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OFFICERS FACE
DAMAGE CASE
ASKING SIO,OOO
Sheiby County Sheriff and
Former Aid Accused by
Arrested Man.
Bm Time* Special
SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 26.
Geor%v A. Nigh Shelby county
sheriff, and Everett Grlnstead, his
former deputy, are defendants in
a SIO,OOO damage suit filed in Shel
by circuit court here by Thomas
Taggart, who alleges assault and
battery and false imprisonment.
The complaint recites that on
Jan. 11, Taggan was 'arrested and
placed in the county jail by Nigh
and Grinstead. Two days later a
charge of possessing a revolver
without a permit was filed against
him. On May 19 the charge was
dismissed due to lack of evidence.
Between the date o' arrest and
dismissal Grinstead resigned as
deputy to be an opponent of Nigh,
seeking renomination, in the May
6 primary. Nigh was the victor.
Taggart alleges that on Jan. 11
the two officers called him from his
home and informed him he was to
be searched, but read no warrant.
He says he objected and charges
the two officers beat him with black
jacks, threatening to “knock out
your brains.” He asserts he was
held in jail two days without a
charge being filed and that the
sheriff refused to obtain medical aid
for him until assured the prisoner
would make payment.
According to the complaint, Tag
gart’s right eye is permanently im
paired as a result of the treatment
he alleges the officers gave him.
RICHMOND ORDINANCE
PROHIBITS FIREWORKS
City Council Acts Well In Advance
for Sane. Quiet July 4.
Timr* ,<i* rial
RICHMOND, Ind., July 26.
There will be no fireworks in this
city next Fourth of July unless they
are bootlegged. The city council
*has enacted a supplementary or
dinance to the firecracker ordinance
which was passed last fall, and
which prohibited the shooting •of
any fireworks within the city limits,
but permitted their sale for five
days preceding the Fourth. The
new ordinance forbids both sale
and shooting of fireworks within
the city limits.
The old ordinance was the cause
of the arrest of twenty-one Rich
mond youths July 4. When they
appeared in the city court it was
an occasion for several demonstra
tions staged by angry parents of
the boys. One citizen, who pro
tested strongly, was arrested
charged with interfering with an
officer.
WIDOW TO FIGHT CLAIM
Suit of Alleged Son, Late Anderson
Banker, to Be Opposed.
ftt Time* Special
• ANDERSON, Ind.. July 26—The
claim of Courtney Everest Hennings.
.Antioch, 111., that he is an illegiti
mate son of the late Joseph E. Hen
nings. banker and civic leader here,
and entitled to a half share of an
estate valued at nearly $500,000, will
be contested by the widow, Mrs.
Josephine Hennings.
Information that there was an
other probable heir beside herself
was not revealed to Mrs, Hennings
'Until after the death of her husband
when an attorney from Waukegan.
Oil., filed a $3,000 claim in circuit
court here.
Horse Killed After Crash
Bn Time* Special
BLUFFTON, Ir.d.. July 26.—Leon
ard Shafer. Ft. Wayne truck driver,
was released from custody on a
promise to pay damages caused
when his truck struck a wagon
driven by Isaac Bartlett. Wells
county farmer. The accident oc
curred a mile south of here. The
truck struck the rear of the wagon
and a six-inch board in the wagon
bed was knocked forward and pene
trated the hip cf one of Bartlett's
horses. The animal was killed
later.
$4,000 Bull Dies in Fire
'F.v Time* Special
JOLIETVILLE, Ind.. July 26.—A
large barn on the farm of Mrs.
Solomon Howard. Indianapolis near
here, was destroyed by fin, the
flames originating in some new hay
from spontaneous combustion. Sev
eral head of cattle were burned,
among them being a Jersey bull val
ued at $4,000. Tne total loss is esti
mated at SB,OOO. less than half of
which is covered by insurance.
Oil Tests Planned
Fn Time* Special
GREENSBURG. Ind.. July 26
Several thousands of acres of De
catur county land have been leased
by C. F. Lawther, Louisville. Ky,
and Professor Beckner. a Louisville
geologist, who will within a short
time begin an intensive survey for
oil. Prospectors believe that if wells
are drilled to about twice the depth
o f those in previous tests, oil
will be found. The leases, totaling
15.000 acres, also include much land
"in Jennings county.
Flic* Electrocuted
‘B. a Time* Special
EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 26—A
wire screen through which electric
ity flows is the method D. B. Reed
uses to keep his home free from
flies. The screen is connected with
a light socket. When a fly lights
upon it there is a flash about equal
to that of an ordinary spark plug.
