Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 27B, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 August 1929 — Page 1

MONDAY THURSDAY

2.00 PER YEAR

EARLY PARLY SEEN ON ARMAMENT

AS. RESULT OF UNITED STATES CBRITISH EXCHANGE OF ll){i.\fi BURING PAST WEEK.

Believed that Five-Fower Parley (an Be Arranged Earlier Than One Planned in 1931. :

The possibility of a five-power naval disarmament conference in London. in the mear future, to substitute for the Washingion conference which was originally scheduled for 1931, was secn in reliably informed political gquarters in London today as a result of recent developments in Great Britian and the United States. . Experts connected with the goveernment refuse, of course, even to dis cuss the important possibility. But in spite of that, and in. spite of the mystery which has surrounded the conversations between Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and U. S. Ambast sador Charles G. Dawes, it was felt that the Angola-American negotiations have been progressing so satisfactorily that their scope may 'be extended in the near future. ' . In fact it was asserted in- many will-informed circles that before long, it the Anglo-American negotiations continue to advance at the present pace, the present two-power conversitions mui_v be extended to other naval powers, with the possible result that it may develop into;a-five-power conference hmg"hvl'uz'{\ the Washiugh)ni conference is due to be lield. |

- Speeinl at Christian Chureh. A few weeks ago Mrs. Otis Nelson of Kendallyille delivered an address at the Christian church in that city that caused so much favorable comment that the ladies of the Chrsitian church have made arrangements to have her deliver the same addrss at the special services Sunday. evening, August 4th, Mrs., Nelson was tor several years a history teacher in the Elkhart high school and is at present a teacher of the Business Girls class in the Kendall ville Christian church. The public is urged to come out and hear Mrs. Nelson . tiext Sunday evening at 8§:30 daylight saving time. : bßeath of George Slagle - George 8. Slagle 59 died suddenly at his home two miles norith of Churufitisco in Noble county Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Death was due to a heart attack. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Iva Siagle: thiee daughters;: one brother Arthur Slagle of Sofith Whitley. - Funeral services will be held at Sugar Grove Churh W& (God Saturday morning at o'clock. Burial in Kel River cemetery.

Accidential Death.

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner Paul Landis on Wednesday afternoon tollowing an inqgquest held at Piei'c‘eté)n in the death of John Guy, whose h'!'(-'-I_E'SS bogy was found near the Pensylvania tracks last Saturday morning. - ;

Band Concert.

A fair crowd attended the band concert last night in the city park. The concert was much enjoyed and a solo by Miss Elizabeth Hire was also a pleasing feature. Tonight the band will play at Churubusco with Miss Hire as soloist.

Gets Wage Inerease.

Authorization of a $500,000 increase in the maximum allowance for salaries in the construction division of the state highway commission was granted by the state budget committee after an all day session. TR B o BT S i Now in Operation The Servette factory is now in {Bp—eration with a number of Ligonier workers employed. The working force will be steadily increased as the demand for the product gains. Here From Zion (ity. Mr. and Mrs. Linvill Hire, famous musicians of Zion City, 111., are here on a visit with his brother George They are former residents of the Ligonier ‘(:ommunity. Week af Sargents. - Mrs. George W. Brown and grand: daughter Nancy are spending the week at Sargents, Wawasee. Mr. Browt drives out in the evening after busines: (:Iqses. e - ‘ Read the Banner Advs. : Attention is called to the advertise ments in this issue of the Banner. The public may read them with profit fo: they offer special inducements to th buyers. - , e Now Hali Price. , Beginning this morning Indiana au ‘to license plates went on sale at hal _price here. The plates are good fo the balance of the year 1929. =

