Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 26A, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 July 1929 — Page 1

MONDAY THURSDAY

2.00 PERYEAR

GOVERNORS IGNORE WICKERSHAM PLEA DECLINE TO BECOME INVOLYED IN CONTROVERSIAL SURJ ECT OF DRY LAW ENFORCEMENY 3 e —— Gsocernor Ritchie of Maryland Bitterly Attaeks Plan to Compel Stute Enforcement, ' Kastern Point, Conn., July 21--By-laws and precedent notwithstanding, the controversial subject of prohibition brought hefore the governcr’'s ¢on ference by George W. Wicersham, was carried -onto the floor of the confereénce in a stirring speech DYy Uovernor | Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, - After a heated debite the execulive committee recommended agaipst adop ing any resolutions on the prohibition topic “and the conference votod approval. s The Maryland governor declared it is neither the constitutional! ne: moral duty of the states to take over the enforcement of ‘the Volstead act within - their horders. The statement was in comment on the letter in which Wickersham advocated division of proaibition enforcement tunctions hetween the state and federal governments. ~ When Ritchie concluded his speech, Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama, who arrived just in time for th: concluding session of the confarvence, jumped to his teet to praise Governor Ritchie's speech and comment onl Wickersham’s letter. ; : “I*approve the candor of the gover nor from Maryland,” said Graves. *His - statement has thrown light on the pop | ular trend of this movement. I am atl’ @ loss to know whether Mr. Wickersham meant to arouse the states to a senxfi of duty or whether he mf-:'ekly put out a “feeler’” to see if there is!|' any backing tor a movment which wifi |] question the right of self government | “If the movement is going to call off the dogs. o nthe sale and then the'll states do a Pontius Pilate act, declar- ’ ing, ‘I wash. my hands of it,” it is time | to-look to that great leader who gav the most wonderful speech on law en-|! formement this country has eover ] heard.” : . Governor lyde Reed of Kansas who |! presided, declared the Wickersham 1 suggestion untimely and “if i tmeans a 1 return to ‘squatter .\'(\\'ert‘jignit,\"»-.-no good.” . ; Governor John Hammill, Towa, told |¢ "’Hw conference “we have failed to find | the gist of this discussion.”” He said the Wickersham plan placed three alternatives before them: modification of the Volstead act: repeal of the 18th |! amendment; granting the right to en- | bgflg{e in the sale of liquor to the state]? itself, : : .. “When are we going to enforce the ! law ?” Hammill thundered. f Governor George H. Dern, chair-|® man of the executive committee, pre-|! sented the committee’s report- recommending that no resolutions he adopt-|! ed -lest thie conference bhreak its pre- |t cedent of avoiding controversy. 1

Hen Mothers Four Kittens.

A hen is mothering four kittens ai the (Clair Henney farm near Columbia City in a nest in-the haymow. About three weeks ago she decided to set, and when she was away from the nest for a time the old cat moved in with four kittens. The hen appeared flustrated when she returned, but was nuwitling to abandon he rnest, and congenial arrangements have been made. : The kittens spend most of their time under the wings of the oid hen and when it gets too warm they lie on the side of the nest nzar her. She does unot allow the Kkitiens to get very far away from the nest aniil gshe calls them back very vigorously defends them 'with hei bheak when anyone tries to pet them The «nly concession she makes to the inother cat is when it is time ‘or ilunch ; Has 22 Operations, Then Suicides. Twenty-two operations, in_(:luding amputation of one leg torn off in a mine accident, were undergone with fortitude by Ben Hook, 54, of Washington, in his hopes for prolonging life but. today he was dead-—victim of a self inflicted gunshot wound. - The body was found by Hook’s sister, Mrs.. Joseph Everhart. A revolver was clutched in one hand:; a handkerchief had been placed so that the flash of the gun would not burn Hook’s face. ' All in Plain White. When Willard Wolf and Charles Bowen complete the work of white washing the interior of the Robert D. Shobe sales barn the color scheme throughout will he a sanitary plain white. : ‘ ; : ERE (adets Return Home. - The Ligonie#’ contingent consisting of five youths returned Friday night fronhserving thirty days at the ecitizens military training camp held at Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis. a 0 ;

THE LIGONIER BANNER

HOOSIER BANK HEAD AROUSED.

