Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 14B, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 June 1921 — Page 1

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WILL BE HELD IN KENDALLVILLE JUNE 10 AND OPEN TO ALL VISITORS AT ALL DAY SES--7 SION : Obhject is-to Fight Ravages of White Plague in Its Early Stages When Cure is Possible A second tubercular clinic will be held at the Community building Kendallville=Jane 10. Dr. Stygall, a prominent eastern physician, specialized in tuberculosis, who is now identified with the state board of the anti-t.uhm‘—i culosis society, will have charge of the clinic. : : : l

An all. day meeting will be held. Any person in the county is urged to bring patients. A similar .clinc was held there a few weeks ago and was a decided success that it was decided to hold another. Dr. Stygall has had considerable experience in tent colonies, working among tubercular patients, and his visits here will be of inestimable value to any one affli¥ted with the disease’ If you have symptoms of tuberculosis members of thd local health society urge that you at: tend this clinic. All examinatiogs are confidential and free to the ‘rb]i‘{g. These clinics are being held In afgf parts of the state and are proving worthy and helpful. . S One of the principal objects of these clinics is to determine whether a person is afflicted with tuberculosis and effect a cure by fighting the disease in. its early stages. :

. e County School Commencement. The commencement: execerises and the field day sports for graduates of the -county schools will be held in Albion June 9th. : e - Following is the program: : Distribution of Diplomas at 9:15H from Examination room. - Music—Sack’s Orchestra Invocation—Rev. H. N. Thompson

Vocal Solo—Basil Needham Musie—Sack’s Orchestra Address—Rev. 'W. T. Kessinger Music—Sack’s Orchestra - Benediction—Rev. C. N. Porter . Beginning at°l:3o P. M. sharp the Athletic events. v : 100 yards Run = e 4440 yards run e Running high jump e Running Broad Jump = - Pole : % Shot Put o Solid gold medals will be awarded the winners..

A large six by four pennant will be given the town or city school or combination of any township’s district schools, whose team wins the most points. 4 :

Hurt in Auto Accident. : Mrs. Henry Summers residing south of Kendallville accompanied by her four children Maynard, Agnes, Lucile| and Frankie, figured in an exciting, automobile collision at Waites corners. Saturday afternoon. The Summer car was badly wrecked. Maynard was the most painfully injured having a deep gash cut over his eye and one tooth knocked out. Agnes suffered a bruised knee and Mrs. Summers had her wrist sprained. S o Death of Emanuel Young. Emanuel Young aged 80 years, who died last week from a long illness at the home of a son near Emma LaGrange county was the father of Mrs. Fred Talbert of Abion, and the latter has spent several weeks in caring for her aged parent. Orville Young of thisc ounty is a son of deceased. Nine children survive. - :

S. S. Convention. ' The semi-annual Orange *township Sunday school convention will he held at the U. B. church Brimfied Center Chapel Sunday, June 5. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held. An especially fine program hag been arranged including music, recitations and addresses. . R e e s Fern Blue Wins Cheek. = Fern, the little daughter of Mr. apd Mrs. Lafayette Blue secured the Hidden Check Wednesday and is ahead $2 The solution was “Get Money at GuteHus & Miller, ‘ - _-FL'. ~ Death of Mrs. A. J. Martin. - “Mrs. A. J. (Jack) Martin who suffered a stroke of paralysis several months ago, and who has gradually grown weaker, passed away at her home in Albion aged about 50 years.

Mrs. Lon MePheeters Dead. Mrs. Lou McPheeters an esteemed lady of Albion aged about fifty years died Saturday morning from a week’s illness of wuric acid poisoning. T AT G Senator New At Elkhart. - An unexpected feature of the Memorial day observance in Elkhart was the participation of Harry 8. New, United States senator from Indiana. - A sob in a Chaplin comedy? Whaddya mean? Well see for yourself in “The Kid' "at Crystal Thursday and Friday.

