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KENTON
items of Personal and Social In.
terest Cleaned ABOUT Town

terest Cleaned ABOUT Town
Kenton, July 1.-Mr. John Guth-
rie and family and Mr.. Bryan
Guthrie and family, spent Satur-
day with their mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Guthrie.
Miss Frances Colbourne of Hous-
ton, is visiting Miss Kathryne
Clifton.
Mr.. S. G. Walker and family,
who spent last week at Rehoboth,
returned on Sunday. Mrs. Sarah
Walker and granddaughter Mary
Kathryn, remained luntil the first
of July.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Cook of
Claymont, spent Sunday with their
father, Mr.. John N. Cook.
Mrs. E. Y. Williams of Dover,
spent last Saturday with Mrs. W.
S. rthurs and Mrs. J. D. Crossley.
Mrs. John Numbers Jr., with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Davis of Lans-
downe, Pa, are spending some
time at Bowers Beach, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Dewey Crossley
and daughter Carolyn, motored to
Wilmington for a short visit on
Sunday.
Miss Emily Arthurs spent last
week with. her cousins, Misses
Margaret Anne and Ruth Jean
Garrison near Smyrna. Miss
Nancy Arthurs spent the weekend
with them.
/ Rev. and Mrs. D. w. Jacobs of
Wilmington, spent Monday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jacobs.
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TAYLOR'S BRIDGE
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town
Taylcr's Bridge, July 1-Mr. AL
bert Boyer met with a very pain
full accident Wednesday afternoon
while picking cherries on the farm
of Mr.. John A. David. The limb
broke, which his ladder was rest
ing on, about 16 feet in the air,
throwing him to the ground. The
mucles of his back were severely
sprained and at this writing he is
still in bed, attended by a physic-
ian.
Mr.. Jack Keiser, and Miss Ethel
Mccall of Wilmington were SUM-
day visitors with Mr.. and Mrs.
Delbert Steller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Steller
spent the weekend with relatives
in Bridgeton, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shaw OF
Chester, spent the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. Ella McClain and
family
Mrs. Franklin Wheeler and Mrs
Leslie McClain spent Friday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Yokum in
Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta and
family of Marshallton, spent Sun
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ton visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Filler and
granddaughters, of Baltimore,w were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B,
H. Emory.
Mrs. James Wilson, who has
been ill for the past several weeks
Is better.
Mrs. Oscar Pleasanton and
daughter Naomi, have been visit
ing friends in Wilmington. Naomi
remained there for two weeks
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Legar visit
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BLACKBIRD
Items Of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

Blackbird, July Mrs. Martin
Mitchell and Miss Audrey Conner
are spending this week with Mr..
and Mrs. Elwood Reihm of Bear.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fred Heinold
and c. Fred Jr., attended the we'd
ding of Mr.. Heinold's brother,
Ralph, of Camden, N. j., and Miss
Evelyn Willetts of Camden, in
Valley Forge Memorial Chapel at
Valley Forge on Saturday, June
28, 1881. After the wedding at
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ed friends in GreenS'c " 3
: Mr.. Calvin Powell vel. :. I
have moved into lasr lar.
low just west Of ,t3ss,, Tow,
Mrs. Ray W. hlis ii,,i,.
dren, have been lsu vlsl'D
ents near ocean Cis, \, j
IN Mrs. Norman sn,itl p i,
ter, Miss Pearl q q u
were recent sueI 81
Smith and MIS- -
Mr.. and MIS- rotars1
Montchanin, nav .,ts bs'j
visit to their
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AL Capone. I refer to the recent estimate q
Gordon L. Hostetter, executive director Of the
Employers Association Of Chicago, who declares
that the annual tribute paid to racketeers
throughout the country is more than $13.O0O.-
100000
On top Of an this it recently was announced
that British insurance compsnies~ are under
taking to write racketeer insurance. Does that
mean that racketS are to be standardized" and
to be accepted as a cost Of American produc-
ton and distribution passed en- to u.s. the buy
ing public that pays the bills?
Most commonly, when thcse facts are cited,
hear people say, I'VE ought to have q Law"
Well, recent Investigations By a group Of legal
authorities report that in the United States We
already have some 10000 600 Federal, State and
local laws and ordinances. We are adding to
them at the rate Of over 100000 a year. The
present total Of American statutes exceeds the
combined laws Of five great European nations.
noes the reader realize that II he should
start merely to read the laws we already
have, he would never catch up with them, even
II he spent his entire life at it7 We are passing
new laws too fast for him to read even these IL
he worked At It eight hours day.
Perhaps, then. We need q commission.
A recent notable survey of commissions and
such, made by the Johns Hopkins Institute Of
Law found that within the year there were
under way approximately 1900 investigations
into law, law enforcement and crime and re-
lated subjects. National State and local gov
ernmentS universities and colleges, foundations
and other institutions were al engaged in the
crime commission business. That in itself has
almost become racket.
