Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 141, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1931 — Page 13

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COOLIDGE AIDS JOB CRISIS BY GIVING 15 JOBS Cal Does His Bit in Fixing Up Old Homesteads at Plymouth, Vt. BOSSES WORK HIMSELF Former President Grasps at Opportunity to Make Many Repairs. BY HENRY MINOTT t'nltnl Press Staff Correspondent PLYMOUTH, Vt., Oct. 22.—Calvin Coolidge, liberally applying the "give-a-job” formula, is doing what he can to bring back prosperity. For weeks, here in the hill hamlet where he was born, the former President has kept ten to fifteeen men at work renovating his two ancestral homesteads. So unostentatiously has he carried on the repair program that this year’s 27,000 summer visitors to Plymouth failed to grasp its significance. "Keeping fifteen men busy repairing my farm buildings is harder work than being President of the United States," Mr. Coolidge told Miss Cora Roberts of Kennebunk, Me., a recent visitor. Garbed in work-day farm clothes, with kneelength rubber boots, the 59-year-old retired chief executive was surveying the operations of his workers. Still on “Vacation" Last July it was rumored that Mr. Coolidge for the first time in his life might visit Europe during the summer. Instead he and Mrs. Coolidge came to this village of 350 inhabitants for what was reported to be a “brief” vacation. That was thirteen weeks ago and they are still here. With one or two exceptions the men employed are Plymouth residents. They include carpenters, painters, stone masons and farm hands. Their tasks have been multiple. First, they gave the historic Coolidge homestead, where Calvin was sworn in by his father as President, anew coat of white paint. The cellar walls were re-cemented and other minor repairs made. Next the workmen turned to the old Coolidge farmhouse, fifty rods to the north, a seven-room dwelling, where the former President’s grandfather, Galusia Coolidge, lived and died. In recent years this has been the home of Lynn Cady, young farmer with a wife and two children, who enjoys the distinction of having Calvin Coolidge for a landlord.

Kitchen Is Rcfloored Here, more extensive repairs were made. One end of the century-old home, weather-beaten, required new clapboards. Fresh paint transformed the house from brown to light gray. New flooring was laid in the kitchen, where Calvin spent many a happy hour as a boy, sampling molasses cookies baked by his grandmother, Sarah Coolidge. The big barn, heretofore paintless, was made a cheery red. The rotting log supports were replaced. The stable was rebuilt. Outside, one large pasture on the 125-acre estate was reseeded. New fenoes were erected in place of warped and broken ones. From an old lime kiln, half a mile away, lime was hauled to fertilize the farmlands. The kiln was willed Mr. Coolidge by his grandfather. Within a week, foresters will enlarge the pasture area by cutting several hundred Christmas trees. They, will be given the trees at the nominal price of about 15 cents a bundle. A bundle may be only one large tree or five or six small ones. In any event, this rate will allow a generous profit to the cutters when they sell them for Yuletide use. Personally Bosses Job Much of the repair work has been done under Mr. Coolidge’s personal supervision. He has been seen to take the brush from a painter's hand and by a few sample strokes demonstrate how he wished the job done. , When Mr. Coolidge leaves Plymouth on business, his secretary, Harry Ross, becomes “foreman” in addition to his regular job of timekeeper. It hasn't b%en all work and no play, however, for the former President. During the first part of his vacation he hiked along familiar streams casting for trout, with good luck. Now, these crisp autumn mornings find him, sometimes alone, sometimes with Ross, stalking partridges in the wooded highlands surrounding Plymouth. On his hunting trips. Mr. Coolidge wears a .Norfolk jacket, knickers, high boots, and a felt hat. He carries a double-barreled shotgun. When he returned home one recent morning, two fine partridges bulged In his jacket pockets. All the work on the Coolidge Plymouth property should be completed within a fortnight. After that, it is understood here, the former President will return to his Northampton. Mass., home and resume his daily newspaper articles. TRIBUTE IS PAID EDISON Indianapolis Power and Light Club Sends Resolution to Widow. Characterizing Thomas A. Edison as "one of the greatest and most loved men the world ever has known.” members of the Ipalco Club, Indianapolis Power and Light Company employes’ organization, today sent a resolution in tribute to Mrs. Edison. “We mourn the loss of this great man who has been called to his reward and we shall strive to achieve, love and serve our country and our fellow men to the best of our ability, as was done by Mr. Edison, the greatest scientist of all times,” the resolution stated. It was sent to Mrs. Edison by Robert Fitzgerald, president of the club.

