Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 48B, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 February 1921 — Page 1

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AOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MEETS IN MONTHLY SESSION

MA. INMAN ABLE SPEAKER

Dellvers Address to Large Gathering in Eagles Hall--Many Ladles 3 Present -

The meeting held in the Eagles hall on Monday night by the Ligonier Cornimunity ‘Assoclation was the most remarkable of i!s kind ever held in this city. One hundred and fifty members and guests sat down to a splendid chicken pie dinner provided hy the Gleaners Class of the Christian Bible school. . é After dinner President W. W, Wood called the meeting to order and introduced scveral membefs who delighted all' who wer present with readings, musical, nd vocal selections. Al the close of the musical prelude, Mr. Inman the speaker of the evening was introduced. Mr. Inmans subject was ' presented under threc heads; The Broker, The Croaker, The Stoker. He eaid that these three classes are representd in every community life i 3 to brimg tie largest financial profit from -it, and give nothing in return;—parisites. _ The croaker class are they who personify the spirit of pessimism, “always. sitting on the tail of progress yelling whow:” the “it can't be done” bunch; or “if anything is done, the wrong men arc at the head of it, and it won't be done right;—reactionicm. The stoker class are they, who nct only have a vision of a bigger and better community, but are willing to bhe und are aggressively active in working toward the community ideal. The womaus auxiliary to the L. C. A. was organized Monday evening. The officers electel were Mrs. Jacob Sheats Sr. president, Mrs. S. J. Williams, vicepresident, Mrs Roswell Earnhart, secretary, and Mrs. Marjorie Bishop, treasurer. .

The ladies will meet in the Jacob Sheets store cn Thursday evening, of Feb. 10, for the purpoce of perfecting their organization, and adogting a program.

Kill Road BIH.

The senate wa soccupied Tuesday‘ with debate on a bill of Senator Cann to amend the county unit road law snl that the cost of improvemerts might be apportionel 26 per cent to abutting" property, 25 per cent to the township and the remairder to the county The bill and finaly killed, the seonate adopting a motion of Senator Cravens for indefinite postponement. Those . opposing the Cann oili contended that the charges made against the benefiting property owner:, were too. great and that in some cases it would confiscate the adjoining lands. The automobile banditry bill introduced by Representative Filbert of Linton, struck rough going .in the house today when it came up for third reading and passage. The bill provides life imprisonment for theft followed by escape in au automobile. Tle description of th. crime is very broad and covers hreaking into or eatering a home, kitchen, smokehouse , out house, office, chop etc. Under terms of the bill a crime does n»ot become auto banditry unless two or mnHr2 persons participate. :

Presbyterian Items.

The second of a series of se‘mons. on “Christianity Without Chrisi,” will be preached at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning The tubject of this sermon wil! be “The Rabbinists,” or “Worship with Christ.” Everyone is invited. i The weekly prayer meeting will be held next Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. 3 Th Men's Bible class under the lead of J. C. Bruak meets every Sunday morning in tl'e upper room at 9:30, Every man interested nrged 1w come. Bible Clas3s of the Social Hour will meet as usual. Eevery memeber is urgd to be thers next Sunday morning. A cordial welcome is given strangers.

Arrested in Chicago.

Charles “Strawbecery” Carter ‘2l years old, and Louis Banks, 22 years old, both colored who were arrested in Chicago Sunday by police officials at the request of the South Bend dopartment, were returned to South Bend last night. Carter will face & ‘charge of murder and Banks a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit murder. B Is 0} Offender. One of the men held for the robbery of the Culver Bank and the shooting of a member of the sheriff's posse, it has been learned ic Abe Silver, who was & member of a gang of five Chicago robbers who held up and robbed a -gambling hon:¢ in Kenosha, Wi-~., in 1919. He had subsequently been ar- - Bt - - # AL § * : : at gty

The Tigonier Banner,

HITS FATHER ON HEAD

Blow Intended for Balky Mule Goes . Willd Whh Disasterous Results '

~ Albert Wood prominent Kosicusko county farmer residing near here, is in a critical condition as the result of a blow on the head, struck by his son, Dallas Wood, 21 years old. Wood is paralyzed tc the waist and physicians say he has little chance for recovery. e . 4 According to the story told by the son, he and his father were attempting to ‘break a mule from balking.and the father becoming enraged at the animal's stubbornness, told the son to hit the mule over the head with a club. The father sought to hold the animal’s head in placve, but just as the blow descended, the animal jerked to one sidc sud the heavy club land ed squarely on the head of the elder Wood, who fell to the ground un: conscious, : 1

Township Assessors Report. Township assessors failing to make proper reports to county officials and county assessors negligent in making reports to the state board of tax commissioners will be subject to removal from office under new rules adopted today by the tax board. The new rules provide that the township assessors make daily reports to the county assessor during the assessment

period. County " assessors " are directed tu make reports to thg state board of tax commisfoners on March 14 and 2% April 11 and 256 and May 9. Failure of a county assessor to make the reports “shall be considered reason for citing of such county assessor to appear before the state board of tax commissioners to show cause why hc should not be removed from office.

