Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 174, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1930 — Page 2

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PERJURY GASES MAY BE RESULT GF ALIBI TALK Grand Jury Called at Brazil Due to Testimony of " Four Persons. jtjj Time* Special BRAZIL. Ind., Nov. 29.—Four persons who sought to prove an alibi for Albert Graves, convicted in Clay circuit court here on a charge of passing a bad check, may be indicted for perjury, Judge T. W. Hutchinson indicated in calling the grand jury to investigate testimony the four gave. Just before Graves entered the state prison to begin serving his sentence, he made a complete confession, authorities announced, saying that in addition to passing a bad check on a store at Brunswick Bridge, for which he was convicted, he was guilty of a similar offense in Greene county. Since the conviction it has developed that the proprietor of the store who accepted the check had know Graves since boyhood, despite testimony of directly opposite tenor given at the trial on the theory of mistaken identity. In the meantime a motion for anew trial was filed by counsel for Graves and overruled. The defense contended that conviction was obtained through failure to observe a court rule, and that Graves should not be penalized for an error on the part of his attorney. Counsel indicated, after denial of the motion. that an appeal would be taken. Graves, in his confession, is said to have stated that his attorney ceased services when his client was unable to give him any more money. According to Graves, he lost a farm given as security for money he borrowed to pay counsel. Conviction of perjury carries a heavier penalty than the charge on which Graves was sent to prison. FUTURE FARMERS GIVE HONORS TO HOOSIERS Two Receive Degree and One Presiding in National Organization. JUI United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. 29.—Two Indiana delegates to the national meeting of the Future Farmers of America, at Kansas City, have received honors for outstanding work, according to word received at Purdue university. William Haase, Martinsville, a freshman in the school of agriculture at Purdue university, was granted the degree of American Farmer, the highest honor awarded a vocational student in the Future Farmers organization. The other award was given William Showalter, St. Joseph county, who was elected vice-president of the national organization, as representative of the north central states, thus becoming a member of the national board of trustees. Showalter, who operates a 200acre farm with his brother, has growm mint and potatoes and now Is building up a dairy herd. He is state president of the Future Farmers of Indiana. His three years vocational work was under the direction of F. E. Van Pelt, Milton, former vocational teacher in the Madison township high school in St. Joseph county.

CORN CHAMPION BALKED Borer Quarantine Will Prevent Entry-in Contest by C. E. Troyer. Ru United Prat* LAFONTAINE, Ind., Nov. 29. The com borer, scourge of the farmer, will prevent C. E. Troyer, Lafontaine, twice corn king of the world, from competing for honors this year at the international hay and grain show which opened at Chicago today. A borer quarantine which this year covered Liberty township, Wabash county, in which the . Jrover farm is located, will prevent the former champion from entering an exhibit. Banker’s Funeral Sunday By United Pre ROCHESTER, Ind., Nov. 29 Omar B. Smith, 65, president of the First National bank of Rochester and one of Indiana’s few thirtythird degree Masons, will be buried Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist church here by thirty-third degree Masons with the Rev. C. F. Stovall, pastor, in charge. Other services will be held at the cemetery by members of the Blue lodge of the Masonic order. Injured Man .Has Pneumonia pij Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29.—J. L. Platt, 45. who was injured in an automobile accident here, has developed pneumonia and Is in a serious condition. Platt’s auto ran out of gasoline and as he stepped from the car to cross a street to a gasoline station, he was struck by a car driven by a Delphi man. Platt vas thrown several feet, his right leg crushed and two severe gashes cut in his head. Woman Writer Dies By United Prest FRANKLIN. Ind., Nov. 29.—Miss Bertha Demaris Knobe, 60, magazine writer, died at her home here after an illness of several weeks. Miss Knobe came to Franklin a year ago from New York. She was born in Franklin and was graduated from Franklin college in 1891. At one time she was employed by the' Chicago Tribune and had written for the Ladies’ Home Journal. Railroad Worker Dies EM Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29. j Funeral services were held here for John C. Maloney, 76, formerly of Lafayette. He died Tuesday in the Railroad Men’s Home, Highland Park, 111. While a resident of Lafayette, he was connected with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. Kate Editor’s Aid Dies By Timet Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 29.—John H* Moles, former police captain here and who has been serving as a guard at the state reformatory at Pendleton, is dead of heart disease. ’ He assisted Thomas H. Adams, late Vincennes publisher, in an expose political conditions in Indiana a few years ago.

