OCT. 6, 1928.

AL HIPS DRUNKCHARGES MADEAT WINONA. IND.

Albany Minister Disclaims; Statement; Witnessj Files Affidavit.

ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A state-ment, with affidavit attached, bear-ing upon another report that Gover-

nor Alfred E. Smith was intoxicatedhas been issued here by EdwardGriffin, counsel to Governor Smith.The statement follows:

“A communication was received atthe executive chamber stating that

’ the Rev. Manning E. Van Nostrand,pastor of the Emmanuel BaptistChurch of Albany, N. Y„ had madea statement at the Bible conferenceheld at Winona Lake, Ind., thatGovernor Alfred E. Smith was so in-toxicated when he was trying to talkover the radio immediately after hewas .nominated at Houston that twomen had to hold him up.

Denies Statementrepeated the question. Van Nostrandcommunication, Van Nostrand atthe request of the Governor, visitedhim at his office in the executivechamber.

“The Governor, in the presence ofhis secretary, George B. Graves, andmyself, then read the ocmmunica-tion to Van Nostrand, giving thename and address of the writer, andasked Van Nostrand the direct ques-tion:

“ ‘Did you ever make such a state-ment about me?’

“Van Nostrand then asked theGovernor whether the writer saidthat Van Nostrand had made thestatement directly to the writer. TheGovernor then read the letter andrepeated the question. Van Nostrandthen said, ‘I never said it.’

Swears to Remarks

“Since that time there has beenreceived the following affidavit:

‘“State of Indiana, County ofCarroll:

“ ‘The undersigned, being firstduly sworn on oath, deposes andsays that he or she on or aboutAug. 23, 1928, while in attendanceat a Bible conference held at Wi-nona Lake, Ind., heard one Dr.Van Nostrand, supposedly fromAlbany, N. Y., make a statementsubstantially as follows:

“‘“That Mr. Smith (referring toAlfred E. Smith of New York) wasso intoxicated when he was tryingto talk over the radio the first Sun-day after he was nominated atHouston that two men had to as-sist him in standing. Also, that onanother occasion in the railroadstation where Mr. Smith was pre-paring to board a train, he wasmuch under the influence of liquorand was passing it around to menand ladies in his party.”

Intended ‘to Belittle'“ ‘The deponent further says

that the statements were made ona public rostrum or platform atWinona Lake, evidently with theintent of belittling the character orpersonality of said Alfred E. Smith,who now is candidate for Presidentof the United States.

“‘Further the deponent sayetiinot. Signed, Mrs. A. J. Wickard.Subscribed and sworn to before methis 17th day of September, 1928.Signed, Frank Poundstone, NotaryPublic.’ ”

MRS. REMINGTON RITESARRANGED FOR SUNDAY

Widow Will Be Buried in UnionCounty.

Funeral services for Mrs. MinervaMay Remington, widow of MosesRemington, who died Monday, willbe held at 9:30 a. m. Sunday, at thehome of her daughter, Mrs. CharlesB. Howard, 5723 N. Meridian St.,with burial at Brownsville, UnionCounty.

Mrs. Remington spent most of herlife in Union County. She was mar-ried to the late Mr. Remington, Oct.31, 1872. Her husband served twoterms as Representative and StateSenator from Union and Fayettecounties. He died in 1915.

Besides her daughter, she is sur-vived by a son, Odin Remington,head of an electrical equipment fac-tory in Melbourne, Australia, whowill arrive in Indianapolis, Sunday,for the funeral.

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Jose Leon Toral, the man who shot the Mexican general.

NAB COUNTERFEITERAT WORK IN CELL

Notorious Indiana BanditCaught Raising Note

in Prison.Caught converting a one dollar

bill into a twenty, with pen and inkin his cell in the Tennessee Stateprison where he is serving a thirty-year robbery sentence, Ralph Lee,Indiana bandit and escape king, to-day was in solitary confinement aspunishment, according to dispatchesfrom Nashville, Tenn..

Lee was caught in the act of rais-ing a one dollar bill Friday. Whenofficers seized him he attempted toswallow the note. It took three mento throw him to the floor whereWarden A. A. McCrkle choked themoney from his throat.