Protests Granting Freedosa to Fort Wayne Robbers of Bank in ; : : Hagerstown, . ; | Protest against the parole of John Pritchard and Carl Roberts, Fort Wayne policemen sentenced for rob|bing the Hagerstown bank in 1924, has been made by A. G. Brown, of Greencastle, president of the Indiana Bankers association. ’ “In this parole good government in Indiana has “received a sethack,” he gsaid. “The Indiana Bankers associagtimn is sorry indeed to see the efforts of its members go to naught. Both these men are potential murderers and are now d menace to seciety. “If Indiana is going to- keep crime down to minnimum its citizens must demand that the sentences of courts be upheld and at least minnimum sentences he served.” - ‘ Pritchard and Roberts were paroled by Gov. Leslie after serving less thzmi half their minnimum - sentences :mdf niuch comment o nthe case has heen vnluntevered since the* parole was granted. : J Enrolled at Summer School - i Mrs. Mae T. Eversole and Bernice! Rager of Ligonier are among tlm! students enrolled in the sunimer exten . sion courses being conducted this _ve’ar? ’at. Winona lake by the Indiana Uni- | iverSit.\’ extension division. One hun—l dred and sixteyv-two students are regis‘ tered for work at the Winona Summerl school. : ; Courses in teacher training and lib-;‘ eral arts are heing offered at this di-! vision of the state university by an' instructional staff of 15 members in- . cluding teachers from Indiana Univer- . sity, Purdue University, Franklin (!‘ol—s lege, Stetson University of I‘)el,;ind,gl Fla., and a number of teachers from! the Indianapolis and other 'publich school svstenms. i

| Auto Drivers are Warned., ! Persons making false affidavits in securing drivers' licenses. will face perjury charges and ftorfeit their: licenses if state police find it out. Chief Robert L. Humes of the state police, announced that any such cases hrought to his attention will be prosecuted. ‘ . First arrest on such charges was made by Carl Losey of the state force: He brought Theodore M. Engle, Indianapolis, to city prison and charged him with perjury on the ground that his driver license shows an erroneous home address. - State police are searching for a man said to have used a driver’s license as an indentification in cashing a frandulent check. ‘ - ‘Osceola Youth Hurt John Martin 25 of Osceola miracuously escaped death shortly -after 6 o’clock Wednesday morning when he was trapped under the wreckage of his Chrysler coupe after the machine had hit two trees and turned over on state road 15 four miles south of Goshen. Martin attracted help by continually bfowing his horn of his car. He was taken to the Goshen hospital where an examination revealed that he was suffering from numerous cuts and bruises about the head an injured left arm and right leg. X-ray pictures were to he taken to determine the full extent of his injuries. Awaiting $l,OOO Bond. Joe Cory, former operator of the Cory barber shop at Albion was arrested Monday evening on a charge of perjury. It is. alleged Mr. Cory sold the barber shop, where he was formerly located to Herald - Poer, ‘when the property righttully belonged to Mrs. Garmonne. The business itransaction was made about two ‘months figo. : Cory was arrested at Marion and {brought to Albion by Deputy Sheriff E. J. Parker. He is in the Noble coun|ty jail awaiting $l,OOO bond.

Trust Fund to Assist Mothers

A $5,000 trust fund to take care of expectant mothers in Wabhash copnty who are too poor to receive proper hospital and medical attention became effective when the Wabash County ‘Loan & Trust Co., filed the necessary legal papers with the clerk of the Wabash circuit court accepting duties as trustee of the fund. ° The trust was established under the will of Eliza E. Pressler probated there in Mayv 1927. .

