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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Hunted

AIRY A. HARDACRE yester-
III day walked into the Office Of
Prosecutor William II. Reny
and surrendered. He wished TO
square himself with the world. ne
said
-Four years ago he was held here
on charge # robbing a grocery at
130 $. TrT 10 Ave. But broke Jail in
company with twenty other prison
ers.
lie had four years Of liberty But
they we're haunting years OF fear.
OF jumping at shadows. OF dread #
= significant tap on the shUulde-.
And every day his mother-in 4
little town Of southern Indiana-
was aging. With her boy q fugi-
tive. So he left a good JOB as an 2u-
tonobile salesman IN Portland Ore.
10 return, at his own expense, to
Indianapolis and surrender
Liberty Is precious Men WIN fight
and die fUr It And this human
desire for freedom was the motive
that drove him 70 escape four years
ego.
But q greater power brought him
back That was conscience. A fiabby
thing generally. but an Irresistible
force when aroused.
Freedom with an accusing con
science is more intolerable than
prison For one must live with con-
sclence-bUt only serve time in Jail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
UPHOLDS
FEDERAL RESERVE
Bank President Talks Before
Electrical Association,

Bank and trade acceptance notes
should not be renewed. but covered
by new notes" Elmer ". Stout
president Fletcher American Ma
tionaI Bank. told the Electrical Credit
Association convention delegates to-
day at the ClaypOol.
Before the enactment Of Federal
Reserve laws there were panics
every ten years or so. because Of
the inelasticity Of our credit
system" he said. Stout traced the
origion of the Federal Reserve Bank
ing System.
Other speakers were Miss ~ NJ.
German. St. Louis. AIo.. :. Z. Ken
nedy. Chicago, and Charles +.
Sullivan. vice president Merchants
National Bank, VINO discussed
Credit Granting"
Following the closing section this
afternoon the annual dinner in con
junction with Indianapolis Associa-
ton Of Credit Men will be held
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
No CTews

Prosecutor King today declared he
had turned up mo important clews, )"
hut that he still believed Mrs. Sheats-
ley was dead when her body entered
the fire box
King said that in Canton he had
questioned Mrs. Lydia Sponseller,
81 the furnace victims mother;
Mrs. Sponsellers two sons, and that
he had had additional interviews
with Rev. Sheatsley and his four
children.
These interviews developed that
Clarence Sheatsley, the pastors 16.
yearold son, who was first to sus-
pect what he saw in the furnace
was his mothers body, found the
furnace door slightly ajar.
Previously Clarence testified the
door was shut when he first went
down 10 the basement to investi.
gate the odor of burning flesh.
From the interview with Mrs.
Sponselier. the prosecutor learned
she had lived with the Sheatsleys
until last July and that she had
never known them to have any do
nestle troubles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
COLLINS SCORES
EARLY MARRIAGE
Releases Youth on De8erti0n
Charge,

The folly of parents permitting
their children to marry when they
are not mature in years or Judgment
was scored today by Criminal Judge
James A. Collins when he agreed to-
discharge owen Faulk, 20, charged
with Wife ana child desertjon pro-
viding he viii go 20 work and pay
them S. a week. Faulk was returned
to county Jail pending acquisition Of
q job.
His wife. Mrs Elizabeth Faulk,
10, Of J34 n. Meridian St. alleges
she and their 9-months-old baby
were deserted Nov. II, 1923.
Faux said he was II when he
married. Mrs. Faux was 16-
Faulk said his parents live at
Linton IND He said he had TO 10
to work in the mines ut tho age
of 13.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

~ y ordinance for annexation 70
4 the city OF a strip of land
4 1000 feet wide along the new
Kessler Blvd. from Illinois St. to
the Crawfordsviue road passed the
council at its last meeting.
Members opposing it argued the
injustice of annexng corn fields on
which owners would have TO pay
city taxes.
4 Indianapolis sprawls over the
: landscape
However. IT'S area ia below the
average for American cities Of its
class. New Orleans-with 20 per
cent larger population-covers an
area nearly three times rs great
Los Angeles embraces most of
southern Calif1rnia-aud claims ev-
ervthine west Of the Mississippi.
American cities sun experience
growing pains. They expand either
lateraIly or vertically.
Perhaps annexation is hand on
vacant land. But when municipal
bouIevards creep past. cornfelds
graduate into real estate. They
cease 10 work with their hands and
live on unearned increment.
Which is pleasant but doesn't pay
for boulevards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
TRAIN WRECKER JAILED
Pleads Guilty TO Murder of Washing
ton, Ind, Man.

