Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1931 — Page 9

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Grateful Bible and Cross of Gold and Silver Given Bishop for His Prayer.

BY JOSEPH 11. BAIRD United Press Staff Correspondent W ASHINGTON. March 26.—A Bible covered with precious metals and a cross of silver and gold were en route today to the Washington cathedral—after scaling customs barriers with the aid of two cabinet members. Nearly two months ago the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Washington, received a letter through the •itate department from Emperor Halle Selassie I, “Select of God. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of •Judah, Emperor of Ethiopia.” The ruler informed the bishop he was sending the two religious tributes as a thank offering for a prayer Freeman had made for success of the emperor’s reign. He wa, rowned last October. The bishop waited anxiously for his Bible and cross. In time they reached New York —and the customs house. How long they remained there, the records do not •how. But it is known that more han a month ago the state deoartment wrote the treasury askug that the gifts be admitted duty free, ‘‘as an international ourtesy.” Today the treasury dispatched a letter to the state department, acquiescing. a u tt \N interesting report of the emperor's pleasure on hearing of Bishop Freeman’s prayer has been received by the state department from Minister Addison E. Southard at Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. A copy of the prayer, offered at Washington cathedral here, was ent to Southard by the state department. He showed it to Haile Selassie. The monarch, vastly pleased, had the prayer translated into native Amharic, so it might, be read by all his feudal chieftains and ecclesiastical authorities. More, he ordered that a New Testament, written and illuminated by hand on parchment, be prepared for the American prelate. The book’s cover was made of silver and gold, designed by a native artisan. The emperor also had a silver cross, gilded with gold, and of the ancient form used in Ethiopian churches, prepared for the cathedral, which is under construction. Haile Selassie is a Christian king. He claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He appears to have been touched deeply by the concern of a Christian bishop—though of another branch of the faith —for his wellbeing. n a tt OO he wrote to Bishop Freeman: O “The lion of the tribe of Judah hath conquered. Haile Selassie I, Select of God, Emperor of Ethiopia. “Writes to: His beatitude, the bishop of Washington cathedral. May ix 1 ace be unto your beatitude. “Our heart was touched with joy and appreciation when his excellency, Mr. Southard, minister of the United States in out city of Addis Ababa, told us of the prayer you had made for us and our country, Ethiopia, on the day we were crowned with the imperial crown, by the will of God. ‘‘Just as Our Lord. Jesus Christ, gave his grace to all that believed in Him, both near and far, without distinction, likewise you, without distinction as to country and sovereign. made a prayer equally for ,i Christian king and country, thus proving that you are true followers of Christ. “And we, as an inspiration of your Christian deed, are sending vou a gospel, with a gold and silver decorated coYer, and a gilded silver cross, and we shall be pleased greatly if you will keep them in Washington cathedral as a remembrance of us and Ethiopia. "We request you not to forget us and our country of Ethiopia in our spiritual prayers." The Bible and cross from distant Ethiopia will find places of honor m Washington cathedral. COLLEGE CHIEF TO ADDRESS FARM MEN Ball Teachers’ President to Be Heard at Indiana Federation Session. L. A. Pittenger, president of Ball State Teachers college. Muncie, will peak at the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation session tonight at the Severln. Today’s progmm in the three-day conference concerned publicity in iarm bureau work and health subjects. Speakers included Thomas R. Johnston. Purdue university publicity director; E. J. Hancock of Greensburg; Mrs. R. L. McNeal of Russiaville: James R. Moore, editor of the Hoosier IFarmer: I. H. Hull of the bureau's field department and M. S. Winder, secretary of the \meriean Farm Bureau Federation. DREAM OF DIXIE FATAL Excited. Chicago Man Drives Over Crossing; He and 3 Children Killed. By United Press CHICAGO. March 25. Excitement over his intended departure today with his family to a newhome on a quiet Aiabama farm was blamed for John Klinker’s failure to stop, look or listen at a railroad crossing Wednesday, although he had driven an automobile safely for twenty years. A speeding Soo Line train crashed broadside into Klinker’s machine, killing him and his three children. Marie, 13; Fern, 10, and Roy, 8. NEGRO PASTOR IS DEAD Last Rites for the Rev. Sandy B. Botler to Be Held Saturday. Last rites for the Rev. Sandy B. Butler, Negro, 47, pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist church, will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Butler died Wednesday at his home, 515 West Twenty-eighth treet. He was pastor of the church en years. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. India E. Butler.

