Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 59, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1931 — Page 2

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POLICE ADJOURN STREET SESSION OF UNEMPLOYED Second Instance of Kind , Within a Week at Evansville. Bp Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 18—For the second time within a week police broke up a street meeting of the Unemployed Council, reputed to have communistic tendencies. Patrolman Hyan and Chapel, the former having stopped the previous meeting, dispersed the second. They said they had orders from their superiors to take the action. Asked about the orders, Police Captain Taylor, in charge at the time of the meeting, said to reporters: “I wish you fellows would quit bothering me. I haven't anything to say.” Denies Order Given “I didn’t give any order to break up the meeting,” said Police Chief Bell, "and I don’t know why it was broken up. Our policy is to stop all meetings that are blocking traffic Or stopping women from getting along the sidewalks. I will check up and see just what happened. There is no order to break up ‘red’ ineetings.” Mayor Griese, who was assailed by speakers at the meeting prior to the police action, said: “As far as breaking up these ‘red’ Iheetings while they are orderly, no Orders have been given, to my knowledge. The mayor said that a man whose tadieal outbursts had caused trouble here during the "World war was a speaker at both meetings. Asserts Radical Spoke “During the war,” Griese asserted, had lots of trouble with him. Re was holding anti - American meetings. As far as the demand of these people (the unemployed countil), they are out of reason. They tvant a pension for every unemployed man and free rent, street Car rides, lights, food and clothing. It is not in the power of any man to grant this.” Opening the latest meeting, William Dorsi, chairman, said: “Call our organization Reds, Communists or anything, but we don’t intend to starve. I voted for Mayor Griese, but I am ashamed to admit' It. I asked him for food for starv-' |ng families and he said he was tired of feeding the lice of EvansSrille.”

NOBLESVILLE MINISTER GIVEN KIWANIS MEDAL Presbyterian Pastor Recognized for Community Service. Put imes Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 18 The Rev. G. E. Jones, pastor of the Presbyterian church, has been presented with a medal by the Kiwanis club for unselfish community work during the past year. While the event was sponsored by the Kiwanians all of the service clubs in the city assisted in selecting the Rev. Mr. Jones for the honor. Emmet Fertig, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, and a member of the Kiwanis club, made the presentation speech and the Rev. Mr. Jones made a brief reply. The Rev. Mr. Jones has been pastor of the local church four years. He is moderator of the Muncie Presbytery, a director of the American Bible society, secretary of the Noblesville Ministerial Association, a member of the National Red Cross speakers bureau, chairman of the Hamilton County Red Cross chapter, vice-president of the Ham- ! Jlton County Tuberculosis Association, a director of the Indiana Tu- j berculosis Association, county di- ! rector of the child health and protection conference, vice-president of the Kiwanis club and a trustee of he Noblesville library. Tax Collector Sued Pu Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 18.—Retent ruling of Attorney-General James M. Ogden that tax collectors must be residents of the county in which they work has resulted in a suit here, in which Henry Behrman, Indianapolis, and Charles O. Wesselman, Vanderburgh county treasurer are defendants and George W. Gallman plaintiff. Gallman seeks recovery of SSOO. He alleges Behrman seized his automobile in connection with collecting delinquent taxes, and cites the point that Behrman is not a resident of the county. Last of Gang Sentenced By Tima Special COLUMBUS. Ind., July 18.— Ernest Brooks, 21, a member of a theft gang of seven which operated in East Columbus, was committed to the state reformatory for from one to ten years when Circuit Judge Charles S. Baker revoked suspension of sentence imposed for forgery. All seven of the accused have been sentenced, including Ralph Brooks, brother of Ernest. Millers Best Smiths By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind.. July 18.—For the third consecutive year, the Millers nosed out the Smiths in the race to see which had the most members in the city directory here. There are 698 Millers compared with 602 Smiths. Meyers beat the Jones for fourth place with 182 to 178.

