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GREAT FORTUNE SHARE CLAIMED BY GOSHEN MAN Bank of England Holding $150,000,000 Romantic Couple Left. By Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Aug. B.—A. L. Epstein, Goshen department store manager. Is claiment to a share of a $150,000,000 fortune, contained in a trust fund held by the Bank of England, back of which there is a romantic story. The Goshen man, who is fully confident that he is one of the heirs, points out that he is unable to file a claim because of inability to submit documentary proof of his relationship to the persons who founded the fortune. Families Frowned Two centuries ago, a youth named Hoffman, son of a Russian rabbi, and a daughter of the Prizansky family, which was gentile, were deeply in love, but their families, because of religious differences of the couple, violently disapproved of the romance. However, the two were married. From Russia’s frigid wastes, they traveled to Africa's jungles, where they accumulated a fortune of ■ $50,000,000 in pearls and other gems. Final Fling at Kin They brought their wealth back to England, and still embittered because they had been disowned by their respective families, evolved a plan which would keep their Immediate relatives from obtaining any part of the fortune, which they placed as a trust fund in the Bank of England. They had no children. It was stipulated the fifth generation should share the wealth. Interest which has since accumulated has tripled the original fortune of $50,000,000. Epstein is a member of the fifth generation, he declares, but without writen proof, the Bank of England refuses to divide the estate, to which there is said to be 5,000 claimants. Epstein’s father migrated from Russia to America, changing his name, which was originally Hoffman.

SCHOOL BUS AWARDS CAUSE COURT BATTLE Losing Bidders Sue Officials and Contract Winners. By Tim eg Special DANVILLE, Ind., Aug. B.—A suit has been filed in Hendricks circuit court here seeking to enjoin signing of contracts for school bus service in Eel River township. John M. Smith, township trustee, and the advisory board members, A. B. Fishback, Orville Storms and Ora Hines, are defendants. Plaintiffs are Brewer Hicks, Ivan Hunt and Rholla Proffitt, unsuccessful bidders for bus contracts. It is alleged that contracts were given Walter Jarrett, John Adams, C. E. Trent and Donald Lowe, although they were not the lowest bidders. SINGERS WILL COMPETE Farmer Quartets Offered SSOO in Prizes at State Fair. Quartets of Indiana farmers will compete for SSOO in prizes at the Indiana state fair, Sept. 5 to 12. Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, Otterbein, chairman of the women’s division of the Indiana Farm bureau, will be in charge of the contest, which is being sponsored by the bureau. Singers will be divided into groups, those with members not more than 26 years old, and others past that age.

CUPID DISPLAYS SPEED Couple Introduced Tuesday Wed on Following Saturday. By Times Special ANGOLA, Ind., Aug. 7. —Mr. and Mrs. James Williamson are on their honeymoon today, after a whirlwind romance. They met for the first time Tuesday and were married Saturday. Williamson's home is in Angola, while the bride was formerly Grace Kennedy of Van Wert, O. The couple was introduced by Harold Conners, Minneapolis, at Lake James. Conners and Miss Naomi Kouts, Van Wert, were the wedding attendants. Squirrel Visits Anderson By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. B.—A red fox squirrel was parked on the curb in front of B. L. Bing’s store taking in the sights when an employe opened the store for the day’s business. The squirrel ran in a street, dodging automobiles and pedestrians, and disappeared. Injuries Cause Death By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Aug. 7. Adolph Bacztub, 03, is dead of injuries suffered when he fell from a high scaffold at a plant where he was working on a boiler. He fell when one of the boiler tubes exploded, showering him with scalding water. Plum Apple Hybrid By Times Special WASHINGTON, Ind., Aug. 7.—An experiment started nine years ago by William Gibson has resulted in producing a cross between a Grimes Golden apple and a red plum. He grafted a plum tree limb on the apple tree. The hybrid has the appearance of an apple and the flavor of a plum.

