South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 158, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 7 June 1921 — Page 4
THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE. 7. 1921
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- :! i : . 1 1 : , !' hi - h- ?:. 1 1 r k i r o 1iV TRIBUTE PAID TO ERSKINE AT HONOR DINNER : President of Studel;iker Corporation Shown F-tccin ly Fellow Town-men. ( Confirmed from V;z One.) nfv in 1 1: : ri i ! f i1 -r', ha..li "f eotiomy. prohlcvj an I return tri-il to a normal f r t r a "o'.s 1 1 irn arrh idd"' t im:sm. 1 1 " s . :i : :i i t t r f'rmln of a fibril on v. A -. e r i i. w : ". 1 . . a 1 h r hf 'i " h ' t f the n' iv! I T. T T o ! . h .r'lM 'i r , v an. w f.- J in-' i'i h - 1 - '-n fib: r a a h I .e rra nv. :' .'. it.; k" ard it-' I -.-- :-. ; le irt:i r, v.'.'.l i -a j tho th" war a i i of A n i - ili th 0 a fi i ! of 1 r(at,!i,' rn r 1 t h T.i. "Th pr'--""it ir. luv-ii' inn, h'voor," ',o ..aid. "i thinr that li eor haprr! d p r s -o th.-Ur.lt'-d :a: period f cr.n:dori' fbri'". and c n a b n : reiir-;-u: mar.ufr: : ti H", o T-itlori r-f t h n Y c r. r or z a ri -1 i f o- h. i i- ( w V.'.'.r.r: an t wo:'. It hna n i; f 1 1 t 1 . v. d a 1 :i -trial ' built ' m t k o t h.o , A t-ior..- t n j ili-m on1 a i-orild-a Or:!f. ' will i . a o i (I- nrvanv p , :d v, - j ' t:v n h n " I to trl o a fall ' fh wir. vi .- w-rl . : r o t , . y !1 d i i iv. i iendhip. i: V"api: il h-i-id ir h: In h..td : will d a?. 1 h d lt-,v th!i 1 I T"'. o f f : T : i r f-! I-iii-a i t'iir:' f1"'!' o' pr.-r-r'-'l.r': r-t-.in ' i t: r. of t s 1 ' r : - r. i ; o-por.tt p. for. " r b'r.nu-t - I. Wr. h.-tel. a--.hoff.-. !' u h " j : -i":.-ep tri1 ' '-"h:to - i t ; o r t ! i e r tt -. v-orhl. k .-orpr, r t - - : - !-rhlp - i-.-i it - hi Iv. t h.o had pl t v he n b.-r--1. Tlv .S .id lrea- ) y if r- v o S- :.le"o tk-r c ' : . -a ' ' li rv.-d M " Mi. - . ,t. ' Whit. . - rII:; 1 ! 1 I f 1 r. i '.is a n.i u ?i l a I kI'm v. . n 1 !-W o r : l . t . I ! ü . i ' f . i v .id ::. ' 1 . 1 s ! t o d.V to ' :o r s. : ihe r. Tr; o ! : T , I . . e j- : 11 ai- . f ...d . tri" Ute r f f. ..-d-hip t .1 I v o'P Wh:t ttt'l. to li.-. C. A. Li; -
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i i 1 I ir? 1, i .1 J 53 sciiwab ; r Muri'! iv evening was ; ping board, and ;i hading f in'- to Smith Rend from anco of the iir. if a 'ion to addre-ss the ; 'i n.-ot r. What. 'rc-,'t Hrf-kino's issoriafrs on ; r board of directors of th Studpi.ak. r .r;--ration think of him was i 'o,. .-, h Wadilil! ( 'at 'hlnc:s. proniii: ;it X u Yi'iak fi:ii:n nr. Mr. Catchn-: s-i-1 that I'r s t :rskino Is h"hi n tho os; -ni iv mosp wno . i v him in a huino.-s way. Hp !'r"!i"i;r.o(Ml Mr. i;rkinf' intepritj' ? t of tho I:!chocf. Hf. .h-clarod that Mr. Ilrskir.o's a ,-an i a to- havf the f',i'. ' t or;ri.I-M in )u hi,'h ability ar;: ilo ;i -n(. (1f h-rnr. ". if-:- C. All-n, pnvMont of thr Va I'-Tnvno I.oic conip.'tny of StamI'ntal, ;nM.. told of lii.-f rrlations with th ii-t 'f honor whon tho latter v. p.i t as-.j ror of that roiircrn. He a!-l that th iiur. royomonts inaupi:r.at l hy Mr. Il:-kino in tho orprani- .' ition and lining t:i nt of tho Yale-Tn-::i-I,fk ompany whilo ho wa f ta a-".;ror cf t!iat con-'frn -tili tand. "I fh.ir:k that porliapv tho hitrhe.-t tri'-i.to tli t I can pay tho ?up.-t of honor." Mr. Al'.on. "is to say i tf vhtprUT wo tind a promising I figure it-. ?lio industrial world w jhopo that poj-h.jp; h.oro will develop an fl:eL- i:rskino." Til- I-.igli i -t eni in which Mr. KrsUino i held r-y f .-r h : r 1 1 as h ad the men who work of tho Ttudohqker corpora !ot w.a. told Ty Dr. Ivlpplncett. l.f-td of the employment and w.dfaro tlpartments of tho Studfhik.f corporation. Ho ,i.aid th.-tt 'f o ej-y f-,;ipiot- of the corporation o'i'd l-o pro.-ent at tho dinner, each ! would de( laro Iiis e.Tteei.i and r- spf . f for tho mire: of honor. AM llniployos HI- IlrmN. Dr. Tppincott told of Mr. Erk i r '.- completo mastery of his t work of h
