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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17

The vivacious comedy, "The Merry
Wives Of Windsor" was written by
Shakespeare in 1899. Tradition has it
that the play was composed by COM
mand Of Queen Elizabeth, who wished
to see her favorite character, Falstaff,
in the situation of a lover 1t has
been one of the most popular of the
Shakespearean comedies from the days
OF Elizabeth to the present time.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17
NeSfland GRANGE

Westland grange program for Oct.
25, at O'Clock p. M: Song, by
grange; roll call What crops pay
the best; Can cooperation between
agriculture and industry be brought
about, Paul Wells and Roy James;
Suggestion for better home making,
by sisters; music, Anna Greathouse
and John McInturf; readings, Es-
ther Huffman, Raymond James and
Maud McInturf; stunts, Merle
Wells; music-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17
Cling to Old Customs

The language spoken in the Chan
mel islands is not modern French, but
a dialect of Norman French, which
varies from one island to another.
There are many curious survivals of
feudal customs and ceremonies Of
government, which are proudly and
carefully observed. The islands have
their own flag, the flag Of Normandy,
with three lions in white and scar
let,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17
Settled by German Kaisor

The dispute between the United
States and Great Britain that was
arbitrated by a German emperor was
In relation to the San Juan water
boundary. In 1871 the German en-
peror rendered a decision sustaining
the American claim.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17
NORTH BRISTOL

Ethan Hall and Miss Edith Ray
We're quietly married at the M. E.
parsonage, Malta, Friday morning,
at o'clock, Rev. G. D. Clifford Off
ciating. After the ceremony they
motored to Lancaster, where they at
tended the fair. Mrs Hall is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Ray,
and a successful teacher in the pub
lie schools. Mr.. Hall is a son of Mr.,
and Mrs Dwight Hall, and he also
has been a successful teacher for
several years. In the evening
large crowd of friends and neigh
bors gave them rousing serenade,
and they were warmly congratu-
lated. They were also given a sere-
made at the grooms home on Mon
day evening.
Revival Meetings
A series of revival meetings are
in progress at the Presbyterian
church, beginning last Monday even
ing, and will continue throughout
the week The minister, Rev Paul
Stevens Of the Forest Avenue Pres
byterian church, of GAINESVILLE, is
preaching very able and inspiring
sermons The public is invited to
attend.
A number from here attended the
Stan Frasier sale, near Cumber-
land, Tuesday.
Ed Luckett Of Rosevilie. visiteI
Sunday at the S. M Little home
The social at Bristol was well at
tended Saturday evening in spite OF
the rain. Mrs Carl Dewitt of En-
ory ridge held the lucky number on
the quilt, which was 54
Wayne Macklem of New Concord
spent the week end with home
folks.
BIG WOODS
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Smith and /
daughter of Akron spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. /
w. B. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John Scho1ield spent .
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Schofeld Of GAINESVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel McKibben I
and children of McConnelsville, Mr. /
and Mrs. Fred Barnes of Neelyville, I
all spent Sunday "a Geo. Young's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Teeter spent I
afternoon at John Rays, of
Elliott
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Wallace,
Dorothy McGrew, Lena Faye Smith,
Clyde Calendine and Frances Smith
All spent Sunday afternoon at Mil
on Wallace's.
Mrs. Milton Wallace and children
spent one day last week with Mrs
Edith Smith.
Geo Young is slowly improving
Miss Garnet Wallace spent the
lay with Lucille Miller, Wednesday
Clyde Calendine spent Friday and
with his friend, Leonard
Wallace.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-10-17

that will save
you many a dol
lar will escape
you if you fail to
read carefully
and regularly the
adv ertising of
local merchants
I'm This Paper
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
CREST OF FRIGID WAVE
PASSES; MERCURY WILL
CONTINUE TO CLIMB
Midwest Recovering From
Most Serious of Win
ter'S Attacks.