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| TO FORCE-DRY LAW State Agents Will Be Sent to Counties - Where Local Officers Are Indifferent ° Announcement that state agents will be dispatched to Spencer and Perry counties to investigate reported whole sale violations of theliquor laws, if the sheriffs and town marshals .of those counties fail to curb the sale and manufacture of ilicit liquor there was made by Attorney General Lesh, with the sending of letters of warning to those officials:. : .

The attorney general's announcement is said to have followed the receipt of reports that the sheriffs and marshals have been indifferent toward law violations. g : In discussing the case, Mr. Lesl pointed out that impeachment proceeding may be brought against officials charged with enforcing the law who neglect their duties. :

Mo Dedicate Building. ; Forty years of Jewish immigrant aid work will have their culwmination during the week of. Sunday, June sth, when the New Home of the Hebrew Sheltering and the Immigrant Aid Society of America, The former Astor Library at 425-437 Lafayette Street, New York City will be dedicated. The opening ceremony will be perfomed bw his excellency, the Honor‘able Warren G. Harding, President of ‘the United States of America, who will press a button comnected from his libraary in the White House Washington D. C., to the autitorium of the new bnilding, and who will also deliver an address over the telephone. This will inaugurate a week of ceremonies during which not only will the work of the Society be shown, but the contribution of the immigrant Jew to America, will be demonstrated as well. - i The dedication of the new Home is assuming a National character. The Governors of twenty-seven states have formed a governor’s committee in honor of this auspicious ocecasion.

Prominent Farmer Passes. Jacob Hovarter, age 78 years well known farmer and a resident of Noble cournity for over half a century, died ver suddenly Wednesday © morniug about 9 o’clock at his home northwesl of Kendallville. Death came while he was working in_the garden near his house. He was found in a sitting position near a tree.. It is presumed after he had been stricken he sat down to rest and died shortly atferwards. It was thought he had been dead nearly a half hour when. found. Coroner L. F. Frurip was summoned and rendered a verdict of death resulting from organic heart trouble. ? _

Earl Stewart, Seout Master, ; , A group of ten bays from the smaller classes of the Presbyterian Sunday school thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Wawasee Tuesday under the guidance of Earl Stewart. Night camping story-telling and bathing were the chief diversions. The lads to make the trip were James and Hubert Galloway, Robert McDaniel, James Kelley, Tom Kelley, Robert Wigton, Neil Rogers and Earl Taylor. [ : Injured in Auto Accident. . - ~ Smith Cummingham of Topeka was injared in an auto accident near that place Monday when the machine in which he was riding went into a ditch The accident is said to have been caused by a girl grabbing the arm of a young man wro was.driving the car. Mr. Cunningham was in'the rear seat.

To Make Pleasure Trip. . 1 Mrs.. Emma Homan will leave Slih-‘ day for North Dakota, a trip through the Yellowstone Park and a tour of Canada. In North Dakota Mrs. Homan will join her brother and from there travel will be by automobile. The lady expects to be gone two month nn her sight seeing tour. : Bank Guard Exercised. " Bert Lantz bank watchman, was much exercised several nights last ‘week when he heard noises and saw lights in different portions of the business district. An inwvestigation next day showed that nothing had been disltunbed.——.—‘Millerstburg Grit.. -

; . Roosevelt to Speak. Theodore Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy, will be the principal| speaker at the seventh annual meeting and dinner o fthe Indiana Manufacturers’ association, June 8, at Indianapolis. . ' = 1 To Ask Death Penalty. ‘ The trial of Virgil Decker, charged with _the murder of Leroy Lovett, began in the Kosciusko circuit court at Warsaw this morning. Fifty jurors were summoned. The prosecution will ask the death penalty. , 2

' Will Make Home in South. William Jennings Bryan has decided to transfer his home permanently-to Miami Fla., he announted. The decision, he said was prompted by consideration for Mrs. Bryan’s health. | R S AP RADS, - Found Dead in Bed. | Susanna, 20 daughter of George Tom of Leesburg was found dead in bed at the home of her parents. Death was caused by heart ailment. i ~ Follow-the crowds to see “The Kid” Thursday and Friday at Crystal.