§25,000 School Saving By Time* Spcrtal LEBANON, Ind., Aug. 7.—Boone county schools will operate during 1931-1932 at a cost of about $25,0001 less than for the preceding term, of! which about half is represented in' savings effected on school busses, which for the first time this year were contracted for on a bidding basis. Bond Issue Opposed By Times Special VALPARAISO, Ind., Aug. B. Twelve Morgan township taxpayers have filed remonstrances against a $3,000 bond issue proposed by Trustee William Pennington and advisory board, $2,000 of which would have been used for purchase of -school bus bodies and the remainder for repairing the township school.

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BAPTIST GROUP WILLCONVENE Judson Association Meeting to Be at Lebanon. By Times Special LEBANON, Ind., Aug. B.—The annual convention of the Judson Baptist Association will be held here Wednesday and Thursday, with nineteen churches represented. The Rev. Wesley Pearce, pastor of the First Baptist church of Kokomo, is moderator of the association; the Rev. Royden Rea, Galveston, vice -moderator; Leon Alter, Forest, secretary and treasurer, and Miss Ivy Caldwell, Boone county, assistant to Alter. Churches holding membership in the association are located at Lebanon, Bunker Hill, Frankfort, Kokomo, Galveston, Elizaville, Camden, Forest, Flora, Hills, Judson, Middlefork, Russiaville, Sharon, Scircleville, Whitestown and Young America. LIMESTONE OPERATORS HOPEFUL FOR BUSINESS Contract for $23,000,000 Chicago Postoffice to Be Let Monday. Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. Heads of limestone industries in this section will have their eyes on Chicago Monday when the general contract for anew $23,000,000 postoffice will be awarded, hopeful that Indiana limestone will be the material prescribed. The Chicago postoffice is the largest of a number of public building projects in view, and limestone operators are hopeful their product will be used, pointing out that if contracts are obtained the industry may be able to run on a fairly steady basis for the remainder of the season.

PURDUE OUTING AUG. 16 Former Students Will Attend Picnic at Bass Lake. By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. B.—The annual northern Indiana picnic of former Purdue university students will be held Aug. 16 at Bass Lake, it is announced by alumni officials here. The outing will be the second in a series of three to be held in the state. The first was at Riley park, Greenfield, June 21. The third will be at Spring Mill state park, near Mitchell, Oct. 4. Games, stunts, swimming, boating and fishing are on the program. The affair will be held at the park at the extreme southwest tip of the lake. IT’S "VIENNESE MYSTERY Vincennes Man Receives Envelope and Blank Paper from Europe. By Times Special VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. 7.—Carl Scheller, an assistant bank cashier here, is endeavoring to learn identity of a person who mailed him an envelope from Vienna, Austria, which contained a blank sheet of paper. The envelope bore the address of “Carl Schaller, El Capitan, La Five Oaks, Vincennes, Indiana, U. S. A.” Five Oaks is the name of Schaller’s camp near here. Vienna was the scene recently of the annual meeting of Rotary International, but Vincennes had no delegate at the meeth’<?. The envelope bears a speciai Rotary stamp. State Speakers Heard By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. B. Speakers of state prominence were on the program of the Wayne county Young People’s conference here Friday. Among the speakers were Dr. Davis M. Edwards, president of the Indiana council of International Relations; H. G. Rowe, state superintendent of young people’s work, and the Rev. C. Brooks Shake, pastor of Grace Methodist church, Indianapolis. Rhea Brooks |of Jacksonburg, county president, was in charge of the afternoon sesj sion while Ralph Collins, Fountain City, vice-president, was in charge of the evening meeting. Wife 20 Years Sues By Times Special 1 WASHINGTON. Ind., Aug. 7. Suit for divorce has been filed by Mrs. Loretta Eitenne, for twenty years the wife of Albert Etienne. ! She alleges cruelty.

Figure it Out By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Aug. 8. —After Samuel Berg had traded a set of buggy harness to Ralph Sappers for three bushels of wheat, he remarked: “That’s a clear case of nothing for nothing, although I believe that I got slightly the best of the trade. I am feeding my wheat to the chickens, and since the trade eggs have gone up.”