Start Suicide Epidemie.

Police of Munice are seeking to round up members -of what they term a “suicide club” of girls in their teens following an unuycceu!ul?ntempt last night of a 16 year old girl to end her life because her sweetheart had taken another girl home from a skating rink. The girl, Leona Oldfield, said according to the police, that she obtained acid from a friend who had purchased it with the intention of committing suicide.

Sent to the “Farm”

Russell Abel 18 years old, of Elkhart .was fined $ll and sent to the state penal farm for 60 days by Judge Hoover in the ctiy court at Elkhart for failure to support his sixteen-year-old wife and .thier two children, one two years old and the other six months. Infidelity was also alleged.

Aged Minister Dies.

‘The 'Rev. Daniel B. Hartman, 80 vears old, of South Bend was overcome by an attack of heart trouble on Sunday evening and died on gn ambulance that was taking him to his home. He had been a member of the First Church of the Brethren since he was 18 years old. :

Cabaret Is Closed.

The Nickel Inn cabaret located in the rear of the Nckel hotel at South Bend, has heen ordered close:! because the police suspected the place of selling liquor. In a raid several days ago the police found a small quantity of whisky.

Charity Ball Abandened.

The Visiting Nurses' association of South- Bend has abandoned a plan for a charity ball. Private checks to the total of $5OO-had been received. Refunds will now be made. Much opposion to a charity ball developed.

Legion Get Preference.

At South Bend the American Legion has issued a communication to all employers of the city in which an appesal is made that members of the legion be given preference whenever possible in selection of employees.

Drops Dead.

Mrs. Rudolph Baker, residing two miles southwest of Lauther on the Huntington and Whitley county line. dropped dead while talking over the telephone to her neighbor, Mrs. Elmer Eberhard. . i X

Tried to End Life,

Roy Taylor, 55 years old, of Akron, Ind., tgied to commit suicide by shooting himself. The bullet which passed through his temple has blinded him. He died a few hours after he was found

Sunday Dancing Stopped.

Sunday dancing in South Bend has been suspended. Althongh no action had been taken against aiy of the dancing halls except “Tokio.” all of the other places were closed.

Recelpts of $lO,OOO.

Meyer Brothers of Columbia City held a sale in that city at which 58 horses were sold. Receipts were $lO,OOO. o

Wages Adjusted. The Dodge Manufacturing company of Mishawaka has adjusted wages on the same basis as the advances were made. ' : s R A SRR Army at Warsaw._ A Salvation Army is conducting regular: meetings at Warsaw,

LIGONIER., NOBLE COUNTY.INDIANA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1921

JOIN GHAMBER OF COMMERGE

LIGONIER BUSINESS FIRMS BE-. COME MENMBERS OF STATE ORGANIZATION

THE ADVANTAGES ARE MANY

Community Association Also a Member—Representative of Organization In City Tuesday = .

M. F. DeJarnatt of the State Chamber of Commerce was in Ligonier Tuesday with S° M. Henoch, appointed by the Ligonier Community Association, worked among local business men in the interest of the State Chamber. 3

The advantages accruing to the local business interests as well as to the Community Association through its affiliation with the State Body will be numerous. :

The question of discrimnatory rates by railroads, public utilities, State tax boards, Highway Commission and any ‘hing else perwaining to the busines. interests can lte taken up through the State Body and the wole weight of its influence thrown into the fight to obtain justice for the city seeking i At this time the following business firms and organizations have taken membership in the Indiana State Chamber thereby helping the local community in doing its part toward maintaining this great organization. Ligonier Community Association Banner Publishing Qo. Ligonier Leader & | Ligonier Refrigerator Co. | Highway Iron Products Cc. ‘ Lyon & Greenleat Co. * The Straus Bros. Co. (

Mistakés Wife For Burglar.