Is the truth of the matter that we are Just
drifting-drifting into bankruptcy, financial as
well as moral?
It is not likely that America which has never
failed to meet courageously any of the gigantic
problems in its national life, is going to be
stumped by this one. Not, at least when it
realizes-as it IS coming more and more to re-
alize-that every unprevented crime takes away
something from the safety of each one of us.
More than that, racketS particularly. are him
dsring that restoration of prosperity for which
Americans are bending every energy.
Racketeering Is an economic problem. But,
above all, racketeering is q moral and ethical
problem. My own remedy is basic and funda-
mental-and unpopular in ~America today.
Therefore may be pardoned If offer the at
least tentative remedy Of Gordon L. Hostetters
from whom have quoted. Rackets viii be
wiped out, says he, when:
Business ceases to play dirty politics.
Business ceases to pay tribute rather than
fight for its rights.
Business recognizes the lawful right to ex-
istence of an honest competitor.
Labor purges itself of terminal leeches."
The public insists on honesty and compe-
tency in public Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
By Weare Holbrook

Husband ewho never was very good at Latino
II can't see from here.
Wife-WeH, the exhibit is No. 298 Why don't
You look 1t up in the catalogue?
Husband takes catalogue from pocket. puts
hat under arm and begins thumbing through
the nursery advertisements.)
Husband (triumphantly, five minutes later)-
Here 1t Isl
Utter stranger (uttering)--T beg your par
don?
Husband (confused)-Ebeg your pardonI
Utter stxanger-Its quite all right.
Husband-The dickens it isl exit husband
muttering, In search Of wife,
An ideal flower show would be one in which
the spectators sit IN comfortable chairs while
the exhibits pass before them en- eonveyor belts.
But this would cTamp the style of the chronic
blossom sniffers-unless they could develop noses
IKE elephants trunks.
Before went to my first flower show my
Ignorance Of horticultural affairs was appalling.
knew nothing Of mulching. dormant spraying.
humus compost, etc. When Uncle Nahum (tha
one with the side whiskers) came TO pay US .
week end visit and stayed two months couldn't
understand why Phoebe referred to him as the
herhaceous boarder. To me flowers were merely
something that you telegTaphed when you
couldn't think of anything TO say.
RUT I've learned q lot since then. At the
show last week made only one faux Pes,
and that was when I called Phoebes attention
to what appeared TO be a lovely lavender
hy6rangea among the towering shrubs. TITS
hydrangea panieulataI" cried Phoebe delight
eddy. She leaned forward to smell it, but as
she did 50 the hycrangea pantculata shot up
and hiffed her violently on the nose. It proved
to be q decoration on the bonnet of an old lady
who had bent down to examine the roots Of
one of the Towering shrubs.
Ordinarily however, can distinguish mill.
merry from the real thing at glance, and il n
only sense Of duty to junior that sends me
to horticultural exhibitions nowadays flower
show has q double effect upsn the average
apartment dweller. 1t begins by arousing In
him q nostalgia or perhaps atavistic longing for
the open spaces He fingers for at least 10
minutes over the first floral display he comes
to, and resolves to save the real estate section
Of next Sundays paper; for the price Of
years rent he could make down payment ca
q lnxuriOus suburban hone with q big back
yard
He moves slowly from booth to booth for tho
next half hour. examining each exhibit care
FUZZY with an almost possessive air. But grads
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aforementioned cost Of rackets at from $sOOO,-
OoO, 900 to 1000, OoO, 900 year.
About one-fifth Of our entire national income
each year goes for our annual crime bill! About
one-tenth of the minimum income of each
family necessary to maintain its American
standard Of living is its annual crime taxi Per-
haps my former statement should be amended!
We lead the world in paying for crime. Crime
is our most expensive luxury.
Let us start with the racket tribute" levied
on New York. In a recent speech Howard w.
Ameli United States attorney for the eastern
district of New York, estimated that between
$500, 100000 and 100000 600 yearly has been
levied in tribute from almost every business in
New York City. These figures are appalling
and should give concern to every straight
thinking citizen. Furthermore it is the public,
in the last analysis. that pays the racketeers'
tribute"
It is true that the artichoke racket was one
Of the smaller rackets in fooostufTs but it was
typical. Terranova was "stabil. ling the busi-
ness. Murder In the poultry racket is too recent
to have been forgotten. The laundry racket,
the milk racket trucking and stolen car rackets
are of daily appearance in the news. The
unsavory building trades rackets and fake in
Surance racketS are constantly cropping up.
If you live in a large apartment house in the
city practically everything you buy is, under
it. just start some little business serving apart
ment house dwellers and see if you can muscle
in" The probability is you will either quit or
"take a ride"
The fact is that after looking over the list
Of racketS in New York one is inclined to accept
the higher rather than the lower total. For.
remember, the ordinary list does not usually
include two items which alone total 5000 000, 900.