Indianapolis awoke this morning
to find the first substantial snow of
the winter-3.4 inches of it-on the
ground.
A total of % inches of snow fell
during the night and with what fell
Monday there we're "a inches on the
ground this morning, according to
weather bureau records.
The peak of the cold wave which
struck the city Friday has been
reached, j. H. Armington, weather
bureau head, said.
A temperature drop expected to-
night arrived this morning ahead of
time. The mercury during the
dropped from the 81 degrees at 9
p. m. Monday to 8 degrees above
zero at a. m. today.
Mercury to Rise
The temperature will begin rising
slowly this afternoon and tonight's
low point will be about 10 to Is
above zero, Arlington said. BY
Wednesday morning the mercury
will be IL to Is degrees higher than
today and the rise will continue
Wednesday, Arrnington predicted.
More snow is likely Wednesday, he
said.
The central and eastern portions
of the United States were recov-
ering slowly today from the most
severe of a series of cold waves
which have swept down from
Alaska.
rs Lives Are Lost
The weather was reported gen.
orally warmer, with the sun ap-
pearing for the first time in forty
eight hours in many sections, Civ
ing workers an opportunity to clear
railroads and highways, which were
blocked in the middlewest by a six
inch to several feet snowfall.
More than twenty-five lives were
lost during the period in which
temperatures were sent down to
from to As degrees below zero.
For the first time this winter, air
mail in the middlewest was
paralyzed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Hourly Temperatures
-NDYs PLANE SEE ACE CHEAT DEATH IN SNOW PERIL

he started on his great flight
across the Atlantic, excepting
that we had a field to settle down
on. Had he hit such storm then
it would have been fatal"
Jones. Perry. Cook and some of
the Others proceeded to st. Louis
by train, but Lindbergh remained
with the plane and was reported
today to be waiting fairer weather
before flying on to Los Angeles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Claims Piano Salesman
Stole Affections of
His Wife.
BY ARCH sTEINEL

a RiImanian's 100000 love suit
for the wife he divorced and who
remarked an alleged piano sales
man. the alleged correspondent
neared possible settlement today
when the trial for alienation OF af-
fections of the Rumanian baker
man. ended at noon recess in su-
perior court 3.
The plaintiff and baker. Vasile
Vitelarus, 36, 1040 South Fleming
street. is suing Charles NJ Bates
Bedford, Ind. for 100000, charging
he stole the affections of his wife
Mrs. Louise Bates, formerly Mrs
Vitelaru.
The ''baker-man's'' case closed
with lawyers for the piano sales
man aSsailing him with questions as
to whether he kept a corn liquor
store, charging him with beating
and cursing his wife, and illicit re-
lations with other women. The
"baker-man" replied to the ques-
tions with II did not"
Defense to Open
Problematical settlement of the
case was seen as the defendants
attorney filed a motion to find fol
the defendant. Judge William o
Dunlavy denied the motion. The
defense was to present its case this
afternoon.
'Yes, sir, I love her." was the
"bakerman's" plea to the jury when
he took the stand as chief witness
in the prosecution of his plant for
100000 fro mthe man who is al
legged to have, taken his American
wife's love away. from him.
"I love her on account OF the
baby" he amended.
Directing the defense of her pres
ent husband, Mrs. Louise Bates, sat
near his counsel interfering direc-
tions as to the manner in which
Vasile, the baker man." should be
cross s-examined.
"Out Baking DOughnTts"
One day in the early part of 1927,
according to Vitelaru's witnesses, a
piano salesman selling monographs
came to the Vitelaru home. He sold
them a phonograph.
1t, got "out of whack" and Mr..
Bates revisited the home on several
occasions, witnesses testified.
Like ads for a kodak finishing
parlor he was lin at a. m. and
out at II a. M" witnesses testified.
Other witnesses averred that the
baker man" was out baking dough-
nuts when the piano-drummer came.
It was at this juncture in the
trial that T.. J. Moll,, defense coun-
sci, queried of Vitelaru's former
partner, Roy E. Schultz, 35, Grand
Hotel, What time should dough-
nuts be ready for delivery"
Schultz testified a good doughnut
should be ready at 4 a. m. and his
brothers at 4 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
CAPITOL DIRT
STIRS WRATH
OF SENATORS
Disappearance of Office
Furniture Calls State
Lawmakers.
UNFIT FOR HABITATI0N'
Have We No Janitors?' Is
Tone of Indignant
SoIon'S Pleas.

