Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 192, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1930 — Page 2

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CITIES COMBINE FOR ACQUISITION OF WATERWAY Eleven in Indiana and llli-i nois Favor Improving Little Calumet River. j By Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., Dec. 2Q Eleven Calumet district cities, in both Indiana and Illinois, have organized a committee to advapce a project for making the Little Calumet river navigable from the Burns ditch east of Gary to the Sag canal m Blue Island. 111. Plans for uniting in the movement were made at a meeting held in Harvey, 111. Among the places represented were Gary, Hammond, Munster, Dolton. Riverdalc. Blue Island. South Holland, Chicago Heights and Calumet City. 'Widening, deepening and straightening the river is desired as means of industrial development of the Calumet district. Representatives of the cities voted to retain Arthur P. Melton of Gary to make a preliminary survey, with instructions to present data to the wftr department at Washington at the earliest date possible. It was also decided that at the opportune time, representatives will present the matter to congress. It is expected that the National Steel Company, which is to build a second Gary at Port Williams, will support the waterway project. GAS POISONING FATAL Coroner’s Verdict in Deaths of Geologist in Automobile. Piv Times Special ■VINCENNES. Ind., Dec. 20.—A verdict of death by monoxide gas . poisoning has been returned by Dr. 4. M. E. Bedkes. Knox county coroner, ;f|yi the case of Horace L. Barnett, a Hlpeologist, whose body was found in Tifte automobile early Wednesday on a road near Monroe City. The coroner discovered there was a break in the exhaust pipe of the car at a point where there was a crack in floor boards, the openings being directly beneath the position a driver woulfl occupy. VETERAN DIES AT 87 Soldiers’ Home Inmate at Lafayette Served as Sergeant. By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 20— Waldo W. Williams, 87, a sergeant m the Civil war, died in the hospital at the Indiana State Soldiers’ home near here. He was a native of' Bloomfield. His service was with the First battalion. One hundred and eightyfifth corps. He spent the greater part of his life in Terre Haute, coming to the soldiers’ home from there Jan. 24. He leaves his widow, inmate of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Hulda Langton, Indianapolis, and a half brother. UNIQUE PLAN EVOLVED Decatur County Farm Machinery Repair Drive First in Nation. By Times Special GREENSBURG. Ind., Dec. 20— Members of farm bureaus and other rural organizations throughout the United States will be centered on Decatur county during January, the occasion being the first farm machinery repair campaign in the nation. The campaign will be conducted by Purdue university agricultural extension experts in a series of one and two-day schools in various towns of the county. Township leaders have been appointed to have charge of the various schools, which will start Jan. 19. The agricultural department of the state of Ohio has declared that if the Decatur county campaign is a success, it. will be copied in Ohio. FLEEING MAN Alleged to Have Attempted Store Burglary. By United Press DETROIT. Dec. 20.—Ralph Winegar, 20, formerly of Loogootee, Ind., was dead today and two of his companions were held in the county jail on burglary charges after a state trooper frustrated their alleged attempted robbery of a Wayne (Mich.) store. Winegar was crushed to death under the wheels of a freight train, which he tried to board while fleeing from the state policemen, who captured Wilbert Backett, 17, and Noah Summers, 18, also from Loogootee. Monrovia Store Robbed By Times Special MONROVIA. Ind., Dec, 20—Merifc'.handise valued at S6OO was stolen Hrom the general store of Henry here. In the loot was wearIjHig apparel. Including men’s and boys’ shoes, 100 pounds 9bf sugar, and twenty pounds of candy. Young Red Acquitted ' HAMMOND. Ind., Dec. 20.—Stella Chappa, 17, Indiana Harbor, arrested twenty times in two years, because of her activities as a Communist leader, is free today, having been acquitted in Hammond city court of violating an ordinance fixing a penalty for seditious utterances. A jury returned the verdict. Receivership Asked By Times Special KOKOMO. Ind., Dec 20.—A petition for appointment of a reN ceiver for the Phillis & Walnut Realty Company, owner of a large apartment building which has never been opened, has been filed here by Frank Richards, Indianapolis contractor. It is said there are liens amounting to $45,000 against the building. Corn Expert Dies By Time* Special RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 20— Jbseph Helms, 74, a corn judge and grower of state-wide prominence, is dead at his home south of here. He leaves ten children, six sons and four daughters. Aged Man Injured PERU, Ind., Dec. 20—Injuries suffered by Joseph Herberg, 87, when h® was struck last night by an incar, were expected to ewe his death. One leg was amptrated in a local hospital,

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If there’s a prettier girl at Meredith college, in North Carolina, than 19-year-old Mary Ashworth Barber of Waynesville, N. C., her fellow students don’t know about it. They’ve voted her the most beautiful student on the campus. She is a brown-eyed brunette—and says she doesn’t smoke, keep late dates nor attend dances.