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Food from the people of Olean, Ind., sent to the needy of Indianapolis, The Rev. Louis C. E. Fackler is standing beside the truck. On the truck are (right) Robert McDowell, driver, and Connelly Plummer, a member of Mr. Fackler’s congregation.

LIGHTS OUT AS EDISONTRIBUTE Nation Pays Final Honor to Wizard Inventor. By United Press NEW YORK. Oct. 22.—Millions of flashing, blinking lights from Broadway of New York to the Golden Gate at San Francisco were turned down Wednesday night in memory of Thomas A. Edison. It was as if some giant hand had quenched, in a single stroke, virtually all illumination, harking back to the days of gas light more than fifty-two years ago—before Edison’s experiments with filaments had brought forth the incandescent bulb. The light Liberty holds aloft in New York harbor went dark for a minute, as did the beacon atop the Empire State building. So dependent is modern civilization on Edison's invention, however, that it was impossible to put out every light. Subway lights, for instance, remained lit, but gay Broadway, famed for its thousands of electric signs, became dim for sixty seconds at 10 p. m. Edison was buried at dusk in Rosedale cemetery, West Orange. The Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Herben, Methodist pastor, a life-long friend of the inventor, read the poem "Just Asleep," expressing the hope of eternal life. Each member of the family threw a rosebud on the coffin. Among the mourners were Mrs. Hoover, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.

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Francis G. Nipp was elected president of the Stratford Literary Club of Technical high school, at the second meeting of the school year Wednesday. Elected to the vicepresidency was Robert Lybrook. Other officers are Dorothy Aldag, secretary, and James Burrel, sergeant-at-arms. Announcement was made that Miss Blanche Young, instructor in Technical commercial department, will speak at the next meeting, on "The Isle of Man.” She attended the Manx "homecoming” there last June. FRENCH HOARDING GOLD Reported Following Bank Example, Buying 25-Pound Bars. PARIS, Oct. 22.—Emulating the Bank of France, whose weekly report published today showed a further influx of gold in the past week to another record peak of 62,154,000,000 francs ($2,526,063,750), many French citizens reportedly are purchasing 25-pound bars of gold and hoarding their treasure.

TEACHERS LEARN ‘WHY’ OF CLOTHES

Fair Hoosier teachers learned for the first time today why they're wearing their skirts longer this season. It’s because the war’s over. "During the post war period, short dresses were the result of a shortage of materials,” Mrs. Minna Schmidt, Chicago costumer and historian, told the home economics section of the Indiana teachers convention at Technical high school. “There are plenty of materials today, so dresses are longer,” said Mrs. Schmidt. And the teachers thought they were wearing those clinging, flimsy dresses this year just simply because for some reason there had been a drift back to femininity. “Flimsier dresses are due to the need of greater turnover in the commercial field, that’s all,” Mrs. Schmidt would have the teachers knpw. 'The Chicago dress expert traced the history of women’s garb from