Nine Deaths Recalled as Result of Poison Case

By Times Special Lebanon, ind., July is.— Death of Virginia and Alice Simmons from poisoning in food eaten at Memorial park here June 21, as a result of which their mother, Mrs. Carrie Simmons, is under indictment on a murder charge, recalls to older resident here death of nine persons in 1855, after partaking of food served in connection w'ith celebration of the arrival of the flr6t train on the Indianapolis &z Lafayette railroad. Among those recalling the tragedy are Theodore R. Cald-

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Working with soles six days and with souls on Sunday, the Rev. C. M. Pearson of Lynn is unaf-" fected by the unemployment situation. Week days he is busy in a shoe repair shop. Sundays he is in the pulpit at either the Friends or Christian - Congregational church. In his spare time he paints landscapes in oil and pastels.

TWO BROTHERS UNDERARREST Kokomo Youths Accused of Store Burglary. KOKOMO, Ind., July 13.—Robert' Robinson, 17, and his brother Eugene, 16, Kokomo, are in custody at Cedar Rapids, la., where it is alleged they were caught in the act of robbing a grocery. Both have police reoords here. Eugene was arrested on a charge of having improper license plates on an automobile. Both were held for investigation concerning thefts in South Kokomo. Cedar Rapids authorities said the youths were found in the store by a policeman after suspicions of a milk delivery man had been aroused. They said they had been without food four or five da vs.

WABASH RIVER. TO BE SURVEY SCENE

Data Desired to Aid in Plans to Check Pollution. By Times Speeial TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 18.— A four-day survey of the Wabash river between here and Mt. Carmel, 111., will be started Tuesday with a j view to obtaining information on : which plans can be based for lessen- j ing pollution of the river. Decision to make the survey fol- J lowed a meeting here attended by j Harry F. Ferguson, technical sec- ! retary of the Illinois sanitary water j board; Carl D. Gross, sanitary engineer of the Illinois state department of health, and two representatives of the Indiana health board, Lewis S. Finch, chief engineer, and Herbert H. Young, assistant engineer. Representatives of Terre Haute, Vincennes and Mt. Carmel, and of the Wabash Valley Boat Club of this city were among those attending. j PULMOTOR SAVES LIFE j Terre Haute Girl Revived After 35 j Minutes Under Water. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 18.— Wabash river here, a few moments j after it had claimed the life of a j swimmer, was cheated of a second . victim by efforts of firemen who i manned a pullmotor recently pur- | chased by the city. Mary Fisher, 18. was taken from j the water thirty-five minutes after she had gone down. The pulmotor succeeded in reviving the girl. It was the first time the instrument had been used. An hour before, John Sinko, 42, was drowned in the river. He was in the water forty-five minutes before being removed, too long, according to authorities, for any hope for recovery. Fair Contracts Made By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., July 18.—The Bartholomew County Fair Association at a meeting held to complete plans for the annual fair and race meet voted to reduce the general admission to 25 cents a person. It also let a contract for free performances. at the afternoon and night session to the Hoagland Hippodrome of Northern Indiana, and a contract for niusic to the Columbus City band. Terrell Newsom and Jbhn McCullough were appointed to the board of directors taking the places of Harry Davis and Abner Hunter who resigned. The fair will be held AUg. 11 to 13. Last of Family Dies By Times Sifccial GREENSBURG, Ind., July 18.— Mrs. John F. Russell. 64, whose husband is president of the board of trustees of the Madison State insane hospital, is dead. She was the last of a family of nine children born to Henry and Ruth Doles, Decatur county pioneers.

well. Civil war veteran, and his cousin, Mrs. Lizzie Sample, 92. The food was served at the home of Ayers Taylor, who was one of the victims. The others who died were Mr. and Mrs. William Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. Zedekiah Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Herrin, Hiram Fowell and son. Joseph. Caldwell says that at the time the general opinion was cholera caused the deaths and practically no one voiced a theory that the food might have contained poison.

