Ligonier Banner., Volume 66, Number 10A, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 March 1932 — Page 1

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MAYOR OF ANDERSON INDICTED

Charged With Comspiracy fo Violate Federal Prohibition Laws—Gave Oosfiscated Liquor To Friends

Mayor Jesse H. Mellett of Anderson was indicted two weeks ago on charges of conspircay to violate federal prohibition laws it was revealea in federal court at Indianapolis. U. S. District Attorney George R. Jeffries explained that the indictment had not been divulged due to Mellett’s serious illness He had been confined in the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis for several weeks. The true bill against Mellett charged that he took liquor from the Anderson police station and distributed it among friends. The indictment also charged that Mellett took “protection’” money from bootleggers. Mellett was indicted at the same time that Mayor George R. Dale of Muncie and numerous other Muncie and Anderson persons were indicted on federal charges. Federal Judge Robert Baltzell directed that close watch be kept over Mellett. As soon as his health permits Baltzel ordered he, will be brought to court for arraig‘hment.

Mayor George Dale of Muncie anad 11 others indicted with him including Chief of Police Frank Massey and Police Captain Albert Parchurst pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Corbett Johnson alleged rum runner of Muncie pleaded guilty .

Second Brother Not Guilty.

Ray Kefarber 25 of Goshen chargea by his brother Henry, with petit larceny was found not guilty by a jury in Goshen city court last week. The jury deliberated 20 minutes before returning the verdict.

Kefarber was arrested on March 9 on charges filed by his brother Henry Kefarber. Two weeks before Henry ' was arrested on similar charges fileq by Ray. Henry was found not guilty after a hearing be fore City Judge Donald F. Stiver. Each brother charged the other with having stolen a wagon box, wheel barrow and post hole digger all valued at approximately $2O. Ray was alles. ed to have taken the equipment from the public sale barn at Goshen and Henry to have taken the implements from the Kefarber farm east of Goshen to the sale barns. The question of ownership arose in each trial and it still remains unsettled.

Cold Weather Helped Fruit Cricps The recent cold wave that prevailed in Indiana for more than a week was beneficial from two horticultural viewpoints orchardists. : First the low tempeartures retaraed development of fruit tree buds that were beginning to come out in the warm weather of late February. Second at least half the buds on peach trees were destroyed precluding possibility of another bumper crop such as was harvested last year. In other areas especially in Illinois, a larger number of buds were killed than in this region growers said they were informed.

Heirs Charge Fraud Fraud charges against A. G. Graham Gilbert A. Elliott and George Cranc, South Bend attornes were made in an amended complaint filed at South Bend by heirs of the late Willomine K. Morrison.

The new bill alleges that the law firm included one ot the heirs Robert . Kiper to sign a trust agree ment and failed to keep their prom ise that the trust would not be put into effect until it had been submitted to hig son Lloyd Kizer.

Fail To Provide

Trevor Few 36 of Elkhart was fined $ll and sentenced to 180 days on the penal farm when he was found guilty in the Elkhart city court on a charge of failing to provide for a minor child The penal farm sentence will be suspended if Few can furnish a $3OO bone to insure payments of $6 per week for the support of the child. The charge against Few was filed by hi» former wife Martha Few. . ‘

Given Suspended Sentence Violet Bickel of near Ligonier drew a fine of $lO and costs. amounting to $4O and was given a six month’s sus pended sentence last week when ar raigned in Mayor W. C. Auman’s court at Kendallville on a charge of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The arrest was made by Arthur Zimmer man state highway patrolman.

Knifed Hour Guards

A negro prisoner in Michigan state reformatory knifed four guards before he was subdued in an attempt to escape. One of the officers Milme L. Patrick 40 also was shot accidentally by a fellow guard who fired at the prisoner, Walter Sanders who is serving 15 months to 10 years for felonious assault.