EV nIff7 Irc8s
CARLYLE. Ill, Nov. 21.-George
Williams, negro. who confessed he
opened the switch wrecking a fast
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train,
today was taken to southern Illinois
penitentiary to serve sentence Of life
imprisonment. He was sentenced
following his plea Of guilty to muir
der Of the engineer. Carl Van All
man Washington. Ind, killed in the
crash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Right Here
NTn I'm
By 4 Il HWI M
GAYLORD Il VI M
NELSON u II

fri HE public service commission
conducted informal hearings
L. this week on a proposed
schedule OF electric rates for IN
dianapolis Representative Of the
two local electric companies were
summoned
Just human nature to kick l..
B. Andrus. president OF the Mer-
chants Heat and Light Company,
told commissioners. in defending de-
-mand charges for current To when
ealany. patrons object.
= Much cOntrariness runs at large
anxious TO sink fangs into any
praiseworthy enterprise
But this country was founded by
emphatic kickers. So protest mas
become national habit and
prerogative. a citizen may indulge
in IT with irnpunity.
Chronic kickers are annoying. but
also serviceabIe-
The millennium Is still remote. And
progress toward il would be slower
than it is if everybody remained
satisfied with present conditions
Old status quo never won any
battles for the general public.
While vigorous kicking has frayed
the trousers of many hOary special
privileges.
It would be nice for utilities II the
public would remain 4 silent,
PROSTATE doormat for them 10 tread
upon. There would ensue consider
able hiiarity among dividends But
none on the part Of the dOormat
from which the dividends were
scuffed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
LIQUOR TERM UPHELD
Supreme Court Denies New Trial to
Dewey Blackburn.

state supreme Court toiay af-
frmed Delaware Circuit Court in
overrulius q motion of Dewey Black
burn. Muncie. TO set aside q plea Of
guilty on liquor charges and 10
grant q trial on new plea Of not
guilty.
Blackburn alleged he had no at
torney at the time Of the first plea
and was nervous and excited" Su-
prcme Court affirmed the judgment,
sentenciny Blackburn o six months
on the Indiana State Farm and fin
ing him 5000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
$500 IN POULTRY STOLEN
Truck With 500 Chickens and Ducks
and Eggs Taken.

If any one today starts a new
poultry house with a stock Of about
go chickens. the same number Cf
ducks. three cases Of eggs, a pair Of
scales and a REQ truck valued at
$1,000, an arrest is likely to follow.
Sol Cohn, proprietor of the poultry
store at 1923 s Meridian ST., re
ported such a loss to police. Poultry
eggs and scales were valued ut
about $500. He said the neighbors
heard noises about his place at 3
n. m. Entrance was gained by break
ing q side door transom. The loot
was on the truck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
SEARCH MADE FOR KIN
Settlement of Estate Held Up. WON
an Tells Police.

Mrs. Ed Snap Of Prairletown Ind,
today asked Indianapolis police to
help her find relatives Of her former
husband. Charles Crisp Anderson,
who died eleven years ago.
Mrs. Snap said she had two chill
dren by Anderson and his estate can
not be settled until she communi-
Gates with his relatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
FAIL TO WORK
Burnett Given Farm Sentence on
Liquor Charge.

Despite apparent iron-clad alibis,
Joe Burnett, 526 Ninton St, was
fined $500 and costs and sentenced
to 100 days on the Indiana State
Farm, on a blind tiger charge in
city court today. Federal Agent
Crow testified Burnett delivered him
five gallon OF alcohol on oct. %.
Burnett introduced witnesses who
swore he was in Chicago that day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
STOCK BOOM CONTINUES
Turnover Totals 1853, 900 Shares in
First Three Hours.

BU United Press
NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-The Stock
Exchange doomed into the fifteenth
day Of the post-election prosperity
wave today with turnover Of
1.469, 600 shares of stocks in the first
three hours Of the market.
Bond sales to p. m. wers
SIS, O00.0uu.
The forward movement in prices
continued in the general list. despite
heavy profit-taking after noon. Alljs
Chalmers reached a new high 1t
64ts and there was tremendous az
tivity in the low priced rails, New
Haven and Erie both reaching Sass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

The annual campaign Of Com
munity Fund closed officially today,
with 4 luncheon at the Claypool.
Although the workers fell short OF
the goal, $700,2I5. they raised more
than in any previous Community
Fund drive. Fund officials expect
small contributions which dribble in
after the close Of campaigns to swell
the fund considerably.
Before today's luncheon. the fund
stood officially at $606,o9S.1S. or 81
per cent Of the quota.
Reports today included $1,000 from
the Hume Mansur Company; $500
from E. Rauh & Sons; $114.50 from
indianapolis Times employees, and
$31O.0S from the second indianapolis
Industrial Exposition.
Voluntary subscriptions sent in to
the Fund office since Thursday
noon totaled $1,115, 1t was an
nounced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL IN
OCTOBER: FRIENDS AT BEDSIDE
Body Will Probably Be Placed Beside
That of Mate in Receiving Vault
in Ohio Cemetery-President Cool
idge Expresses Sympathy.


