Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 5B, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 April 1921 — Page 1

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‘ 5 ';s : . . - 3 ‘} MARY THOMPSON BRINGS SUIT AGAINST JOHN, E. PANCAKE FOR ACCOUNTING Eight Lawyers Will Handle Case Involving Many Thousand Dollars e ; Almost equal in volumie and i)?w‘ portance to the famous Waterhous will | case .is a suit on partition and AcCcounting soon to come bhefore Judge Bowser as special judge’ of the Noble circuit court . wherein Mrs. Mary Thompson is plaintiff and John E 1 Pancake defendant. The suit involves ,_t.h(]ei)artition of certain real® estate in Elkfart.- township and an accounting.

Mrs, Thompson who is a Pancake by birth_and a cousin of the well known and Hopular- John E. Pancake against whom the suit is brought entered into a contract with the defendant to manage the farms.-and this he has conscientiously déne for many years, Mrs, Thompsoli has now become dissatisfied with the darrangements and wants the contract abrogated, a partition of the réal estate and an accounting. The suit will be hotly contested. It is understoood that no "less than eight attorneys. fife engaged in the case. The trial® judge was for éigh‘i yvears judge of the :Késciusko circuit court and is one of the most prominent jurists of the statle. - K The case will probably come to trail at the next term pf the the Noble circuit’ court, after every effort.to reach a compromise has failed. The litigants are both wealthy. * Cimmunity Nurse Resigned. Miss. Marie Francisco who for the past six months has so ably filled the posiition of community nurse of Ligenier tendereqd her resignation to the committee at a meeting Monday evening and the same was accepted. Miss Francisco has adcepted a position as head nurse in a hospital at Dowagiac, Mich. | 2 e The community nurse committee decided to defer its| drive for funds until after the meeting| of the Ligonter Community nurse :committee hopes to be abel to replete the nurse fund in aa amount sufficient to justify the reemployment of .an other nurse who will be subject tp-the call of the:community at qll tinres. » _. Discuss [School Laws. }

During the trustees’ meeting at Albion Monday various school laws passed at the last session of the legislature were briefly discussed. The law pertaining to teachers’ contracts ‘was given consideration. The new law regnires that a |teacher who expects to resign must [give fifteen days* notice. Néw contfract forms will be brought into use in Noble county for the next schooll year. - The pew ruling of the state board of accounts relative to licenses of teachers was discussed and |it was ¢ shown that where a trustee [secures the services of a teacher without a license he will be held responsible for her wages.

Full Tickets at Kendallville. ] Kendalville has 23 candidates for the city] council and a surplus of as-! pirantsi for some of the other officers. Mrs. O. E. Michfaelis is the democratic’ candidate for |clerk and Mrs: Farl Ackerman is pseeking the office of treasurer on the same ticekt. William A Maggart agirpoer is the only democratic candidate for mayor while the republicans hz:ﬁe two, U. C. Brouse, présent incumbent and James Graves. The republicans have no Women candidates in theix list.. The same condition exists in %igo\nier. , o ' Ruling By Atty. General. Atty. GeneralLesh of Indiana has ruled that whgn a proper petition for vote on the 'cdmmission ‘form of government is filed with the city councii, that body is in duty bound fo set a date for the election and that the regular primary election is to be postponed until the result of the.special election is determined. The ruling was made on application of a rEsident of Goshen.

-~ Avoids Children, Is Injured. Mr. and Mrs. George Tyler while driving their aito near the Lisbon schopl house Monday received severe injuries when their machine turned over in a ditch. The accident was caused when Mr. Tyler turned out: tc avoid striking a group of gchool children who had rushed out in front of the car. : o ~ R SR IS L : Young Forger Arrested: ‘Everett Swartz age 17 was arrested at Columbia City, Monday afternoon on a charge-of forging a $lOO check on Thomas Butler of Uftion township Whitley county. Swartz forged the check at the Strouse clothing store in Columbia City where he bought a suit of c\lothes.- & , e . " The Albert Kunkle family residing ‘in Jefferson township is junder® quar--antine for :gmaiupox. F A * Frank Raubert set out sg)\nie fruit

f wW.C T C?_nvelit:lon. L Ligonier, Tuesday .and Wednesday April 12 and 13 at M. E. Church. °

