Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1931 — Page 2

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Boy Bandit Puts Blame on Reading

By Timet Spec,lui COLUMBIA CITY, Jan. 3.—Richard Wiseman, 16, Dayton, 0., sentenced In Whitley circuit court here to a two to fourteen-year term In the state reformatory for attempting to hold up Prank Meitbler, a druggist, plans to return high school when he is free. Nine months is the shortest period to elapse before he will be eligible for parole. Stories he read in mag' zines prompted Wiseman to attempt a bandit role. Armed with a .38caliber revolver, the youth approached Mettzler while the druggist was working on accounts at his .tore. Noticing that the nerve of the youth was faltering, Meitzler disarmed him and called police. ALLEGED MEMBERS OF GANG ACCUSED ANEW Four in Custody at Covington Face Additional Charges. ry Time* Special COVINGTON, Ind., Jan. 3. Pour men in custody here, already lacing charges following shooting a filling station attendant, are defendants in additional cases. Lowell Brier Is accused of robbery, it being charged he stole a shotgun. He any Tony Mahoney, Jack Mahoney and Earl Chizum are also accused of automobile banditry, for which the penalty is a long prison tmn. The four are accused of being members of a gang suspected of committing several crimes in the pact two years, including theft of slot machines. MAYER IGNORES ACTION ABOLISHING POSITION Waterworks Superintendent Still mi Job at Michigan City. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jan. 3. Although the city council had adopted a resolution abolishing the position of municipal water works superintendent, Hugo A. Hilberg will continue to hold it. This was made clear by Mayor Harry B. Tuthill when lie received a negative reply to his question as to whether there are any charges to be made against Hilberg. The 1 inquiry was addressed to the board of public works, Herbert R. Peterson, city engineer, and Victor Coonrod. The council sought to oust Hilberg on charges that, he bought 4,500 water meters for the city without, asking bids. TWO TAKEN WITH LOOT Auto Theft, Store and School Robberies Confessed at Anderson. By United Pres* ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—Each carrying a two-bushel sack filled with stolen loot, Heber Fox, 22, and James J. Moore, 18, were apprehended by Patrolmen Peter Levy and Earl Abney. They confessed they had just robbed a refreshment stand at the Andersen sales barn, taking cigars, tobacco, cigarefcs, candies and other articles which were found in the sacks. Earlier Fox and Moore robbed the Riley school, stealing an overcoat, six coffee cups, a dozen fruit dishes and two smocks. Police say the prisoners also confess to having stolen an automobile and robbed two groceries. House Afire During Party E,y Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 3.—While a. party was in progress at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hedrick here, fire broke out in the basement of the home and not until the flames and smoke began shooting up through the floor were the guests aware of the Arc. The fire had been burning for more than a half hour and when firemen arrived they A found the entire basement, a roaring furnace of flames. More than w t. SI,OOO In damage was done to the home. The fire is the largest of seven which have occurred in the city in two days. Woman Named Principal By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.,—Jan. 3.—Appointment of Mrs. Duncan McKinnis, Anderson, as principal of the Edgewood school, is announced by J. Wesley Stewart, Anderson township trustee. Mrs. McKinnis succeeds Frank Timmins, who has assumed the office of county recorder. Pioneer Woman Dies By Times Special LA PGRTE. Ind., Jan. 3,-Fu-neral services were held today for Mrs. Polly Hostetler, 92, widow of Joseph Hostetler, who was born in La Porte county Jan. 24, 1838, shortly after the . comity was organized. With the exception of a few winters spent in Florida, she had lived all her life in the community where she was bom. First 1931 Baby £y Timet Special COLUMBUS. Ind., Jan. 3.—Evelyn Marie, an eight-pound daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Armuth of German township -at a hospital here, is Bartholomew county's first 1931 baby. Merchants give a collection of msicellaneous gifts to the first baby each year. Dinner on Jackson Day By Times Special GARY, Ind., Jan. 3.—Attendance of 500 is expected at the second annual Jackson day banquet -to be held Jan. 10. Speakers will be Paul V. McNutt, Bloomington, former national commander of the American Legion, and Judge Clarence McNgbb of Ft. Wayne. Bandits Take $8.65 By Timet Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—En route home from work. Dory Richwine was accosted by two bandits who took his pocketbook containing $8.65. One of the robbers covered Richwine with a revolver while the other searched the victim's pocekte. Former Resident Killed By Timet Special EL WOOD, Ind., Jan. 3.—Funeral amloee and burial of William Langenbacher, 60, killed by a train at Dunbtr, W. Va., will be held here. was a former El wood resident.