$1,500 Alimony Asked
Pn Time* Special
HAMMOND. Ind.. July 26.—Mrs.
Helen Belok asks $5,000 alimony and
$125 a month for support of three
;children in a divorce suit against
Mike Belok. She alleges that she
needs an operation, but that her
'husband refuses to pay for it. and
that he threatened to kill her if she
sought a divorce.
Falling I.imb Deadly
’Pm Time* Special
EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 26-
Funeral services were held Friday
for Mrs. Julius Schlusemeyer. who
died of injuries sustained Sunday,
,when a tree limb fell on her while
she was on an outing at Cypress
beach.
Lebanon Singer
jgjagj
f; 1
Miss Eleanor Honan
B.V Time* Snreial
LEBANON, Ind., July 24.—A pro
gram for music lovers of this, her
home city, will be given Wednesday
evening at the Centenary Method
ist church by Miss Eleanor Ho
nan, dramatic soprano, who is vis
iting here following a season of
singing abroad.
Miss Honan's program will in
clude old Italian and modern
French compositions. Her accom
panist will be Paul Matthews, In
dianapolis, former Lebanon resi
dent.
During the last two years Miss
Honan has appeared mostly in
Italy. She has sun in “H Trova
tore” at the Malibran theater, Mi
lan.
FIST CHALLENGE
MADEJJOURT
Belligerents Willing, But
Gary Judge Calls Halt.
P.v Time* Special
GARY, Ind., July 26.—An offer
to settle a case with a battle of fists
enlivened proceedings in city court
here were Peter Laterzo was on
trial charged with assault and bat
tery. J. H. Kash. who with his
father, Martin Kash, accused La
terzo of administering a severe
beating, proposed the fight and La
terzo announced his willingness to
accept the challenge.
Judge Herman Key put an end to
hostilities by fining Laterzo $5 and
imposing a sixty-day penal farm
term, which was suspended on con
dition that there be no more fight
ing.
Laterzo said he beat the Kashs
“to get even” for an attack he al
leged they made on his father.
TRUCK DRIVER DROWNS
Mishawaka Man Goes to Death in
Thirty Feet of Water.
Bv Times Special
MISHAWAKA, Ind., July 26.
Raymond Kersh, 26, was drowned in
a gravel pit owned by the Berger
Brothers Sand and Gravel Com
pany, when a three-ton truck he was
backing to the edge of the pit
plunged down as the earth caved in,
turned over and sunk in thirty feet
of water.
The body of Kersh was recovered
with grappling hooks an hour after
the accident by Rex Ladow, Misha
waka patrolman.
Witnesses to the accident said that
when the truck plunged into the pit
Kersh was seen to leave the cabin
and rise to the surface. After a
short struggle in the water he went
down before he could be reached.
Two Chosen for School
Pm Time ft Sneriol
RICHMOND, Ind., July 26.—Miss
Helen Hoggatt, Fountain City, and
Miss Alice Hunt, Whitewater, have
been named representatives of
Wayne county 4-H Clubs at the
twelfth annual term of the Indiana
state fair school of home economics.
Miss Hazel Smith of Hagerstown
was named alternate. L. G.
Van Nice of Amo is superintendent
of the school.
Veteran to Retire
Bm Times Special
DANVILLE, Ind., July 26.—Evan
W. Estep, native of Danville and for
twenty-five years in the United
States Indian service, will retire on
pension, July 31. He is now super
intendent of the Yakima Indian res
ervation, Washington. He has also
been in charge of the Crow reserva
tion in Montana, and the Navajo
reservation in New Mexico.
Runaway Injuries Fatal
Pm Times Special
HOPE. Ind., July 26 —John Kel
lar, 80, died at the home of his son,
I. G. Kellar, near here, of injuries
received three weeks ago in a run
away accident. He was driving a
team of horses to a wagon when
the animals became frightened and
ran away, throwing him off the
wagon. He rolled down an embank
ment into a gravel pit. Kellar was
born and reared in Bartholomew
| county where he speot all his life.
|He was an active iHember of the
j Sharon Baptist church. He leaves
two sons and a daughter, I. G. Kel-
I lar, Harvey Kellar, and Mrs. G. M.
Cochrane of Frankfort.
—.—
Fair Shows $2,600 Profit
Fm Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind , July 26. A
net profit of $2,600 was realized
from the Anderson free fair held
last week.
Army Family
Pm Times Special
CAMP KNOX, Ky.. July 26.