THE LIGONIER BANNER

BRITINH TEXTILE TIEUP SERIOUS - ‘ 2 e e it Government Seems Unable to Solve Problem Which Is Most Grave . Sinee Genera] Strike Begun . The grave crisis in the Lancashire England cotton industry where 1,809 mills were shut down, throwing out of employment 500,000 men, took a turn for the worse today with announcement ' that the Cotton Waste Spinners’ and Manufacturers’ association ‘also had given notice to their workers of a substantial wage reduction to become effective next Monday. | The uotice stated that the workers 'wum:l_ he asked to také a cut of two [shiii:’ng#.',six pence in the pound, or 1235 per cent. It was taken for grant ed that the workers would follow the lead oi tlie spinners, weavers and cardroom workers and be locked: out vaflier than accept the drastic reduction. , . ; Thus, ‘unless the government which S 0 far has f;zilpu" to effect an :1,9,1'90-; "mom between the emplovers and i‘m'-; ployves succeéds in bringing ahout Q) settlement of the gravest labor (lix-! pute swhich Great Britain has had Lo face since (he ‘general strike many | more thousands will be added to 111&*! list of strikers next week. . ' f PRISONER L:CL\PS FROM CAR } Handcuited Parole Vielator Exeapes | From Moving ’l[ru'in ‘On Way to | , Prison at Rochester !

Escape Saturday night as a prisoner at Indiana stzxtlA prison from a prison guard who was l‘eturning him fo Michigan Cit yfrom Indianapolis was revealed Tussday by Sheriftf Ora Clark atR ochestra. The escape was not made public immediately for jear residents of Iheiv()um_\' woild becom~ unduly alarmed over the preseénce of the . escaped convict, vnb‘\\"' thought to have made his getaway. . The prisoner J. H. Prindell alias J. H. Poindexter of Indianapolis was sitting handcuffed in a coach on 2 Yandalia 1);1&5{.*}1_::&"1' trian. As the train neared . Kewanna, llnd,; he jumped head first through the open car window, o : L The trdain was stopped and the prison guard assisted by local officers made a search for the prisoner. Later other guards from the prison joined the mau hunt- but tailed to reveal a trace of Prindell. . The search was given up today. o ' ~ Prindell who was 35 was being returned to the prison as a parole violator. * At the time he made his escape he was wearing a light suit and cap. '()fi‘.cex_'s helieve he was hurt or badly cut when he landed in* a pile of cinders at he side of the railroad track. ” ‘ b

To Revoke 58 Licenses

Action to revoke 58 drivers' licenses will he taken this week according to an announcement by Robert T Humes chief of the state police department. Seventeen cases will be filed with John MeCord speial drivers license judge in the office of Otto G. Fifield secretary of state Humes said. i Charges principally are based upon perjury and reckless driving the chief said. There are some of operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor giving false addresses and ages he said. Violation of anyv of these laws is punishable by revocation of drivers’ license it was said. . .

Pastor’s Wite Inijured

Mrs. Grace McCutchan Minameyer wife of the Rev. A. D. Minameyer of West Salem 0., was in Geshen hospital believed to be fatally injured as a result of an automobile collision on U. S. road 20 east of there late Monday afternoon. : James A. Freely and a companion both of Chicago occupants of the other car which alighted on its wheels in a corn field after turning over twlce were rushed to LaGrange. Freely was seriously hurt. . ; :

Farmer Lose By Fire Spontaneous combustion of new hay caused the large barn on the Orville S. Wherry farm near Cozsse to cateh fire entailing a loss of over'sB,4)oo part of which is coverad by insurance. With the Wherry loss three Whitley county farmers have suffered fire losses in excess of $36,000 in the past two weeks. all starting from the same source, . Steckley Reunion The fifth annual reunion of the Steckley family will be held Sunday August 11 1929 at Blue lake direetly off of Liincoln Highway near Churubusco Ind., Please bring your own table service. e . Want Fish Hatchery. Plang for a campaign for a state fish hatchery at Lake James were discussed at the annual banquet of the Lake James Cottagers association at Potawotomi Inn. . . Bandits Get $l,BOO : Three automobile bandits late Tuesday held up a fruit store mnear the Studebaker plant at South Bend and escaped with $l,BOO to have heen used in cashing factory workers’ checks.