MORE FARMERS SIGN FOR GRAIN HANDLING PLAN Prospects Declared Best Yet for Co-Operative Marketing. The outlook for co-operative marketing among farmers in Indiana never appeared brighter than at the present time, according to Edmond C. Foust, organization director of the Central States Grain Association in the offices of the Indiana Farm Bureau at Indianapolis. The organization is a part of the federal farm board marketing system, it being a stockholder in the Farmers’ National Grafh Corporation, Chicago, through which all of its grain is marketedThe season of 1930 was the first for the organization under the federal board set-up and activities are now under way 'or the addition of members for the coming year. “Our records show that better than 75 per cent of all farmers Interviewed by our representatives are signing the marketing agreement,” Foust says. “Solicitors are reporting that the general understanding of the whole co-operative marketing program is much better than last year, or, in other words, the educational program being carried on by the Central States Grain Association, the federal farm board and the Farmers’ National Grain Corporatiton is bearing fruit.” Additional elevators are being acquired by the Central States Elevator Corporation, a subsidiary, and county farm bureau co-operatives, so that the grain of the membership may be handled through farmer-owned and farmer-con-trolled agencies during the coming harvest season, he said.

NEW PROBE OF DEATHURGED Accident Theory Doubted by Victim’s Brother. Bp Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Jan. 3.—Porter county authorities have been requested by Paul A. Huffman, Chicago, to investigate the death of his brother August, 52, found in a shack on Long lake, and who died shortly afterward in a hospital here. It was believed that burns from which Huffman suffered were received when gasoline or kerosene exploded while being used in kindling a fire. It was not until the following day that he was found. After visiting the scene of the fire, the brother declared he was not satisfied with the accident theory and asked a further investigation. Murderer Among Four Convicts in Dash to Liberty Bp Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—lndiana reformatory guards joined police here today in a search for four escaped prisoners who were believed hiding here until they could resume their flight. The fugitives made a sensational break Friday night, crawling through a ventilator to freedom. The hunted men are Enoch Pleif, 28, sentenced from Lake county, three to ten years, for second-de-gree murder; Lee Powell, 24, Marion county, five to twenty-one years, for automobile banditry; Samuel Sanders, 21, Vigo county, five to twenty-one years, automobile banditry, and Bruce A. Scott, 26, Delaware county, fifteen years, for bank robbery. Sanders, who had been employed at the reformatory as a plumber, complained to the officer in charge of the cellhouse of a stoppage in a pipe and obtained possession of a key leading to a compartment back of the cell block, where the four men entered the elevator. < Emerging from the ventilator, the prisoners lowered themselves to the roof of the cellhouse on a wire. They jumped from the roof to the ground outside the wall. Officers discovered the escape fifteen minutes after the prisoners were outside the Avails. Trace of the fugitives was lost at Pendleton. Anderson Woman Dies Bit THmei Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—Mrs. Mary Cornelius Griffith, 71, is dead. She leaves her husband, August E. Griffith, and three soils, Clarence, Minneapolis, Minn.; George, Indianapolis, and William, Anderson. Clarence Griffith was formerly superintendent of the Anderson municipal electric light and power plant and is now employed by the Westinghoouse Elentric and Manufacturing Company. Dfeath Driver Sentenced By United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Jan. 3.—Conviction on a charge of driving while intoxicated drew a $25 fine and costs and a six months sentence at the state fatm for Clifford Winkler, 24, Bridgeport, 111. He pleaded guilty when arraigned before Mayor J. W. Kimmel, here. Winkler's automobile was in a collision which resulted in death of Mrs. Violet Combs, 32. Two other persons were injuredBandits Wound Watchman By Times Special HONEY CREEK, Ind., Jan. 3. Walter Montgomery, night watchman at the Ora Mauck restaurant and poolroom, is suffering from a bullet w>und inflicted during a scuffle with three robbers, who entered the place. He was shot in the hip, but the injury is slight. The robbers took S2O. watch and $75 worth of cigars and cigarets. They left Montgomery bound and gagged. ' Blind Piano Tuner Dies Bn Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 3. Charles E. Hill, 62, Negro, a blind piano tuner, ia dead erf pnuemonia. He was the first Negro to be graduated by the Indiana School for the BUnd. \