CO-ED ADVISERS CHOSEN FOR I. U. FALL SEMESTER Freshman Girls Will Be Aided by Group of One Hundred. 81/ Times Special . BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. Appointment of 100 upperclasswomen at Indiana university to serve as junior advisers to freshmen and new women students has been made by Ruth Shryer and Dorothy Hendren, both of Bloomfield, cochairmen of the junior advisory system for the fall semester, and who will direct the work of the advisers appointed to aid freshman women in whatever problems that may come up in connection with their entrance this fall. Two or more new women students have been assigned each adviser. The advisers will meet the new students on their arrival in Bloomington at the beginning of the semester and will aid them in matriculating in the university and act as mentors in all matters of a scholastic and social character.

The co-eds who will assist in this work are as follows: Florence Dearborn. Zerclda Frick. Gene Portteus. Mary Sluss and Creola Ward, Indianapolis; Betty Batman. Wilma Borland. Martha Bush. Thelma Donato. Helen English. Sarah Ann Matthews, Margaret Bominger. Kathryn Rundell. Mary Ellen Todd, Erma Van Valer. Mrs. Ethel Marie Wakefield. Harriett Williams. Edith Yoho, Margaret Johnson. Katherine Boggs. Irene Schaaf, Thelma Hawes and Rowena Nash, Bloomington: Virginia Garner, Muncie; Blanche Miller and Harriet Clark, Bloomfield; Mary Louise Aikman. Mary E. Adamson, Mercy Barber and Wanita Gilchrist. Terre Haute: Helen L. Hamilton. Linton; Vivian Grey. Petersburg: Jane Crumpacker and Juustine Green. Rushville; Valida Johnson. Greenfield: Hazel Fisher. Ottawa. 111.: Alma Huston, Salem: Jane Campbell, Cambridge. O.: Mary Dot Johnston. Laura Donovan. Elizabeth Lennon and Genevieve Knepper. Gary: Eloise Bowwman, St. Joe; Betty King. Huntington: Mary Bums, Columbia City; Dorothy Baird. Clinton; Mazie Coffman, Quincy; Pauline Jones and Virginia Selby. Fairmount: Josephine Archbold. Decatur: Alice Allman. Peru; Dallas Bower. Inglefleld: Bernice Greenwalt, Topeka: Helen Higgins. Reynolds: Chloe James. Marjory Moore. Brazil; Catherine Haworth. Nelda Rosenheimer. Kokomo: Winifred Vickery. Cranford Evelyn Skiles, Evansville. Alice Van Buskirk, Elizabeth Lynch and Harriett Brower. Ft. Wayne: Eula Mildred Lee. Crawfordsville: Helen Helme, Angola; Margene Roth. Jane Mver, Rensselaer; Eloise Coffing, Attica: Katherine Starmor, Kendall ville; Dolores Tinder, Lapeer, Mich.: Violet Peterson, Montpelier; Elizabeth Todd. Atlanta; Grace Miller, Lafayette: Martha Connerman. Mt. Vernon; Ruby Schusterman, Lawrenceburg; Constance Olsen, Stoughton. Wis.: Katherine Money. Roann; Fdwina Patton. Bluffton; Barbara Sanders. Auburn: Marjorie Parham. Veedersburg; Sara Earl. Union City; Martha Eckert. Madison; Elsie Cooper, Goodland; Mildred Frazee. Brownsburg; Florence Kirschbaum. Brookville. Evelyn Fortin. South Bend: Margaret Irwin, La Grange: Sally Humphreys, Anderson: Margaret Harlow, Kempton; Deula Phares. Thelma White. Shelby ville; Pauline Brown, Gosport: Mary Chambers, Margaret Jones. Newcastle: Emily Threlkeld. Bicknell: Clarice Young. North Madison: Helen Crumpacker. Michigan City; Garnett Washier., Winchester: Nancy Rossow. Culver: Kate Harris, Rising Sun. and Helen Stone. Albany.