LIGONIER. NOBLE CQ[?N'j‘\', INDIANA. THURSDAY. AUGUST |, 1929

‘Donald Trenary 4, Follows 3-Year- ! old Brotker in -Death in Two I ‘ ‘Days :

x Donald E. Trenary 4, is the second ichild of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Trenary iliving two and a halt miles east ot 6Aubum t odie of a mysterious bowel ailment within two days. i ! The child died Tuesday night. The first of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Trenary to die was Floycl"J., 3 years ;;om who died Sa_!m';lay‘ night. Two },o’thexj children are m‘iti(-.anl_v sick, the iehl(-st, Forrest D., 6, and Max D, 2 sl)m'is the baby a@pears to have been ithe only child who thus far has not ihe?«,n attacked wit hthe malady. i All of the children have been sick il’m- the past 12 days. It was thought iat first that they were poisoned from drinking out of a water tank, but Eph,\'sici:ms claim the disease is somewhat prevalent.

t-4f CLUB VISITS LIMBERLOST Escorted Through Grounds of Boy Seout Camp as Windup of Annuanl Tour of Noble County

f' Limberlost site of the Boy Scout icump was visited Tuesday as the final event in the annual county-wide. tour of the Noble f(‘ounty 4-H Pig club. Thirvty-seven members. of {l}e club with P. T. Brown of the animal husbandry department of Purdue university, J. H. Brown vocational agricultural teacher at Goshen, U. C. Brouse of the Kendallville fair and Walter [,. Holcomb father of the club. work in Noble county as guests were escort ed through the grounds by Byron MeCammon and D. L. Allen Boy Scout officials. ; . : My, Allen told the clul: members of the work of Gene Stratton Porter in planting 20,000 difterent kinds of {lorva trom all sections of the United Siates and Canada in the 10-acre tract.. He pointed out the fact that many visitors to the camp during the summer have thoughtlessly wa“lked over rare plante by getting off the walks. Mr. Allen closed with a talk on the Doy Scout movement. . P. T. Brown summed up the pig club work in the single sentence: have more pep aciFWYPXZ@&............ “Your pig elub members seem to have more pep than they did last vear and all the pigs I have seen look like prize winners. You aive to be congratulated on the proercss bLeing made.” : T

" ¢ Freaks of Lightning. . Further eévidence of " last work's storm in Neble county was discovered two miles south of Skinner lahe when cight dead steers helonging to Gordon Adair west of Albion were found grouped about a tree which had been struck "hy lightning. . : It was evident that all eight cattle had been huddled about the tree evidently seeking protetion from the violent storm. The tree in which il libhtning struck caught fire and burned and farmers attracted to the scene found the dead: cattle. There was a herd of forty-one choice steers in *he field all belonging to Mr. Adair hut the remaining cattle escaped injury The 40ss is estimated at $l,OOO. On the Scot Van Meter farm in the same vicinity a barn was truck Ly lightning but was noti fired. 'A mula in the building was killed by the belu

We are loking forward for a good | day in al lthe services al this vhurch‘ next Sunday. If you are at home why | not be in the service? Bihie school and‘ morning worship at ths usual hnur.‘ The evening service will be put ole hour later to accommodate thos2 on the farm. : | We are to have a speecial program Sunday hicht. The ladiss of the church wiil have charge. Some special muciz and an address by Mrs. Nelson of itondallville. The address is one woithy a place on any platform, We ought to fill the house for this address. 7 ; Remember the time 8:30 P. M. daylight saving. Passes Worthless Checks. Henry Hoppe well-known Blackford county farmer was lodged in the county ' jail charged with passing 'worthless checks and forging notes {totalling about $4OO. Officers said the violations covered a period of more than a year. Hoppe was expecting a sister in Kokomo to come to his asstance and pay the amount of the defalcations. : ; oes to Goshen Hospital O. V. Borger today took his son Harold {o Goshen hogpital for an operation for hernia. It ige Pr. Black’s cage. . : To See Flyers Land Dale Barnhart left for St. Louis Mo?, Tuesday on a vacation trip. lle Topes to be able to witness the landing of the endurance aviators. : - Nearby Deaths. Mrs. Jennie Benfer 71 complications Elkhart; Miss Matilda Getz 21 tuber«culosis Goshen; Charles Doutlick, complications, Bristol, i

WO CHILDEN EXPIRE

Christian (Chureh

WALL ATTACKS PRACTICES

Opposes Attitude of Governor Leslje Relative to Extradition of Man Wanted For Robbery :

