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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-28
PROBABLE
SITE FOR HOSPITAL
'UnI0aded' Gun
Injuries Child

RI Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 3D.
Another man has learned not
to play with. "unloaded" revol-
vers. He is Charles Freeman,
Anderson, who accidentally
shot his 4-year-old son, James,
with the weapon he believed
was empty. The accident &C.
Cured at the home of Free
mans brother-in-law, Alonzo
Hughes, north of here. Hughes
and Freeman had been hunt
ing. When they returned home
the gun was laid on a table,
each supposing the other had
unloaded it. Later, Freeman,
jokingly, threatened to shoot
his son when the latter re-
fused to obey a parental COM
mand. Pressure on the trigger
sent q bullet into the chid's
arm.
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Tries Oysters First Time

RI Times Special
DUBLIN, Ind, Dec. 20. - James
French, 81, brother OF Dublin's
World war hero and town marshal,
never had tasted oyster until he
came here. French Is a native OF
the hills of Tennessee, who moved
to Dublin a few years ago with his
family. Forrest Wilson, Sriend,
invited him for lunch and oyster
stew was on the menu. "It was my
first taste Of oysters" said French,
land If you ask me. I'll say they
are good eating"
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QUARANTINE ENFORCED

Dublin Postmistress CompeIs Ex-
posed Employe to Remain at Home.
BIZ Times Special
DUBLIN, Ind, Dec. %. - Jonas
Merver, mail messenger between the
postoff1ce and the railroad station
here, with two cases Of smallpox
at his home, refused to give up his
work and remain in quarantine I'M
til Mrs. Grace Adrion, postmistress,
forced him to do so. Then Marshal
Henry French tackled up a warning
sign at the home and told Mercer
to stay indoors. MERGERS wife and
one daughter have the disease.
The family Of Harvey Hoover is
also under quarantine because of
the disease. 1t is reported there are
forty-eight cases of smallpox at
Cambridge City and there is one
case north of here.
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PURDUE TO Be
HOST TO STATE
FARM SESSION
Various Organizations to
Meet During Annual
Conference.

DH 1 Ntttu fFtkS
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. %. -
County agents, farmers and repre-
sentativeS of various organizations
over the state will attend the an
nual Purdue agricultural confer
ence to be held here Jan. 10 to II.
Trophies will be awarded coun-
ties having the largest delegation
at the conference. The state is
divided into districts and the lead
ing county in each section receives
silver loving cup. The cup must
be won three times before it can
be kept permanently.
Among state organizations which
will hold their annual meetings and
elections of officers during the con-
ference and the Ayr Asso-
citation, Indiana 49, s AS
ISOLATION, Indiana Dairy Association.
State Draft Horse Breeders Assoc
citation and State Livestock ASsocia-
ton.
Exhibits will include poultry,
potatoes, corn, dairy, livestock, home
economics work and farm equip
ment. Demonstrations and talks
will be given on agricultural en-
cheering, livestock, poultry, home
economics, agronomy, beekeeping,
horticulture and dairy work.
The conference will close with the
annual banquet of Indiana Master
Farmers. Medals and trophies will
be awarded by the Prairie Farmer.
Principal speakers will be w. s.
Winder, secretery Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation; G. o.
Hall, Purdue; H. H. Whiteside.
Washington, D. c.; Miss Rosamond
Cooke, University Of Cincinnati; E..
r. Honeywell, and Professor William
Aitkenhead. Purdue.
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sW Times Special

~ ftmeS Special
AIOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. Is.
L ' The large Angora cat
owned by w. E. Axline business
man here, like all members of
the feline species, would like the
opportunity occasionally to Jump
at a canary bird. In fact, he
would not be a cat If he was not
seized with a desire OF this kind
once in while.
Recently. in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Axline. the cat seemed
to think the occasion was Just
about made to order for him to
look a canary sqnarely in the
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Canary Song OUer Radio
DecgiUes NObIeSUille Cat