Berne Man Injured.

Samuel Steiner, 28, of Berne, who is living at present with a brother Ezra at Linngrove, suffered fractures of three ribs and cuts about his head He was crossing a bridge enroute to Fort Wayne, when a hub cap caught on the bridge and the machine was deflected froem the roadway, down an embankment. v

Boy Is Missing

Delmar Sheckler age 16 of near Columbia City has been missing since a week ago last Sunday. The boy attended the children’'s exercises at the Baptist church and was last seen by his father on his way home. He was wearing a light brown suit light colored cap and black oxfords.

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. MONDAY. JULY 2%. 1949

| NOBLE COUNTY BOY HONORED

Arthur Morris Selected As State Representative to Internationsa] ' Meet at Springtield Mass.

| Miss Helen Faye Kinney 19 vears old t‘of Spencer Owen county and Arthur .!.\im-ris 20° of Noble county will bhe . ‘lndiana’s representatives in the In|ternational 4-H Leaders’ Training . School to he held Sept. 8 to 21 at zSprixigfield Mass. This word was givxleu out toda,\i by the boys' and girls’ - club leaders on the agricultural ex--;tension_stafl‘ of Purdue [University when it was learned that they had ‘rayked the highest among all those considered for the camp. ! " Both young people have outstandiing club records not only as members jof the organizations within their coun;Liesbut also as leaders of other clubs, ‘giving the younger boys and girls !ju.st starting in club work the henefit ;()t‘ their experience. . | : | i Young Morris is-a sophomore at 'il’m'due University and was a club ;member for eight years. in beef calf, ‘pig and corn clubs of Noble county. ;ln 1927 he served as club leader for iall boys clubs in Noble county and 'hmule syich a success of the work that Ithu entire county adopted the system 9t having older club members as lead (ers, a ‘plan meevling with considerable §:.~=m~cess. His record as a student in il_’urdue University has been excellent. i Girls Held For Robbery. | fsthel Hoover 28 and Ruth Bula‘kawski 22 South Bend were arraignfo«l in Mishwaka city court Wednes:da_\' mor_uing on charges of auto ’bandilry.- Their cases were set for July 23. Each was placed under $l,000 bond. - ' ' According to the affidavit of their arrest which was signed by Pater Panos the girls offered to take him for a ‘ride in their automobile. They | drove south of Mishawaka and stopped in Wyatt where the girls aske}l Panos to get them a cold drink when| he got out of the car they drove away leaving him in that town he claims. Puanos reports that after they drove| away he noticed that his pocketbook which contained $lO3 was gone. |

Wiawasee May Become Terminus

The Hills and Lakes Highway a 150-mile stretch from Noblesville to L.ake Wawasee will be driven over this m,onth by members -of the state highway commission with a view of deciding whether the road shatl be in cluded in the state syst(-m. This decision must come ahead of o cimilar Decatur-Rochester-Hunitington route, advocates of that road were to!d thils week by Commissioner Jesse Aurden in a meeting at North Manchester.

The annuel reunion of the Rose family was held Sunday at the Sanger Smith cottage at Ogden Island, Lake Wawased., They were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Homer Nelson and family There were one hundred and four in attendance. About fifty from Wells county and Fort Wayne. The day was ideal and a very enjoyable time was had, with bathing, boating and a picnic dinner as some of the features.

}‘ While driving on the Mavwelton pri’vate drivewa_ydmar Syracuse Sunday iMrs. Mae Carney and daughter Mrs. Roy Muffler met with a pretty bad 'accidem when a man with a Ford roadster , drové onto the highway |fl'om a side road and crashed into their ic‘()ldsmobile sedan, badly wrecking it. Mrs. Carney was injured and badly tshocked while Mrs. Muffler escaped.