TWO OFFICERS HEAR CRITICISM AFTER SUICIDE Man Swallows Poison as Sequel to Arrest by Alleged Trick. Bn Timex Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 18. Relatives of Andrew Thurston, 53, who committed suicide by swallowing half a glass of poison, are bitter in their condemnation of Clifton Newton, justice of the peace, and Constable Charles Webber for their actions in connection with attempts to collect a bill from Thurston, his subsequent arrest, alleged to have been made without a warrant. Thurston, at one time a patient in a state hospital for the insane, suffered a broken hip a year ago while working in a canning factory. A few days ago he received SI,OOO as compensation for the injury. A creditor then turned a bill over to Newton and Webber and they visited Thurston, demanding payment. He refused. Learning he had been drinking beer, they induced him to leave the house, Indiana’s law on intoxication not applying to homes. Once on a street, they arrested Thurston. In spite advice of an attorney to the contrary, he pleaded guilty and paid a fine in the court of Newton. The fine and costs totaled s4l. BOY VENDORSROBBED Sidewalk Lemonade Stand Receipts of 54 Cents Taken. Bp Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 18.—A sidewalk lemonade stand set up by Billy Leffler, 8, son of Prosecutor Paul Leffler, and Bobbie Parkinson, 8,-son of H. L. Parkinson, president of Muncie’s city council, was robbed of 54 cents while the boys were at a grocery replenishing their lemon stock. Two boys loitered nearby and the young merchants decided they should be searched. But they didn’t have the money. Then to satisfy each other, Billy searched Bobbie and Bobbie searched Billy. The money is still missing.

Talking Pictures in Education to Be Demonstrated By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 18.— Teaching teachers with talking pictures, anew feature of the Indiana university summer school, will bej demonstrated at the university I Wednesday. The use of educational talking pictures as a medium for i training teachers is one which will! be of unusual interest and value to the students, according to Dean H. L. Smith, director of the summer session. The pictures are from the department of educational talking pictures of Electrical Research Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Western Electric Company, and this com-! pany will also provide the equipment and handle the showing here. The I. U. extension division and school of education are sponsoring! the new feature. Through use of educational talkies' the students will be able to hear some of the leading educators of the country present their methods and theories. The entire day will be devoted to teaching with talkies. A number of pictures designed especially for teacher training will be included and also such other subjects as vocational guidance, social science, mathematics and physical education. Pavement Inspected By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., July 18. Streets of Richmond and highways of Wayne county were inspected this week by a group of Marion county officials using a speciaj bus for a trip which will include a visit to Muncie. Included in the party were John Shearer, George Snider and Dow Vorhies, county commissioners; Charles Hafer, Walter Boetcher, Sam Plender and Cortez Blue, county councilmen; Bruce Short, engineer; Charles Mann, highway superintendent, and L. E. Eltis, commissioner-elect. Store Theft Confessed By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., July 18.—Cei cil Ward, 19, confessed to Sheriff J. W. Fcust and Deputy Ed Beatty | that he was one of two persons who robbed the Wilson general store in the Dowell hill neighborhood. He also led the officers to the loot, which was buried under a clump of bushes and leaves. It included cigarets, money and candy. He implicated Ore Krebbs, 23, but the latter denied any connection with j the robbery. He is in custody. Advertising Firms Linked By Times Special MARION. Ind.. July 18.—Announcement is made that the Cant ten & Whitlock advertising agency of Marion has become affiliated with the William H. Rankin Company of New York and Chicago. Sister of Debs Dies By Times Special | TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 18.— Mrs. Louise D. Michel, sister of Eugene V. Debs, noted Socialist, who ; made his home in Terre Haute during his lifetime, is dead in New York. Se was born and reared here. Water Use Curbed | By Times Special REDKEY. Ind.. July 18.—Limiting use of water for sprinkling is in effect here. The town supply is fast ebbing, according to George Faunce, water works superintendent. Horse Injures Child i By Times Special FT. WAYNE. Ind., July 18.—Kick of a blind horse aimed at another, struck Dorothy Gerding, 13, at her i home, five miles west of here, in- , Aiding a serious injury. Her skull ' was fractured, f _