James Davison ,a grocer in North Anderson notitied the police that he had mistaken his wife for a burglar and had fired a shotgun at her narrowly missing her. His wife, haviug heard a noise, had slipped to the window without intending to arouse her husband. Davison heard her, and thinking a burglar was in the house, discharged -the shotgun, shattering the glass in the upper sash. '

Nnine warrants are on file in the Clinton circuit court in connection with a deer chase. The deer was shot in Clinton county. Four young meén have been arrested and the other five will be taken into custody as soon as possible.

President Wilson iz having collecte¢ and arranged for ready reference ail papers and documents in his possession relating to his work at the Paris peace conference with a view to the preparation of the book “Peace Negotiations,” :

Civil War Veteran Dead.

Isaac Speer, 84, veteran of the civil war is dead at his home in Waterloo, following a week's illness of indegestion. - He waa a 'pioneer of Waterloo and was senior vice commander of the G. A. R. pest No. 52 ot that place.

President Wilson has denied a recommendation by Attorney Generai Palmer that the ten year senterce of Eugene V. Debs be commuted to expire next Febiuary 12, it was announced at the white house.

Glaring Headlights Blamed.

Glaring headlights are blamed for an accident in South Bend when John Hudson a pedestrian was struck by an auto driven by C. R. Winkler. Mr. Hudson has a broken leg.

Miss Lois Winch and Lowell Mor ris teachers in the South Whitley schools, have resigned. Miss Winch will teach in the Fort Wayne schools. Morris was obliged to resign due to ill health. : - r

The annual spring shoot of the Indiana Rifle association. will be held at Culver. Harry B. Smith adjutant gei:eral of Indiana, is in charge of the shoot.

Fred Rosenberry, age 19 of Butler received a broken leg while loading logs in ‘a vooas. He was alone and had great difficulty in obtaining aid.

~ Wages Reduced. Wages of all employees of the Mishawaka Woolen compnay at Mishawaka have been reduced $1 a day./

Cedar chests are being manufactured at the plant of the Syracuse Table conipany. i '—n-p——‘ . Autos in Indiana. In 1920 there were 332,708 _ auto li censes issued compared to 277,225 in 1919, ' , : ;

Another Beer Killed.

To Write Book.

Ne Pardon For Debs.

Two Teachers Resign.

State Shoot at Calver.

Breaks Leg.

WOLF LAKE WINS

Noble County Basket Ball Players ' Sacecessful at District Meet :

With nearly 400 people in attendance, one of the largest crowds of the year at the Auburn Y. M. C., the Wolf Lake Friars, the surprise team of the amateur basket ball tournament in Auburn Saturday, won the sectional meet here deefating the Fort Wayne Moose 20 to 18 in the finals Saturday night. This tearh will go to the state meet at Indianapolis, February 25th, 26th and 27th to compete with other sectional winners. S

‘Wolf Lake, although not considered as a possible winner at the start of the tournament, defeated the Hudson All Stars and jumped immediately into the limelight. During the tournament Wolf Lake played more games than any team that was on the floor, battling three times om Saturday and once on Thursday night.

~ Clinton Township Resident Dies. - Jonk Dunlap, aged 88 for 65 years a resident of Clinton township Rikhart county died of cancer at hiz home near the LaGrange county line. He was {ll only 10 days. He is survived by three sons, Rueben of Woods county, Oklahoma, Samuel of Grady county, Oklahoma, and John at home; sixteen grandchildren, one brother, Nathan of Wahoo, Nebraska. He was a member of the United Brethren church. * s :

’ Dies From Effects of War. ~ As the resuit of severe service ovurseas in the wo-ld war, Frank Benson, aged 25, son ¢* Mr. and Mre. T. C. Benson-of Sedan is dead. He died of heart Xronb!e in Cincinnati. He was a member of ‘he Rairbow division and was identified with the shock troops on six diffesrn’ fronts. He was gassed and this with ocher hardships, were re sponsible for lLis death. At the close of the ‘war he servaed in the army of occupation on the Rhine river. :

Another Reéduction.

The Standard Oil company announced the fellowing reductions in prices effective immediately: - Coal oil reduced from 16.5 cents per gallon to 14.6 cents. > Gasoline from wagons reduced from 26.4 cents per gallon to 24.7 cents. Gasoline at filing station reduced from 274 cents per gallon to 25.7 cents, :

Wages oi Laborers Reduced.

Wayne Svrmimers superintendent of the state btighway commission of Kendallville received an announcement ofa reduction in wages of laborers from 35 and 37'% cents an hour to 3¢ cents per heur The wage scale of patrolmen will ztill remain the same, and teamsters will receive 60 cents per hour as in the past. :

Catsup Botile Used as Weapon.

