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JURY SEATED FOR KIRKLAND DEATH TRIAL State to Begin Presenting Evidence in Case Late Today. FATE UP TO FATHERS Stories of Pals Who Turn Against Youth Will Not Be Used. By United Prtat VALPARAISO, Ind., May 12.—A Jury of twelve men, eight of them fathers, was obtained today and sworn to try Virgil Kirkland, 20-year-old Gary football player, for his life on first degree murder charges growing out of the death of his sweetheart, Arlene Draves, 18-year-old high school girl, during a wine and gin party last November. The jury was completed when state and defense agreed on Marion Trowbridge, 23-year-old former policeman, as the twelfth member of the panel, after two weeks and one day had been consumed in questioning almost 400 veniremen. Eight Are Fathers The eleven other members of the Jury which will decide whether Kirkland was guilty of causing Miss Draves’ death by criminal assault or attempted criminal assault are: Charles Walters, 30, railroad agent, no children. A. W. Fleming, 64, farmer, two sons, 25 and- 21; two daughters, 37 and 27. Harry Casbon, 25, metal worker, infant son. George McVicker, 57, carpenter, two sons and two daughters, all married. Robert Brady, 38, laborer, two young sons. Hugh H. Morrow, 64, farmer, three sons, 38, 28 and 25, and one daughter, 20. William Nelson, 38, machinist, two tons and one daughter, all young. Herbert Davidson, 61, retired plumber, no children. John Bell, farmer, three sons, 23, 21 and 19. Norman Ashton, 57, farmer, no children. Andrew Jensen, 34, farmer, no children. The state is expected to begin presentation of its evidence against the 20-year-old Gary high school athlete late today. Turn Against Former Pal In its case against young Kirkland, on trial for the second time as the murderer of Arlene, the state will not use sensational stories told by three or four young men who arc indicted with Kirkland on the murder charges. Prosecutor John Underwood said this morning. In their cell at Lake county jail, Crown Point, Monday, David Thompson, Paul Barton and Harry Shirk tinned against their former pal, and claimed he killed the girl and then invited them into an automobile where her body lay, in order to shift part of the blame from himself. The fifth youth under indictment as the result of her death. Leon Stanford, in jail here awaiting trial, made no statement. The others offered to testify against Kirkland, presumably to obtain immunity as state’s witnesses or to further their chances for acquittal when their trials come up. Boasted of Spotlight Shirk said Kirkland was angry with Babe Draves after she refused to marry him while they were on a drinking party a few weeks before the tragedy last November. Thompson declared Kirkland enjoyed the spotlight filing on them when they were arrested, and boasted “We’ll get more publicity than Loeb and Leopold got.” Thompson, host at the gin party, after which the state alleges Arlene was attacked and killed by the five men, declared that if he had known Kirkland was coming to the party he would have canceled it. “He’s been pretty cocky over there in Valparaiso, but if they’d let us go there and testify he'd lose that pose and his shoulders would drop pretty quick.” Thompson said. Underwood said he would not need testimony of the trio in jail at Crown Point. Maintains Jaunty Air Almost three hundred persons were questioned for jury service and dismissed when they asked to be excused for farm work or said they were prejudiced as a result of Kirkland’s first trial, which terminated with life imprisonment facing the defendant. The state now asks the death penalty on a charge of murder with criminal assault, having dismissed all other charges. Kirkland has lost none of his jaunty air during the tedious questioning of jurors, but attorneys and Judge Grant Crumpacker have become weary, and the courtroom, which was jammed with curious townspeople at the former tidal, has been virtually empty. AIMEE BACK IN~U. S. Famous Evangelist Says She Lost Thirty Pounds on World Trip. By United Preta JERSEY CITY, N. J„ May 12. Aimee Semple McPherson, the Cali ifomia evangelist, on an around-the-world trip, returned to the , United States today aboard the DolI tar liner President Garfield, bringing a partly-finished manuscript of a seven-scene allegorical play, based on incidents in the Bible. She said that she weighs thirty pounds less than when she started her trip.