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Death Omen By United Press SHIDELER, Ind., Dec. 20— A premonition of death was recalled in a sermon by the Rev. D. F. Hornaday, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Shideler, delivered a few weeks ago. He was killed Thursday when his automobile was struck by a train. “I believe my time has come. If I am to die in an accident, I am ready, and I do not care how it happens,” the minister said in the sermon, recalled by his congregation.

TWO BANKS BOBBED Bandits at Denver Missed $25,000 in Open Vault. By United Press DENVER. Ind., Dec. 20.—Three bandits, who Friday afternoon robbed the Citizens State bank of Denver of approximately SSOO, overlooked nearly $25,000 in an open vault, it was revealed today. By United Press DALEVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20.—Two men robbed the Commercial State bank of Daleville of less than SI,OOO shortly before closing time Friday afternoon. SLAYING TO BE PROBED Grand Jury to Convene at Noblcsvillc for Crickmorc Case Inquiry. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20.—A ■ special session of | the Hamilton county grand jury will convene Tuesday to investigate the murder of Owen Crickmore, filling station attendant, in a holdup, it was announced after a conference between Judge Fred E. Hines of Hamilton circuit and Emmet Fertig, prosecuting attorney. Fertig recommended to the court that the special session to be held, after the prosecutor had talked with Charles C. McCammon, 19, who said he was with the three bandits at the time of the shooting. McCammon is said to have implicated Floyd Strange and Robert Ingersoll, both serving short sentences for robbery at San Diego, Cal. RARE REPTILE KILLED Iguana Native to Central America Found Near Newcastle. By United Press RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 20.—A reptile rarely seen in this part of the world has been received at the Earlham college biology department and identified as a central American iguana or lizard. The iguana was found on a woodpile by a farmer near Newcastle. It was killed after showing a tendency to fight, and sent to the college by the biology department of Newcastle high school. Professors of the Earlham department, however, could not explain how the lizard came to be in this section, inasmuch as migration is inconceivable. Lafayette Man Sentenced By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 20. William Kingery, 44, of Lafayette, was sentenced to a term of one to two years in the state prison when he pleaded guilty to a charge of transporting intoxicating liquor in the Montgomery circuit court at Crawfordsville. He was under a suspended sentence of one to two years from the Tippecanoe circuit court here, for the same offense. The suspended sentence was given Dec. 9. and he was arrested in Crawfordsville six days later. Councilman Fined By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Dec. 20. Joseph Duffy, a city councilman, pleaded guilty in the municipal court here to two charges growing out of an alleged disturbance at the polls election day, Nov. 4. He was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll in each case, by Judge S. U. Simms. The charges against him were entering an election room and remaining twit hin fifty feet of such room, J