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY.INDIANA, THURSDAY JUNE 2, 1921

l " Park Improvements. The parks of Ligonier have been greatly improved in appearance during the past week. Of course the greatest improvement is_ in Riverside park where two of the finest tennis courts in the state have been erected. The croquet ground has not yet been completed but a swing and teeter hoards -for the children. have been provided. C. R. Stansbury who is responsible for this fine public improvement, has the thanks of the community for his en‘terprise and forethought. The improvements on the park have been made under thé direet supervision of Street Commissioner Deeter who has proven himself : a landscape artist. Flower beds are:being added. The most noticeable feature of the improvement is along the bank of the Elkhart river where filling has been made and a boat. landing will be provided. Now other portions of the river bank will have to receive attention. There is no spot in the city to compare in bea'fity with ‘Riverside park. L P

| Temporary Injunetion Tussed. A dispatch from Elkhart under date of Tusday says:—*“The Indiana public service commission has been temporarily enjoined by W. B. Hile, Judge of the Elkhart superior court, from putting into effect an advance in rates by the commission to the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company. A hearing has been set for next Monday. “Plaintiffs in the case are the cities of Elkhart and Ligonier, the Oliver Hael Corporation, of South Bend, and the Noyes Carriage Company Ell'{harff Iron Works, Metal Forming Corporation, Elkhart ‘Brass Manufacturing Company, Crow-Elkhart Motor: Corporation, Foster Machine Company, James A. Bell Company and C. G. Conn, Ltd., all of this city. They allege that the advance is “unjust, .dis¢riminatory, excessive and exhorbitanti i

“It is asserted the advance affects 25,000 consumers who would pay 2a total of $142,000 more a year than under present rates. - ! Knotty Problem Disenssed. Kosciugsko county farmers. and threshermen met. to devise some plan to equalize threshing prices. Farmers will compel all threshers to carryx_g full blanket insurance to cover all men in their employ against any damage should accidents occur while threshing Under the present ruling a farmer is held responsible if no insurance is carried by the owners of threshing outfits. The cost of grain threshing farmers insist must be reduced.

Married in Mishawka.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Kathleen Bemenderfer danghter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bemenderfer of west of Goshen and Gail Earnhart son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Earnhart of Goshen. The couple were married - April 23rd. at Mishawaka by the Rev. John Henry Evans. The groom was a teacher at the Bemenderfer school, north of Goshen, his bride was employed in the County Treasurers office. ;

New Officers Chosen.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers’ Mutual Telephone company was held Friday evening at the town hall Wawaka. Election was as follows: President,Ed Ressler treasurer, Raymer Swank directors, A. Howard Smith, Clyde Stiffner, Lloyd Gerver and Chas. Jourdan. -Directors will choose their secretary announcement being made later. Retiring officers are Lyman J. Piggott, Will Butz and Thomas Stigner.

Body Not Recovered.

Although Fort Wayne and county officials have been consistenly dragging the St. Mary’s river for a mile or more below the point-where Alvin Geick, 17 year old boy, who was drowned on Decoration Day, the body has not yet been recovered and hope that it will be found for several days is very slight, according to those who have been making a search. - -

Receive Heavy Fines. e Five foreigners, beet workers employed on farms near Auburn were arrested following a raid at their covered wagons where they resided. Fines of $lOO each and cost and sentences of ninety days in jail werc imposed on the men. They were charged with making moonshine.

Warsaw Boy Drowns. | Remains of Griffith Morgan 21, who was drowned in the Wabash river near Wabash on Monday afternoon arrived in Warsaw late Tuesday evening and were taken to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan, near ‘Winona Lake. The young man was ‘drowned while attending a picnic.

i Oppose Sunday Concert. - The first step of a movement toward “blue” Sunday in Columbia City was taken when the ministerial association there. protested against the high school band playing a conecert at Loon lake next Sunday. The ministers appealed to the parents of the boys.

