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BURROS TAKE SCIENTISTS TO WORLD OF ANCIENT GIANTS

PLOD THROUGH LAST 20 MILES OF WILDERNESS Expedition Slowly Moves Over Old Sonora in Final Stage of Quest. EIGHT-FOOT SKELETONS Coronado’s Party Passed Over Region Four Centuries Ago Hunting Gold. BY CHARLES HOLLOWAY United Press Staff Correspondent SOYOPA, Sonora, Mexico, Dec. 11. - A wilderness through which Coronado and his Spanish conquistadores toiled four centuries ago was entered today by a band of modem scientists on an international quest for traces of a prenistoric race of supermen. Coronado led his men northward to discover one of the seven modern wonders of the world —the Grand canyon of the Colorado —but this modern expedition believed it was within reach of discoveries no less important to the world of science. The old world conquerors of the sixteenth century traveled afoot and on horseback, and these men of today, for all their twentieth century knowledge, could command no better transportation. Guided by Indian descendants of the bands that have roamed this region for generations, a burro train was organized by the archeologists today for the last twenty miles of their Journey. Three Skeletons Discovered At the end of that twenty-mile stretch lay the skeleton remains of what may prove to be the long sought race of giants. The three skeletons already discovered, along with others the scientists are confident will be found in the vicinity, will form the basis of their strange research. Existing heretofore only as a myth handed down from generation to generation by superstitious natives, these giants may be established as a scientific fact by the anticipated discoveries, the scientists said. The land through w T hich the expedition traveled is rich in prehistoric lore, and it also bears the reputation of hiding the richest store of gold ore in the world.

Yaquis Foil Gold Seekers But the war-like Yaqul tribes that dwell in the district always have driven gold seekers back—at least, none ever returned the richer for his experience. It was just such a hunt that brought J. L. Coker, veteran Sonora mining operator and guide of the present expedition, to the banks of the Yaqui river, where he found the three huge skeletons. His men were digging near the stream when they came upon a number of fossilized bones. Forgetting the gold, the miners turhed their spades to the business of uncovering their newest find. They worked through four feet of the soft earth and found the remains of what had been a man and two women. More Than 8 Feet Tall "We were almost struck dumb by the disovery,” said Coker. "These were not the bones of humans such as we had expected. They were the bones of giants. "The man was eight feet three inches tall. The women were almost as large. "It may have been a prehistoric family, placed there in death and remaining to give the world a key to their existence.” They were not alone giants in stature, according to Coker. Adorning the bones were costly trinkets of an intricate mold, and around them were examples of pottery such as he had never seen before. May Reach Scene Today Dean Byron H. Cummings of the University of Arizona archeology staff and leader of the expedition, believes these highly developed potteries may be the means of establishing the mentality of the giants and thus give important new knowledge to science. It was hoped that excavation work would start late today, when the party expected to reach the burial ground. The scientists were not sure of this. The tortuous trails, the stubborn burros and the heavy rains may delay them until nightfall. Gloriously A(■ Alive At 40 My Friends: Correct Your Eating Faults and Lose Your Fat With Kruschen Salts. Yes: I'm forty-five today—built like a race horse, my friends say—and I know I feel 10 years younger than I did three months ago—and I'd hate to tell you how much fat I lost with Kruschen. I call Kruschen Salts the "magic salts” because when I was fat and wretched, despondent and half sick all the time—it took only one bottle that I bought for 85 cents at my druggists to liven me up—put ambition and energy* into me—make me feel years younger and with the help of a change in diet show’ me how to lose the fat I was so ashamed of. Cut out pastries and desserts—go easy on potatoes, cream, cheese and butter—eat lean meat, chicken, fish, vegetables and fruits and never fail to take one-half teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water before breakfast every morning. Hook'* Dependable Drug Stores and •very other drug store worthy of the name In the World Bells Kruschen Salta —an 8S cent bottle lasts 4 weeks—not ®uch to pay for buoyant health—Advertisement.

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Three hundred members of Sigma Chi fraternity from nineteen active chapters and alumni groups in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana will attend the tri-province convention and diamond' jubilee meeting in the Columbia Club Friday and Saturday. Wilson S. Daily, secretarytreasurer, and J. Fremont Frisinger, president of the Indianapolis alumni chapter, are in charge of arrangements for the convention. Boyd Gurley, editor of The Times, will preside at the banquet Friday night when Dr. W. Henry McLeen will be the principal speaker. A ball at the Columbia Club Saturday night will conclude the convention.

