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ARM FRACTURE GRUDGE CAUSE DF DYNAMITING Prisoner at Kendallville Confesses Bombing of Farm Home. F.y Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6 Authorities announce that Russell Bucher, 30, held in the Noble county jail here, has confessed he exploded twelve sticks of dynamite near a house occupied by Homer Haviland, four miles northwest cf here, due to a grudge against Haviland. biased for a broken arm suffered by Bucher. The confession was made exactly six weeks after the explosion and at the same hour, 2:30 a. m. No one was injured by the explosion, but a large hole was torn in a side of the house, and plastering and windows shattered. Prison Term Possible The penalty for exploding dynamite on another's property without permission is two to fourteen years’ imprisonment. Noble county authorities failed in their efforts to solve the case, and enlisted aid of Leonard Brandt, deputy state fire marshal, who obtained the confession. For a time a theory was held that the crime was committed due to enmity toward Haviland because he employed Mrs. Evelyn Smith as his housekeeper, after she had left the service of another man, to which she has returned. However. Bucher denied this, his confession stating: Denies Woman Involved ' No that woman had nothing to do with it. It was because <of Haviland getting drunk and making me break my arm. Last July Haviland and* I were loading hay. Haviland was driving the team and he was drunk. He whipped one of the horses, making it lurch ahead and jerking the wagon, making me fall to the ground. I broke my left arm between the elbow and shoulder and he was laughing at me. Haviland is drunk most of the time. "I used twelve sticks of dynamite. I had them tied together with wire and kept them in a sack of corn in the barn. Haviland was taking care of that dynamite for me and I’d told him I was going to play a joke on somebody with it some day. So I just thought I’d play a joke on him "At. 7 o’clock the next morning Haviland came over and said, ‘I 4uit.’ I said. ’What's the matter?’ and he said, ‘They tried to get me last night'.”

STATUS QUO TEST SUIT FILED AT SOUTH BEND Man Refused Bailiff Appointment Takes Court Action. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind„ Dec. 6.—A suit to test constitutionality of the status quo act passed by the Indiana general assembly in 1929 is on file in St Joseph superior court here The complaint is signed by Glenn Robinson, after he had applied to the county commissioners for appointment as bailiff of their court. The commissioners’ court attorney, Alfred Martin, gave an opinion that the court could not make appointments, according to the status quo act. Tn Robinson's suit, he asks that ihe court give a declaratory judgment An act of 1907 provided that a bailiff should be appointed if the county’s population was 150,000 or more. The status quo act provides that the classification of a county shall not be changed "by reason of the 1930 census.” This is the first test suit under the *1929 act.

FcVmer Policeman Convicted £.y l imes Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 6.—Convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery. Floyd Stone, 38, former Anderson policeman, was sentenced by Judge Carl F. Morrow to the Indiana state prison for a term of from two to fourteen years. Finding of a blackjack near the scene of an attempted holdup directed suspicion to Stone and led to his arrest with Ray Foland, who pleaded not guilty and will stand trial. Thomas A. Crane, fruit stand operator, was assaulted and severely beaten bytwo men, who sought to rob him. but he saved his money. Last Veteran Dies B v United Press LAGRO, Ind., Dec 6—Daniel Rusrell, 90, is dead at the home of Ins daughter following a short illness. He was the last surviving Civil war veteran in this community Lagro and one of the three last veterans in Lagro township. He served in Company S. 118th Indiana volunteer i. ‘••ntry. Waterworks Buying Asked By Times Special WABASH. Ind.. Dec. 6.—A suit has been filed in Wabash circuit court by John D. Pofl seeking an order to compel the town board of Bunker Hill to buy the Bunker Hill Water company. PofT avers that the board issued SIO,OOO worth cf bonds for the purpose, but failed to close the deal. Assailant Sentenced By United Press BLUFFTON, Ind.. Dec. 6.—Everett Anderson. 26, Keystone, was sentenced to from five to twenty-one years in the state reformatory when he pleaded guilty in Wells circuit court here to charges of criminal assault. Store to .Aid Needy By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Dec. 6 —Employes iof the Sears. Roebuck & Cos. store here will devote one day's pay each four weeks to charity. The company will also contribute $1 for each dollar given by the employes. Theater Manager Hurt By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind, Dec. 6—Jack T. O'Rourke, former associate manager of Publix theaters in Anderson. is In a critical condition in a hospital at Camden, N. J„ suffering from injuries Teceived in an automjjLilr accident. He Is managre of a group of theaters in Camden