MEET AFTER 52 YEARS Relatives Reunited at Family Gathering in Noblesville. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. B. Mrs. Henry Ballard and Nathan Barrown, Sheridan, at,a family reunion here, were reunited with their sister, Mrs. Charles Bratcher, Taylorsville, 111., following a ssparation of fifty-two years. Mrs. Bratcher and another sister, Mrs. Temple Hodges, moved from this section of Indiana fifty-two years ago and after five years the brother and sister in Indiana believed that they were dead. Mrs. Hodges, who is 82, was unable to make the trip to Noblesville with Mrs. Bratcher. Virgil Barron, Anderson, and James Barron, Kalama, Wash., are the other brothers living. HICKSITE FRIENDiTmEET Session Opening Today at Richmond Will Close Aug. 13. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. B.—The Indiana Yearly meeting of Hicksite Friends opened here today to continue through Aug. 13. Speakers will include Ira C. Dawes, pastor, First Friends church, Indianapolis; J. Bernard Walton, Philadelphia, secretary of the general conference advancement committee. and Mary H. Roberts, Moorestown, N. J, Among those in attendance is Dorothy Pittman, minister and missionary at Wyandotte, Okla,; Thomas Q. Harrison and Ruthana M. Simms of the Friends executive committee on Indian affairs. School Board Reorganized By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 7.—The city school board at a reorganization meeting elected A. W. Goshorn as president. Jamie Dowell was advanced to secretary from treasurer. L. E. Reeves was elected treasurer. R. E. Rush and William Morris were chosen to fill vacancies in the staff of school janitors. Burglar Loses Loot By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 7.—Confessing she committed burglaries in two homes, Mrs. Ruby Voirol, 47, told police she lost the loot. It was in a suit case which she said she placed on the running board of a parked automobile while she looked for a drink of liquor, and that when she returned the car and suit case were gone. Budget Makers Worried By Times Special t NEWCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 7. Another obstacle has been encountered in efforts to economize on the 1932 city budget. City councilmen have received an estimate that $1,500 will be required to repair a pumper and hose truck of the fire department, damaged when a connecting rod of the engine crashed through the crank case while the equipment was making a fast run. Aged Man Kills Self By Times Special DELPHI, Ind., Aug. B.—Lewis Martin, who would have celebrated his sixty-third birthday today, committed suicide hy shooting through the head at hisjfaome here Friday. He was despond&xt over ill health.

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BY BEN STERN Chicago, hi., Aug. B.—-it is almost a certainty that Senator James Hamilton Lewis, be of the once fiery, now fading whisker?, who last year showed the boys how to win elections, will be entered in the 1932 Hlinois presidential primary as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. At least, that is what they say here. Lewis already has been indorsed for the presidency by the Cook county organization and his address at the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association dinner at Gary last month was taken as a bid for Indiana’s support for his aspirations. It is as yet unknown w r ether Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York will enter the presidential primaries here. Nor is it known whether any of the other aspirants will do- so. Political precedent shows that it is not wise for an outside candidate to pit himself in the primaries against a probable favorite son and that may deter filings. u u u Recently Lewis visited Roosevelt at Albany and their relations are said to be most amicable. The governorship campaign is of course very warm. First to announce as a candidate is Michael L. Igoe, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois, and house minority leader. Although he resides in Chicago, the Igoe boom was sprung at Springfield. He now is in Europe with the joint legislative commission on prisons. Attorneys are paying some attention to the movement started for Francis X. Busch, former corporation counsel and head of the Chi-

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William D. Bradt Will Receive Service Star Saturday. By Times Special BROOKVILLE, Ind., Aug. B. “The Star of Public Service” will be awarded William D. Bradt, Brookville, at a meeting of the Franklin County Farm bureau here, Thursday. The award, sponsored by the local Kiwanis club, will be made to Bradt on vote of representatives of a number of Brookville civic organizations. Preceding the presentation there will be a special Kiwanis meeting attended by state and district officials of the organization. Bradt has long been active in civic affairs, children especially being objects of his interest.