PLEAS BY RADIO HELP CHILDREN Pep Unlimited Club Boosts Times Clothing Drive. "Raise the ante! We'll take three more children, making five altogether we’re clothing for school.” These welcome tidings came in over the phone today to the "Clothe a School Child for Christmas” editor of The Times from the Pep Unlimited Club of WFBM. The club's conductor, Don Hastings, w’ith pleas at the morning broadcasts, 7:30 to 9, has raised $65 and a quantity of clothing from dial-twisting members of the club. "One woman gave us S2O and wants to clothe a child under the banner of the club,” Hastings announced. Money contributions to the Pep Unlimited Club’s "Clothe-a-Child” lads and lassies should be sent in care of WFBM. Contributors to the Pep Unlimited Club’s fynd are: One dollar contributions: Mrs. Ora Bowen, Southport; Fritzle Schneider, 3485 Btrchwood; George Donaldson. 3020 Capitol avenue; Mrs. Reno. 1026 North Euclid; Mrs. Tony Hesmas, 815 Linwood: F. A. Newhouse 3137 Webb street; Fred Newhouse: J. D. Thacker. 3444 North Pennsylvania street; Bert Hahn. 302 Blake street: Mrs. A. J. Karp; Mrs. Lyman E. Wright. 1039 Pratt; Mrs. Harry Mounts, 3714 Ruckle street; B. W. Keys. 5230 East Washington street; C. O. Holmann. 2820 East Tenth: R, C. Olson, 2829 East Tenth: Mrs. John Longwell, 901 Greer street: Mrs. Roy R. Roudebush, Greenfield. Ind., Mrs M. E. Griffin; Mrs. J. T. Stewart. 1127 W. Thirty-fourth street; Mrs. Fred Batey. 5018 East Washington street: Mrs. C. Pelper, 301 North Drexel avenue. Three Boys. Kroger etore. Oriental and Washington. $3; John E Barclay. $2; Bertha C, Lasher. S3; W’alter Quelser. 330 Berkley road, $5: Mrs. Harrison Cohen. $2; Mrs. R. Hicks, 528 Parker. $2; Woodward Warrick Jr.. 3515 North Pennsylvania street. $2; Anonymous, S2O; Pep Unlimited Club. S5; Mrs. Rigger. 2607 East Tenth street, clothes.

ASKS SHOALS LEASE Farm Board Moves to Cut Cost of Fertilizer. : By United Press BOSTON. Dec. 11.—The American Farm Bureau Federation in its closing session, adopted a resolution calling for co-operative leasing and operation of Muscle Shoals by farm interests. Those who favored the resolu- ! tion charged farmers were paying | exhorbitant prices for fertilizer, j Statistics were offered .to show that 7,000,000 tons of fertilizer was used j in the United States annually and j that this cost the farmer $35 a ton. Under the Muscle Shoals plan, it ; was estimated, the farmer would pay 20 to 25 per cent less. SSOO IN MERCHANDISE TAKEN BY BURGLARS ! Salesman Is Robbed of S3OO in Shoes for Right Foot. Smashing furniture, ransacking an open safe and scattering papers over the office, burglars took SSOO worth of merchandise from the Fred C. Langfritz pharmacy, 2438 Northwestern avenue, Langfritz told police today. Sample shoes, all for the right foot, worth S3OO, were taken from an auto of J. B. Novotny, Chicago salesman, in the rear of the Capitol hotel, 359 West Washington street, Wednesday night. In a residence at 728 North Delaware street, Miss Lillian Franklin, roomer, said a purse with $8 was stolen from her room; Miss Myrtle Bacon said S3O was taken from her room. 3 HOUSES RANSACKED Ransackings of three houses were being investigated today by police. Mrs. Bryan Motley, Apt. 15, 336 Prospect street, reported $27.50 stolen from her residence. Theft of sl4 and clothing valued at sls was reported by Mrs. Fay Dotson, 1709 Ruckle street. A Negro who ransacked a bedroom in the residence of Mrs. O. N. Fenton and Mrs. Everett Beaton, 1727 North New Jersey street, fled Wednesday night before obtaining any loot.

