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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Bn Tin 60 Specia1

BE- TIN es Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Feb. 21.--
In Methodist churches throughout
Indiana a free will offering will be
taken Sunday to aid in defraying
expenses Of a statue as a memorial
to Bishop Francis Asbury, America S
first Methodist bishop and pioneer
in education. The statue would be
placed on the campus Of De Paw
university here.
De Paw university was founded
under auspices of the Methodist
church in 1897 and at that time
bore the name of Indiana Asbury
college in honor of the bishop. The
university's newest recitation build
ing was dedicated in June, 1880,
with the name of Asbury hall.
1t is proposed to erect the statue
on the site Of old West college, the
original university building, which
has been abandoned and is to be
RACED soon to make way for new
quadrangle of which Asbury hall is
the first building. The statue would
be a replica of that great bronze
of Bishop Asbury astride his horse,
which is located at Wa 'ington,
D. @.
Movement to Cost $4,000
The cost of obtaining a replica of
the statue and placing it will be
$4,000, it is estimated. All three
of the Methodist conferences in In
diana are back of the movement.
Bishop Asbury laid the corner
stone for the first Methodist school
ever established in America, Cokes-
bury college in Abingdon, Md. The
story of his life is replete with great
episodes. He led the first commit
tee of any church in America to
congratulate and pledge support to
George Washington when the latter
was chosen as first President of the
United States. He was the only
Methodist minister who did not re-
turn to England when the Revolt
tionary war started, despite the fact
that he was Is years Of age before
he left England for America just
four years before the fight for free
dom began.
Tt is estimated that Bishop Asbury
rode more than 275,OO0 miles on
horseback taking care of his
charges, more than John Wesley
himself. He crossed the Allegheny
mountains some sixty times and
suffered hardships in malaria ridden
lowlands.
Man on Horseback
Living at the time of Napoleon
Bonaparte, Europe's militant MAN
on Horseback" Bishop Asbury,
riding to the service of his fellow
men, became in America, Method
ism's Man on Horseback" Where
hundreds Of portraits and thousands
OF statues honor Napoleon, few are
to be found of Bishop Asbury, who
gave new life where Napoleon gave
death. Only three portraits of the
bishop have been accepted as
authentic and the only statue is the
one IN the national capital.
The replica of the statue to be
erected on the De Pauw campus to
perpetrate the memory of this great
leader, is symbolic of the character
of the bishop and his deeds. 1t
shows weary man astride weary
horse. The legs of the horse are
heavy with mud and the boots of
the rider are likewise bespattered.
There is a portrayal of great ex-
haustion, even in the cold bronze,
but from under the wide brim of the
low hat, backed by the great collar
OF the mans cape, two un6aunted
eyes are set, seeing little of the
hardships Of the wilderness trail.
but looking into the future of a
nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Truck Kills Child
By United Press

bY DWtttU FTb58
GARY, Ind, Feb. 21.-RaphaeI
Parisj, 5, son of MIR. and Mrs.
Sam Parisi, was killed instantly
when he fell beneath moving
truck after running into the side of
it while playing. Earl Westerforth,
the driver, was released on $4,000
bond after being charged With
manslaughter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Three at Health Session
By Times Special

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Three South Bend women are at
tending the medical section SEES
sion of the National Child Welfare
conference in Washington. They
are Miss Margaret Parker, Superin-
tendent Of the Epworth hospital;
Miss Anna Scott, superintendent of
Epworth hospital nurses, and Miss
Mabel Munro, supervisor of the
Visiting Nurse Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
SMALL GROUP TERMED
ENEMY OF BANK BILLS
Legislators Received Warnings From
Indiana Organization.

Legislators Received Warnings From
Indiana Organization.
Members Of the Indiana general
assembly today were being flooded
with warnings by the legislative
committee of the Indiana Bankers
Association and the state depart
ment of banking that three impor-
tant bank bills are the object of
attack by a small, self-interested
group.
Bills referred to are the loan
limit bill, ratio of capital to de-
posts bill and bill clarifying for
mer laws and recent court decisions
in respect to the double liability of
bank shareholders.
All three measures, the legislative
committe declares, were drawn after
careful consideration to safeguard
public interest and are regarded by
the majority of the states bankers
as consistent with sound banking
principles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Cheerful over Life Term

d. JNtttu TTtSs
BOONVILLE, Ind, Feb. 21.-Shir-
ley McNeeley, convicted of Staying
his mother, stepfather and uncle,
cheerfully accepted a sentence of
life Imprisonment imposed by Judge
U. w. Youngblood. He had pleaded
insanity IS a defense. Before sem
tence was pronounced, McNeeley
told the judge he would not blaine
him for doing his duty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Alleged Theft Band Held