INSURANCE MEN RECEIVEJONOR Chartered Life Underwriter Degree Given Hoosiers. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. The degree of chartered life underwriters, the highest distinction given to a life insurance man, has been awarded two Indiana university graduates, Archie M. Koon and Ralph R. Mills, according to an announcement by Professor Fred V. Chew, head of the insurance department of the Indian university school of commerce and finance. Koon and Mills are former students of Professor Chew. They graduated from I. U. in 1928. Koon received the bachelor of science degree in commerce and finance and Mills was awarded the bachelor of arts degree in psychology and philosophy with high distinction. Mills is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Koon and Mills are the Bloomington representatives of a life assurance society. The degree of chartered life underwriters is awarded by the American College of Life Underwriters for the completion of a course of study and passing a written examination. Course to Open Thursday By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. Indiana university’s annual three weeks’ intensive course for teachers and graduate students will begin at the close of the regular summer session Wednesday and will continue through Aug. 29, including Saturdays. Each course will carry two and one-half semester hours of credit, and each class will be conducted for the equivalent of three recitation hours daily. Two hundred ninety-eight students were enrolled for the short session last year. New Flying Contest By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. B. Vincent Bendix, president of the Bendix Aviation Corporation of South Bend, will establish anew transcontinental .flying contest at the national air races to be held in Cleveland Aug. 29 to Sept. 7. The contest will be a free-for-all dash, open to men and women pilots, from Los Angeles to Cleveland. It is scheduled to start Aug. 31. Training Cruise Ends By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Aug. 8— Officers and crew of the U. S. S. Hawk were released from duty today with the second training cruise of the season ended. The boat was manned by members of the Eighteenth division, Indiana naval reserves. Explanation Promised By Times Special MARION, Ind., Aug. 7.—Everett McAtee, former chief clerk of the city water department, who had been missing since he was discharged three weeks ago, has returned with the declaration that he can “explain everything satisfactorily.” State board of accounts examiners have announced there is a shortage in McAtee’s accounts. Matron Reappointed By Times Special LEBANON, Ind., Aug. B.—Mrs. Alice Whitehead has been reappointed matron of the Boone county orphanage.

cago Bar Association. Others here are waiting just below the horizon to bob up at the moment deemed propitious. Every one here feels that 1932 will be another landslide year. First “dripping wet” candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor is Bruce A. Campbell of East St. Louis area, who has announced formally. Campbell has been a prominent figure in Illinois politics for a quarter century, and, as head of the platform committee in the 1930 convention, wrote the wet plank. bub * Judge William H. Dieterich of Bardstown is undecided whether to become a candidate for Governor or senator. His governorship boom was launched last November at Hot Springs, Ark., during a Democratic steamroom convention, it is said here. A former dry who headed the fight for the repeal of the Illinois prohibition law in the last legislature, Judge Truman A. Snell of Carlinville, is said to be ready to announce and hopes to win the wet support. A further check of the political leaders of both parties of the state reveals that Governor Emmerson’s veto of the bill repealing the state law has damaged greatly the Republican chances. Outlook for the G. O. P. was decidedly bad, anyhow, because of the economic depression, and many declare that Emmerson’s action was just piling more weight into the scale on the Democratic side. You can not get away from it here —prohibition is to be a dominant issue in Illinois in 1932. With the economic question it will be fought out on every platform in the state.

