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EDITOR, FAMED FOR TRADITIONS; DIES IN PRISON Chapin, Fictional Newspaper ‘Model’ and Murderer, Passes. BY PAUL W. WHITE United Pres* Stiff Correspondent OSSINING. N. Y.. Dec. 14. Charles E. Chapin, wife murderer, and the man who as a metropolitan city editor was so hard-bitten that he became a sort of fictional fixation, died before the coming of another spring could refurbish his gardens and landscapes at Sing Sing prison. He succumbed Saturday night to an attack of pneumonia after a six-week's illness. Chapin was 72 and he had served almost twelve years of the twenty-year-to-life sentence imposed after he had pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering his wife. Although nearing the time of eligibility for parole, and although friends said that he could obtain a pardon, he was insistent that he remain a prisoner. “1 Want to Die” Thus when he was dying in an upper room of the “death house,’’ where he was taken at his own request because it was so quiet there, he was content to end his life in figurative stripes. “Do you need anything, Charlie?’’ he was asked by Warden Lewis E. Lawes. , • * “Yes,” Chapin replied, “I want to die. I want to get it over with.” ' Those were his last words Chapin, bom in Watertown, N. Y, left his parents’ home at the age of 14, and went to the midwest where in several cities he served as newspaper carrier and telegraph rnessenger. * In his autobiography he described how, directed to deliver a telegram trom President Grant to a United States senator, he had burst into the latter’s bedroom and shouted: * “Wake up, senator; here's an important message from the President!” Gained Pamelas Editor The senator later was to become his friend and permit the youth access to an extensive library. Chapin began to read voraciously and thus acquired his education. After brief experience as an actor he entered newspaper work. It was as city editor of the New York Evening World that Chapin gained national prominence. Many members of his staff later went on to success in the writing of novels, plays and short stories, and their delineation of him led to what amounted to almost literary standardization of the city editor. Even now, as far as fiction is concerned, the type must be Acidulous, ruthless, ever-alert —ala Chapin. Chapin added directly and indirectly to the nation’s list of pet phrases. Supplied Perennial Anecdote Once Irwin S. Cobb, then a rewrite man on the Evening World, heard that Chapin was ill, he commented : “I hope it's nothing trivial.” And Chapin himself supplied a perennial anecdote when he commanded a young reporter, who had been brutally beaten up by a. prospective interviewer, to “go back and tell him he can’t intimidate me.” Promptness was his fetish and n.°ny of his men were dismissed for tardiness. A story pointing this trait concerns a reporter who, having missed a ferry boat, was late getting to his “beat” at one of the court buildings. He stopped at a telephone in the ferry house and called Chapin to report for duty. “Cover the flood," Chapin cried. “The flood What flood?” asked the reporter. Gambling Brought Undoing “There must be a terirble flood at the courthouse,” the editor explained. I can hear the boats whistling.” Phapin had an unquenchable thirst for gambling and it was a series of unfortunate speculations that, brought about, his undoing. After getting badly into debt, Chapin was walking one day with hig wife, the former Nellie Beebe, to whom he had been married for thirty-nine years, when they passed an aged beggar woman. Mrs. Chapin shuddered and said: I should come to that.” From that chance remark arose a plan of murder and suicide. Chapin shot and killed his wife in their hotel suite and then walked out to put an end to his own life. Read Reporters’ Accounts He found, however, that he could not pull the trigger of his revolver and subsequently surrendered while newspapers were blazoning the words; “Charles Chapin wanted for murder.” He took little interest in his trial, but read a vividly the newspaper accounts, commending or condemning The various writers for their reportorial work. Once at Sing Sing he began the editorship of a prison periodical, but later confined his attention almost exclusively to gardening. Funds from outside, including a monthly donation from Irvin Cobb, helped him make the prison grounds a beauty spot.

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Santa Claus after his official arrival in the city over the Pennsylvania Railroad now is enthroned in front of a fireplace at the Lyric. Each boy and girl who visits him at the Lyric any afternoon this week receives from Santa a box of Christmas candy.

