letter over to him. Correspondence followed and resulted in Mrs. Carson coming here for a reunion. Assembly Dates Set By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 22.—Directors of the Battle Ground assembly meeting at Lafayette set dates for the 1931 session as follows: School of Missions, July 5 to 12; Epworth League institute, July 12 to 18; Sunday school training conference, July 20 to 31; Bible assembly and Chautauqua, July 31 to Aug. 9.