Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1934 — Page 3

NOV. 24, 1334

BOND-JUGGLING PLOT REVEALED BY CONFESSION

Gang Schemed to Loot Three City Banks, Youth Tells Police. <Continued From Pag* One> Hk mpson and Healy that be plotted ■ai'h Karatz and others to buy a controlling interest in the insurance company and In 'he Indianapr,l„i bank' w/n monev obtained by cashing spurious checks on the insurance company. They induced Van clerk in the Amalgamated bank, to help them Thev had agreed to pay $400,000 for 'he company, and made a So 000 first payment. 1 r|lt polire All He Knows After gaming con'rol of the company. according to Thompson and Healy. Sanders and his associates planned to flood the portfolios of the concern with stolen bonds, which they hoped to buy from criminal at 10 and 15 cents on the dollar, selling them to the company at face value. The Indianapolis banks were to be i.u'd to further the stolen bond scheme. The alleged plot was revealed when Van Derek, urged by his and into police headquarters and told as much as he knew. Three fraudulent checks already had been cashed at the bank without detection, even though a s' ate bank examiner checked its records after the first theft. Three sensational steps of the conspiracy were revealed by Sanders, according to the state's attorneys. Bonds Brought Here He and and another man. they ?aid. collaborated m drafting checks against the insurance company to be cashed by Baiata with Van Derek’s aid. Checks for $26000. which were halted after Van I>rck confessed, were to be tued, Sanders was said to hate confessed, to purchase stock of one Indianapolis bank. Negotiating for purchase of this bank. Sanders was said to have taken $85,000 of the insurance companvs bonds to Indianapolis to prove that he was financially responsible He retrieved- the bonds after revelation of the conspiracy and returned them to the insurance company vaults. Baiata “Brains,'’ Is Claim Baiata. accused of concocting the entire scheme, was convicted m 1924 of looting the Fust National bank of Warren, Mass., of $203,000. He •erved three years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and three more in Massachusetts. Police said he wrecked a half dozen banks and an insurance company in Buffalo. N. Y_ before he was convicted in Massachusetts. He joined hands with Barry about a vear ago in operation of a loop saloon and two world fair concessions. Barry was involved because one of the S2S.<XW checks drawn on the Abraham Lincoln company was deposited to credit of his concern Barry Inc., and another check drafted on it to obtain the illegal cash. Barry was the only one of the accused trio who was able to make bond. Sanders and Van Derek are held in the county jail, unbooked with Karatz and Baiata.

RESERVE OFFICERS TO ENJOY ANNUAL DINNER MajoT'Gcnrral Bowlry to Address Group Dec. 8. The annual dinner of the reserve officers of Indiana, comprising army and naval reserves, will be held at 7 Saturday night. Dec. 8. at the Columbia Club, it was announred todav. Lieutenant-Colonel Cleon B Mount. infantry reserve, will be toastmaster. Among the streakers will be MajorOeneral A. J. Bowley. commanding the Fif'h corps area; Rear Admiral Watt T. Cluverius. commandmant. Ninth naval district; BrigadierOeneral William K. Naylor, commanding the Indiana military area; Colonel T. L. Sherburne, cavalry, chief of staff. Indiana military area. l ieutenant-Colonel Frank E. I owe. field artillery reserve. Reserve Officers Association national president Mi<s Bonnie Farwell. Daughters of the American Revolution, and Frank R. Kossa. American Legion state commander. BIBLE TEACHERS TO MEET HERE TUESDAY City Women to Hear Association President at l uncheon. The November luncheon of the Indianapolis Association of Women Bible Teachers will be held at the central Y. W. C. A at 12:30 Tuesday. it was anounced today. The discussion will be led by Mrs. H. C. Fledtierjohn Sr., association president, who will deliver a talk on Ft Gnomic Conditions of Sweden. Denmark and Finland." Mi>s Florence E. Lanam. a teacher. will give the lesson for Dec. 2. which will be The Christian as a Witness. KIN OF MELLON DENIES NAZI SCHOLARSHIP LINK 51.300 \ward to Harvard l. Is Rejected. B* t /V,. CAMBRIDGE Mas# Nov. 24 Matthew T. Mellon, nephew of Andrew Mellon, former secretary of the treasury, denied today that there were any Nazi strings attached to a SI 500 scholarship which he offered and which Harvard university rejected. According to Secretary Jerome D Green of the Harvard corporation. Mr. Mellon’s offer was refused berause the donor chose to identify his intentions so explicitly with those of Har.fstaengl." Famed Egyptologist Dies By I nit'4 Pf- * LONDON. Nov. 24—Sir Ernest Wallis Budge 77. famous Egyptologist and Semitic scholar, died here last night Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen followed his resesrhc in that area.