Now in Penitentiary, | The four Culver bank robbers, convicted in the Kosciusko circuit court in Warsaw and sentenced to life imprisonment were taken from Warsaw to Michigan City in an automobile, ithe trip requiring two hours and 45 i des st bAN S dod AR R

WHITE AND COLORED POPI*LA- - TION OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA, MEET IN DEADLY CLASHES - When State Troops Appears They Were Fired on by The Enraged Blacks :

Eighty lives W‘ere- sacrified in race riots at Tulsa, Oklahoma Wednesday. The rioting took place in the colored districts of the city where many buildings were burned. State troops are there to restore order. When the state troops appeared they were fired on. : ' | Many negro business men were victims of the rioters and terror reizns supreme in the Oklahoma oil city. To Market Farm Produce. Creation of a sloo,ooo,ooofederal farmers’ export financing corporation to buy farm products in the United States and sell them abroad is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the agricultural committee. The eorporation would be composed of the sec’re-‘ tary of agriculture and four other d_i-j rectors. to be appointed by the Presi—‘ dent with the consent o fthe senate] at annual salaries og $7,600 and be authorized to issue bonds up to ten times its paid in capital. The proposed new government agency would sell American farm. produets abroad to nations or individuals, aect as the agent for any producer or dealer in farm products and also make advances to assist agrieultural exports:

Young Lad Faces Murder Charge. . The trial of Cecil Burkett age eleven charged with the murder of Benny Slavin age seven a playmate began Tesday in the-Starke circuit.court. The trial had been long delayed and difficulty had-been anticipated in obtaining a jury. 2 = : The boys, whose parents are neighbors at Ora, twelve miles soutneast of Knox had quarrel a few days prior to last Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving day they were. in their respective back yards, when a shotgun said to have been in the hands of Burkett was discharged killing Slavin. ¢

Part of International Plot.

~ The many robberies in northern Indiana cities during the month of February and March of this year are believed to have been the work of a large gang of thieves here, who were shipping their loot from Chicago to confederates in Germany. One man named Sentez was caught in Chicago, and something of the plot was learned from him, but he escaped by sawing the bars of the Hammond jail, after he had been brought back to Indiana by extradition. . v

Clinton Township' Boys Get Medals

In the Indiana state collegiate tens nis tournament held at Indianapolis Robert Stauffer and J. Fred Ulery of ‘Clinton township representing Manchester college, captured the championship double and were each awarded a handsome gold medal. In the “singles” the former defeated Purdue and the latter Notre Dame. Manchester college and the boys naturally feel duite elated over their success.

Death of Aged Woman.

Mrs. Catherine Schmuck age 79 years widow of the late Frederick Schmuck died Wednesday at Lakeside hospital Kendallville where she had been a patient for several weeks receiving treatment. Death resulted from a ®mplication of diseases following a lingoring illness, . L <7 :

First Case of Sleeping Sickness,

Mrs. Alfred Erwin residing three miles north of Warsaw is suffering from sleeping sickness. Her condition has been serious for several weeks but the atending-physicians have just diagnosed the case as sleeping sickness. It is the first case of this iknd ever reported in Koséiusko county.

Former Goshen Priest Dies.

Fr. Anthony Kroger, who many] yaers ago was pastor of St. John's Catholic church in Goshen died last Wednesday at Logansport, Ind., where he was pastor of the St. Joseph’s church. He was 67 years old.

; - $50,000 Fire at Wabash . Loss of $50,000 was caused on Sunday morning at Wabash when fire destroyed the rotary building of the United Paperboard company. It was the third serious fire at the same company in the past seven years. . TR P o s . Contractor Surrenders. , Louis Cook head of the firm of Cook Bros., of LaPorte returned $3,122,40 to the county treasury there. He is the fourth bridge contractor to return money. to the county under fhréat of ‘indictment. - . - " “The Kid” the comedy that took a year to make and is worth every dollar and every minute that went into it. At Crystal Thursday and Friday. —