—For Colonel A. J. Dougherty,
Indianapolis, chief of staff of
the Eighty-fourth division of
the organized reserve, the of
ficers' reserve corps camp which
he commands and which will
open here Monday, is a “father
and son affair. The colonel’s
son. Jack Dougherty, will at
tend the camp as a newly
commissioned second lieutenant
of cavalry. His father was a
cavalryman at the Battle of
Santiago, in the Spanish-
Ameriean war. Colonel Dough
erty and his son recently
learael to fly at Indianapolis.
PURDUE COURSE
GIVEN FOREMEN
IN Mm CITIES
Training Reached 1,038
Men and 12 Women in
Past Year.
Pm Times Special
LAFAYETTE, Ind.. July 26.
Twelve women and 1,038 men fore
men or foreladies in Indiana fac
tories have been enrolled during the
last year in a foremanship training
course conducted by Professor G. F.
Buxton of the engineering extension
staff of Purdue university, his re
port shows. Buxton this month
? completed these courses in fac
tories at Martinsville, Brazil, Green
castle, Spencer and Carbon. Dur
ing the year he has had classes also
I at Clinton, Terre Haute, West Terre
; Haute, Beech Grove, Indianapolis,
Huntington, Wabash, Peru, Michi
gan City and Laporte.
Covers 58 Cities
For seven years the foremen's
training work has been given in this
state and during that time it has
been extended by Professor Bux
ton to fifty-eight cities, including
thirty-nine of the forty-one largest
in the state. A total of
factories have received the benefits
of this course.
“Foremen have many and varied
duties, and anything that helps
them in their work helps the com
panies by whom they are employed
as well as the men personally,” said
Buxton. “Foremen must have ma
terial on hand to keep their work
moving properly, must see that the
product meets the standards of the
manufacturer, and see that the men
under them are properly trained in
their jobs.”
The foremen in the factories
where this work has been given
have generally been called from
their duties for a one-hour period
of instruction and discussion with
Buxton. At other times the classes
have been held during the evenings
or after working hours. Classes are
held once a week for six weeks.
Many Industries Reached
These courses have reached all
forms of industry, including nearly
all Indiana. They have been given
in widely diversified industries, rang
ing all the way from coal mining to
cough drops, from candy factories
to a gold-fish hatchery, railroad
shops to a popcorn vending-machine
factory, from greenhouses to Indi
ana’s famous limestone plants and
quarries, cement mills to automo
bile plants, steel plants, packing
plants to shoe factories. More than
100 different kinds of industries are
in the list which has been given
assistance through the medium of
these lectures and discussions.
Practically all of the leading rail
way shops, automobile factories,
steel plants and other principal in
dustries of the state, have availed
themselves of the opportunity of the
work given, many repeating several
times. Professor Buxton is working
out plans now for resumption of the
classes in September.
WATER SUPPLY SHORT
All Sprinkling Stopped as Aid to
Conservation at Farmersburg.
Pm Times Special
FARMERSBURG, Ind., July 26.
The water supply here is being
sharply reduced as a result of
drought and as a conservation
measure all lawn sprinkling has
been forbidden.
The town tower has a capacity of
60,000 gallons. The well which sup
plies the tower can be pumped dry
in twenty minutes, and an hour
and twenty minutes must pass be
fore it refills.
Former Resident Dies
At/ Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Ind., July 26.
Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Amanda Hinchman,
90, widow of J. H. Hinchman, a for
mr resident of Fayette county. She
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Matney*, at Wooster, 0.,
following a long illness. Burial will
be made at Kokomo. She leaves
five daughters, Mrs. Matney, Mrs.
William Carson, Glenwood; Mrs.
Clyde Reed, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mrs.
Henry Curtis, Hot Springs, Ark.,
and Mrs. Belle Dailey, Oklahoma
City, Okla., and a son, Marshall,
Glenwood.
Bowler Must Go to Prison
Bn United Pre*s
FT. JVAYNE, Ind., July 26.—Ed
ward W. Kraft, Indiana bowler, will
begin a one to ten-year term in state
prison Monday for involuntary man
slaughter. His commitment was
delayed pending an appeal to Gov
ernor Harry G. Leslie for a parole
which was denied Wednesday. Pre
viously, Kraft had lost an appeal to
the Indiana supreme court. He
was convicted of fatally injuring
Charles Pens in an automobile ac
cident, Jan. 16, 1928.
Anderson Wells Condemned
Bn United Press
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Sev
eral wells here have been con
demned bv Frank Beck, city chem
ist, after tests of the water indi
cated contamination.