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t'po sir. i'.l ---st .as well a. the largest d- tail. of tho rnnduct of the .affairs rf corporation. B;it. he dst i. T'rrs't. Erskino's qualli rrin atnong men that enm In the hearts of those who l re (I. d--a rs w o r K him as well as in tho hearts of hi.- fellow towns men who j r. rather than his rr.vtt nh'J it v as an ir.du5-' ri .l ho.oi. Dr. Lipp!rcot d, clared thit Prc.s't. Erat r th.Tn OMT'.liil. y. r. Eippin the ibilitv to make 1 a u -1 of hi desiro- to : a ; 1 - r. . a 1 of his sympathv f .r th. v., I pro!; nunc. wrong i'i i hi-? de.-!-.-tliis sympathy d wht n t h o th.-ir ha tt le.-. He tohl of 1 to into welfare;! v drawing plans 1 work and of one d. for thi 'v-tI a - i ' rt b ..... v . ' Ho t--M of ' with the Intention o :;i o t.', rr.,'-inA . . i . . t i . i.i ariig up thrf.- plans! and h. ro .v I r g tb. em into his waste i - h ao!, arvi of later being npl'V Pr. s't. Erskine with a .o irtausurate w el far-1 : p ro 1 1 h d. i propo-i v.-'-rk :'-rorg !'-('- i t i n err !;.- S; i eha . e r cofnr.d of then -.:ry t- take up this a O ! It 1 11. Hering to preEi
skirm th-- token of; of the people of the state, accepted iti.enship of South ! tho offer of the American Bed Cro-s a beautiful silver! to take general charge and sajper:ng s.tid tint there viion of the relief work. Its off s. uth Tb n l iti-i f oc ials are now on the ground and haw 'ike to h i o act iely undertaking the herculean h.o dinner in honor task.
i h : -Mi w He: vir. .i v won hi - .: at !: vine hut w t of la were pre-' k cf space. ! 1 1: Mr. H.-ring told of thei .1' glU sf r honor holds .on" of South : f - e n t e 1 t h e k i n e . W . K . S e-hc n ii, " 1 ' hr :. ma n ; of : h.o ci t i Mr. Ibrmg ; o to Mr. Ei J.;h M A d i 1 Er : h o r ..tree Xtcerican flag red - ":n. ! token, dis.'loss ; 1 r s e r v i - o to :s.l'. move.t a" r.d to the- frihuto i him durir.g tho llt" i. i ho w - j r. o ; a : i He de . v.-.-a thouh.o able Would ! ppreci.it ! .vi cf what!' e v ;m , .- Mr. II ii. paid that his motto in o. He sud that men . i n o i t rio;;! . Ho .said that r corpcration w ill con- j tg .'ulrr Ire js po lor.ger cn Ho r'e.-bir. .1 th il W . : . g.t o l . a s ; o . o i ii . .mi. r. 1 Errskine 1 : 1 11 h St - b.i for the succt ss of nr-Mr,T . inn r. ,,v. i ci ;n the tr. nr. a z :h-:it of its ml to th" th' ir. J.4 of em ! ig ti tio evening sn.os were iv Victor V t'r'H M.ir.-l ung. not od viollni;all ilrim'iti-? tenor per.i a.-ociiiton. f -.-let tb n -5. Music the Th o.'ure Thomi h. ago sober a d 1-. rr or. h'-st I a. Aloen n-,i- 11 cf tho L-tuIcbal 11: .me pre? lent
aker corporation cfjLuiaa from Antcfaga.su,
!.nierio.i. was born in Huntville, Al ah.irn.a. Jan. 24. 1 R71. He is dJ"cendd from a. !!cf of pioneer ( American Arj?Io-?iXPn ancestors: J his grandfather, Dr. Alexander Kr'skinp. and his maternal grreat-CTand-
father. Albert nussl. a color.! In fn. Washinsrton's army, havirp t-n amor.? the ear'.iejt yttlers in Iuntsvlile. H attended public and private, , school until h was fifteen, at which as;e h? found employment as an office boy and bookkeeper at a alary ringing from 115 to $65.00 a month. In 1S92 he went with a wholesale drutr house as a bookkeeper and after three continuous yearn with this concern, secured his first increase in salary by proposing that he be permitted to do th work of two men. At the asre of 27 h accepted a position with the American Cotton Co. as chief clerk at its St. Louis office. Afterwards. In 190 0. goin? to the New York office as general auditor and manager of th operating department covering 300 cotton gins in the pouth. Frnm 104 to 1910 he was treasurer and a member of the board nf directors of tho Yale and Town? Co., following which period he was a year with the Underwood Typewriter Co. as vice-pre.ident and a director. He came to Studebaker In 1911 nt treasurer and a member of tho executive1 committee. In 1913 h was made f.rxt vice-president of this organization, and in 1913. president ff tho corporation, which position he has tilled to the present UriH In December of 191 R h? was elected to membership on the board of directors of the Federal Iteserve bank of Chicago. Under his direction, Iii- Studebaker