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Sends Truckload of Food to Be Distributed by Minister. Citizens of Indianapolis, about to open their annual campaign for funds to care for the needy, today may look to the tiny village of Olean, Ind., as a striking example of the true spirit of giving and helping the unfortunate. Without solicitation, this small southeastern Indiana town has sent tons of foodstuffs to Indianapolis, and by this action will help dozens of city families escape some of the misery of poverty. Preached at Olean Several weeks ago, the Rev. Louis C. E. Fackler, pastor of St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran church, New York and Oxford streets, preached at the Lutheran church of the Rev. F. H. Roepke in Olean. In conversations with members of the congregation there, Mr. Fackler mentioned the plight of many poor persons in the district served by his church. "You send us a truck,” proposed some of the Olean Church members. "We will load it with food. You distribute it, Mr. Fackler, to those that need it so much more than we do." A truck was sent, donated by Shirley brothers, undertakers. 60 Sacks of Flour It was unloaded in Mr. Fackler’s garage. There were sixty twenty-four-pound sacks of flour; twentynine bags of apples, each of one and one-half bushel size; potatoes, vegetables and fruits. Already, the perishable goods sent by the generous villagers, has been distributed to families known by Mr. Fackler to be in dire need. Some of the food will be stored for emergencies. In placing this food, needy members of the church are cared for first; others of the community later. Olean is located six miles southwest of Versailles and has a population of fifty. The Lutheran church there has a congregation of 250.

EDITOR'S WIFE DIES Auto Crash and Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs. Ned Doyle. By United Press PITTSBURGH, Pa„ Oct. 22. Mrs. Dorothy Hill Doyle, wife of Ned Doyle, managing editor of the Pittsburgh Press, died Wednesday night in St. Joseph’s hospital here from pneumonia, which developed following her injury in an automobile accident ten days ago. Mrs. Doyle is survived by her husband, a son John, 10, and a daughter Elizabeth 5; three sisters, two brothers and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Steen, St. Louis. Mrs. Doyle was injured when her automobile skidded and struck a pole. She was believed out of danger before pneumonia developed. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle came to Pittsburgh from Cleveland, where he was managing editor of the Cleveland Press for a number of years. Prior to that the Doyles lived in Chicago. Burial will be in St. Louis, probably Saturday, Firearms Stolen By United Press CLINTON, Ind., Oct. 22.—Fifteen shotguns and ten automatic pistols was the loot obtained by thieves from the Raynes-Frazier hardware store.

the beginning, when the girls wore “leaves with thorns used as pins,” down to the present day, when “dresses are only copies of things we had before.” She illustrated “Three Thousand Years of Women’s Dress” by the use of small figures, correctly costumed. These figurines depict the fig leaves clothing of Adam and Eve, the furs of the cavewoman, simplicity of the clothes of biblical times and ornate costumes of the period of the crusades. Further bearing out her assertion that the war's over, Mrs. Schmidt said that helmet hats, a war reminder are not likely to come back —unless there is another war. Princess Eugenie hats, characterized as a fad, are the result of hair dressers and hat designers working hand in hand, according to the costumer. Commenting on men’s apparel, she told Ure teachers she did not hope for^much improvement in their mode of dress soon.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1931