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Twenty-Foot Stalactites Found by Cave Explorers

By Times Special SPENCER, Ind., Nov. 29.—Two hours exploration of a cave recently discovered on the Ross Beenvf&rm northeast of here revealed twin stalactites, each about twenty feet long, one being of chalky whiteness and the other of the usual gray color. Beem, Cleo Powell. Stuckey Bryant and Carl Anderson made the exploration. Entrance to the cave is through a sink hole. Five feet

OFFICE HOLOERS MAY BE OUSTED Shelby County Surveyor and Road Chief Involved. Bjj Times Special SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Nov. 29. Ralph Cochran. Shelby county surveyor, is at liberty under SSOO bond pending trial on an indictment charging him with practicing engineering without a license, and Samuel Gardner, county road superintendent, is defendant in a civil suit in which his impeachment is sought. Both cases are an outgrowth of charges made during the recent campaign, which also resulted in a civil suit against. the county commissioners charging malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office. It is alleged against Cochran that he practiced engineering without a license in connection with construction of the H. P. Gordon drain. In the suit against Gardner, allegations include one that he authorized expenditure of $5,000 for bridge flooring, which sum was in excess of the appropriation for that purpose. YOUNG BANDIT SENT TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS Indianapolis Resident Pleads Guilty to Robbery at Frankfort. By United Press FRANKFORT, Ind., Nov. 29.—A twenty-five-year prison term was imposed on Robert Brown, 20, Indianapolis, by Judge Brenton A. Devol in Clinton circuit court here after he pleaded guilty to robbery. Previously, he had been sentenced to serve ten years for automobile banditry. Ryno Peddy. 20, of Benton Harbor, Mich., Brown’s companion, pleaded guilty to robbery with firearms, and was sentenced to twenty years in the state reformatory. He had been given a one-to-ten-year sentence at Indianapolis. TWO GET PRISON TERMS Lafayette Men Shoot at Federal Agents During Liquor Raid. Bit United Press HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 29.—Edward Bowles, Lafayette “society bootlegger,” and Seth Cole, also of Lafayette, each have been sentenced to five years in prison and fined SSOO by Judge Thomas W. Slick in United States district court here. The men resisted federal officers with firearms during a raid. They were found guilty by a jury a week ■ago. In passing sentence, the court complimented Prohibition Agents Anheir and Allen for their courage, coolness and ability to keep their heads under fire. DEAD DRIVER BLAMED Coroner Exonerates Motorman in Killing of Motorist. By Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind., Nov. 29. Henry Boles, a Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company motorman, whose car struck an automobile causing the death of Thomas Orr, 55, at a crossing near Straughn, has been absolved of blame for the tragedy by Coroner Ralph Niblock of Henry county. The coroner said Orr had driven the automobile into a private drive directly into the path of the electric car and that Boles had no chance to stop his car. Hoosiers at Stork Show BJ/ Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29. Henry W. Marshall, owner of the Journal and Courier, and John W. Van Natta, farmer, are in Los Angeles attending the Great Western live stock exposition. Marshall will act as judge of the Hereford breeding cattle class and Van Natta will show his herd of Herefords which won premier honors at. the American Royal exposition in Kansas City recently. Negro’s Body Unclaimed Bp United Press { MUNCIE. Ind., Nov. 29.—Since nobody wants the body of William Porter, 25, Negro, killed in an automobile accident Nov. 13, it probably will be used to advertise anew method of body preservation, Rev. J. E. Johnson, Negro undertaker, says. He will use anew embalming fluid he concocted. Neither the wife nor mother of the deceased is willing to pay undertaking expenses. Representative’s Son 111 B-y Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 29. Representative Albert H. Vestal returned to Washington two days ahead of schedule because of the serious illness of his son Ralph, who was taken to the United States navy hospital suffering a relapse following an appendicitis operation. New Bus Line Started Greyhound Lines announce that a new short bus route was started on Friday, starting at Loogootee and going through Bedford, Seymour, Versailles and Aurora to Cincinnati. Anderson Salesman Dies B.y Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 29. Harry T. Wence, 42, salesman, died at his home here. He leaves his widow and three children.

from the opening is a small landing from which there is a sharp drop of about 60 degrees, a passageway that opens into a large two-floor cavern which has a total height of twenty-seven feet On the west side of the lower room, Powell found an opening about eight inches across which apparently widened greatly within a short distance, but he did not explore it, having failed to clear away enough stone to admit his body.