FELT MANNEQUINS MODEL TECH STAGE COSTUMES

Felt mannequins—one dressed in a costume of medieval times, one representing a Venetian lady.

CHAMBER WILL PICK DIRECTORS Election on Seven Posts to Be Held Dec. 11; 14 Are Nominated. Seven directors to serve three years each will be elected by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, Dec. 11, from a list of fourteen already nominated. The polls will be open from 11 until 7 the day of the voting. The nominees are: Arthur R. Baxter, Keyless Lock Company president; Frank B. Fowler, Indiana Lumbermen's Insurance Company president and manager; M K. Foxworthy, Indianapolis Coal Company secretary and manager; W. D. Hamerstadt, Rockwood Manufacturing Company vice-president; Howard J. Lacey Sr.. United States Corrugated Box Company president; Perry W. liesh. Lesh Paper Company president; William J. Mooney Jr. Mooney-Mueller-Ward Company vice-president; Robert L. Moorehead, Bobbs-Merrill Company sec-retary-treasurer; T R. Ratcliff, Indianapolis Union Railway Company chief engineer; James S. Rogan, American National bank prosiden’; Carl C. Welland. Central Supply Company president; Harlan D. Wilson. Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Company chief engineer; I. E. Woodward, Acme Evans Company president and general manager, and E. J. Wuensch. Indianapolis Bond and Share Company vice-president. GARDEN CLUB OFFICE OPEN UNTIL NOV. 30 Trees May Be Purchased for Free Planting by Board. Office of the Garden Clubs, in the old library building, 150 North Meridian street, will be open until Nov. 30. until which time Indianapolis property owners may purchase trees to be planted on their lawns. Trees ordered from the gardon clubs will be planted free by the park board, with the use cf federal funds.

Today’s Drawing Lesson

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All you need in materials in The Indianapolis Times drawing lessons is a soft pencil and some paper like typewriter paper, and then a big smooth board like a drawing board or your mother's bread board, or a large, smooth book. You will need an eraser. The best kind is a kneaded eraser. With it you will not make such a mess on the floor. Cut out these lessons each day, paste them in a book, and you will have a drawing book to keep ar.d show your friends. Do you have some friends who are interested in drawing? Be sure and tell them about these lessons. Thev will be running in THE TIMES for several weeks. Now read these rules carefully: 1. GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS ONLY are eligible for prizes in this contest. Any grade school pupil, boy or girl vexcept children of Times employes' may enter. 2. Your drawings must be made

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Lawyers’ Club President Announces Committees Ralph M. Spaan Named His Aids for 1934; Russell Willson Leads Inter-Club Relations Group. Ralph M. Spaan, Indianapolis Lawyers’ Club president, today announced the appointment of his committees for 1935. The organization, an invitational club, was organized about thirty years ago. Its membership is composed of practicing attorneys at the