Company Moves Equipment to Evansville for Erecting Two-State Span. By Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., Dec. 20.—Before the new year is many weeks old, work will be under way on the first pier of the Indlana-Kentucky bridge over the Ohio river, it is announced by officials of the Kansas City Bridge Company, which has the contract to build the span. This week eleven barge loads of construction equipment were brought here by the company from Boonville, Mo. The trip was made in sixteen days by way of the Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Charles Gubbage, superintendent of construction, believes it will be possible to continue work throughout the winter. It is expected seven months will be required to complete the bridge. NEW SCHOOL~ ASSURED Two-Year-Old Controversy Ended in Madison County. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 20.—Erection of anew consolidated school In Lafayette township became a certainty following the dismissal of suits in Madison circuit court here ar and the Indiana supreme court. The building will be of brick with six rooms and an auditorium. The former township advisory board, since succeeded by members chosen at the Nov. 4 election, started the project and let it drop because of a controversy involving a sit; for the building. Present members of the board '\ere candidates on a platform favoring the new school. Elected to office, they arranged for the dismissal of the two-year-old suit, and ordered plans and specifications for the building. LEGACY PROVES COSTLY Father and Son Must Pay Assessment on Bequeathed Bank Stock. By United Press WABASH, Ind., Dec. 20.—A legacy is not necessarily an asset, Robert Lyons, Indiana university chemistry professor, and his son Robert Jr. have learned. Upon death of Mrs. Phoebe Courson at Lagro the father was bequeathed ten shares of stock in the Citizens State bank o, "Lagro, and the son received five shares. Shortly afterward the bank failed. Now the father and son must pay a 100 per cent assessment on the stock, ordered by a court, to meet demands of creditors. Discarded r Brings SI,OOO By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 20—A toy baseball device which its inventor, the late Harry M. Grimes, never attempted to market due to a belief that there would be no sale for it, has brought SI,OOO to his widow. A son of Mrs. Grimes by a former marriage saw the toy while visiting her. He obtained a patent on it and the rights of manufacture were sold to a novelty company. Motorist Killed By United Press STILESVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 20. i Death came instantaneously to Gray E. Hawkins, 40, Tobiesville, ! when his automobile skidded and plunged over an embankment near here Friday. Town Official Kills Self P-’J Times Special GARRETT, Ind., Dec. 20.—Claudius N. McNulty, 54, member of the Garrett town board, committed suicide by inhaling gas at his home. Fnancial trouble is believed to have caused the act. Five years ago he attempted suicide by gas. He leaves his widow and four children. $3,500 for Broken Leg By Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., Dec. 20.— A broken leg suffered by 13-year-old Lily Nagy as a result of being struck by a sign which fell at a theater caused a jury in superior court to award her a verdict for judgment of $2,500 against. the Twin City Theater Company, owner of the place. Damages of SIO,OOO were asked in the suit filed in the child’s behalf by her fath Stephen Nagy, of East Chicago, aie was purchasing ticket at the the sign fell.

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SALT PROPERTY USED 110 YEARS IN NEW HANDS Chicago Man, Purchaser of Lodi Springs, May Operate Resort. By Times Special SILVERWOOD, Ind.. Dec. 20— The Lodi springs property near here, a source of salt for 110 years, has been sold by Mr. and Mrs. William W. Nye to Samuel Levin, Chicago, a brother of Isaac Levine of Danville. It is reported the purchaser, on completion of anew state road, will make several improvements at the property to fit it as a resort. Water Yielded Salt The first well was drilled on the property in 1820 by Nor bourne Thomas, a Fulton township pioneer. Water which flowed from it each day produced 20 bushels of salt daily. The well was deepened to 500 feet with a daily production of fifty bushels, and later drilled to a depth of 700 feet, an unusual depth for that time. Deep Well Drilled In 1868 the Wabash Valley Petroleum and Mining Company drilled another well, said in some quarters to be 1,135 feet deep, from which water has flowed ceaselessly for sixty-two years. The Nye and Safely families on acquiring the property, attempted to convert it into a health resort, but encountered difficulty following destruction of a hotel building by fire. A company leased the property a few years ago and made several improvements along the resort line, but was not successful.