BU TIMES optctQE
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 81.
An automobile theft ring was be-
leved broken with the capture here
by a posse of state police and officers
from three adjoining towns, of three
youths, said to have stolen machines
in several Indiana towns. Those
held are Robert Ream, II, Eaton;
Leroy Gilland, 10, Hartford City,
and Charles Schaffer, 10, Shidler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Alleges Injury by Mate


ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 21.-Suing
for divorce, Mrs. Alaine Yeagley
says she was in a hospital for eleven
weeks suffering burns resulting
from a negligent act by her hus-
band, Early Yeagley, and alleging
he visited her only three times
while she was in the hospital. The
parties lived together one year fol-
lowing their marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Gloves to Drought Needy

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MARION, Ind, Feb. 21.-Drought
sufferers in Arkansas will receive
100 dozen pairs Of gloves as a gift
from the. Smaltz Glove Company
here, shipped to the Poinsett county
chapter, American Red Gross,
Marked Tree, Ark. The gloves were
carried without charge by the Amer
lean Railway Express Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Motorists Invited

By Gntt6H FTtS8
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 21.-Visit-
ors are offered unlimited parking
space on FIT. Wayne streets on spe-
cific days, according to an an
nouncement of the police depart
ment and safety board. Guest cards
are given visitors by local news
paper. Police said the courtesy was
offered to encourage shopping here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
SninaI NIaIadv FataI

ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 2l.-Man-
ley Mitchell, 10, son of Louis A.
Mitchell, engineer of maintenance
OF way for the Indiana Railroad,
dlsd az the family residence here.
He was stricken with spinal disease
early in January when ne Withdrew
from Purdue university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
UTILITY BILLS ADVANCED
Appliance and Pole Tax" Measures
Await Second Reading.


Two bills designed to curb and
tax utilities await second reading in
the Indiana senate, the minority re-
port for passage having prevailed.
One of the measures would pro-
hibit utility operating companies
from entering the retail appliance
field and the other is the Tormohlen
pole tax" which would require
fee be paid on each utility pole
along a public highway and on cleo
trical contacts.
Senator Earl Rowley (Rep., La
Porte and Starke), chairman Of jul
dietary B committee, which present.
ed a majority report to kill both
bills, termed the Tormolllen tax bill
zone of the most damnable bills
that ever has been introduced"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
window smasher Gets Loot

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Four watches, total value of which
was estimated at $50, we're taken by
a man who threw lump of coal
through downtown jewelry store
display window and escaped on foot
as a number of persons walked
along the street en- route to work.
Witnesses started in pursuit but
we're unable to catch the man.
Perry Tucker, proprietor of the
store, said only the most inexpen-
sive watches were taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
sues for Auto Insurance

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. Ella
Monte E. Jones has filed suit in
superior court against the Hoosier
Casualty Company seeking to re-
cover S225 judgment on an insur-
ance policy. The complaint AYERS
the company refuses to pay for a
s225 loss caused by fire in the plain
tits automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
COURT BILL SIGNED
La Porte and Porter Counties VIII
Have Separate Tribunals.

Separation of the La Porte and
Porter county superior courts was
provided for among the six bills
signed Friday by Governor Harry
G. Leslie, who Immediately appoint
ed Mark B. Rockwell, Valparaiso
attorney, as judge of the newly Gre
ated Porter court.
Other bills signed by the Coy
ernor protected widows and other
beneficiaries of life insurance from
their own possible mismanagement.
amended the livestock loan law to
include swine in the, act which
makes removal of mortgaged stock
from the county a felony; placed
with the indianapolis safety board
the right to construct and repair
buildings under its Jurisdiction and
now under control of the works
board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Aged Mother Dies
gN Times SpeeiaI

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NOBLEsVILLE, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Mrs. Henry Gearhart, 70, died OF
heart disease at her home in north
ern Hamilton county, leaving three
children, Mrs. Mary Scott, Elwood
John Pennock, New Lancaster, and
Clifford Roderick, Hamilton county
and sister, Mrs. Anna Ray, Kan
SaS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
De Pauw Debaters win
Rp Times Special

GREENCASTLE, md, Feb. I'll
De Paw unirersity's negative de-
batting team has returned to the
campus after trip into Ohio where
it debated Miami university and the
University Of Dayton. The De PauW
team is composed Of Marion Yoder,
Angola: Carl Hintz, South Bend.
and John Millett, indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Aged Woman Dies
81 Times Special

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COLUMBUS. Ind, Feb. 21.-Mrs.
Sarah Pence Booth. II, wife of Fred
Booth, died at her home in German
township five miles north of here.
She was lifelong resident of the
Taylorsville neighborhood. She was
a member Of the Methodist church.
She leaves her husband and a
brother, James F. Pence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
Youth Sentenced
By United Press