corporation has almost completely revolutionized its business. Known throughout the world for many yearw as the largest manufacturers of horse-drawn vehicles. It lias entirely abandoned operation In this field and become one of the foremost builders of automobiles. Plant facilities have been doubled and sales have grown In vast proportion. During the 58 years ending Doc. 31, 1910. tho total sales amounted to $142,000.000, while during the five years of his adminlsI tration as president, the sales have apffresrated $325.000,000 and this year are producing at the rate of $140,000.000 per annum. His services to South Bend have not been confined to manufacturing activities. As a man and a citizen, he has taken a vital Interest In all civic, state and national problems. TAKE DRASTIC STEP AGAINST ANY EPIDEMIC Military Authorities Order All Dehris Removed From PuchTo Streets. (Continued from Page Oik.) ing. An effort to do this was made by the Pueblo Chieftain and this newspaper had c list of approximately 25 person.. This had to be re-vis-ed frequently as persons were found. With the recession of the waters from the district, public officia.s have ben able to make some estimate of tho damage done by the Arkansas a n d Fountain rivers. Stretching in a far-flung oval ::0 biock long and a maximum width j of 12 blocks, comprising about "50! blocks, the damaged area, after the of water had been with111 'ON presomcu an .is-pevi tu ueolatlon th.it forced many observers to revise the early estimates of $10,000.000 to one nearer $15,000.000. Large Buildings Destroyed. A number of large and important business buildings on each side of the area were destroyed and many others were seriously damaered. In a proclamation issued at Colorado Springs. Governor Shoup said: "Tht havoc wrought by the recent fleods in Colorado Is appalling. Many pa il. öl Mjir ii.n1 -i.Tii iijit'cifu but tho greatest damage apparently t hu hci-n in t r t Art.lnnq M fv
being more ' I no rio.i proi-vamy reacnea its largmon wero es: harvest of human lives and de-
struetion of property in the city of Pueblo. It is impossible at thi-9 time accurately to estimate either the lo?5 of life or of property, but tho toll w il. lo verv neavv. - ----- "ICnowing that the response w ill j be prompt and generous, i, as chief executive of the state, ca.l upon the people of Colorado to contribute to , the relief of the flood sufferers. The; city stress i great and their needs' mwt "pressing. It will require not (hays but weeks and perhaps even months to relieve the situation. "As governor. I have, on behalf "From a personal Inspection ofj much of the flooded area, I can ! state that the situation is serious. I
I. therefore. mak this urgent ap- was pre-sonted by Dr. E. (.;. lYeycrpcal f.r prompt and generous re-Jmuth. socretary of the bo.rd of 5por.se." j health. Pr. Freyermuth attempted
Refused Ticket to Pueblo, But Learns Husband is Safe i S; i.il to Tl:- News-Times : ELKHART, Ind. June Afier beiitg turned back at Chicago by ra i! way officials w !. dec. ined Sunday to f'l her a ticket to Pueblo. Mrs. J l. Mrtb.orter of that city who had been vis'.ting a son there. returned to I-V.klir and resigned herself t await word from lir husband whoe place of business wai - ,n heart of the flooded oKricL Her anxiety was releaved Monday ""hen b received a brief telegragn f;ync ber husband w as afe. ! Sister AllStlua Again at Helm of Local Hospital Sister Austina. formerly director nf thrt TIo'v Cross hosnltal. filt Iake City hf assumed her dutie.s as superior of St. Joseph's Tlospltil on E. Madison St. She takes the place of Sister Fenton who leae Tuesday to take up her new duties at St. AIphonsiis ho.rlUl. Poi?e, Idaho. r, ni:v S. UNVOV ItlTTTTlNs. YORK", June 6. Joseph j ;Shea, I'nited States mbasador to iChin. returned todty on the Santa