County Council Called Kosciusko county auditor Jesse Bruner has issued a call for the county council to meet at Warsaw Monday afternoon March 28 for the purpose of passing an additional appropriations, including $1,600 asked for the salary of a county veterinarian. Barlier in the year the council turned down a like proposal. '

THE LIGONIER BANNER

LIGONIER.NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. MONDAY. MARCH 21, 19382

GOES TO WASHINGTON

Daniel H. Fisher New Paris Banker Invited To Be Heard By Sensdte : Committee

Daniel H. Fisher president of the New Paris State bank has gone to Washington D. C., to confer with the senate finance committee relative to Fisher’s plan for relieving the presem: economic condition.

; Fisher’s plan, advanced several monthg ago has gained suuch recog‘nition that Congressman Samuel B, Pettengill of the 13th Indiana district invited the New Paris banker to Washington. The exact date of Mr. Fisher’s conference with the senate committee has not been determin ed. 2

Letters have also been received by Mr. Fisher from other statesmen at Washington asking him to confe: with them while in the capital. Ar. rangements are being made it was said for Mr. Fisher to have a confer ence with President Hoover.

Hearing To Be Tuesday.

‘The case of Bert Leist 47 Elkhart constable who was arrested Thursday in Elkhart on a charge of trespassing on the property of James Miller of near Elkhart and illegally jeizing a gas stove demanded by a furniture company will be heard in Elkhart city court March 22.

With Leist when he said to have broken into the Miller home and who will be arraigned with him are John Gertz 22 and Alfred Morningstar 29 both of Elkhart and employeg of the furniture establishment. According to Mrs. James Miller Leist attempted to remove the stove during the recent cold weather but she would not allow him to enter the and when he showed -).’'*etaociZ@ house. Leist later returned and whenr he showed Mrs. Miller a writ of reple. vis she ran to a neighbors house for help. - While she was gone she contends that Leist broke down the door and took the stove leaving her four-year ol@ granddaughter Barbara exposed to the cold. Mrs. Miller said her hus pand had been out of work for months and had not been able to keep up the payvments on the stove.

Prices AYe Lower

Surp}us-powered quality electric refrigerators priced as low as $l3O at the factory can be purchased throngh Ligonier Electric Shop local Frigidaire dealer. The $l3O quotation is for the ML-4 Model.

Anticipation of economies in manufacturing that can be effected by greatly increased production enables Flrigidaire to offer the public the advantages of these savings in advance through lower 'pric_es, an announcement from the factory stated. The drastic reductions were made, it was said, as the result of a nationwide survey that indicated there are hundreds of thousands of persons who would like to own Frigidaires, but have deferred actual purchases because of price.

In the factory announcement, it was stated that the reductions are in line with Frigidaire’s policy to pass on to the buyer savings made possible by lower material costs, lower distribution expenses and mass production. In line with the price slashing, a national contest in which fifty Fri-gidaire-Moraine household models will be awarded during March to efficient housewives is under way. Details are available at the display. Although prices have been lowered to points new to the quality refrigerator field, the factory announcement said, the company is maintaining the exact workmanship, the high standards of materials and all the features that enabled it to build more houseéhold models in 1931 than in 1930. : '

To Seek Individual Views

Lieut. Gov. Bdgar D. Bush and Wal. ter Myers speaker of the 1931 house of the Indiana general assembly decided not to invite members of the legislature into two communities of the whole to consider the report of the citizens’ tax relief committee. . Instead Bush will send letters to the state senators asking each if he will be willing to be bound to congider only tax relief measuers if a special session is called. Myers will gend similar letters to the members of the house.

Still Installed in Coult

Taken from bed, Enganuel Wyland of Shore Lake was found guilty at Warsaw of violating the prohibition law and sentenced to one year to five years imprisonment. L Circuit Judge L. W: Royse refused a continuance because of illness after a physilian and deputies found WYyland in bed fully clad and apparently in good health. _ A jury returned a verdict of guilty after a still found in Wyand’s home was installed in court and its operation explained. ;

The Indiana state tax board has approved the $25,000 appropriation of the Elkhart city council to relieve unemployment in that city, it was announced. ‘The appropriation was made by the council some time ago. So far Plkhart has appropriated $75,000 for municipal improvements in order to provide jobs for people.