BANK FAILURE CASEFAULTY Indictment Against Two at Portland Dismissed. By United Press PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 20—An indictment against Thomas WShimp, president, and Roscoe D. Wheat, vice-president, of the Jay County Savings and Trust Company here, have been quashed by Judge Frank Gillespie in Jay circuit court. The court held that the indictment, charging the two officers with accepting deposits after they knew the bank to be insolvent, contained errors. The bank closing was said to have been due to embezzlement of a large amount of money by Clyde D. Bechdolt, cashier, now serving a prison sentence. Shimp and Wheat were arrested after the Jay county grand jury returned a joint indictment following closing of the bank in April. SUIT \GAINST SHERIFF Madison County Official Accused of Negligence in Making Levy. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 20—Frank G. Daniels, sheriff of Madison county, and the Fidelity Savings and Deposit Company of Maryland, surety on his bond, are defendants in a suit filed in circuit court by the Warner Brothers Furniture Company of SummitviUe. Plaintiffs allege they recovered judgment in January against Arch Robinson and his wife, Pearl Robinson, and claim the sheriff was dilatory in service on the execution directing seizure of the defendants’ goods. When the sheriff finally sought to levy on the property he found it had been disposed of, it is alleged. The suit seeks to recover judgment in the amount of SSOO. Three Die in Community By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20— Charles H. Reichenbach, 65, is dead at his home in southeastern Hamilton county. The following children survive: Carl, Chicago; Mrs. Emma Hill, near Fortville; Phillip, McCordsville, and Walter and Harry, at home. Willard Ferrell, 55, is dead at his home near here. He leaves his widow and two children, Mrs. Irma O. Rothermal, Ft. Wayne, and Glenn, at home. Mrs. George Sapper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Beldon, is dead. She was a teacher in the Noblesville schools for several years. She leaves her parents and a brother, Jerry Beldon, Broad Ripple. Hoosier Students Win By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 20—David Parrish, south side high'school senior, has been awarded first prize in a national high school journalistic contest conducted by Quill and Scroll, international honorary organization for high school journalists. Other Hoosier students who were among the first ten in the contest included Harold Frederick of Evansville. Pauper Attorneys Chosen By Times Special GREENSBURG. Ind., Dec. 20— The law firm of Hite & McKay has been appointed to serve as pauper counsel for Harry Suttles, charged in the Decatur circuit court with assault and battery with intent to kill Marshall Miers the night of Nov. 3. Suttles, unable to provide SI,OOO bond is held in jail here. No trial date bus,been set. Young Hunter Killed PLYMOUTH, Ind., Dec 20— Arthur Troyer. 16, was killed when a shotgun he leaned against a tree, while hunting, fell and was discharged. He leaves his parents, three sisters and three brothers.

In-Breeze-Out By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20— Ralph Breese breezed out of police headquarters here and was free for an hour and a half. Breeze was arrested for questioning as a suspect in a larceny case. An officer was questioning him, but left a room for a minute. When he came back the man was gone. Breese was found in a filling station.

Most Alumni of I. U. Serving in Education Field By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 20. Os 11,275 Indiana university alumni whose occupations have been ascertained by the register of graduates office, 4,073 are in the field of education, 1,584 classify themselves as homemakers, 1,383 are in medicine, 848 in dentistry’, and 776 In law. . The alumni lists slightly more than 100 occupation as the ones they are following. These occupations have been grouped In twentysix related fields, with the professions of education, medicine, dentistry, and law, and the business of homemaking as the occupations of 8,664 graduates. Merchandising is high in the list with 490 followers, while manufacturing claims 213. Other fields of occupation and the numbers of alumni engaged in each are listed according to numerical rank as follows: Journalism, publishing and writing.... 305 Nursing 175 Banking and investments 173 Farming, gardening, stock raising, etc. 109 Insurance 154 Science 143 Government etnplov 89 Public utility empiov 80 Advertising and publicity 79 Library 79 Religion 76 Real estate 64 Social service and public welfare 62 Engineering 61 Construction 26 Dietetics 14 Professional entertaining 13 Art and architecture 10 Miscellaneous 236

Marital Tangle Mars Future of Three Children By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20—The board of children’s guardians faces a problem in untangling a knot entwining the lives of three children. Two of the children were born to John W. Abslier and Lizzie McDowell, the first before the couple was married and the second after the marriage, which now has turned out to be illegal. The woman’s first husband, James McDowell, is alive and not divorced and she has filed suit here to annul her marriage to Absher. Absher told Judge Robert F. Murray that at the time of their marriage in California Mrs. McDowell told him that her husband was dead, showing him a letter which she later admitted Was forged. Judge Murray declared his court without jurisdiction to fix the future of the children and called in the board of children's guardians.