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IKS. C1IARM1S A. JOHNSON. j Mrs. Charles A. Johraon, 60 years' cid. 100S S. Franklin st.. died at her home Wedr.e.day night at 7:30 o'clock after a prolor.i;ed lllntavs of 12 yeans with comp'.ic itior.s. She w as born in Sweden. April ly. 1?62. and Uved here 25 jears. ; She is survived by her husbmd, Charles A. Johnson; tho following children: Harry, Edward. Arthur, John, and Bessie, all residing at, home. Charles C, Mrs. lsca Hudklns, Elkhart, Ind., end Mrs. Ada Rabbut. Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Axel v. Johnson and Mis. Alfred Johnson, both of South Bend. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. nHTTV ANN HASTLVGS. Betty Ann Hasting, five-year-old aaurnter or Mr. ana .Mrs. emon . Hastings. lOliS Woodward av.. died , at the residence of the parents Sun-j dav nicht at 11 o'clock following an illness of several months with a complication of diseases. Sh was born in South Bend April 11, 1918. and besides the parents. Vernon C. Hastings and Marion H. Hastings, she is survived by one sister, Mary Jane, living at the par ental home lai nome. rrivate funeral will be held at the sidence Wednesday afternoon at 4 residence Wednesday o'clock. Hew John F. DeGroote is to officiate at the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery. OH VILLI-: I. SPOXSLER. Orville D. Sponsler. a resident of Laniring. Mich., died at the. home of hLs uncle. IjuIs Milke. 12l 1-2 S. Fellows st., at 9 o'clock Monday night, following a lingering illnej of diabetes. He had come to South Bend last Friday on a isit. He was 20 years old and was born in Plymouth. He is survived by his r.arents. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sponsler, Lansing. Mich , and one brother, Devon, also of Irnsing. Thn fimornl ulll Ka Viel.l f rnm t Vi o ' .uiirv irjiunin; iiiul-uj) aiifi nuuu : at 2:30 o clock. Rev. H. D. Beck will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery. GATELY COMPANY CELEBRATION ON Business Concern Observes 50th Anniversary of Its Establishment.
; not see Lovett. He then said that Celebration of its 50th annlvers-j he had gone away, leaving the ary I being observed this week by: stranger and had taken up his Jourthc Gately Clothing co., which op- ney to Marion "on his way to South ei-ates a branch store in South Bend i America." Chief of Police Phillips at ::21 S. Michigan L The concern corroborated the testimony of Sheroperate a string of 106 stores i:i Iff Fowler, various parts of the country. Strange Automobile. The company was founded May 1. Lawrence Bollinger, employed on 1S71 by Michael Gately, son of r. the Fred Decker farm, testified to struggling immigrant in Boston, andjseeing a strange automobile in front from a small ehop ha. expanded j of the Fred Decker home the ne'xt until today its chain extends frt-ni. day after Lovett's body was found, coast to 'coast. Amsey Haggert of Elkhart, testified Michael Gately developed the idea Jon the night Decker left Elkhart in
that the same accomodation or credit should be extended to all people of character that were then enjojed by the wealthy. "There is no organization anjwhere exactly like Gatcly's." said ! Frank Xevins, manager of the South j Bend store. "I believe we come lnj to closer contact with the real men i and women of America than any j other merchants in the country, and I that we know the character of these men and women better. We know that character is good, and we try to deserve ifc confidence. That s why we have generally earned the name of 'The House of Characttr.' and wo arc regarded in the minds of our customers as such a house. It is, however, merely that we try to live up to the standard st for us by our customers, who are typical of the backbone of the nation, the men and women who have made America threat and prosperous. "Thivi week. In celebration of our anniversary, we pnaii start in with ! what I am sure will be a new and I longer era of reflecting the spirit j of the nation. Every Gately store . can .safely promise its customers that it will continue to deserve their
confidence and that, in the future, ! various IniIl:,n:1 citie5 are included ; These include the. Wyoming-Colo-a in t ho nat thev cm rnntiri-'-n th report of the fifth area made'Vado suit over control of waters of