TRUSTEES HAVE ORGANIZED

Seek To Abolish Laws Which Are Costing Townships Unnecessary 4 Money ’

' Six township trustees of Noble county attended the fourth district trustees’ meeting at Fort Wayne in al? Sixty-five attending from the various counties of the district. The orgam zation perfected with Elmer J. Fox of Fort Wayne as president will be a unit in the state association.

The meeting was opened by My, Fox who had been named a tempo rary chairman for the district to han dle organization work. Mr. Fox statea that the purpose of forming a distriet association was to increase enrollment in the state association and to afford proper representation at the state legislature. Mr. Fox poisted out that the association would protect tax payers principally in seeking to abolish laws which are unnecessarily cost ing the township money. Mr. Fox introduced Harry Simms ot Snyder vice president of the state association who described the manner in which other district organizaitons have been perfected and proposed plans which might be followed by the group here. Edward Hoffman Brazil state secretary also spoke. He stated that there was growing antagonism to township government in order to prostitute or improvement was being sug | gested. He pointed out the necessity of combatting the attacks against the township goversment in order to protect the taxpayers. : “The fight for township government is not for the individual ekxecutives but for the people of the township who benefit by the economies of the existing township form of rule” Mr. Hoffman stated.

Information of Finance is Asked

- A questionnaire for information on the finances of Noble county has been sent to the county treasurer by the Indiana Association for Tax Justice. The information gathered in each county of #he state will be used to marshall public opinion for tax reduec. tion according to officials of the state group. The following questions are included in the questionnaire: Total amount of 1932 bugets ot all taxing units in the county estimated delinquencies in 1932 tax collections in dollars estimated reductions in incomes of other kinds such as loss of fees deposits, etc.,, and the estimated total reduction in revenue, from tax collections and all other sources in percentage of the amount anticipatéeg when the 1932 budgets were made. ; : .

May Close Park

Insufficient funds may force Michigan to close 20 of its 52 state parks this summer according to P. J. Hoffmaster head of the parks division of the department of conservation. The 1931 legislature reduced. appropriations for the maintenance of state parks from $67,000 to $55,000. In addition the state thletic fund patr of which is used for upkeep of the parks is nearly depleted. ' “Unless extra revenue is provided” Hoffmaster said“We will have to close some of the smaller state parks in or. der to have enough money to maintain the larger ones. Salaries and expens i_es already have been reduced to a ‘minimum and the closing of some of the smaller parks remains the only action that can be taken. =

Given Suspended Sentence

. Blizabeth Smith 62 of Milford was given a six months suspended sentence at the Women’s Reformatory and fined $lOO and costs when she appeared before Judge L. W. Royse in circuit court at Warsaw on a charge of selling intoxicating ligquor. In the first affidavit filed against Mrs. Smith she was charged with gelling intoxicating liquor and in an amended complaint filed recently three counts were charged =sale of intoxicating liquor common nuisance and possession of intoxicating liquor When the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the first count the last two were dismissed.

Leaders Favors Tax Session . An attempt to enlist the support of all democrats for the tax relief proposals drawn up by the citizens’ com mittee was sought in letters sent out by Walter S. Chambers minority lead er of the state senate. «“we cannot afford to oppose the program and thereby prevent a gpecial gession that could easily lift $20,00-~ 000 off the real and @angible'property taxes” Chambers said “We cannot afford either as legislators or as citizens to be charged with keeping this $20,000,000 tax burden on propetry owners next year.”

Pastor Indicted

_ A charge of selling sacramental wine to a parishoner was faced at Indianapolis by Rev. John Vassiliades Moline, 111, former pastor of the Greek Orthodox church in Indianapolis. He was released on $2,000 bond pending arraignment. : An indictment against Rev. Vasgiliades accused him of selling a gallon of wine to Mike Lorain August 15 1930. The pastor contended that the wine was sold by a trustee of the church. He blamed factional diffi‘culties within the church for the ac‘cusation against him. ol

IS NAMED RECEIVER

Butler Attorney Familiar With Bank Liquidations Takes Qver Duties - Thursday. :

Clark Springer of Butler is the receiver of the Citizens National bank of Kendallville assuming his new duties Thursday. He wasg appointed by J. W. Pole comptroller of currency at Washintgon D. C.