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BANDITS PLAY RADIO AS THEY TORTURE MAN Leisurely Robbers, With Girl Companions, Take Cash and Clothes. TEAR JEWELS OFF WIFE Woman Thief Garbs Self in Clothing of Victim and Struts Before Her. fi y United Press HOLLIS. N. Y.. March 26.—Three jobbers with a penchant for music leisurely ransacked the home of a dentist and tortured him early today, while their women companions clonned his wife’s garments to the soulful tunes of a radio. Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Bigall, 23 and 21, respectively, returned home shortly after midnight. They had put their automobile in the garage and were about to enter the house when a man stepped from behind a bush and confronted them with a revolver. The bandit was joined by two companions, who ordered the dentist and his wife into the house. "Now turn on all the lights,” one ; of the men ordered. The dentist just had completed 1 this when the doorbell rang. Turn on the Radio One of the trio answered the door j and admitted two girl companions. Somebody suggested they have some music, and one of the bandits j turned on the radio, lingering over ! it until he had found the station which suited him. He then wheeled ! around and ordered; “Give us all the money you have I and tell us where you keep your whisky.” Dr. Bigall was forced to hand over S4B and a ring. A bracelet set with four diamonds, worn by Mrs. Bigall, caught the eye of one of the woman robbers. She tore it from Mrs. Bigall's wrist, placed it on her own, and gayly displayed it to her companions. One of the girls went to the second floor, where she changed her own clothing for silk stockings, lingerie, dress, hat and fur coat belonging to Mrs. Bigall. “Struts” Like a Model Walking to the dressing table, she j picked up a lavalliere, stood before : | a mirror and fastened it around her I neck. She completed the ensemble by placing sls she found in one of the drawers in a pocket of the fur coat, j She then returned to the first floor. “Don’t I look spiffy?” she asked, • strutting up and down the living ' room like a model to taunt the den- j 1 tist’s wife. Bigall took this moment to make ! a lunge at one of the robbers, who ! | struck him on the head with the butt of his revolver. The men then forced Bigall to remove his shoes , and stockings and began burning | his toes with cigarets and matches. They apparently believed he kept more money in the house and i sought to learn its hiding place. When Dr. Bigall assured them he had no more money, they demanded he write a check for SI,OOO. He insisted his check for that amount would be worthless and the bandits ! stopped torturing him. Phone Wires Cut The men and the women then made a systematic search of the house for liquor, relinquishing their guard of the dentist. Dr. Bigall started for the telephone, when one of the men saw him and nonchalantly informed him that “It’s no i use, buddy, the phone wires have been cut.” After remaining in the house for ! about an hour and fifteen minutes, i alternately listening to the radio and searching for something to drink, the quintet buttoned up their ; coats, donned their hats and walked ! to the curb, where they had parked ; their automobile, and made their i | getaway. Dv. and Mrk. Bigall, after noi tifying the police, were taken to a i j hospital, where the dentist was j ! treated for burns and lacerations.: and Mrs. Bigall for shock. ARTHUR ROBINSON AIDS IN SEA RESCUE Sight Drifting Launch and Notifies Captain of Own ship. By United Press BALBOA, C. Z.. March 26.—Two ‘ United States senators—Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada and Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana—were the heroes today of a rescue at sea. The two senators were returning from a Ashing trip to Pearl islands when they sighted a launch, drifting helplessly at sea and sending . p ! distress signals. They informed the captain of their own ship, who swung around : toward the launch. Arriving along- j side. Senator Oddie threw a rope | to the launch, which was adrift because of a disabled motor. Four passengers on the launch were taken aboard. HOOSIER BELIEVED DEAD North Manchester Shoe Man’s Body ; Thought Found in Michigan. By United Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich., March j 26.—Relatives from North Manches- | ter, Ind., were expected here today j -to confirm the identification of the body of a man found on the beach of Lake Michigan three and onehalf miles north of here. The man had been tentatively identified as Ernest A. Ebbinghouse, 78, prosperous North Manchester shoe merchant, whose disapeparance Nov. 17, never was solved. Lapel Woman Dies LAPEL, Ind.. March 26. Mrs. Sarah Waldo. 87. is she leaves two children. Frank, of Anderson, and Miss Retta Waldo, at home. She was born at Columbus. 0., and came to Indiana in 1889, locating on a farm in Boone county,