to regard Gately's as 'The House of! Character. r- -t r rrrtt r- T 7 " f r' r t,UM M 1 1 I t.t V U 1 Lö FAVORABLE; WOULD BUILD NATATORIUM (Cont!nuoI from Page One.) a npecial fund which has been secured from, the sale of city bonds. An ordinance to prevent the sale of unpastuerized milk in the city was indefinitely postponed by the council when .after a short discussion .they reached the conclusion that an ordinance already cn the books was sufficient 10 cover the milk situation. Hold Cp Police Bill. The ordinance which met its death at the hands of the council last night j to point out to the members of the ! council at their last committee nuctir.cr that .a number of farmers wrrr soiling milk in south Bend w hich had not been pasteurized and th:ordinance was for the purpose of halting th.o sale of impure mi'k. An ordinance appropriating $s,aoo to the board of public vafety for paying the salaries of eight new po. licenien was delayed for t" o wok. i The board of safety will be r. questPd to appear before thö departme nt at this particular tin". An ordinance providing for the filing of a f-.nar.eial .statement with the city controller by any corporatlon operating commercial vehicles under contract with the city and which may be required to fil liability insurance contracts with the controller when procurir-g' city licenses ws.- deferred for two weeks. A ccmmittee cf three councilmen. Olejnicr.tk. Hagey and Vennett will Invc&tl-J gate this ordinance before tho council takes any action on it. An ordinance appropriating $2,5nQ from the general fund to the mis-eel lar.eou-s fund cf the board cf 'Tubbr works to be used for repairs
of all tire mtlons is favorablv'car approichlrg and before
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DEGKER TRIAL i to State Continue? Efforts Show Existence of Plot to Kill Lovett. (Continued from Tigo One.) celslor. . Un examination by the defense,Cleary admitted that he had een another trainman wipe the blood frcm the mouth with excels. or , but stoutly maintained that blood 'shed observed en the face was dry. ! round Iron Bar. Homer Sutherlin, a track foreman of Atwood, Ind., testified to the fir.d- i inq cf an Iron har nt the ra!ircad , . hJ h . anetei Decker crushed invert's ukuli after he had lured hini in an automobile to the "murder cabin" on the banks of the Tippecanoe river not far from the railroad crossing. He testified to discovering drops of yellow paint on the bar, and it was brought out by the stato that this was th same color of paint ueed by Fred Decker ln ralntInJ? hU barn. Sutherlin also lo,d pf Dockcr,s unkempt arpeir. ... . ... ance when he saw hin; later at At wood on the afternoon of the finding of the body and described, him as "restless anil uneasy." Another witness was Cal A. Ferguson, an insurance agt-nt of Atwood, who testified that Decker had taken out a life insurance policy for J5000 in tho company he represents, making his brother, Fred Decker, the beneficiary of this policy, which he said way issued January 7, 1J21. Sheriff Albert Fowler and Chief of Police Hen Phillips of Marion, who made the arrest of Virgil Decker at Marion, also testified for the state. Sheriff Fowler testified that Decker. when told of tho alleged murder, na(1 , en P(1 that he ever knew Lejifjy IyJVCtt Later, the witness faid Decker told him that, in company with Lovett, he had left Elkhart in a rented automobile the night of March 11, had met a stranger on the way out of the city and invited him to accompany them. Later It was decided, according to the witnesses' version of Decker's story that tho party would go to the "murder cabin" and have it chicken roast. On arriving there, Decker related, he h ad left the stranger with Lovett and had gone to the home of Fred I Decker, assisting him with the I morning chores. Later he returned ' i to the iclnlty of the cabin but did company with lvett they hau refused to permit him to accompany them on th trip. Mrs. Eydla Decker, mother of Virgil, who with two other sons, Fred and Calvin, are In jail here charged with murder, was found ill on the floor of her cell here Monday, according to Sheriff C. B. Moon, but her sickness is not regarded as serious. Interest in th trial continues unabated. Crowds assembled Monday morning to rush into the court house before 5: CO and it was necessary to lock the outer door.. OFFICERS SEEK 16 MORE WAR DODGERS Announce Second List For Fifth Area No South Rend Man Included. Sixteen alleged draft dodgers from - 1"10110 toda' ThP serterare subject to arrest by any civil