MARION, Ohio Nov 22.-The body of Mrs. Florence
King Harding who died today White Oaks farm, probably
viii be placed beside that Of her husband the late President
Harding, in the receiving vault at Marion Cemetery
Funeral services viii be held Monday p, m~ at
the Epwo Methodist Episcopal Church. Of which Mrs. Hard
ing had been a member since grhood
Dr. Jesse Swank pastor OF the Epworh Church and Rev
George NJ Lands, pastor OF the Trinity Baptist Church. will
0ficate Tho sorEcos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

ri ATE moves its pawns with
+ an impartial finger. cold
IL ly. inexorably. without
eve 10 the human equation.
William H. Brown. 50, Civil
War veteran. living near Lon
don. Ind. petitioned the Var De-
partment for a pension in 1913,
when his strength began to fail
and he could no longer stand up
under the old battle. He was ad-
vised that William II. Brown Of
the 9th Indiana" had already
drawn the pension, had died, and
his widow had been drawing it
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Aged War Veteran Seeks Pension Paid to Another

Back in 61, when Brown ell
listed, Colonel Healey's father
was commanding the 9Th Indiana
which Brown joined.
Healey has written to Wash
ington in an attempt to aid
Brown. formerly under his IA
Tiers command. The War De-
partment. since 1913, could not
be convinced some one else got
Browns pension. Added impetus
is being given Browns attempts.
He may win, unless Fate stays
all before the War Department
can be finally convinced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
GOVERNMENT ENDS CASE
U. S. Officer, ON Trial for $4,000. 900
Robbery, to Take Stand.
gu Unifcd Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-The Gov
ernment today rested its case in
the $3,00O,O0O Rondout mail robbery
trial.
Charles A. Clarahan, New York
postal inspector, testified William j.
Fahy. once the CRACK" postal in
spector in the Chicago area. admitted
connections with the band of rob
bers. Fahy, on trial with two Chi
cago politicians on charges of en-
gineeriny the hold-up, was to be the
first defense witness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
HOURLY TEMPERATURE

until her death.
Then Brown recalled that his
cousin, assigned to the 9th In
diana after the war for dis
charge, had made considerable
inquiry of him concerning a pen
sion.
I'm strong and able to work.
I don't need it, replied Brown.
That was years ago. The
cousin has never been seen since,
according to brown. who told his
story to Col. George II. Healey
of the 151st Infantry Indiana Ma
tional GB2rd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
At White Oaks
POISONING TRIAL DEC. 3
Former Pastor and Elsie Sweetin to
Face Court Together.
BIZ United Pres.

bW tNFICu ITtNS
MOUNT VERNON, Ill, Nov. 21.-
Denied a charge of venue, Lawrence
NJ. Hight unfrocked Ina poisoning
pastor" will go on trial in Circuit
Court. Dec. 5, together with Elsie
Sweetin, on charges of numbering
their spouses with arsenic, because
they loved each other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
ILLINOIS BANK LOOTED
Employees Locked in Vault-S5, 500
in Cash and Bonds Taken.

BIZ United Press
DANVILLE, Ill, Nov. 21.-Bank
robbers today locked the president
and several employees Of the Bank
Of Oakwood, near here. in the vault
and escaped with $4,000 in cash and
81 500 in bonds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Old Rivalry With Wabash
Flames Anew After Build
ingS Are Daubed
Red,
BOTH COLLEGES PROBE
Alumni Expect Annual Foot
ball Game to Be a
COrker,

The three-quarter century rivalry
between De Pauw University and
Wabash College famed today as au-
thoriJies Of the schools started in
vesugations TO find out who painted
,he Wabash color. scarlet. all over
the De Pauw campus at Greencas-le
Thursday night.
Wabash and De Pauw football
teams meet in their annual struggle
at Greencastle. Saturday ludianapo-
lis alumni of both schools. who
read dispatches telling OF the
vandalism predicted the football
game would be one Of the bitterest
in the long history OF strenuous com
petition between the Methodist and
Cavemen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Three Left