DRIVER IN DUAL TRAGEDYFREED Maywood Man Has Faced Charge Since July 4. By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., Dec. 20— A charge of manslaughter filed against John Wolveh of Maywood following a fatal automobile accident July 4, has been dismissed in Putnam circuit court here. Prosecutor Marshall D. Abrams said the state lacked evidence sufficient to convict. Mrs. Mable Ax of Brazil was fatally injured when a car driven by Wolven and another collided, and Wolven’s companion, Miss Ruth Steele, was killed instantly. Parents of Miss Steele declined to take action against Wolven, declaring he was not responsible for the crash. ‘OPERATION’ IS SUCCESS Doctor Summoned by Phone, Met by Holdup Men; relieved of S2B. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 20—Called by telephone to perform an emergency operation, Dr. Wallace D. MacKenzie assembled his medical instruments and hurried to his garage where two masked men met him, congratulated him for his promptness in answering a call, took his wrist watch and S2B, thanked him and left. BUS WON’T STOP: SUES Asks $5,000 Because Driver Carried Her Beyond Destination. By United Press YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Dec. 20— Virginia Holland’s good health was impaired when a bus driver carried her seven miles beyond her destination and she had to walk back, it was charged today in a $5,000 damage suit against the bus company. Estate Worth $384,000 By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 20—The estate of the Mrs. Metta E. Lynch, wife of James W. Lynch, Anderson manufacturer, is valued at $384,433 in an inventory filed in Madison circuit court by Neel McCullough and George E. Nichol, bankers, who made the appraisement. Property listed in the report includes bonds, United States treasury certificates, bank deposits and jewelry. Short Vacation Opposed By Times Special DANVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20—A Christmas vacation of only two and one-half days brought adoption of a protest resolution by Central Normal college students. Dean Pinkerton met the protest with the statement that a longer vacation would violate state board of education rules. Aged Man Sentenced By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 20.—Spurning of a plea for suspension of a penal farm term for selling liquor, means that Alonzo Waddell, 70, will spend Christmas as a prisoner. Asa second offender, he was Ante SIOO and given a thirty-day term by City Judge George Shenk. Slaying Suspect Held E-y Times Special COVINGTON, Ind., Dec. 20. Harold Sheridan, 30, suspected slayer of his brother-in-law, Ross E. Murphy, 23, at Danville, 111., is in jail here preparing to fight extradition from Illinois. The suspect was captured by a posse Friday at Wallace. A'iamily quarrel is said to have preceded fatal shooting of Murphy.

COURT ATTACK ON WILL MADE BY 36 PERSONS Cousins of Charles Aydelott United in Suit at Rockville. By Timet Special ROCKVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20— Thirty-six persons, including Thomas Aydelott, former Parke county sheriff, are plaintiffs in a suit on file in circuit court here attacking the will of Charles Aydelott. All are cousins of the deceased, and none received bequests under the \dll. Defendants include J. S. and J. M. McFaddin, executors of the will; the Methodist hospital and Deaconness home, Indianapolis; Union hospital, Terre Haute; Allie McDaniel, the Rockville National bank, Blake cemetery trustees, board of the Memorial Presbyterian church of Rockville; boards of trustees of the Methodist church, Rockville, and of the Methodist church, Bellmorc. Allie McDaniel, one of the defendants, was employed for many years in the Aydelott home. She was bequeathed one of the most pretentious residences in Rockville with its furnishings, including valuable Persian rugs. In addition, she received various sums of money. The hospitals were given $25,000 each outright, with $25,000 more each if they would agree to pay Allie McDaniel $1,500 yearly during the remainder of her life. The estate is valued at $150,000. The attack on the will is based on two theories—one that the document offered for probate is false, and that if decedent did make it, he did so at a time when he was incompetent and was subjected to undue influence.