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OLD MARKER HUNTED Illinois-Indiana Boundary Relic Is Sought at Vincennes. By United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Aug. B.—Efforts to locate an old marker which is said to have marked the original boundary line between Indiana and Illinois are being made during the razing of the American Legion home here. The marker is believed to have been a part of the foundation of the old courthouse, which originally stood on the site. The two states were separated in 1809. The marker is believed to have been placed in 1821. Weds 684 Couples By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. B. When J. C. Comstock a justice of the peace, married Demosthenes Tolbert and Miss Martha Mason he announced that it was the 684th wedding ceremony he has performed in ten years. “I am especially proud of the record for one reason,” said Comstock. “Os the couples I have married only seven of them have applied for a divorce. I think that is a fine record for any Indiana justice of the peace.” Eight Seek Citizenship By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. B.—Eight foreign born residents of Madison county seeking United States citizenship will be examined at a United States naturalization hearing to be held in Madison circuit court in September. The applicants are natives of England, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Turkey and Poland. Wheat Buys Furniture By Times Special SALEM, Ind., Aug. B.—Wheat will be accepted by the United Furniture Company here in payment for its merchandise. Twenty-five per cent of the purchase price will be taken in wheat at a price double the one quoted on the day of sale. Paroled Negro Slain By Times Special GARY, Ind, Aug. B.—Garfield Earl, 35,' Negro, recently paroled from the Indiana state reformatory, was killed when he and seven other men, said to be members of a robbery gang, were trapped by police. Earl drew a revolver as he attempted to fight for liberty and was shot down by Patrolman George Regal. Thirty-Two Sentenced By Times Special VINCENNES, Ind, Aug. 8. A total of thirty-two persons have pleaded guilty to prohibition law violations as a result of a raid here early in the week by eighty federal dry agents. Fines of SIOO and suspended thirty-day jail terms have been imposed in most cases. Arrest Made in Death By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 7. Otha Cox, 36, is held here in con- ’ nection with an investigation of the : cause of death of George Collier,; whose body was found on the bank of the Wabash river south of here. Cox is said to have been the last person seenjwith Collier prior to his death. T

HOOSIER'S KIN JOINS FIGHT ON DEATHINGHAIR Evansville Man Condemned for Murder During Chicago Robbery. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. B. Howard Bonham, whose home is in Evansville, is waging a fight for life in Chicago where he faces death in the electric chair for the murder of Paul Tulupan in a restaur? holdup Dec. 13, last. Ruling is pending on a motion for anew trial. Bonham's parents, w r ho live here, are so confident that another trial will result in acquittal or a light sentence, that they are exhausting their finances in an effort to aid him. Frame Up Suspected Friends and relatives are of the opinion that Bonham is the victim of a gang frame-up. Asa high school student here, they recall him as a quiet, likable youth. In addition to the murder charge, Bonham was accused of robbery in five counts and bond in his case was set at SIOO,OOO by Judge John H. Lyle, who attracted much Attention for owing the Chicago mayoralty election this year, in which he was a defeated candidate, by his war on gangland and sentencing of several criminals he termed “public enemies.” Confessed Robbery Arraigned May 27, Bonham pleaded guilty to one robbery count and wast given an Illinois state prison term of one year to life, and the other four counts were dismissed. He v/as convicted of the murder July, 19 and sentenced to die. Bonham has been a wanderer for the last nine years. He married Miss Emily Endicott of Evansville and they located on homestead land in the west. Repeated crop failures exhausted their finances and they began a roving life.