Indianapolis bar. Other officers are Earl Barnes, vice-president; Sherwood Blue, secretary, and Volney Brown, treasurer. Inter-Club Relations: Russell Willson, chairman: Carl Wilde, Alan W. Boyd. Superior Judge-elect Her- ! bert E, Wilson, G. W. Blain, Earl R. Conder, Lloyd D. Claycombe. Charles W. Jewett, Howard S. Young, Grier M. Shot well and L. Ert Slack. House: Major A. Downing, chairman: John G. Rauch, Delos A. Alig, Jeremiah L. Cadick, Edward P. Pillion. Mark H. Miller. Senator Arthur R. Robinson, Allan P. Vestal, Harry T. Ice, William R. Higgins and Samuel Harrell. Fellowship: Telford B. Orbison, chairman: George R. Jeffrey, Robert K. Eby, F. Neal Thurston, Robert A. Effroymson, Dixon H. Bynum, Robert D. Coleman, Hugh Reynolds, Raymond L. Walker, Robert D. McCord and Fred B. Johnson. Membership: John K. Ruckelshaus, chairman; Irving M. Fauvre, James W. Inglies, Robert A. Adams, jC. Severin Buschmann, Leo M. Gardner. W. H. Wemmer, E. J. Boleman. William C. Kern and Austin ; V. Clifford. Entertainment: Thomas E. Garvin, chairman: Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox, Romney L. Willson, LauI rens L. Henderson. Herman W. Kothe. Durbin Fitzpatrick, Dan E. Coburn, Julian C. Ralston, Frank A. Symmes, Harry F. Rust. Paul F. Rhoadarmer and Municipal Judge William H. Sheafler. Legal Ethics: Paul G. Davis, chairman; Judge Mahlon E. Bash, Thomas A. Daily, George L. Denny, Floyd J. Mattice. William H. Remy, W. H. Thompson, Mayor-elect John W. Kern. Hubert Hickam and William P. Evans. Public Questions: Ernest R. Baltzell, chairman; William G. Sparks, H. Nathan Swaim, James M. Ogden, Elmer E. Scott, Perry E. O'Neal,

iree hand, without the aid of instruments. 3. They may be made with pencil. crayon, or pen and ink. 4. Drawings must be submitted clipped together in complete sets of six, one for every day beginning with Saturday of each week and ending with Friday of the following week. 5. Drawings must be at least 7 inches in depth on standard size inches) white paper. 6. BE SURE to write your name, address, school and grade ON EACH DRAWING. 1. Your set of drawings for the second week 'beginning Saturday. Nov. 24. and ending Friday, Nov. 30 > must be in The Times office not later than noon. Monday, Dec. 3. You may deliver them in person or mail them to the Drawing Contest Editor, The Indianapolis Times. 8. In case of ties, neatness will be a deciding factor.

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the stage costuming class at Technical high school. Both models and costumes were made by the class.

Harvey Elam, Robert Hallowell Jr., Emsley W. Johnson and Eugene C. Miller. Auditing—William S. McMaster, chairman; Donald S. Morris, Eugene Iglehart, W. W. Hammond, Elmer W. Stout, Anolph Schreiber. H. H. Hornbrook, Milton M. Mangus, Thomas A. Daily and Thomas H. Cox. Publicity: John Rabb Emison, chairman; Charles C. Baker, Herman B. Gray, Harry C. Hendrickson, J. Clyde Hoffman, Ralph E. Jones, Theodore L. Locke, Clair McTuman. Clarence Merrell and James L. Murray.

TOWNSHIP SYSTEM BRANDED OBSOLETE Commissioners Re-Elect Slane as President. Suggestions that townships be abolished as obsolete, that county commissioners’ terms be extended from two to four or six years and that county councils and township advisory boards be abolished were approved yesterday afternoon by the Indiana County Commissioners Association before it elected its officers and ended its annual meeting at the Severin. The suggestions were made to the commissioners by Harvey A. Grabill, Indianapolis attorney. Other speakers were Martin L. Lang, state food and drug commissioner; Noble Benjamin, Governor's unemployment relief commission member; Anderson Ketchum, state tax board secretary, and John W. McCarty, Washington mayor. James A. Slane, Lafayette, was re-elected president, and Clarence Roy, Ft. Wayne, vice-president. Bruce Short, Marion county surveyor, was elected secretary to succeed J. H. Kenney, Albion. The commissioners’ meeting, which began Thursday, attracted a record attendance of 300 persons. This was believed to be because the commissioners were somewhat alarmed over possible radical changes in the county setup.