HUGE NEW YORK BANK IS CLOSED FOLLOWING RUN $202,972,000 on Deposit in Institution: Proposed Merger Fails. By Inited Press NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Joseph A. Broderict state superintendent of banks, today took possession of the Bank of United States, which had deposits of $202,972,000. There are fifty-nine branches in New York City. Heavy withdraw r als were reported Wednesday night at thirteen branches in the Bronx and Brooklyn. The Bank of United States was organized in 1913 under a state charter. It has no connection with the federal government. Since its incorporation a law has been passed prohibiting use of a similar name for any banking company through belief there might be confusioff between names of the private bank and the government. • Worked All Night Leading financial interests of 'he city, including representatives of J. P. Morgan & Cos. and federal reserve authorities, worked all Wednesday night in an effort to aid the bank, the aid plan having centered on a proposed merger which would have brought a billion-dollar bank. These negotiations, however, ended without result and directors put the bank in the hands of the banking department today. The superintendent of banks was informed this morning that afternoon papers will carry an advertisement of the assistance which the clearing house banks expect to render in the situation. Claims May Be Paid This would take the form of loans against the net claims of depositors to the extent of 50 per cent of such claims properly authenticated. As of Sept. 24, 1930, the date of the last bank call, the capital of the bank w r as reported at $25,250,000; surplus and undivided profits of $17,156,000, and gross deposits of $202,972,000. Deposits on Sept. 30, 1929, were $242,322,280.

REALTY IS NORMAL Board President Reports Prices on Level. In his annual report to the Indianapolis Real Estate Board at the Indianapolis Athletic Club at noon today, T. E. Grinslade, president, declared the downward irend in real estate prices this year was not destructive cf values. "Prices did not go below their level In normal years,” he said. "In 1925, records show, a lot in the 5700 block on Washington boulevard sold for $3,000. Within the last sixty days a man grabbed at the opportunity to buy that lot for $4,000. Less than a week later he sold it for S6OO profit.” DEATH OF TWO LAID TO POISON ALCOHOL Coroner Staris Investigation of Fatalities Blamed on Liquor. Coroner C. H. Keever today will open investigation into deaths of 'two men, brothers-in-law, allegedly from poison liquor. Charles Payne, 46, and Bruce Hampshire, 56, both of 117 South Cincinnati street, died in city hospital admitting room Wednesday i night. Mrs. Hampshire said they had i been drinking denatured alcohol, I but police were unable to obtain ! samples.

HERE’S CHANCE FOR HOP TO HOLLYWOOD

Best ‘Hell’s Angels’ Review Will Win Plane Trip for Writer. A free trip to Hollywood by air and a trip through the studios of United Artists! That’s the prize worth any one’s efforts. And you have as good a chance as any one else to win this great award. Theatergoers of the city are given an extra good chance to compete, and all they have to do is to write a review, fifty words or less, of “Hell’s Angels,” Howard Hughes’ multi-million-dollar aviation classic of the screen, which is being held over for another week at the Palace theater. The writer of the best review gets the trip to the film capital out in sunny California over the new Transcontinental & Western Air lines, the “National Skyway.” The review is to be written on one side of a sheet of paper, and then to be mailed to the "Heirs Angels” contest editor, care of The Indianapolis Times. Three prominent residents of this city have been injected as judges of the review writing contest, and their names will be announced in The Times Monday, Dec. 15. The award will be based on neatness of the review, as well as the phrasing. The trip can be made at a time convenient to the winner, within a reasonable length of time. "Hell’s Angels,” costing in excess of four million dollars, was three years in the making. Featured in the cast are Jean Harlow, the platinum-haired blonde discovery of the screen, and Ben Lyon and James Hall. "Hell’s Angels” is abundant in thrills and spectacular air scenes. The contest is open to all, excepting employes of The Times. Loew’s Palace theater and local film exchanges. All reviews must be submitted not later than Saturday, Deef 20. Pairs of Palace theater tickets will be awarded to the next ten, selected by the judges, after the winner has bsen chosen.