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Bp Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., July 18.—Ray Caruthers, 36, Newcastle, paid $1 after dashing the contents of a glass of soft drink in the face of Arthur Beck. Goshen druggist. After being served with the drink, Caruthers complained it was not strong enough. Replying, the druggist implied Caruthers was probably more accustomed to much stronger beverages. Then the contents were hurled. Beck said he feared Caruthers was about to draw a weapon and beat him with a bundle of magazines. Caruthers paid the dollar to have the store cleared of the debris of battle. WARSAW, Ind., July 18. Corn in this section of Indiana has grown a foot this week,

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Prosecution Seeks to Show Woman Not Victim of Auto Accident. Bp United Press VERNON, Ind., July 18. —Fractures of the skull of Mrs. Nellie Cook .were such as could not have been caused by the weight of her body in the wrecked automobile in which it was found, in the opinion of Dr. Henry Alburger, Indianapolis, who performed the autopsy. Dr. Alburger gave details of his examination of the body in testimony at the trial here of Lawrence Cook, the victim’s husband, charged with her murder on Thanksgiving day, 1929. He was not cross-exam-ined. Ray Hearne, North Vernon mechanic, testified that there was nothing in the wreckage of the Cook machine to have caused the wounds, which were described as round and uniform in character. Mrs. Rosa Cook, mother of the defendant, was branded by state’s attorneys as a “hostile” witness after giving allegedly evasive answers to questions concerning accident insurance on Mrs. Nellie Cook, payable to her husband. The state failed to establish its contention that Cook was shamming unconsciousness when taken from a point near the wreckage of the car. Dr. H. B. Graessle and Annna Franke, nurse, Seymour, were called to the stand in the state’s effort to prove that Cook was affecting coma, but neither made a definite statement to substantiate the contention. FOUR KILLED 8Y TRAIN Three Die Instantly in Crash Near Bedford. Bp United Press BEDFORD, ind., July 18.—Pour persons lost their lives when a speeding Monon passenger train demolished the automobile in which they were riding near here." Three of the victims were killed instantly, the fourth dying within a few hours. The dead are: Mrs. Alma Beasley, 26, who was driving; Mary Gladys Beasley, 5, her daughter; Henry A. Todd, 85, Mrs. Beasley’s father, and. Mrs. Sylvia Winnegar, 45. Members of the train crew, unaware of the crash, did not stop the train. The victims all of w r hom lived near Bedford, were returning to Todd’s home after a visit at the Beasley farm. Todd leaves his widow; Mrs Beasley, her husband, Clyde Beasley, and Mrs. Winnegar, her husband and five children. Stolen Paper' Replaced Bp Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 18.— When the Jolietville State bank, in western Hamilton county, was lobbed of $1,400 by three bandits, they also took certificates of stock belonging to Albert Gardner and Miss Cora Gardner, which were never recovered. In Hamilton circuit court here Judge Fred E. Hines ordered the bank to issue new certificates. Miss Gardner’s certificates amounted to $l,lOO and those of Gardener S2OO. In the event the old certificates are recovered it is the understanding that the new ones will be canceled. Three Hurt in Crash Bp Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., July 18.—Three Huntington youths were slightly injured as a result of a collision of a truck driven by Keith Mullinger, Kokomo, on United States Road 24, near Silver Creek. The youths hurt were Ed Sunderman, Bud Harvey and Gene Casper. Sunderman sustained several broken ribs, a broken collar bone and minor cuts. The other two sustained only bruises and cuts. Negro Boy Drowns Bp Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind.. July 13. Robert Board, 13, Negro, was drowned while swimming in the i St. Mary’s river near here.