Shoe Sole Tilt Causes Teacher to Face Charge By I Hit id Press PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 6. The right of a school teacher to egulate the kind of shoes worn by pupils is questioned by Chris Milthaler, farmer of near Portland, who has filed a charge of assault and battery against Orrin Shaw, teacher. One %f the rules of the school, attended by Milthaler’s 16-year-old daughter, is that pupils taking part in physical education wear rubber sole shoes. Milthaler objected to purchasing such shoes for his daughter, and when she went to class wearing leather sole shoes, the teacher forcibly ejected her, the father alleges.

THEORY OF FIRE SUICIDE VOICED Coroner Expresses Opinion in Angola Woman's Death. By r luted Press ANGOLA, Ind., Dec. 6.—A preliminary finding by Coroner Frank B. Humphreys of Steuben county Is to the effect that Mrs. Stanley Fast, 49, started a fire in which she suffered fatal burns. Mrs. Fast died in an Angola hospital Thursday night. The coroner believes from testimony of her husband, that Mrs. Fast set fire to her home and attracted her husband when she cried out in pain as she lay on a burning bed. He removed her from the flaming home. Authorities say she made no effort to escape. While in. the hospital, Mrs. Fast explained that she found her bed afire. She told nurses she did not want them to save her from death. It was known that the husband and wife were destitute.

NAVAL AVIATOR FATALLY HURT Shelby County Native Dies at Pensacola, Fla. By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6. Lieutenant Gordon Conway, U. S. N., Shelby county native,, is dead at Pensacola, Fla., of injuries received in an airplane crash. The end came a few hours after his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Conway of Marietta, had left to be at his bedside. The officer was hurt when a plane he was attempting to land crashed at the new Corry near Pensacola. After being graduated from Mt. Auburn high school he attended Indiana university, and at the age of 18, entered the United States Naval Academy, from which he was graduated with high honors. He is 26. He leaves his widow; his parents; three brothers, Lyle, Chester and Willard, and two sisters, Reva and Thelma, at the family home. WIDOW GIVES $24,000 TO FOUND INSTITUTION Will Recalls Work of Husband, Who Started Valparaiso Hospital. By Times Special VALPARAISO. Ind., Dec. 6.—The will of Mrs. Hannah J. Loring, who died here this week, provides for a fund of $24,000 to pay for establishing one of various institutions, including a hospital, home for aged or a home for neglected and dependent children. She was the widow of Dr. D. J. Lcring, and aided him in founding a hospital here. Referring to her husband in that portion of her wall providing for the institution, Mrs. Loring wrote: "During the period of his life he devoted his knowledge and skill to the relief of human suffering and never failed to give his best service to worthy persons who were not able to pay for the same.” Lifelong Resident Dies I By 1 i mcs Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Dec. 6.—Ed Brown, 77, clerk, died at his home 1 here following several months’ ill--1 ness. He was born here and spent his entire life in the city. For | twenty-five years he was a clerk in I the old L. J. Lehman store and for twenty-years a clerk in the Joseph V. Hilger store. He was a member of the Catholic church and Knights of Columbus. He leaves a daughter. Mrs. Mary Brown Scott, two grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Wagner, this city. Baby Dies; Father 111 By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Dec. 6.—Richard Lee Walters. 21-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Walters, died in the county hospital here, and a few hoifi-s later the father was stricken with appendicitis and was rushed to the hospital. The appendix burst before the institution was reached Hunter Shot in Foot By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 6.-Frank Taylor, 23, son of Isaac Taylor, west of the city, is in a hospital due to gunshot wounds in a foot, sustained in a hunting accident. He was on the Henry Bush farm hunting when h?s gun was accidentally discharged and the full load struck the top of his right foot, tearing most of it away Marriage .Annulled By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 5. Annulment of a marriage at Danville Jan. 14. 1928. has been granted Malcolm Starrett, Noblesville, in Tipton circuit court at Tipton. His bride, he learned, had not obtained a divorce from Elmer T. Hopper at the time of the ceremony. Recount Changes Result By United Press MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 6. A recount of votes gave Loren M. Reeves a lead of two over Samuel Gash fpr the trusteeship of Adams county. election returns gave Gash the Rad by three votes. \