BV United Press
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-
Only three widows of former
Presidents are still living, now
that Mrs. Harding IS dead. They
are:
Mrs. Thomas Preston Jr.,
widow of Grover Cleveland. liv-
ing at Princeton. y. J.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. uv-
ing at Oyster Bay. \. Y.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, living
in Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
COMMUNITY FUND
CAMP PAIGN ENDS


The Community Fund cam
paien ended with a grand total
of $622.&7l.77. Amount reported
at today's luncheon was $l6.-
683.5Q.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

Nfre Hardinr's hndv wae taken
from, White oake farms TODAY 10
The ho,,,a of Mrs. r,a,l, r T,onq.
shore a niece
ral.,,ra,,e NOTIFYING +hen, of Mrs
taraina,s 5oath we're sent today
IN President C,orifoe ann IN Nom.
hers of his cabinet hv Ceo~ea r
CHRISTIAN ana Dr. carl W SAWYER.
Weakened bv the shock of her
husband. aaa-h and Tho ordeal Of
lb.. nnhIt, funeral a year and a half
ora. Mrs Harding was unable TO
throw off the recurrence Of the
ualad, 0hjc1 hroughf her to the
very oates of death in 1922 af the
White House
Sba becau,a sariouslv I'm late in
Octoba,, save for brief intervals Of
jnprovamen+ her Strength ebbeG
gradually in+I tbe srd
Ms uar9,n.- 6-od at 2.55 0ras+e,,n
s+1.n4ar5 +,,,,a}
W., bo, r.bar the en5 l.s,,a vya,.a
|hs, hrotoa,, C1fe,ord r<lfnq ~ Flor.
Ia Mr. Cbavlae +, SAWYER widow
of proetdan+ Hardinr~,s noreonqI
nh,.s,o,ar nr Csr1 W Savt.or and
! C;.o,e-o r. ,p,r,-ti,n former eacra-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Alumni Are Agog

The alumni prepared TO throw
aside business and beg borrow or
seize passage to the lair Of the Tiger
20 see the fun.
DR.. Henry 3 Lonedon. acting
president Of De PAW. announced IL
would cost about $1,000 10 remove
the huge rel dauls from college
buildings. walks and fraternity
houses. College and town aurhori-
ties are indignant
De Pauw students. according 70 a
dispatch. were discussing the tacti-
cal advizabu-e Of taking an auto
mobile load of ola Gold paint TO
Charlottesville tonight to give the
Wabash campus similar dose to-
night. They figured il probably
would not be much use. since Craw-
fordsville police would be ON the
lookout
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
Progress
Teacher Goes to School
Too Fast, Police Say
Miss DuckWaII Fined
for Circle WhirI,

T~7OLICE momentarily halted
- the progress Of education at
GIen's Valley, ten miles
south Of Indianapolis. today.
Motorcyclemen Schneider and
John Davidson arrested Miss Carol
Underwood, -. Of r. r. c., Box
516. on Madison Ave, near Pal
mer St, charging she was driving
toward her school room at Glen's
Valley six miles an hour too fast.
The officials said that the
teacher was indignant when arrest
ed. They sent her to headquarters
in patrol wagon. There Captain
Fletcher released her on her own
recognizance so she could so to
school.
- COUPLE Of speedy laps
q around the inner sidewalk
- Of Monument Circle ia an
automobile at 1l:40 p. m. oct. "a,
explained as a Halloween prank.
cost Miss Virginia DuckwaH, II.
daughter Of Herbert Duckwall,
contractor 3SlS y. Delaware St,
$50 in fines in juvenile court to-
day.
Motorcyclemen John Davidson
aud Schneider. testified they inter
rupted the merry motoring Of
Miss Duckwal, and two girl
friends. Judge Frank j. Lahr fined
Miss DuckwaH $35 and costs on a
speeding charge and SIS and costs
for driving ON tho sidewalk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21

Meanwhile tho Lutheran pastor,
reported near collapse from strain
subsequently to finding OF his wife's
charred body in the parsonage fur
mace Monday night. his four children
ranging in age from 10 to 20 and
Prosecutor John r King and Harry
Carson. detective, arc in Canton
whore Mrs. Sheatsley's remains
were buried Thursday afternoon.
The chemists report is to be
sealed and may be delivered to King
today at Canton.
If it shows Mrs. Sheatsley inhaled
carbon monoxide or flames. the
prosecutor may drop his probe and
admit Mrs. Sheatsley committed
suicide as the pastor contends.
Tt is q foregone conclusion Coroner
Murphy's verdict viii show suicide.
lie has contended Mrs. Sheatstley
took her own life by crawling into
the furnace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-21
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Forecast