$3,000 VERDICT IN $50,000 SUIT Evansville Man Hurt by Auto Asked Damages. I B,y Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 29. Damages of $3,000 have been awarded by a jury in Posey Circuit court here to Calvin W. Hunsinger, Evansville, in a suit for $50,000 against Chester Hutchison and his wife. Mrs. Sadie Hutchison, also of that city. The case was brought here on a change of venue from Vanderburg county. Hunsinger filed the suit as a result of injuries suffered when an automobile driven by Mrs. Hutchison struck him. The car ran up on a sidewalk Hunsinger was using. Responsibility for the accident was admitted by the defense, but the amount of .damages was in dispute. STATE EDICT LIKELY ON WHITE RIVER CLEAN UP Muncie Council Appears Indifferent to Health Board’s Wishes. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 29.—The state board of health probably will be called upon to issue a direct order against the city of Muncie to clean up White river. The city council was given unil its December meeting to take steps to start the work, but the schedult of the council fails to show this matter slated for consideration. Representatives of sewage disposal plants have been in the city several times, demonstrating their plants. Under the program of the state board, Muncie is asked to start the cleanup of the river and when the work is under way here, other cities along its course will be asked to take similar steps. ATTORNEY WINS CASE Plaintiffs Against Russell B. Harrison Fail to Obey Court Rule. Blf Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Nov. 29. Russell B. Harrison, Indianapolis attorney, stands exonerated in a suit in which judgment for $4,000 was asked on allegations of fraud and conversion of property. Cors Resnover Hampton and James Resnover were the plaintiffs. The case was brought to Shelby circuit court on a change of venue from Marion county. Tlie court dismissed the suit on action of the defendant, who pointed out that plaintiffs had failed to comply with an order of the court. The case was filed four years ago. THREE IN AUTO KILLED Brazil Residents Die W’hen Train Strikes Auto at Perth Station. By United Press BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 29. Three persons were killed late Friday in a crossing crash at Perth station. Edward L. Butler, 50, and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Kessler, all of Brazil, died instantly when the automobile in which they were riding was demolished by a Big Four train. Wreckage was strewn along the track for several hundred yards. Purdue Dean 111 By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29—Dr. Richard B. Moore, dean of the school of science at Purdue university, who has been seriously ill at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minn., for the last ten days, is still in a critical condition, according ty word received at the office of President Edward C. Elliott. However, he has chances for recovery, it is said. Auto Wrecked in Crash MONTMORENCI, Ind., Nov. 29. Two members of the theatrical troupe of Baldwin & Bristol, who were en route to Chicago for an engagement, narrowly escaped death when their automobile and a truck driven by Porter Storms skidded and collided on snow-covered state Road 52 near Montmorenci. The auto was demolished and the truck badly damaged. None of the men was injured. Religious Leader to Speak By United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind., Nov. 29.—Dr. S. Pafkes Cadman, pastor of the Congregational church, Brooklyn, N. Y., one of the outstanding religious leaders of the nation, will be at Purdue university, Dec. 8 to 10, to give three lectures. a Moving Husband Sued By United Press COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Nov. 29. Mrs. Emiela Myers, of near Churubusco has filed suit for divorce in Whitley circuit court here, charging her husband forced her to chang* residences thirty-one times during the twenty-three years of their married life. Council Member Resigns By Times Special WASHINGTON, Ind., Nov. 29. A successor to Arthur H. Trueblood, who resigned as a city councilman, due to ill health, will be appointed at the council meeting' Monday night. Although he attended but one meeting this year, the council, in accepting his voted him salary for a full year.