face, but In fact the cat did not
have even the slightest chance Of
getting his prey.
Suddenly the song Of a canary
bird was heard In the home. The
cat listened. After he located
the direction from which the
song was coming the cat walked
slowly over to a chair and then
mounted it. From there he
sprang on to a table and finally
upon the piano and eventually
settled down In front of the loud
speaker of a radio. There the
cat remained until the bird song
ended, and then walked away
with a look of disappointment.
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RI Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. 2S.-
Hamilton county's Oldest man, F. M.
Applegate, 90, spent sixty years as
blacksmith, and when advancing age
caused that calling to be too ardu-
Gus for him, he engaged in the gro
Gerry business, continuing for fifteen
years. He has been a member Of
the Methodist church seventy years.
The ninetieth anniversary of APP
plegate's birth was the occasion for
a party given by his nieces, Misses
Maude and Ola Dale.
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RUNAWAY SON WILL
MEET PARENTS SOON
Marion Newspaper and Wabash
Police Aid Reunion.

Police Aid Reunion.
BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind, Dec. ga son
and his parents, separated for nine
years, soon will be united, due to
the efforts of Wabash police and q
newspaper here. Harry Ansel, 81,
Los Angeles, the son, ran away from
his home at Wabash and joined the
navy during the World war. He
returned in 1919, but in 1921 re-
enlisted against the will of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adams Ansel.
Fearing efforts of his parents to
remove him from the service, he
did not advise them of his where
abouts. After leaving the navy the
second time, he wrote to his old
home. All his letters were returned
by the postoff1ce.
Finally Ansel asked the Wabash
police to aid in locating his parents.
Through newspaper notices, they
were found in Marion.
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Aged Residents Die

RI Times Special
UNION CITY, Ind, Dec. 28.-Two
aged residents of this city are dead.
Daniel Miller, 80, is dead due to
senility. He had lived here prac-
tically all of his life. He leaves two
brothers. Mrs. Ella Robertson, IS,
died after a short illness. She leaves
a daughter, Mrs. D. r. Goats, Mum
Gle, and a son, Dora Robertson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
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BULLET HOLE IN SKULL
FAILS TO CAUSE DEATH
Bourbon Man Wounded by Shot
While Cleaning Rife.

RI Tunes SDectQE
PLYMOUTH, Ind, Dec. 28.-Ern-
est Ford, 81, Bourbon, Is recovering
at b hospital here, despite a bullet
wound which penetrates his skull.
The young man was alone in the
home of his grandfather at Bour-
bon, cleaning e. .22-caliber rifle,
when it was accidentally discharged.
The bullet struck Ford squarely in
the forehead, passing through the
skull. However, 1t ranged upward
and lodged beneath the scalp.
After being wounded, Ford walked
to the home of Miss Eleanor Dick
inson, a girl friend, where medical
aid was obtained.
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|. U. SENDS SEVENTEEN
TO TWO CONVENTIONS
Faculty Members at Language and
Law Meetings,

Law Meetings.
BIZ United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 3D.
The modern language convention at
Cleveland, O., Monday will be at
tended by seven members of the In
diana university romance language
department and four members of
the German department, while six
members of the law faculty are at
the meeting of the Association of
the American law school, at New
Orleans, La, which opened Friday
and will close Monday.
Romance language department
members who will go to Cleveland
are Dr. Bert E. Young, DR.. John M
Hill, DR.. Agapito Rey, DR.. George D.
Morris, Dr.. Lander MacClintock,
Professor Ernest ]. Leveque and
Toy Wood. Members Of the Ger
man department attending will be
Mrs. Redwig Lesser, Professor Carl
Osthaus, DR.. Bert J. Vos and DR..
z. 0. Wooley.
Law school faculty members at
New Orleans are Dean Paul v. Nc
Mutt, Professors W. e. Treanor. B.
G. Gavit, M. J. Bowman, v. F. Har-
per and Alfred EVens.
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HEAD OF BANK DIES
Wealthy Richmond Man
Auto Accident Victim.

BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND, Dec. 28.-George w.
Miller, SO, head of the Miller Brothers
Hardware Company, interested In
various other businesses and widely
known in the middle west hardware
trade, is dead here of injuries SUI
fered nearly two months ago in an
automobile accident at Green
vile, o.
Reputed one Of Richmond's
wealthiest men, Mr.. Miller was vice
president Of the Second National
bank, a director In the Dickinson
Trust Company and owned stock in
New York banks.
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BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-Walk-
ing on the paved roadway Of West
Twenty second street to avoid
snow covered sidewalks, was un-
fortunate for two of three Ander-
son girls. Miss Isabelle George, ,19
student in the Salvation Army train
ing school, Chicago, and Miss Ruth
Newcomb, 20, who rooms at the Sal
walton Army citadel here, were
struck by an automobile and in
jured. Their companion, Miss Edna
Millner, 10, Anderson, was walking
nearest the curb and escaped. The
car was driven by a motorist whose
identity has not been learned.
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Railroad Official Dies

RI Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 28.-John
Collins, Pennsylvania railroad off,
cial, and former resident of Rich
mond, died at Columbus, O., and
the body was brought here for
burial. For the past six years he
was division freight agent of the
Columbus division of the Pennsyl-
vania. More than fifty Pennsyl-
vania officials from all parts of the
country attended the funeral. The
body was brought here in a spe-
cial car.
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$4,000 Loss in Fire

ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 2s.-Fire
destroyed the f1ve-room home of
William Jarvis at the north edge of
Anderson. Sparks caused fire at
the adjacent residence of George
Jester, which was saved by city fire
men who were called when it was
too late to save the Jarvis house.
Damage to the two houses was
SO 900,
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Twelve-Foot Snow Found
By Tim es Special

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. d.
Snowdrifts twelve feet deep were
encountered by Mr.. and Mrs. Or
vile Sells, undertakers, when they
drove an ambulance home from
Freeport, Ill. They were marooned
three days at a farm house near
Watseka, ILL.,, where twenty-five
other motorists had taken shelter.
When the farmers food was ex-
hausted, he killed a number Of
choice chickens to feed his chance
guests.
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MAYOR AWAITS RULING
Gary Case viii Be Decided Early
Next Week.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
GARY, Ind, Dec. 28.-Ruling on
the injunction suit designed to ex-
tend Henry G. Hays possession OF
the mayors Office here until eligi-
bility of r. o. Johnson, Republican
mayor elect, and Emmett White
Democratic contender, is decided
will be handed down early next
week by Judge e. Miles Norton in
Lake county circuit court at Crown
Point.
Final arguments in the three
cornered suit filed by Hay, who Is
completing the term Of Mayor
Floyd E. Williams, resigned, were
heard Friday. The judge insisted
that the case be speedily concluded.
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Engineer Honored

Bp Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-Ofi-
Gals of Delco-Remy Corporation
were hosts at q banquet given in
honor Of A. B. GomeIy, efficiency
engineer, who will go to Germany
to join the staff of the Opel Cor
poration, recently taken over by
General Motors. Gomery will be
succeeded here by Spaulding s.
Meadows, who has been his assist
ant.
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MERGER PLAN OFFERED
Montgomery County Would Unite
Two Institutions.

RI lntPS SDectdE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Dec.
28.-Merger of the Montgomery
orphans home and infirmary to the
extent of both occupying the same
tract of land is advocated by w. A.
Ceilings, county council member.
Ceilings declares much money
would be saved by his plan. He
Is seeking support for it from various
organizations. President Benjamin
Evans of the Kiwanis club has ap-
pointed committee to study the
proposal.
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POSSE HELD AT BAY
Farmer Faces Sanity Test After At
tacks on Relatives.

BIZ Times SDecfGI
BEDFORD, Ind, Dec. 28.-Claude
Eliza, 80, Loogootee, will be exam
ined by sanity commission here,
following attacks on members of his
family after which ne barricaded
himself in his home and held at bay
a posse which included sheriffs of
three counties and a mayor.
Armed with two revolversr Eliza
stood off those seeking to arrest him
until a young woman acquaintance
engaged him in conversation long
enugh to permit a man to disarm
him.
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& Times Special
NOBLESVILLE. Ind, Dec. D.
The Rev. Frank Kerner of Indian
apolis. who has been pastor of the
Hill'S Baptist church near this city
for the past year. has notified his
congregation of his resignation. He
has accepted a call to the Walnut
Street First Baptist church at Mum
Gle and will begin his new work
Jan /.
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Wilson Banquet Monday

RAJ Times Special
WINCHESTER, Ind, Dec. %. -
The annual Wilson day banquet will
be held here Monday evening.
Mayor L. Ert Slack of Indianapolis
and r. Earl Peters of Fl. Wayne,
Democratic state chairman, will be
the principal speakers. Prominent
Democrats from Union City, Mum
Gle, Bluffton, Portland and other
Indiana cities will be present.
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Charity Sets Record