~ There will be ~a convention .or county institute of the W. C, T. U. in Ligonier Tuesday and Wednesday, \Apri]i 12 and 13, at the M. E. church. Mrs. Melissa Denny is the county presidenjt and will preside at the sessions. Deelgates will be present from all parts of the county. A fine program has imen arranged in which the following loecal residents will- participate‘:‘r, -Revs.. . Thompson;, Paul and Meyer, Mesdames W. W. Wood, A. E. Kelljy, J. E. Culver and the Misses Mary Kitson, Emily Wigton, Gwendolyn ?low’ers, Eleanor Holloway, Lois Butt, Sarah Bassett, Miss . 'Gullion, Schopl Supt. Craig will deliver an address. : 3 |

T ‘ HERE AND THERE Mrs. Frank P. Wood will;his evening entertain the Picnic Club. ‘ Clyde Biddle and son Junior of Fort ‘Wayne visited his mother here. ' ~ Wallace Reed and,Bebe Dainels in “The Dancin’ Fool” at Crystal tonight. . e our fine assortment of genuine leathler pocket books. Weir & Cowley. ~ Mus. Phoebe Stroman is a guest of the ‘eGorge Watters family at Kendallyile, -« T . ;: | ———.m % Jagk léuckles is suffering from a broken. arm the result of a kick by .a horse. o : | & » So p : ] A S—————S— <3 . Raobert W. Chambers’ greatest novel “Th% Fighting Chance” in pittures at Crystal next week. . . :

At}orneyj W. H. Wigton was 4n Continental, Ohio-several days this week on I%ga'l business. : : e i Spbineasboivi e —— | D‘ﬁz‘ ‘George O. Smith was in Fort Wayne Tuesday evening attending a vete?inary meeting. - . ! e e Mrs Vera Mer}iman; nee Ackerman, of Brimfield was married to Allen Grisgfwell Sunday at LaPorte. ; - -Lq;st——Pac‘lf,a»ge near bridge on Cavin strefxt Monday evening. Finder please leave at Stansbury’s s}ore.'_' e " Miss Lucy H. Wright aged 54 a life-long resident of the county was buried at Kendallville Wednesday. | e i eAR " Ckun‘ty ‘Atty. Vanderford(spent the tirst days of the week in Albion attenc?inggcoun‘ty cimmissioners court. Phil Bickel left Tuesday evening fori’Fort Wayne. where he ‘will ‘spend thr¢e weeks taking treatments in the hospital. : i P i ‘ £ 'While shoeing 'a horse George Rothrock of Goshen was kicked sustaining a broken right arm and a gash in his forehead. L : | o emeasm e _ Henry Williard, 82 of South Bend was insta:.nt‘ly killed Saturday after= nodn when struck by the Twentieth Century Limited train. ' :

There will be a seriois ice shortage at ﬁba‘ke Wawasee this.-summer as the mijdness of the winter made it impossible to :gatller an ice crop ‘there. A | e R : 19[1'. and Mrs: J. C Murry of Clevelarid Ohio while on an automobile trip to!Chicago stopped in, Ligonier and vigited Mr. and Mrs. W. C. B. Harrison. ‘!' ' * a-‘--‘--— : - R. W. Clark of Kendallville is to be the front with the. first snake story of the seasop/ While at Little Long Lake Sunday he claims to have killed eleven reptiles olit of a score. . | R R R - Sam R. Pace, age seventeen of South Bend son of Samuel Pace a wealthy business man, was drowned in Indian lake Saturday when the canoe in _’wpicp he.was riding capsized. | - ; !Frank Wait, republican political boss of Sturgis succeeded in landing his candidate for mayor Tuesday by sixteen votes: Sturgis now has the 'c?mmission form of government. -

|According to the 1920 census Indkana ha5n717,233 horses a loss in ten years' of 68,721. In 1910 fhe state had 5,710 mules while in 1920 the number had dropped to 5,557 a loss of 153. , L - i i bty T s | Commissioner Deter_is making excellent improvements on the _dirt streets. The depressions are being filléd with gravel, over 200 yards of ‘gravel being used during the month of March. = L £ Sl sl e S S . ! | A" Haines of Kendallyille is suf fering from a dislocated shoulder and poncussion of the- brain as a ' result of beéing caught in a traffic jam while riding a bicycle on a Kendallville ‘street Monday. It ig feared that he is internally injured. d | ‘