ofTbrer of the law and actual ex- ; alleged violation of the Clayton act penses, not to exceed $50, w ill be j in. lease contracts, and the child lapaid to any officer or citizen appre-! bor 'case Involving the validity or hending the evader and returning special taxes upen products of the
them to the nearest army post. which for Indiana is Ft. Benjimin Harrison, at Indianapolis. The names listed " today follow: Leslie Tuckett. Tl. R. No. 3, Bloomington. Ind.; William Riggs. Blom - ington. Ind.; Charle Wesley Smith. W. 11th st.. Bloomington. Ind.; Fred Smith. W. Uth st.. Bloomington, Ind.; Jolin Rease. Rockport, Ind. ; Phrtf- Deer ng. R. F. D. No. 4. i Bloomington. Ind.: Robert Jordan. 1 2 N. Washington st., Bloomington. I Ind.; Thomas Lynch. 40j E. Fourth : st., Bloomington. Ind.; Aloni.o C. 1 Neill. 1H5 N. Walnut t.. Blooming ton. Ind.; (irover mitn. K. t. u. .no. 7. Rochester. Ind.; Roy Clayton Kelsey, R. 15, Brookston. Ind.; Russell B. Clapper. 510 W. Washington st.. Mohtictllo, Ind.: Hugh C. McAtee, ! TIS Main. Rockport. Ind.: William Percy Patterson, Buffabnille, Ind.; ! Frank I). Seegers. R. R. -5 . May.. I Ind.; Henry Seegers, Jr., R. R. Mays, j Ind.: Charles Levi. ?r.l N. Sexton, Ruhville. Ind.; Charles W. Levi; Houston Potter. Wall. Jeff "rsonville. Ind.: Rufu.s Herman Scrrggens. Rufas Hermas Sorocgens or Herman i 3,-rr!-ct.nc l North St.. -Manchester. Ind. Tuo Painfully Hurt in Trolley-Machine Crash Mif. John Hedric 403 S. William St.. and Mis' Ruth Tropger. 714 Oak St.. were painfully injured Monday night, when the automobile in which they were riling cn.shed into a Hill St. trolley car at South Beaid Ave. and Hill St. Glen Brown, öo" " a Ca nmh'3 S wno WT1S cirivk. , CI U . t I - - - Ing the nr. was umnjurra. Mr. Hedrick also escaped without Injuries. According to the story teli by wltnesr?. Brown lost control tf the ! automobile when he saw the street he ac!ro - .i!d rer.iin control of It tr. Six hundred or hemnranc.H ptc
b-irv-inr- tHitnre nd T0 of h:s ensTavl-rs are
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'FIRE AGAIN CAUSES i PLANT BIG DAMAGE
Overheated Ovens in Stude baker Plant No. 2 Results in ITcaw Los?. ; For the second tlm within tw"! I : ly, fire broke out in the enameling j j ovens of the Studebaker plant No. j j 2 Monday evening, .us-ir.g a dam- ! late, although not officially eni- ! mated, which will amount to be- ; tween J2,f00 and ?f.O00. More than 20 partially finished automobile: bodies were destroyed by the flames j before the members of the local fire I department could chek them. The fire is believed to have started ! ?'hn th ovr'". which arP unusually lona:. beeam overheated. Th j ovens are heated by electricity, and lit ; claimed that the temperature! was allowed to reach too high a dej gree and the fir rulted. 1 J The frequent fires in th enameling j I room, it is paid, is caused by a dei fct In the electric system and a!-! i though oftV?iaL of the comrany hae I ben trying for n tim to locato I this defect thev have failed t- date. SPANISH WAR YETS TO ATTEND MEETING Commandant and Post Staff, as Well as Delegates, to Attend Session. Twenty members of Perkins camp. Spanish War veterans, will attend the ISth annual reunion to be held in Loga nsr ort Monday. The trip will be made ly automobile and Frank Jeffries and E. E. Beck are In' charge of transportation. Cars will I be driven by the following members: j John R. Inwood, Ivan F. Edwards, j William H. Bertseh. John P. Ko-1 watch. M. R. Bayman. Fred H. Eobough. Frank A. Smith and Messrs. Jeffries and Beck. Department Commander Charley F. Zillmer and his staff will leave Sunday via the Vandalia railroad for the convention. The visiting members will be accompanied by their wives. AWARD CONTRACT TO IMPROYE ROOM Plat and Gill Agree to Remodel New Court Room For $1.716. With the lettin? of the contract for construction of the new quarters for Superior court No. L'. work will be started immediately upon the court chambers. The county commissioners Monday awarded the contract to Plat and Gill for the court room and library at a cost of $1,716. Pending the improvement of the new quarters, the court has been using the commissioners' room. The same contractors were awarded the contract f : r the construction of a new pump house at H.