Indignant over the ShoddinesS of
the senate chamber and other jani-
torial shortcomings, senator's this
morning devoted some fifteen
minutes to protests and remedies.
Disappearance Of elegant Office
furniture which graced the Lieu
tenant Governors Office in former
years provoked the protest.
Senator Lee j. Hartzell CRep., Al
lie and NobIes) introduced a resolu-
ton directing the senate clerk to
search out and recover the missing
furniture or buy new.
1.-THE Lieutenant Governors Of
flee isn't fit for habitation, and is a
disgrace to this assembly" he de-
clared.
Such a.sDirty Old Place
Senator George w. Sims (Rep)
took the floor to declare: 1.-The
ventilation's bad; the heats bad,
the elevator service is bad, the win
dow blinds are a disgrace and the
desks so dirty you can't work ten
minutes without being a sightp
Lieutenant Governor Edgar D.
Bush, in the chair, joined in the
protests with: Must we as law
makers in this citadel from which
laws come, be victims of such condi-
-tionS. I'm amazed at conditions
here. The chairs around the walls
ordinarily are seen only at farmers
picnicS. You have to have clean
place to elect clean laws"
Bush said he was maintaining Of
fees at a hotel rather than subject
his secretary to the quarters allotted
him adjoining the senate chember.
When Senator c. Herman Pell
(Rep., Clay and Parke) remarked
that he was informed that the SEN
ate was used as a workshop between
Senator Alonzo H.
Lindley (Rep.. vermilion and War
REM asked him:
Abolish Some Boards?
Suppose we were to abolish some
of the boards and commissions that
have been created in the last fifteen
years-would there not be sufficient
room?'
"a splendid idea," Pell replied.
Senator Oliver Kline (Rep.. Hunt
ington and Whitley,) oldest member
of the upper house, complained that
the icy steps of the statehouse
should be salted. Senator John l..
Niblack (Rep., Marion) protested
against having to pay.for his park
ing place on the statehouse grounds.
II was elected on dry platform" )"
Lieutenant Governor Bush inter
rupted. Surely ought, to be en-
titled to a pitcher of water and a
glass up here on the roStum."
And Senator Hartzell's motion
went over with a chorus of ayes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
I'LL FIGHT
SAYS FOCH
Stricken General Refuses to
Surrender in Battle
for Life.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

United Press StaH Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 15-MarShaI Ferdf-
nand F'och, his indomitable old spirit
refusing to admit defeat, told his
doctor today that he would fight
death.
From his bed where he lies grave
ly stricken with heart disease, the
commando chief of all the allied
armies at the close of the World
var, looked at DR.. Daveniere, one
of the six physicians in attendance,
and growled weakly.
II am seriously hit, am I not? But
I'll fight"
Shows Improvement
The aged warriors fighting spirit
seemed to have achieved at least a
temporary victory over his illness,
for this afternoon Drs. Daveniere
and Heitzboyer held a bedside con-
sultation and left Foch'S home say
ing the marshal was slightly i'm
proved.
General Weygandt, acting chieH
OF Marshal Foch's household, also
announced that F'och was stronger,
after a reStful afternoon, and for
this reason no bulletin would be
issued before Wednesday morning.
The attending physicians still re-
fused to predict the outcome of
Foch'S illness, but they appeared
relieved.
Passes Bad Night
The marshal had four crises of
suffocation during the night when
he suffered greatly. At other times
he lay extremely Frustrated and
sleepless.
Foch's condition has been grave
only since Friday, but ne has been
i'll for month. When mis- friends
in the army urged him to take a
rest from his military duties. Foch
replied:
"Bahi I've seen worse times than
these"
But Friday he went to bed volun-
tarily when the first srnothering
crisis occurred. Since then the
crises have rapidly increased in in
tensity until six doctors met in
consultation at noon Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
TOBOGGANs OPENED
Bring Your Own Sled al
Coffin Golf Course.

Coffin golf course toboggan still
was open today with but one restric-
tion--you must bring your own sled
R. Walter Jarvis, park superin-
tendent, pointed out that a supply
of sleds ordered by the city did not
catch up with the snow which fell
Monday night. They will be here by
Wednesday evening. Then any one
can rent them for 25 cents an hour
a. party. -Four or five persons can
crowd on each toboggan.
Jarvis ordered runner SledS barred
from the slide because of the dam
ger. Regular sleds skid sideways
and hurl the occupants on to the
concrete roadway at terrific speed.
A girl who had showed her way past
an attendant who warned her not to
go on the slide with a regular sled
was cut on the head Monday night,
Jarvis reported.
Thousands continued to take ad-
vantage of supervised coasting on
hills in all city parks. There are
no restrictions on types of sleds ex-
cept on the toboggan.
/ Boards of works and safety this
afternoon closed these street hills to
traffic while snow is on, so children
may coast:
The 140O block of Lawton street;
Thirty-fourth street at Harding;
Thirty-ninth street at Capitol ave-
nue.; Iowa street at Pleasant Run
boulevard; Addison avenue at Ohio
street; Washington boulevard from
Fifty-sixth street nortIl, and Wat
son road. -
Police Chief Claude M. Worley or
dered police on guard at each hill
from 3 to $50 p. M, while snow
lasts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