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By United Press EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 11.—Briga-dier-General George C. Bamhardt, 62, commander of the army post, Ft. Bliss, died Wednesday night of blood poisoning. Adopt Five-Day Week By United Press CINCINNATI, Dec. 11.-Union printers here have voted to adopt the five-day working week, to relieve unemployment. Noted War Nurse to Wed By United Press SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Dec. 11. —Mrs. Kathleen Burke McLean, declared to be the “most decorated’’ of any World war nurse, and Girurd Van Barkaloo Hale, mural painter, will be married here next Tuesday. Gift of Million to Research By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.—Mrs. Grace I. Connors, wife of William J. Connors, Buffalo publisher, presented the deed to her $1,000,000 Long Island estate to the Better Health Foundation for use in cancer research. War Film Withdrawn in Berlin By United Press BERLIN, Dec. 11.—The war film, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which has caused a storm of protest and minor rioting during its showing here, was voluntarily withdrawn by the producers. Duke Visits Doug Fairbanks By United Press BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Dec. 11.— The duke of Sutherland, undersecretary for the air service in the British cabinet, is visiting Douglas Fairbanks. linker Kills Himself By United Press WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 11.—James Malcolm Warren, 40, banker and soloist at the Northampton church, which Calvin Coolidge attends, killed himself here. Select Dirigible Base By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.—’The house naval affairs committee voted, 18 to 1, in favor of Sunnyvale, near San Francisco, as a site for the new west coast dirigible base.

Kills Self in Club By United Press COLUMBUS, 0.. Dec. 11.—William C. Willard, 58, vice-president cf the Huntington National bank here, shot and killed himself in an ante-room on the fourth floof of the Columbus Athletic Club, Woman Prisoner Is 111 By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Mrs. Adolfo De Bosis, former American citizen, arrested in Rome for alleged anti-Fascist activities, has been transferred from a prison to a medical clinic, the state department was informed. Ford to Visit Hoover By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Henry Ford wired President Hoover he would arrive at the White House next Monday for a visit. Opposes Wheat Gift to Jobless By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.—Chairman Alexander Legge of the farm board opposed proposals to give 40,000,000 bushels of governmentovned wheat to unemployment relief agencies.

In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9 a. m: , West southwest wind, 11 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 29.85 at sea level; temperature, 46; ceiling unlimited; visibility, 5 miles; field good. Arrivals and Departures Capitol Airport—Lee Eikenberry, Flora, Ind., to Birmingham, Ala. Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport—Lieutenants Booker, Patrick and Dunn in three Thomas Morse O-10-C scout planes en route from Morse factory to Scott field at Belleville, 111. Major John Bennett, general manager of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service ol Kentucky, from Bowman field, Louisville, and return in Douglas O-2-H. T. A. T. passengers included: G. S. Pomeroy, Harrisburg, Pa., to Columbus, O.; J. H. Coulter, Chicago, to Columbus; Norval Sledd, Lyons, Kan., to St. Louis. Inspection Arranged Curtiss-Wright Flying Service airplane mechanics students from all parts of the country will come to Stout field, Mars Hill, for inspection and examination during the next ten days, H. Weir Cook, general manager of the Indiana base here, announced Wednesday on receipt of word from New York. Students will visit local hangars hi small groups through the tenday period. Douglass Harris of the Indiana staff will be in charge of the inspection. FUEL FIRM' DEFRAUDED Police today sought a Negro who posed as a city weights and measures inspector Wednesday afternoon, duping the Merchants Coal Company, 936 East North street, of sl3. Earl Rybolt of the company, said the Negro gave his name as Robert Brown and asked that a ton of coal be delivered to 1928 Cornell avenue for him. With the coal he informed the driver he would want change for S2O. This was obtained and the Negro fled.

Organization or Marketing Commission to Be Started Soon. Organization of an Indianaijolis marketing commission with its goal the stimulation of business for the retailer, jobber and wholesaler will be started by the Chamber of Commerce, Paul Q. Richey, retiring president, announced Wednesday night at the annual banquet. Richey said plans for the marketing commission have been under consideration for several months and that the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce definitely has been pledged the tangible aid and co-op-eration of the United States department of commerce. Recommendation of the commission will be made to the new chamber administration, which will be elected next Thursday at the annual meeting of directors, who were elected this week. Experts to Come Here Through formation of the marketing commission, the Chamber of Commerce hopes to broaden the scope of all three classes. Richey mentioned an Increase of the spendable Income In their markets of $35,000,000 to $50,000,000 a year. The department of commerce already has agreed to send experts to Indianapolis for a series of conferences in January to get under way a survey of the potential local, state, sectional, national and world markets of Indianapolis products. “Analysis of present conditions and study of business trend reveal’that where the past decade was one of production or overproduction In business, the coming decade involves the problem of distribution,” Richey said. "Spendable Income in the market of local retailers, jobbers and wholesalers in 1929 was $366,000,000 with a decrease of 15 per cent probable for this year. It is up to us to get back that 15 per cent,” he said. Reports Air Progress Principal address at the banquet was one of a humorous nature by J. H. Hudson, manager of the organization service department of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, who spoke on, “It’s Up to You.” The only other speaker was Ed Hunter, secretary of the chamber, who summarized work on departments under William H. Book, civic affairs; Harry B. McNeely, freight and traffic; Clifford Dunphy, industrial; Richard W. Bunch, finance; Harmon E. Snoke, public relations, and Herbert O. Fisher, aviation. Hunter reported progress of the city as an air center, procuring of twelve new Industries and a prospective list of fifty more, obtaining of SIOO,OOO in orders for local firms, co-operation with city and county officials on tax problems and efforts to stabilize employment.

