Ligonier Banner., Volume 71, Number 42, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 November 1937 — Page 2

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SAFETY CAMPAIGN PLANNED

Indiana Hopes To Make Program " Here Model For Entire Nation

. Indiana’s extengive traffic safety program -moved forward with increas ed impetus today along 4 path that is expected to make it a “model” throughout the nation. Indiana state policemen, acting ou orders of Don Stiver, state safety director, began an intensive campaign against drunken drivers, charged by traffic experts with major responstbility for the increasing loss of life and property on the 50,000 miles of Hoogier highways.

Meantime, the newly appointed governor's highway safety co-ordi nation committee invited five na-tionally-known traffic experts to Indianapolis to suggest means of reducing the state’s skyrocketing automobile death toll,

The five men, each an expert in some particular phase of traffic safety, are expected to draw up plans_ eliminating much of the dual control duplication and lack efficiency 1n the present state safety setup. : Maxwell Halsey, of the Harvard bureau of street traffic research will study Indiana’s highway System andsuggest engineering imprdvements. State pollfce activities will be co-or-dinated by Lieut. Frank Kremel, of Northwestern university. ] Joseph L. Lingo, of Purdue university will assist in the enforcement of new drivers’ license laws. Two experts from the natiopal safety council, J. Stannard Baker ana Kirk A. Keegan will scrutinize the state wide accident reporting system which will go into effect January 1. Organization of the state highway' safety co-ordination committee was suggested to Gov. M. Clifford Tewnsend by Lew Wallace, lowa commissioner of motor vehicles and national safety council traffic expert. Wallace pointed out that Ind_iap&i has only 150 uniformed police ofti-: cers and that criminal police work cuts heavily into their duties. The governor said that at an earlier conference with Stiver he had suggested more attention be directed by state police to traffic and less to criminal activities.

- Profits From State Fair $74,287. Indiana’s 1937 state fair brought $74,287 profit into the state’s coffers Chester Morris of Salem, president of the fair board reported. Total receipts for the exposition were $319,085, Morris said. Paid admissions to the fair, which this year reached an all-time high, totaled 318,644, , .

Postmaster Named.

Clarence Pook became acting postmaster at South Whitley after the resignation of Ralph Fox. Mr. Fox resigned as postmaster to begin his duties as accountant for the Indiana unemployment compensation division. Mr. Pook will serve until an appoint ment is made through congress.

Mrs. Jack Hire is home after spend ing a week in Chicago.

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STRICKEN WERH, HEART ATTACK Joseply Evers Shunmps, D, At: Wheek ~ of Truck; Machine Lands Lx

Stricken with a heart attack while driving a truek, Joseph Evers, age 63. a life-long restdent of the Kendall ville community slumped dead at the steering wheel Thursday morning five miles southwest, of : Albion The truck crashed through a fcnce and in. to a field, where it was found. by Gene McCloughan and: Sam _ Svtton, farmers of the vicimity, . Coroner Myron C, Hutchins wbo was summoned and held an inquest stated death was. due (o natural causes,

' Mr., Evers was one of the owners and organizers of the Kendaliville L ertilizer company, being associated ‘with his brother James. . He was born in the imunediate vicinity of his present. home, three miles northwest of kendaliville, where he had always resided. By vir. tue of his business he was widely known throughout this s:ction of the

country, : i His wife died about nine years aga. Surviving relatives include a son and a daughter, Miss Emily and Howard, both at home; two uruthers and a sister, James, north of Kendallville, David of Wakarusa, and Mra. George Uhl, of nocrtawest of Kendalville. Funeral services were held Satur< day afternoon. ;

State Pay Rolls Little Cnanged Reclining more than was seasonally expected, employment in Indiana industry dropped off 2.8 per cent in thober as compared with September, the state employment service reported. At the same time pay rolls were 0.4 per cent under the September figure, :

The heaviest employment losses were suffered in the manufacturing and food industries, Th: end cf the canning season brought a 8.5 per cent decline in employment and 21.3 per cent in pay rolls in the food - dustry. Che seasonal index for manufactrring industries shows a normal ot i.l per cent dccline in October but this year the drop was ¢.l per cent in employment and 1.1 per cent in ray rolls. W A seasonal expansion in che auton.otive industry brought about a 1.3 per cent increase in employment and 8.0 per cent increase in pay rolls in the transportation equipment group: 4.8 per cent in employment and 8.7 per cent in employment lin nonferrous metals and 6.2 per cent in employment and 9.6 per cent in rub‘her products. In the non-manufacturing lin. dwstries employment was up 1.7 per cent and pay rolls were increased 2.8 per ecent.