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according to Charles Schram, Kosciusko county' farmer, who declares that present prospects are that the crop will be the largest in history*. WTiile truck gardens have been suffering because of lack of rain, corn is experiencing ideal growing weather. The same situation applies to watermelon vines, according to Schram, w'ho reports that this week vines have doubled in length. Growers say that the prospects never were better for a large crop. * u tt WASHINGTON, Ind., July 18. —Jake Mandabach, gardener. convinced that he could almost see a pumpkin vine growing, drove a stake at the end of the vine at 5 p. m. and at 7 the next morning found that the vine had grown four and one-quarter inches.

$60,500 TO BE SPENT Disposal Plant Included in New Danville Sewage System. Bp Times Special DANVILLE, Ind., July 18.—Bids will be received July 31 by the Danville town board for anew sewage system, including a disposal plant, at an estimated cost of $60,500. Only 117 names were signed on a remonstrance filed with the board, only 37 per cent of those qualified to object, whereas 65 is required to block action.

MISSING YOUTH RETURNS HOME High School Student Left 17 Months Ago. Bp Times Special DALEVILLE, Ind.. July 18.— After being missing seventeen months, Roy Watson, 17, son of Ray Watson, living west of here, has returned home. One morning the boy left for school and nothing was known of his whereabouts by the family until this week when they received a telegram from him. He has been working in a machine shop in Oklahoma City, and as the shop had closed, decided to return home. “I left because I was failing In my school work,” the youth explained. However, teachers of the Daleville high hchool, where he was a sophomore, said his grades were passing. AGREEMENT WILL END FOUR COURT BATTLES County Treasurer and Anderson Mayor Settle Differences. Bp Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., July 18.—Four suits will be disposed of following an agreement between attorneys representing Miss Marcia Barton, Madison county treasurer, and J. H. Mellett, mayor of Anderson. The first step toward carrying out the agreement was effected in circuit court when Special Judge John A. Titsworth, Rushville, entered judgment for the treasurer awarding her a salary of $3,000 fenacting as custodian of city funds for the year 1931. She brought suit after the city council cut her salary Irom $3,000 to $2,000. Judgment will be entered for the mayor in his suit against the treasurer who has been withholding his salary checks, and the treasurer further agrees not to contest suits i, tW A, Ander£on firms seeking to collect $12,000 for park repairs. Heat Aids in Acquittal Bp Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., July 18.—In hearing the case of Harvey WilJiams. charged with neglect of his chfidren, Kenneth, 15, and Dean 10 Judge Charles S. Baker in circourt took the hot weather into consideration and acquitted Williams. In the testimony it was shewn that the boys had been sleeping witn other§ in Donner park during hot nights and on another occasion ond of them slept in an old barber chair. In acquitting Wiluams. Judge Baker stated that on some hot nights he said he tried the porch swing and the back yard at his home in an attempt to obtain relief, and remarked that had an old barber chair been available he might not have been averse to trying it. Wife Given SI,OOO Alimony Bp 'l imes Special MARION, Ind., July 18.—Although Mrs. Brady Douglas did not ask for alimony, SI,OOO was granted her by Judge Oren W. Dickey in superior court, after her husband admitted he associated with other women and that his wife gave him no cause to do so.

MAN. 83, SUES AFTER JOURNEY TO POORHOUSE Charges Son and Wife With Mistreating Him Following Gift of Property. Bp Times Special Fl*. WAYNE, Ind., July 18.—William S. Vought, 83, is plaintiff in a suit against his son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Helen Vought, alleging that through fraudulent representations they induced him to convey real estate to them a year ago. He asks that a deed to the property be canceled and title restored to him. It is alleged by the aged man that he conveyed the property with the understanding the son and daugh-ter-in-law would provide him with a home for the remainder of his life. He charges they had him committed to the poorhouse after alleged mistreatment. He says they swore at him and ordered him to leave, and that one occasion his son grabbed him by the wrists, backed him against a wall on which his head was bumped, causing him to become ill. The son and daughter-in-law, the complaint says, placed a S3OO mortgage on the property and the father asks judgment in that amount in addition to restoration of title.

