South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-22
MAY MAKE CHANGES
IN TAX DUPLICATE
Attorney General MiIburn'S
Opinion Gives Railroad OPP
portunity to Save Money.

ELKHART. Ind, sept. 22.-Atty.
Gen Milburn has gives an opinion
10 the state board of tx commits
sioners empowering II to Instruct the
auditor Of Elkhart county 10 make
changes in the tax duplicates OF the
county, IL errors said 20 exist really
do exist
II the board acts accordingly about
$4,000 Of taxable property OF the Big
-Four railroad viii be taken off dupli-
Gates. This property is said TO have
been taxed twice.
When asked regarding the alleged
$4,000 error. County Auditor J. w.
Brown said that he did not know what
items were involved but that they
referred 10 personal property In Elk
hart
Mrs. Thomas T. Vardaman Of S19
Bennett St. died at General hospital
at 5 o'clock Monday. Death was caus-
ed by blood poisoning. from which the
patient had suffered for a week. She
was taken 10 the hospital last Satur-
day. The young woman formerly was
Miss Grace Cressler, and Mr.. Varda-
man were married in Trinity parson-
age by Rev. ]. c. White two weeks
ago last Sunday.
The body was taken To the home Of
923 Edwardsburg av.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
John G. White Of Trinity Methodist
church, will be held at the church at
1880 o'clock tomorrow, with burial in
Grace Lawn cemetery.
MIS- Nardaman, who was a daughter
of the late Charles Cressler, was born
in this city on December >, 1894. She
graduated from the grammer school In
1914 and later from the Elkhart bus
mess college.
Prior TO her marriage and up 10 the
time of her fatal illness. Mrs. Narda-
man was employed at the GOssard
corset factory. She was an accomplish
ed musician, at one time playing the
piano in the Starlight orchestra, and
having. at different times played the
piano in st. Pauls church Sunday
school and occasionally the organ in
the church.
Surviving Mrs. Vardaman are her
husbond, her mother. her step-father,
Mr.. Reames, a sister Mrs. Allen Os-
borne OF Iarwill, Ind, and two step
brothers, Alva and Cecil Reaves, both
of this city. Mrs. Nardaman met her
husband while on a visit to her
sister at Larwill, Mr.. Nardaman's home
being at that place. Mr.. Nardaman,
however, has been employed in this
city several years, at present being an
electrician with the Davis Acetylene
Co.
At a meeting of the board OF di-
rectors of the Elkhart Chautauqua as
ISOLATION, Managing Secretary J. 5.
Fisher and DR.. G. W. Haywood were
named to check up the list of those
who signed pledges to help pay up
the $500 deficit Of last year. Many
who signed are delinquent with their
L On
immediate settlement, as the direct
ors are anxious TO cancel all indebted
ness.
President H. I. Isben said today that
owing to the fact that bills keep drib-
bling in" he was yet unable to pre-
dict the financial status, although he
was in hopes that next years chautau-
qua could start out With a clean sheet.
Had there been no Indebtedness the as
ISOLATION would have a surplus of SAT
as the result of this years assembly.
Mrs. Sarah L. Osborn died at the
home Of a son, Clark Z. Osborn Of
15S Nadel av., at J1:4O o'clock Mon
day. she has been seriously i'll since
July "a, being Frustrated that night
after attending a dinner at McNaugh-
ton park. AS there has been uncer-
tainty regarding the exact nature of
her malady, an autopsy was held
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Osborn was born in Williams
county. Ohio on May S, 1852. she had
been a resident Of this city twenty
i've years. Surviving Mrs. Osborn arr
the son at whose home she died and
a son, Phon =. Osborn. also of this
city, sister. Mrs. Caroline Cook,
whose home is in Kansas, and a broth
er, Wesley Barkus OF Hillsdale, Mich.
She was once the wife of Hiram Is.
Osborn, who lives in this city.