SUFFOCATION USED
AS SLAYING MEANS
Verdict Returned in Death
of Alleged Rum Runner
From Terre Haute.
Bu United Pres*
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. July 26.—A
sverdict of death by suffocation has
been returned by a coroner's jury
investigating the death of R. C.
Tincher, Terre Haute. Ind., whose
body was found on an isolated road
near here, two weeks ago.
The jury recommended that au
thorities make every possible effort
to apprehend the slayers, and that
should they be located, they be held
for murder.
Tincher's body was found several
miles east of Springfield, July 11,
while the body of Elmer Stover,
Rome, Ga., was found several days
later. The two were alleged to have
been engaged in rum running be
tween Evansville, Ind., and Chicago
and Springfield and Louisville, Ky.
An inquest into fetover's death was
to be held today at Taylorsville, UL
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Largest Tobacco Barn
**
mum—a——— ■ J|
A tobacco bam, 150 feet long and 60 feet wide, largest in Indiana, is
being built for Lon Stewart & Son, Rush county tobacco growers. The
bam is located on United States Road 3, north and east of RushviHe.
HOOSIER SEEKER OF
EDISON SCHOLARSHIP
Michigan City Youth Will
Be at Orange, N. J., for
Final Test.
The program of events for the en
tertainment of the forty-eight con
testants who will take part in the
national Thomas A. Edison scholar
ship contests at Orange, N. J., four
days, beginning Tuesday has been
received by the Indiana university
extension division, which had charge
of the selection of Indiana’s repre
sentative in the contest, William
Checkley Loy, Michigan City.
The program announced by Edi
son is as follows:
Tuesday—Arrival of state representa
tives: dinner and entertainment at Hotel
SU Wednesdav— Welcoming exercises at Edi
son’s laboratory: lawn party at Edisons
home: trip through Edison industries,
dinner and dance at Rock Spring Country
Cl Thursdav—Examination of contestants:
bus to New York: boat to Coney Is-and.
swing and dinner at Manhattan Beach,
visit K to Luna Park and sightseeing trip in
Announcement of scholarship
award - lunch on S. S. Leviathans recep
tion b'v Mayor J. J. Walker at city hall.
New York.
HOG THEFTS ALLEGED
Two Held at Noblesville Accused of
Stealing Twenty Animals.
Bm Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 26.
Glenn Lennen and Woodward Shet
terly, Lapel young men, are in jail
here charged with the theft of twen
ty hogs from the farm of C. M.
Gentry, a local attorney. When the
hogs were taken to Indianapolis the
stockyard officials became suspicious
and asked the sheriff at Anderson to
investigate.
Shetterly was arrested and is said
to have confessed, implicating Len
nen and Edward Shetterly. The
latter has not been found. Wood
ward Shetterly and Lennen said the
hogs were stolen in Hamilton county
and not in Madison county and the
defendants were brought here.
Gentry did not know the hogs had
been stolen unt ii the defendants
were under arrest.
HEAT ENDS TWO LIVES
Former East Chicago Street Official
One of Victims.
Bv United Press
EAST CHICAGO, Ind., July 26.
Heat caused two deaths here.
Voctor Carrette, 47, formei* street
commissioner, died at his home.
Ira B. McMillan, 60, Chicago,
dropped dead as he entered the
plant of the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company.
Tailless Fish Caught
Bti United Press
HAZELTON, Ind., July 26.—Ted
Byrd reports catching a twenty
three-pound tailless catfish in White
river near here. Local Izaak Wal
ton League members believe the fish
probably had been used as bait
when it was small and that a large
fish had bitten off its tail. Byrd
believes that when large rocks were
placed along the railroad tracks dur
ing the high water last winter the
fish was caught between two stones
and had snapped off its tail in
escaping.
Brookville Banker Dis
ind., JJg 26,-
S ne cL^ rVi S Z i We S. President
of the People’s MtjOnpjg [
a jeweler here for fifty
died of paralys • Cresce nt,
widow, five sons, * T jO
-; h Ha ?d , M?cC
seph and Mien Flack, near
daughters, Mrs. Mary Bruns,
Brookville, and Mrs. Mary
Brookville. _____ .
Lafayette Native Dies
Bv Times Special mlv 26 —
asbury park, n. j., July
had owned newspapers in Pueblo,
Colo., and in Wichita, Kaa. _
Not Dry Yet
Bv Times Special
JEFF ERSONVILLE, Ind.,
July 26. —Despite prohibition,
liquor continues to cause trou
ble to married couples, it is
shown in two divorce suits on
file in Clark circuit court here.