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10-Weeks-Old Babe to Go to Belgian Congo

Father and Mother Among 12 Missionaries to Be Ordained Tonight. BY ARCH STEINEL If you had the choice of rearing your 10-weeks-old baby in a land of “hit-and-run” drivers or in the Belgian Congo of Africa where sleeping sickness lurks in insect bites and malaria is as frequent as a cold, what would you do? You’d probably stick to America and the amorous automobiles that just love to run children down. But if you were Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hall Baker of Cleveland, 0., missionaries, you'd have no more fear of the cannibal Congo than a “stop-light-skipper.” Dr. and Mrs. Baker are two of the twelve missionaries to be ordained tonight in Graham chapel of the United Christian Missionary Society in Irvington to go to missions in foreign lands. Baby Sails July 17 The couple will sail July 17 with their baby, Lauretta Ann, 10 weeks old, en route to the land of Livingstone and alligators. _ ‘‘We have no fear that Lauretta will suffer from the climatic conditions in the Congo. The -tsetse fly which carries sleeping sickness is our worst enemy,” said Dr. Baker. “I’m a physician and with the good care her mother will give her we need not worry. It’s seldom, other missionaries say, that people not accustomed to the climate in the Congo have become seriously ill.” “We just couldn’t go without her,” echoed the mother. And Lauretta's assent is a couple of coos. In the Congo she will be known as “bonojo” which is “Congcese” for “child.” Another Goes to China Her clays of baby caps are over for the sfin's rays pierce and burn in this district along the equator with the result that she’ll wear pith helmets as soon as she arrives at the mision station 1,700 miles up the Congo Yiver. The Bakers will remain in the Congo three years before they are furloughed. While Lauretta becomes a 10-weeks-old adventuress, the youngest missionary to be ordained, tonight will go to China to head a hospital training school for Chinese nurses. She is Miss Ruth McElroy of Alton, Okla. Miss McElroy sails Aug. 6 from San Francisco for Nantung Chow, China. She will serve five years in China. Other missionaries to be ordained tonight are: Mrs. George W. Horton, Miss Vesta Marie McCune, Miss Edna Poole. Miss Ina L. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Goodsell, Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Slater.

Quilting Bee Is Held at Coventors Mansion

BY’ J. W. MITCHELL United Press Staff Correspondent OKLAHOMA CITY, May 12. A pictorial history of Oklahoma, one of the last frontiers, was stitched today into a huge quilt frame at Governor W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray’s mansion. The nimble fingers of forty-six pioneer Oklahoma women, all past the age of 75, were busily engaged in sewing the “quilt of Oklahoma” at a state-wide quilting bee. The finished quilt, twenty-six square feet of painstaking designs, will be displayed in the state historical building, as a memento of the handicraft of those who were the sole providers of the first Oklahoma wardrobes. Mrs. Margaret Benjamin. Edmond, Okla., observed her 92d

BY EARL H. LEIF United Press Staff Correspondent RENO, Nev., May 12.—Permanent and temporary residents of Reno, where it takes six months to get a fishing license and six weeks to get a divorce, saw another group of divorcees piloted today through the mill In Washoe county’s courthouse. In the lineup outside the courthouse of Judge Ben Curler and Thomas Moran today waited women worth millions, gowned in the latest Paris creations, rubbing shoulders with waitresses and stenographers. The wealthy had spent their six weeks of Reno's “cure” at the hot springs and the many gambling and night clubs. The others had found positions or worked at odd jobs to get

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Above—Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hall Baker and their baby Lauretta. 10 weeks old, whom they will - take into the heart of Africa as they work as missionaries. Below—Miss Ruth McElroy, who has been appointed to a Chinese missionary pest.

SPAIN CHURCH RIOTS SPREAD Troops Are Hurried to Curb Burning, Looting. (Cop’ rifiht. 3531. bv United Press' MADRID, May 12.—Mobs, fired by anti-monarchical and anti-religious enthusiasm, continued to attack and set fire to churches, convents and other Roman Catholic institutions all through Spain today. Priests, monks and nuns evacuated their residences in several cities Martial law was in force in Madrid, Seville, Cadiz and Alicante. Disorders also occurred in Malaga and Guillena, where serious trouble was reported. The government hurried troops to Guillena. The archbishop of Seville ordered all monasteries and convents evacuated after the mobs had burned the Jesuit convent, the Carmelite church and the church of Buen Suceso. Priceless art objects, vestments and sacred articles were burned in the public square. The prosecutor general of the republican government announced today that he plans to sue King Alfonso XIII on the ground that he collaborated in promoting the recent disturbances in Spain to overthrow or discredit the republic.

birthday at the quilting bee by showing the younger women how her fingers could fly. Mrs. Benjamin was the oldest seamstress at the bee. Other than the quilt, Mrs. Benjamin was the chief attraction. Mrs. Olive Thomas, borne economics instructor at Central State Teachers college, baked a three-tier birthday cake large enough to provide each of the 150 guests a generous slice. Dressed as a “girl of the old south,” Mrs. Juanita ’Johnston Smith. Mrs. Murray’s cousin, supervised the entertainment program of music and dancing. All guests except the forty-six seamstresses were young women, chosen by Mrs. Murray as chaperons to “keep the grandmothers from getting too foxy.”