Comrade Jesse Dunning and son-in-law Wilbur Deaper and wife were visitors to Goshen on Thursday. Mr. Dunning has reached his four score and thrce and holds his own remarkably well. As to his son-in-law the least said the better but for all that he is « hale fellow well met and we all like him owing to his innocent demeanor.—G. W. Kinnison Goshen News Times. ‘

Hollywood Woman Suicides.

Miss Agnes Johnson 35 former Holly wood gown maker committed suicide by jumping into St. Joseph’s lake on the Notre Dame campus near South Bend Three months ago Miss Johnson won a prize in an amateur photograph contest there with a camera study of the lake and the pier where she took her life. .

Judge Slick Rules on Liguor Cars

Judge Thomas W. Slick in a decision in federal court at South Bend ruled that automobiles seized with contraband ligquor shall he dealt with under prohibition laws instead of an old internal revenue ‘statute which will affect persons holding liens om machines such as finance companies.

New Wheat Reaching Goshen

Threshing has begun in Hlkhart county and new wheat is beginning to reach the market. The Lyon aug Greenleaf mills on West Lincoln Ave,, vesterday paid $l.lB for 700 bushels which averaged 28 bushels to the acre. The grain is said to be of good quality.—Goshen Democrat Thursday.

Rose Family Reunion.

Meet With Accident,

Least Said the Better

SERYETT FACTORY STARTS

Beginning of Aectlvities Will Swell Foree Today in a Very Modest Manner :

The Servett corporation, owner of the Blitz tacory plant, began operation in a very mode‘st way this morning and according to Louis Boose. the superintendent in charge, the force to be emploved will be small for some time. o ‘ ‘ Clarence White, an efficiency expert of Detroit, will be in charge of the office force for a time. | - ° Mr. and Mrs. White will occupy the Fred Hendrickson home for a couple of ‘months. S Mr, Stahy, the sales. manager for the products of the faetory, is also here. e It will be some time before the big plant ¢an be put into full operation. - Injured in Explosion. Henry Voelkert, 54, an emplove of the Tri-State Casket company at Kendallivlle was seriously burned in an explosion of gasoline which caused considerable excitement in the down town district Sunday evening. Voelkert was returning to his West Williams street home after a trip to Fort Wayne and ran out of gasoline.l He went to the B. & O. [oil company'ss filling station and obtained a gallon can. tilled with gasoline. ‘Willis Wise- | man, 25, a B. & O. employee agreed to drive Volekert to the place where his car was left and the two men ¢lain bered into the cabin of a- gasoline truck. The gallon of gasoline was ou* the floor between Voelkert's feet and! the truck had barely pulled away from | the station when the gasoline explod- | ed. Voelkert and Wiseman jumped from the cabin of the truck and Voel~‘ kert, whose clothing was drénchea with the flaming liquid, was saved from almost certain death by Custer Dunifon, state motor policeman, who; ripped the blazing coat from him and | thus prevented him from breathing the i flames. . 1 i

“Gives” Away Used Car.

- As a rule salesmen for automobiles sell cars rather than give them away yet Walter Cox salesman for the Fred Siess Company at Lebanon eclisped all records and “gave’” a used car away. . In his enthusiasm to sell the machine to a couple of strangers Cox told them: i : “Go. ahead and take a ride In it.” ~ Cox gave the prospects one of the company’s licenses so that they would not be molested while driving around Ltown. : : ~ The strangers took the car and fail.d to return. ‘ '

Gun Only Clue to Yeggs.

The .22 calibre rifle and 12 gauge shotgun found in the wrecked car at Eaton in which ‘the three bandits who robbed the Gas City state bank- July 11 of $25,000 in cash escaped were purchased in Cleveland Ohio Grant county authorities were advised. Neither gun had ever been fired. - This was the only new. development in the search for the outlaws. Goshen Editor Dies. Joseph A. Beane, 66, editor and cwner of the Goshen Democrat, died Friday after a long illness of diabetes Deceased was born in Goshen and succeeded his father, William A, Beane, as editor of the Democrat in 1893. He was postmaster there under Cleveland and again from 1914 to 1923, He was prominent in Democratic politics since hoyhood. : | Aids His Rescuers ~ John Martin 26 of Osceola brought about his own rescue near Goshen by blowing his own automobile horn after he had been pinned under the wreck of the, car. The sound of the horn, continuing for several minutes attracted near-by farmers who came to the helpless victim. ~ Visit Prouty Family. Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Prouty had as guests in their home near Bakertown recently Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schlotterback and daughter Ligonier Mr. and and Mrs. I. E. Schlotterback and family Mrs. Perl Prouty and childrén; and Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Gaff of Fort Wayne. : - '