Robert Harted 43 of Goshen is in] jail at Mishawaka waiting for friends to arrive from Goshen and pay $5O fine and costs assessed against him after he was arrested on a charge of driving his autagmbﬂe while he was in an intoxicated condjtion. Two ‘bottles of white mule were found in his car. ; St

' LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY.INDZ *NA, THURSDAY APRIL 7, 1921

ON L R. LEPIRD - v ”I‘ : ™ 3 g B LUTHER. GEORGE, - OHIO YOUTH FORGES NAME OF RR. GEORGE g 0. SMITH TO BOGUS PAPER . Warrant Issued For Lad’s Arrest and Forwarded ‘To Police At Conners- - v S ville Luther George aged 19 is wanted in Ligonier on a charge of -forgery, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest on complaint of L. R. Lepird of the Lepird & Co. Shoe store where the lad Saturday Morning floated- a bogus check for twenty five dollars, over the name of Dr. George Smith. - Mr. Eckhart clerk in the Lepird store sold the lad a paid of oxfords for $6.50, giving in change for the check cash to the amount of $18.50. "The check. was drawn on the Citizens Bank and drawn in favor of Alvin Joned, Jr., and the forgery was not diseovered until Monday forenoon aftar. Mr. Lepird had made his deposit. When_ it was discovered that Dr. ‘Smith had no funds in the Citizens Bank, the suspicion of the- bank cfficers was arouséd and the check was pronouncéd bogus. ; » _ Young George came to Ligonier with a Mr. Snider of Goshen and had been engaged in taking orders for tane ‘Womans Weekly,, a Chicago publication. The lad was known to be without funds early Saturday morning and he showed up at the Homan rooming house some hours later with a new pair of shoes and a' sum of mohney. After paying his room rent, Georg claimed to have received’ money by telegraph from a brot-l}er in Connersville. He left on the 10:56 a. m. train for Goshen where he spent several hours before his departure -for .Indianapolis. 7 ; On discovering the wortiléssness of the check. Mr. Lepird at once began an investigation. Mr. Snider who had been soliciting orders with George remained in the city and furnished valuable information Ttegarding the young offender. = : © ~ v _Marshall Showalter was called into the case and he. had little difficulty in locating Mr. Snider and ferreting' out the details. A warrant was sworn out before Iydge Meyer and sent to the chief of police of Rushville with the hope of apprehending the offender: ~.

Luther George:is said to come of a good family residing in Ohio. He had been engaged as solicitor for the maZazine only a few days ago and was not very successful in the work. His conviction of the charge against him will involve a reformatory - sentence of from two to fourteen yeatrs. .

Last Call for Gift Corn From Indiana, Two bushels of corn will save a life. = § " : The Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Association is sending an urgent call to the leaders of its local organizations throughout the State to complete the Indiana quojfa of gift corn by Saturday April 16th. All County Agents will receive insgructions from Director G.:I. Christie to give this ‘project priority during the intervening period and President John :G. ‘Brpwn givesﬁe following suggestiops as to methods to be followed in the actual delivery of the corn to the cars. One or more co-operators telephone line to give each, farmer an opportunity -to agree' to contribute such amount as he may determine One half bushel -per acre of corn raised in ‘929 is suggested. Arrangements already exist in practically every county by which deliveries may be made to any local elevator and records kept so 'that in case a full car load does ‘not accumulate at any one shipping point the corn will be sold and an equal amount purchased at a neighboring point, thus combining lots to make up a full car load. It is planned to have the project featured in all rural churches on Sunday, April Oth and to give the farmers all of the following _week to complete. delivery to nearest elevator. o

Culver Bandits Arrainged.