DIVORCEES LEAVE COURT DAZED BY RENO’S FAST-MOVING MILL

enough money for lawyers’ fees, the S2O divorce registration fee and a little food. a a a T IKE scores of others before her, Mrs. Laura D. Davis of Los Angeles breathed a sigh of relief today when she left the courthouse, her divorce papers from Fred L. Davis tied in blue ribbon by a hot, but smiling clerk. “I suppose I'm a marked woman now,” she said, “but I’m free and I'm thankful for the Reno divorce court, heartless and mercenary though seme may believe it. “It all happened so quickly I am still in a daze. I don't think I was on the stand thi*e minutes. “Fifty of us were turned out of the courts like cans out of a factory’, but we were glad to have

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STATE GIVES CONTRACTS TO INDICTED MAN Highway Board Deals With Contractor Accused of Robbing It. ROGERS NOW ON TRIAL Many Large Awards Made Despite Charges of Checkoff Padding. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY’ Hundreds of thousands of dollars in state material and paving contracts have been awarded Ralph Rogers, Bloomington stone contractor, since he was indicted March 15, 1930, on conspiracy charges growing out of alleged looting of state highway funds, through padded material check-offs, statehouse records disclosed today. So large and numerous were the state contracts that Rogers took the stand in his own defense in Monroe circuit court Monday and cited the oontracts as evidence of good character. A peculiar angle of the case is the fact that Rogers is using two state departments to defend himself, while the case is being prosecuted by deputies from the office of Attorney-General James M. Ogden. Indicted, But Gets Business The defendant in the Bloomington trial is a partner in the U. R. Price Company, Blomington. At the contract letting Feb. 24. 1930, this firm was awarded a $280,000 contract for paving between Columbus and North Vernon on State Road 7. William J. Titus, chief engineer of the state highway department, who has charge of such contracts, explained today that Rogers’ stone is not being used for the work. But the stone business with Rogers has boomed since his indictment. Department records show that numerous large contracts have been given him by the maintenance department, the very department out of which the indictment grew. Large Contracts Awarded Some of the more recent stone contracts given Rogers by A. H. Hinkle, maintenance superintendent, are as follows: March 26, 1931, $15,500 maximum; Jan. 31, 1931, $13,300 maximum, and Nov. 10, 1930, SIO,BOO maximum, Director John J. Brown of the department, when confronted with the fact that Rogers was using these contracts as an indorsement in his own defense, said that he had nothing to do with it. The stone, he said, was bought by Hinkle and the indictment of Rogers and William E. Sayer, former maintenance superintendent for the Bloomington district, grew out of their alleged padding of the material check-off in 1928, before Brown became director. Had ‘Best Bid’ Purchase from Rogers, despite the indictment, was upheld by Brown, on the ground that Rogers had the “lowest and best bid” and also is not guilty of any misconduct until convicted. This view also was advanced by Hinkle, under whom Sayer was employed. Hinkle also pointed out that his was not the only branch of the highway department doing business with Rogers since the indictment was returned. He referred to the construction department. But even with the trial in progress, another department has done business with him by contracting for stone, Rogers testified. This is the state conservation department. Director Richard Lieber of that department today showed that Rogers had been $3,000 low on a $20,000 stone order for the Brown county state park road. Rogers had testified that the contract had been signed, but Lieber’s records show that it has been signed only Iby Rogers and not Lieber so far. It was expected that it would be signed today, as agreement was reached and Rogers had filed his certified check with conservation department engineers. ICE EXPERT TO ’OLE Lieutenant-Commander Smith Will Fly North Aboard Graf Zeppelin. By United press WASHINGTON, May 12.—Lieu-tenant-Commander Edward H. Smith, who knows more about icebergs than any other American, will fly to the north pole aboard the dirigible Graf Zeppelin this summer, the coast guard announced today. Data which he will obtain on the polar trip will enable him to make more accurate predictions about the number and location of icebergs.

it that way rather than long drawn out trials that only renew the heartaches. it a a case Mas Set for 3 My -‘■’’■•attorney, Harry Swanson, had so many other cases he couldn't give me much time. But we held a dress rehearsal in his office in the morning. “He made sure above all else that I remembered the testimony about my six weeks’ residence hdre—the reason for the divorce seems secondary in Reno. “When we went to the courthouse, I had to take my place in line. Watching those ahead of me get divorced by the tenminute hearing process. “Most of the women were in modish afternoon gowns though

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Fatal Joke ~ I Jest About Cooking by Husband Causes Suicide of Woman.