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 2l.-
Dewey Birkhardt, II, convicted of
automobile theft Monday, was SEN
fenced by Judge Homer w. Henne-
gar to one to ten years in the state
reformatory. Police said when the
youth was arrested he had the auto
of Lafayette man, stolen at Peru,
Dec. 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
FEES AND SALARIES
PLEDGE RECALLED
Hard Times
BIZ Times Special

~ IameS Sp6ctGB
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Arraigned before City Judge
George Shenk on a charge of
violating the dry law, Nathan
Miller, 81, was asked by the
court:
Have you been selling any
liquor?"
mo, sir. Very little" the ae-
cused man replied, adding that
the business depression had
made bootlegging very unpro-
fitable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
CITY OFFICIAL GUILTY
KOkOmO Councilman Faces Prison
Term for Banking Law Violation.

AoILu AOL AzllIAII1s A"W FIOlatOH'
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb. Ala
prison term Of from two to fourteen
years is faced by Charles G. Price,
40, city councilman and former
cashier Of the defunct Farmers
Trust and Savings bank here, who
was convicted by a jury on charge
Of unlawfully borrowing from the
bank.
A fine of $4,000, double the
amount Of the alleged misappropria-
ton, also may be levied against
Price.
Price faces charges on several
other indictments. At a previous
trial. jury disagreed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-21
MANY OFFERS TO WED
La Porte Woman Made Rich by Oil
Will Not Be Interested in Any.

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By United Press
LA PORTE, Ind, Feb. 21.-Miss
Irene Phillips, who became rich
from an oil well that she has never
seen, is being swamped with offers
of marriage from residents of all
parts Of the country. But Miss Phil
lips, postoffice employee, is not
interested. Her only interest, she
said, is in the $4,000 which her
500-barrel oil well already has pro-
dueed and promise Of $2OO. 900 more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
Medieval Plague Stone

Opposite st. Peters school, and at the corner
of Burton lane York, is a railed-in stone, which
has traces of five cavities in its upper surface.
The middle hole formerly held the stem of a
wayside cross, which marked the limit of the
elderly" of the city during the great plague of
1903 and 1904. The surrounding four holes were
designed to hold an elementary antiseptic liquid
in which the citizens money placed before
being taken away by the country people who
brought supplies
The Burton stone is certainly of the
earliest relics of the practice Of antiseptics In
this part of the country, for 1t was probably In
existence long before the Seventeenth century
plague ravaged York and carried off over $500
citizens 1t is quite possible that it served as a
plague stone during earlier visitations of the
dreaded scourge.
The Burton stone, wayside cross was the
point at which the lord mayor sheriff. and al
dermen used to bid farewell to the cty's men,
alarms when the latter marched forth to war;
1t marked the last touch with human settlement
when the forest of Galtres swept up to the very
walls of the old city.
Many condemned criminal must have died
with an eyephotograph of the old cross engraved
in his brain, for it would be one of the last OBJ
jects he saw ere he swung into eternity from
the Abbots gallows at the forest end of Burton
lane.
1t cannot be said with certainty when the four
basins were cut into the base of the Burton
cross The dreadful "Black Death" visited York
In 1349 and ragged practically unchecked from
Ascension day until July. Forty-two years later
it required and the toll of death is stated to
have been IL 1000.
The year 1855 saw another pestilence sweep
ing over the city, and in 1851, the Sweating
Sickness" overran the whole country, and was
severely felt in York.
OF the various crosses which served York as
plague stones during its periods of affliction
the base of the Burton stone appears to be the
only remaining souvenir.-Montreal Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

in handling his first flight, he is greeted with,
swell, did ia bring that plane back without
smashing it up," by his instructor. The pur-
pose of this is to keep the embryo pilot from
getting a "swelled head"
For eight months the cadet continues his les
sons in his own plane. Those lessons include
night flying, acrobatics, crosscountry and forma-
ton flying, navigation, gunnery. bombing, radio
and military tactics of all sorts.
His training in acrobatics begins after he has
had about twenty hours in the air. Keeping
always level head and, keen eye, he must
put his plane through spins, nose dives, loops,
rolls, slow rolls half rolls, and snap rolls Fly
ing over an lair course" he must always come
out of roll aiming his plane at certain
designation. There is no futtering about in the
air.
unique feature of gunnery practice is the
use of camera gun with which the cadet
trains lens on the target and shoots pic
ture instead of a bullet. The instrument re-
sembles a gun in every way and the operation
of it is almost exactly similar The films are
developed at the end Of the attack and if
photograph shows the target, hit is scored.
Navigation and cross-country flying are two
of the most important branches of the flying
course. 1t covers the study of compass and
instrument reading, the use of the sextant and
course spOtting. An interesting subject, too, is
the study of artificial horizons. Horizons are
created in the sky for the guidance Of the navi-
gator just a ships captain uses the actual
horizon of the sea to determine his position.
In the advanced school to which the cadet
goes for about four months after he completes
the primary school course, he gets classification
training in all types Of planes There it is de-
termined just what kind of flyer he is In the
army there are four kinds, observation group,
attack, bombardment and pursuit.
The overly -cautious and apprehensive flyers
are quickly detected and eliminated. 1t is the
pilot who can smlingy pull himself out of
barrel roll. drop to the ground on a neat three
point landing hop out and nonchalantly light
a cigar, who is given the coveted gold WINGS
20 by Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
To Classify Blood Stain.