Jospeh R. Burns, Arthur Silbert, Pe‘ter Fox and Joseph Byers, held in the Kosciuskd County jail on indictments charging them with the murder of H. Russell Saine, a merchant at Culver and with the robbery of the Culveg ‘Exchange Bank, December 29, will be‘ arraigned in the Kosciusco 'circuit court before Judge L. W. Royse- this week. Harley Loghn counsel for the state H. C. Webtier of. Indianapolis, supertendent of the protective department of the Indiana Bankers’ Association, and 8.. C. Shiling president of the Culver Bank were in Warsaw Monday afternoon arranging for the hearing. : A e

Bonds Are Sold. The $70,000 bond issue for improvements in Kendallville has been taken up by the Thomas B. Sheerin company of Indianpolis the highest bidders. Other bidders-on. the issue were the Meyer-Ktiser company and Harris Trust and Saving company. The bond issue covers the cost of an electric light plant,and water works in Kendallville. » L

MAY SUPPLANT BLAZED TRAIL - Drake Road When Constructed Will Evade Mm“erous Features -+ of Brimfield Highway . Kendallville is up in arms over the action of ?xe county commissioners in inviting bids for 'what is known as the Drake road to t% paved with concrete a width of 18 feet. Bids aie to be received Saturday. This highway ‘parallels what is known as the Blazed Trail and is located one mile south. It is feared that if the project goes through the State highway commission -wil adopt this instead of the Brimfield road as a state highway. The Drake road has many advantages . over the Blazed Trail. for the reason that by its use several dangerous railway croésings are evaded as well as the sink hole just west of Kendallville; ' The majority of the people living im the section affected greatly prefer the Drake road to the Brimfield highway. i Kendallville elaims that the Drake road will divert traffic on the Blazed Trail from that city thereby causing a loss of patronage.

. VERY FINE CONCERT Woman’s Glieeglnb of Oberlin College ‘Attraets Big House at Pres. Church oy 'Tneg!ay Evening. Ligonier music lovers experienced a rare treat Oﬁ'f%ﬁes'da'y evening at the 'Presbyterian church when they listened to the Oberlin Women’s Glee Club ‘which sang to a capacity house. | ~ The concert was given under the auspices of the King's Daughters and its financial suécess was as miich due to the effarts of the metbers of this local organization as to. the reputation of the entertainers. - The King's Daughters have about one hundred dollars to add te their fund for charity work.is f;?” e 3 The. copcert, Was pleasing -in every respect. Th:e;@@(;e"’s were, exceéd’ingl'y] sweet, their blending quite ‘remarkable. The perSonality of the singers won the sympathy and the approval of the audience, gSpecially in’the operet-1 ta, Windmills;of Holland, where the almost naive @implicity and naturalness of these Bchool girl performers wag more ' delighttul’ and charming than the mOEE. perfect accomplishments of pp@fessional artists would have boem. (MR : T e KWL 2t ay

.-Rodgers 'Bakery is: brigtened . up with a new awming. - e Peptona, the only spring tonic. At Griffith Drug Store. - ' Fred Krum, aged 58, was buried at Wolcottville Tuesday. )

D. M. Rench and family spent today with frineds in the country. _ J. L. Dunning has been re-appointed the county board of review. " The Millersburg: postoffice has been advanced from fourth to third class. .Augusts Richards a pioneer: resident of Albion is dead at the age of 75. _ Augusts Richards, aged 75 pioneer resident of the county was buried at Albion_ Wednesday. e Fire completely destroyed the residence of S. D. Rinehart at Rome City Saturday night entailing a loss of $lOOO with $BOO insurancesx, " Mrs. Glade E. Rupert entertained yesterday; about a dozen guests being present. The only out-of-town guest was Mrs. A. J. Dillion of Culver.

. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hartzler, Mr. and Mrs, J. Hite and daughter, of Ligonier were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Cooper at Albion. Attorney Albert B. Stump of Indfanapolis a Noble county boy, will deliver ,the address at the commencement of the Waterloo high school, May 26.7..

Rev. Harry Thompson )las selected a varied program for the phonograph recital on” “Canned Chautaqua” to be given in the’ Christian church. this evening. | | ; o The.girls of the Citzens Bank gave apicnic surprise party at the home of Mrs. Walter Rex last evening. About fifteen ladies were present and had a very goad time. o | Henry Grossman of near Wolcottville lost $7,00 by the burning of a barn o;_t ‘his farm Tuesday morning when two cows, ten sheep and eleven lambs Were destroyed. ) ~ Congressman Fairfield has secured a cannon to be exhibited permanently in a park at his home town of Angola. It occurs to the Banner that Ligonier was to have one of these -specimens. The annual county school commencement will be held -at Albion along with the annual field meet June 8. The number of graduates as nearly 'as’ can be determined will be 140,