-althwin hospital for $ 7 1 3 . The National Heating Co. was awarded the concontract for a Sterin pump and storage tank for $2,G16. COURT DECIDES AGAINST GOY'T IN ESTATE TAX! Supreme Justices Uphold Fx - 1 1 ecutors ot v. oodward hstate in Deduction. (Continued from Pace One.) the Colorado river, the United Shoe Machinery company case involving : labor of minors. i Xot to bo Be-argiied. i Case not to he re-argued include j that cf the Cororado Coal company j against the United Mine Workers of! j America to determine liability of a! ' national labor organization for dam-j j ages resulting from a strike and the. ! suit brought from the government to " restrain the American Hardwood i ! -Vianuiacturers association rroni continuing the "open competition"! practice of swapping price and sale , data among its member?. Although no iecor-1 number of cases was decided, the term which j ended Monday witnessed the dispo- j sition of an unusually large number 1 of cases of national impoitance and saw the court go a little further toward catching: up with Its docket. On Feb. 2 the court held the penalty clauses of the Lever act to lie invalid and at one stroke abated scores of suits vhich were in progress in various parts of the country. In December, the government ! won Its suit againet the Lehigh Vab ley Railroad company, under the Sherman anti-trust law, and mu- e that time ha-s been upheld on three separate occasions in suits growing out of application of Income tax leg - islation. RILROAD UNIONS TO VOTE OxN WAGE CUTS CHICAGO. June 5. Members of th six railroad phop crafts unions will vote during the next CO da s on acceptance cr rejection of the new wage schedule, effective July 1 . recently ordere 1 by the United States railroad bbor board. Letters are being ?er.t out this week requestIng the members'nlp's opinion on the wage reduction, according to If. M. Jewell, president of the railroad employees' department of the American federation or f T O Knr- 1 The hi? four brotherhoods tx s 1 1 take no action or. the reduction until aftr a confere r.o of brotherhood heads hre July , I. E. Sheprard. : I president of th Order of Railway conductors, said today.
Speaks at
V BISHOP JOHN Bishop John H.t;:en White
j principal speakers at the honor dinner gieM at
room Monday evening for A. ft. Erskine, pi.-si.ioni poration by Iiis f.dlow-townsmen.
FIND CHILD'S BODY IN ST. JOSEPH RIYER Foot Print in Sand Leads to Recovery of Rodv From Flowinn Water?. The bodr of Elizabeth Florence McCorm i. throe year-old daughter of Mrs. Beatrice liolycros. Lin coln way. E.. who strayed from the eye of iu r grandmother. Mrs. Martha Mandville. of the sat no address. Monday morning, was found in the Sr. Joseph riv-r about o'clock Monday evenitrg. The child wa found lvir.g m about thro teet n:;
water, 1 s;-; than 0 feet from thrtj iV,!?not wh.io the httlo footprint wa.s. .f ti.o
discovert d whi h h d her mother and grandmother into the belief that sho had been drowned. The di-cory was made bv Chiries S-dioHenbeck. Lincoln wav, E . and Busse 1 Peace. R H t Eincoin way. E. Thrse men had been aiding the polic- in their search for the child. Tho body was removed to the White man rmd Hay undertaking pari.-rs :n the pouep mouiancc. S-e Body in Water. Mrs. Mamhillo declared that child had been playing around house .and yard all morning th n diat sh" did i,f notice that she ha 1 a r ? cd t " look isappeard until shj f.