MARKETING TO RE SUBJECT OF FARM LEADERS Gavel Will Be Held Monday by President of Indiana Bureau. W. H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will preside Monday afternoon at the national co-operative marketing session of American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Boston. The entire afternoon will be devoted to a discussion of progress in co-operative marketing of farm products. The convention opened Friday to continue through Wednesday. The executive heads of three great nation-wide marketing associations created by the federal farm board will participate. In addition. a member of the federal farm board will deliver an address and an official of a fourth co-operative of great importance to farmers will also speak. This extensive presentation of agricultural co-operation is expected to give the industrial east a clear and correct conception of what this new fatm movement is striving to accomplish. Settle, who has had an active part in establishing various state and natioßal co-operative marketing enterprises will present some of his co-workers at the session. They will be C. E. Huff, Chicago, president of the Farmers National Grain Corporation; C. A. Ewing, Chicago, president of the National Live Stock Marketing Association, and E. F. Creekmore, New Orleans, vice-president and general manager of the American Cotton Co-oper-ative Association, who will set forth in their addresses the progress made ip marketing wheat, cattle and cotton since creation of their organizations with farm board backing. Charles W. Holman, Washington, secretary of the National Co-oper-ative Milk Producers Federation, will describe the development of cooperative marketing of dairy products. C. C. Teague, member of the federal farm board, is expected to tell how, through the support given by the California state farm bureau, grape producers of float state were convinced it was to their best interests to organize for the stabilization of the grape raising industry.

Bandit Battler Fights in Court for Seven Years By Times Special LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 6.—The seven-year-old case of Ottis Scott against the T. H„ I. & E. Traction Company, may be ended soon. The Indiana appellate court has denied the company’s petition for a rehearing and there remains only a motion for transfer to the state supreme court to be disposed of. Scott was. a passenger on a car on the Terre Haute division of the company’s lines in 1923 when a robber held up the car. Scott started to fight the robber and called on the conductor to assist him. Instead, the conductor fled from the car and hid in a clump of bushes beside the track where he remained until the robber left. Scott alleged he suffered injuries during the fight when he was hurled against a car seat. A suit for damages was filed by Scott in Marion county and in April, 1923, was brought to the Boone circuit court here on a change of venue. A jury in January, 1924, awarded him $2,000. The company carried the case to the appellate court and a year later the judgment given here was affirmed. Then the defendant took the case to the supreme court which in 1926 decided against Scott. The case was tried a second time here in 1929 and a jury awarded Scott $2,500. The defendant again appealed to the appellate court which upheld the judgment in May of this year. The recently dismissed petition for a rehearing was the next defense move, followed by a motion to transfer to the supreme court, which is still pending. Family Sues for 515.000 ; By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6.Suits asking a total of $15,000 in damages are on file in Shelby circuit court here against Horace Raymon of Waldron. Plaintiffs are Mr. and Mrs. J. Orval Janies and daughter. Miss Miriam of Bloomington. They allege that Haymond placed his automobile across a road near Waverly, Dec. 24. and the car they occupied crashed into it, causing them to be injured. Death Probe Continues By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Dec. 6. The investigation of Coroner E. E. Hoff a into the death of Joe Gatherum, 25, Clinton, found shot to death in his automobile north of Terre Haute morning, has not been closed, Hoffa announces following a report that Clinton authorities had discontinued their investigation. Hoffa says there are several phases of the case he intends to delve into before making a report. Sheriff Selects Aid By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6. Sheriff-elect Frank Hattery, the first Democrat elected to office in Hamilton county in twenty years has announced the appointment of Loyal Hall. Sheridan, as his deputy. Hall was in the rainbow division during the World war and served fifteen months in France. County Surveyorelect Roy Homey has announced appointment of Fred Mock as his deputy. Mock has been a deputy in the office for twenty years. Woman Dies at 101 Bp United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6.—Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, 101, Vanderburg county's oldest resident, and perhaps the oldest person in Indiana, is dead. She had lived in the county since she was 6 years old, when she came from New York down the Ohio river by flatboat. She leaves three daughters, two sons, fourteen grandchildren, twenty-one great-grand children and six greatgreat- grandchildmi.