LOSER DESIRES NEW ELECTION Unique Proposal in Elkhart Judge Contest. By Times Special GOSHEN, Ind.. Dec. 20.—Orrin M. Conley, contesting with W. B. Hile for the judgeship of Elkhart superior court, proposes that they again go to the polls to determine who shall hold the office. Conley, a Democrat, apparently won Nov. 4 by a margin of nine votes, but a recount gave Hile, serving his third term as judge, victory by twenty-one votes. The board of county commissioners then declared Hile elected. Conley appealed the case to the circuit court where it is pending. Attorneys here say they know no statute under which an election such as Conley proposes could be held. Conley offers to pay half the expense of the election, and expresses a hope that Judge Hile will do likewise. ...... Alleges Crime Forced By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 20.—Mrs. Nannie Watson of this city pleaded not guilty to a charge of forgery when arraigned in circuit court here before Judge Julian Sharpnack. She was released under S2OO bond. Mrs. Watson is alleged to have passed a forged check for $lO at the Jackson & Mitchell grocery at Elizabethtown. The check was made payable to Viola Moore and the signature was that of Harry Thomas. Mrs. Watson stated she was forced to present the check, but the name of the party accused was not mentioned in court. Tax Collections Gain By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20—Delinquent taxes In Delaware county this year do not exceed those of last year in spite of the business depression, County Treasurer Joseph Meredith announces. Meredith said that total collections for this year exceeded that of 1929 by $235,402. . Three Safes Robbed By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20—Police are seeking a band of yeggs who have robbed three safes during the last week. The latest victim was the City Laundry where $Bl was taken. A coal company and a meat market previously had safes robbed. Burglar Treats Wounds E,y Times Special GREENSBURG. Ind., Dec. 20— A house-breaker who jumped headlong through a window pane when surprised by the return of Mrs. Prudence Sparks to her home, turned burglar again to treat cuts he received. He broke into the high school building and stole gauze bandage, adhesive tape and iodine. Law Firms to Merge By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 20—Two of Anderson’s outstanding law firms will be consolidated effective Jan. 1. The firm will be known as Pence, O’Neill & Diven, and will be a combination of Diven, Diven & Campbell and Pence & O’Neill. Bartlett H. Campbell, a veteran member of the former firm, will assume the bench as superior court judge Jan. 1. More Firemen Wanted By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 20.—The city board of safety will be asked to employ twelve additional firemen to man equipment which has been added at five local stations,. Anew service truck has arrived and only a few days ago a pumper was placed in'service.

Legal Speed By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20. —Raymond Pierce, for thirteen years employed by the Cornelia Fruit Company of this city, was arrested an hour after his employers learned he collected $18.50 and failed to turn the money over to the company. An hour later Pierce said he was guilty and in another hour he went before Judge Fred E. Hines in Hamilton circuit court, was fined $lO and sent to the state penal farm for ninety days. T

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A “working student” is James Roosevelt, son of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. This photograph was taken of him at his desk in an insurance company’s office in Boston, where he is employed as a clerk after his classes at Boston university. He is enrolled in the law school.

BIDDING JAN. 23 ON I. U. UNION BUILDING Trustees to Meet Dec. 29 to Complete Plans for Financing. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 20Bids will be received Jan. 23 for construction of Indiana university's Union building, it was announced following a meeting of university trustees at which plans for the structure prepared by the architectural firm of Granger & Bollenbacher were approved. The trustees will meet in Indianapolis, Dec. 29, to devise means for financing the remainder of the cost of the building. In the course of the session, the board granted a leave of absence to Professor Walter E. Treanor of the university law school, elected Nov. *4 to the bench of the Indiana supreme court. BRIDE FOR THRILL FREE Disappointed Because Husband Was Not Relative of Reginald Denny. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 20— Willard Denny of Cloverdale, whose first wife divorced him because he was not a relative of Reginald Denny, famous movie star, was married to Miss Crystal Branson of Roachdale. He married his first wife, who was Miss Lueile Smith of Rosemead, Cal., at Tia Juana, Mexico. In a recent divorce hearing, the first Mrs. Denny told the judge that she married Denny because she thought it would be thrilling to be the wife of a relative of the motion picture actor. Six Horses Die in Fire By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 20—Six horses were burned to death and a number of farm implements, feed, harness, hay and other articles were destroyed when fire of undetermined origin destroyed a large bam on the George La Fever farm east of here. The farm is tenanted by La Fever’s parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Stainbrook. The family was listening to a radio program when attention was attracted by light and they discovered the whole interior of the barn burning. So rapidly did the flames spread and so intense was the heat that the horses could not be rescued. The damage will amount to several thousand dollars, and it is covered only partly by insurance. Students on Vacation By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 20—Wabash college students were dismissed Friday for a sixteen-day Christmas vacation. Three weeks of classes before first semester final examinations will elapse after the studies are resumed Jan. 5. The final chapel service of the year was held Friday morning when" the college choir, under direction of Professor George W. Horton, gave a Christmas program. Miss Marian Stanford of Crawfordsville, soprano, was heard with the choir. A male quartet composed of Haddon Anderson, Sam McCain, Ernest Boyd and John Ewoldt was a feature of the program. Two Taken to Prison By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 20Sheriff Alonzo E. Fitch and George Graffa, while on their way to the state prisofi with Arthur Cox, convicted of kidnaping, and George Hill, convicted of forgery, were halted at Franklin by Johnson county officials on request of officials here. After they had started with their prisoners it was learned that a commitment paper for Hill had not been signed by Judge Julian Sharpnack and it had net been properly filled out. It was necessary for the group to return here. Cox was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnaping Gloria Jean Huffer and Hill was sentenced to two to fourteen years. School Bonds Banned State tax commissioners have denied a $12,000 refunding school bond issue proposed for Union township, Jasper county, and also cut to $5,600 a proposed $6,140 Liberty township, Parke county, road bond issue. .