Badly Hurt.

Sherman Martin 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin, Terre Haute, a member of the CCC camp at Angola, is:in a serious condition in Sacred Héart hospital at Garrett, the result of a fall from an :automobile on RQad 27 north of Auburn, Accomspanied by Morris Amders of Topeka, Martin was hitch-hicking 'to-Kokomo, where he was to begin duties on a radio job. The boys: were picked up by Charles Hershbisl of Garrett. A rear door-of the car came open ‘and Martin fell to the pavement -on his head.

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CONVICTIONS HIT JACOB BAKER MYTH AS HERO OF 1776

Mass of Evidence Punctures Seventy-Year-Old Alleged Fraud Scheme.

Pigtsbqrm Pa.—A mass of evidence—colleé! during twelve years of investigation—was believed to have ended a seventy-year-old alleged fraud scheme involving a mythical billion-dollar estate of Jacob Baker, legendary Revolutionary war figure. Documents, letters, charts, maps, drawings and -affidavits—more than 45,000 in number-—were collected by postal authorities in their fight to stap -the exploitation of the nonexistent estate. Introduced in federal courts in three trials, the papers resulted in the conviction of seventeen persons on charges of using the mails to defraud, or 'cons:!:’é'é'y. Seven others offered ‘‘no défense” before the openingof the trials in Philadelphia and, Pittsburgh. The' government charged the defendants fraudulently solicited money from so-called heirs of the nonexistent fortune for ‘“‘investigation and. settlement’’ of 'the estate.

Three Groups Prosecuted.

More than forty separate ‘‘Baker Heir Associations’’ were found to have been operating throughout this country and Canada, but the prosecutions centered on three groups operating inp western Pennsylvania. ;T;xf§g groups were known as the “Pittsburgh,” the ‘“‘Johnstown” and the “Altoona”’ groups. ZEgg legends concerning, Jacob Baker varied greatly. Many ver.sions were told by the promoters, .government agents'said. ; i)m_e oé the promoters of the ‘“‘es.tate” ‘sai Japob Baker was a Revolutionary war hero, who had been _awarfled ' large tracts of land in ,what is now downtown Philadelphia, .in return for war service. . Claimed for the estate were such ,properties as the tracts where now ,atef‘situlte'd Independence hall, city ‘hall; Penrisylvania station and val*':gua' business buildings in Philadel--la.

‘A. T. Hawksworth, postal inspector in:charge of: the investigation, testified during the trials that he had g fzund' the Baker estate was a recurrent hoax, practiced on so-cajled _heirs for more than seventy years. It was -estimated by government _authorities that thousands of per,sons contributed ;amounts ranging “betweep, slo.and $2,000 each to assoclations to “‘ipvestigate” the estate. ‘Hut the goyernment's investigation "brought xg;ults more rapidly. ' Bpsts Herp Claim.

Waz department records were inttoduced to show. that the only Penns}Lvania Jacob Baker who served in ttg. Revoluytiopary war was not a colonel or a general, as the légend said, but a private. In addition, it . was pointed out that the official rec‘ords showed "that "tHis Jacob’ Baker "hpdbeen senténced to 1007 lashes for ““désertion and trying to join the enermy’’ ’mmd: of theé' heroism atttibuted to ‘legendary figure. " Edward P. Smith,; Philadélphia at- ' térney’and title abstractor, testified “hie- searched” for- many' days -among * therecords of Philadelphia but found + np- Jacob: Baker- funds or estate un- ‘ ibuted. He said.be traced the " hpldings ginwacob ngrg from 1883 .to.. 1910, .could find no un--claimed, tah;flog.tomse i | Smith,.said . esligation re«vealed that the o)}wiuphthe oty rm’ aia Ql}.ifl i"b’c‘,ud %LE f‘w Wty by ‘l:!,i!m - Francis J. ; ton chemi i e ‘the paper on which a purported will @ s r{ v pinps? W"u"';, " b Herman Miller ana grafiaPaALRE .m, A.w.« kfim« - :t;asd«“w = W‘;

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA

The Red Cross

The Red Cross has given help to the victims of more than 100 disasters each twelve months for the past two years, but never before has a cataclysm of nature made so many of our citizens homeless as did the January floods of the Nhio and Mississippi Rivers.