Charles Bryant alleges Mrs.
Anna Bryant is in the habit of
becoming intoxicated to the
neglect of her household duties.
Mrs. Phoebe Richey charges
Wilson Richey, a grocer, with
drunkenness.
New Fire Equipment Coming
Bv United Press
OAKTOWN, Ind., July 26.—De
livery of anew truck and other
equipment for the Oaktown fire de
partment is expected to be made in
August. Need* for the new equip
ment was demonstrated recently
when a Are caused $30,000 damage
before it could be brought under
control. _
Wears Well
Bm Times Special
WINCHESTER, Ind.. July
26.—During a celebration of
the golden wedding of Mr. and
Mrs. Aiph Hickman he wore a
vest more than seventy-five
years old, part of his wedding
suit. His grandfather and fa
ther wore the vest at their
wedding, as did the father of
Mrs. Hickman.
“This vest now shows the
stains of soup from four wed
ding repasts,” Hickman said.
“I hope to hand it down to
many more happy bridegrooms
before it outlives its useful
ness.
HORSES JIEJN FIRE
Barn Burns After Straw
from Thresher Is Ignited.
Bm Times Special
BLUFFTON, Ind., July 26.
Threshermen engaged in moving
straw being blown into a bam on
the John Reece farm near here,
barely escaped when flames started
in the straw. The bam and a com
bination corn crib and tool shed
were destroyed. Two horses and all
of Reece’s farm implements were
included in the less. The threshing
machine and tractor owned by Ern
est Lesh were moved before they
were damaged.
Origin of the flames has not been
determined. No insurance was car
ried on the contents of the building
but some insurance was carried on
the buildings.
CANOE MOVES SLOWLY
Newcastle Men on Trip to New
Orleans Suffer From Heat.
Em Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind., July 26.
Three Newcastle men who started
on a canoe trip to New Orleans
eight days ago are making slow
progress due to the extremely hot
weather. The canoeists are Charles
Wood, William Highley and Glenn
Cooper.
The start was made at Lawrence
burg in the Ohio river, and so fal*
the men are still in that stream,
having reached a point near Louis
ville. Heat reflected by the water
makes travel during the day uncom
fortable and more delay is encoun
tered due to the many locks in the
river.
Landing Field Arranged
B.v Times Special
KNTGHTSTOWN, Ind., July 26.
A site for an emergency landing
field has been leased here by the
United States department of com
merce. The field will be located
on the farms of Edward Call and
O. E. Rees. C. Brooks Renn, techni
cal expert of the department, will
supervise setting up boundary lights.
Four such fields are to be established
between Indianapolis and Dayton,
0., along the National road.
Eleven Tires Stolen
Bv Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.
Thieves boarded the rear of a truck
owned by the Hubert Truck Line,
Muncie to 'Detroit, while the truck
was being driven north on State
road 9 between Anderson and Mar
ion. Tarpaulin covering over the
cargo was ripped open and eleven
automobile tires stolen. The driver
discovered the theft when he ar
rived at Marion. The robbery was
reported to Anderson police by W.
E. Tull, Indianapolis, manager of
the trucking company.
Health Contest at Fair
Bv Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 26.—For
the first time in the history of the
Bartholomew County Fair Associa
tion a contest to determine the
healthiest boy and girl in the coun
ty will be held in connection with
the annual fair here, Aug. 12 to 14.
The contest will take the place of
one for babies. The winning boy
and girl will be given a free trip to
Purdue university and will be the
county’s official entries in the state
healthiest boy and girl contest.
Water Sickens Three
Bm Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Mrs.
A. D. Skees and two children are
seriously ill from the effects of
drinking water on a recent visit to
Kentucky. Five cases from similar
causes have occurred here recently,
one resulting fatally.
Mail Carrier Forgets Route
Bv T'nited Press
VINCENNES, Ind., July 26
George Letts, Kansas, a former
rural mail carrier in the Wheatland
district, became lost and was forced
to ask directions back to Vincennes
when he attempted to drive over his
old route while visiting friends here.
Needle in Finger Moves
Bm Times Special
ALEXANDRIA, Ind., July 26.—A
piece of needle which entered a
finger of Mrs. D. H. Benedict re
cently was revealed by an X-ray
picture to be lying on the bone at
the back of the digit, having moved
since the wound was sustained.
Horse Injures Boy
PM Times StTrrial
BEILMORE, Ind., July 26.—While
putting hay jn a bam, Ronald Doo
ley, 13, was seriously injured when
kicked by * horse.