> Mrs. Homer McCray of Kendallville is one of the sixteen delegates from Indiana appointed to atend the national convention of the League of Women Voters to be held in Cleveland, April 11 t 0 18, - o The-bowling game betwéen the Green and Wiliams teams Wednesday night was made a costume “affair by players. It was the last game of the season and was marked by unusual hilarity. - 1 Session of the northern Indiana ‘Methodist conference opened at Elwood Wednesday and will continue over Monday. Announcement 0f appointments to ministry wil probably be made Sunday. His friends have every -confidence that Rev. J. F. Lutey will be returned to this charge.

ENHR BNA [F"UH" ‘HuAnS i : | | STUCKMAN, BUCKLES, CASE AND EARNHART ROADS WERE SOLD BY COMMISSIONERS YESTERDAY i 1 | S I-' - = Several More Roads of Concrete Construetion, Are Expected To Be < Awarded Tomorrow . |

The Noble county caommissioners awarded contracts yesterday for the construction of four gravel roads. A total of twenty three bids had been submitted on the four and these bids showed a wide variation in the figures.submitteed on the same contract in one instance a difference of about $B,OOO existing between the highest and lowst bidders. These differences arose from the difficulty anticipated in marKeting road bonds and from the sup‘position of some contractors that they would be obliged to accept the bonds in part payment. . ; i The Earnhart raod in York township was sold to Lindsey & Adair for $29786. - e The Case road, near Kendallville was awarded to John C. Veazey for $26,950. s ' ~ The Stuckman road in Noble township was sold to Pinney & Sewel] for $19,900. . ‘ - The Buckles road in Washington township was also awarded to Pinney & Swell for $27,600. - | -~ The cost of thel roads averaged about $5,000 per mile and all of them were materially lower than the previously estimated costs of their construction which were as follows: - . Eanhart road $34,407 -Case road - . 35,605 : ~ Stuckman road . 27,319 " Buckles road S SN The roads awarded follow the commissioners” policy of improving such roads as will enable the townships to avail. theselevs of the three mile law recenty enacted in this state. Under the law townships may contruct any connecting roads between any two established points such as a stat or county road, the township lines, or the.corporate limits of a town, or city. - Perry is-well in the lead in the matter of township roads and the new roads awarded will enable the other townships to come up to their share of construction. . rokd

~_ Tomorrow:will be the big session of the week, when contracts for four concrete roads are scheduled to be let. They include the Orange Hill road, Wayne township, 13,324 feef} the J. W. Harvey road (Drake road) om the Allen-Wayne township 1ine4,097 feet; Parks road, Jefferson township, 47,431 feet; Shook road, Wayne township, 14,300 feet. : :

Commissioners Will Receive Bids Bids will be received by the board county commissioners. April 6 and 8 for the construction of a little more than thirty-five miles of gravel and concreteyroads in the county, and the estimated cost totals more than $500,000. B :

~Even Break in Ligonfer. .-The records in city health bfficer Lane’s office show that for the month of March there were three births and three deaths in this city. Ty -John South is able to be about in a wheel chair. : b . See our fine assortment of genuine leather pocket books. Weir & Cowley. ~ Louis Kerr is back from Chicago ‘where he attended the funeral of a relative. ; b Edison L. Stuff returned to Chicago this . morning after several days vist with his sisters here,

~Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Johns of Mishawaka are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schloterback for a few days. - Clarence Denning and wife spent Wedensday eevming house cleaning at their Diamond Lake cottage. ' b S R SR Mrs. A. J.-Dillon and little son, who has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.. Luther Cooper, has returned to her home in Culver. » : ~ Mrs. S. J.. Williams who has Dbeen suffering from an attack of flu is able }to be up.again. She atended the last bowling’ }ame of the season between the Green-Williams teams and suffergd no ill effects. e - Charles Myers who was taken to the Wospital at Elkhart following a kick by a horse was brought home Tuesday evening. He is ‘able to be about town but has not gone back to work being still very sore and weak.

Dr. A. Gants and his daughter Mrs.. Taylor arrived this morning from Providence, R. I, where they spent the winter. ‘A telegram recéived earlier in the morning from Toledo, Ohio said that Mr.. Gants had been taken seriiously ill on the train. He was however able to continué his.trip.