Farmer Steps on Rusty Nail

Andrew Reibly 76 a prominent farmer of Porter County was dead today | as the result of stepping on a rusty] naik. : | An infection set in and despite medical aid blood poison developed and claimed the old man’s life. : ‘ | Rome (ity Loses Out. : ~ For the first time in thirty-six years Rome City is to be without a telephone exchange. The exchange was discontinued Friday night and hereafter patrons will be served from the exchange at olcottville. More Territory Taken In At the Bryan Ohio meeting of the Toledo-Chicago Pike Association held Friday evening Cleveland was substituted for Toledo by the members and the organization will hereafter be known as the Cleveland-Chicago pike.

SOCIAL EVENTS.

Items Gathered by Banner Reporters of Special Interest for its Many Readers, ;

Entertain at Sunday Dinner.

Mr. and - Mrs. Jesse Biddle enter tained at a yery delightful dinner Sun

day in honor of out of town guests EThe guests were Mr. and Mrs. William ‘Leinger.'and daughter Mrs. Ray Thornton & Long‘ Beach, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs Ercy Williams and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Berlin of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Ainswortl Bassett, Mr. and Mrs Paul Noe and family of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Biddle of this city.

Enjoying House Party.

The Misses Ena. Oliver and Elizabe

Hire are chaperoning a house pari: this .week at the Kinnisou cottage a Lake Wawasee composed of the fol lowing young ladies Mary Lyon. Mil dred Wolfe, Gwendolyn Wagner, Mar garet Lake, Eunice Sack and Margare Albers. . , g :¥% x i 7

Enjoy Picnie,

Mr, and Mrvs. Cecil Phares aund family, Mr, and Mrs. Trred Burkett, Mr. and Mrs. Flenry Burket: and daughter ‘Mal'ie. Mrs. Lena Keasey and daughiter Catheline enjoyed a picnic dinner :anil the amuseemants at Playland park ‘_South Bend Tuwesday. . : . & - ' Enjoy Pienie. v Last Thursday afternoon and evening the officials and employves, over forty in number, of the Wilkinson Quilt company wnju;fied 4 pienie at iOliver lake. A delightful time was ienjo&efl after a bounteous supper was ‘served. : i T :* % 2 i ’ Sunday Piente. “ Mr. and Mrs. Yern Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Ditman entertained at 'a delicious picnic dinner yesterday Eat North Twin lake in honor of- Mr, land Mrs. Jay Cunningham and My, !and Mrs. Everett Eversole. : * % i John Green aud daughter Miss 'Helen entertained Friday evening ut 'ldinner tor Tom CGreen and a party of ;friends who are spending the week al Lake Wawasee. “* ® ¥ © Mrs. Ferd Ackermati and Mrs. Katie Schloss will entertain this week with a buffet supper. - ‘ %!L t » i ‘Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wertheimer entertained thirty guests at a buffet supper Saturday evening. - - i"2 > ¥ . Mrs. Carl Decker will entertain her bridge club at a one o'clock Inncheon Thursday. - . » 5 8 Mrs. - Leland Calbeck will entertain her bridge club Wednesday’ evening.

Have Good Time.