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Siamese Twins Are Named by Wife in Divorce Suit

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Daisy and Violet Hilton

AVENGER FREED BY TEXAS JURY Father Shot Betrayer of His Daughter. By United Press BEAUMONT, Tex., March 26. Although found guilty of murdering the man he held responsible for his daughter’s suicide, A. B. Johnson, 40, was free today to go back to his work as an oil refinery foreman. A jury found Johnson guilty Thursday night of slaying Otis Lee Adams, young Sunday school teacher, and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment, but directed that the sentence be suspended. The verdict* reached after one hour’s deliberation, concluded one of the shortest major murder trials in Texas history. Testimony and arguments were completed in one day. Johnson testified that he shot and killed Adams, who was married, because the young man had been intimate with Johnson’s daughter, Elizabeth, a 17-year-old high school girl, found shot to death in her fiancee’s automobile. “She -was to become a mother,” Johnson testified. "After she died, Adams said, ‘Her death lets me out of a tough spot.’ ” Adams taught the Sunday school class which Elizabeth attended. He worked for the same company that Johnson works for. BAR VETERANBURIED Marion Man Used Part of Wealth in Aiding l'ouths. MARION, Ind., March 26.—Funeral services were held here today for William H. Charles, veteran member of the Grant county bar. He was active in church arid civic affairs and was a trustee of De Pauw university. Members of the county bar will attend the services in a body. Burial was made in the I O. O. F. cemetery. Mr. Charles was an able attorney and successful business man. His parents died before he completed his grade school career and he was obliged to work his way through college. After he became wealthy, he aided several boys to obtain an education.

‘Sovietism Is Foolish,' Swiss Professor Says

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Miss Nina Ferrero Fleft) and her father, Guglielmo Ferrero. professor at the University of Geneva (Switzerland).

“One-half of Europe, all of Asia, j and a part of South America are in \ a state of latent revolution.” This assertion was made today |by Professor Guglicmo Ferrero of | the University of Geneva, Switzerland, following his address Wednesday night before the Contemporary Club in the John Herron Art institute. “There's no danger, for the moment, of war; but the present economic and political situation is unstable,” he said. He forecast that the present unemployment and depression would continue to be an economic crisis for sometime. “It is easier to solve the political crisis when economic conditions are more stable and vice-versa,” he said. He termed the fear of “Soviet Russia as exaggerated” and de-

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1931

By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 26.—A divorce suit in which the Siamese twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton of San Antonio, Tex., were named as co-respondents was on record today in circuit court. Mrs. Mildred Oliver testified that both the twins loved

CITY BOY SHOT, BUDDY HELD IN ILLINOIS TOWN 15-Year-old Youth Wounded Seriously by Village Marshal. . One Indianapolis high school student is in a hospital in Paris, 111., in a critical condition from gunshot wounds and his “buddy” is in the county jail at Marshall, 111., today following their alleged attempt Wednesday night to steal a motor car in Martinsville, 111. The wounded youth, according to reports received by police here, is Walter K. Badger, 15, son of Mr. and Mi's. W. G. Badger, 2725 North LaSalle street. The boy held in jail is Walter Franklin Reynolds, 15, son of Mrs. James Lewis, 2631 East Michigan street. Shot by Marshal Relatives of the youths left today to make an inquiry into the shooting. Two other youths, alleged to be companions of Badger and Reynolds, are held also by Marshall officers pending the arrival of their parents. They are Russell Lunsford, 15, 3104 Brookside parkway, and Walter Ricks, 2322 Brookside avenue. According to a report from Martinsville the youths were accosted by John Ellington, town marshal, as they attempted to take a motor car. Badger was at the wheel of the machine, Ellington said, and ran as he approached the auto. Ellington seized Reynolds with one hand and, drawing his automatic, shot Badger in the abdomen after he ignored a command to “halt.” Were Tech Students Reynolds told Sheriff J. N. Turner, the latter said, that they had “bummed” their way from Indianapolis, and that they intended to steal the car to return to their homes and planned to return the auto after they reached Indianapolis. The boys were students at Arsenal Technical high school. “Walter left home Monday night,” said the youth’s father Wednesday night, “and we did not become alarmed about his absence until Tuesday, believing that he had stayed all night with a friend. Had Left School “He was just like any other boy and had never been in trouble before. He was not bad, and I can hardly believe he was shot stealing a car. We have a car, but he did not seem to care much about it.” Mrs. Lewis told police that her son left with several other boys. “I asked him not to go away and he said he would not. He went to Tech, but quit school some time ago and went to work.- He was laid off, from work recently,” she said. Fast Time Proposed By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., March 26. j —Tire city council is considering an : ordinance to make daylight saving time effective here, beginning April ! 26.