. HERE AND THERE ‘ “The Kid” 6 reels of joy hurrah! Mr. and Mrs. I L. Koon paid Elkhart a visit today., ‘ ‘;" ; B M : 3 | _ The Kendallville fair is booked for September 19 to 23. . Mrs. B. W. Cowley is in Mkhigan on a visit with relatives. = o * Miss Celia Lung came from Kendallville Tuesday to’visit relatives. ; s o T R 3 ‘ M. L. Kadlec has gone to North Da- | kota for his annual visit. : 1

- 2 Braf, C‘Qfllig, and family left this morning to visit friends in Ngwcastle . Fourteen more days and.the fishing 'season opens for blue gills and bass. ~ The condition of Mrs. A. W. Lyon in a Fort Wayne hospital is very serious. PS S — ’ Charlie . Chaplin and little Jackie Covgan in “The Kid” Thursday and Friday. o e _ Wanted—Residence Refrigerator in good condition. Inquire at Banner office. : e » . s S e e . ~The South Shore Inn the new Wawasée hotel, will open for business June 12. T o ; | ¥ z 3 m:; . 4 "Mr, and Mrs. Charles Ebert are the proud parents of a new daughter boin Friday night. 5 ; : oo

. Mrs. Wayne Avery of Anderson is a guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs, A. B .Barley. % et Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stuart, of Chicago spent several days here guests of Charles Shobe. i e : 'Har‘r'y‘ Gehring of the Straus Brow., company spent his holiday with his mother in Millersburg. : Mrs. F. E. Weir and Mrs. Frank E. Miliew accompanied Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Xonn to Elkhart teday. .

Strawberries of the home grown variety are retailing in .the Ligonier market at 25 cents a box.. ; g G e ey Hazel B. Harry Clemen’s fast stepper won the free-for-all pace at the Goslien races best time 2:22. ‘ ; e —— i . Motoreyele races will furish the chief attraction at the Goshen fair grounds nex{ Sunday afternoon. ‘ ;o%DAT § 4 ] The condition of George Fahl is considered improved. He had a good night and was much refreshed today. - : : ; . . Mr. and Mrs. Roy Skinner of South Bend formeisresidents of Ligonier, are heer on a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Vanderford. . ; : ~Mr. and Mrs. Sam Selig Wednesday celebrated the seventeenth anniversary of their wedding by entertaining a number of friends. : : sy BT TP ! : ; ‘The contract has been let by the ‘Wawasee Golf Club for the new club ‘house. The club has a number of ‘members in Ligonier. :

At last! The super comedy the whole world’s waiting for “The Kid” It took a year to make 6 reels of joy at Crystal Thursday and Friday. s ¥ 8 o e George L. Kerr of Chicago for-39% years a member of the U. 8. navy and now on the active retired list, is here a guest of his cousin Louis Kerr. / TGS TR O eTS Wl "~ Mrgs. Patrick Carrick, age 87 years, is slowly recovering from injuries she ‘sustained the result of a fall down the cellar steps at her homé in Kendallville. ; - : T magernee Rpma——— : . D. C. L. Dreese, aged 72 was struck by an automobile in Goshen and severely injured.” The -doctor is well. known in Ligonier. His eyesight is poar.. - e ¢ RTR T T o ~.The club house at the cily swim=~ ming pool will be dedicated July 4 ‘with appropriate ceremonfes. Rev. Harry Thompson, father of the swimming pool movement will preside. ~After the copious showers and thunder- storm of Tuesday evening the at‘mosphere, which had been sweltering for three days, cooled off and Wodnesday morning the ait was quite frigid.

B D T 1 - Mrs. P. B. Greeni and daughter Julia of Red Wing, Minnesota, are here to spend a week with the Wigton family, Mrs. Green being a sister of Attorney ‘Wigton and a former resident of Ligonier.. k 8 e x i " » S By < e e wfintedo MEouerd - MAn to work on farm single. Phone 16A. C. L. Chamberim 14bit

% = "Hardships In Germany., .= .- - _A pitiful tale ef hardships and sulfering in Germany brought to Columbia City when Miss Clara Breiteopf re: turned after spending eight and a half years in her native city of Dresden. Miss Breitcopf at the outbreak of the war in 1814 found it impossible to retarn to thigecauntey. - o