Feud Brings Death to Two

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Left, Mrs. Ida Trinklc; above, her husband, MUton Trinkle, Washington county sheriff, and below, Gilfred Gibson.

By Times Special SALEM, Ind., Jan. 3.—An outbreak in a feud brought from Tennessee to Indiana resulted in the wounding of Sheriff Milton Trinkle and his wife at the Washington county jail here, hut they prevented a delivery and further bloodshed, in a clash which has already cost the lives of Patton Gibson and his son Otis and resulted in the wound-

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JAIL COURT UNDER FIRE New Sheriff at Evansville Opposed to Kangaroo Tribunal. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3.—William Habbe, new Vanderburg county sheriff, announces that the kangaroo court will be curtailed at the county jail and that a staqd which sells soft drinks and other articles to prisoners will be abolished. The state board of charities and corrections has condemned the jail court. There will be gradual tigthening of the lid on law violations, Habbe declared, with places suspected of selling liquor to young persons among the first to feel the effects.

INTENT TO KILL CHARGEFACED Father of Four Accused After Shooting of Farmer. B-p Times Special ANGOLA, Ind., Jan. 3.—Thomas Geddes, 36, father of four children, is awaiting trial on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, contained in an indictment by the Steuben county grand jury which investigated the shooting of Alfred Fisher, 69, a farmer. While Fisher sat at a table in his home, a shot was fired through a window- Pellets from a shotgun penetrated his neck, arms and shoulders. Authorities say that a disagreement over purchase of a farm from Fisher by Geddes led to the shooting. Geddes has been unable to keep up payments, it is said. Veteran Gets Position By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Jan. 3. Frank Hattery, new Hamilton county she. iff, announces appointment of Loyal Hall, World war veteran, as his deputy. Hattery is the first Democrat to be elected to office in Hamilton, county in twenty years. Roy Homey, who succeeded J. S. Shannon as surveyor, has named Fred Mock as his deputy. Mock has been connected with the office twenty years. Fred Kinnaman, entering upon his third term as recorder, has appointed Miss Grace DeVaney his deputy. Other new officers are as follows: Frank Evans, coroner; Walter El wards, assessor; Emm- '• Fertig, proecutlng attorney, and A. L. Pursel, commissioner. First Buggy Owner Dies Bu Times Special LAGRANGE, Ind., Jan. 3.—Theodore Free, Civil war veteran, who died at 86, owned the first buggy in Lagrange county. He paid $125 for it and often, rented it at $5 a day to persons for what was then considered a joy ride. He came to Lagrange county when he was 4 years old. • Oldest Veteran Dies Bp United Press GREENSBURG, Ind., Jan. 3 John H. Weathers. 95, oldest Civil war veteran in Decatur county, is dead as the result of injuries suffered in a fall a month ago. He leaves his widow, a son and two daughters. Livestock Dealer Dies Bn Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3. John B. Harrell, 77, widely known among livestock dealers in Indiana, is dead of heart disease. He leaves his widow; two sons, Spencer and Harry, Shelbyville; two daughter, Mrs. W. H. Coers, this city, and Mrs. A, T. Byers, Indianapolis. Veteran’s Heirs Sue Bn Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—Heirs of Frank K. Phipps, Elwood man killed while serving in the World war, have filed a suit here asking a court order directing Ralph Ferguson, Madison county clerk, to pay them 56.00 Qin government compensation.