=+ Mr. Springer who is an attorney by profession is at present receiver fox the Garrett Savings Loan & Trust company of Garrett and wag attorney for the receiver of the First Nationai bank at LaGrange and the First National bank at Columbia City and hence has had considerable experienca in the banking business. He at one time was prosecuting attorney of DeKalb county.

The Citizens National bank was closed Thursday to enable the receiver to get a set-up on the gituation without any unnecessary disturbance but will be open ag usual hereafter enabling holders of safety deposit boxes and others who may have busi ness to transact at the bank to do so. Until Mr. Springer becomes thoroughly familiar with the conditions at the bank he will be unable to state when a first payment will be made to depositors but Kesdallville banking officials have previously stated that it will be physically impossible to make an inital payment before the ex. piration of the taxpaying period. - . Sonce the bank closed on February 13, E. H. Sollenbarger of Chicago bank examiner hag been in charge ot the Kendallville bank. He will now relinquish hi§ -duties and return to Chicago. ;

As yet, no attorsey for the receiver has been appointed. This appoint ment will be made by the comptreller of currency at Washington.

Attend Tournament

Among Lgonier basketball fans to attend the state tourney were the following: Edward Fisher, Frank Burley, Joe Stetler, Speedy Hayden, Dick Vanderford, Will Sack, Herman Sack, Audley Green and family, Nathan Wertheimer, Junior Robinson, Harry Mentzer, Bob Wytell Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allen, Miss Mary Reid, Chas. Wisner, Garth .Chrisman, Fred Hendrickson John Emmerson and Baron Steller. The Newcastle team is the new state champion having defeated Winamac in the finals.:

Death of Mark Kinnison

Mark Kinnison age 44 years well known resident of Elkhart township died Friday morning at his home

near - Wawaka. Death resulted from pneumonia and followed a short illness. 'Mr. Kinnison was born and had always resided on the farm where he died. Surviving besides the widow are four children all at home and an aged father Charles Kinnison. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the late residence with burial in Oak Park cemetery Ligonier,.

Fire Causes Slight Damage

A small fire caused slight damage to the roof of the home . of Mrs. Bertha Stiver three miles southwest of Millersburg Sunday afternoon. The blaze was thought to have started from a spark from the chimney and was no-

ticed by her son Roy Stiver as he approached the house from the garage. Guests at the home assisted in keeping the fire checked until the Millersburg and Benton trucks arrived and extinguished the fire.

Bank Officers Given Clean Slate

Officers and directors of the Farmers’ State bank of Wyatt were clear eéd at South Bend of fraud charges brought against them in a $lO,OOO dam age 'suit by Edward Getz Circuit Judge Dan Pyle of South Bend ordered the jury to return a ver. dict in favor of the defendants at the close of the presentation of evidence by Getz. Louis Gerber cashier ana William Leman president of the bank were the principal defendants.

Dates Fixed as June 20.23

The annual encampment of the Indiana department of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held at Richmond June 20 to 23 already is being arranged by committees.

Although the encampment proper does not open until June 20 a large number of visitors is espected on June 19. Entertainment features will be at their disposal. :

Purdue Professor Dies

Professor Byron E. Pontius 44 asso. ciate professor of arfimal husbandtry at Purdue university died of pneumonia. Besides being with Purdue he was former coungcillor of the Lafayette Boy Scout area embracing several counties. He was also a member of the Lafayette Lions club and was associated prominently with the First M. E. church. :

Leg Fractured

Wayne Nusbaum of Elkhart sustaised a fracture to his right leg in two places last week, when a caxe mixing machine fell on him in the Faultless bakery in Elkhart, :

Commits Suicide

Otto Mosiman 49 a Fort Wayne life insurasce agent committed suicide by taking poison worry and ill health being given as the probable causes.