REDS HOLDING SUCCESS KEY. TUTORS TOLD Communism Has Excellent Chance of Victory, Educator Says. BEVERIDGE IS ATTACKED Called Propagandist by Historian; Pleads for Teaching Truth. "Communism's chance of success is far greater than that ever achieved by Christianity,” Dr. Thomas V. Smith of the University of Chicago stated in an address before the economics and sociology section of the state teachers’ convention today at the Lincoln. "Faith of the Communists is in the glamorous ideal thet Christianity proclaimed,” asserted Dr. Smith. "To attain their ends the Communists accept and utilize the efficiency of science as a mearffc to their ideal. “The Communists also know that equality actually is the secret of morale in social organization. “For these reasons their chance for success is great. latest Utopia Mania "Communism represents the latest, if not the greatest, Utopia mania of the human race," said Dr. Smith, who spoke on Soviet Russia’s fiveyear plan. “Either capitalism or Communism, at its best, might be better than the other at its worst; but it is certain each has much to gain from the other. "The most notable difference between communistic and capitalistic psychology is the larger confidence of the former in intelligence for social direction. "We have not, particularly in America, had as yet to trust intelligence on a wide social scale. Waste, though colossal, has not been crucial and enormous mistakes have been remedied by natural superabundance. Beveridge Is Attacked “Bolshevism in Russia confronts us with a people who have convictions that intelligence . st take the place of luck in social e /oiution and who also have the courage of their convictions—courage that does not flinch before the use of immoral means for moral ends. "The soundness of their convictions never can be determined save through the success their courage may bring." Attacking Albert J. Beveridge, late senator from Indiana, as a propagandist, ;Dr. William E. Dodd, American history professor from the University of Chicago, speaking before the history section of the convention at the Roberts Park M. E. church, said that Beveridge as a politician claimed to favor the rule of the majority, whereas his work as biographer of John Marshall proved him to be in favor of rule by property owners. Dr. Dodd made a plea to the teachers of history that they insist on teaching the truth of history. Technical Is Lauded Arsenal Technical high school of Indianapolis was termed one of the two best schools of its kind in the country, by Franklin J. Keller, New York City vocational survey committee director, speaking before the vocational education section at the Claypool. “Tech and a school at Providence, R. 1., have the best functioning vocational guidance systems of any schools I know of,” Keller declared. He advocated the plan of business and industry having committees to work with schools in working out means of guiding pupils into the proper vocations, considering needs of industry a nd abiilty of the pupils. Indiana’s method of teaching English in schools was lauded by Dr. R. L. Lyman, head of the English department of the University of Chicago, who addressed the English section at the Meridian Street M. E. church. Praises State System “More life should be put into the English curriculum in the nation’s schools, “Lyman declared, "It should be less academic and individual instruction should be stressed. “The system which Indiana follows now is praiseworthy a nd exemplifies all these tendencies in English curriculum.” "Schools should have instruction methods arranged so that each individual pupil may progress at his own rate,” Paul C. Stetson, Indianapolis school superintendent, declared at the junior high school sectional meeting at the Claypool. “Courses of study and teaching methods can be made for the individual rather than for the mythical ‘average’ student, who doesn't exist.” “Conventional teaching methods are effective for about only 60 per cent of the pupils,” Donald Dushane, Columbus (Ind.) school superintendent, stated in an address to the problem children section at the Claypool. “This group embraces the normal children, but fails to provide for the needs of the 10 per cent who are especially gifted or the approximately 30 per cent of subnormal children. Both groups need special attention.” CONTEST AT ANDERSON Radio Aspirants of Madison County Will Compete Friday and Saturday. Madison county entrants in the Indiana broadcasting talent contest will compete at the Kay Bee theater in Anderson Friday and Saturday. Winners will contest in a district event to be held in Richmond soon. Leroy Osborn, contest manager, announces that ninety-one counties of the state will represented in the final contest to be broadcast by WFBM, Indianapolis.