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PURDUE HEAVY SHOWWINNER Hog Entries Alone Take 59 Prizes at Chicago. By Times Special CHICAGO, Dec. 6. Fifty-nine prizes on swine, including twentythree firsts, have been won by Purdue university entries at the international live stock show here, in addition to winning with sheep and fat cattle. Other Indiana winners in various divisions include J. M. Ballard of Marion, with hogs; the Wilt farm, Hillsboro; E. B. Moore, Sheridan; Gerald Simonin, Jasper county; Jess C. Andrew, West Point; Keith B. Clark, Clark’s Hill; Holmes A. Thompson, Cortland; Vem G. Eikenberry, Mexico; T. H. Clamme. Upland; Ed Harrell, Tipton; Harry Stamp, Roachciale; Louis Osterhoff, Lafayette; George J. Sauerman, Crown Point, and Lloyd Joyce, Logansport. Otha Wyrick, Kempton, won most of the prizes on Clydesdale horses. His winnings are as follows; Stallion, 4 years and over, first and fourth; yearling stallion, first; stallion foal, fifth; mare, 4 years and over, second, third and fifth; 2-year-old mare, first and second; filly foal, fifth; stallion and three mares, first; three, get of one wirebred American, second; two produced of one dam, second; senior champion stallion, reserve; senior and junior champion mare, reserve; junior championship mare.

STONE MILLS AWAITING FREIGHT RATE DECISION Operators Declare Only Reduction Can Save Their Business. P.y Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 6. A decision affecting the future of about fifty stone mills in tire Bloom-ington-Bedford district, employing some 3,500 men, is expected to be made soon after Jan. 1, by the interstate commerce commission. Mill operators are seeking a reduction in freight rates on dressed stone, and in the course of hearings before the commission’s examiners have declared that unless a reduction is granted, they will be put out of business. Formerly, the rate on both rough and dressed stone was the same, 30 Yj cents, but the commission raised the rate on the dressed to 381-2 cents. This change, the mill owners, declare, caused rough stone to ba ordered almost exclusively, it being dressed at points near where it was to be used. Brazil Engineer Dies .By Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 6.—W. Harry Risher, 42, city engineer of Brazil, and municipal waterworks superintendent, is dead following an operation. He was born here where he spent most of his life. He leaves his widow and a son. Joseph.