The public meeting of the Perry| Township Farm Bureau Thuvsday ev- | ening was fairly well attended and the | supper highly enjoyed. The .women furnished the solid food, the Cloverleaf | Creamery 'company the ice cream and ! C. R. Stansbury and George Whittaker | the lemonade. ; : May Test Law : | Mrs. Fannie Cutsinger dismissed :15? a teacher when the Edinburg secliool ! board ruled that no married woien would bhe employed for the 1929-30 | term, may take court action to foot! the teacher tenure law. i : NEWS NOTES . ————— | - Charles Chiddister of Detvoit is he ! s_visiting relatives. : ‘ o ‘ TL G G b kst i Mrs. Frm;k_.\lcflugh is home after | spending the week end with realtives ! iin Toledo. i Mrs. Price Chiddister arrived home | yesterday from a Hicksville hospital greatly improved. - i i T i Mr. anc'l Mrs. Percy Double of Garrett spent the week end with Mrs. Fred | Starr and daughter Roberta. | - Harold Pollock and Lee Poyser havei taken charge of a 2 Kimmell filling sta- | :tion and moved from Cromwell. f Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lyon and daughter Mary spent the week end in Fort i Wayne guests of Mr. and Mrs, Otis; Nusbaum. @ . : j Hugh Hutchison who had spent sev—; eral days here returned to Chicago ’last night. His son ‘Bob remained for a longer visit. ‘ ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shell, Miss Helen! Summers and Miss Catherine Geraghty and a guest from Waterloo are spendi ing a week it lake Wawasee. | l ‘Mrs. Arthur Biggs, Mrs. Watt Meridith and Mrs. Bun Beazle of Tippecanoe lake and Mrs, Graham Lyon and Mrs. Fred Starr spent Friday in Fort Wayne. " 2 : George W. Brown had charge of the funeral of Mrs. Sophia Tyler who was buried here yesterday. Mrs. Tyler formerly lived in this city but for several years had made her home with a dauehter, in Goshen. ' .