-.r her. i itiier r.eighb'r joined her ! in the .sv-arch an! when the foot - ! print wr. s d:-co ''red on the river arik, near tho oisc of the water. ;h-v con-h.ded that the child had wad(d in toa far and hid drown-'d. The p..;- o we: e i - n :i ' ia t el y w ti- ;'' 1,1 nT; - ; ra ggf d 1 a -i i )! of patro.m n th. i '.m r in the viv-initv wlKn- tho footprint was foarid, but to no aail. Mr. S.'he'.Ienbec; and Mr. Pfaco wer- in a !-ow ho.: dragt ging wlrn th-.y pnv the form of thJittie girl l ! n g ;h e shallow w H - d s her moth Mrs. Be.-iv lb-dye;-, .-r and h-r Htep. father, M. HVdycros.. she is surived bv the gi a::d:r.( ih- r. Mrs. .Lr:h Mandville. The fur.rrai will V-e he'd from th" Whi'in: :r. and Hay und' rtikir.c parlors AVe-lns-liy aftrn on a J fcb-ek. P.ur.i. will ho in th.- M:-h-riwaka cemetery. M'CARTHY INJURED WHEN HIT BY AUTO Suffer- Rroken Arm in Acci dent Following Confu sion in Street. Hu:i MfCrth a ri St. Mary's en k-t, a d internal in M -nv. s- ; T'-re ii : s a brr p g a -1 1 on ri.- s ft bo : ad a n i . o . ,- a 8 i by Ind. i ' ' o j n rthy 1 Mond iv et.ir. g. I stl ur 1 by c. a a u : ! N. E. H mil-. ort. - 1 Th-: ;,r -id'T.t e.r-r I Way E- :. a r Sa m ' wa s r ni ve 1 '. 1 ' i 1 pital in tho . .f j A r d i n g t . th w : i n f H.i!:. iv ;r: e i tde St. C1 Li M St. a m b ' i l-i 1 p:i a ' . e story i b IHamn.e'. m l w . ..-th. who r . n II. lVr;::l--ii H imrn. r h y i ii Lit. Tin V.'ay ir'. ! to cr ::' d t hf n s'.arf -1 ; we r g f 1- , l Mo ;str - !;tgai I topo. 1 Ti.'y . d d : a ". i igt: h they s : j - firvt tat-, r r t ih tl.e across tri" , r ', -; d .g hi: ' o V emd reet. a r t " d s ms vvit::o--i..d ley also claim i th a a : j that Mo " J euvers in , Hamm j on . rd -r Iaskow k by mad" p ( i'. itr :n n- - - i r. g tho . t r e e t . and W: iggksw ortli. ups f-'m f M i. I-ef.orte.l ll r Nick - das e acci l.-r.r to Capt. while br-vK at the p . io a on. M ci.'a r t it v -".as being t - , the ho They er- allow.-. I to pre :d on their jo-jrney when (fhcer Latkowskl reported th.at McCarthy's injuries wcull r.or. proe i fatal. mk. v.c.r. mr.s SOl'TH B R . MASS., Jur.f . i Mr8. Thon. as Nei, ri l ace, wifo r f the former Fnivd States amhiss-ad--r Jtaly. ".d here M'-ndtv. jshe was Z y ir? eld.
Erskine Dinner
.0 V Ub : v-'' llA'FN Wlllll th Epis.-op.-i , 1U! the h. s r ! ,4 t : : . r. c cor-S-i:d. ELECT DIRECTORS AT FINAL SESSION Woman!5 Chamber of Commerce Clofcs Year With Ranquet at Club. Activitirs of 1 cr of "omm r t ho v. a r a n meeting h"ld i Commerce bi;i More than attend'-! tho tiie Vop-.an'fS ("him e wr : cor.' I i dr f-T i I ho "ham' idir.g Mov t: if- :i i V" rs . d;:iiie-, v. i ', : .: v i-bt. d h - i d vh!h f ej t I a ivri". l r. (liar go in eh f Mi.-. E. 1,?1"!T"!i'r'r :ho r-o.::'-. n:rham and c 'l'.d d :n i 5 :r . ; i i n of s o i o 'j four directory Miss Eü-.-iheth M :.-! P. Harrf-rn. U in. old. M . - - A. r. Genibr.j ling and M: S. S borjfd. Kejioit.s , r r r i ''. to !h I by Mr. ir:n Koug ha n w i ;-i;. a'e i e.-l propAfon eo... iot-j ; ) hie 'T;"!1. iz t;on. Mi.- Eva Hotzr r pillnr ! 1 a report of th" N-ir E.s Ti.-;.r report eomtnltteo rmd h :hT th ' n n i financial p;ir.p tho relief dri . -on gave a. bri- f Mi--r sac T , i S. V i ( . t : wor .c It n f.r--t - r r - . a n 1 a ecompll hr d ! th 1 u ' '. r a n d r- m . i bo.l. d irid e d the Mf t ! i a t t h r y w r Won .a n'r-i "ii.t ; ga:::z d in : h IT It. h.aa " a ! '. .' i ' izat lo Timor, thlocal Instifit M:-: v ih- d d-.:: pa i : from . - i rf-tiirr. v, . I o s f-: n a -a 1 I'.riM . h r. M.--M X. ;: M ;- I'll;: ! ? r ; lb g ' v. f ! i r ' 1 ' It v.-.i--s i - "i . f f..r r.' x- : in the (..-. propra m r . V Oi : ; v T cot. bn. a - ' - RKPRKSKNTATION OF sorrn nisci;si;i) at CONFKRKNCF OF (;.(). Y. p.- ecr,. Pr ' WAS HI T- N mry to a t. t i of th r -p ' ,d ' . c : r ,- ? i b -' i r . T : . ; c:.ss-d the o'v v of southern - .: vc-ntion of tiv de'.r.i"- e-- ri -I . h 17 In :'!;'.' V.n'-, i n e ; . ; . I. ;t w. ro id to se;:t h e r n d . s't T 1 "T p'.-iCO. f' !' .hi ( ' 1 ei!r f . ! e li h ft ; w h ;- -a t ! t in tt.e 1 the T . r ; i " ' derig ifo-? tb-n. r: . SotTo tl-.o anJ i'f. j Everyday Ad A v; urcs i . ! Thought 'f . I'f IHanioiid Ihn
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