Steel Saw FoundPrison authorities believe they

have thwarted a prison escape bytheir seizure. The diminutive Hoo-sier bandit, who already has escapedfrom various prisons over thecountry twelve or thirteen times, hadgone into the money raising busi-ness in his cell to raise funds fora escape, according to dispatches.

A steel saw was found in a crackin a table top in Lee’s cell. Othersaws and a complete hypodermicoutfit were found in cells of Lee’sprisoner friends.

Pens and ink were concealed inLee’s cell hanging by a string ina drain pipe. Prison authoritieshave been watching Lee for sometime after secret service agents haddecided that a number of raisedbill* being passed in Tennesseewere his work.

Ralph Lee, who is about 30, stillis under indictment here for themurder of Abner Peek, SpeedwayAve. grocer, killed in a hold-upJuly 3, 1924.

Led Prison BreakTried at Franklin in 1926, a jury

dis agreed, eleven for conviction toone against, and he was takenback to Tennessee to serve the re-mainder of his prison tenn. Hehad led fifteen other prisoners inan escape from the Tennesseeprison a few months before, afterovercoming a guard with a woodenpistol. He was captured in Buf-falo, N. Y., and brought here toface the murder charge.

Earlier Lee escaped twice fromthe Johnson County jail at Frank-lin while awaiting trial on themurder charge.

Ralph Lee

UPDIKE IN CAPITALChecks on Probe of Theft

of Mailing List.Hp Times Special

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Repre-sentative Ralph Updike made a fly-ing visit here to check up on prog-ress being made by the Depart-ment of Justice in tracing mailinglists which disappeared from his of-fice here last Sunday night.

He said he was satisfied with theprogress of the inquiry, and thatthe investigators have taken finger-prints off the filing cases in whichthe list was.

It contained between 50.000 and100.000 names of persons in the Sev-enth district, he said, with whom hehas had correspondence, and is “ex-tremely valuable” to him in hispresent campaign.” I wouldn't havetaken SIO,OOO for it,” he said.

Updike said Herbert Hoover wouldcarry Marion county by 40,000 andwould take the State ticket withhim. He expressed satisfaction overhis own prospects for re-election.

HEAD MASTER HONOREDOrchard School Director Is Guest at

Anniversary Fete.Fifty persons attended a banquet

commemorating the seventh anni-versary of the Orchard School Fri-day night.

Chester A. Matravers, new headmaster, was the guest of honor. Dr.Stirling A. Leonard, head of theEnglish department of the Uni-versity of Wisconsin, was the princi-pal speaker.

NAVY OFFICER TO TALKCommander of U. S. Hawk Will Ad-

dress Legion Post Tuesday,Lieut. O. F. Heslar, commanding

officer of the U. S. S. Hawk, willspeak at the Navy Day dinner Tues-day night sponsored by the John H.Holliday Jr. American Legion Postat First Presbyterian Church. ClaudeM. Worley, police chief, will discussthe drive against crime conditions.

Railroad Head to Speak£',)/ Times Special

BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Oct. 6.--L. A. Downs, president of the Illi-nois Central Railroad, will be theprincipal speaker at the openingmeeting of the Faculty Club of In-diana University Tuesday. He is anative of Greencastle and a grad-uate of Purdue University, Lafay-ette.

SCHORTEMEIER HONOREDChosen on Executive Board of

National Safety Council.Secretary of State Frederick E.

Schortemeier was chosen from 8,000delegates to represent Indiana, Illi-nois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohioon the executive committee of thenational safety council at the seven-teenth annual conference in NewNew York City this week.

Seven directors meets monthly toformulate policies for the chaptersin sixty-five leading Americancities.

CHURCHMEN GUESTSChristian Campaign and Victory

Sunday Discussed.Pastors, board chairmen, Sunday

school superintendents and repre-sentative laymen of the MarionCounty Christian Churches, wereguests at a dinner at the Y. W. C.A. Friday night, in the interest ofthe Washington Day Victory Sun-day, observance to be held Oct. 12.

Speakers stressed the importanceof the successful conclusion of thecampaign for $1,750,000 to constructa national Christian Church inWashington.

Petitions to Run Bus LinesPetitions to operate bus lines be-

tween Shelbyville and Greensburgand between Connersville and theOhio State line have been filedwith the public service commissionby the Indianapolis and Southeast-ern Railroad Company, successor tothe Indianapolis and CincinnatiTraction Company.