ALVA STRANGE DIES: BURIAL IN MONTANA Barber Shop Owner Had Lived Here 13 Years. Funeral services for Alva A. (Bill) Strange, who died yesterday at his home, 4616 East Michigan street, will be held at Hamilton, Mont.,

Tuesday. Burial also will be in the Montana city. Mr. Strange, who was 41. has been a resident of Indianapolis the last thirteen years. He was the proprietor of a barber shop at the Michigan street address for several years. The body was to remain at the Harry W. Moore funer-

Mr. Strange

al home, 2050 East Michigan street, until 3:30 this afternoon. Mr. Strange is survived bv the widow. Mrs. Grace C. Strange; a brother. Archie Strange. Salt Lake City. Utah, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fr°d Strange. Darby. Mont. CANNERS’ PROBLEMS STUDIED AT SESSION Two-Dav Convention at Claypool Ends With Round-Tabk Talks. A two-day convention of the Indiana Canners’ Association at the Claypool ended yesterday with a round-table discussion of the industry's problems, in which several speakers participated. . These included R. W. Pilcher, American Can Company; Claude H. Anderson. Indiana Motor Truckmen's Association attorney; Howard Orr. National Canners' Association first vice-president, and Charles E Cox Sr.. Indianapolis attorney, who discussed contracts. Turkey Party Set Holy Name Catholic church annual turkey and euchre party will be held tomorrow afternoon and night in the school auditorium Lunch will be served by the Altar Society Irom 5 to 7.

NAZI WAR AIMS MENACE PEACE OF CONTINENT

Report of French Alliance With Russia Evidence of Distrust. BY WFBB MILLER United Press European General News Manager (Copyright. 1934, by United Press' LONDON, Nov. 24—Germany’s rapid re-arrangement in deliberate violation of the treaty of Versailles, and the danger of it forcing a regrouping of continental powers for the eventuality of the next major war. were drawn sharply to the forefront of Europe's fears today. Attention was focussed on a long serious situation by this almost casual statement in the French chamber of deputies yesterday of Leon Archimbaud, reporter of the budget: "Russia has a solid, well-equipped army which she offers us in case of conflict between Germany and us.” There had been disagreement whether Archimbaud was disclosing officially a long rumored alliance between France and Russia. Perhaps he intended to fix the world's attention on the fact that Germany is rearming swiftly and soon will be among Europe's strong military powers despite treaty restrictions to prevent her re-arming. Some military observes predict that Germany by 1937 will regain her place among the strongest military nations. Diplomatic observers for many reasons doubt that France and Russia have yet reached the stage of alliance or military understanding. Conversations have been proceeding between France and Russia regarding the situation created by Germany's rearmament, and it is well within the bounds of possibility that there eventually will be an entente. If and when it occurs it will be among the most important diplomatic developments since the World war, because it will constitute a'reversion to the pre-war balance of power system with Europe grouped into hostile armed camps. It also will mean the virtual end of the phase of attempts by collective security treaties to prevent war. Russian Pact Denied By United Press PARIS, Nov. 24. The foreign office officially denied existence of a. French-Russian military alliance today. Today's statement from the foreign office said: "The ministry of foreign affairs declares that all reports concerning a French-Russian military alliance are groundless.” Rome Bars War Data (Copyright, 1934, by United Press) ROME, Nov. 24.—A drastic decree forbidding disclosure of military information regarding land, sea or air defense, and designed to make Italy spy proof, was made public today. It was aimed primarily at preventing discussion of military subjects with the soldiery, and in effect seals the lips of every Italian on national defense subjects. It provides heavy penalties for unauthorized discussion of information which may be classed as secret. Newspapers are restricted to information they receive from 'ministers on such subjects even including barracks, warehouses, hangars and warships. Special stress is laid on all information regarding fortifications of any sort—frontier, coastal, camouflaged air fields and hidden antiaircraft guns. Italy Back Hungary By United Press ROME. Nov. 24.—Italy came to Hungary's defense today and backed a demand for immediate discussion of Yugoslavia charges that Hungary sheltered terrorists of the gang which killed King Alexander. Yugoslavia complained to the League of Nations. Hungary asked that the league council consider the charges at once. An official communique today said that responsible Italian quarters acknowledged Hungary's right to an immediate discussion and added: "Responsible quarters consider the situation delicate, but do not believe it is such as to lead to immediate, more serious complications.”