ONLEARING this afternoon.
~ followed by fair and cold
er tonight and Saturday. Low
est temperature tonight 80
to 35.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-10-16

expressly empower the state, ana u
prevention and abatement Of forest
hrss, and TO incur debts and pledge
the public credit in 20 doing.
The 2fect Of said amendment. II
and any Of its political Subdivisions
when authorised by the Legislature %
TO DO, 70 engage IN any work reason.
s Az. tiSsa p *. som Ss :ss'
ing and improvsmsnt Of publicly and
priystsiy owned wild lands. 20 asssss
inE thereto from such work. and 10 pay
III damages 20 such lands In excess OF
the 6ensnts. n any resulting from such
~, s.rn Sut 81 sl.d In carr syin sa on
work, and 10 repeal all provisions 81
the state eonstitution inconsistsnt with
Yours respectfully.
CLITrOnb h. HfLT0N.
Attorney General 4
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-10-16
FORD RECALLS
SHOALS Offer
Manufacturers Says New Pro-
jects will Give Northwest
Cheaper Coal.

New York--Henry Ford's bid for
the government nitrate and water.
power plants at Muscle Shoals, sub.
mitted to the war department in 1921.
has been definitely withdrawn.
I'VE made the best bid we knew
how to make" says the Detroit man
ufacturer In an interview.
"No definite action has been taken
on II. A simple affair Of business
which should have been decided by
anyone within a week has become a
complicated political affair. Produc-
tive business cannot wait on politics.
Therefore we are Withdrawing our
bid"
While Congress and the Senate and
the Muscle Shoals committee have
been wasting years discussing his Of
fer. Ford has been busy experiment
ing at his River Rouge plant. He
says now that he has found o way to
generate, in his enormous coal hold.
ings In Kentucky and elsewhere, more
electricity than he can use, and at O
lower cost than would be possible at
Muscle Shoals.
I'VE are already In the coal bust
ness. For long time we have been
mining coal for our own uses and for
quite q while we have been selling
coal in the Northwest. We shall con.
tinue and extend this business be
cause IN the past the Northwest has
had to pay much more for its coal
than II should"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-10-16
SHANGHAI DEFENSE HALTED
Volunteer Defense Units Ordered Out
to Portect Foreign settlements.

London-Gen. Lu Yung- Hsiang, com.
mander Of the Cheliang forces holding
Shanghai against the Kiangsu attack
and Gen. Ho-Feng-Lin. second in com
mand. boarded a warship in the har-
Dor at Shanghai. admitting defeat OF
their troops. according to a Central
News dispatch received here.
Their forces were hopelessly beaten
in the Hungkiang area. the Chekiang
leaders said. and although a force Of
1000 Chekiang soldiers remained in
the Kading area, they were expected
to surrender.
An agency dispatch stated that the
Chekiang troops had surrendered.
their leaders fed TO Japan. and an
armistice had been arranged between
the forces led by Gen. Hsieh-Yuan.
Kiangsu leader. and the officers re-
naming in charge OF the defeated
Chekiang armies.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-10-16

s,,vsys sss.sig q: sy \ I, ssme'sg.ss z
Of All such charters that there shall
Ps provided. amonE other thingA
and = iegisis tive BODY of either
one or two houseni n Of two
houssA st least one % them shall
Be elected by general vote Of the
electors. In submitting any such
chArter or amendment thereto g
the qualified voters Of Huch city o.
village any alternate section or
article may be presented tor the
choice OF the voters. and may -
voted on separately without prstu-
dice 20 other articles or sections of
the charter or any amendmente
thereto. The lewislttnrs may pro-
o. citiss. the applications Of which
may be limited 70 citiee over uftx
thousand inhabitants. or to cities %
nfty and not less than twenty thou
sand inhabitants. or To cities Of
twenty and not less than ten thou.
sand inhshiiante, or 20 cittee o.
ten. thousand inhabitants or iesas
which shAii apply equally TO ~
such citiee. Of either ciass. ana
which shall be paramount while
IN force 10 the .provisiQng relating
20 the same matter included IN the
local charter herein provided for.
But no local charter. proyision or
ordinance passed hereunder ehnu
snrerseds any general law o. the
state defining or punishing crimes
er mlndemeanors ~ :.