ROAD RELIEF BILL GIVES STATE HOPE

$2,045,929 Will Be Made Available in Indiana by Measure. A sum of $2,045,929 will be available immediately for road construction in Indiana after President Hoover signs the emergency relief appropriation bill, expefcted to pass the senate today, United Press dispatches from Washington declare. The federal fund of $160,000,000 for road construction, $80,000,000 of which is contained in the bill, would be available wholly for the various states without the necessity of matching it, dollar for dollar, since FOOD FORjiOO NEEDY Gas Company Employes Give 1 Per Cent of Wages. Five hundred persons will receive food from 725 employes of the Citizens Gas Company during December, January, February and March under a charity plan now being deevloped. Suggestion that 1 per cent of their monthly salaries go to support needy persons met with approval of employes, who formed the Citizens Gas Company Main Office Welfare Association, Vincent V. Smith, assistant treasurer, said, FINGER PRINTS LEAD TO ARSON SUSPECT Recipient of Threat Letters Held in Burning of Own Home. VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 11. Dirty fingers leaving a print on a threatening letter were responsible for the detection of Leo E. Breithaupt, 23, Oaktow’n, as the man who allegedly wrote threats to himself and burned his own house Nov. 8, Daniel W. Moore, investigator for state fire marshal, said today. Ills home was insured for SI,OOO. Moore said Breithaupt .attempted to escape while being taken to Vincennes. With his prisoner, Moore said he was driving along when suddenly Breithaupt pulled two tear gas bombs from a pocket. Moore, however, overpowered his prisoner before the bombs were exploded. THEFT VICTIM FINDS TROUBLE IS DOUBLE Trouble hit a two-bagger off Harold Meek, 1810 Bellefontalne street, Wednesday night. First he reported theft of clothing valued at S4O from his home. Then he called on his wife Helen, from whom he is separated, in a downtown pharmacy where she is employed. He te— a glass jar at his ex-mate, police say. It glanced off her arm and crashed through a plate glass window. Meek was charged with drunkenness, assault and battery, malicious destruction c' property, and vagrancy. w

TRUSTEES SEEK I TO BAR SCHOOL BOOKS CHANGE Adopting New Texts Held Burden on Families in Resolution. • Readoption of the present textbooks used in Indiana schools in "order to keep too heavy a burden from thousands of families in the state,” was asked in one of the seven resolutions adopted unanimously today at the closing session of the annual convention of the Indiana Association of Township Trustees. School relief which will enable the state to discharge in full itk obligations to the children in sections obtaining state aid, was asked. The resolution does not specify the type of state aid plan to be adopted, but does point out the need of lifting the burden of local taxation. Hint at Free Books Another resolution asks for legislation which materially will reduce or eliminate the cost of school books to parents and indirectly hints at free text books. The trustees point out that there is an annual increase in the number of families receiving free books and declares that the present method of “handling texts encourages the too frequent adoption of new ones.” The association again went on record urging repeal of the teacher tenure law, which provides in effect that the sixth consecutive renewal of a teacher’s contract provides for life incumbency of the post. Ask Change in Law In an effort to aid those county school superintendents who may lose their posts because of the landslide which swept new trustees of an opposite political faith into office, the association ad opted a resolution declaring that the “factors of faithful service, and education efficiency should be the controlling Influence in the appointment of superintendents.” Trustees adopted a resolution asking that the present law, permitting townships in the first two classes to employ investigators for poor relief, be amended to give third and fourth class townships the same privilege. New Officers Seated The resolutions were written by a committee composed of Chairman Charles W. Dawson, J. Malcom Dunn and Mrs. Maggie Maxwell, Marion county; Peter A. Beczkiewicz, St. Joseph county; Tom McConnell, Lake county, and Ellis Learner, Howard county. The convention closed with Installation of new officers: President, McConnell; vice-president, Harry Sims, Lake county, and the reelected secretary-treasurer, Ed Hoffman, Vigo county.