Indiana in Brief

Bit Time* Special GREENFIELD, Nov. 24.—Charged wdth being an accessory before the fact in the recent robbery' of the Bowman hotel here, Mrs. Hazel Green, Muncie, described by authorities as a woman often arrested but never convicted, will go on trial in Hancock circuit court Monday. Milo H. Gray, Hancock county prosecutor, said Mrs. Green was suspected in bank robberies a few years ago which resulted in Sheriff Ira Barton of Blackford county receiving a prison term. She turned state's evidence and was released. Three persons are said to have identified her as a participant In the Gwvnneville bank robbery, but technicalities which were pressed when two counties sought her custody eventually gave her freedom.

Tax Payments Rise B’l Timea Special DANVILLE, Nov. 24.—Pointing to an increase of $50,000 in tax payments this fall as compared to those in the same period last year, H. N. Harris. Hendricks county treasurer, expresses a belief that county residents are in a better financial condition. asm Damage Suit Moved By Ttrnra Special BLOOMINGTON, Nov. 24.—Trial of a $25,000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Dorothy E. Gibson, Indianapolis. against the Hobbs and Johnson Orchard Company and others, will be tried in Monroe circuit court here on a change of venue from Morgan

FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA announce* a FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BY PAUL A. HARSCH, C. S. B. OF TOLEDO, OHIO Member of the Bosrd of Lectureship of The Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Massachusetts IN CADLE TABERNACLE OHIO AND NEW JERSEY STREETS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1934 at 8 P. M. The Public 1* Cordially Invited to Attend

Raper Commandery to Observe Silver Jubilee Knights Templar Group to Celebrate Completion of 25 Years in North Illinois Temple Tonight. Raper Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, will celebrate the tw-enty-fifth anniversary of the occupancy of the North Illinois street temple at the regular meeting tonight.

Officials of the Temple Association will be special guests at dinner and will review activities of the during the twenty-five-year period. Ritualistic work for the second section of the class of the Order of the Temple will follow. Officers are Floyd L. Kresge, commander; Granville A. Richey, generalissimo; Arno G. Siefker, captaingeneral; Bert E. Cordle, senior warden; Daniel G. Coates, junior warden: Lewis Brown, prelate; Charles N. Fultz, treasurer; Oscar L. Pond, recorder: John M. Rotz. standard

Eagles to Play Hosts at Two Sessions Tomorrow Women’s Auxiliary of State Organization and Aeries From Seventh District to Hold Meetings Here. Indianapolis Eagles aere will be host tomorrow to two meetings at the lodge home, 43 West Vermont street. The first sessions will be that of the women's auxiliary to the state Eagles organization, headed by Mrs. Edith Anuck, Indianapolis. Mrs. Arthur M. Follis, Wabash, wife of the state Eagles president, is auxiliary vice-president. Women from cities in all sections of the state are expected to attend. Mrs. Wallace J. Dillingham. Warsaw, will speak.

The second session, to open at 2. will be an assembly of representatives of aeries in the Seventh district, composed of Indianapolis. Greenfield, Martinsville and Shelbyville. Fred J. Snyder, Indianapolis aerie president, is district chairman. Ray C. Brock, Kokomo, national Eagles trustee, will be the honor guest and principal speaker at the meeting. Others on the program will be J. Pierce Cummings, Indianapolis, past national trustee, and Grover V. Camden, local membership campaign chairman. Following the meeting, a buffet supper will be served by the Indianapolis auxiliary. LEGION'S AUXILIARY LEADERS H MEET National Officers Gather Here Tomorrow. Presidents and secretaries of the American Legion's fifty-two auxiliary departments, representing every state and most of the possessions. will gather tomorrow in the World War Memorial building for their annual conference. Mrs. A. C. Carlson, Willmar, Minn., national president, will have charge and Frank N. Belgrano Jr., national commander, and Frank E. Samuel, national adjutant, will speak. Legislation and child welfare will be major topics of consideration when Mrs. John Thomas Taylor. Washington, D. C., vice-chairman of the Legion's national leigslative committee; Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, Chicago, vice-chairman of the auxiliary’s national legislative committee, and others will speak and report. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY SONS OF VETERANS Bernard W. Griffey Assumes Office of President. Bernard W. Griffey was installed as president of Henry W. Lawton Camp, Sons of Veterans, at the camp's meeting at Ft. FTiendly, 512 North Illinois street, last night. Other new officers elected and installed at the meeting are Pervus R. Johnson, senior vice-president; Albert Pritchard, junior vice-presi-dent; Joseph O. Carson 11, secretary; Harry E. McCarter, treasurer; Wallace C. Wiley, sergeant-at-arms and color bearer, and Robert De Noon, chaplain. New trustees are Wallace O. Ice, retiring president; Frank Gray Jr. and George W. Oren. Mr. Lee will be board chairman. The camp will meet the last Friday of each month at Ft. Friendly.