SOCIAL EVENTS.

Items Gathered by Banner Reporters of Special Interest for Its Many Readers.

Entertained at Bridge

The Misses Opal Weeks and Louisa King entertained three tables of bridge at the home of.the former last Thursday evening. Prizes were award ed to the Misses Virginia Oldfather and Lenore Kunkalman and Mrs. Marlin Knight. A delicious two course luncheon was served. The table decorations and tallies were designed in keeping with St. Patrick’s Those present were the Misses FElizabeth Drain, Helen Neidhardt, Tsabel Taylor Lenore Kunkalman, Lucile Palin, Kathryn Bolitho, Florence (nthorman, Florence and Virginia Oldfather and theMesdames Fred Stratton, Marlin Knight and Edward Fisher.

Sunday School Class Entertained

About twenty members of the I. B. A’ U. B. B. U. class of the U. B. church were entertained Thursday eventhg at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jorg After the serving of the picnic supper contests twere enjoyed and prizes went to Mrs. C. R. Smith, Mrs. Jorg and Stanton Vance. The next meeting wil be held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Smith. ;

Sunday Guests

Mr. and Mrs. L. . Schlotterback entertained five couples at a family dinner Sunday in compliment to Mrs. O. 0. Bowen who celebrated her birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wilson of Hicksville Ohio were out of town guests. ® o o

Picnie Bridge

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robinson entortained their pienic bridge club Fridav evening. This meetins ended a ceries of games. Bridge favorg were awarded Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mathews Mrs, Bd Williams and Charles F. Green. :

Club Fntertained

Mre., Cecil Griffith entertained the members of her bridge club at her home Thursday evening. Mrs. Charles wagoner held high score for the clud wrs. Leland Calbeck was a substitute cuests. % s % =% S

Snnday Suvnper CluP

Mr. and Mrs. Glade Rupert entertained guests&t a Sunday evenine sunper and bridee. Bridge favors went to Mrs. Leland Thompson, Mrs. Leland Calbeck, J. B. Schutt and Leland Calbeck. - * ¢« &

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moser entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Glen Smith and daughter of Topeka and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Ryan of South Bend were supper guests. L

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cockley will entertain their bridge club of Albion Thursday evening. *&& . 7

Mrs. C. D. Lane will entertain her bridge club at a one o’clock luncheon Thursday. : . ‘e o ®

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Schutt will enter tained their Neighborhood Club Triday evening. :

NEWS NOTES.

Harold Nelson of Muncie was home over Sunday. ° ;

Miss Louise Reed of Elkhart was a owest of friends here over the weekend. :

Mr. and Mrs. Wezlter Bonham ' of Albion spent Sunday in Ligonier visit ing friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wrestler of Walkerton were guests in the Lawrence Skeels home.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robinson were Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Hostetler in LaGrange. -

Miss Marcile Marker of Muncie spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marker. ‘

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weir spent Sun‘ day in Fort Wayne. They were joinedthere by their son Clair of Lima, Ohio.

. Sparta Township Home Division which was to have'met March 16 will meet March 23 at the home of Mrs. Cleo Wolfe. . Everyone invited.

Regniald Duke after resumming his duties at the Refrigerator factory last week is again confined to his bed suffering from sinus and glandular trouble. =« " :

Mrs. D. E. Ott spent Sunday in Goshen assisting her mother Mrs. Clara McDevitt to celebrate her 95th birthday. Mrs. McDevitt makes her home there with her son Frank, another ‘son ‘Edson McDevitt of Toledo spent the day there. Mrs. McDevitt is enjoying unuusual good health.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Chris. tian church will serve supper in the church basement Thursday Mar. 24 from 5:30 to 7 o’clock Menu, baked chicken, mashed ' potatoes . gravy, noodles, creamed peas, eggs cole slaw bread, butter jelly, cherry and peach pie. Price 30c. AR — A ! - By v