Casey Jones. president of the
air transport proceeded to go to
sleep. The others were not so
composed, according to Perry.
The storm increased until the
wings were encrusted and pro-
pellers coated. The weight began
to tell on the progress OF the huge
plane. Finally the situation be-
came dangerous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
TRY BAKERS LOVE
SUIT FOR 100000
City Is Praised

I'm no other city that 1 have
visited have I seen such civic
spirit, such enthusiasm, such
marked determination to build
as I have found in Indianap-
oils"
This was the statement of
James E. West, head of the
Boy Scouts, on the booster pro-
gram Of WFBM, sponsored by
the yonng men OF Indianapolis,
Monday night.
West followed f. o. Belzer.
local executive Of the Scouts,
who was introduced by Wallace
Q. Lee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

country airline with the Penn
sylvania railroad this spring.
Adding Perry and Cook to the
party, Lindbergh took off about
$50 Monday morning. Pilot John
Collins was at the controls. The
big plane had gotten a little way
over Illinois when it ran into
terrific sleet storm. When snow
and ice began to cover the win
dows Lindbergh took the controls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

H. Weir Cook, head of the branch
of the CurtisS Flying Service, Inc,
here, were among the passengers.
Lindbergh and a party of Of
ficials of the Trans-continental
Air Transport and of the CurtisS
service landed at indianapolis air.
port Monday morning, on the way
to Los Angeles. They were In one
OF the big Ford tri-motored planes
which will be used in the cross
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

THE unerring hand of Charles
u Lindbergh, in the midst of
neavy Sleet storm. saved not only
his own but the lives of seven
passengers, including two Indian
apolis men, after the famous fiier
left Indianapolis airport Monday,
it was disclosed today.
James Perry, president of the
Indianapolis baseball club, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
"Lindbergh seems to know ev-

"Lindbergh seems to know ev-
cry field III this part Of the counv
try" said Perry. He picked out
one near the town Of st. Elmo,
III, and brought down the plane
when it became apparent that it
could be dangerous to continue
the fight.
'sThe conditions. so he said, were
exactly those he feared most when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
PROBE FOUL PLAY
Second Autopsy Performed
on mrS. Babe Ruth.

BIZ United Press
WATERFOWL, Mass, Jan. Is. -
A second autopsy was performed to-
day on the body of Mrs. Babe Ruth
in an effort to confirm the belief
that her death in a fire last Friday
night was accidental and did not in
volve foul play.
Plans for the funeral of Mrs.
Ruth, scheduled for today, were de-
layed pending a report on the Sec
ond autopsy, which was conducted
by medical examiner George L.
West, assisted by medical examiner
George McGrath.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
ASKS U. S. CONTROL
Full Rein Only Coal SoIu-
ton, Says Operator.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Com-
plete government regulation of the
soft coal industry and not half way
measures hold the only solution to
this perplexing problem, William P.
Beldep, Cleveland. of the Ohio Coal
Operators Association, told the SEN
ate interstate commerce commit.Gs
today during hearings on the Wat
son federal coal commission bill.
Belden opposed the Watson bill as
uneconomic and unconstitutional.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
D|RIGIBLE TRIP ENDS
Los Angeles Returns to
Hangar After Florida Flight.

LAKEHURST, N. j., Jan. IS
The navy dirigible Los Angeles ar
rived at it's hangar early today from
st. Joseph'S bay, near Apalachicola,
Fla, after an extended training
flight along the Atlantic coast.
Lieutenant Commander Charles E.
Rosendahl reported the giant craft
mad encountered good flying condi-
tions throughout the return jour-
ney, making a speed of lis miles an
hour on the last 1000 miles of the
trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
COUNCIL MEN DISCUSS
TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS

Plans for Rerouting Street Cars
Taken Up.
The city council traffic committee
met this afternoon at city hall to
discuss the proposed rerouting of
street cars to eliminate downtown
congestion.
Robert Springsteen, chairman,
called the conference with CITY
Engineer A. H. Moore and Indian
apolis Street Railway Company
officials.
James P. Tretton, railway super
lntendent, has been studying plan
submitted by Moore several months
ago. Elimination of rignS and left
turns on Washington street has
been advocated by several council
men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
FALL GUY,' IS
SMITHS PLEA
Ex-SIeuth Talks Eagerly on
Stand in Trial
for Life.
BIZ Times Special

DH 4 tNtCo GptCluk
ELKHART, Ind, Jan. l5.-Fifteen
years ago a slight. ck-haired
youth whose earnest demeanor be-
lied his sixteen years hung around
the police station down in Hagers-
town, Md. Criminals and their traits
fascinated him and he resolved
that some day he would be their
arch enemy, a great detective with
almost Super-human power of faith
oming crime.
Today Harvey L. Smith, the bak-
er'S son who hid away behind the
barn to read of Sherlock Holmes
and Watson and their amazing
eScapades, sat before a farmer jury
in Judge William B. Hile superior
court here and detailed the story
which he hopes will save him from
the electric chair or years behind
the bars. Two weeks ago Prosecu-
tor Glen Sawyer stood before this
jury and demanded the forfeiture
of Smiths life for the $50 murder
of Mrs. Geneieve Stults.
Expect Verdict Wednesday
There was nothing of the spec
tacular about Smiths story, how
ever, as he sat in the large witness
chair and looked squarely upon the
jury and repeated it in a clear deep
voice with the broad accent of a
down easterner. He didn't need to
be questioned. He told it freely,
almost anxiouSly.
1t is not so much upon his story
as upon the states case that Smiths
hopes rest. His attorney, Robert
Proctor, has told him that the in
Sufficiency of the states evidence
alone may bring him acquittal.
Before Wednesday night Smith
may know whether his story of pay
ing two strangers $50 to scare Mrs.
StultS away from her married lover,
Charles L. Reyher, rings true to the
jury. The climax may even come
sooner because Smith has called
upon only two persons to stand up
in his defense, his father and his
2l-year-old wife They were to fol-
low him on the witness stand today.
Fall Guy" Is Plea
Smith, an asset to his defense
with his sharp, but well-measured
answers from the stand, began his
testimony Monday afternoon, con-
tinuirlg for two and a half hours.
Today he was recalled to face the
slashing croSs-queStioning of As
sistant States Attorney j. L. Har-
mon. Then will come the final ar
gumentS, possibly late today, and a
lengthy charge to the jury from
Judge Hile, who conducts his court
with the SternneSs of an old Eng
lish tribunal. Each side will be al
lowed about three hours for final
pleas. it was indicated.
The story told by Smith as wit
ness varies but slightly from the
one he told when he was arrested.
1t was the story of a man who
thought he was a smooth detective,
but who forgot that he was forcing
himself into the role of fall guy"
for two gangsters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
SCHOOL BOSS INJURED

L. E. Whiteman Drives His Auto
Into Coal Truck to Save Boy.
Lewis E. Whiteman, Indianapolis
school commissioner. is at his home,
S01 Mckinley street, with painful
injuries received Saturday when he
drove his car into a coal truck at
South and Illinois streets to avoid
striking small boy walking in the
street.
Whiteman was thrown against
the steering wheel. Two ribs are
believed to have been broken and
one lung injured. He is expected
to be confined to his home for sew
eral weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
GET JACKSON SPEECH
Bound Copies of Farewell Are Passed
Out to Assemblymen.

Finding two handsomely bound
brochures containing Governor Ed
Jackson's farewell address" on
their desks this morning, state SEN
ators and representatives were in
clined to regard the souvenir as a
needless expense of state money.
But remarks were silenced when
it was learned their publication fol-
lowed precedent and that Cover
nor Harry G. Leslie's inaugural adj
dress and message to the ,legisla-
ture would be even more strikingly
bound and laid on legislative desks
Wednesday morning
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
CRIME PROBE RESUMED
Sick Grand Juror Well Enough to
Act Again at Angola.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ANGOLA, Ind, Jan. 15.-The
grand jury investigation into Steu-
ben county alleged crime ring was
resumed here this afternoon, after
being postponed Monday on ac-
count of the illness of a juror, John
H. Elliott. He had recovered SUI
ficiently today to return to his
duties, Angola authorities said.
The jury was expected to call
more witnesses who have knowledge
of the robbery of the First National
Bank here, alleged liquor smuggling
and the finding of the body of a
man in a burned barn.