5 EERE IS TR S Re R e R - INDIANA NEGROES UP 84 PCT. Show Large Increase Compared to 7.9 : Per Cent Galn for Whites & fo £ V'm g j : " The negro population of Indiana indiana increased 34 per cent between 1910 and 1920; as compared with an increase of 7. 9 per cent in the white population the census bureau an nounced Thurday. - - , | The population of Indiana by color in 1920 was: White, 2,249,068 nergro, 80,810; ' Indian, 128; Chinese, 283; Japanese, 81, and all other 20.

- lEWS SeERs SR ; . [ e—— : 5 ' Mrs. Leo Loeser was in Goshen Wednesday. . \ ' SR D Kyanize Floor Paint and Floor Enamel at Griffith Prug Store. § | cmpedim—— See our fine assortment of genuine leather pocket books. Weir & Cowley. 'An ad in the aßnner reaches 80% of the newspaper readers in Ligonier and vicinity. - . ; ' | - A daughter' -Mary Ellen was born Sunday to Mr. and -Mrs. Roy Rensberger of Goshen. - ; s f"l Y d 1

Farmers living west of - Bremen, Ind., are building fourteen miles of electric transmission line.. = A Ford Coupe, owned by Dr. C. C. Dußois of Warsaw was stolen from in front of the Hays hotel there. } Just recelved a large assortment of ‘ﬂ_ne sea wool spomges. Great for ‘washing autos. Get them at Griffith IDmgStore.. Gl e | s R A SRS R ~ Grant Christainson former Elkhart resident lost his life in the ‘wreck of a vessel in Seattle harbor last week. e e " The tirm of Cline & Holizinger of New Paris has been dissolved E. L. Cline purchasing the interest of his former partner. ; ]

. D. W. Horton superintendent of schools atMishawaka has has resigned and accepted a position as superintendent at Lafayette. - , { AT R RD ~ Cyrus El Pattee of South Bend republican has been made St. Joseph county attorney to succeed Stuari MecKibben democrat. e : TSR RSO Mrs. Catherine Kremer of Mishawaks was badly hurt in South Bend when struck by _an auto driven by Mrs. Charles Ki&¥tke of South Bend. P : . The Deckers all entered pleas of not guilty in the Kosciusko circuit court and Virgil Decker will be tried separately for the murder of Leßoy Lovett, ; ' The Noble' county commissioners closed a contract with the Irene Byron tuberculosis hospital in Allen county imnd will hereafter send patients to that i.institu-t-lom. o i : D . William Wallace Dodge of Mishawaka, will be khe democratic candi;date for ‘mayor ‘of that city. He will be opposed by Mayor Gaylor on the i‘repu‘blican ticket. e Work at the Howe Gas and Oil }Company’s ‘site - four miles north of LaGrange has been resumed. The comEpa.qy wil put down a new well near the site o fthe one abandoned. - ’

A. B. Weaver hardware dealer and L. R. Lepird & Co., the merchants, report the largest-volume of business in March of any month since they have been in business. i i e N ] John~E. Lower of Elkhart was fined $26 and costs ‘in thec ity céurt at Mishawaka Tuesday on a charge of operating and automobile while .intoxicated. He ran into a small boy on a bicycle. . | AR AR SR Frank Jores and Eyerette Schwartz each drew a prison sentence of from two to fourteen years in the Whitley circuit court this week, the former for assaulting a young girl and the latter on conviction of forgery. et TR R > Robert McDaniels and a man giving his name as Hershey, were arrested at Columbia City Saturday on a charge of bootlegging. The men had eight quarts of whisky in their possession. They said they were from Fort Wp‘yne. The barn owmed by Ferd Shaffer, at the north exu of Syracuse wag destroyed by fire Sunday mcrning The blaze is belived to hdve been started by an incubator. A fine driving horse was burned fo death in the fke' g : i X pia 2

Lyle Wagner, 18; of Elkhart is under arrest there charged with the theft of a bicycle belonging to his father. He sold the wheel. He has been accused of forgery but the charge was dropped when he entered the naval gervice. Fiage o]