An alterca'inn Tuesday afternoon between Leslie Fox and Tom Rogers, proprietors of the Central resturant in Kendallville resulted in blows and a fight to a finish. Rogers is said to have the best of the argument untii Mrs. Fox struck him on the head wita A catsup bot’l:

Install Modern Refrigerator.

Floyd Stellar of the city meat market will install a modern an up-te cdate refrigerator next week. The reirigerator was specially made for Mr. Steller by the Ligcenier Refrigerator company. ]

B. &0. To Issue Bonds. /

" The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company was authorized by the Interstaie Commerce commission to issue $2,744,000 refunding and general mortgagec bonds while its subsidiary lines were authorized to iusse $1,860,000 in bonds.

Elmer Hooper Dies.

Levi Hooper, 76, a resident of Avilla and Allen township for many years, died at his home in Avilla following a lingering illness. Death was due to complications. He had been bedfast since last September.

Bank Cashier Elopes.

Miss Clelia Joodrich of South Beud and Stanley Steele cashier of the West End State Bark. of Mishawaka eloped to Chicago ana were married therc Saturday eveuing. Steele was former1y a resident of Elkhart.

To Assist in Banner Office.

~ Marion Hairison, of Indianapolis will arrive Satarday to assist in the Banner office during the illness of his father, W. C. B. Harrison. .

Cules 81_9;& Shut Down.

A safety p'ug blew out of the boiler at the Ligonier Refrigerator gfant Wednesday causing a short shut down nntil repairs could be made.

Blue Sunday at Huntington. Huntington enjoyed a blue Sunddy Every store ia town was closed. Only restaurants and hotels were kept open. s . ’ » Mevies In Sechools. Pupils ;nt theDecatur schools are securing subacriptions for a magazine whereby, they will receive a moving picture mach.ne. Movies wjll then be shown in th schools there. > et e Wm Baker of Goshen vlslteg Ligo-

DULL GOES T 8 ~PENAL FARM

FOUND GUILTY IN NOBLE CIRCUIT COURT MONDAY

IS ASSESSED FINE OF $5O

Justin Morr Sentenced® Last Week— Both Go to Farsl’ This Week

Charles Du!l, sesiding near Albion, entered a plea of not quilty on a charge of rape, in the Noble circuit court and was assessed a fine of $5O and costs and given a sixty day penal farm sentence by Judge Arthur Biggs Monday. Miss Orpha Keister, formerly of Noblesville, and now a ward in the girls’ school at Indianapolis, was the prosecuting witness. It is said Dull is a man of needy circumstances and has a wife and a family.

Last week, Justjn Morr was convicte¢d of a similar offense and was given a $lOO fine and a ninety days at the penal farm.. The prosecuting witness in this case was Erma Keister, sister of Orpha,who is also a ward of the state school for girls. ] e Both Morr and Dull will be taken to the penal form this week.

High School Notes.

After many changes the Sonior annual staff has named the annual the “Tennial.” This name was suggested by Catherin Baum of the Senior class. Contracts have been- made by tre business manager of the annual staff with“the Benton Review Shop of Fowler Indiana for the printing of the annual. Tb%an_nnal pictures are being engraved by the Stafford Engraving Co. of Indianapolis. : The Senior play “What happened to Jones” will be given -Feb. 17 and 18. This is one of the most popular plays of the present time and the Seniors are capable of putting it over in the best fashion. .

Orchestra practice was held at the home of Paul Ward. The new orchestra is progressing very rapidly and will make its first public appearance at the Senior play. Feb. 17 and 18. The local basketball fans will be given a chance to see one of the best games played here this season. Friday night when the Angola team plays the high school team. Captian Longenecker expects this to be one of the hardest games on the local floor this year.

The new student council Leld its first meeting Monday. The student council is a new idea ig the high schools and we are hoping that it well be successful. :

Sarah- Bassett entertained a special friend Sunday evenng. ; - The basketball team wlll have three weeks of hard practice starting ncxt weuek to get ready for the touranment at Fort Wayne, March 4 and 5. Several students of the high school are complaining of “sore” arms, results of vacinations. i ‘

" Opal Keefer of the Senior class is out of school this week because of illness.

* The condition of Bernice Starks is slowly improving.