By United Press T TOLLYWOOD, May 12.—A joke which he made about her culinary ability caused. Mrs. Eleanor Fisher, 27, former New York dancer, to commit suicide, her husband, James B. M. Fisher, motion picture executive, told authorities today. ‘•You'll ruin my ‘stomach with this bum cooking,” Fisher said he remarked jestingly after his wife had burned the peas and scorched the steak for Monday night’s dinner. “If you don’t take that back, I'll kill myself,” he said his wife replied , “Go ahead,” he said he told her still thinning the conversation all in fun. Mrs. Fisher, he said, rushed into another room, obtained a gun and shot herself through the head, dying a few minutes later while he was taking her to a hospital.

BUILDING LABOR GROUPS FIRM AGAINST WAGE CUT

FAIR WEATHER NEAR Break in Rain, Cold Is Due Wednesday, Forecast. Break in the unsettled and cool weather that has prevailed several days is due Wednesday, the weather bureau forecast today. Partly cloudy conditions are to continue today and tonight but Indianapolis and Indiana are promised to awaken to sunshine Wednesday. The break in the unpleasant weather also will bring rising temperatures in Indianapolis and all parts of the state. Auto Gas Fatal BREMEN, Ind., May 12.—Philip Seldon, 49. was found dead in the garage at his home here, a victim of carbon monoxide gas. He had been working on the engine of his car.

CONVICT COUNTERFEITER AFTER SUICIDE TRY FAILS Thomas Shroyer, Found in Gas-Filled Room Earlier in Day, Is Found Guilty in U. S. Court.

The tiling from which Thomas Shroyer, 44, of 1351 Kentucky avenue, attempted to escape by seeking suicide occurred at noon today when Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell found him guilty on charges of counterfeiting and conspiring to pass bogus $lO bills. Shroyer’s attempt to end his life by gas early today failed when Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sheets, with whom he made his home above his horse and mule barn, returned to their rooms and found all entrances locked. Breaking through a window they found the horse dealer lying on the floor with four gas jets opened to the maximum extent. They carried Shroyer outside and called police. He revived and returned to federal court and later took the stand in his own defense. Shroyer was the only member of band of six alleged counterfeiters who pleaded not guilty. Step by step, operations of the gang w’ere traced Monday by Russell Lockwood, 19, of 1833 Lambert street, who related how Shroyer gave him the bogus $lO bills to pass at gasoline stations along the route from Indianapolis to St. Louis.Charles Mazey, federal secret service ’operative, testified that forty or fifty of the bogus $lO bills were passed in Indiana. Planning his suicide, Shroyer had written a note which police found in his gas-filled apartment. In it, Shroyer attacked as untrue virtually all of Lockwood's testimony and said “I don't feel I've got a chance.” “I’ve tried to live right, but this seems to be the only thing to do,” the note added. Besides Shroyer and Lockwood, tha four under arrest and awaiting sen-

two of them wore pajamas. They were nervously puffing cigarets, and I wanted one myself. a a a “'T'HE rapid-fire divorce procedure, the quick questions and hair trigger answers, amazed me. I wondered if I could do the same. “One woman I had seen at The Willows, the Silver Slipper and other night clubs, drinking and playing roulette, was on the stand, chaste and demure, telling the judge all about it. ‘Her husband, a bank clerk, scolded and nagged her and wouldn’t give her spending money. All the while she made noble selfsacrifices, she said. “She got her divorce, and so