Misy Gretchen Willette and Miss Helen Melick of Warsaw opened the bathing season there Sunday by. diving into the lake apd swimming (o the middle of the lake and back. Both admitted that the water was a trifle cold. o o

MONJ/AY THURSDAY

VYOL. 55 NO. 5B

. — } SURPLUS CANDIATES FOR COUNCILMAN AT " LARGE STEP ) ASID:;E o . i : 3y ; ey ‘ As Consequence There Will Be: No Primary Election in Ligonier N e T _Ligonier will have no primary eieci

tion to select candidates for municipal officers. The law fixes the date of the ‘of the primary as May 3d, but the same law. provides that where there are no - contesting | candidates the primary may be dispensed with and the candidates declared the nominees by the election commissioners, and this is what will be done ingLigonier. When the names of aspilfantslwas filed with the city clerk last Saturday both tickets contained three candidates for councilmen at largegzand there are only two to name. If withdrawls had not been secured it would have cost the city $5OO to hold a primary election to determine the names of the candiates to go on the ticket to ‘be coted for at the regular election in November. The republican candidates for councilman at large were W. H. Bender Harry Stanton Vhnce and Marion Galloway. Messrs Galloway and Vance cast lots to -see which should withdraw and Vance is the vietim, - / : .

The- democratic | candidates , are Thomas Kelley, Mrs. Osie Nelson and John T. Baker. Assurances is given that either Mr. Baker or Mrs. Nelson will with draw before the expiration of the time limit Friday eevning. It is understood that Mr. Baker in deference to the women woters will step aside. & : . The withdrawals leave afull list of ‘candidates on both party tickets. Hotels at Lake Wawasee to Open Soon‘Resort hotels at Lake Wawasee are being put in readiness for the beginning of the season’s business and will, be open within the next few weeks. The New Vawter Park hotel will be ready for business June 1. The hotel will be one of the most modern and complete summer hotels in the middle /west. John Boyts of Goshen will be ithe manager. Ross, Franklin-of Fort Wayne expects to open the Waco dancing pavilion on My 28. Brunjes hotel, under the new ownership of Eddie "B_aj.llon ‘and Matty Katzer is already ‘open for business and meals ar¢ being lgek've’drresorters. Sargent’s hotel the only hotel on the north side of the lake will open for business April 15. . Death of Mrs. 0. L. Chapman. ‘ Mrs. Mary_C. Chapman wife of Orlen L. Chapman died -about 5:30 o'clock this morning at the age of sixty five. ‘Mrs. €hapman had been critically ill for a long time and her demise momentarily expected. Besides her ‘ausband, she is survived by three daughters of whom, Mrs. Earl Thompson and Miss Ina Chapman reside here | Funeral services will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon and the remains will be buried in Oak Park cemetery. = :

' Death of Clifford Himes. ;;\Clittord E. Himes two year old son of 'Mrs. George Himes died.last night after an illnes existing from birth. The child’s father died about twé" years ago. Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 10 o’clock Saturday morning and burial made in ‘lOak Park cemetery. R G AT e ; Suffers Second Stroke, +J. C. Miller aged about 80, retired grocer who has been crtically ill following a stroke of paralysis some enth ago, suffered a second stoke last night. hTe a;g/taek affected his entire right side and rendered him unable to sepak. His condition is very serious. > # | S eracula s Escape. . A .~ Ruth Shepler three year old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shepler of Winona Lake, fell twelve feet from a second story window yesterday and escaped unhurt. The ‘child fell on its head and that she ‘was not killed is considered miracinloub. g : sl

Arraigned Next Week. Mrs. Lydia Decker of Elkhart, and her three sons Fred, Cal, and Virgil charged with -the murder of LeßoyLovett, will be,arrakned in Kosciusko circuit couft at Warsaw before Judge L. W. Royse eariy next week, R. A. Buhler of Fort Wayne, is defending the Decker family .° ; Meeting is Postponed. : The joint council and citizens com~ mittee appointed to lay plans for a general clean-up of the city early in May postponed its meeting from Tuesday until this Thursday evening inl the city hall. Elabdrate plans are beé~ ing formulated to make the city cleans ing a thorough one. ek oo oy e S nm————iie A : ~ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stage were given & surprise party by a group of friends Monday evening in commemoration of ‘their birthdays which are but two days