BN Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 2S.-
Charity activities have been greater
here this Christmas season than
ever before, according to social
service workers. All provisions for
poor families were directed by the
Christmas Mother organization,
originated by the Anderson Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies. Mrs. George
B. Seton, widow of a local manu-
facturer, was Christmas Mother for
the third successive year.
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Burglar Accused Silent

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-Still
refusing to talk concerning alleged
attempted robbery Of the William
BeatSon home, east of Alexandria,
John Davio, 40, Elwood, captured In
the basement of the home after one
or more of his companions had es-
capped, was placed in the county Jail
He will be charged in circuit court
with HOUSEKEEPING. Fred Alum
baugh, Elwood, alleged partner OF
Davis, is a fugitive.
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Garage Worker Loses Finger

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind; Dec. %. -
Harry Bennett, 40, garage employe.
lost the little finger of his right
hand while he was attaching a
cable to a disabled automobile. The
finger was so badly crushed it was
amputated
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Kiwanians Elect

RI Times Special
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Dec.
28.-The Kiwanis Club here has
elected the following officers for
1880: e. v. Whelan, president;
Hugh r. Foss, vice-president; Rob-
ert A. Hicks, treasurer; George B.
Morris, secretary, and Bruce Hen
derson, district trustee. Directors
are Robert A. Bertch, H. B. Boyd,
Harper Lindsay, j. v. Young, Rus
sell Worl, Robert Hughes and G. M
Snyder.
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Delirious Man Tries Escape

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Dec. o.
Thomas AmeS, %, delirious while
suffering from pneumonia, jumped
from second-story window in a
hospital here and ran down street
attired n a bathrobe. Police caught
him in an alley near the hospital.
Ames, who had high fever, was or
dered placed In a strait jacket.
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81 Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 2S.-The
American Legion will conclude a
membership campaign Tuesday with
gain of 300 members, according
to w. o. Nelson, commander. An
derson Is in competition with the
Kokomo post in the drive which to
date has brought in 225 members
here.
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DEATH FOLLOWS WISH
Anderson Man SuccumbS to Injuries
After Christmas at Home.
nv Times SDeciaI

nv Times SDecidL
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-Rob-
ert E. Wise, IS, who fell fifty feet
from the top of tree he was trim
ming and suffered fifteen fractures
of bones in arms, legs and hips,
asked to be removed from st. Johns
hospital to his home to spend
Christmas. His wish was granted.
Today he is dead.
He was believed to be improving
when physicians consented to his
being taken home.
He leaves his widow. Mrs. Daisy
Wise; a son. Earl Wise, at home;
three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hines,
Muir, Mich; Misses Dorothy and
Roberta Wise, at home: two broth
ers, John and George Wise, Green's
burg and a sister, Mrs. Milton
Wainscott, Anderson.
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AID FOR BIRDS URGED
Madison County Farmers Asked to
Provide Shelter and Food.

BIZ Times Special
? ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 2S.-Five
of Madison county'S leading hunters
in an open letter to farmers of the
county ask their cooperation in
move to provide food and shelter
for quail and other birds whose food
supply has been shut off by snow
covering the ground.
The quickest and most inexpen-
i've way to provide shelter for quail
is by the use of corn fodder, the
letter points out. The suggestion is
made that fodder be stacked around
stump or bush or along fence,
the tops tied securely, with an OPEN
ing left in the center of the shock.
Broken ears of corn, wheat and
particularly sheaf oats should be
used as food.
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CAR BUILDERS MERGER
AWAITS CONFIRMATION
Hammond Company Reported in
Deal Involving S45O, 1000, 900.