In this great flood the Red Cross gave relief to more than a million persons and, after the water receded, helped thousands upon thousands of families to rebuilt and repair their damaged homes and to replace neces. sary household furnishings lost or ruined in the flood. The American people quickly contributed a $25,000,000 flood relief fund to the Red Cross for the benefit of flood affected familles. But, great as was the fund, it was entirely exhausted in the purpose for which it was given—meeting the urgent needs of the disaster stricken families. Not one single penny of this flood relief fund was or could be used to support the year-round Red Cross programs.

Disastey relief, though perhaps the most spectacular activity of the Red Cross, is only one phase of ils many sided work, which Includes public health nursing, assistance to war disabled veterans and men in the armed forces of our country and their dependents, instruction in first aid and water life saving, highway first aid, instruction in home care o? the sick, the making of garmonts for needy families, producing books in Braille for the blind, and a home and farm accident prevention prcgram,

Club women may have a part in all Red Cross work by joining their local chapter as a member during the Roll Call, held from November lith to 25th. Everyone ig invited to join Indiana Club women.

Home Owner’s Cataloge Available Prospective home builders will be interested in knowing that they are eligible to receive a complimentary copy of the latest edition of Houw Owners' Catalogs. This big, valaable volume, with its detailed descripiions of hundreds of reliable building materials, equipment, and furnish:rgs — and its beautiful color illustrations—provides the prospective home owner with a guide to a better ejuipped home. The latest prodvcts of leading manufacturers are represented o ald in the attainment of a better home. Published and distributed by the F. W. Dodge Corporation, 105 W. Adams St., Chicago lil, this volume is offered free of charge to anyone who is planning to build or medernize a hoome for their own occupaacy with in 12 months, in the 37 statas east of the Rocky Mountains and spend 34,060 or more for construction, exclusive of land. (

The cataalog over 12,000 coples of which have been distributed within the last tweive months, serves the grospective owner in the capacity of bringing a personal bp,ildm show ard housing exhibit dircetly into his own living room. In addition, it enables Ekim to select the produci> best suited for the home being planred, and to learn how to go alout get ting produucts through local dealers and distributors.

Home Owner's Catalogs has been connfidently: endorsed by the country’'s leading architects and bullding contractors whe recognise the distinct contributiuon. of this volums to the building fleld. .

To Vote On Strike Nov. 22 Unionized employers of the Dalton foundry of Warsaw will on November 22 take a vote on the question of whether or not to strike. The decision was announced following a meeting of the empiloyes with N, D, Smith, secrciary of the mamgélonu Moulders' union. Both Monized and unorganized ema ployes will be requested to vote in secret ballot upon the preposal o I o b ity eoA

FARM MEETING AT ALBION

*Wmns&m Discussed

Why the United States npeds a | permanent soil conservation program and what is likely to come in the 1938 program, and how the 1938 corn loan program will be operated in InQia.na. were the principal subjects before an important farm meeting held at Albion. The gathering under auspices of the state agricultural conservation committee, which lis In charge of the agricultural conservation program, drew representatives from a number of counties in this part of the state. - Those from Noble county attending were chairman of the county soil con- ' servation committee and Orville MeLallin, R. H. Buckles, Ted J. HNte. Ernest Layman and County Agent M. A. Nye, “Maintenance of farm prices and income at a fair level so that farmers will not be forced to mine the fertiity of their soil by over-cropping and unwise use of their land is one of the principal aims of the 1938 program,” said A. M. Nichter field representa« tive of the state committee.

“1¢ tarm prices are ruinously law, farmers tend to over-crop their und‘ in an effort to get enough money to meet their obligations, and if prices are abnormally high, they tend to mine the fertility of their soil in order to get as much cash as possible. Gen ‘erally, they have been forced to overcrop year after year to meet fixed charges such as interest, taxes, production costs and other items. Under the streess of debt they have not been able to follow soil building programs so badly needed.

“The folly of plowing up grass lahds of the west during the World war has been shown in the dust storms of recent years and this situation applies in the same way to thousands of Indlana farms, which had fields that never should have been touched by the plow becanse of soil erosion that has followed too steady or unwise cultivation of fields that should have been lin grass. “The 1938 conservation program s designed to assist farmers in maintaln ing fair prices and fair income and In making wise use of the soil.”