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Attorney-General in Address at Conference Points to Law Flouting. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Dec. 6. Charging thdt “in a number of munties the laws are being violated flagrantly,” _ Attorney-Gen-eral James M. Ogden made a stirring plea here today for nonpartisan and united action in stampingout criminals now. The attorney-general spoke at a regional conference on law and order at Indiana university, called by the state crime commission. “Many remedies and cures for the existing criminal conditions are suggested.” Ogden declared. “Some of these doubtless will be adopted. In the meantime laws in a number of counties are being violated flagrantly. We can not delay until the next generation is educated that we may break the racketeer combinations. “We can not wait until the mental specialists have accomplished thendesires and in the meantime temporize with bank and filling station bandits and kleptomaniacs. “We can not delay until after the legislature passes some necessary laws and in the meantime neglect to make the best use we can out of the officers we have now-. “We can not halt our onslaught against criminals until we have established an effective state police and'state board of safety, but must urge the arresting officers we now have to permit no criminal to escape. “We can not await the investigations and reports of commissions, boards and committees. We must carry on. We must keep the home fires of law and order aflame with the cause of righteousness in orderly government. “We are today confronted with conditions. These must be dealt with as they exist. We must make use of the means at our command.

De Pauw Chape! Service Monday as Tribute to John B. Harrison. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 6.—A special chapel service for the late John H. Harrison, wealthy publisher of Danville, 111., will be held by De Pauw university Monday. Mr. Harrison died last spring. He was an alumnus of the university and was also a member of its board of trustees. Mr. Harrison, in his will, provided $250,000 for anew building on the De Pauw campus which will be known as Harrison Hall, and also made the university, with Mrs. Harrison, chief legatees in an estate valued at more than $1,000,000. As a result of the bequest, he has given De Pauw more money than any other alumnus. Speakers will be Roy O. West, Chicago, president of the board of trustees; William J. Parrett, business partner of Mr. Harrison in publishing the Danville (111.) Commercial News; Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, of the Chicago area, and the Rev. Thomas Ewing, pastor of the Danville Methodist church. Prayer will be given by the Rev. B. D. Beck, pastor of the Temple M. E. church. Terre Haute, and benediction by Dr. Salem S. Towne, treasurer emeritus of De Pauw. Music will be provided, by the De Pauw school of music. Professor Van Denman Thompson wall be at the organ and the university’s choir, directed by Dean R. G. McCutchan, will sing. Mrs. Harrison will be honor guest at the service. President G. Bromley Oxnam of De Pauw will preside. Students, faculty and townspeople will join in honoring the memory of this De Pauw benefactor. Benefactions by Mr. Harrison were not confined to his university. They included a hospital for Danville, public paries and a gift to his fraternity, Sigma Chi. The only other alumnus that has given so liberally to De Pauw was Frank J. Hall of Kansas City, a furniture manufacturer who made De Pauw beneficiary in his .estate valued at approximately $1,000,000. Edward Rector, probably De Pauw’s greatest benefactor, whose gifts exceeded $3,000,000, was not an alumnus of the university. All three men served on the board of trustees, however.

POISON DEATH MOTIVE UNKNOWN BY MOTHER Terre Haute Woman Discusses Fate of Show Girl Daughter. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 6. Mrs. Ida L. Cooprider, mother of Miss Margaret Owen, 22, Detroit show-girl, has told the United Press she knows of no cause for the poisoning of the daughter at Detroit Saturday. She said Miss Owen had been on the stage four years. She has received no response to a telegram sent to her at a hospital before death. According to reports here, Detroit police believe Miss Owen was poisoned to prevent her appearance before a grand jury for questioning in regard to her alleged sweetheart, Nicholas “Diamond Bill” Dellabonta, charged with killing two Detroit policemen. Mrs. Cooprider said she knew of no connection between her daughter and Dellabonta. JUROR BRIBING FAILED Bloomington Man Faces Prison Term After Offer of SlOft. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 6. John Fleetwood, 29, taxi driver, faces a sentence of two to fourteen years, following his conviction in Monroe circuit court of attempting to bribe a juror. A bribe of SIOO was offered by Fleetwood to George A. Carpenter, a member of a jury panel, which Fleetwood believed would hear his trial on a charge of violating the dry law. Carpenter refused the money. Illness prevented him from being a juryman when the taxi driver was tried and convicted, the fourth offense he had committed by dealing in liquor.