$3,000 SWINDLE
CASE RESULTS
IN STATE QUIZ
Authorities Believe Real
Story of Druck Loss Not
Yet Told.
Bm Times Special
NOBLESVILLF, Ind., July 26.
Captain C. T. Manning of the In
diana bureau of criminal investiga
tion and identification, has notified
Sheriff T. E. Ramsey that he’ll come
to Noblesville soon for a conference
relative to the alleged swindling of
August Druck, farmer, living near
Atlanta, of $3,090 ten days ago by
two men in a land deal. Manning
has been investigating at Tipton,
where Druck had the money on de
posit.
Druck went to Tipton, drew the
money from a bank and placed it in
a box in one of the rooms of his
farm home, presumably for the pur
pose of handling s land deal. Later
he found the money was gone and
accused two strangers who had been
in the home. Several fingerprints
on the box have been photographed
and none other than those of Mr.
and Mrs. Druck have been found
aside from those of the officers who
handled the box in removing it.
After reporting the case Druck said
nothing more about it. Manning
has asked Ramsey to assist him in
the investigation.
The officers believe there is a real
version of the alleged robbery which
has not yet been disclosed. Accord
ing to Druck’s story the two men
had chosen a farm in Hamilton
county, which they said a western
friend desired very much to buy.
They wanted Druck to purchase it
and sell it to their friend at a profit.
RAILROAD VETERAN DIES
Sixty-Two Years Spent in Work by
Lawson A. Boyd of Dublin.
Bm Times Special
DUBLIN, Ind., July 26.—Lawson
A. Boyd, 80, a retired railroad work
er, is dead here, following a long
illness
Sixty-two years ago he began as a
telegraph operator at Dublin for the
old Indiana Central, now the Penn
sylvania. He advanced to train dis
patcher, located at Dennison, O.
Later he became the superintendent
of the old Indianapolis, Decatur &
Western with offices at Indianapolis.
Later he went south where he was
superintendent of the Seaboard Air
Line. He was also a construction
superintendent in building of rail
roads in New York and North Caro
lina and a line into the Florida
Everglades.
He was born at Jacksonburg. He
was a member of the Masonic lodge.
He leaves a brother, Dr. Horace B.
Boyd, Cambridge City.
SI,OOO AWAITS WOMAN
Missing Wabash Resident Has Share
in Three Estates.
Bv United Press
WABASH, Ind., July 26.—The
Wabash county clerk Is looking for
Vera Costina so that he may give
her SI,OOO.
Carl J. Reahard has filed suit ask
ing that an administrator be named
to receive the SI,OOO and invest it.
Vera Costina is the only defendant
named in the suit.
She disappeared from her home
here more than five years ago.
The SI,OOO is from three ’ estates
in which she was named heir.
Atlanta Man Dies
Bm Times Special
ATLANTA, Ind., July 26.—Charles
Snyder, 50, died at his home here
after a long illness. Burial will be
at Arcadia. He leaves the widow
and the following children: Mrs.
Geraldine Rouse, Anderson: Mrs.
Etta. Carpenter, Omega, and Miss
Mary Snyder and Garret Snyder,
at home, and the following brothers
and a sister: Edward, John, Wil
liam and Faulty Snyder, and Mrs.
Maude Kellam.
Councilman Asks Divorce
Bm Times Special
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. July 26.
—Russell Prall, member of the city
council, has fiied suit for divorce
from Mrs. Jessie N. Prall, alleging
cruelty. The wife is accused of
nagging and quarreling. The father
asks custody of a son, Edward, 10.
Aged Man Sentenced
Bj/ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 25.
Thomas Tirtle, 72, farmer, who
pleaded guilty to possession of in
toxicating liquor in city court fol
lowing a raid at his home west of
the city, was given a fine of SIOO
and costs amounting to $l3O and
a ninety-day sentence to the state
penal farm. Raiding officers found
two gallons of corn liquor.
Liquor Charge Confessed
Bm Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 26.—Mrs.
George King pleaded guilty to a
charge of possession of liquor and
maintaining a nuisance, as the re
sult of a raid made on her home a
few days ago. Judge Julian Sharp
nack withheld sentence pending on
future behavior. Following the
raid her husband, who is ill of
paralysis, was arrested, but as he
can not be moved from bed, Mrs.
King took responsibility for the of
fense.