the emergency law recognizes that many of the states are without a balance in their good roads funds. This is the situation in Indiana. Provision Is made that each state can use its special share of the SBO,000,000 appropriated In the bill, as if It were money from its own treasury, and then might borrow an equal sum from the $80,000,000 unexpended balance in the federal highway fund. The states can repay the sum borrowed in five years, beginning with 1933, with money which will be available in those years as their share of the future federal highway funds. John J. Brown, Indiana highway department director, was out of the city today, but attaches of his office were gratified with the prospect of the federal aid becoming available Immediately. No hope of federal aid before next July 1 had been held. The loan feature of the emergency measure would enable Indiana to receive double the $2,045,929 allotted from the $80,000,000. The art of clipping trees into ornamental shapes was introduced by the Romans.

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G. 0. P. HOUSE MEMBERS MEET Legislative Program Topic of 22 at Conference. Twenty-two of twenty-five Republican state representatives met at the Severin today to discuss their program for the assembly convening Jan. 8. Following the precedent of a meeting of Republican state senators a week ago, Governor Harry G. Leslie discussed the various proposals he may recommend in his biennial message. Among these are said to be free school textbooks, tax revision, an income tax and old age pensions. It was reported that the conference, which was secret, would devote the afternoon to discussion of various recommendations contained in the first draft of the state tax conference report. James M. Knapp of Hagerstown, speaker of the 1929 house, presided at the conference. It is expected generally that he will be named minority house leader.

1,500 BASKETS GIVEN City Employes’ Relief Group Aids 2,500 Families With Clothing. More than 1,500 baskets of food have been distributed to the needy in Indianapolis by the City Employes’ Relief Association, 225 North Alabama street, Francis Coleman, treasurer, announced today. In addition, 2,500 families have received clothing. Contributions totaling several hundred dollars for the association were announced at a meeting of post' commanders of the American Legion of the Seventh district Wednesday. GOLD HOARD INCREASED Bank of France Now Has More Than Two Billions in Store. By United Press PARIS, Dec. 11.—The great pile of gold in the cellars of the Bank of France passed a total of $2,000,000,000 during the past week, by an accumulation of 385,065,729 francs more worth of precious metal to give the bank a total gold reserve of 52,351,980,490 francs, according to the weekly statement of the bank published today.

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CIVIC LEAGUES PROTEST FEES BEFORE BOARD Tolls System in Community House Under Fire in Open Session. Clash between the park board and civic leagues over the fee system at community houses was expected to be fought openly this afternoon at the park board meeting. Several civic leagues will send committees to the board to protest the schedule that calls for payment of $2.50 for the first two hours of business meetings at park community houses. The battle was started last week by the Enterprise Civic League, members of which refused to pay the fee for use of the Rhodius park communitly house, and subsequently were refused admission to the structure last Friday night. Members of the Enterprise League committee are: Dr. Walter E. Hemphill, president; Frank Turner, Mrs. Daisy Kern, John Huff. Henry Comiskey and Mrs. Edward Connell. Since then, several local leagues have joined in the protest move and are seeking abolishment of the fee system for business meetings of their organizations. A. C. Sallee, park board superintendent, stepped Into the fray on Wednesday with a statement that he favored abolishment of the fees for business meetings, but declared the board would have to charge for use of structures for social affairs. He is upheld In this contention by many league members. David B. Kilgore, recreation director, who proposed the rates, is the target of many civic league leaders who have demanded he resign. The board may confer with a committee of league members to compromise on the system. WOMAN WOUNDED IN CHICKEN THIEF CHASE Fires Shot in Own Hand While Searching for Prowler. An attempt by Mrs. Myrtle Cain, Negro, 24, of 2147 Northwestern avenue, to capture a chicken thief resulted In Injuries to her Wednesday night when she shot herself In the left hand. She told police she heard locks being tom off the chicken house doors and, with the loaded gun, went to investigate. While she was making her way to the chicken house the gun exploded. She is at city hospital. Theft of fourteen chickens, valued at $35, was reported to police today by David B. Tunkle, 1341 Reisner street.

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