No battle was ever won by an army permitting its morale to decay while awaiting for promised reinforcements. No just cause can afford to sleep on its rights. Now is the time to strike and strike hard. Let us use the best we have in the best way we can and good results will necessarily follow.” Fraternity Pledges Six By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., Dec. 6. Six members of the junior class, all advanced corps men in the De Pauw university R. O. T. C., have been pledged to Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity. They are Derrill Copeland, Indianapolis, a member of the varsity basketball team; Charles Hutchinson, South Bend; Joseph Stafford, Oak Park, 111.; John Pollock, South Bend; John Voliva, Indianapolis, and Edward Bingman. Anderson.

Paint Used by Vandals By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Dec. 6—Vandals, for whom police officers are searching, used black paint in smearing the homes of Mrs. Malissa Rolland and Mrs. Allie Clay. One side of each home was so badly de- j faced that repainting will be neces- | sary. a can which contained the j paint was found in an alley between the homes. Fish Die of Poisoning By United Press CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 6. An effort to determine the cause of the death of fish in Whitewater river between here and Brookville is being made by state board of, health agents. A theory that poison from Connersville sewers was killing the fish was not substantiated. Anderson Grocer Dies By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 6 —Otto j T. veteran grocer, is dead. He leaves his widow.

FIGHT OPPONENT EXONERATED IN WOMAN'S DEATH Coroner at Marion Reports Cerebral Hemorrhage Ended Life. B.y Times Special MARION, Ind., Dec. 6.—lnvestigation of the death of Mrs. Bertha May Craig, 43, on Nov. 23, 1930, has been closed with the filing of a report by Coroner O. L. Stout, stating a cerebral hemorrhage was fatal. The report was filed following a post-mortem examination by two physicians. Dr. E. O. Harrold, who attended Mrs. Craig at the time of her death, and Dr. Grace M. Beshgetoor. The examination was ordered by Dr. Stout following reports that Mrs. Craig had come to her death as a result of injuries received in a fight with a neighbor, Mrs. Mabel Smith, Negro. Testimony at the inquest indicated that a fight had taken place between Mrs. Craig and a neighbor after an argument over their children, and that Mrs. Craig was knocked to the ground and beaten by her, opponent. Witnesses at the inquest were Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, mother of Mrs. Craig; James Craig, her husband. and Mrs. Lula Hueston, a neighbor. Dr. Harrold, who examined Mrs. Craig a few hours after the alleged fight occurred, declared that she was suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage and that it was due to circulatory degeneration and hypertension or high blood pressure. The physician Is emphatic in stating that he does not believe that injuries which may have been received in the fight caused death.