HEIRS FILE COMPLAINT

Charge Mrs. Louise Mitchell ol Un. sound Mind Deeded Property to Wm. Kenline and Wiie

A complaint for partition and quiet title .fo real - estate which involves the homestead of the late Jyhn Mitch. ell, one of Kendallville's ‘garly pioneers located at the corner of South Main and Diamond streets was filea last week in the Noble circuit court at Albion by L. H. Wrigley of Albion, attorney for the plaintiffs. The action is to set aside a deed executed ny Mrs. Louise Mitchell April 6 1912 in which the estate was deeded to Wirliam Kenline and Lydia Kenline and wife of - Fort Wayne and demands judgment. _

. Plaintiffs in the cause are Carl J. Bluhm, Anna Ryan of Kendallville and Lena Haines of Avilla. Defendants are William Kenline and wife, Lydia Kenline of Fort Wayune; Minnie Biuhm Fort Wavyne; Ida JPauker Kalamazod Mich.; Maurice L. Bluhm, Chicago; Ira Gerig and Eric Bluhm. : The plaintiffs according to the suit filed charge that on April 6 1912 Mrs. Louise Mitchell by her pretendod deed of convevance attempted to convey the Mitchell homestead to the said defendants, William Kenline and Lydia Kenline which said pretended deed of conveyaance was filed for record in the office of the recorder of Nohle county March 16 1932.

Reports Shows Faets

Capt. Howard C. Smith of the state police force has received a copy of the results of a recent research study tending to show that less female driv. ers are involved in accidents than male drivers. .

The report compiled by the Travalers Insurance Company of = Hart ford, Conn., shows that out of a cross section experience of a period and a group ecomprising more than 7.600,000 drivers licensed lin states requiring applicants‘to show fitness to operate a motor vehicle of whom 77 per cent were males a male driver was involved is a personal injury. accident for every 21 male drivers licensed, in a nonfatal accident for every 22 licensed and in a fatal accident for every 726 male drivers Mcensed. ; :

The female operators cpnstituted 23 per cent of the total operators licensed. One was involved in a personal! injury accident for every 86 female drivers in a non-fatal accident for every 89 licensed and is a fatal accident for every 3,558 female drivers licensed. oo

Giood Year For Game Birds

Never in the knowledge of this division says Walter Shirtg superintentendent of fisheries and game for the state conservation department has Indiana experienced a winter so favorable to game as the one just passing. Unless March brings continued severe weather more game will carry over to the. nesting season than for many vears, and. next year’s game crop promises to be one of the best in sev~ eral decades. o e

~ According to Shirts quail and rabbits are reported in large numbers in most sections of Indiana. The raffed grouse or patridge is increasing and several nests were located last summer near the various state game preseves and state forsts. Reports to the conservation department tell ot some very nice bags of partridges secured by hunters during the past sea son. ;

Sues For Life InsuranCe

Elmery D. Sellers administrator of the estate of Sadies Sellers filed a complaint in circuit court at Goshen against the Prudential Life Insurance Co., charging that the defendant owes him as administrator $708.00 on three unpaid policies on the life of Sadie Sellers. The complaint asks for $850.00. It is alleged that the defendant issued three policies on the life of the now deceased Sadie Sellers and that the administrator of her estate made proof of her death and de manded payment of the policies on December 7 1931. The demand for payment is averred was not complied with.

Cabbage Will Be Main Crop

Many farmers in the vicinity of Miford will this year turn their atten tion to the production of cabbage and it is estimated that fully 12,000 tons of cabbage will be shipped out of that town next fall. Last year a total of 2,000 tons of cabbage was shipped from Milford. i Cabbage growers of that section have organized an association ot which "Guy Lambert ig the head and the organization has practically cons tracted with the Atlantic Commission company to furnish 1,000 cars of cabbage during the coming summer and fall. :

Bank Trial Postpbned

Trial of Barl Rose former executive of the First National bank on a charge of embezzlement was postponed at South Bend by Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick who announced that he will hear the case later. ' :

Rose is 'accused of having taken more than $15,000 from the bank’s funds. It 1s expected that he will plead sguilty. ok , :

MONDAY THURSDAY

VOL. 66 NO. 10A

A PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL A Beautiful Piece ‘af Art Work Was Recently Presented To The Departmental School In This City

Mrs. A. B. Mier recently presented the. Departmental school with beautiful piece of art work in ‘which the United States flag and the emblem, the eagle are developed in exquisite needle work. ; .~ The rich color and the handsome frame, together with the patriotic significance of the design. make it a very attractive and appropriate ornament for a school room wall.