Classific~ ton of blood stains is be-
ing made by a German expert as an
aid in crime detection. He believes
that eventually the stains on the
clothing of suspect may be CLASH
fled so that it quickly will be
matched with that of the victim.
While courts have recognized blood
stains were made by human blood or
not, there has been no test which
will accurately determine the blood
group of stains which have thorough
ly dried. The expert believes he will
supply this deficiency.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
Familiar

On the arrival of two relatives
whom Mary Jane had not seen for
some time, her mother inquired:
''Don't you know these visitors,
Mary Jane?"
TIE child studied them and, OBJ
serving that one was extremely tall
while the other was short, she re-
piled:
as 1t Mutt and jeff"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
Exnlorer'a Error

Lachine rapids, near Montreal, re-
ceiyed it's name from the fact that
those who discovered it believed that,
In doing so, tney had reached China.
just as Columbus thought that he had
reached India.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
WASTING Public Money

The term PORK barrel appropria
lions" is an American political idion
meaning appropriations of money by
legislative bodies as a part VI q
scheme of political patronage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
A Good Mixer

Little Boy-Hey. mister, we'd like
4 ride to the ball park.
Old Crouch never let strangers
ride with me.
Little Boy-Oh, that's all right, I'll
Introduce you to the whole bunch!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

Why is it mother always expects
her son to turn out better than his
father did.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
Forgotten
III Err OES
BY
The Perils of Peace
ELMO SCOTT WATSON

THE end of war does not always
= mean the coming Of peace. That
fact was alb too strongly impressed
upon the mind of Col. Robert e. With.
ers of the Confederate army In April,
1865. He was commander of the mil
itary prison at Danville, Va, where
we're held more than 5000 Union pris
oners, guarded only by disabled Con-
federates and men too old and boys
TOO young to serve in the field. The
colonel himself had been wounded
many times and was still partly dis
abled from the last injury.
All through the last winter of the
been ever-present in Danvile-famine
for the captives, their guards and the
townspeople. Then came the news
that Richmond had surrendered and
short time later President Davis
and his cabinet passed through the
city-the days of the Confederacy
were numbered. Came next a detach-
ment of Confederate cavalrymen who
Informed the colonel that they had
orders to burn the bridges across the
river and all the tobacco warehouses
in Danville. Withers protested. II
would mean a cOnflagratiOn which
would destroy the town, and since the
Confederacy had collapsed in Virginia
there was no military advantage to
such ruin. Finding his protests I'M
availing, Colonel Withers declared that
be would resist such destruction with
armed force and his stand saved the
bridges and the warehouses.
The next crisis came after the sur
render at Appamattox. A large body
of parOled soldiers from Lees army
arrived in Danville. Hungry and In
rags, they became excited at the ru-
NOR that the warehouses contained
the very things they needed and they
were urged on by people from the sur
rounding country who hoped to share
In the loot. No sooner had he broken
up the rapidly gathering mob than
some Federal 'bummers" appeared.
Should they enter, it was likely
they would release the Federal pris-
oners who were clamoring for their
freedom and whose temper was an
uncertain quantity after the priva-
lions they had endured. If they got
out of hand. Danville would be in the
power of a mob whose excuses would
know no limits. So when the trains
bearing the "bummers" rolled into
town it was met by group of armed
men whose determined attitude, even
though their number was small, soon
overawed these human vultures and
sent them on their way.
The next day the advance guard Of
the Federal troops appeared and Col
onel Withers was happy to turn over
to the Union commander the RESPONSE
bility for keeping order after the pris-
oners were released. So Danville re-
members the name of Robert e. With
ers, whose determination and courage
saved ii from the perils Of peace which
were greater than the perils of war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
Environment

Guest-Why. this room reminds me
of prison.
Hotel Manager-Well. it's all q
matter of what one is used to.-Path-
finder.