~Various attempis to leavp Germany following the armistice and the signipg of the peace treaty were unsvecessful, said Miss Breitcopl on aecount of the rigid emigration restrictions'and it was only through the influence of Columbia City friends and former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, that she secured the necessary permission) - “Conditions in Germany are bad,” said the girl, “industries thaf were prosperous and booming pefore the war are closed down and Wwere it not for the fact that the government compels others to continue in operation, manufacturing would be at a glandstille, .o 0 b 0 e . Death of Wiillem Slater, =~ - William Stater -aged about sixiy years died at eleven c'clock this forenoon at his residence on -the North Side. Mr. Slater had been -in failing Bealth for more than a year and his deinise was not unexpected. = .. - Mr. Slater was an honest and ‘industrious: man and his death “will be sincerely mourned. Surviving are the. widow, one daughter and one son: The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon. with burial in Oak Park cemeotery.

Siacker Caught in Capada. Fart Wayne police have wired to the police officials of Ingersoll, Ont., Canada, asking the return to-the Unifed Stateg of Clarence Starr, who was arrested ' there a lewt days ago alorg with Philip Marlats who also claims Fort ‘Wayne as his home, on a chargs of -entering .a . home angd = stealiug jewelry. Starr according to the police is a deserter from the United States army, having left Camp Grant, IH.; on March 23, 1921; Starr is al present in_ the cobunty jail at Ingersell serving a term of one month. . Shi s o= . Link Takes Change. = The case of the state vs. O, H."Binks set down for irial beforc the jury in the Noble cireuit court next Monday hag been venued to Whitley county on petition. ‘of the defendant, -Link ‘is called to answer a grand jury indictment charging frand: in . connection with the sale of repair > permits’ for Automobiies, " oF oe LoR i "~ Investigate. Reports. =~ . - Investigation by the department of justice of published * reports -that wounded war . veterans have: been‘;‘, charged excessive fees by law fivms when seeking ddvice ag fo obtaining government assistance was indicated as possible today by Acting Attorney Gefléral‘fu&' DGot. . o e ‘ol Boy Beowts Mike, . o Kendallville boy seouts will join the Ligonier scouts in a hike to Diamond lake Saturday where they will joint1y camp over night and hike to Ligonier Sunday morning fo attend -Sun-. day school at the local M. E. church where a. special program will be rens dersds C L L e e

i - Tece Man Fiped. -~ Julins Voetker, a driyver for the Consumers’ Ice company of Fort Wayng, has been fined for short weighting a customer 114 pounds of ice. He- delivered 386 pounds of ice for 500 pounds. S : s Hold Up Minneapolis Bank, ‘Five bandits in an automobile held up two messengers of the Miller & ‘Traders’ ‘hank at Minneapolis and t}S’-51 caped with $16,000 in-currency. " The ‘hank is located just across the sireet :[from police headquarfers. -o, > ; Meeting. to be Interesting. . ' Thursday evening June ~9th -the Perry township farmers orginization .will meet at Trittapoo school house, hear good speeches and witness motion pictures by Couity Agent Widney. - . Yeggs carried the Alva Hamilton 'safe to the rear of his shop at Goshen’ ‘and cracked it. The robbers found nothing in the iron box but papers. | Women are being drawn to sgrve on the juries in the different Indiand counties, Thus far none have been named in Noble county. 1 o s E il it ¢e B “~> Miss Esther Taft has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to be with her mother who is in & hospital there for a serfous bheatioy. e TS

Gov. MeCray will declaré the a‘ctgi of the recent legislature in force in a few days. They will be effective probably June 2. Ss o . {oohie - Milo Beewald, 16 a Goshen delivery boy, skipped Wednesday with $l4O belonging to J achßohrerz Liis employer, in s grocery stare. |. v o county schaol graduates to receive ‘their diplomas next Saturday. .'~ telephone wireg by iis severe stagm of Rheslay M 4 Olaize Weir arrived home Wetbea- | Clui el Artiedds homp O day. night front Cley % Ohio. ;‘f PO ifi;*fvfi