Paul Ward made his usual trip to the country Sunday evening. | Harold Renkenberger visted the high school Monday. : * Students are becoming acustom to the new program whcih went into force last Monday morning. ' * Miss Boomer, the music teacher, is organizing the girls glee club this week. :

The American History class was enlarged Monday by the entrance of four Juniors. This subject undeér the dire®tion of Mr. Craig is proving to be one of the most interesting suhjects offered. :

Professor Craig is in Indianapolis this week attending a state meeting of. county and city superintendents. In the absence of Mr. Craig, Miss Swaine is teaching the American History class. = W

Community Lumber Yard.

It is probable that Sturgis will have in the near future a commaunity lumber yard. Plans which have been under consideration for, several woeks have reached a point which practically assures the inauguration of such an enterprise. ; Options have been secured on both of the present yards in Sturgis, the R. L. Webb Lunmber Co., and the Will A. Cavin Lumber Co., at an approximate figure of $130,000. The new yard will be a consolidation of these two businesses and the objetc of the new .company -will be to sell building materials in Sturgis at the lowest possible price consistent with intelligent opera- | tion. o S

Pioneer Dies. _Mrs. Mary Showalter, 73,"0f Middlebury is deart of complications of disease, 3 - New Agricultural Ageat. ~ Thomas A. Parker has begun his duties as agricultural agent for Kosciusko county. T

THE LEGION FAIR

Plans Geolng Rapidly Forward For the Biggest Event of the Season

Plans for the American Legion Fair are going rapidly forward. The booth are nearly completed and the arrangements almost all made. The committees have left nothing undone to provide entertainment for everybody. The music will be of the best tlat can be procured and every booth laaded to the brim with articles to catch the eye. The Ladies Auxiliary are also doing their part to make the affair a decided success and it Is needless to say that the community will do its

FARMER ASSOCIATION

Meeting at Alblon to Form County

Asseclation

Five of the county's largest Coopgrative Livestock Shippers Associatians began action for a county nrganiuql\qn of the Associations in a mevting of their representatives at Albion, Tuesday, February Ist. Thé purpose of the County Association will be to enable closer co-operation botween the respective local associations and to further relations with kindred organizations and bureaus. Many problems wére discussed that need correction and, If corrected. would materially reduce the cost of hauling livestock to terminals and of selling it there. Only by Associations Joining in their demands can hope for proper chanes be fostered. With closer relationship between local assaciation, officers can profit by one another’'s experiences and thereby render a higher degree of service to the membership, it was declared. A committee was appointed to arrange a meeting at which they should present a constitution and by-laws for the consideration of all assoclation directors and afficials, and . thereby effect a permanent organization. John G. Brown, President of the Indiana Farmers' Association will be lav'llcd; to address the organization mesting, the date of which -will be arrang:d with him. . : |

Morris Sherman, Kendallville Shippers Association, was chosen as temporary chairman until a permanent chairman was elected. H. M. Way Wawaka Association, was made temporary secretary. One member of each Association will be appointed on the arrangements committee.

Assoclations represented at the preliminary meeting were Kendallville, Wawaka, Kimmell, Albion and Avilla. It is “expected that LaOtto, Cromwell and Ligonier Associations wil "cooperate. ws

Proposed Apportionment.

The first tentative apportionment of the staté Into twelve congressional districts, one less than at present, was dafted this week at Indianapolis. In the suggested reapportionment Elkhart county will become a part of the new Eleventh now Twelfth district, with Allen, DeKalb, Steuben, Noble and LaGrange. The present Thirteenth district would become the Twelfth, and would -be composed of Starke, Marshall, LaPorte, St. Joseph Jasper and Porter counties. :

Enforcing Blue Laws. | Ralph W. Gaylor mayor of Mishawaka, who is serving his second term and who wants another he being a candidate for the republican nomiration, is enforcing the Sunday “blue law” h;lwt as’ a resuit of general agitatioh, folowing similar action taken in South Bend and other Indiana cities.

Case May fio to Higher Courts.

The case o/ the State vs. Emanusl Klick, game warden, which was tried in the circuit court at Albion last week with the result the fisk cop was found guilty ¢f assault and battery on Dr. J. E. Lackey of Wolf Lake and assessed a fire of $lOO and given a penal farm sentence of four months, may go to the higher courts, occoraing to rumors.

Walkerton én Shot. Clyde Btrps of ‘Walkerton, Ind, is in a serious condition at. the South Chicago hospital with a bullet through his lung as the result of an encounter with a holdup man ‘Tuesday. Strang was in a cigar store when the bandit entered and began shooting. He fell at the second shot. The bandit escaped with $llO. -

Sell Gravel Company.