Dayton Girl Wins $5,000 in Audition

New York Baritone Gets First Award in Men’s Division. By United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—First prizes in the fourth annual Atwater Kent audition were awarded to Miss Carol Deis, soprano, of Dayton, 0., and Raoul E. Nadeau, barytone, of New York City. ' Each receive $5,000 cash and have their choice of two years free tuition in any American conservatory, or an equivalent. The competitors were five young men and five young women having the best voices in the country, as selected for the audition. All the contestants who sang over WEAF and the NBC network Sunday night received prizes. Miss Mary C. Cortner, soprano, New Orleans, and Stephen F. Merrill, tenor, Campbell, Cal., received second prizes of $3,000 each and one year's tuition. Joyce Allmand. contralto, Dallas, and Richard W. Dennis, tenor, Sioux Falls, S. D., received third prize of $2,000, and one year’s tuition. Fourth prizes of $1,500 each and one year’s tuition were awarded to Mrs. Paula J. Phoenix, soprano, Oakhurst, N. J., and W. Eugene Loper, baritone, Jackson, Miss. Fifth prizes of SI,OOO cash and one year’s tuition were awarded to Miss Esther B. Coombs, soprano, Long Beach, Cal., and Ross Graham, bass baritone, Hot Springs, Ark. SEER 'WHIM SLAYER’ Police Have Few Clews in Restaurant Killing. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Only clew police had today to the “whim slayer” who shot a restaurant owner to death without having said a word, was a pair of finger-prints on a water glass. The killer had dinner Saturday night in the Claridge hotel restaurant, owned by Paul Tulupan. The Claridge is popular with theatrical people. The restaurant was crowded. After the murderer had finished a leisurely dinner, he approached Tulupan at the cashier’s desk, with his check in his left hand. With Iris right hand, he suddenly pulled a shot-gun from under his coat and fired a slug into Tulupan’s chest from a distance of two feet. Tulupan dropped dead 1 . The slayer took S3O from the cash register and escaped. REVIEW OF CASE DENIED Sherman & Ellis Lose in Appeal lo High Court in Contract Suit. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The supreme court today denied Sherman & Ellis, Inc., Indianapolis, a review of their breach of. contract suit against the Indiana Mutual Casualty Company and its receiver, Irving W. Lemaux. Tire suing company organized a workmen's compensation reciprocal association which later was taken over by the Mutual company. A contract made at that time provided that Sherman & Ellis were to receive 10 per cent of the premiums collected for twenty years. Th contract allegedly was breached two years later. The lower court held that the nature of the contract made it contrary to public policy.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Clarence Grimes. 1525 Ewing street. Ford roadster, from Senate avenue and Market street. Earl Ragsdale. 2422 Brookside avenue. Chevrolet sedan. from Twentv-elghth street and Sherman drive. Forrest A. Reed. 1516 North Olnev street. Ford sedan, from Olnev and Eleventh streets. Manuel J. Vidal. 417 North Wallace avenue. Chevrolet sedan. 172-961. Marvland. from Ohio street and Massachusetts avenue. Robert Shorter. 1450 Martindale avenue. Dodge roadster. 730-732. from Twenty;:t’rd and Yandes streets Meredith Schoeneraan. 1535 La Grande Chevrolet sedan. 67-608. from in front of 1535 LaGrande avenue. Albert V. Deerv. 726 East North street. Oldsmobile coupe. 37-187. from garage at North and Davidson streets. Everett Kellv. 1842 W’est Wvoming street. Chevrolet coupe. 60-321. frcrn in front of 1542 West Wvoming street.. W. Martin Harris. 2951 Indianapolis avenue. Hudson, 732-566, from Fulton and North streets. William D. Nichols. 1424 Montcalm street. Ford couoe. 65-966. from Marvland street and Capitol avenue. Newby Motor Comoanv. 3901 East Washington street. Chevrolet coach. M 2-000, from rear of 3901 East Washington street.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: Pearl PieL 3416 North Meridian street. Ford coupe, found in South Grove. Jesse M. Bader. Apartment 12. 5703 East Washtncton street. Buick coupe, found at Fulton and North streets. Grahtm-Faise sedan. 743-233. found at Fall Creek

The picture shows Santa Claus standing on the front of the engine which brought him into the city Saturday. He is surrounded by many little friends, also Peggy Eames, a member of “Our Gang” comedies, Chief Red Fox, his squaw and their papoose, and, officials of the Pennsylvania railroad.