FOUL PLAY FEARED

s Body o Delmas Sheckler 16 Found ‘ in. Woods Near Home in Whitley { . County By Uncle Friday 1 € ! Indications of foul play in the death -0f Delmar Sheckler 16 son of Mr. -;am_l_MrS. bzf]}val'(l Sl‘le(‘kler living',fomj - jmiles northwest of Cplumbia = City 1 iwhose body with a bullet hole in the - head was found in a woods 'néar his. . 'home Friday morning ‘are 'Sn’o'u'g;‘ 1 enough to ‘warrant a thorough investiI ‘gation authorities said.: .~ _ .1 Although there are many phases of f‘:”}‘,’ case to suggest that the boy coinan}ittml suicide County Covoner ¢. I :lg_;«dirnb@rg has delayed returning’ a ;ver..dict for a few days until he hay §hud 'tin}e \m‘ considoer v\"é‘r_i' angle of L:the death. : f Atftempts m'e.\'pliiin a motii’e' for . isuicide or for an attack upon him -Ex'\‘ehl without avaii. Membérs of his - family ‘could think of no reason why '»éhe should take hiz life and derlm‘cd; -ithat he had shown no despondene:. ;»’l‘hv}.* remarked that he had eaten ;litrle either Sunday noon or evening ibut placed no significance ik that Haet, : . | The body of théb oy who disappeared ";last Sunday night was found in a woeds a quarter of a niile from his thome on the farm of Ernest Strayer gh.\f"lho voutli's uncle Lawrence Egolf ;a member -of a searching party of 25 ‘men. . e ; .The nude bhody was lying on its back with feet crossed and the left .arm across the abdomen in a ¢lump ‘of poplar bushes. A rifle which he ‘h;u! taken with him when he legff howe last Sunday to attend services at the E'!‘lun'm-n‘*f,‘!\{ Baptist church v\;;i.& under ‘his feet and held an exploded shell. g - Lad Killed By Car = - - i Erie Bontrager six-year-old son- of iMr. and Mrs. Fnos Bontrager resid‘ing southeast of Middlebury died early ‘Saturday mtornjng of inpuries. receivs ge,d Friday evenine when he was strock | ehy a ear driven by Kdward Farrand, jof Fish Lake. The accident occurred ‘near the ‘Br;'n:.':cg'w home - Mp Farfl'aml was not held it: was . reported ix'z'um Middlebury ;;‘afilu_mf.zh @ complete rinvestigation of the accident has @5 Ibeen made. ‘ e ' The dead boy and his hrother, ;'Fobius; 12 were !'i(iii‘lf-’{ along the road }in 4 pony. cart and stopped to fix the tharoess. Two cars attempted to pass tat: the shot where the ‘hovs were 'p:‘n'i;;‘d. the Farrand car striking Erie. { Tobias was also injared boing knocked functmm-imm._ He regained conscionsiness. within a Rhm"t,.timo and his inEjfll"iu&é are-not serious. e i e ; ! o - - 3 Tedching Staif in Wawaka | Trustee T. J. Mawhorter of Elkhart i Townshin announced his teuching‘ istaff for the coming vear, wlhich be‘giué i September. - o ; : Wawaka school--Superintendent J 1. Tictney: Hnglish, Rev. B. B. Hoo'§Vel‘; mathermaticd, Miss Elizabeth I Murphy; Latin, Mrs. Irma Shumaker; [ 7th and sth erade, Keith Kriminfler s[l\ ‘and 6th grades Mrs. Lela Kidd; 3rd and %4th grade, Miss Hazel Peffer:' Ist and 13d grades Miss Ruth Sclrwhb. - | North school—7th and Sth gr_udes:,_‘.l_nlm Emmert, principal; sth ‘and 6th lerades Mis Thora Franks; 3rd and Lath’ srade Miss Evangeline Franks; ilst and 2nd. grades Mys. Audrey Stuff. t Purdue Pienie Thursday Aug. 5 , Preparations are in progress by the 'Pardue university agricultural alumL 1 Lo hold eight big summer pichnics in !ezm:',aisn-n-a of the state. Not only sl former students but the general 'luni- of the uniyersity are invited| {to attend these picnmics, - -~ - - { A fried chicken h’ask_et dinner b:-dt’ !games swimming, .fishin‘g horse-shoo ipitching ‘ete, make up the program ifor the day.. Every Purdue bgoster 'should make this date and plan to be ‘present. Every Noble county student ‘alumnus or friend of the university %Will attend the picnic held at Bhlei %Lake in Whitley county on August Bth.

Bear Attacks Girl

; " After drinking a bottle of pop givren to it by Miss Kathrvn Newell ‘a pet }black bear kept at a filiing station fnear C}oxmemvillé suddenly becanie ivicious and attacked its henefactress E*Before her escort and two other ‘men could heat the bear into sub"mission with an iron pipe the animal lhad seriously lacerated Miss Newell's ;right. leg. Two hundred stitches werg required to close the wounds. : a Attend Circus. , Among the Ligoniex; people to at:it'end the Ringling Bros. circus at South Bend Friday were Mr. and Mrs. James iSummers, Mr. and Mrs. Ednm_nd Sumjmers and their guest John Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Felton and family, \Mrs. Fredonna Barnhart, Thella Shis|ler, Ena Oliver and Elizabeth Hire. ! Money in Alialia | More than seventyfive loads of good lalfalfa hay have been harvested from (@ four acre meadow on the Webster (farm near Soiith: Whitley during the ipast eight vears. It is expected eight iloads«rwnl be taken from the field ,this year, four of which are already in {the bd¥n. : e :