. Indiana may become ‘a haven, of re'fuge for criminals unless Gov. Harry |G. Leslie discontinues his practice of ’refusing extraditions promiscuousiy, Merl Wall deputy attorney genei'al told he governor during discussion of an extradition request. - : - Despite Wall’'s oratorical attack the governor refused extradition of Claude Rector wanted in Floyd county Virginia for robbery. L The governor harkened to the plea of Charles E. Schartz Portland attor--1’119:»'. who said Rector has been work-ii-ng on his brother’'s farm for several %months, ‘is well liked and has m‘m'dd trustworthy. ' Rector was said to have admitted the robbery and to have voluntarily returned pavt of the loot. : Wal lremarked that it is not a recognized practice for a governor. to decide in .such cases whether the accused shall be given a chance, but rather to grant extradition in all cases where identity of . the prisoner is properly established, and leave it to the. courts to decide whether parole "is advisable. .

HOGG FAVORS LEASING PLANT Congressman Discusses Proposition in Address Before Rotary (lub Monday , at Meeting in Fort Wayne The proposed leasing by the government of the Muscle Shoals fertfil'iZ(\x-' plant was discussed by Coneressman David Hogg in.a short.ad-i(h-oss before the Rotary Club at its luncheon-meeting Monday noon at the chamber of commerce -in Fort Wayne. S - Mr. Hogg vigited the big plant recently and later introduced a bill ii} congress f{avoring the léasing of the plant to the Farmers' Federated Fertilizer company. After telling members of Rotary about the extent of the plant and its physical possibilities Mr.. Hogg spoke as follows regarding the economical feature of his . proposal to lease the plant: : ' “The bulk of the commercial nitrogen used in the United States is imported from Chile where an unlimited amount of sodium pitrate is found. Chile puts a heavy export duty on this product and the farmers of America ¢ other users of nitrates pay nearly all ihe expense of the Chilean government in this way. |

“!‘nscle Shoals is the largest and best equipped - cyanamide-nitrogren piuni in the world. It ecan: produce at low cost 40,000 tons of fixed nitrogen a year which is two-sevenths. of the total amount of nitrogen fertilizer used by American farmervs. ;

“By-the same process Germany last veap produced 73,000 tons in -three plants. The total world production by the same process is 174,250 tons of fixed fertilizer. ‘ “While there is a newer process requiving less electric power for heating purposes still. there is going to waste at Muscle Shoals dt the present time 260.0¢0 horse power, with a possible increase to 600,000 horse powef. The plant is ready to start the minute the switch is turned. : “The Farmers’ Federated Fertilizer comapny is ready to build additional dams to sell fertilizer at cost to the American farmer and to pay for the remainder of the power generated at current wholesale prices on condition that it may have for its own use the by-products which may be’ merely waste in the proposed method of operaftion[ Not only will the Farmers’ Fedcrated company sell fixed nitrogen at cost but rents paid to,the government 'will repay all the nation has invested in this plant and it will still helong to the people. The plan would make a marked reduction in the price of fertilizer. : ; “The bil I have introduced proposes the leasing of the plant to this company and has much support from all parts of the country.” :

Delay Arraignment of Sheckler The arraignment of Charles D. Sheckler 53 for the alleged murder of his nephew Delmar Sheckler 16 has been postponed Prosecutor Ralph W. Probst stated at Columbia City. So far no statement has been gained from Sheckler except a denial of his enilt. . Sheckler was arrested Friday evening upon a writ issud by Dr. O. F. Lehmberg county coroner. The Sheckler youth’s badly decomposed body was found on July 19 after searching parties had been hunting him since his disappearance from ihome on July 14. Neighborhood gussip -has it that the uncle quarreled kwith the boy repeatedly and that when they reached blows the. vouth \usnally bested his uncle. : ‘ Enhances Store Front. Charles Graham has enhanced the front of the E. Jacobs & Co., store by Qressizlg: it up with coats of painf. The improvement is marvelous. - . Solly Arrives Home : ' Irvin Jacobs had a message from tSolly Kahn announcing his safe arri‘val at his old home in ‘Germany.

SOCIAL EVENTS.

Items Gathered by Banner Reporters . of Special Interest ilor its - o Many Readers.