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ing of Elmer Gerald, Salem town marshal. He killed Otis after being wounded. Dan, Alonzo, Gilfred and Otis Gibson, brothers, attempted to enter the jail with intent to kill Pleaz and John Spurlock, held on charges of slaying the older Gibson. Otis is dead, Gilfred a prisoner afid a search is being made for Dan and Alonzo.

Infirmary Superintendent in Statement After Charge of Slapping. By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Jan. 11.— Charges that inmates of the Lake county poorhouse are mistreated, contained in a letter to a Hammond official, are denied by Charles J. Belshaw, superintendent of the institution. The letter said inmates had been slapped for taking an extra cup of milk at breakfast. It was also charged that slapping is a punishment for the most trivial offenses and that there is discrimination in distributing clothing. Belshaw asserts the inmates are treated better than those of any similar institution in the state. Admitting some “are unruly at times,” he asserted none was grossly mistreated. The superintendent says the institution has 352 inmates, IQO more than it can properly accommodate. The inmates range in age from 16 to 90 years. SUIT FILED FOR CHILD Damages of $5,000 Asked by Father of School Girl. B.y Times Special RENSSELAER, Ind., Jan. 3.—Suit for $5,000 damages has been filed in Jasper circuit court in behalf of Alma R. Akers, 8, by her father, John Akers, against Frank Hart, Keener township trustee. She alleges she received permanent injuries when struck by a truck shortly after alighting from a township school bus. The trustee is charged with negligence in that the bus bore no marks to indicate its nature. The truck driver asserts he drove past the bus without knowledge that it was a school vehicle/ New Judge Takes Oath By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Jan. 3. Charles S. Baker has taken the oath as judge of Bartholomew circuit court, succeeding Julian A. Sharpnack, who resigned. The term will expire Dec. 31, 1932. Slayer Believed Dead B.y Times Special NASHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3.—The body of Paul Brown, 28, who killed his parents Dec. 15 will be found in the. Brown county hills, many residents here believe, despite reports that he has been seen at various places since the tragedy. Court Reporter Reappointed By Times Special GREENFIELD. Ind., Jan. 3. diaries Walker has entered upon his twenty-fourth year as reporter of the Greenfield circuit court, having been reappointed to serve through 1931 by Judge Arthur Van Duyn. Council Elects President By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3. —Agreeing on a r-licy of passing around the honors, the city council elected Howard Brown as its president for 1831. William N, Marine was the presiding officer of the council during its first year. Aged Motorist Killed By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3. —James Gi Thomas, 74, veteran rural mail carrier and factory night watchman, was almost instantly killed wffien his automobile collided with a city street car. . Appointed to Hospital Board By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3.—Claude B. Dunnington has been appointed a member of the Culver hospital board, Succeeding Mrs. James Waugh, who refused smother term. - - -

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NEWSPAPER AT RICHMOND NOW 100 YEARS OLD Banquet Tonight Will Mark Existence of Century for Palladium. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 3 —The and hundredth anniversary of the Richmond Palladium, second oldest newspaper in Indiana, will be celebrated with a banquet this evening. The oldest paper is the Vincennes Sun, founded in 1804. The local paper was established Jan. 1, 1831, by Nelson Boon. Name Unchanged The paper has been published continuously under the present name. Until 1875 it was a weekly. In 1929 it took over the Item, which had been in existence since 1877. Despite its founding in the pioneer era, the Palladium showed it had kept abreast of the times when on May 12, 1921, it obtained the first federal radio license ever issued to a newspaper, the first having been granted the Detroit News. After operating station WOZ for a few years it turned the equipment over to Earlham college for experimental purposes. Kin of Frontiersman The founder of the paper was a grandson of a brother of Daniel Boone, famous frontiersman, but dropped the “e” from the family name. E. H. Harris is president and general manager of the company publish ng the Palladium. He is president of the Inland Press Association, composed of publishers throughout the middle west, and a director of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