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i, : v, j = ~.\N - T v CUT AMOUNTS TO $100.,000,000 INVQL\’ING’ ONE NNUNDRED. FOUR : o - RAILROADS - R&lductinn Amonnts to From Five to Thirteen Cents Per Hour As Esti- - : mated e .. S - - % - - An estimated four hundred million dollars- will be slashed from the nation's railroad wage bill when an order cutting wages an avereage of 12 per cent., Was handed down today by the United States railroad labor board becomes effective July 1. -

. The order affects members of 31 laber organizations, employed on 104 raitroads. While the decrease'is specifically applied only to the roads whose cases have been heard by the board the decision says it may later be ap‘plig&; to, any other road asking a hearing under the provisions of the EschCuymmins transportation act. Percentages of reductions computed by members of the board gave' the average of 12 per cent and ‘the same sr’)ur."ce" estimafed the annual reduction in wages at approximately $400,000,000

~ The decigion grants reductions varying from s°to 13. cents an hour, or from Bto 18 perctent., and iithecaseofsection laborers, completely wipes out the increase granted that'-class of empioyees by the $600,000,000 wage award of July 20, 1920. AT .. Rush for Training’Camp Expected .. The county quota-allotment for the Citizeni's ' Military TTaining Camp at Camp Enox, Ky, July 21 to Augusa 20 will propotional to the county popuiationg: . = o . Applications are coming into the headquarters of the committeé at the Chamber of Commerce in Indianapolis ffom every county in the state. These will be carefully examined at Fifth Corps Area « Headquarters, Ft . Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Applications should be mailed direct to the Commanding General, Ft. Benj. Harrison, ndigna;.. o o

In a statement made by the State TExecutive Committee it is pointed out that these camps will afford most excellen vaeations for the accepted men. Although there is to be military training, the camps will be conducted on lines: similiar- to the Camp at Plattsburg in New York State before the war. As there will be men and boys of all ages in the camps it has-been decided to segregate thes men into groups of like ages. - ' : : ¥ s et et Returns Home Looking Well W. A. Coon Albion’s oldest citizon, returned Tuesday from Toledo Ohio, where he has spent the past winter with his daughters, Mesdames ‘Mary Phillips and -Eva Hamlin, beHng’ accompanied home by Mr. Hamlin, who was calling on coal deaders in the ‘county. Mr. Coon is looking hale and ‘hearty and bids fair to see his 100th birthday anniversary, lacking omnly a few moro years of the century mark. He .is a 2 member of the Noble County. Regulator erganization ‘of 1859, (of which thers are only a few remaining) the organization that brought terror to the gang of blacklegs .that infested Noble county and northern Indiana. The yeggs of the present day would gef thélr meed punishment if the modes of the Regulators yere once more common law—Albion New Bra. o - : 5 : ‘

Distriet Convention in Albion. The annual district convention of the Epworth League will be held in the Albion Methodist Episcopal church on June 21. Prepartaions are being made for the big affair and Epworth Leaguers from all over Northern Indiana will be present. T -~ Auburn Girl Asks $25,000. - A suit for $25,000 for personal injuries. has been field in the DeKalb circuit courf by Florence Church against Leo and George Noirot. The girl was struek by an automobile and claims she is permanently injured.

~ .+ Ban on Chieckens. , " Columbia City authorities have taken steps to keep -chickens from runnings. at large. A special order has been issued requesting all chicken owners to keep their poultry inclosed or prosecution will follow. : SR i ——————— s FElkhart Team Defeated. , . The Lincoln Lifes at Fort Wayne defeated the Elkhart baseball team by a score’ of 8 to 7 in a 12 inning game at Fort Wayne Sunday. S -- - Two Sudden Deaths. ' ~ Mrs. Samuel Spencer and Daniel. Schultheis of Columbia City died very suddenly Saturday, ~Heart trouble _ln trying to end her life Mrs. Frank Yacger of Silver Lake used Red Seal PE e R e | “The Kid" 6 reels of joy witf Char-.