SERVANT SAVES ‘WONDER HORSE’ Negro Leads Tom Mix Mount From Burning Barn. By Times Special PERU, Ind., Dec. 6.—Tony, wonder horse of Tom Mix, former movie star and now a, circus performer, is munching his oats today without any concern over his narrow escape from death in a fire which caused a $45,000 loss here this week when a barn _at circus winter quarters was burned. The horse owes his life to George Washington Pope, faithful Negro servant of Mix. When smoke filled the barn, Tony reared and jerked until he broke his halter. But he was too blinded to find his way out. Pope dashed through to the horse’s stall and Tony was led to safety. Five other horses, used by Mix in his act with the Sells-Floto circus escaped, as did more than 100 others, but seven dogs perished. LIQUOR TERMS IMPOSED Federal Judge Slick Sentences Seven at Ft. Wayne. By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 6.—Seven men were sentenced Friday on charges of, violating liquor laws, after pleading guilty in federal court before Judge Thomas W. Slick. Raymond H. Zimmer, 45, Rome City, was sentenced to thirty days in the Allen county jail, and Paul Dean, 24, Auburn, was given a three months’ suspended sentence after confessing that he had learned to make a still in his high school physics class. The sentences of five Ft. Wayne men also were suspended. A jury trial of Guy Emrick, former Allen county sheriff, and twenty others charged with conspiracy to violate prohibition laws is scheduled for Tuesday. Republicans Get Posts By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 6.—Wayne county's change of heart in the last election was sufficient to elect a Democratic sheriff, but the preponderance of Republicans in other offices causes Sheriff-Elect Dan Chapman to have two Republican deputies. Judge G. H. Hoelscher of Wayne circuit court has appointed George Quigley, Republican, to serve as riding baliff, which makes him a deputy sheriff. The county commissioners, all Republicans, are expected to appoint Buck Wenger, another Republican, as turnkey at the county jail. Bandits Takes Auto and S6O ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 6.—Jude Ellis, assistant to Glen Curtis. Martinsville high school basketball coach, was robbed of his automobile and S6O by a man who stopped him on State Road 67 and asked a ride to the next filling station to get some gasoline for his stalled car. Ellis was going to Ft. Wayne when the robbery occurred. He said the man he believed he was befriending poked a revolver in his side, took his money and then made him get out of the automobile, which the robber drove away at high speed. Infirmary Head Chosen By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 6. A. B. Clark of Lebanon has been approved by the board of Decatur county commissioners as superintendent of the county infirmary. He will succeed Mrs. Nellie Fleetwood, who has held the post since the death of her husband two years ago. Clark was a former resident here. His wife, a former local woman, once lived in the house which has since been taken over by the county as its infirmary. Past Masters Meet By Times Special FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind., Dec. 6 The Past Masters’ Association of Wayne county held its annual banquet here with about 100 in attendance. Following the dinner, a program was given with the Rev. J. O. Campbell of Chester as the principal speaker.

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Boy Runs Past Fire Alarm Box as Home Burns By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. 6. When John King, 12. son of Dr. B. F. King, made a short cut through the back yard of his home to reach the Y. M. •C. A. building, he discovered fire burning on the roof of the house. He continued on the run to the Y. M. C. A , where he knew there was a fire alarm box, passing one less than a block from his home. Fireman finally arrived in time to check a fire that was gaining rapid headway after spending five minutes in another community searching for the fire.

WIDOW FACES FIGHT FOR JOB Circuit Clerk’s Tenure in Lake County Disputed. By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Dec. 6. Mrs. Alvina Killigrew, who succeeded her husband. John Killigrew, in office as clerk of the Lake circuit court after Inis death, will probably face a court fight to retain the place. Dr. George W. Sweigart. elected to the office Nov. 4 on the Democratic ticket, announces he intends to file a suit contesting the widow's claim that she should serve until Jan. 1, 1932. In preparation for assuming the office at once, Dr. Sweigart tendered an official bond for $150,000 to the Lake county commissioners, but they refused to accept it. Under the law in effect when Mr. Killigrew died in 1928, his appointed successor would have held the position only until another person had been elected. However, his friends succeeded in having passed in the 1928 legislature a bill placing the circuit clerk’s office in the' holdover group. The bill was special legislation, the constitutionality of which Dr. Sweigart proposes to attack.