county, where the plaintiff is engaged in business. The plaintiff seeks damages as a result of injuries incurred in Indianapolis on Dec. 5, 1933. when an automobile she was driving was struck by a truck owned by the company and operated by Herman Perry, who is among the defendants. a a a Widow Asks SIO,OOO By Time* Sperial COLUMBUS. Nov. 24.—A. V. Keesling, Bartholomew' county agricultural agent, is defendant in a SIO,OOO damage suit filed by Mrs. Sarah Anderson, widow of Frank P. Anderson, and administratrix of his estate. Mr. Anderson, while riding a bicycle, was struck by an automobile driven by the county agent, and incurred injuries which caused his death.

bearer; Gold E. Beall, sword bearer; Guy L. Roberts, warden, and Oren T. Owen, sentinel. Ancient Landmarks lodge No. 319 will hold a similar anniversary observance Monday. Ritualistic work will follow the 6:30 dinner. About 500 persons are expected at the combined home-coming and silver anniversary jubilee of Centra lodge No. 23 Wednesday. The lodge will open at 4 and dinner will be at 6:30. Dr. E G. Hnmrighausen will be the principal speaker.

C, OF C, LISTS PENSION DATA

State's Aged to Collect Two Millions Next Year From Counties. Almost $2,000,000 has been appropriated by Indiana counties for old age pensions next year, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce governmental research bureau estimates in a survey report now being distributed mang the chamber's membership. The survey, prepared by Virgil Sheppard, bureau director, is designed to aid the state budget committee and the 1935 legislature and constains statistics on the operation of the pension system both here and in other states. The 21,769 persons on Indiana's pension rolls last August were receiving an average of $6.13 a month, according to Mr. Sheppard. The total appropriated for pensions this year was $1,254,169, and the total for next year is $1,996,067, his figures show. The average pension paid in Indiana is less than in any of the other states having pensions, the survey states, with the average in fifteen other states set at $16.75. California heads the list with average payments of $21.16. Indiana, however, is paying pensions to a higher percentage of its elderly persons than are thirteen of the other states, only Colorado and Minnesota being ahead of it in this respect. In Indiana, 157 of every 1.000 persons more than 70 years old are pensioners.

3 GIRLS FOUND DEAD ON MOUNTAIN ROAD Victims Range in Age From 5 to 14 Years. B'j Cnitcrl l’r> m HARRISBURG. Pa., Nov. 24. The bodies of three golden-haired girls, ranging in age from 5 to 14 years, were found today beside a mountain road near Pine Grove furnace, fifteen miles from here. The bodies were covered with a large red blanket which attracted the attention of John E. Clark, caretaker on the James M. Cameron estate, and his helper, Clark Gardine. Pending the arrival of the county coroner, Dr. T. A. Haegele said they had been dead several days, but that their bodies had been placed at the roadside no earlier than yesterday. Marks of violence were discernible on the heads of two of the girls. Y. M. C. A. HONORS 300 NEW MEMBERS Dinner, Reception Held; Activities Are Demonstrated. More than 300 new members of the Young Men s Christian Association and their friends last night attended a dinner and reeption at the "Y,” 310 North Illinois street, honoring the new members. C. O. Mogg, membership committee chairman, had charge of the program, which included music by the Y. M. C. A. orchestra und<m Leslie Troutman and a demonstration of various Y. M. C. A. activities. Butler Club to Meet Members of the Butler Philosophy Club will hear a paper by Kenneth Shafer, a student, at their meeting Monday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Elijoh Jordan.