TOMATO CROP WASTE CITED Canner Will Accept Only Best of Yield. By United Press PRINCETON, Ind, Aug. B.—A serious marketing problem is faced by nearly 300 Gibson county tomato | growers. The tomato crop is the largest in many years, growers say, but the ; factory with which they have con--1 tracted for sale will accept only J those that are large and red ripe. | At the same time, they point out, ! contracts prevent them from mar- | keting elsewhere. A local civic group, working with farmers’ committees, is attempting to solve the problem. Hundreds of baskets of tomatoes are being wasted because the contracting factory will not accept them and will not permit them to be sold to other dealers, the growers assert. STATE SUES FOR LAND Ten Cases Filed at Greencastle to Get Road 43 Route. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind, Aug. 8. — In an effort to obtain land for State Road 43, a federal aid project, the state of Indiana has filed ten condemnation suits in Putnam circuit court here on behalf of the state highway commission. The state alleges that it has been unable to purchase the land at a fair price. Hearings will be held Aug. 24 on nine of the suits and Sept. 3 has been set for a hearing on the other case. Sorority Initiates Seven By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. 8— Seven Indiana university slimmer session students were initiated into Pi Lambda Theta, honorary educational sorority this week. The initiates were Hazel Bonke, Mata Bonke, Maude Price and Elizabeth Scott, Indianapolis; Virginia Cravens, Hardinsburg; Mrs. Krezentia Fenimore, Muncie, and Vera Rooney, South Bend. Following the initiation a banquet in honor of the new members was given at the Graham hotel. Professor Cora Hennel of the mathematics department addressed the sorority at the dinner. All the new members are graduate students. Slayer Identified By Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind, Aug. 8. A Negro slain in a battle with police which cost the life of patrolman Harry Farrell has been identified as Kenneth Stout, Milwaukee. Identity was established through fingerprints in the files of the United States department of justice bureau of identification and investigation. Spending Called Menace By Times Special FARMERSBURG, Ind, Aug. B. "The public debt alone will compel Communism if public spending Is not curbed,” Walter Myers, Indianapolis, Speaker of the house in the 1931 state legislature, declared in addressing an old settlers’ picnic audience here Friday. Ft. Wayne Gets Meeting By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. B. The 1932 convention of the Indiana State Federation of Labor will be held in Ft. Wayne beginning Sept. 14, It was decided at the organization’s meeting here Friday.

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By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. B. Material for a memorial volume on Dr. W. Warde Fowler, noted classical scholar, is being collected at Oxford university, England, by Dr. R. H. Coon of the Indiana university Latin department. Dr. Coon is on a leave of absence from the university for the summer and the first semester of the next school year. Dr. Coon was a student of Dr. Fowler when he was a Rhodes scholarship holder at Oxford several years ago. He is preparing the memorial volume at the request of the MacMillan Publishing Company of New York and London. The book will include the story of Dr. Fowler’s life and work and his correspondence with many famous scholars.

SLAYING LAID TOREVENGE Former Pennville Man Shot Fatally at Wichita. By Times Special PENNVILLE, Ind., Aug. 7.—Earl Neely, 55, former Pennville resident, is dead at Wichita, Kan., a victim of shooting, presumably with revenge as a motive. It is believed that Neely fell a victim of friends of two men he captured two years ago when they attempted to rob a filling station. One of the men entered the place and was subdued by Neely, who was armed with a nail puller. Neely took the man’s revolver and going outside, made the other man a prisoner. WATER~FOR~IPENDLETON Franchise Granted in Largest State Town Without System. By Times Special PENDLETON, Ind., Aug. B.—lndianapolis men are interested in the Pendleton Water Company wh.ch has been granted a franchise by the town board to install a water works system. Water will be obtained from driven wells and distributed to all sections of the town. A 75,000gallon tank will provide fire protection. The franchise gives the town an option to purchase the plant in five years. If the option is not exercised, the plant will continue operation as a private enterprise. Pendleton is the largest town in Indiana without a water plant. PICNIC FOR FARMERS Calf and Pig Shows in Connection at Lebanon, Aug. 17. By Times Special LEBANON, Ind., Aug. B.—The annual picnic of the Boone County Farm bureau and shows by the county Guernsey calf and pig clubs will be held at Memorial park here, Monday, Aug. 17. Speakers will be William H. Settle, Indiana Farm bureau president, and Roy Rust. Music will be provided by the Thorntown boys band.

White Slave Acts Denied By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. B. Mike Boniarsto, held here on charges of being connected with white slave operations, denies that he had any knowledge of girls being brought to resorts here. He also denied that he had confessed bringing two girls here from Bloomington, as alleged by immigrant authorities. Kidnaping Clew Lacking By Times Special GARY, Ind, Aug. B.—Police today are without a clew in the kidnaping of William C. Flanagan, described by authorities as “king of Gary gamblers.’' He was abducted by three men in an automobile as he was going to his home. Friends of the man believe he is being held for ransom. Police believe robbery was the motive of the kidnaping. Magicians Convene By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 7.—lndiana magicians are in convention here today with an attendance of nearly 100. w. W. Durbin, Kenton O, president of the magicians’ international organization, is among those attending. Suicide by Shooting By United Press NEW LONDON, Aug. 8.-Julius Zohman, 32, committed suicide by shooting at his farm home near here. Despondency over domestic affairs is blamed.