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Theft of Auto in Evansville Started Long List of Three Young Men. By United Press * TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 29. Three young men are being held here for sentencing Dec. 2 on their confession of robberies that led them through several states, in five of which they committed burglaries. They were returned here this week from Berrien, Wis., for trial. Sentencing of the three, Vincent Cassady, 16, Olney, 111.; Keith A. Drury, 20, Turtle Lake, Wis., and Jesse McClelland, 22, former Terre Haute garage employe, was deferred w’hen Prosecutor William E. Littlefield told Judge Joseph Jeffries in Vigo circuit court he had received a request from Drury’s relatives to withhold judgment until their arrival. According to a signed statement by Cassady, he left his home at Olney, Sept. 2, and while traveling from Vincennes to Evansville, on a freight train, met McClelland. They stole an automobile at Evansville, he related, and drove, to Turtle Lake where they met Drury. The three then drove to Winona, Minn., abandoned the car and stole another. • Turning eastward, Cassady said, they drove to Vincennes, stole a third auto and went to Calhoun, Ga„ where they took eight automatic revolvers and six rifles from an armory. Leaving Georgia., they returned to Terre Haute and robbed several groceries and a poolroom, getting a total loot of about S2OO. They were arrested at Turtle Lake, where they had gone to hunt last week, on a charge of stealing chickens, and returned to Terre Haute for trial. Cassady confessed he had been convicted of robbing a drug store in Illinois and sent to the state school for boys, from which he escaped July 3. Drury admitted he had served a sentence in Wisconsin on a criminal assault charge. McClelland told officers his only previous police record was one arrest for intoxication. Following the pleas of guilty, they were remanded to jail without bond. GALLANT BANDIT ROBS SUNMAN BANK OF S2OO loung Women Employes Receive Promise of Not Being Molested. BV Times Special SUNMAN, Ind., Nov. 29. The second time a man called at the Sunman State bank Friday, asking for change, he held up John Beer, assistant cashier, and took S2OO. Two young women bookkeepers were warned not to make an outcry, but the bandit, with an air of gallantry, promised he would not harm them. Change for a dollar was asked by the man just before he pointed a small automatic revolver at Beer. The robber did not mention the vault in which the bulk of the bank’s money was at the time. After obtaining his loot, the bandit walked to an automobile he had parked in front of the bank and drove away. PURDUE FRESHMEN WIN Two Will Get Free Trips to Chicago 4-H Club Work. ’ By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29. Ruby Richardson, Tippecanoe county, and William Haase, Morgan county, both freshmen at Purdue university, have been declared winners in the central section of the national achievement contest for 4-H Club members, according to word received at the Indiana club office at Purdue university. Miss Richardson’s work since 1923 has included clothing, canning and food preparation. Haase has been a member for more than seven years of pig, corn, dairy, calf and poultry clubs. Both Miss Richardson and Haase have been awarded expense-free trips to Chicago to attend the National 4-H Club congress. WOUNDED BOY SILENT Feared Parents Would Refuse Permission to Hunt as Result. By Times Special COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Nov. 29. —Fear that his parents might refuse permission for him to hunt, Ralph Pressler, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pressler, kept the fact that he suffered a gunshot wound a secret for nearly a week. Severe pain finally caused the boy to reveal that a bullet passed into his leg from a revolver as he attempted to shoot a rabbit. Antitetanus serum has been administered to him. Aged Mother Dies BJt Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 29. Mrs. Frank Gossard, 65, is dead at her home in northwestern Hamilton county. She leaves her husband and the following children: Garrett Gossard, postmaster at Kempton; Mark, at home; Bernard Gossard, Sheridan and Mrs. George Robinette, Indianapolis. She waa active in church and charitable work. Noblesville Man 111 BJJ Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 29. Will H. Craig, widely known business and newspaper min. is seriously ill. It is expected that he will have to undergo a major operation. His daughter, Mrs. Walter Essington of Orlando, Fla., has been called to his bedside. 860,000 Alimony Case Shifted B,V Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 29.—Trial of a divorce of Mrs. Emma H. Williams against Francis T. Williadis, in which she seeks $60,000 almony and $15,000 attorney's fees, has been taken from Olay circuit court here to Sullivan cii :uit court on a change of venue. Stolen Alto Aids Charity BJt Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 29. Joseph Leahigh, 18, Indianapolis, arrested here on an automobile theft charge, declared he had been using the car in distribution of fish to the poor for a relief organization.