French Premier Climbed to Power From Humble Start

Laval, Studious Butcher Boy, Comes to U, S. as Shy, Shrewd Diplomat, BY MINOTT SAUNDERS NEA Service Writer PARIS, Oct, 22. A swarthy, stocky man of humble French peasant ancestry, with straggly black hair, blue jowls, sharp eyes, keen brain, soft voice and self-effacing manner. Such is Pierre Laval, prime minister of France and one of her most picturesque statesmen, who reached the United States today to discuss world problems with President Hoover. Self-made, Pierre Laval is a provincial peasant in background, appearance and instincts. His characteristics particularly appeal to the common people. He has sound judgment, common sense and a wellbalanced temper. Shirks Limelight Seemingly afraid of the limelight, Laval works with men rather than parties. He would rather listen than talk. He believes that “a soft answer turneth away wrath” and makes many friends thereby. Born in the backward region % of Auvergne, in central France, he grew up in the little village of Chateldon. His father was a farmer and meat seller. At 10 he drove a butcher’s cart. Legend says that one day a local priest discovered Pierre delivering salami in his car and reading Ovid. He also drove a hack to and from the narrow gauge railroad station a mile away, carrying mail, plows and a few passengers. “Dressed-up Rustic” The horses knew the road so well that Pierre could devote his time to reading. Thus he made up credits enabling him to study law. For a time he taught school and then became a country lawyer, finally coming to Paris. His small-town manner still clings to him as it does to many American politicians, but his brain is as polished as any Parisian’s. Conventionally but untidily dressed, he has been described, like Aristide Briand. as "a rustic in evening clothes.” Although his work has kept him in Paris much of the time since 1914, he still prefers his little Normandy farm to life in the metropolis. Often he disrupts government business to discuss farming in a telephone conversation with the keeper. Abandoned Socialists He dislikes formality and is shy among strangers. He spends his vacations in the quietude of the Auvergne mountains. In 1914, Laval was elected a deputy in the French parliament and became known as a violent Socialist, but broke away due to his disgust with the increasing conservatism of old-line Socialists and his dispike of Communism. Now he is an independent. When the World war broke out Laval entered the army as a common poilu and saw actual service on the battle front. After the war he became a senator in the less hectic division of parliament. “La Petit Pierre” An adroit politician, he is so clever at maneuvering behind the lines of actual skirmish that he has been called a “second Briand.” Known as “the man with the white tie,” he owns a collection of them and wears one every day. As a boy he had a penchant for “loud” neckties. But these earned him too much attention from schooftnates, so he adopted the white four-in-hand as a compromise. “Le Petit Pierre,” his fellow politicians in the chamber of deputies used to call him, referring not only to his stature, but to his assumed narrow-mindedness. Many anecdotes were told of “Little Pierre’s” pettiness, the interest he took in his cows and his farm, and his thriftiness so characteristic of Auvergnats. But now these same traits bid fair to win him more terms as premier, a post in which modesty, levelheadedness, tenacity, and shrewdness are prime requisites.

DENIES CHARGE FIRE CALL WAS IGNORED Beech Grove Chief Declares His Department Had No Summons. H. A. Terrell, chief of the Beech Grove fire department, today denied his department either was called or answered an alarm of a fire Wednesday morning which destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shoeneman, 4825 East Raymond street. Terrell said there is no record of an alarm to his department, although neighbors of Shoeneman's stated the company had been summoned. Persons in the vicinity also charged Indianapolis apparatus did not arrive until nearly an hour after the fire was discovered. They said several calls were made to the department. Safety board members today said the city’s policy is to aid in large fires outside the city limits. PLESSER RE-ELECTED Beth-El Men’s Club Pays Tribute to Memory of Edison. Max Plesser was re-elected president of the Beth-El Men’s Club Wednesday night at its annual banquet in the vestry rooms of the Beth-El temple, Thirty-fourth and Ruckle streets. Dave Sablosky was elected first vice-president; Aaron Glick, second vice-president; Sam Barskin, treasurer, and Jerome Hammerman, secretary. Members of the executive board also were elected. They are: Dr. Lee W. Berger, Robert Stolkin, Rufus Isaacs, Ben Abrams and Leo Lefkorits. The club joined the city in paying tribute to the late Thomas A. Edison by turning off all lights for one minute at 9 o’clock.

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Three Stops, One Go Bring Mixup