Jail Home By United Press WABASH, Ind., Dec. 15. Confinement in the Wabash county jail here became such a habit with Dole King, North Manchester, that he has made it his place of work as well as his home. Through the courtesy of Sheriff John Malott, King, local police character, has been permitted to board at the jail for an indefinite period in return for his work in tidying up the place.

OOPS QUIZ SIX GANG SUSPECTS Clothing Believed Stolen Seized During Raid, Facing charges of alleged participation in more than twenty burglaries, Indianapolis’ alleged auction gang of shoplifters and thieves again were under arrest today. In their apartment police found more than S2OO worth of clothing late Sunday. They believe- it was loot from downtown stores during the pre-Christmas rush. Held today were Mrs. Lena Farber, 26; Bess Gipprich, 25; Anna Wheeler, 39; Thelma Ester, 22; Betty Morley, 22, and Emmet McClellan, 25. All are charged with vagrancy. The arrests were made in the Gipprich apartment, No. 9, at 966 North Meridian street. When rounded up last summer the gang maintained an apartment in Irvington, where they are said to have held weekly auctions, where their loot was sold. McClellan and Mrs. Farber were arrested in Detroit, Aug. 10, in an apartment filled with goods alleged to have been stolen, and were returned here for trial. OPEN BRANCH IN CITY Carson Pirie Scott & Cos. Invite Visiting Retailers to Dinner. Doors of the new wholesale floor covering store of Carson Pirie Scott & Cos., at 210-214 South Meridian street opened today to merchants of the state. Visiting retailers will be guests at a dinner at 7 tonight at the Severin when speakers will include: Dwight Armstrong, president of the Armstrong Cork Company. Lancaster, Pa ; Mayor Reginald H. Sulh-an end Paul q’ Richey, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Officials of the firm who will attend are F. H. Scott, vicepresident: John T. Pirie Jr., Junior member of the Him: W. W. Geary sales manager. and C. S. Lewis, director of Indiana sales. Homer Evans Is manager of the branch, and Fred Brown, is Indiana representative. The firm has its headquarters in Chicago. CHAPTER GATHERS FOOD Baskets for Needy will Be Admlssion at Dance Friday. In order to increase the number of baskets of food they trill distribute to needy families at Christmas, members of Chapter 145, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, will give a dance at their hall, 168 West Pratt street, Friday. Any staple articles of food will be accepted at the door as admission The chapter Itself will distribute a number of baskets and hopes to double the amount. Members of the committee are Ross Bennett, B. Foster, Nelson Joseph and Reuben Germaine.

SI,OOO REWARD THE STANDARD GROCERY CO. will pay SI,OOO for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons who shot and killed our manager, Louis Davidson, of Store No. 144 E. Twenty-Third St. Saturday night. Dec. 13,1930. STANDARD GROCERY CO. L. A. JAC KSON C. H. JACKSON Notify Our Office or Indianapolis Police Dept.