By United Press
HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 28.-Of-
fetal confirmation of the merger of
the Standard Car Company and its
subsidiary, the Osgood-B Bradley Car
Company, with Pullman, Inc, was
unavailable here in the absence OF
Joseph Thompson, general manager
of the Standard company.
Thompson was reported to be in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on business con-
nected with the consolidation.
The Standard company employs
about 5000 persons in Hammond. 1t
manufactures freight cars; the Os-
good Bradley company, Worcester,
Mass, builds passenger cars.
The companies combined are re-
ported to be about equal in size
and financial strength to Pullman
Inc, engaged in the manufacture Of
passenger cars at Pullman, Ill. The
merger would involve about
$3.50, 100000.
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Mail Record Claimed

RI Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 3D.
Working at top speed to handle an
unprecedented volume of Christmas
mail, four clerks of the local post
Office staff established what they
declare is state record. Two teams
composed of Edwin Thomas and
Floyd Hudson, Minot Cleveland and
Henry Holdren stamped and dis
patched 100000 pieces of mail in
three hours.
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Park Oficial Reelected
BY Times Special

BF Times Special
NOBLESVnLE, Ind, Dec. %
The city council has reelected VIII
liam Hayes a member of the park
board for a term of three years,
In his annual report to the council,
DR.. Earl Brooks, chairman Of the
board, said that 221 family reunions
attended by 1853 people, we're held
at the park last summer and fall.
Golf receipts at the park were
S6,788.
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Burglar Gets so Cents

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-The
effort was hardly worth the trouble
for thief who broke into the Paul
Long grocery. The thief passed up
all merchandise and contented him.
self with fifty pennies, contents OF
the cash drawer.
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Former Resident Dies

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-The
body of Mrs. Ellen MCMILLAN, so,
widow Of william A. MCMILLAN, who
died at the home of a son, L. G.
Borel. at Detroit, Is en- route here for
burial. Mrs. MCMILLAN was native
of Madison county.
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Injured Man Dies

Bp Times Special
LEBANON, Ind. Dec. 28.-Bar-
nard Blackburn, u, farmer living
southeast of here, is dead of injuries
suffered when struck by an auto
mobile driven by Frank Carey, the
alter owner here. The tragedy was
unavoidable, authorities state.
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Brookvillee Woman, "a, Dies

BIZ TIMES NDecidE
BROOKVILLE, Ind, Dec. "a
Mrs. John Klemme, "a, lifelong resi-
dent of Franklin county, is dead at
her home here. She and her hus-
band would have reached the
seventy-fifth anniversary Of their
marriage in January. They are the
parents of eight children.
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Auctioneer's Wife Dies

Ru Times Special
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind, Dec. o.
Mrs. Bessie Button, wife Of Everett
Button, eastern Indiana auctioneer,
was found dead at her home here
by her daughter on returning from
school. She was formerly Miss
Bessie Dawson of Ogden.
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Gravel Contract Signed

Bp Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. &c. E.
Hashman, Anderson, was awarded a
contract by the Madison county
board of commissioners to furnish
is, 900 cubic yards Of gravel for use
on county roads. Harshman, the
only bidder, will receive So cents .
cubic yard. The county highway de-
partment viii use a county owned
loaded at the pit to save additional
expense.
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OLDEST WOMAN MAKES
DRESS AT RICHMOND
Mother of Mayor Plies Needle After
Dispute With SeamstresS.
B0 Times Special

BV Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 28.-Mrs.
Margaret j. Handley, Richmond's
oldest citizen, will be 98 Tuesday.
The dinner which 1t has been custo-
mary to. hold on birth anniversaries
of the venerable woman, has been
Cancelled owing to the serious illness
of her son, John S. Handley, in
whose home she lives. Another
son, L. A. Handley, is Richmond's
mayor.
Recently the mayors wife pre-
scented her mother-in-law with ma
terial for a dress. She could not
agree with a seamstreSs on de-
sign for making the garment, SO
she made it herself She accom-
panied the mayor on motor trip
over the city to view Christmas
decorations.
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BLOOMINGTON BACHELOR
SURE HE'S STILL ONE
ReSents Announcement by Woman
That She Is His Wife.

By United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 28.-
Congratulations were extended to
Alton B. Parker when he returned
from Detroit to take up his new
duties as foreman in a stone mill,
but not for long.
During his absence Blooming
ton woman, after a visit to Detroit.
had returned here and announced
she had been married to Parker.
Resentful of the woman's en-
croachment upon his bachelorhood.
Parker publicly declared that he did
not marry her, has no intention
of doing so, and will not be re-
sponsible for any debts she con-
tracts
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Fall Injuries Fatal

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 28.-Mrs.
Sophia De Bolt has been called to
Columbus, O., by the death of her
son, Walter s. De Bolt, after an
operation following injuries suf-
fered in a fall from a tree.