Campaign LogBn United Press

A statement was issued on Gov-ernor Alfred E. Smith's behalf in-tended to “spike” a “whisper,” al-legedly spread by Rev. M. E. VanNostrand of Albany, that Smith wasintoxicated while making a radiospeech.

Smith, getting ready for anothercampaign tour, laid lines for captur-ing strategical States Nov. 6.

Herbert Hoover, Republican pres-idential candidate, was en route toElizabethton, Tenn., to make aspeech there at 2 p. m.

Senator Robinson, Democraticvice presidential nominee, kept aspeaking date at Amarillo, Texas,after a train explosion scalded hisingineer and fireman.

A doctor ordered Senator Curtis,Hoover’s running mate, to remain-bed today in a Chicago hotel. Cur-lis has a sore throat.

Contributions to the Democraticnational campaign received in Sep-tember totaled $876,420, FinanceDirector Lehman said. This bringsthe Democratic total collections to$1,392,920, compared with the Re-publicans' $1,733,289.

BOY,” 8, RUN DOWNLad, Hit by Auto, May Recover

From Injuries.

August Hoilman, 8, of 802 Broad-way, may recover from injuries re-ceived Friday when he was runover by an automobile driven byHarry Pringle, 21, of 1971 MadisonAve., on Market St., near East Sc.

BY HELEN O. MAHIN

WEEDS, wild scrub and a fewdegenerate domestic shrubsgone to join them; rubbish in FallCreek; a desolate, dishearteningplace, with its fringe of sun-bakedeindery huts. A stretch of landthat tells the onlooker drearily,-Nothing happy ever happens inthe world.”

This is the environment of thegreat hospital unit of Indianapo-lis—the city hospital, Long, Cole-man and-, the Riley hospital for

BYRD DISCLAIMSPLAN FOR RACE

TO ANTARCTICNo Contest With Wilkins in

Expedition, SaysExplorer.

Bp United PressLOS ANGELES, Oct. 6.—Com-

mander Richard E. Byrd, stoppinghere on his way to Join his southpolar expedition, denied today thatthere is any contest between himand Sir George Hubert Wilkins,who also is planning a trip into theunexplored south.

“There is no contest,” Byrd said.“We are prepared and equipped tomake researches and experimentsthat another expedition could notattempt. We plan to establish basesthroughout the region and to charthundreds of thousands of squaremiles.”

Byrd’s stay in Los Angeles maybe lengthened because of a severecold which he has contracted. Hehad a high fever when he arrivedhere Friday and may be forced todelay supervision of final prepara-tions.

Mrs. Byrd, who accompanied herhusband here, will return to NewYork after Byrd and his party sailfrom here on the whaler C. ALarsen to Join the expedition.

PUPILS OFFERED PRIZESFOR NAVAL DAY ESSAYS

Trip to Washington Award toWinners From City Schools.

An Indiana Naval day essay con-test in the public, private and par-ochial schools is planned by theIndiana naval day committee.

One boy and one girl will begiven a five-day trip to Washing-ton for the first prize and will meetPresident Coolidge.

“Our Navy—lts Relation to Com-merce and Defense,” is the essaytopic.

Essays should be mailed thee om-mittee, 13 Union Trust Bldg., noolater than Friday.

NOMINEE CHOICE UP

..Substitute for Branaman Must BeNamed.

Democratic county chairmen andcommittees from Jackson, Scott andWashington counties are faced withselection of a candidate for jointState Senator to take the place onthe bailot of Senator Thomas H.Branaman, who has withdrawnfrom the race.

Branaman was successful in get-ting on the ticket to succeed him-self and later was chosen candidatefor Supreme Court judge at theDemocratic convention.

RULES ON TAX FERRETSMust Be Used as Last Resort Only,

Says Gilliom.

County commissioenrs can em-ploy private persons to collect de-linquent taxes only after everyeffort has been exhausted by thecounty treasurer and there is an"indispensable public necessity.”

This opinion was given by ArthurL. Gilliom, attorney general, on re-quest of Lawrence F. Orr, chief ex-aminer of the State board of accounts.