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RETAIL GROUPS THROW ATTACK AT SALES TAX Fourteen Points Opposing Proposal Are Sent to Merchants. Fourteen points of opposition to the 1 per cent general retail sales tax*, proposed by the Indiana tax survey committee, have been raised by W. E. Balch, manager of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association, and circulated to merchants throughout the state. Asa result, mass meetings of merchants are being held in cities and towns throughout Indiana and concerted opposition of all merchants is expected to thwart any attempt at passage of such a tax by the 1931 legislature, Balch said today. The fourteen points were sent broadcast from the association offices, 801 Illinois building. Boost to Living Costs The contentions are: 1. A general retail sales tax is troublesome and expensive to administer. 2. It can not be passed on to the customer, except in a few cases. 3. It is retrogressive in effect and will bear more heavily on that class of citizens who can least afford to pay high tax. 4. It will increase the cost of living to the consumer, as the retail selling price necessarily will include the tax wherever possible, which in the final analysis will be prid by the customer. 5. It puts the retailer u the inconvenience and annoyance of becoming a tax collector for the state. 6. Because of the involved record keeping and additional accounting, the cost of doing business will be increased, not counting the tax. Would Deter Industry 7. It encourages the consumer to purchase from mail order houses located outside the state, the sales of which are not subject to tax. 8. It serves as a deterrent factor in keeping industries out of the state. 9. It is a greater hardship on those of limited income because a large percentage of such incomes must necessarily be expended in retail channels than is spent by those in the large income classes. 10. v It differentiates between commodities and service. Professional men are really in business just the same as the merchant, only the wares he sells are not actually commodities, they are services and, therefore, exempt. The lawyer, doctor. public accountant, architect and many others go untaxed. An Unfair Burden 11. It is not a tax based on ability to pay. It is effective in times of depression as well as in periods of prosperity. It is based on sales regardless of profit or loss. 12. Once a sales tax i enacted there is nothing to prevenl succeeding state legislatures fron increasing the rate of taxation when they are confronted with the problem of raising additional state funds. 13. It taxes luxuries on the same basis as necessities, placing upon the latter commodities an unfair proportion of the burden 14. In thousands of instnace it will be impractical to pass the tax on to the consumer, thus making it necessary for the retailer to pay the tax out of his own pocket. Class Legislation Balch also points out that the tax is based on volume and not on profit and that a merchant whose business is operated at a loss is taxed to the same extent as one operating at a profit end able to pay. It is distinctly class legislation, he contends, citing the fact that a merchant doing SIOO,OOO annually on a net profit of 5 per cent will be required to pay 20 per cent, or onefifth of his profit, in retail sales tax. Experience in other states, mostly in the south, are set out and in each instance it is pointed out that the result has been bad for the retailing business, Balch asserts. INSLEY HEADS PIONEERS Officers of Indiana Society Are Re-Elected Here. Officers of the Society of Indiana Pioneers were re-elected at the annual meeting Saturday at the Columbia Club. They are: William H. Insley. Indianapolis, president: Almus G. Ruddell. Indianapolis, vicepresident: Mrs. Walter H. Montgomery, secretary: Miss Katherine Merrill Graydon. registrar, and Herbert Foltz, treasurer. Members of the board of governors are: Mrs. E. M. Blessing. Danville; Lee Burns. Indianapolis; Amos W. Butler. Indianapolis: Arthur M. Charles, Richmond: Mrs. Dora Miller Hamilton. South Bend: Charles J. Lynn. Indianapolis: Curtis G. Shake. Vincennes; Harry M. Stocos, Brookville; Charles N. Thompson. Indianapolis, and Elmer E. Scott, Madison. Husband Gets Estate B.y Times Special ANDERSON, Ind , Dec. 15.—The will of Mrs. Alice May Keltner, pioneer Anderson resident, bequeaths her entire $25,000 estate to her husband, Sanford M. Keltner, “I make this bequest knowing that my two daughters will eventually come into possession of their rightful shares of my estate,” the will reads.