It was displayed on a easel at one side of the stage wnile a large yicture

of Washington was similarly displayed at the other side, during the Wash. ing Bicentennial program that was given recently at the community guditorium, and has been greatly admired.

lon o o High Cost of Government

~ Citing the growing cost of government as the chief cause of the nation’s high tax bill Jay White of South Bend in an address at Goshen Friday called upon the public to take oreater interest in public affairs.

Mr. White of the Studebaker Corppersonnel department speaking upon “Taxation” declared that government costs citiens one dollar out of every $4.50 earned. He showed how expense of federal departments had mounted by leaps and bounds in the past two decades ridiculed many fed aral expenditures and said that only by putting a stop to these growmaking a aoinyyxy,apyrsglvbgkq-)** ing costs can the tax bill be reduced.

The Studebaker corporation lis making a deep study of the tax question and Mr. White was plentifully supplied with facts and figures 1o sack up his statements.

Two Elkhartans In Jail

A man and a woman said to have a part in contributing to the delinquency of two Elkhart school children sne a 15-year-old girl and the other a {6 yvear old boy both of whom were srrested by Elkhart police for intoxi.ation were being held in Elkhart.

The woman is Mrs. Minnie Relph of Wikhart alleged operator of a speak easy and the man James Curnutt al<o of Elkhart who was found parked near the place where the two minors were arrested with several bottles of heer in the rear of his taxi.

" Slayer Faces Three Charges Lokash Kalilec whose objection to

the tune John Humes was playing on a mouth organ led to a quarrel and the slaying of Humes was indicted at Knox on three charges. Indictments were returned against Kalilee by the Starke county grand jury charging first degree murder secona decree murder and manslaughter.

: Holy Week Services : There will be special services at the United Brethren church this Wed._ nesday evening at 7:30. Special music. The sermon will be given by Reyv. C. C. Wischmeir of Topeka. Rev. Wischmier is an able speaker and the public is invited to attend the services. This is the special Holy Week cervice at the U. B. church. -

~ Dies at Knepp Sanitarium Sister Mary Thomasina Gersback 60 died at the Kneipp sanitarium Thursday after a few days’ illness of pneumonia She came to this country from Europe and had been at the sanitarium for more than thirteen years. Jervices ‘and burial were held at the gasitarium Saturday.

South Bend Also Behind _ Pacing a deficit of $12,345.23 with four months left in" its fiscal year of operations the South Bend Community Fund, Inc., has taken steps to collect $38,521 in delinquent pledges made during the campaign for funds last May.

(County Treasurer Here - County Treasurer Carleton Surfus will be at the Farmers and Merchants Trust Co April 4 and at the American State Bank April 5. All day for your convenience in paying the spring installment of taxes.

Plans Big Spring Reunion

Scottish Rite Masons at South Bend laid plansg for formulating the class to be presented at the Spring reunion of the bodies April 19 20 and 21 Periodic meetings are planned so that reports may be made on progress.

Giets Prison Sentence

Carl Morrett of Silver Lake was sentenced to from two to 14 years in the state penitentiary when he pleaded guilty at Warsaw to passing a forged check

Large Farm House Burns

A large house on the farm of New man Heffley an extessive onion and botato grower residing four miles east of Auburn was burned to the ground Insurance of $5,600 will cover the loss

Is Candidate Again

John E. Luttman, Republican and present sheriff of LaGrange county has announced his candidacy for nomination again at the May primary.