Fraternities Cut GradesBp United Press

NEW YORK. Oct. 6.—Scholasticrating of non-fraternity men ishigher than that of fraternity menat Columbia University, accordingto an announcement of the inter-fraternity council.

Tied Up, Swims Two MilesNEW YORK. Oct. 6.—Mrs. Lottie

Moore Schoeminell swam nearly twomiles from the Statue of Liberty tothe Battery with her hands and feettightly tied. It took her an hour.

SMITH FORCESMAP FINALE TO

CAPTURE EASTCenter Last Month’s Drive

to Border States andAtlantic Coast.

BY THOMAS L. STOKES.United Press Staff Correspondent

ALBANY. N. Y., Oct. 6.—Govei-nor Alfred E. Smith’s campaigndirectors are aiming, through thecandidate’s personal appearanceand speeches in this final month,to clinch an Eastern victory.

Except for a visit to Missouri hewill campaign entirely "ast of theMississippi. His purpose is to so-lidify his forces in the borderStates, reaching into the solidSouth, to make a bid in Ohio andIllinois and then to close with afinal swee along the “wet” East-ern seaboard.

Because of the importance of thisfinal month’s campaign, Smith ispersonally outlining the schedule.It should be announced today. Ex-actly one month from today willbe election day, Nov. 6.

Strength Is in EastSmith's strength is in the East.

His campaign directors are figuringseveral prospective "victory” line-ups, some based on an entirely East-ern victory, which would require anextraordinary sweep in those States,others with the concession of cer-tain large States in the East to theRepublicans, such as Pennsylvania,Ohio and Illinois and the additionof Western States.

They usually start with the solidSouth as a base, which includesTexas, and with the five so-called"wet” States in this sector, NewYork, Massachushetts, Connecticut,Rhode Island and New Jersey.

Smith would have 273 electoralvotes if he carried the solid Southand those Eastern States, with Mis-souri, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ne-braska. Colorado, Arizona, Mon-tana, Nevada and New Mexico. Thatleaves out Kentucky, Maryland andOklahoma. Election requires 265electoral votes.

If the Democratic candidateshould carry Illinois and Ohio both—a total of fifty-three electoralvotes—he would not have to carrya single State beyond the Missis-sippi, with the other line-up men-tioned. That is rather an outsideprospect from present indications.

Build Around New York

Some of the most optimistic arehopeful of carrying Pennsylvania,whose thirty-eight electoral voteswould take the place of severalsmaller “doubtful” States. In thatcase Tennessee, Missouri and Ne-braska, with a total of thirty-eightelectoral votes, could be dropped, onthe basis of the original lineup of273 electoral votes, with Smith stillwinnning.

All prospective "victory” lineupsare built around New York, with itsforty-five electoral votes. The to-tal electoral vote of Massachusetts,New Jersey, Rhode Island and Con-necticut is forty-four. Smith's lossof the later two, only twelve electo-ral vtoes, might be made up else-where. With New York, the fivetotal eighty-nine.

There are 114 votes In the tenstates of the “Solid South”—Ala-bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,Louisiana, North and South Caro-lina, Texas and Mississippi.

FORM SIGN CRAFT UNITOrganization of City Contractors

Set for Oct. 13.Organizationof a local unit of the

Associated Sign Crafts of NorthAmerica will be effected at a dinnerfor Indianapolis sign contractors atthe Lincoln Oct. 13.

A. J. Carey, district governor fromCharleston, W. Va„ and E. T. Kelley,editor of Signs of the Times, will at-tend the dinner here, according toHenry T. Davis, manager of the In-dianapolis convention bureau. JacLeider Is chairman of the local en-tertaining group.

OPEN DRIVE TO BOOSTINDIANA HOOVER CLUBS

Foellinger Leads Campaign to En-roll Half Million Members,

A haIf-million members in In-diana Hoover-for-President Clubsby 6 p. m.. Thursday, Oct. 25 is thegoal of one of the most intensivepolitical drives undertaken in anIndiana presidential campaign.Oscar G. Foellinger, Indiana Hoov-er Club chairman, announced thedrive today.

“Indiana Hoover Day,” is thedesignation for the final day of thedrive. Letters and instructions arebeing sent to each county Hooverchairman and vice chairman out-lining the drive.