clared “Sovietism a foolish experiment.” The professor praised America for refusing to acknowledge the Soviet union. At Wednesday night's address he discussed “Christianity and Paganism in Modern Times.” He said that the present-day mixture of Christianity and paganism was a danger. The professor was accompanied to this city by his daughter Nina. It is his second visit to America and his daughter's first. “The people here are so much politer than in other countries.” the professor and his daughter agreed. The professor is the author of the “Greatness and Decline of Rome.”

HE STILL IS ‘CAT’ AT 70

City Maitre Wields Agile Foil

The words hissed with the rapid- s 7 . ity of the hissing foil as it parried, : 5 V'--- /Wl - fW-'- /Vo V 1 thrust, and parired again with wrist tx '' • JJLL&I, §♦, •‘-ll V A1 :fi' ' motion quicker than a camera | j ' ' ’ one sets if one should drop in some . j > * / Armes, 28 West North street, and j j.> watch Professor Nestor Lemaire, 70. i JjjW teach novices theself-defense of ■ •an fencing at 15. At 18 he be- 1 7 * ' tame a sergeant and fencing in- 1 M|

BY ARCH STEINEL “S-s-s-t, watch! Quick as a cat! And so and so and so. S-s-s-t a cat! ” The words hissed with the rapidity of the hissing foil as it parried, thrust, and parired again with wrist motion quicker than a camera shutter. “S-s-s-t, a cat!" and that’s what one sees if one should drop in some Tuesday evening at the Salle d’ Armes, 28 West North street, and watch Professor Nestor Lemaire, 70, teach novices the self-defense of the ruffed collar days—fencing. One fair spring day near his home. 209 East Minnesota street, the professor and a cat fought a duel. Tom was stealing chickens. The cat used his legs to escape and the professor a foil. The cat never stole another chicken from the Lemaire household. That's just a bit of the nimbleness, despite his years, that has made Lemaire not only one of the foremost fencing instructors of the nation. Bom in Belgium in 1860, he began fencing at 15. At 18 he became a sergeant and fencing in-

s tractor in the Belgium army and later a lieutenant. Today if he bares his right arm' for you, you’ll see scars of his army days—scars of the field of honor. He fought the longest fencing match on record in the nation, at Providence, R. 1., under police surveillance. He and an Englishman fenced for six and one-half hours with tack-point ends on the buttons j of their foils. Englishman Boasted The Englishman boasted he could score fifteen points—touch an adi versary fifteen times with a foil—regardless of his opponent’s skill. Lemarie accepted the challenge, but with one qualification, and that was that they should disrobe the upper half of their body and that tack points be placed on the ends of the foils so each hit would score on the body as it “pinked” the skin. “You see,” explained Lemaire. “he believed he could touch me fifteen times in a short period without regard for defense. But as soon as the tack points were placed on the foils he must look to his defense.” Police Didn’t Know It The exhibition duel took place. Police were unaware that the foils carried the tack-points. Lemaire touched the Englishman eleven times to the latter's six hits and refused to end the combat when his worn-out opponent laid himself open to the twelfth touch and the match. , “It's 3 o’clock in the morning,” shouted the referee to Lemaire. “Three o’clock—so ” and it was with the “so” the match ended as tack-point met the breast of the Englishman. Lemaire tells you how fencing will reduce weight in men and women or of the foils that Wabash col- j lege and Purdue university have or-! dered from him. He has pride thr. he’s taught at the two schools ant* refereed the Big i Ten fencing bouts. But his pride \ always is in that knowledge that at ■ 70 years of age he’s still a: “S-s-s-t a cat!” OLD SOLDIER DEAD Smith Cadwallader, 90, to Be Buried on Friday. Last rites for Smith Cadwallader.! 90, Civil war veteran, who died at j the home of his daughter, Mrs. John N. Gebhardt, 5226 Broadway, j Wednesday, will be held Friday af- i ternoon at the home at 1:30. Burial; will be in Franklin. Mr. Cadwallader had been 111 for; three months prior to his death. He served throughout the war as j a sergeant in the Fourteenth Ohio j infantry and fought in the Battle : of Mission Ridge. He was on j “Sherman’s march to the sea.” Mr. Cadwallader was a member of the Zionsville Disciples of Christ. Mrs. Gebhardt is the only survivor. Yonng Nurse Kidnaped By Times Special GARY, Ind., March 26.—Two armed men kidnaped Miss Mary C. Wass, 23, Methodist hospital nurse, her escort, George A. Frenchik of Whiting told police. He said he and Miss Wass were in his automobile parked at a road side when the two men in another car forced her to accompany them.