Princeton Youth Indiana Winner of R hodes A ward By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 15.—Subject to approval by Rhodes scholarship trustees, Byron K. Trippett, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford K. Trippett of PrinMton, has been chosen to attend Oxford university, England. He was graduated from Wabash college here last spring and is an instructor in the history department of his alma mater. Twice in the last three awards of Rhodes scholarships, Wabash men have been chosen. The other recipient, J. Richard Lattimore, is now in his second year at Oxford university. Trippett intends to study law at Oxford. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic fraternity; Tau Kappa Alpha, foremisc, and Beta Theta Pi, social. Another man chosen for a scholarship is Charles M. Lancaster, 19, whose home is in Birmingham, Ala., but who is seeking a master of arts degree at Indiana university, Bloomington. He is an acting instructing fellow in French literature. FIRE RAVAGES MQVIEJJQLONY 17 Palatial Homes of Film Personages Destroyed. By United Press MALIBOU BEACH, Cal., Dec. 15. —Fire swept through the exclusive Malibou beach colony early today, destroying seventeen palatial homes of stars of the screen and stage. Malibou Beach is the most noted retreat for Hollywood celebrities and scores of them own country homes in the vicinity. A high wind shifted and turned the fire toward the Pacific ocean just as the flames consumed the home of Miss Marie Prevost, the seventeenth to be burned. Homes of the following persons also were destroyed: Oliver Marsh, Mrs. James Gainger, Fred Weber, Robert A. Houston, James Malcolm Kehlor, Roy O. Gould; Frank Fay, comedian; A. L. Rockett, picture producer; Elizabeth J. Graham; George De Syla, who also lost a $20,000 imported automobile; Leo McCarey, formerly a fight promoter and now a film director; Ben Toplitz, Holywood real estate magnate; Ben Hendricks Jr.; Alien Dwan, director; W. W. Woods Jr., and Louise Fazenda, actress, POINCARE ILL? FEARSAROUSED Stricken Seriously; Doctors Show Anxiety, By United Press ’ PARIS. Dec. 15—Raymond Poincare, former premier and one of France's oustanding political leaders since the start of the World war, was stricken gravely ill today, The indisposition started Saturday and became suddenly grave at noon today. The former premier’s physicians were anxious about his condition, especially in view of the fact that he had not entirely recovered from the effects of a recent operation, LAST RITES SET FOR OSCAR S. FRANK, 44 Veteran Dies After Brief Illness; Funeral to Be Tuesday. Last rites will be held at Shirley Brothers’ undertaking establishment, 946 North Illinois street, at 3 Tuesday for Oscar Schindler Frank, 44, World war veteran, who died Saturday at his home, 328 Lesley avenue, after a five-day illness. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Bom and reared In Indianapolis, Mr. Frank for a number of years was engaged in the hardwood floor business. He was a thirtysecond degree Mason, Shriner and a member of the Gatling Gun Club and Marion lodge 35, F. & A. M. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. L. M. Frank; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Collins and Mrs. Goldie Matlock, and a brother, Elwood L. Frank, all of Indianapolis. LAWYERS WILL CONFER State Bar to Discuss Simplified Court Procedure at Session. Legislation looking toward reorganization of the lower courts and revised and simplified court procedure will be discussed when the Indiana State Bar Association meets at the Columbia Club Thursday for its midwinter meeting. An endowment plan for the Indiana Law Journal, publication of the association, is to be outlined by President William V. Miller of Gary. ■ .. High point of the meeting will be the dinner Thursday night when Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard law school will make the principal address.

SPANISH REVOLT MAY HINGE ON EVENTOFIB7S Uprising’s Origin May Go Back to Bourbon Restoration. BY JOHN DEGANDT United Press Staff Correspondent MADRID, Dec. 15.—The present revolutionary strike movement in Spain finds its origin in events of many years ago. It may go back as far as the restoration of the house of Bourbon in 1875. Other possible contributory events were the revolutionary strike of 1917, the parliamentary assembly in Barcelona, and Prime de Rivera’s coup d’etat in 1923. All plots against the De Rivera dictatorship failed. Most important among these were: First, the socalled night of St. John plot of June, 1926, involving monarchical politicians and anny officers, and second, the Valencia movement of January, 1930, prepared in Paris by the former leader of the Mon-archical-Conservative party, Jose Sanchez Guerra. Collapsed at Last Minute It collapsed because at the last minute certain military units failed to respond. Another movement did not receive publicity because it did not crystallize, but many politicians now recognize it as most effective in ending Primo De Rivera’s regime. Leaders were former president of the chamber of deputies, Miguel Vilanueva, liberal monarchical leader, aided by Melquiades Alvarez, and former Minister of War Alcala Zamora, who was arrested Sunday in Madrid. It was believed that the military was represented by General Manuel Goded, military governor of Cadiz and former chief of staff in Morocco, who was destined to become undersecretary of war in the Berenguer government. Refused All Proposals Goded refused all proposals to make the movement revolutionary, but worked for the re-establishment of constitutional government through the convening of the constitutional cortes, or parliament. The Villanueva revolt movement was featured by the activity of Commander Ramon Franco, Spain’s most famous flier, who, accompanied by Artillery Captain Jose Rexach, flew a small plane to Cadiz carrying an order from the revolutionary committee. At the same time King Alfonso forced the resignation of Premier Primo de Rivera and replaced him with General Damaso Berenguer, chief of his military household, and the Villanueva movement then died out. The change of government found all republican parties disorganized due to the six years of prohibition of meetings. CHRISTMAS PARTY*SET Ladies Oriental Shrine to Make Gift to Child Hospital. Ladies Oriental Shrine will hold its annual Christmas party Thursday night at the Lincoln, making an annual gift of SIOO to the Shrine hospital for crippled children. The committee in charge includes: Mesdames W. D. Keenan, chairman; E. C. Smeltzer, Lon Tracy, William Hoy, Roy L. Craig, Ralph Dyson and Bessie Davis. SUICIDE ATTEMPTS FAIL Girl, Woman Expected to Recover After Taking Poison. Suicide attempts Sunday by two women failed and hospital attaches today said they would recover. Miss Pearl Conner, 18, of 538 Chadwick street, despondent over ill health, attempted suicide by swallowing a quantity of poison. Mrs. Susie Aston, 40, took poison in a rooming house at 1120 Oliver avenue, late Sunday. SHOTS FIRED AT TRAIN Passengers on Cuban Line Are Thrown Into Panic by Gunners. By United Press HAVANA, Dec. 15.—A United Railways train was fired on by unidentified assailants today as it passed through Campo Florido, near here, it was reported. Passengers were thrown into panic as the shots splintered the windows. One person was known to be injured. The train stopped for a few minutes to search for the attackers, but they had escaped. Fourteen at Convention B.y Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 15.—Fourteen township trustees representing every township in Bartholomew county attended the Indiana Township Trustees Association meeting held in Indianapolis. Those from here attending included County School Superintendent Walter H. Rice, Charles Williamson, Frank Schaefer, Neal Whitesides, Charles Boyer, Wayne Miller, Ross Williams, Henry Anthers, Ernest Arbuckle, Charles Snider, John F. Hayes, Firman Groves, Stanley Hunt, Roy Waltz, and Dempsey Manion.