PATROLMAN FERDINAND FINCHUM had a “signal” start this morning on his assignment as a traffic officer at Alabama and Ohio streets, during the Indiana State Teachers’ Association sessions at Cadle tabernacle. - He was presented with anew semaphore that glittered in the sun. He flipped the lever a few practice times, blew his whistle, and settled down to work. Northbound traffic moved, but southbound motorists remained at ease. Finchum decided if they wanted to remain, it was o. k. with him. He turned the sign again and eastbound motorists left the starting line, but those headed west gazed straight ahead. This occurred several times, until Finchum finally tilted his semaphore and had a look. He found one “go” sign and three “stop” signs painted on it. He was given another new semaphore. nun Just Forget That Party , Mr. Judge ’.United Press lAALLAS, Oct. 22.—Claude Williams, Negro, was arrested and taken before U. S. Commissioner Lee R. Smith when raiders uncovered a cache of whisky on his property. “What do you plead?” Smith asked. “I plead guilty and waives the hearin’,” Williams said. “What do you mean, waive the hearing?” asked Smith. “I mean I don’t want to hear no mo’ about it.” n n n Actor True to Role; Dies on Stage By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—David Baratz, an actor, was dead today. His greatest performance was his last. Speaking lines that called for him to die at the end, Baratz held 1,200 spectators in People’s theater in rapt attention. Then he gasped the last few words of his speech—the word that called for death—and slumped to the floor, dead. The strain of emotion had proved too much for hJs heart. nun Awin’s Fast on the Go, Faster on Stop By United Press /CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—The haste of Arvin Vineyard, Negro, as he left a meat market on the run, was due to the fact he hadn’t paid for a ham and two slabs of bacon which he carried under his arm. A policeman’s order to “halt” was ignored by Arvin, but when the officer sent a bullet whistling past Arvin’s ear, that was different. The Negro stopped so suddenly he broke his leg. He was taken to a hospital. , n n n Casualty: One Carpenter's Lunch Kit By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Now that the battle of Yorktown is over the matter of the carpenter’s lunch can be considered in a re-hearsal-full dress—of the battle of Yorktown, General Lincoln turned to General Washington: “Sir,” sirred General Lincoln, “as commander-in-chief of the Continental armies, will you not accept the honor of firing the first shot at the British?” General Washington would and did. As the fuse of the old-time field piece was sputtering, there came flying across the field an excited carpenter: “For God's sake, fellows,” he shouted, “don’t shoot that thing!” But the agitated one was too late. Just as he arrived, the fuse touched the powder charge and the carpenter’s lunch, which he had secreted in the muzzle of the cannon, was no more.

GAMING, RUM DRIVE ORDERED REOPENED

Gambling and booze joints throughout the city today became the target for police as Chief Mike Morrissey reopened war on law violators. In orders to all captains on the force, he said he wanted a previous command relative to smashing booze and gambling activities “carried out to the letter.” Morrissey told his squad leaders he had been receiving reports of a general reopening of vice haunts since the last smash when gamblers and bootleggers fell by dozens before the police ax. It only has been in the last week or two that operators of pools have hlated their reaming activities to

Heady Fellow By United Press DETROIT, Oct. 22.—When Donald Radford recovered consciousness in receiving hospital after an auto cra§h, he asked for his hat. Police found the hat in the wreckage of Radford’s car. Joybusly, the injured man extracted S3O from the hatbaqjlff

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take up permanent headquarters in homes and buildings. After the police drive several weeks ago became severe, many gamblers and booze vendors closed their shops. Other gamblers sold their tickets and chances on the run and held drawings in different places each week. SH 0 RTA G E S U ITS FI LED City of Anderson Seeks SIO,OOO from Former Employes. By Tifnes Special ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 22.—Failing to obtain settlement for shortages totaling $10,054 in accounts of Ermston Druley, former municipal electric light plant cashier, and Walter F. Brandon, discharged waterworks secretary, the citv of Anderson has filed two suits against their bondsmen, Commercial Casualty Company, Newark, N. J. Druley is alleged to be short $7,281.72, while Brandon's alleged shortage is placed at $2,773.32 by field examiners of the state board of accounts. Each was bonded to the amount of $5,000, the surety company being liable jpnly to that extent in the shortage charged to Druley. ‘