HUSBAND HURT IN AIDING WIFE Gasoline Iron Used by Man at Anderson Explodes. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 3.—Doing the family ironing because his wife was tired, Hubert Pfoffenberger was seriously hurt when the iron, fueled with gasoline, exploded. Pfoffenberger tore off a. flaming shirt and then ran to the back yard, where he filled a bucket ot water and poured its contents on the walls of the kitchen, which had caught fire. He was fighting a losing battle when city firemen arrived and extingushed the blaze. Leaving the house, Pfoffenberger carried his two children to safety. Four Men Face Trials for Lives at Noblesville By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3.—The docket of the Hamilton circuit court, which will convene here next week, carries four murder cases. William C. Hill, former Indianapolis policeman, will be tried on a charge of murdering Charles Zeller during a holdup. Charles McCammon, Floyd Strange and Robert Ingersoll are charged with the murder of Owen Cricgmore in the course of a filling station robbery. Conviction in each case would mean death in the electric chair, as the indictments are based on murder while attempting robbery, for which the extreme penalty is mandatory. When arraigned in criminal court at Indianapolis, Hill made a desperate attempt to escape. After the case was brought to Noblesville on a change of venue he was removed to the state reformatory at Pendleton, as the local jail was considered insecure. . Wood Fractures Skull By United- Press LOGANSPORT, Ind;, Jan. 3.—A skull fracture was suffered by Paul Stephenson, 21, when he was struck by a piece of stove wood while operating a buzz saw in White county. He is in a critical condition in a local hospital. Recluse Found Dead By United Press LOGANSPORT. Ind., Jan. 3.—The body of James Walsmith, 72, a recluse, w’as found Friday night in his bed, when neighbors investigated after an absence of several days. Walsmith is believed to have died Wednesday night. No mail had been taken from a box since that day. Bums Cause Death By Times Special ARGAS, Ind., Jan. 3.—Burns suffered Christmas morning when the wrong liquid was poured into a stove to hurry a fire, resulted in death of Marcie Edson, 72. Woman Becomes Official By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 3.—Mrs. Afina A. Reed, Allen comity's first woman clerk, has assumed duties of the office.-

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Gary Superintendent Takes Rap at Democratic State Chairman. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 3. A conference of school officials of Gary, Ft. Wayne and South Bend, here Friday on a bill concerning municipal school corporations, developed charges of the encroachment of politics upon school government in Indiana. The attack was led by William A. Wirt, superintendent of Gary schools, in urging the support of a bill placing candidates for the office of state superintendent of public instruction on a special ballot, and urging the defeat of a proposed bill for state school relief that would make the larger cities of the state carry much of the educational expense in smaller communities. Points developed during the discussion included the following: Governor Harry G. Leslie, for announcing he would force the state board of education to readopt all textbooks nofr in use at its special meeting next Monday. Raps Democratic Leader R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman, for announcing last Wednesday the aids of State Super-intendent-Elect George C. Cole, instead of leaving the appointments to Cole himself and to the state board of education. Politicians, for their efforts in behalf of a proposed state school relief bill, in order to gain patronage for themselves in southern Indiana, the section to be especially benefited by the bill. Governor Leslie was sharply criticised by Wirt for his statement dictating the action of the board. “The Governor’s announcement, made before bids of book publishers were opened, kept all the old contractors from cutting prices,” Wirt said, in pointing out that not a single publisher under contract now had offered a reduction in price in presenting bids. “If old text books used throughout the estate for the last five years are readopted by the state board of education next Monday it will cost the state one-third more than if new ones were selected,” Wirt asserted. Price Situation Cited The contractor now supplying the geography offered the text book for $1.76, the present price, whereas other publishers offered geographies for as much as 70 cents less. The publishers providing spellers offered the same book for 40 cents, whereas