State Stone Ban Defended as Act Experts Advised Bp United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 18.— Members of the George Rogers Clark commission who voted to build the monument of granite believed they were voting for Vermont stone, Representative Arthur Greenwood said here. Greenwood, a member of the commission, who favored the granite in preference to Indiana limestone for the monument at Vincennes, said the commission was not aware that the material to be used would come from Canadian quarries, as charged by Indiana limestone interests. Greenwood defended the commission’s action in voting for granite over protests of representatives of limestone concerns. “We were acting on the advice of expert architects and engineers,” Greenwood said. His statement was made in. answer to protests of business and civic organizations supporting the limestone interests of the district Greenwood represents in congress. Meanwhile, word was received from George H. Perkins, Vermont state geologist, that material for the monument would be quarried in that state. Stanstead interests will take granite from' Vermont and ship it to Vincennes on a United States railroad, Perkins said, answering charges that the stone was to be taken from the Stansiead Canadian quarries and shipped on a Canadian railroad. OUSTED MAN REMAINS Michigan City Water Official Awaits Legal Opinion. Bp United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., July 18.— An ouster order is being ignored by Hugo A. Hilberg, superintendent of the water department here, while an oinion is awaited from AttorneyGeneral James M. Ogden. Hilberg told the new board of trustees, organized by an act of the last legislature, that he would not obey their order to quit the office until he was satisfied that the board itself was constitutional. “I can not afford to relinquish control of all water department property without being assured I am legally out of office,” Hilberg said, and notified employes to take orders from none but himself. Officials Show Interest Bp Times Special MARION, Ind., July 18.—According to Jack Edwards, mayor of Marion, two Anderson city officials have interceded for Russell Biggsby, who with Ray Boyer, was arrested here while in possession of thirty-six cases of beer. Biggsby and Boyer were fined SIOO each in city court over which Edwards presides Alleged connection of Anderson officials with the case is expected to be probed by a federal grand jury at Indianapolis. Wheat Acreaage to Be Cut Bp Times Special KOKOMO, Ind.. July 18.—Howard county will have the smallest wheat acreage this fall in fifty years The low price for the 1931 crop is given as the reason for the action. Most of the present crop is being hurried to market in trucks, farmers desiring to get it marketed before further price slumps. Gas Used in Suicide By United Press • KOKOMO, Ind., July 18.—Mrs Bruce Freeman. 63, committed suicide. 11l health was the motive stated in a farewell message to her husband. The body was found in the kitchen of the Freeman home, with all burners of a gas range open.

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Although these boots are believed the oldest pair in Indiana, they are new in that they have never been worn. The boots are owned by the Armo store at Rushville, and acquired when it took over the store of Clint Bodine following his death. The Bodine store for many years was a landmark of southeastern Indiana, having been established during the Civil war. OLD HOAX TO FRONHGAIN Another Copy of Clark Letter Found. Bp Times Special GASTON, Ind., July 18.—A hoax perpetrated more than a century ago for a time led Urba Carter, farmer three* miles southwest of here, and J. Monroe Fitch, Muncie, to believe they possessed the original of the order issued by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia to George Rogers Clark to make his famous expedition in the Northwest territory. Rummaging through contents of a ..unk which his grandfather had used, Carter found the letter. It bore the signature, P. Henry, and gave minute directions to Clark regarding the expedition. However, investigation showed that there are several copies of the letter in existence. The exact date of the copying is not known nor is the reason, or the person who did the work. The copies are rather valuable, and Carter has had an offer to sell his to a New York firm. VETERAN RIVER MAN DIES IN WANT AT 73 John Davis Had Served on Ohio Craft for Half Century. Bp United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 18.—A veteran Ohio river boatman, who had served on packets plying between Pittsburgh and New Orleans more than half a century, died in poverty here. He was John Davis, 73, whose body was found under a tool wagon in a sand and gravel yard. Penniless, ill and hungry, Davis had crawled under the wagon to rest. Death was due to heart disease. Davis was said to be the oldest boat cook on the Ohio river. His last job was on the Billy Koenig, a gravel digger. He joined its crew at Owensboro, Ky., remaining until he was too ill to work. Little was known of Davis’ early history, since he had outlived most of his contemporary rivermen. It was believed he formerly lived in Kentucky, but had lived in Evansvill the last thirty years. Rivermen said he had worked on scores of boats .sometimes as deckhand and occasionally as mate, but usually as cook. Aid Alleged Slayer Bp Times Special RICHMOND, July 18.—Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Scott of Richmond are in Chicago seeking to provide SIO,OOO bond for release of their daughter, Mrs. Hazel Scott, held in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband. Club to Bestow Medal Bp Times Special LEBANON, Ind., July 18.—John W. Jones, with a long record of service as head of the welfare league, will receive the first medal in a Kiwanis club award which each year will honor a citizen for outstanding community work.