Highest Honor Won by Twelve I. JJr Graduates B,y Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec 6. Two members of the October, 1930, graduating class and ten members of the June, 1931, class at Indiana university have been chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic fraternity. This is the highest scholastic honor attainable by Indiana university students. Julian F. Morris, romance languages, Vincennes, and Paul T. Scott, history, Dugger, both of the fall graduating class, are recipients of the honor. Those of the 1931 class who were elected to membership are: Josephine A. Berkey, Latin, Salem; Doris Bopp, French, Terre Haute; Walter F. Brown. English, Bloomfield; George H. Davis, mathematics, Kokomo; Mabel Hess, Latin, Vallonia; Afra C. Meyer, mathematics, Lawrenceburg; John S. Peake, chemistry, Anchorage, Ky.; Paul M. Pepper, mathematics, Ft. Wayne; Ruth Waskom, English, Little York, and Esther M. Wolfgang, history. Evansville. The annual fall supper for new members is scheduled for Thursday evening, Dec. 11, with Dean Fernandus Payne of the I. U. graduate school, giving the address. “The Graduate School” will be his subject. AIR MAIL LINE OPENED First Plane Over Ft. Wayne-South Bend Route Carries 75,090 Pieces. By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Dec. 6—More than 75,000 pieces of mail were carried on a plane today that opened an air mail route between Ft. Wayne and South Bend. Thousands of persons from the city and surrounding territory attended the dedicatory services for the air line, despite bad weather. Among the guests were Jimmy Doolittle and Jimmy Haizlip, noted aviators. Injured Woman Sues By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Dec. 6.-Be-cause, it is alleged, he failed to erect a barrier or place a warning light at a point of danger. William Dilion, superintendent of the Madison county highway department, is defendant in a suit for $2,000 damages filed by Mrs. Pearl S. Kinsley of Elwood. An automobile in which Mrs. Kinsley was riding as a passenger ran into an excavation made in a road during construction of the Swanfelt dtfeh. She says she suffered a broken nose, a fractured cheek bone and her chin was almost severed. Fiddler, 99, in. Contest By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 6.—More than 800 persons attended an old fiddlers’ contest, held at the Boston school, south of here. A feature of the evening’s program was the' playing of John Hawkins, 99, Middleboro fiddler. In addition to his fiddling, he entertained with some jigging.

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NEWMAN CLUBS OF OHIO VALLEY CONVENE TODAY Catholic Student Body at Indiana University Host for Session. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Dec 6. The eleventh annual convention of the Ohio valley province of the Federation of College Catholic Clubs opened at Indiana university today to continue through Sunday. Charles A. Raney of Loogootee, a junior at I. U., made arrangements for the convention. Fifty delegates from the following schools are attending: University of Cincinnati. Ohio State university. University of Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute of Technology, University of West Virginia, Dequesne university. Western Reserve university, Case School of Applied Science, University of Kentucky. Purdue university. Marquette university, University of Michigan, and Tri-State college. While the National Federation of College Catholic Clubs is composed of Marquette Clubs as well as Newman clubs, only the latter is included in the Ohio valley province ol the federation. Raney is vicechairman of the province. Other officers are chairman, J. J. O’Callaghan, Chicago; treasurer. Jack Meagher, Crafton. Pa.; chaplain, the Rev. C. A. Miller, Cincinnati, O.; vice-president, Miss Tressa Beirne, Cincinnati: member-at-large, Frank Ranney, Cleveland, O. and secretary, Paul A. Noon, Columbus, O. In making arrangements for the convention, Raney was assisted by Miss Mary Agnes Nurre. Bloomington, in charge of the dance; Miss Katherine Walsh. Ft. Wayne, luncheon and dinner; Ambrose Rascher, Cedar Lake, and George Coyle, Peabody, Mass., entertainment; Donald Jones, Anderson, and Miss Marguerite Vogeding, Garrett, general critics; Joseph Farrell, Indianapolis, communion berakfast; Ray Higgins, New Haven; '.oy Haussman, Gary, and William McGovern, Loogootee. CONCILIATOR CHOSEN BY MINERS AND OPERATORS Former Union President Proposed to Serve in Indiana. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 6 John D. White, former international president of the United Mine Workers of America, has been selected by the Indiana Coal Operators Association and officials of District 11, U. M. W. of A, to act as conciliator in contract disputes between the two organizations, it is annpunced here. The announcement, made byHarvey Cartwright, commissioner of the operators’ association, and Michael Ferguson. District 11 president, followed a statement to the same effect by John L. Lewis, international president of the miners’ union, at Springfield, 111. The selection of White to act as referee, provided for in a contract agreement signed by operators and union officials in District 11 last April, will be placed before the miners’ district executive board for its approval Tuesday, Ferguson said. Approval of the operators’ association already has been given, it is understood. Man. 97, Fatally Burned B n Uni lid Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 6. Burns received bv Dona Loranzo, 97, a native of the West Indies, when his clothing caught fire while he was refueling a furnace, caused his death.

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