HIGH COURT TO GET NEXT FIGHT ?N EXTRADITION Hoosier Resisting Attempt to Try Him on Bank Robbery Charge. By Times Special ANGOLA, Ind., Nov. 29—Lester Krill, 35,^ formerly proprietor of a garage at Hamilton, is heid in jail here pending the outcome of a second round in his fight to prevent returrrto Michigan for trial on a charge of bank robbery. The first round was lost in Steuben circuit court here when Judge Clyde C. Carlin refused Krill’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Krill’s wife, who is in poor health, collapsed as the judge gave his decision. Counsel for Krill immediately filed notice of an appeal to the Indiana supreme court. Judge Carlin ruled that an appeal bond should be filed within twenty days and the case perfected for transfer to the high court within 129 days. It is alleged that Krill robbed the State Bank of Montgomery. Mich., Nov. 3, escaping with $2,500. In denying the writ of habeas corpus, Judge Carlin pointed out that three witnesses had identified Krill as the bandit. Testimony offered in behalf of the alleged bandit was to the effect that on the day of the robbery he was not in Michigan, but at Butler' and Hamilton. Krill was formerly cashier of a bank at Butler. Hearing in' the habeas corpus proceedings consumed four days and attracted one of the largest crowds in the history to the Steuben county courtroom. / DIVORCE SUIT ALLEGES WIFE HELD AS CAPTIVE News Feature W 7 riter Accused in Case on File at Warsaw. By United Press WARSAW, Ind., Nov. 29.—Mrs. Marjorie Fisher Anschultz, wife of Monte Anschultz, news feature writer of Chicago and Milwaukee, was kept a prisoner in her fatmr’s-in-law home and money sent to her was appropriated by her husband, she charges in a divorce suit filed in Kosciusko circuit court here. Mrs. Anschultz went to her father’s-in-law home following a reconciliation brought about between her and her husband, she said. While there she was a virtual prisoner and when her mother sent her money to return to Warsaw the money was taken by her husband, she alleges. JAIL BREAK THREATENED Nervous Twitching of Prisoner Reveals Sawed Bar at Vincennes. Bn United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 29.—A sick prisoner unwittingly ruined the plans of several men who attempted to escape from Knox county jail here, Sheriff John Kruse says. The prisoner, suffering from a nervous disorder, grasped a bar in the jail bull pen to stop nervous twitching, and the bar came loose. Investigation revealed it had been sawed in two but replaced to prevent detection until another bar could be severed. MEASLES CAUSED TRIP Gk-I Who Won 4-H Club Award Unable to Attend Session. By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 29. Ruby Richardson of Lafayette excels in 4-H Club sewing and canning work, but she’s very ordinary just now. Three days* before she was to be rewarded for her outstanding club work' by a free trip to Chicago to attend the annual 4-H Club congress, she was taken ill with measles. Emigration Director to Speak BP Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Nov. 29.—Professor Harold S. Bender will speak on the emigration from Russia of MenI nonite church members at avesI per service of Goshen college Sunday. He spent six months in Germany as an agent of the Mennonite central committee and was director of the movement from Russia.

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Hubby First ; By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind- Nov. 29. Mrs. Emsley May telephoned her husband first when she found their home on fire, and then called firemen. By the time they arrived, the flames had gained much headway, but were extinguished after causing S3OO damage. SON SUED BY AGED FATHER Parent Alleges Failure to Give Him Home. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 29.—David Shultz, 80-year-old farmer, has filed suit in Madison circuit court against his son, Emery Shultz, asking cancellation of a deed for forty acres of farm land. The father says he conveyed a $7,000 farm to his son for the nominal consideration of $1 with the understanding that the grantor was to be provided with board, lodging and living comforts in the son’s home for the remainder of his life. The transfer was made on Oct. 30. 1928, when the aged man moved into the home of his son and daugh-ter-in-law. He says his son assaulted him with his fists and says the daughter-iri-law cursed him and said she wished he was in his grave. It is further alleged that the defendants refused to call the plaintiff to the table when meals were served and would not pass dishes of food to him when he was seated at the table. The plaintiff alleges his son violated the contract and seeks to recover title to the farm. APPOINTMENT WITHHELD Court Favors Madison County Residents for Orphanage Jobs. BV Times Special _ ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 29.—Judge Carl F. Morrow of Madison circuit court has refused to approve appointment of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Young of Lebanon, 0., as superintendent and matron of the Madison county orphans’ home, despite recommendation of the board of Children’s Guardians. Mr. and Mrs. Youngt have been in charge of the Otterbein home, a United Brethren institution at Lebanon, for four years. The court issued a statement favoring the appojntment of Madison county residents, but qualified it by saying he might consider the Ohio couple if there are no qualifield applicants residing in Madison county, JURY FAILS TO AGREE Fifth Defendant in Embezzlement Case Faces Second Trial. By Times Special WASHINGTON, Ind., Nov. 29. James Montgomery, fifth man to be tried on a charge of embezzlement of Washington township funds, by the former trustee, John H. Waggoner, will face another court ordeal, a jury which heard the first trial having failed to agree after deliberating twenty-three hours. It is probable the second trial will be held during the next term of Davie,ss circuit court. Waggoner and three other men have been convicted. Injuries Cause Damage Suit ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 29. Injuries suffered by Norman Jean Olney, 12, Oct. 30, when her left leg slipped through an iron grating in the sidewalk at Thirteenth and Meridian streets, form the basis of a $1,500 damage suit by her father, John Olney, against the city of Anderson and the Lee Realty Company. The girl was crowded against the front of a building by Halloween celebrants.