Geese Annoy Aviator
Bv United Press
DECKER, Ind., July 26.—A large
flock of wild geese rising suddenly
out of White river here endangered
a south-bound mail plane. The
plane was flying fast, at a low alti
tude, as it neared the river. When
the birds took to the air, the pilot
was forced to go Into a quick bank
to avoid plowing through the
flock. The plane then was too low j
to circle, and the pilot made an !
abrupt turn and headed northward !
to gain altitude.
Aged Widow Dies
Bm Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 26.
Mrs. Ida B. Cook, 69, widow of
Wright Cook, is dead at her home
here. She leaves two children, Wil
liam Cook, Indianapolis, and Jesse
Cook, Anderson.
Paving to Cost $57,000
Bv Times Special
HARTFORD CITY, Ind., July 26.
—On a bid of $57,433, a contract
has been awarded the W. J.
Nees Company of Mishawaka for
paving a street here with concrete.
High, Hot Job
.
*
Charles Kenneman, Columbus, s
lineman for the Pennsylvania
railroad, atep a pole at Falmouth
keeping telegraph service intact
while fire destroys an elevator
owned by the Rush County Ele
vator Company.
WOUNDED MAN
WILLRECOVER
Seventy-Five Shot Removed
from Officer’s Body.
Bm Times Special
MARION, Ind., July 26.—Robert
White of Peru, C & O. railroad de
tective, who was wounded Wednes
day night, continues to Improve at
the Grant county hospital. Chester
Parks, 35, alleged assailant of White,
is held in the Grant county jail.
More than seventy-five shot from
the gun fired by Parks entered the
detective’s right shoulder, arm and
hand.
Police officers and detectives de
clared that the shooting was an ef
fort by Parks to avenge an attempt
by White to arrest him for train
riding. The detective fired several
shots in the air after Parks refused
to stop at his command.
Detectives had stopped an east
bound freight train to search it for
a fugitive who had broken jail at
Peru. Parks was among the ten or
twelve men, who ran as the detec
tives began a search.
Parks fled to his home here and
obtained a repeating shotgun and
returned to the railroad where
White was guarding five men. He
singled White out and immediately
opened fire.
The detective returned the fire
before he fell wounded.
Parks was arrested a short time
later at the home of a brother. He
is a World war veteran. He is said
to suffer from epileptic attacks.
UNION MINERS TO MEET
Problems Due to Loading Machines
Will Be Topic Sunday.
Bv United Press
SULLIVAN, Ind., July 26.—A
mass meeting of members of all
local unions in District 11, United
Mine Workers of America, will be
held in the Sullivan county court
house here Sunday afternoon, when
the problems arising from operation
of loading machines in Indiana
mines will be discussed, Pearl Rob
inson, chairman, announced Fri
day.
Wounded Boy Dies
Bm Time* Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 26.
Emerson, 14, son of Charles Sylves
ter, farmer, died at a hospital here
from the effects of being accident
ally shot by his brother, Russell, 18,
a week ago. The wound necessitated
the amputation of the boy’s right leg
near the thigh. One of the blood
vessels that had been sewed up burst
and the lad bled to death. Burial
will be made at Fortville, the former
home of the family.
Aged Man Dies
Bm Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Fu
neral services will be held here for
Thomas Hart, 73, former Pennsyl
vania railroad employe, who died at
Jersey City, N. J. He leaves three
children, Mrs. Mary Ericson, Miss
Alice Hart and James Hart, Los
Angeles, Cal., and a sister, Mrs.
Anna Galaska, Indianapolis.
Loss of $5,000 in Bam Fire
Bm Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 26.—Fire
causing a loss of $5,000 occurred on
the Carl Nienaber farm, four miles
west of here, destroying a barn and
its contents and a silo, one of the
largest In this part of Indiana.
Origin of the fire has not been de
termined, but is believed to have
been from spontaneous combusion,
as considerable new hay had re
cently been placed In the loft.
Blood Given to Mother
Bm l ime* Spccut*
ANDERSON. Ind . July 26.—The
Rev. Paul Robinson, superintendent
of the City Mission, has returned
from Loma, Colo., where he was
called several weeks ago by the seri
ous illness of his mother. The Rev.
Mr. Robinson and a brother sub
mitted to blood transfusions which
have improved the condition of their
mother.
Bakery Manager Chosen
Pm Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Ed
ward C. Breuer. formerly of St.
Louis, Mo., has taken over the man
agement of the Taggart Baking
Company plant here.