Real Estate Mortgages WE SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FOR FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON PREFERRED INDIANAPOLIS PROPERTY. INTEREST RATE 6%. NO COMMISSION. THE INDIANA TRUST £ZZ •SSSf $2,000, 000.00 THE OLDEST TRUST COMPANY IN INDIANA

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LEWIS TAYLOR, LIBERAL, HEADS FARM BUREAU Predecessor Joins New President in Plea for Harmony. Indiana Farm Bureau today had as its executive head Lewis H. Taylor, Newburg. whose program yesterday was termed Socialistic" by the factions that opposed his election at the sixteenth annual convention of the bureau here. Mr. Taylor, one of the bureau founders, defeated William H. Settle, Petroleum, twelve years president of the bureau. 82 to 60. then appealed for complete unity. Elec'ion of the Newburg farm bureau pioneer was chalked up as a victory for leaders of the co-oper-ative department of the bureau, a purchasing unit and ended a battle of ballots that split the convention into two almost equal groups. Pleads for Harmony In his address of acceptance, Mr. Taylor sought immediately to heal | the wounds inflicted during the I struggle by pledging himself to keep Indiana's farm bureau out in the • forefront of American agricultural organizations and by paying a tribute to Mr. Settle's dozen years of administration. Not to be outdone, Mr Settle told the delegates his support would be found with Mr. Taylors administration. Haskell Schenck. Lebanon, presi- N ! dential nominee, was named first vice-president. Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, Otterbein, were named American Farm Bureau Federation directors and delegates to the Nashville assemblage in December. Progressives in Control Picked as delegates at large were Mr. Schenck. James D Cummins, Portland; Addison Drake, Fairbanks; C. R. Benjamin, Crown Point, and Guy Cantwell. Gosport. The new bureau president was chairman of the meeting in 1919 at ! which the bureau was organized. Candidates for the position were Mr. Settle, Mr. Taylor. Mr. Schenck and Maurice Douglas, Shelbyville. j With the progressive forces fully j in control, the convention proceeded | to adopt resolutions supporting the : agriculture adjustment administration "with such changes as shifting conditions may warrant,” and an educational program intended to provide rural students with broader vocational and cultural training. Organic Against Crime The delegates placed their influence behind current efforts to organize against crime bv urging simplification of criminal statutes to expedite trials and insure speedy justice. Also favored were resolutions for state Constitution amendment to i legalize a net income tax law; adequate warehousing; uniform mortgage filing fees; strict liquor control; retention of the direct primary i and prohibiting issuance of bonds j except in public emergencies. The npw directors met this mor.l- - ing in the Lemcke building. FUNERAL HELD TODAY FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM Joseph Beckman Dies in Mishap Near Scottsburg. Funeral services were to be held ; this afternoon at the J. J. Black--1 well & Son funeral home, 926 North Capitol, for Joseph Beckman, 72, of 505 Hiawatha street, who was killed yesterday near Scottsburg when he was struck by an auto or an interj urban car. Mr. Beckman, who was deaf, was | an unemployed iron worker, and was I believed to have been on his way j home after a search for employment ! in Louisville when the accident oc- | curred. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Survivors besides the widow, Mrs. Mattie Beckman, are a daughter. Mrs. Esther Buchanan, and a son, Arthur Beckman.

WOMAN JUROR AGREES; SO LAWYER WINS $1,171 Joins in Verdict Awarding Back Pay to Attorney. Marion county's first woman trial juror found it possible yesterday to agree with eleven men that Hugh Younge, former Cleveland attorney, was entitled to $1,171.67 as alleged back pay from the Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Orah Privett, 2037 North Alabama street, a member of the trial jury that returned a verdict for the plaintiff after three hours’ deliberation, tentatively was accepted on a second jury in the trial of Loran Stinson against Alex I. Halquist. Mr. Stinson asked SIO,OOO damages for injuries resulting from an automobile mishap. CLASS TO STAGE SHOW Church Group to Give Minstrel Monday and Tue?>day. A minstrel show will be presented Monday and Tuesday nights by the Men's Bible class of the Meridian Heights Presbyterian church. Fortyseventh street and Central avenue. Arch W. Keltner is directing the production, which is the fourth annual minstrel to be given by the group.