Entertain at Bridee,

~ Mrs. P. J. Carney and daughter Mrs. L. A. Murfler entertained at ’afl‘alttractive bridge party Tuesday evening twelve guests at their home on South Main street. The home and: tables were decorated with gladiolus and a delicious two-course luncheon was served. The fayors were awarded to Mrs. G. H. Bacheler first, and Mrs. A, B. Weaver consolation. The out of town guests were Mrs. Donald Latta of Cripple Creek, Colo., Mrs. Elmo Weaver of Canten. Ohic, and Mrs. Beulah Stone of Glendale, Calf. = -~

Miss Selig Entertains.

Miss Hortense Selig delightfully entained at a i’mt‘t‘et dinner Monday evpn‘ing in hoonr of ,;h(‘i' guests Aliss Vera Rothehild and Miss Janet Harris six-

teen guests. The out-of-town guests were Milton Rosenthal Jr, Philip Baum, Dick Wienner and Hortense Frerberger, Fort Wayne, Betty Mayer of South Whitley and Howard Dembufskv of Goshen. st

Enfertain Relatives

Mrs. Harry Gilbert entertained relatives Tuesday ‘at the Diamond lake

icottage. The guests were Mr. and '_‘\[-rs‘John Jackson, Clevéland, Ohio, Mrs. Emma Majors, . son Marcellous daughter Doris and Mrs. Clara Houch iof Fort Wayne.. - ; |.o & -

Pienie Supper.

{ My, and Mfs. Graham Lyon, Mr. and g?\lflrs. Frank McHugh, Mr. and Mrs. }Lbuis IL.evy and Mr. and Mrs Virgil i’l‘odd enjoved a picnie.supper at ihe | Lyon home Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mys. Charies F. Green entertained at dinner Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Clair W. Weir and J. J. Petrilla. : _ i ¥ 2 s £ @ 7 . '

Mrs: (. V. Joseph entertained twen-tv-two guests at a delighttul dinner

Monday evening

Dive May Prove Serious.

Donald Wilson, 22, of Rlkhart, is in the Elkhart general hospital suffering from effects of near-drowning while swimming at Heato nlake, near Klkhart Tuesday evening. Lo Wilson dived from a pier into shallow water and struck his head on the bottom with such force that complete paralysis of the body muscles resulted and the swimmer was unable to reach the surface of the water althouch

conscious all the time. . : However, within a few minutes €he l)ody floated to the surface of the water and Wiison’s companions, John Weybright and Gerald ‘\\’itxrtafi. pulled him ashore where resuscitation restored life. ' e Physicians fear severe injuries to Wilson’s head or neck as the entire body below the shoulders is paralyzed. X-ray photos are to be taken today to determinetheextent of his. injuries Pneumonia is feared, due to the large amount of water which :c\nterekd the lungs. - . : ‘

Barn Burns

A barn in the rear of the Robert D. Shobe residence ‘Ol‘l. Martin = street burned about six o'cloek Tuesday evening along with the contents in-

cluding baled hay anc straw. The building was part of the Sarah Shobe estate. The blaze gave the fire department a stubborn fight! It is thought the fire originated from a match or cigarette stub dropped by boys who had been playing back of the building. s T

Visit Hospital Patient

~ Mrs. Vern Lindsey and children Arnold Dull and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Galloway visited Vern Lindsey at -the Goshen hospita] Saturday. ,They found Mr. Lindsey getting along very niceiy and he wil soon be ahle to be brought back to his home in Cromwell. '

Wants Divorce Aiter 33 Years, After a married life of 33 years Della L. Trainor, of Goshen, filed suit in Elkhart circuit court for divorce from John H. Trainor, charging cruelty and.habitual drunkenness. The couple was married May 21, 1896 and separated July 28, 1929. - . -Barbura Amn Bows ' . ~ Born to Mr. and Mis. Jay Anthony in St. Joseph hogpital in Fort Wayne Monday afternoon July 29th a dau;ghtex'. The litile lady will respond to the name of Barbara Ann. l Onion Crop Good. ' W. E. Bartholomew, interested in onions, says the prospects for a big Icrop this season are good. The onion harvest will be late on account of early weather conditions. ~ Two Lads Drown | Glen Harvey, 10, and Ernest Majors, 10, were drowned in White river, just north of Indianapolis. ' - (00l North Breeze. A cool north breeze put a crimp in tthe hot wave which had held sway for {three days. : : L

THIRD WOMAN DIES

Another Woman Is Vietim of Warsaw : Fire Which Destroyed Tabernacle ?