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ACCUSER FINED SAME AMOUNT AS DEFENDANT Accepted Anderson Man’s Check Knowing He Had No Account. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. B.—A surprise was in store for Robert Goldstock, manager of a credit clothing store, when he appeared in city court to testify against Jay Little, who was charged with issuing a fraudulent check. Little owed an account at the store on which he had failed to make payments for several months. Pressed for payment he gave Goldstock a check, admitting that fc had no money in the bank at that time, but promising to make a deposit sufficent to cover the check before it arrived at the bank. The check came back, and Goldstocfc caused the arrest of his customer. ‘‘You are as guilty as the defendant for persuading him to write a check when you had knowledge that he had no money in his account,” Judge Daly said after hear* ing the evidence. After the prosecuting attorney filed an affidavit charging Goldstock with compounding a misdemeanor the store manager was fined sll, with a w-arning that city court is not a collecting agency. Little was fined in the same amount.

WOMAN DIES IN FIRE AFTER AUTO CRASH Daughter and Her Baby Suffer Injuries Near Lebanon. By United Press LEBANON, Ind., Aug. B.—Mrs. Harvey H. Miller, 46, Cincinnati, was burned to death after the automobile in w T hich she was riding crashed against a bridge near here. Her daughter, Mrs. Willard Foster, 22, is near death in a hospital here and Mrs. Foster’s 21-months-old child, Betsy, also was injured. Witnesses .said fire enveloped the automobile immediately after the crash. Mrs. Miller was pinned beneath the wreckage. Mrs. Foster probably saved the life of her child by hurling it clear of the fire. The party, together with Foster* and a nurse for the baby, who were riding in another automobile, were returning to their home after a vacation in the north. PICNIC PROGRAM READY; Old Settlers’ Gathering Will Be Held at Centerville, Aug. 16. By Times Special CENTERVILLE. Ind., Aug. B. Program has been announced for* the annual old settlers’ picnic, which will be held here Sunday, Aug. 16. The program was arranged by a committee of which Uncle Billy Matthews, Civil war veteran, ia chairman. The principal address at the afternoon session will be given by E. F. Bowen, Winchester, prosecuting attorney of Randolph county. The Rev. F. C. McCormick of Milton, former pastor of the Centerville Christian church, will talk at the morning session. One of the features of the musical program, which is being planned, will be selections by Uncle John Hawkins, aged fiddler.

SHERIFF PROBES DEATH Foul Play Theory Held in Case of Vincennes Bailiff. By Times Special VINCENNES, Ind, Aug. B.—ln the belief that James O. Reel, courft bailiff and deputy sheriff, was a victim of foul piay, Sheriff A. B. Taylor of Knox county today is engaged in a thorough investigation of the tragedy. Reel was found dying in his auto* mobile south of here early Friday. Death came in a hospltai without the man regaining full conscious-* ness. Taylor points out that the crank of Reel’s car is missing. He believes the motorist was struck with it. His skull v/as fractured at the base. Although all glass in the car was broken there are no cuts onl Reel’s body. Wage Cut Proposed By United Press PRINCETON, Ind, Aug. 3.-A proposal to slash wages of all city employes 10 per cent was made by Mayor O. T. Brazelton at a meeting of the city council. Tne proposal, directly opposed to a campaign being waged by President Hoover to maintain wages at their present level, was taken under advisement. Mayor Brazelton said he favored/ the cut as a tax relief measure. Oats Yield Heavy By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind, Aug. B.—. Niles M. Salbaugh reports an unusually large yield of oats on hia farm. He had thirteen and onehalf acres of a variety known aa lowa, which yielded 981 bushels, an average of a fraction more than 72 bushels to the acre. The ground was in corn last year and not fertilized this season, Salbaugh explained.

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