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new spellers were offered for 24 cents. The Governor’s statement assuring publishers their books would be readopted gave the publishers no incentive to reduce their prices, Wirt insisted. Leaving the Governor and turning to Peters he accused the Democratic leader of using state school appointments as political plums. “It is significant,” he said, “that Peters announced the appointments and not Superintendent-elect Cole, whose duty it is to name his aides, on the basis of their experience in a particular field. “At its meeting Monday, the state board will be asked to approve the appointment of these men, made not by Cole but by Peters. Asa member of the state board, ‘l’m not going to stand for it.” The Gary superintendent branded the proposed relief bill is a plan to subsidize the poorer school corporations of the state through special taxation. While all of the 1,187 school corporations in the state would be taxed for this purpose, 760 of them would receive more than they paid, while 427 would asume the burden by paying much and receiving little. Pay Much, Receive Little ft It is estimated that in 1938 Indianapolis will be paying $2,428,346 a year to th 6 relief fund sponsored by Goverwnor Leslie and will receive an annual share of only $165,025. Ft. Wayne will contribute $808,534 and get nothing; South Bend wiil pay $710,896 and get $847; and. Gary will contribute $606,949 and will be allotted $199,799. “It is an outrage,” Wirt declared, “to expect larger cities which have growing school populations to take care of the support of smaller corporations—not poor corporations but mismanaged, corporations whose money in many instances is riisipated by the uneconomical maneuvers of politically minded members of their school boards.” W. W. Borden of South Bend outlined provisions of a bill which will be backed by South Bend and Ft. Wayne in the legislative session putting cities of 250,009 population or more in the first class. The bill is aimed to change the statutory provision under cities like Indianapolis elect a board of school commissioners instead of appointing them. Ft. Wayne and South Bend, now in the 100,000 class, both seek to keep the appointive system. Gary, another city in this class, now elects its school board.

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BANDIT VICTIM \ ASKS $127,500 AS INSURANCE! Ralph A. Scott Files Two Suits Alleging Failure to Pay Policies. By Timet Special GREENFIELD. Ind., Jan. 3.—Two suits filed in Hancock circuit court here by Ralph A. Scott against the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., demand a total of $127,500 on policies as a result of injuries suffered in an attack by bandits. Scott was elected to the state house of representatives in November. One of the suits demands $42,500. In it Ucott alleges that on Aug. 1, 1929, he received a policy providing for payment of $15,000 for loss of a hand or foot, and double that, amour t if such injury occurred while he was in a public ance, this amount to be in to payment of hospital bills Wfl the sum of SIOO weekly during suW time as his injury prevented him from following his usual occupation. The other suit, based on a policy issued Feb. 6, 1929, asks $82,000. It provided $30,000 for loss of a hand or foot, the amount to be doubled if the Injury was received in a public conveyance. Scott, on the night of Jan. 31, 1930, entered a taxicab at Indianapolis to be conveyed to his home here and was preparing to alight from the cab when the holdup occurred. His left hand and left heel were shattered by discharges from shotguns. The left hand was amputated and it is alleged that the injury to the heel caused lus left foot and ankle to be useless. Scott alleges that none of tlie payments stipulated in the policies have been made, despite demands that they be met, MERCHANTS’ LEADER ASSAILS SALES TAX Richmond Business Men Told Levy Failure by W. E. Balch. By Times Soecial RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 3.—W. E. Balch, manager of the Indianapolis Merchants Association, attacked a proposed sales tax for Indiana in addressing a meeting of Richmond merchants Friday flight. He said such a tax had been a failure in Europe and also in this country, mentioning the states of Kentucky, Georgia and West Virginia. The tax was among proposals of Governor Harry G. Leslie s survey commission. Such a levy, Balch declared, is unfair, as it is imposed not on service, but on goods. Thus a professional man selling service would not be taxed, while merchant would be. POISONER OF FISH FINED Pica of Guilty Entered by Utility Company at G'rawfordsviUc. By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLU. Ind-, Jan. 3.—Counsel for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company have entered a plea of guilty in Its behalf in Montgomery circuit court here to dumping refuse from its gas plant into Sugar Creek, poisoning large numbers of fish and turtles. A fine of SSO and costs was imposed by Judge Edgar A, Rice. The refuse contained ammonia and acid from a preparation used in cleaning the gas plant equipment. Some of the fish killed weighed as much as five pounds. The poisoning look place Sept. 8, 1929. Lung Frozen in Alaska By United Press SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 3. Joseph Schotentrup, formerly of Shelbyville, suffered a frozen lung from exposure near his home at Anchorage, Alaska. He was without a mask, according to word here. Fewer Marriages By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 3. Marriage licenses issued in Montgomery county during 1930 totaled 225, four less than issued in 1929.