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.DEC. 20, 1930

NEEDLE SERVES ABLY AS MEANS TO EARNMONEY Laporte County Woman Has Many Wealthy Persons Among Patrons. By Times Special LAPORTE. Ind., Dec. 20.—Skill with the needle learned as a little girl in Germany, has been a source of money and contracts with famous people for Mrs. Bruno R. Heidke, Laporte county resident. At the time she was a child, German schools were operated on a plan whereby even the youngest pupils were encouraged to choose some calling. Mrs. Heidke recalls little girls coming to school carrying embroidery frames larger than themselves. Sewing Relieved Loneliness After her marriage to a young newspaper reporter, who had previously lived in the United States, they came to this country. To while away long hours of loneliness due to her inability to speak English, the bride turned to needlework. Her husband sought to dispose of some of the work by house to house calls, and had fair success. One day Mrs. Heidke decided to try her hand at disposing of her handicraft, and with a piece of embroidery, approached a Chicago policeman to inquire the best way of selling it. She was directed to a firm where she obtained employment in needle work. Mended Rare Lace The turning point came when a wealthy person called at the Woman’s Exchange in Chicago seeking someone capable of mending a piece of rare lace. Mrs. Heidke accomplished the work satisfactorily and soon she had several wealthy patrons. She worked on bedspreads, costly lace, antique linen, rare tapestries and church cloths. Her husband established a business in cleaning the articles. Often the man and wife were called upon by the Marshall Field & Cos. store to do work on articles patrons brought in to them. HONOR GIVEN I. U. MAN Dr. Bert E. Young National Head of French Teachers. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 20— An Indiana university faculty member, Dr. Bert E. Young, has been elected president of the American Association of Teachers of French, founded four years ago In New York. Dr. Young, formely head of the romance languages department of Vanderbilt university, now heads the same department at Indiana university. He was one of the first Americans to be graduated from a French university, his thesis receiving the highest award, the “mention tres honorable.” In 1913 he was made officer de Tinstruction publique, a literary and educational distinction.' For his services to the allies during the World war, he received the Medaille de la Reconnaisance Francaise. In 1923, President Millerand of France mude Dr. Young a knight of the Legion of Honor. Few Americans hold this honor. DIVIDENDS PAID EARLIER Rensselaer Concern Takes Action After Closing of Bank. By Times Special RENSSELAER, Ind.. Dec. 20—As a means of relieving to some extent the financial situation created here this week by the closing of the Trust and Savings bank, the directors of the Rensselaer Building and Loan . Association announce that instead of making a dividend payment in January as customary, the money will be paid to stockholders at once. This action will release SB,OOO for circulation. Many of the bank’s depositors were building and loan stockholders and due to the closing, were without cash. Former Resident Dies By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 20—Relatives here have received word of the death of Isaac J. Beatty at his home in Ft. Atkinson, Wis. He was bom in Kokomo in 1870, but had spent most of his life here, going to Wisconsin a few years ago where he had been connected with the Dairy. Products Company, He was an elder in the Christian church. He leaves his wife and two sons, Harold E., a missionary in Japan, and Clarence E., Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Charles N. Beatty and Mrs. P. B. Ensley of this city are his aunts. Gasoline Stolen By Times Special MT. MERIDIAN, Ind., Dec.. 20Eric Vermillion, who operates a filling station here, has come to the: conclusion that thieves like the brand of gasoline he sells. On two successive nlghts-locks were knocked off the pumps and about fifty gallons of gasoline stolen. Mother of Five Kills Self By Times Special ROME CITY. Ind.. Dec. 20—The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Barrihom, 58, mother of five children, who committed suicide by poisoning at the Kneipp sanitarium near here where she had been a patient for six months, has been returned to the family home at Hamilton, 0., for funeral services and burial. Due to despondency over a nervous ailment, it is said Mrs. Bamhom had long contemplated suicide.