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Daniel I. Glossbrenner The Indiana farmer's financial problems, which will become more acute with credit demands of the spring planting season, will be studied by an agricultural credit commission appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Daniel I. Glosbrenner, vice-president of the Levey Printing Company, was named chairman of the commission.

SCAN POSTAL LEASEREGORDS Investigators Will Study Brown’s Books. Two investigators of the congressional postal lease investigation committee were to arrive in the city this afternoon to go over the records and correspondence of Raymond D. Brown, president of the United Post Offices Corporation. The two men, Dow Heggy and John G. Holland of Washington, have been given Brown’s permission to check his records with the stipulations, “any documents removed by them must be replaced in the interim by certified copies,” and that in relation to any document removed Brown shall be accorded the right, “to present such correlated information as may be necessary to make the record show the true and complete facts.” The congressional commission, headed by Senator Blaine (Rep., Wis.), has devoted several months to the method whereby the leases are granted and to ascertain whether there has been any collusion with governmental agents. At a committee hearing in Chicago recently, rival contractors said Brown had been accorded favoritism in contract lettings. This Brown stoutly denied. SET BUDGET TOUR State Institutions to Be Visited by Board, Tour of state institutions In Indianapolis and Marion county will be begun by members of the state budget committee Tuesday, it waa announced today by Lawrenfce F. Orr, chief of the state board of accounts, and ex-officio committee members. Two weeks already have been given by the committee to visiting institutions throughout the state. A week is expected to be devoted to visits to the Central state hospital, the Indiana School for the Deaf, the Indiana School for the Blind, the Women’s prison, Indiana State Girls’ school, Cleremont; Riley, Long and Coleman hospitals and the Indiana university schools here. Then will begin slashing of requests, which have been estimated to total $80,500,000 or more. The state highway and conservation department budgets have not been filed according to A. C. McDaniel, state budget clerk. BUTLER FRATERNITY GRADE RATING GIVEN Kappa Delta Rho Keeps First Place in Scholarship Contest. With a numerical rating of 82 per cent for a grade point average of 1.51, Kappa Delta Rho fraternity has retained first place in the university fraternity scholarship rating at Butler for the second successive semester, it was announced today. The average for all fraternities was 1.144, considerably below the sorority .average and slightly higher than the scholarship rating of nonfraternity men on the campus. The grade point averages oi the nine fraternities: Kappa Delta Rho, 1.51; Delta Tau Delta, 1.277; Chi Rho Zeta, 1.188; Sigma Nu, 1.180; Sigma Chi, 1.164; Phi Delta Theta, 1 060; Lambda Chi Alpha, 1.052; Tau Kappa Tau, 0.910, and Delta Alpha Pi, 0.931.