THE INDIANA TRUST COMPANY
SSS. $2,000,000.00
Offers modern checking and saving* account facilities; 4%
interest paid on savings accounts. Trust matters are given
conscientious and prompt attention by our Trust Depart
ment Real Estate and property management and writing
of all lines of insurance is offered by our Real Estate and
Insurance Department. Our Safe Deposit Vault is easy of
access, being on the ground floor.
OLDEST TRUST COMPANY IN INDIANA
VAYQjS% ON SAVINGS
.JULY 26, 1930
CITY HALL ROW
CAUSES ARREST
ON FEE CHARGE
Hammond Druggist Leading
Opposition to Buiiding
Accused by Official.
Bm Times Special
HAMMOND, Ind., July 26.—Carl
Nelson, a druggist, is under arrest
as anew development in the fight
over a proposal to build a $500,000
city hall here. Nelson, leader of
those opposing the erection of the
building, is charged with violation
of a city ordinance because he sold
sandwiches at his store without
paying a $lO license fee.
Charles Scott, leader of the forces
favoring the building, caused the
arrest.
Nelson asserted the councilman
had allowed “pettiness and venom’’
to enter the controversy over the
city hall and declared “that if this
is Mr. Scott’s way of fighting me
on the city hall proposition he is
certain to iose.”
The druggist declares his failure
to pay the license fee was due to
an oversight and suggested that
Scott should have notified him
rather than have him arrested.
Reports that A. Murray Turner,
park board official, is financing the
campaign against the city hall and
using Nelson as a tool, were brand
ed “all lies” by the druggist.
Two hundred petitions urging city
officials not to construct the build
ing, which were circulated by Nel
son, will be returned to him tonight
for filing.
INDIANA ACCOUNTANTS
HELD SESSION FRIDAY
Evansville Host of Association's
Semi-Annual Meeting.
Bm Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 26.—The
Indiana Association of Certified
Public Accountants held its semi
annual meeting here Friday.
James C. Olive, Indianapolis, is
president of the association. Others
attending from Indianapolis are J.
B. Baerncopf, Andrew L. Carter,
Harry Boggs, Arthur R. Chapman,
Marshall G. Knox, John H. Pritch
ard, Horatio A. Roney, Troy G.
Thurston and Carl A. Watler.
A directors’ meeting was fol
lowed by luncheon. Golf, swimming
and motor trips around the city
were the afternoon entertainment.
A banquet Friday evening con
cluded the meeting. Paul H. Schmidt,
attorney of Evansville, spoke on
“Relation of Accounting and Law'.”
Dan Fairfield of Evansville was
chairman of arrangements. He was
assisted by Roy Austin and H. A.
Roney of Indianapolis, and J. A.
Cammack of Evansville.
Olive presided. Other officers
are E. E. Thomas, Evansville, vice
president; A. R. Chapman, Indian
apolis, treasurer, and Roney, secre
tary.
Death Follows Operation
B.v Times Special
MIDDLETOWN, Ind., July 26.
Mrs. Eone Graves, 66, wife of George
Graves, a farmer near here, is dead,
following an operation. She was a
member of the Lutheran church and
also of the Woman’s Relief Corps
and Eastern Star. She leaves her
husband; three sons by a former
marriage, Chester Pierce, Cleveland,
0.. Ralph Pierce. Chicago, and Her
bert Pierce, Middletown, and a
daughter, Mrs. M. R. James, Wil
meth, 111.
Christian Church Session
Bm Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind., July 26.—Madi
son county Christian churches will
hold a quarterly conference for min
isters and laymen at the Vermillion
church, northwest of Anderson, July
31. Speakers will be Mrs. D. R.
Jones, Indianapolis; the Rev. Rod
ney L. McQuary, Anderson; Miss
Fay Wilson, Alexandria; Miss Arlie
Dailey, Anderson; Misg Mary B.
Hines, Pendleton; Mrs. Fred Etchi
son, Elwood; the Rev. V. Hays Mil
ler, ’Elwood, and the Rev. Curtis
Wilson, Alexandria.
Failing Door Injures Child
Bm Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 26.
Claude Henry Ponsler, 3, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Ponsler, southeast
of this city, sustained a broken leg
and was badly bruised when a barn
door fell on him.
"AN AOOKSS OF DISTINCTION”
SSUMME? ADWNTAGES
OvESLOonxo Lake Michi
ran ~. with parklands ...
"\ beaches and bridle path
close at hand ~. Restfully
quiet . . . yet within a few
minutes of the Loop stores
... and theatres. Rooms are
light... airy... foods tempt
the lagging summer appe
tite. ReUes begin at ss.ov per
day. Permanent Suites at
SpecieU Discounts.
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