White House Announces That 20 to 30 Forts Will Be Vacated. By United Press WASHINGTON, May 12.—Twenty or thirty army posts will be abandoned to aid President Hoover’s economy program, it was announced today at the White House. Mr. Hoover said he had appointed a committee representing the army, justice and agriculture departments and veterans bureau to ascertain which of these sites can be used byother government departments. The President said he was anxious that the retrenchment program be accompanied with as little hardship as possible to the communities in which the forts are located. In an effort to alleviate this situation, he is’ instructing the new departmental committee to ascertain which of these sites may be desired by the states for institutional purposes, educational and otherwise. At the same time the executive revealed that thirteen posts have been quietly abandoned during the last year. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 43 10 a. m 56 7a. m 48 11 a. m 59 Ba. m 52 12 (noon).. 53 9 a. m 53 1 p. m 62

Dog Heroes Seldom a day passes but a human life is saved by the courage and intelligence of a dog. Human heroes are rewarded properly for their feats of bravery, but heroes in the animal kingdom have been neglected. In Wednesday’s issue, The Indianapolis Times will announce plans for a "Dog Hero Legion” and twice annually will assist the National Anti-Vivisection Society in selecting the Indiana dog performing the most outstanding feat of courage and intelligence. A bronze medal will be awarded commemorating thereat. Watch for full announcement of your part in the plan in Tuesday’s Times.

tence on guilty pleas are: Clarence J. Cones, Roy Lockwood, Russell’s brother; Clifford Roe, an engraver, and Fred Windman, 2208 Morgan street. Elwood Petitions on Paving City of Elwood today petitioned the public service commission to require the Indiana Railroad Company to pave the right-of-way on Elwood streets if tracks are removed should the petition to abandon the road be approved by the commission.

Huge Vampire Bats, Fish With Teeth Peril Party

By United Press NEW YORK, May 12.—Two members of an American expedition into the Brazilian jungles returned today aboard the steamer American Legion with tales of vampire bats, thirty-eight inches from tip to tip, and four-inch fish with teeth that will attack anything entering the water in which they live. The men were John Newell of Kalamazoo, Mich., sound engineer and radio operator for the group, and William Green Jr., of Trenton N. J., zoologist. Green was recovering from the bite of a poisonous snake. Newell and other members of the party had suffered fever and sun stroke. They reported Alexander (Tiger Man) Siemal, leader of the expedition, had been in a hospital

did the next one, who cried most of the time. “YTTHEN the clerk called ‘Davis VV vs. Davis’ I felt a lump in my throat. My residence witness and I were hurried forward, sworn in and she took the stand to testify I had lived in Reno six weeks. “When my attorney motioned me to the stand I was so nervous I hardly could speak. I wanted a cigaret more than anything else. “Mr. Swanson asked me about two dozen questions as to my residence in Reno and three questions about nonsupport, my grounds for divorce. “I knew just what to say, but I felt like I was in a dream, and answered perfunctorily. “Judge Curler was kind and sympathetic. He never once looked at the clock although

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DR. R. J. ALEY RESIGNS AS BUTLER UNIVERSITY HEAD; WILL WRITE AND TRAVEL

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Arbitration Proposal of Associated Employers Is Disregarded. Disregarding the arbitration proposal advanced by the Associated Construction Employers, various labor crafts which need not deal directly with this group, have begun a series of wage scale conferences with employing master craftsmen, it was learned today. Labor groups still are adamant in their refusal to accept the 20 per cent wage reduction, and even those four groups which must deal directly with the construction contractors have signified this. These crafts are the iron workers, cement finishers, carpenters and hoisting engineers. A letter sent to the Employers’ association Monday by Thomas M. Dexter, secretary of the cement finishers local, declared that his organization is “not reconciled” to the arbitration proposal advanced last w r eek by the association. Dexter said, however, that a committee from his union is willing to meet with the employer organization to discuss the matter and, pending such negotiations, are willing to return at the 1930 or existing scale of pay. Plasterers and painters met Monday night with the master or employer groups to discuss wage scales, disregarding the Associated Construction Employers. Union representatives say that in the past all wage agreements have been made between the master and the craftsmen and the Associated Employers is a comparatively new organization which attempted to set aside this custom Asa result of this move which was attended by an announcement of a 20 per cent wage cut, construction operations totaling approximately 50 per cent were halted in Marion county, thus tying up several million dollars in projects.

in Montevideo, Uruguay, recovering from an alligator bite. “Some times we were without food for days,” Newell said, “and then we ate wild monkeys and alligator tails.” "I w r as attacked one day in the radio quarters by this huge vampire bat,” Green said. “It measured thirty-eight inches from tip to tip and came flying into the radio quarters of the expedition.” “I was bitten by a deadly snake while asleep in a hammock. We cut the wound, rubbed it with salt and used serum we had with us. I expected the wound to be fatal, but here I am. “One of our oxen became bogged in the river dicing one stage of our trip inland. Within twenty-five minutes these tiny fish with teeth had stripped his carcass bare of flesh. The fish is called the Piranha.”