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One Sentence Shortened and 37 Pleas for Like Clemency Denied. By I'u tied Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 29. —Forty-nine paroles and one commutation of sentence were granted by trustees of the state prison here, sitting as a pardon and parole board, and thirty-seven pleas for commutation were denied. Four prisoners were discharged to start new sentences, five cases were bgpked for further inquiry, and /our prisoners were transferred to other state institutions. Vernon Miller, sentenced in Brown county in 1927 to a ten-to-twenty-year term for burglary and conspiracy to commit a felony, won commutation of sentence, and will be eligible for parole at the next meeting. Still Owner Released A parole was granted Emmett Fidler, sentenced March 24 to one to five years for possession of a still. He had petitioned for pardon. Paroles were denied in the following cases: John O'Reilly, Chicago gangster, serving a life term for the murder six years ago of Thad Fancher, Crown Point attorney, in a roadhouse. Edward Phillip Stroup, former superintendent of waterworks construction in Terre Haute, who has served seventeen months of a term imposed for presenting false claims. Dr. Nelson B. Ross. Muncie physician, life termer for murdering Daniel Linder, interurban conductor, over twenty years ago. Willianj Waible, former superintendent of the Evansville city rendering plant, serving two to fourteen years for accepting bribes. Wife Slayer Denied Parole Edward L. Duncan, Greene county, sentenced sixteen years ago to life for murdering his wife. Carl Marshall, sentenced to twenty-five years from Vigo county for auto banditry, on Sept. 22, 1924. Robert Bruce, sentenced July 8, 1924, in Porter county, to a life term for murder. Forest Alexander, sentenced April 15, 1922, in Dekalb county, to ten to twenty-one years for robbery. Le Roy Gale, Ft. Wayne, sentenced in 1928 for grand larceny to one to fourteen years. Gale started serving his sentence recently after two years of unsuccessful effort to obtain a pardon. PICTURE IN 80 MINUTES Wayman Adams Displays Speed in Painting Portrait. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind.. Nov, 29.—President L. A. Pittenger of Ball State Teachers College posed eighty minutes and at the end of that time a portrait w r as completed. Wayman Adams, Indiana artist, demonstrated portrait painting before a large gathering of students and townspeople. He chose President Pittenger as his subject and the complete work was highly praised\ by college instructors.

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CITY ELECTRIC PLANT TO FACE BUSINESS LOSS Four Industries at Goshen Serve Notice of Nonpatronage. By Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Nov. 29.—Four industries here have notified city authorities they will not use electric current proposed to be supplied by a municipal plant beginning Jan. 1. when a contract with the Interstate Public Service Company will expire. Current consumed by the industries costs a total of about $25,000 a year. Those serving notice they will not patronize the city plant are the I-XI Furniture Company, Western Rubber Company. Goshen Rubber and Manufacturing Company and the Engmap factory. Recently the Goshen Manufacturers Association went on record in opposition to the city plant, expressing doubt that it could assure a continuous supply of current and declaring that a contract could be signed with the Interstate company which would insure current at a lower rate than the charge the city plans to make. However, Mayor Clell E. firestone and other city officials are proceeding with plans to install the plant and have received bids on a building to house it. The bids range from $26,000 to $29,000. Objecting manufacturers propose to buy current from the Interstate Company. 31 CITY EMPLOYES AT ANDERSON LOSE JOBS Mayor Takes Action as Result of Tax Rate Cutting by Stale Board. By United Press ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 29.—Discharge of thirty-one city employes of Anderson is announced by Mayor J. H. Mellett, in conformity with his recent statement that reduction in the city tax rate by the state board made drastic economies essential. The board cut the city levy to 76 cents. Approximately 25 per cent reductions in personnel was announced in the light, water, street and engineering departments. Similar cuts in the police and fire forces were forecast by Mellett, to be effected soon. COMPANY HEAD CHANGED Kokomo Man Will Be President of Steel Firm in Ohio. By Times Special YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov. 29. Henry A. Roemer, resident of the Continental Steel Corporation of Kokomo, Ind., has resigned that position to become president of the Sharon Steel Hoop Company here, succeeding Severn P. Kerr, who will become chairman of the Sharon board of directors and of its executive committee. Roemer will assume his new duties Jan. 1.