On the eveninng of "Hoover Day,”enrollment reports will be reportedby block workers to precinct chair-men, and forwarded through wardand township chairmen to countychairmen and State headquarters.

The drive and arrangements formaking “Hoover Day” a Statewideovation for the Republican presi-dential nominee will be directed byFoellinger, Miss Dorothy Cunning-ham. National Republican commit-teewoman for Indiana, and Mrs.Curtis Hodges, director of the In-diana Woman’s Hoover organization.

children. Within the buildings allhas been done that can be done torelieve the mind as well as thebody of pain. But the surround-ings strike the approaching visitorwith depression.

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ALITTLE space has beencleared east of Riley for aplayground. It has clipped grass,a sand pile and play apparatus,and the children are happy there.But it has no trees, and its sur-

roundings arc as bare and desolateas they were 100 years ago whenan insect blight cleared the landfor the settlers.

Here and there over the strag-gling acres a planted saplingrears its hopeful head, with apromise to sick bodies and spirits.

The greater part of the tract ofland surrounding the hospitals,lying, roughly, between WhiteRive • on the west and Agnes St.on the east, Michigan St. on thesouth and Tenth St. on the north,

is the property of the city, underthe administration ,of the parkboard.

All of it belongs to the city andthe State. Ever since its purchasethe park board has intended toimprove it, and make it a placeof cheer and beauty. There evenare plans drawn for the land-scaping.

They provide for a screen ofhigh shrubbery at the boun-daries, which would shut out thedreary little houses and the

NEW CODE OFTRAFFIC RULES

UPATCONFABCouncil Committee Talks

Proposals to BetterConditions.

Proposals to improve traffic con-ditions were discussed by the spe-cial council committee which is re-codifying traffic rules today at thecouncil chamber.

The committee composed of Rob-ert E. Springsteen, safety chairman,He:man P. Lieber, Meredith Nichol-son, Edward Harris and John F.White was named by Edward B,Raub, council president, to bring thetraffic code up to date.

Republication of the code willwipe out any question as to thelegality of the present code whichwas distributed by the HoosierMotor Club, gratis to the city.

Favor Cititzens CommitteeSeveral councilmen favor the se-

lection of a citizens committee tosit in with the council and trafficdepartment in the study of trafficconditions.

The police traffic division hasinaugurated several new practice*such as the painting of lanes onmain arteries which must be legal-ized by council action.

Representatives of the HoosierMotor Club, downtown merchantsand the Chamber of Commerce,who are willing crafeully to stidythe city's traffic needs probablywill be ein vited to join the councilgroup.

Mayor L. Ert Slack said he is co-operating with the council, but hasno concrete recommendations atthis time.

Parking DiscussedAdvisability of establishing flat-

to-curb parking on Washington St.,which has been recommended bythe police department, was dis-cussed.

Some dissatisfaction with thepresent pedestrian regulations whichallow them a forty-five secondperiod to skip from one curb to an-other has been voiced to council.The question of prohibiting rightturns on Washington St. in thedowntown area, to permit pe-destrians to "move with the traf-fic,” is favored by Springsteen.

Chairman Springsteen said therewill be an effort to relieve Wash-ington St, of some of the conges-tion caused from street car routeslooping on the main east and westthoroughfare.

FORMER CITY JEWELERTO BE BURIED SUNDAY

Body of Walter M. Rosenthall WillBe Returned From Florida.

Funeral services will be held at12:30 Sunday afternoon, at the In-dianapolis Hebrew Congregation forWalter M. Rosenthal, 56, former In-dianapolis jeweler, who died atMiami, Fla.. Thursday. Rabbi Feu-erlicht will officiate and burial will

be in the Jewish Cemetery.Born in Indianapolis, Mr. Rosen-

thal spent most of his life here.Six years ago he established the

Key Jewelry Company.He is survived by the widow, Mrs.

Gertrude H. Rosenthal: a son, Mor-ton: three brothers, Albert, Indian-apolis: Edwin M.. Detroit, and MaxM. Rosenthal. Davenport. la.; andtwo sisters, Mrs. Norbert Gunzburg-er. and Mrs. William Mack of NewYork.