her husband and gave him expensive presents- and that he told her he loved them. The gifts included an automobile, jewelry and clothes, she said. Her husband left her two years ago to become advance agent for the twins, Mrs. Oliver’s petition recited. She was granted the divorce by default.

Top Photo—“ The Cat O’ F6ils.” Professor Nestor Lemaire, the city’s 70-year-old fencing master. Lower (left to right)—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Coryn, 131 West Thr ity-

DRY REPEAL UP TO ILLINOIS GOVERNOR

Measure Now Has Passed Both Houses of State Legislature. I By United Press SPRINGFIELD. 111.. March 26. The question of whether Illinois shall repeal its prohibition law and join six other states in leaving ’ry enforcement entirely to the federal government rested solely today with Governor Louis L. Emmerson. After a day of bitter debate, during which a spectator became so excited he fell dead, the state senate Wednesday night voted, 26 to 24, to repeal the state prohibition law and th esearch and seizure act, which were enacted in 1919 and IS2I, respectively. The repeal bill, known as the O'Grady-McDermott repealer, previously had passed the house of representatives by a 90 to 56 vote. Governor Has Ten Days Twice before within the last six years similar bills had been passed by the house, but voted down by the senate. Governor Emmerson now has ten days in which to sign or veto the bill. If he does neither, it will become law without his signature. Immediately after the final, and deciding vote was cast by A. H. Roberts, Negro senator from Chicago, opponents and exponents of the measure began besieging the Governor with pleas that he act according to their views. During the heated debate over the measure, Emmerson’s floor leader, j Richard J. Barr Qf Peoria, fought on the side of the “drys,” but the Governor himself never has committed himself upon the question and has given no hint of what action he will take. Spectator Falls Dead Supporters of tfce repealer predicted Emmerson would “follow the people's mandate” and sign it. In a referendum last fall, the state voted 1,060,004 to 523,130 for repeal of the dry laws. When dry members sought to fight off passage of the bill by in- j troduction of an amendment, the: debate became so exciting that Edward C. Westhafer, 44, of Peoria, fell dead in the gallery and his; death scarcely attracted attention, most of the other spectators being so interested in the debate they did not notice him fall. Student Badly Hurt By United Press LA PORTE, Ind., March 26.—John Tarnow. 12, a junior high school pupil, was seriously injured and | four other boys cut and bruised j when an automoHv. -• Hven bv Fred j Waddell, Hammond, struck them after collision with a machine driven by Elsie Jones, school teacher. One of the less seriously injured boys is William Krueger Jr., son of the city controller,

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eighth street, pupils of the “professor,” settling their marital arguments a-la-foil with Lemaire as referee.

Speaks Here

William R. Castle

William R. Castle, assistant secretary of state, has accepted an invitation extended by Representative Louis Ludlow on behalf of the Indiana world peace committee to address a state-wide meeting here under the auspices of the committee on the evening of April 22, according to word received here from Washington, D. C The meeting probably will be held in the Columbia Club. A formal invitation from E. E. Stacy of Indianapolis, secretary of the Indiana world peace committee, has been delivered to Castle.

FREE MARION YOUTH Michigan Campus Bootlegging Suspect Exonerated. By United Premt ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 26. Robert K. Custer, 22. University of Michigan student from Marion, Ind., who was arrested several weeks ago charged with selling liquor on the campus, today was free of all charges, the case against him having been dismissed. His roommate, who is not a student, Allen Thompson, also of Marion, Ind., was fined Sl5O. Orie Brown, 25-year-old lawfreshman from Spencer, la., for whom Custer and Thompson said they were working, is serving a term of from six months to two j ears in Jackson prison.