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ANGEL GABRIEL OF PRIZE PLAY LAID TO REST Negro Actor Is Honored at Funeral Services in Harlem. By United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—The body of the Angel Gabriel of “The Green : Pastures,” was to be consigned today to Mt. Olivet cemetery. Charles Wesley Hill, who as Gabe in Marc Connelly’s Pulitzer prize play endeared himself to theater-goers, was honored Sunday by more than 2,000 persons at services in a plain, little brbwn-stone church in the heart of Harlem. The eulogy was delivered by the Lord God Jehovah of the play, for whom Gabe nightly rang the clarion call of "Gangway for de Lawd! Gangway for de Lawd!” Hill died Wednesday. He was struck by a careening taxicab. “He* stood there in the shadows of the elevated railway,” said the Rev. Jonn W. Robinson, “and neither to the right, nor to the left was there any gangway for Gabriel.” Eulogized by Pastor On the altar sat De Lawd, In the person of Richard Harrison. In the front pews were Adam and Eve. Moses, Abraham, Cain, Shem, Ham. Japheth, Isaac, Pharaoh and even the king of Babylon were there. “Gabe was a friend to every man,” said Harrison in his eulogy, "and even if he did finger his golden trumpet impatiently at times, he. never did blow a blast on it.” Then spoke Daniel Haynes, "Adam” of the play and Wesley Hill’s closest friend. He traced Hill’s career from the early days in vaudeville, medicine shows and minstrels to his most recent suecesses. “And now” said Haynes, “upon the*further shore stands the voyager at last. . . .” He bent forward and looked into the simple, brown casket. His voice throbbed as he finished”—good-by, old man. goodby! Gangway! Gangway, for Gabriel!” Never Blew the Trumpet The cry spread over the little auditorium. “Oh Gabe! Oh Gabe! Gangway for Gabriel!” Long, dusky hands were raised toward the heavens and bodies swayed as the cry was repeated in full-throated lament. These Negroes were Wesley Hill’s friends. They had come to regard him as Gabe, as he himself tried to live his part. In the play Gabe says to the Lord: “Is de time come to blow it - yit?” and “De Lawd” says: “Not yet, Gabe, not yet.” Sometimes Gabe wondered, his friends said, what would happen if “I was to blow on this trumpet by accident.” So wrapped up was he in the character he portrayed. “Adam” called on the HallJohnson choir to sing “I’ve Heard - of a City Called Heaven and I’m Striving to Make It My Own.” It was Gabe’s favorite song. While it was sung muffled sobs could be heard. DARING YOUTH PULLS UP RUNAWAY HORSESTo the unknown youth who halted a runaway team and ice wagon * this morning on Massachusetts avenue -near Michigan goes the medal for quick thinking and daring, according to persons who witnessed the scene. The horses had made their way from New York street north, narrowly missing pedestrians who > skidded out of the way on the icy streets. Collisions with autos and street cars were missed by narrow margins. Driverless, the team continued and was breaking into a run when “ a youth after the third attempt leaped to the wagon at Michigan street and halted them. Motorists who had pursued aided the youth in. controlling the horses. Alcoholism Fatal LOGANSPORT, Ind., Dec. 15. One death from alcoholism, and three other coroner cases were re-, corded within two hours here- Fred Schllt, 55, died of alcoholism, according to his physician. Jabez Shank, 76, and Arthur Pre.'senhorfer, 58, died of heart disease, and David Smith, 67, of apoplexy. Asthma Treatment On Free Trial ST. MARY’S, Kan.—D. J. Lane, a druggist at 1413 Lane Building, St.~ Mary’s, Kan., manufactures a treatment for Asthma in which he has so much confidence that he sends a $1.25 bottle by mail to anyone who wall write him for it. His offer is that he is to be paid for this bottle after you are completely satisfied and the one taking the treatment to be the judge. Send your name and address today.—Advertisement.