Denied Admittance at Prison.

ln‘rjorie Barnes Messinngale, 14-year-old child-wife of Sanford C. Messingnle, 37-year old Arkansas share cropper and singing teacher, who was taken to Indianapolis to start serving a six month prison senténce, was back in the Elkhart county jall. Authorities at the Indiana Women's prison refused to accept the child-wife as an linmate becavse of hey age. Elkhart county authorities announced that a charge of assanit and battery would be preferred against her in juvenile court. Inmasmuch as she has already pleaded guilty she will be sentenced to the Indiana girls’ school until she is 21 years of age. Authorities at the women’s prison told Deputy Sheriff Russel K. Boss, who took Mrs, Messingale and her husuband to prison that no wo‘woman under 18 years of age are accepted, unless convicted of murder or ‘manslaughter.

Mr. and Mrs. S. A, Piank called on friends iln Goshen Sunday afternoon.

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Joe Sanders “The Ole Lefthander” will appear In person at the Palals fioyale Ballroon in Southu Bend on Sunday, November 2]st. Joe has just finished a seasaticnal run at the famous Blackhawh Caf: in Chicago.

Legal Notice of Public Hearing Form No, 109 Notice is hereby given that the Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Noble County, Indiana, will at 9:00 a m. on the 26th day of November 1937 at the Clerk's Office, Court House In the town of Albion, in said County, begin investigation of the application of the following named person, requesting the issue to the applicant, at the location hereinafter set out, of the Alcoholic Beverage Permit of the class berelnafter designated and will, at sald time and place, receive informaiion concerning the fitness of sald appllcant, and the propriety of Issuing the Permit applied for to such applicant at the premises named. Graceton F. Stienbarger, 33721, (Sylvan Restaurant), Rome City—Beer Retailer. SAID INVESTIGATION WILIL. BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND FUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS RFQUESTED. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION OF INDIANA. By: JOHN F. NOONAN Secretary. HUGH A. BARNHART Fxeise Administrator. 11-18

White, Clover Dearth Mena @ to Jiees. Blame it on a shortage %i white clover nectar if bees die oif this « rter and there isn't encugh honey for that favorite breakfast dish—wheat cakes and honey James E. Starkey. state apilary inspector ,said the lack of white clover nectar has caus-d a serious teod shortage for bees and he vreed that artificial feeding be uss L

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NYE TO HEAD COUNTY AGENTS

Elected At Meet in Fort Wayne 4H Club Werk For-1938 Is Discussed

Twenty agricultural leaders and county agents of the Fort Wayne district meeting in Fort Wayne last week discussed 4H club activities for 1538 and elected M. A. Nye, Noble county agent of Albion, to head the group for 1938. Nye succeeds T. E. Myers Auburn. Other officers elected are F. E. Condor of Marion, vice-chairman and C. V. Kimmell of Fort Wayne secretarytreasurer. During the day talks were given by ' Robert Amick and Miss May Masten of Purdue, assistant state club leader, who urged study needs and objectives of farming as well as the most desirable projects of the yovthful farmers when mapping 4H programs for the year, Other speakers were O. Mills, exe. cutive of Purdue field of agriculture, who discusesd the part of agricultural alumni in farm programs and their assistance fo 4H club members and H. S. Heckard assistant state county agent leader,

Free Ambulance Service is Banmed. The extension of free ambulance service as an advertising medium has been banned in Indiana according to an?nouncementa reaching here from the Indiana Funeral Directors association. The state board of embalmers and funeral directors in session October 20 adopted the ruling. ~ Notices received by local funeral di‘}recton read: “It is hereby decreed that the practice of advertising or otherwise holding out 1o the public, the fact that any part or portion of the service offered the public by a funeral director, is offered free, Is grossly unethical and is hereby prohibited."” The ruling, it was stated, Is directed primarily to free ambulance service. Violation of the ruling may mean the loss of license, it was warned.

Complain of Fake (10 Agent

Convinced they had been swindled, three Elkhart young men asked the police of that city to look for a 45-year-old man to whom they said they had paid a total of $8 for membership In a CIO union on his promise to place them in jobs at the Bendix plant, South Bend, where he said he was employed. The three young men are Eugene and Richard ‘ntaehmer and Lewis Cittadine. They said the man gave his name as F. J. Amschultz. Police found that a man of a different name, but answering to that description checked out of an Elkhart hotel Thursday and boarded a De. troit-bound bus.