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FORMER RANK OFFICERS FACE 8100,000 CASE Sixteen Stockholders Take Claims Into Court at Evansville. Bp Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 18. Gross neglect and mismanagement in conducting affairs of the Farmers Trust Company merged with the Lincoln Savings bank and the Lincoln Mortgage Company five years ago is alleged in a SIOO,OOO suit filed by sixteen stockholders of the Farmers company against nine men who were its officers at the time of the merger. The suit alleges that the bank s financial condition was the subject of false statements and that moqpy was loaned without adequate security. Closing Threat In 1926, the suit says a state bank examiner threatened to close the institution, declaring it was insolvent, but the defendants agreed to indemnify stockholders, creditors and depositors provided they were permitted to remain in control. In the same year the merger with the Lincoln companies was affected. The suit points out that terms of the transaction provided the Lincoln companies were given the Farmers company assets and the power to liquidate questionable holdings. The latter provision, the suit alleges, has resulted in a dividend of only 20 cents on the dollar being paid. Plaintiffs in the suit are William Matthews, Henry Holm, Henry Gerhardt, Walter H. Slygh, Abijah AJlyn, Henry Martin, William Allies, John L. Herrman, John H. Seifert, Henry J. Moll, Fred W. Schultz, Charles Gerlach, C. B. Bowman, Mrs. John Dorsey, James Cockrum and Mose Barnett. Former President Sued Defendants are Alvin Eades, president at the time of the merger; George F. Ahiering. vice-presi-dent; Robert T. Barnes, secretary and treasurer; John O’Donnell, Thomas J. Morton. Henry Nennecker, Adam Unfried. Oliver L. Kraft and Louis A. Goelz, directors. Eades, according to the suit, was speculating in Florida land and | with a group of associates, was also dealing in Kentucky coal and about (two years prior to the merger. MARRIED WOMEN WIN TEACHING JOB CASE Elwood School Board Will Carry Fight to Appellate Court. Bp United Press ANDERSON, Ind., July 18.—Attorneys for the Elwood school board, defeated in their effort to oust three married school teachers, have taken their case to the Indiana appellate court from Madison circuit court. Special Judge Alonzo L. Bales, Winchester, favored the teachers, in upholding constitutionality of teachers’ tenure law, which had been attacked by the Elwood board. He held that there is no law' which denies a married woman the rights of tenure enjoyed by any other teacher, man or woman, married or unmarried. Counsel for the school board was given thirty days to file a bill of exceptions. The teachers were discharged as part of the board’s policy to eliminate all married women from positions. Minister Takes Bride Bp Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 18.— Two hundred guests attended the marriage at the Christian church of Miss Cora Lynn Stoops, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stoops, and the Rev. Cyrus Herod, pastor of the Christian church at Smithville. The Rev. A. L. Ward ’••-ad the ceremony. The bride is a graduate of Butler university*.

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