CITY HOSPITAL SET IN DREARINESS; NO MONEY TO GLADDEN EYES OF SICKsame time provide something ofshade and freshness for thetenants. But the park board neverhas the money.

PRESIDENT JOHN E. MILNORof the board explained why.All park board activities except-ing new buildings and purchasesof additional grounds come out ofdirect taxation, and the presenttax rate of 514 cents does notyield enough. /

Salaries of employes must comeout of it: then this year there has

Air Mail Goes to Mexico

• i ■ ———————— ——————*+Here is the first load of air mail to be carried from the United State:into Mexico. The service, just inaugurated, crosses the border aLaredo, Tex., and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Pilot Cardenas is showrto the left, with Postmaster Pedro Medina of Neuvo Laredo. Si:Stimson-Detroiter planes recently were delivered to the Mexican gov

ernment for the service.

Relief FinesBit Times Special

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct.6.—City Judge Sam Beecher isaiding the Florida storm re-lief fund by assessing fines.Five motorists before the courton minor traffic rule chargeswere sentenced to donate $2each to the fund.

MILLIONS HEARCANDIDATES ONAIR HOOKUPS

Managers Take Stock ofRadio Campaigns; Won-

der at Effectiveness.BY LEO R. SACK

Times Staff CorrespondentWASHINGTON, Oct. s.—As the

campaign enters its final stages,Republican and Democratic man-agers are taking stock of theirradio efforts and wondering whetherthey are proving effective.

Extensive use of the radio thisyear presents an entirely new prob-lem in vote-seeking, and as theDemocratic national committeebroadcasters frankly confess theyhave “no precedent by which toguide future broadcasters.”

Collectively, the Republicans andDemocratic national committeeswill spend nearly $750,000 this yearfor political broadcasting.

Whether it is money well spenttime alone will tell, the radio man-agers say.

Hoard by MillionsBefore the campaign ends every

radio station in the country, wheth-er it is a big-time station linkedup with either the National orColumbia broadcasting companies'chains or merely a "local” stationwith less than 100 watts power willhave had political programs on theair.

Radio managers believe that whenHerbert Hoover and Governor Smithgo on the air every radio set thatcan possibly be utilized is tuned Inon some station and that, therefore,upwards of 15,000,000 people hearthe speakers.

Smith’s personality, heretoforeknown only to New York voters, hasbecome familiar to voters every-where.

Like A1 and HooverThe Democratic candidate has a

faculty of Inserting human expres-sions into his talks. For example,his radio audience laughed with himwhen at St. Paul he pulled, solemn-ly, “where there is life there ishope.” in a reference to Republicanfailures.

Again they enjoyed his sally atMrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt’s ex-pense when he observed in Mil-waukee that. “I am glad I hav* notgot Mabel on my hands.”

Herbert Hoover’s radio voice isnot new to voters. Although histalks are not f.~ry or peppery likeSmith’s, he has a real radio “per-sonality” and he goes over good. Hespeaks slowly, surely and clearly.Occasionally, he borders on the dra-matic.

Speaker Nicholas Longworth inhis recent radio debut proved dull.

Senator Fess of Ohio, althoughwith a clear voice and a speechjammed full of good Republicantheories, talked too fast.

Curtis, Robinson SolemnSenator Borah, like Smith, Inject*

his personality—and humor—intohis speeches.

Senator Pat Harrison of Missis-sippi is full of pep and personality.

Senators Curtis and Robinson, therespective vice presidential candi-dates, have developed their radioaudiences. Both, however, are sol-emn speakers.

ACCEPT MARINEPROTEST MAIL

U. S. Rules Slogan May BePlaced cn Letters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6lt Is nolonger an offense against the Gov-ernment to mail letters bearing theslogan “protest against UnitedStates Marines in Nicaragua,” thePostoffice Department has decided.

Last winter letters bearing stick-ers with a similar inscription werebarred from the mails. Protest wasmade by the American CivilLiberties Union-

Several months ago new stickerswere printed and letters bearingthem were sent through the mail.The letters have been delieveredsince that time, and the department,pointing out this fact when askedabout the matter, said “until refusedall matter is mailable.”

The civil liberties union plannedto test the issue in the courts if theletters had been refused.