{ A third victim of the Gospel Taberfnacle fire at Winona Lake died yester‘day afternoon in McDonald hospital 'at Warsaw. She was Mrs. Lera Car,per 50 a former resident of Tippecanoe, i-who has been assisting Flora Miller in evangelistic work at Winona ‘lake. The other two victims were Mrs. zb‘arah Clarke 82 and her daughter Miss ‘Eva Clarke 50. The family formerly !lived at Ada, Ohio but for 23 years tllrs. Clarke had operated a ‘bhoarding ‘'house at Winona Lake and only this summer had .Jeased the place to others. §' Repeated efforts of spectators to get [nhe women to jump about four feet irom a window to the roof of a leanto built against the side of the tabernacle "\ymte unavailing. They would come to the” windows, put their heads ~out ism'eumim{ at the top of ‘their -voices wnd turn and run back into the rooms ;lu.gain. . : : The women were directed to go to the north end of the building. But this they also refused to do. The north end of the building did not burn. - Flames sweeping around the stairway had blocked the only way .of escape the women apparently could conceive, : - The three were asleep when the fire broke out on the lower floor of the tabernacle, Rev. Flora Miller woman evan gelist who operates the tabernacle who had arisen earlier than the rest to do‘l some writing noticed ‘the flames only after ‘they were licking up about the{ sleeping quarters. ' ; | ‘ Frantically she ran to warn those{ upstairs of their danger. : |

Locks Seli in Bathroom

Firemen were called to ‘‘save’” a two year old tot at Gary when the voungster locked himself in the bathroom at -his grandmgther's apartment. The little fellow was Freddie Meyer Blum. He toddled into the bathroom shut the door and turned the key in the lock. Then he forgot how to get out : e

Grandma Blum and Mrs. Blum the boy’s mother tried to coax Freddie to turn the key “back the other way" but Freddie was panic stricken and couldn't remember the-‘‘combination.” So as a last resort the Blums called in the fire department. Firemen arrived set up a ladder to the third sereen in a jiffy - and had rescued screen in a fiffy and had rescued Freddie within tive minutes of their arrival. o i

o Break Up Yegg Gang - Fulton county authorities beligved they broke up a wholesale aumn:/fbilc theft and liquor ring with the arf'esL‘ near Monon of two brothers from Indianapolis. e ‘ The brothers were Lowell Drigkell 18 and Lovel Driskell 16 who claimea to be the sons of a druggist on north Illinois street in indianapolis. ‘ They were arrested after they tried to sell an alleged stolen Nash roadster, : : - When taken into custody the youths were yiding in a car alleged tc have been stolen from W. J. Morley of Indianapolis. Five guarts of alcoholic liguor were found in the machine.

Faces White Slavery Charge Hiram Sexton 25 of Kendallville was arrested at Long Lake yesterday by deputies from the sheriff’s office on 2 ‘cnorge of white slavery preferred by Chailos W. Harding of Mt. Clemens, Mich. L In his complaint Harding alleged ihal Sexton had borrowed an automobile from ‘@ Mt. Clemens resident and taken his daughter to Long lake where they have been living.

Work of Joy Riders

The Chevrolet car of Clyde Johnson of Kimmell was taken from its parking place in this city last night and found by Roy Olinghouse this morning abandoned near the South Side garage. It is thought the machine had been taken and driven by joy riders. Police in surrounding. cities and towns were notified of the theft by Night Officer Bowen. ; ‘ Now For Canada | A card from Durbin Mier mailed at Boston sayg the Mier family is enjoying a wonderful trip and now heads for Canada. The young man wishes to be remembered to his Ligonier ftriends. . & Attend Brother’s Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Marion ' Steinbarger and Mrs. Bessie Nesgbit and family of-Elkhart township attended the funeral of their brother Beorge Buchanan at Rome City Friday afternoon. |: e e . Safe in England g Lloyd Bowman Boy Scout of Kendallville sent a cablegram Monday to his folks that he had arrived safely in England to attend the International Boy Scout jamboree. Divoree Record for Year. : In Noble county there were 200 mar riages in 1928 as compared to 215 in 1927. Divorces in 1928 numbered 37, compared to 33 in 1927. - |