other attorneys and their clients stamped around impatiently. a a a “TTTHILE waiting to be called * ’ I was conscious of the combination of scores of different powders and perfumes. Once on the stand I was mostly conscious cf the sweet-scented breeze floating through open windows from the nearby desert and gardens. “It seemed as though before I was comfortably seated the judge was saying ‘judgment for the plaintiff granted until further order of the court,’ and it w’as all over—l was a finished product of the mill. Many women kiss the pillar and throw their wedding rings in the river, but I was so excited I forgot to do either.”

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Named President Emeritus: Served School Here for Ten Years. BOARD HIGHLY PRAISED Educator Will End Duties on July 1; Wants *Time to Play.’ Dr. Robert J. Aley, president of Butler university for ten years, today relinquished his post, in a written resignation to the board of directors of the university. The directors, meeting this afternoon, accepted Dr. Aley’s resignation, effective July 1, and named him president emeritus of the institution. Dr. Aley's resignation stated that he has been active in educational work for the last fifty-two years. He passed his 68th birthday anniversary Monday. He said he wants an opportunity to “write, travel and play.” Predicts Great Future In his statement to the board, Dr. Aley praised highly the growth of the university and predicted it would continue to enlarge and there would be “great things in the days ahead.” Hilton U. Brown, chairman of the board, who accepted Aley’s resignation, lauded Aley and the educational work he has accomplished in his ten years as head of the Indianapolis university. A committee of board members to seek immediately a successor to Aley also was named. Board members said they will accept an offer of Dr. and Mrs. Aley that they take over his home at 520 Hampden drive as a permanent residence for the active president of the school. “In the ten years I have spent at Butler university, because of the hard work of the devoted board of directors, and the splendid co-oper-ation of an unusually strong faculty, the institution has prospered,” declared Dr, Aley. Builds on Noble Past “The new home at Fairview furnishes facilities and opportunities unsurpassed. Butler is experiencing a sound and sane development. Her future is bright with promise, for she builds on a noble past and a sanely, active present. I wish to remain until July 1, the end of the fiscal year. This will include commencement and graduation of a large class of men and women. ‘T have enjoyed greatly working with the Butler board members. Their devotion to the interests of the university, and their untiring efforts in meeting its rapidly growing requirements, are most commendable. I doubt if any board, anywhere, has more devoted members. With such a board Butler must continue to prosper and meet, in full measure, its obligations to the public.” Aley was born in Coal City, Ind., May 11, 1863, and began his educational career as schoolmaster of country schools near there. From principalship of Spencer high school, in 1887, he went to Indiana university as a professor of mathematics, and later was an instructor in Vincennes university. State Head of Education He was state superintendent of public instruction in 1909 and 1910, and subsequently became president of the University of Maine. Leaving that institution in 1912, he became president of Butler. Aley took his bachelor of science degree from Valparaiso university, and his bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees at Indiana university. He was an assistant instructor at Stanford in 1894 and 1895, and received doctor of laws degrees from Franklin college and the University of Pennsylvania. He is married and has one son, Maxwell. Written Text Books His writing carried him to the mathematics editor’s chair of the Inland Educator, and to the editorship of the Educator-Journal. He has written several text books and treatises on mathematics, and collaborated with Max Aley to write “A Story of Indiana.” Dr. Aley was president of the National Education Association in 1916-1917, and belonged to several other educational organizations. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa fraternities, & thirty-third degree Mason and a member of the Disciples of Christ church. JUDGE SEEKS REASON • FOR WILL’S ABSENCE Orders Attorney to Explain Why Document Not Probated. Probate Judge Smiley N. Chambers today appointed Fred C. Gause, attorney and former probate judge of Marion county, to appear before the Indiana supreme court. May 15, to answer a writ of mandate served on Chambers by the higher court and explain why the will of Mrs. Ida Huddleston McClintoclc has not been probated. The writ was issued on petition of Donald E. Rider Sr., executor of Mrs. McClintock's will. Judge Chambers said today he had ordered that the will be probated as soon as an affidavit of the death of Mrs. McClintock could be produced.

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