LODGE PARLEY ENDS BATTERY RECORD SETPrest-O-Lite Production Last Month

Establishes High MarkAn all-time record for battery

production was set in Septemberby the Prest-O-Lite Storage BatteryCorporation, it was announced todayby J. H. McDuffee, vice presidentof the concern.

The new record comes as part ofthe enormous growth of the corpo-ration in the last year. All manu-facturing departments of the plantare working day and night shiftsand more than 1,000 workers are em-ployed at present, an increase of100 per cent in the company’s payroll since September, 1927.

PREVENTS JAIL BREAKWayne County Sheriff Learns Noise

Hid Saw’s Work.Bp Times Special

RICHMOND. Ind., Oct. 6.—Whistl-ing and singing at night by prison-ers in the Wayne County Jailaroused suspicions of Sheriff HenryLong who on investigation foundthat under cover of the noise, Wil-fred Rodgers, a prisoner, had saweda bar in his cell.

A saw had been provided by GJennMoore, released from the jail a fewdays ago. Moore is under arrestcharged with aiding in the allegedbreak. Rodgers is awaiting trial ona charge of stealing hogs.

HEADS SCHOOL BOARDL. A. Pittenger, Mancie, Named

State Group Chairman.L. A. Pittenger, Muncie, president

of Ball Teachers' College, was madechairman of the legislative commit-tee of the State education board ata meeting Friday at the office of /Roy P. Wiseheart. State superin-tendent of public instruction.

Other committeemen are Mrs.Beryl Holland, Bloomington, andGeorge H. Reitzel, Brownsburg.

Dancers to Start FridayBp United Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Oct. 6.Dancers from many southern In-diana cities and tow-ns are ex-pected to' be entered w'hen a dancemarathon—Monroe County's first—starts here at the Cascade Gar-dens Dance pavilion, at 9 p. m.Friday.

Offers Borer DestroyerBp United Press

GREENSBURG. Ind., Oct.An effective treatment for peachtrees which have been attacked byborers is announced here by Coun-ty Agent Lynn Thurston. It con-sists of paradichlorobenzine, in thepowder form.’ It should besprinkled around a tree about halfan inch from the trunk and cov-ered with a few spades full of earthto prevent it from losing gas.

Pythian Sisters InstallState Officers.

Ratification of the grand lodgeof Knights of Pythias proposal toadmit Pythian Sisters to the K. ofP. Home at Lafayette, Ind., waspostponed until next year by mem-bers of the grand temple at theclosing session today.

The motion will be taken beforethe grand lodge for approval andto test the legality before grandtemple action is taken.

The following officers were In-stalled this afternoon:

Mrs. Mary Aikman, Newport, grandchief; Mrs. Daisy Duvall of Richmond,grand senior chief: Mrs. Nell McCurry ofGoodland, grand Junior chief; Miss Mag-dalena Fred of McCordsvllle, grand mis-tress of records and correspondence; Mrs.Myrtle Billingsley of Greenwood, grandmistress of finance; Mrs. Ocie Jelltsonof South Bend, grand outer guard; Mrs.Esther Stephens of Evansville, State presscorrespondent: Mrs. Georgia Bates of Ft.Wayne, grand trustee, and Mrs. MinnieJohnson of Indianapolis, orphans’ board,

ST. CLAIR ESTATE MAYBE MADE CITY PARK

Acquisition of Property in FairviewVicinity Being Considered.

Acquisition of the Robert St. Clairestate, Forty-Second St. and Boule-vard PI., is being considered by thepark board.

The board was requested to con-sider purchase oi the six-acre tractfor a north side community cen-ter in a petition filed by severalhundred property owners.

The board did not have a quorumThursday but President John E.Milnor and Commissioner MichaelE. Foley indicated the request will•have Immediate consideration. Fo-ley indicated the property will beacquired if a reasonable price canbe obtained.

Fairview-Butler Civic Leaguesponsored the petition.

been the widening of Meridian St.to Fall Creek, the improvementof Delaware St. north of FallCreek, the contract for the swim-ming pool in Ellenberger Park,and the similar pool in GarfieldPark to come. And a good manyother things not quite so definite-ly planned, but quite as essential.They are all things for the well.

Will the ground be improvedthis year?

“Next year will be better,”Milnor suggests.

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