GIRL DAMAGES POISON TRIAL DEFENSE HOPE Mrs. Simmons Extremely Nervous at Picnic, Says Witness. BOY ON WITNESS STAND Simmons to Precede Wife, Who Probably Will Testify on Friday. BY’ STAFF CORRESPONDENT Lebanon, ind., Oct. 22.— Youth held the spotlight in the Simmons murder trial today as a 12-year-old boy and his sister testified in behalf of their aunt. Mrs. Carrie W. Simmons, alleged poison slayer of her daughters. Joseph Staley told how he was offered a sandwich by Mrs. Simmons, but discovered the marshmallow tin at the fatal picnic was empty. He told of seeing, three capsules which were dissolved only partly and the agonies endured by Horace Jackson, Hancock county farmer, after the latter was stricken with strychnine poisoning. Joseph, who called the accused woman's husband “John” throughout his testimony, had his hair slicked with water and parted in the middle. He wore his best tan suit and knickers, and denied to state’s attorneys that he had "slipped” strychnine into the picnic food. Didn't Get Sandwich “Mrs. Simmons sort of talked to herself at the start of the picnic and said she wondered who had put the sandwiches on the table,” the boy told the jury. “I got me a bun, some meat, iced tea and a piece -of cake. “She asked me if I had one of her sandwiches. I found the can and it was empty and didn’t get one.” He said after Jackson fell to the ground, the sick man summoned him and asked to hold Joseph’s leg. Asked if he believed Jackson was ill, Joseph replied: “I reckon so. That’s what he said.” "Did yon see any one slip the capsules into the sandwiches?” "No.”

Girl Goes on Stand “Did you do it?” “No.” His sister, Phyllis, 15, related incidents of the picnic and at the Pollard home before the outing, asserting she saw Jackson in front of the Pollard home when she arrived, but later he was not there, and she “didn’t know where he was.” The girl's testimony appeared to favor the prosecution at times, when she told Mrs. Simmons "looked worried” before the picnic meal was served. “When Alice Jean became sick I heard her say she hated it, because she and Jean had intended to pick cherries the next day,” the girl told the jury. “Mrs. Simmons wasn’t at the hospital when Virginia died. She was at the park.” The “girl friend” told on the “boy friend’s” mother earlier in the trial. Defendant Was Nervous The “girl friend” was Miss Evelyn Whitton, companion of George Simmons, son of the accused woman, on the tragic picnic June 21. On cross-exanfination she gave in colorful and youthful language her observations of Mrs. Simmons’ action at the reunion picnic prior to the death of her two daughters. “She was trembling about the time her daughters and others were getting sick at the picnic,” she testified. “I could tell she was nervous by her face,” explained the young woman. “One side of her throat was red,’* she added, “and I could see the pulse beating quickly.” She said efforts were made to find capsules at the picnic grounds so “authorities couldn’t get too many of them.” She denied any of the picnic group “had strong suspicions” relative to the poisoning. Although she threw testimonial laurels toward the defense case, her details of the actions of Mrs. Simmons were taken by the state as a victory over one of the defense’s own witnesses. Courtroom Crowd Larger Court's opening today saw increased attendance, as “regulars” drifted back to the hearing in hope of being present when the defense summoned Mrs. Simmons to the stand to defend herself from the poison charge. But their hopes of seeing the farm mother take the stand today dwindled, as the defense planned to place Mrs. Simmons’ sons and her husband on the stand ahead of her. Friday is set as the probable time for Mrs. Simmons to plead her innocence and tell how she made just “pressed chicken” sandwiches that turned into instruments of death after they left her hands. Husband Shows Strain Trial observers believe Monday will see rebuttal testimony by both sides, with a possibility that final arguments will be heard Tuesday, and the case turned to the jury for deliberation either next Wednesday or Thursday. Courthouse mathematicians have figured that the approximate cost of the trial to the county will be $5,000. A re-trial on the same charge, or a trial on the charge of slaying Virginia Simmons, would cost approximately the same amount, exclusive 6f the expenses of the defense in each hearing. Lebanon opinion as to the outcome runs the gamut of verd'eta, with here and there street *bdds offered on those verdicts.