The Warsaw Sand and Gravel Company has sold its pits and gravel washipg machinery near the Winona Lake Pennsylvania station to the Western Indiana Gravel company.

May Get New Court. : Passage eof the bill creating a second superior court in St. Joseph county was recommended for adoption by the

‘hou,g committee of court organiza-

| Foils Hold-Up Men. | Two armed men orderéd Clarence Rabbitt, of Pierceton to stop his car near Winona Lake Monday night but he speeded up his car and escaped. e . 3 Bread Company Sold. - Sale of the ,rth Bend Bread Company by the receivers to another corporation of the same name has been ‘approved. The .sale price is $53,700,

. TUESDAY FRIDAY

VOL. 54 NO. 488

IRk MICHAEL DIFS SUDDENLY

FORMER LIGONIER MAN B 0 CUMBS TO HEART FAILURE 1N MISHAWAKRA :

BROTHER OF MRS. FRANK GAIN

For Many Years Postal Telegraph Operator Here- Funeral \rraugements Have Not Been Made

’ -Ira Michael, aged 88 dicd at his home in Mishawaka Thursday morni!nfi._n 1:30 of heart failure. the end came very suddenly. Mr. Michael had been in his usual good health up to that time. - - : - Mr. Michael was born in Kosciusko county and when a small lad removed to Missduri with the family whore he spent his boyhood days, he later moved to Chicago where he worked on I’vflu"ntr_dav_ica for receiving messager without the aid of an operator, About sixteen years ago lra Michael came to Ligonier and ‘became the operator ~ for the . Postal. Tolegraph company which position he held aupntil about a.year ago when he moved tg Mishawaka. . Ira**Michael was marrie§ to Miss Hattie Teal of Ligonier. afid-to this union two daughters were horn, Mis, Glen Goddard of South Hend and Mis, Budd Goddard of Ligonier. He is also survived by five brothers and one sistér, Mrs. Frank Cain of Ligonicr, the brothers are Willlam of Goshen, McClellan of Hope, Mich., Samuel of Midland, Mich, Milton and Noah of Kansas. And a number of reladives in this locality. e - No funeral arrangements have yet been made. It {s probable the remains will be brought to iLgonier for interment. S s .

PLAN TO COUNTY ASSESSORS

Speelal Meeting Will Be Held at Alblon Febh, 9 for Final Instructions

A meeting of the county and township assessors and theéir deputies has been @&lled for next Tuesday at Albion by County Assessor Jacob MeLaughlin. At that time plans -nd

preparations for the annual spring assessment of property will be made. The meeting will be held in the court house at Albion and Mr. McLaughlin has been notified that a member of the state tax commission will be present and help outline the plans for the coming assessing periord which starts March 1. This will be the only meeting that a member of the state body will attend; and methods to be followed by the assesors will be carefully outlined. ‘

Accident Fatal to Youth,

Marcus Taylor age 25 years died at the Park hospital at Wabash following an accident at North Manehester, Monday, in which he was so seriously injured that both legs had to he amputated. Taylor was on his way home -from work' riding a bicyle. He did net see a backing freight train until he was on the railroad tracks and them he was unable to get off the tracks on account of the ice covering the walks. The boxcar struck him, throwing him under the wheels. DBoth legs were crushed and he was injured internally. During the accident and while was taken to the hospital he~ remained conscious and talked with friends and relatives regarding the accident. '

Wave of Crime Renewed.

South Bend, Feb. 2—After being at a low ebb for two weeks, South Bend's e¢rime wave broke out anew last night with the report of a holdup and the robbery of a lodge hall. Both acts were committed early in the evening. Police are unable to locate the thieves. Complete descriptions were given of two holdup men.

* To Be Given Cup Tuesday. * There will be a public meeting of Boy Scouts at the High School building at 7:30. At which time a cup will be given to the troop by Col. L. D. Straus. Irvin Jaocbs wil lmake the presentation address. The public is invited. 5 :

Young Couple Weds. Car E. Dosch, son of Mr. and Mrs., Fred Dosch of near Waterloo and Miss Viola Weihmuller daughter of John Weihmuller of near Corunna were married at. Auburn ‘“Monday. They left on a honeymbon trip focr Detroit and upon their return will’ make home with the bride’s father. s Garrett Plans New School. ; A two story brick school house with ent costing about about $55,000, will be constructed at Garrett this - Twenty-five persons were killed by automobiles in Allen county last year county. R e A