TWICE WEEKLY

VOL. 63 NO. Y7B

COUZING SPILLS BEANS O PLANS

MICH¥GAN SENATOR REFUSES TO BE BOUND BY HIS PARTY COMMITTEE SECRECY.

Advise Members of Senate Finance Committee He Has Revealed : , Plans of-the Committee.

- The secret party sy’siem of writing tariff bills was. brought into dispute when Senator James R. Couzens, rep., Mich., went into the executive meetings of republican members of the senate finance committee now working on the house tariff bill, and informed them he had publicly told has constituents what the committee had done in executive session.- | The report of Couzen’s definance of the secrecy plans of his republican colleagues was no news to them, foi according to information given the United Press by a disinterested party, Couzens told ' them last Monday he would tell the people who elected hLiin what he and they were doing with the house rates in which Michigan is vitally interestd. e i - The statement by . Couzens was made to the commitee after another member had called official attention to a United States Press dispatch revealing what the committee had been doing .on the chemical schedule. It was decided then nothing would be done about publication of the faets but Couzen’s step has raised the issue again. "Other piembers declined to comment on the possibility that punitive steps might be taken hy them against the Michigan seator. He is chairman of the important Interstate Commerce committee and could be doprived of that post by the republican: it they saw fit. Seailen

Organized in County.

~ Howard Foster of Albion, was elected president of the Herd Improvement asosciation at the amx’ual reorganization meeting of the group cow testing association. The meeting was held in the office of J. B. Cunningham, Tuesday evening. Will Green of LigE’Onier was named secretary-treasurer, ~ Directors were elecetd during the business session. They included Earl Renkenberger, Kendallville; Elmer Cole, Albion; Carl Hostotter, Ligonier; and, George Stump, Cromwell. Two herds, the Kimme!l-Evense hel"’d' and the M. E. Sherman herd, both 6f Kendallville, were admitted to the association. Nearly fifteen names remain: on the waiting list of those de-. siring x’neml)ership. i : :

Large Sum Sought.

Claims " totalling $154,173.05 were filed against Irma Bitzinger of Fort Wayne, woman- Ponzi, ‘at the first creditor's. meeting in banksuptcy proceedings before Judge Wheeler Ashcraft, referee in bankruptcy. - While it is estimated that the victims of Miss Bitzinger number more .than 100, the claims for more than $150,000 filed represent only the investment of 43 creditors. E

Purdue Student Picnie.

- Former studentg.t and alumni of Pur due university in the northeastern Indiana district, will hold a picnic at Blue lake, Whitley county, August 8. Diversions during the day will includg }a basket dinner, ball games, swimming, fishing, horse-shoe pitching, etc. A. Z. Arehart is chairman of the af}faii'. 0 o : .

Christian Endeavor.

. The meeting was opened with a few songs. The topic for the evenming wa: “Nature and How We Worship With God Through it.” 'There were nine present and the collection was 50 cents. The meeting was clofed with the benediction and the leader appointed for the next meeting was William Nelson, ! To C(elebrate Tonight. Residents from points east of Kendallville will gather in that city tonight under the auspices of the Cleve land-Chicago Pike Association to celebrate the completion of the pavement between Waterloo and Kendallville. Fiity Chickens Stolen Ralph Lung residing on the NobleKosciusko county line in the dismal reported to Ligonier officers the theft of fifty of his chickens Tuesday night. The thieves were chased.but eluded pursuit. : . : - Still $1.27 the Bushel. Ligonier grain buyers contniued to pay $1.27 a bushel for wheat today with much coming in. Threshing of the grain is now going on in all seetions of Noble county. e o LaGrange Death. o James M. Bonebager, 52, and Daniel M. Hart, 73, died Wednesday at their homes in LaGrange. = =