POOR TRUSTEE WASTES FUNDS, SAYS HOLTMAN Member of Township Board Scores Mrs. Noone for ‘Playing Politics/ CLAIMS EXTRAVAGANCE Too High Prices Paid for ! Needy's Food, Soft Jobs Given, Is Claim. Abandoning plans to establish a ; poor relief commissary in Center township, a committee composed of county officials, tax experts and civic heads today concentrated on revamping the trustee's poor relief system. With a $700,000 relief debt looming for 1931. members of the committee met Wednesday afternoon ui the Chamber of Commerce to hear copious recommendations for changes in the relief program. The committee heard Charles Holt man, member of the Center township advisory board, charge Mrs. Hannah Noone. township trustee, with extravagance and with “playing politics” with relief supplv firms. The session paved the way for the meeting probably Friday of advisory board members and Mrs. Noone to fix the April poor relief budget. Police Aid Sought Signifying at least one change in the present system. Walter Clarke, attorney for Mrs. Noone, told conferees he will meet this afternoon with Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney to ask the aid of patrolmen in investigating applicants for poor aid Addition to police to ihe trustee s investigating staff would halt, to a large extent, the distribution of thousands of dollars worth of food monthly to families undeserving of aid. Clarke told the committee. Fight between Mrs. Noone and advisory board members over the naming of poor supply firms, flared again before the committee when H*ltman charged Mrs. Noone with hiring employes “who have no right in the office.” “Just Political Jobs" “These are nothing but political jobs, and you can be sure it doesn't set well with the taxpayers.” Hcltmnn told the committee, after ; charging that many of the employes ; receive full-time pay for part-time i work. Holtman criticised Mrs. Noone for refusing to extend the list of business houses selling poor relief supplies, and declared vehemently that the trustee is paying at least j 15 per cent too much for groceries. “Politics or no politics, this advisory board will not confine this business to a few firms,” Holtman i declared, adding, “I can name any i number of grocers who will sell this | food for at least 15 per cent less ■ than what Mrs. Noone is paving her | grocers.” Clarke and Mrs. Noone last week ; informed Holtman and two other i members of the advisory board that ! the trustee’s office would “do the ! selecting in grocers.” Wants Tt ‘Understood | "I want this understood,” Mrs i Noone declared at that time, “that, I 1 will pick the supply firms and . spend the money of this office.” Advisory board members had sought to “give everybody a chance at the business,” Holtman said. Ihe April budget will be pared drastically. Holtman declared. Clarke revealed to the committee that for the month ending March 20, the trustee spent $107,400 for relief work. Os this amount $77,000 was spent for groceries, $25,000 for coal and $1,300 for milk. William H. Book, civic affairs director, recommended that the trustee inaugurate the plan of forcing recipients of poor aid to work for the county in return for the basket of food. Book pointed out that the trustee ' should follow the policy of the ! made-work committee, by which the city puts poor aid applicants to work to earn the weekly basket of food. “Try It This Summer” Clarke indicated the trustee favored the plan and would “try it ; out” this summer. Any drastic . change this spring would disrupt | the trustee’s office, Clarke said. Walter Boetcher, county councilman: Herman Lieber, chairman of i the committee, and other conferees j approved Book’s plan. Boetcher criticised the contents ! of poor relief baskets, declaring that quantity should be substituted for the “variety” recommended by dietiticians. “I see this poor relief situation as a means of keeping people alive in an emergency. These ’nick-nacks’ in the baskets don’t do the work. Quantity rather than variety should be the aim of poor -ellef,” he declared. Lieber Assails Politics Lieber deplored politics as an element in the award of contracts to supply firms. “I have the firm opinion that there should be an increase in the number of grocers, not based on politics,” he said. The committee will name a group of public accountants who will stud'' records of the trustee's office with the view of increasing efficiency of the index and bookkeeping system used to check 8,000 families now receiving aid. Former Banker Sentenced By United Press KOKOMO, Ind., March 26. Charles C. Price, former cashier of the defunct Farmers Trust and Savings bank and former city councilman, was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the state prison and fined $6,000 by Judge C. T. Brown in Howard circuit court on a charge based on his actions as cashier. Price filed notice of appeal to the uipreme court. His bond was set at $7,000.