TWICE WEEKLY

VOL. 63 NO. 264

RUSSIA AND GHINA ABIDE BY TREAT f | - - iuofl‘l'lf NATIONS RATHIED ANG WAR KELLOGG PACT PROMU .- ' “'(-’.‘TED IN UNITED STA FES. ; = -—— e y Soviet Statesmen Looked Upon as Rather Fickle in Dealing Witk “World Pioblems, ] T ' . Moscow, July 20-Jan E. Rudzutak, acting head of the Soviei governnient, told the. Associate Press today it was not. necessary for Secretary Stimson to remind, the Moscow gm'wmm-m ol its duties as a signatory of the Kellose anti-war pact. “Unless the CRinese government. commits a war-like act we shall stand lovally by the pact” he said. “ : ' M. Rudzutak said,. “Despite China's present provocative attitude, her vioa: tion of the treaty vestine equil control of the Chinese lastern rails 1y in us, and her repeatad invasions "o the rights of the Soviet eitizens, we shall not take any military © action azainst her unless China invades oug territory’ and. forces us to take . defensive measures. ° : " “When we solemnly signed the Kelloge pact it was not a gesture. We "hnlimiw dintensely in peace. The Kel logg pact is one of the best mean of enforeing it. Mr. Stimson need ot remind us of our :ul’lm'g:x.wi to that pact. - : e ey repeat; -unless the Chinese “.{n\' ernment commits: a war--like act we shal stand lovally by that treaty " = . China Remembers Paet, Shanghai, July 20—China has not l’i’)l‘?;(,)ttvxx the _l\’_(;Hm:g anti-war puct, to which it is signatory. O 7§ ang. foreign minister of the Chincse repuh-* lic, said today. He added’ however, “any movg. on the’ part of ihe Soviet to place troops within Manchuria switl be viewed l)_\" the Chinese people and government as an act of war.” - : - The _foreign minister, who lett” at 1" p.m. for Wanking teo confer with President Chiang Kai Shek, declared: “The situation i s serious. However it is not to be interpreted that we have -ahandoned hope for- a peacoful settlement. . - = " “China does not Mesire to invade Russian territory. !owever, she has been forced ton talk : precautionary measures. at. tho attitude and. inteptions of the Saviet liave not yet been clearly indicated, deupite the fact the Soviet is a signatory to the Kellogg' pact as. well as China” : :

: tetivities Ave Reported. - - Shanghai.. July 20-—French consular ';mthmifips 'h(;re today stated L"hey had received an official’ report from the French consul at Harbin, Manchuria, that Russian troops had crossedl the Manchurian border. at the eastern. end: of the Chinese Eastern railway. _ . Previous reports that the Russians had oc¢cupied Manchuli‘at the western end of the railway, and Pogmnic‘nnay:g at the eastern end had been denied. The British owned North China Daily .\"ew‘s printed “a dispatch from Harbin stating Chinese torops repuised a party of Russian troops At Blagoveshchensk attempting to cross the Amnur river and enter Manchuria. The Russians withdrew as a result of heavy Chinese rifle firve.” B

Remind Both Nations.

VWashington, July 20--American officials expect the Kellogg treaty-for renunciation of war to exert a pfi'(fl‘oumi influence toward peaceful settlement of ithe threatening situation between China and Russia growing out of the former’s seizure of the Chinese Eastern: railway. & Subjected to its first test of the situation, the tix'eaty already has brought reagsuring expressions from Soviet officials, dfptomats and Soviet officials and V(lipldmats in iWashingto'n are looking for similar action without delay from the Chinese government in I‘espox‘fse to- Secretary Stimson’s reminder of the obligations both nations have undertaken in adhering to .its terms. _ | The prompt action of the Moscow government in making known its intention to take the trdaty into consideration and avoid war has proved most pleasing to oflicials and diplomats here and to members of congress concerned with foreign affairs. : _The treaty will not come into full force until Japan's ratification is‘deposited with’ the state department Wednesday, but the American view s that the nations adhering to it, including both Russia and China, are as much bound by its térms now as they 'would be later. - L

Nearby Deaihs.

- Mrs. Cecil Cripe 40 and her infant gon died in Goshen - hospital the mother being -stricken with uremic poisoning following ch_j!dfdrth; J B Poirier 52 cerebral hemo{‘rhage Elkhart. i _ . :