THREE hundred representative New York
business men, meeting recently with the
police commissioner to devise ways of stamp
ing out commercial bribery, estimated the
annual ton of such bribery in New York City
alone at over s1oO.00O,0oO a year and at over
$1,000 900 900 throughout the United States.
This phase, by the way, is not included IN the
national crime bill Of $1S, O00, 100000 either.
The second $1O0,O0o.000 item not usually fig
ured IN the cost Of rackets is the losses Of
investors in fraudulent securities coming within
the purview Of the Bureau Of Securities Of the
State Attorney Generals Office. But if there is
any racket worth mentioning 1t is the "blue-sky'
racket.
! It is common to include the liquor racket.
But not often does 1t occur to any one to think
Of the growing racket Of blackmail. More money
can be made by the attempted hi-jacking of
regulations than was ever made by hi-jacking
rum.
For example, one Of our prominent New York
ganGSters, after sizing up stranger who might
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always attend the flower show every
year and bring home quantities Of
literature. Junior is pet geranium.
He IL only g. but he takes a 5-year-
old pot and we are rather proud Of him.
As one who used TO write serious poetry for
the college literary magazine, retain certain
academic interest in flowers. few hortt-
cultural references never did a poem any harm.
Next to NEUROLOGICAL illusions they are the best
tricks IN the poets bag. Even today, when
am out in the country and no one is hooking
sometimes pick flower and mediate upon It
Ia the true WordswpTthian manner.
But at flower show it is different. Most OF
the exhibits have names like Pullman cars.
The exhibitors seem to think that rose by
any other name would smell darn sight
sweeter. How can q poet work the early
blooming Frau Karl Druschh or the long,
stemmed Rev. p. Page Roberts into sonnetI
And II you Try to Hnger IN meditation over
yellow primrose (ClaSs b. booth 26) you are
likely to get knocked through the ropes By
delegation o. hedge faneiers travelling IN reverse.
Tor in the landscape gardening section there
are always . number Of large exhibits which
are intended to be viewed in perspective, and
unless you watch out you VIII be boWled over
By stout ladies' vino are backing up ana trying
to imagine how that clipped yew would look
in the side yard ct Metuchen. There Is also
the danger Of backing too far yourself and
landing among the water lilies IN the orna-
mental pool across tle aisle. Personally prefer
q flower bed without bath.
THE ratio Of visitors at flower shows seems
- to be about 10 women and little girls to I
man. The men, to all appearances, are as
enthusiastic IS the women. Yet about them
there is that unmistakable but indehnable air
which can be described only as taken.
This Is especially obvious when one Of them
Is urged By his feminine companions to smell .
flower. II the flower grows close to the ground,
50 that the fnhaling process neeessitates .
narcissusIike pose, he WIN sometimes refuse
fatty Even under the most favorable ctcum-
stances he viii do little more than snun once.
It takes the ladies to render nasal homage 70
the Goddess Flora. When inhaling they can
close their eyes and assume an enraptured ex-
preston worthy Of 3 wan calendar. I nave
seen an elderly dowager sniff her way through
an entire flower show, from abeliaS to znnias,
without missing booth.
The chief drawback 20 going to flower show
with some one = the lost motion involved m
keeping together. One would think that Phoebe
and I, after i've years a. Il, would have devel-
Oped some kind q teamwork. But we haven't.
Our progress through the crowded aisleS Tesena-
bles an Old-fashioneA square dance-we spend
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as much time walking backward as forward.
First forge ahead, pointing with childish glee
to o moderniStic bird house or east iron
namingO, only to discover that the lady whom
I have nudRed In the ribs Is somebody never
saw before. So turn around, tTeading ON the
alien corns Of en- old gentlemen behind me,
and retrace my steps to the tulip section, where
Phoebe has paused to examine some bulbs. \
moment later Phoebe Is caught IA the current
Of the crowd and swept On to the orchid pad
deck, from which she halls me with shrfn
exhortations 10 come and look
Unfortunately We never zee tie same thing
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at the same time, and there are constant
aIarun1s and excursions. Sharing single eata-
logue forms certain bond between husband
and wife, but it is q very elastic one. The
routine procedure is as follows:
Wife-O-oh, look ct that one! What do you
suppose it tsp
Husband-Gosh! dunno.
Wf6e-You're taller than am. Can you see
what the tag says?
Husband (peering over shoulders Of people in
front and twisting head sidewaysl-1t's g.
(pause).
Wife-WhAt3 f%
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merely to Suggest" to the customer that here
was good thing"-good for 80 points in
month. Fear of backmai1 did the rest.
With such stupendous figures in New York,
one is moved to accept the $5,000,000,0O0 esti-
mate for raekets throughout the country unless,
Of course, one prefers the estimate of man
who should be an expert-a man from Chicago,
which has given America its king Of racketeers,
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appear at his night club with some showgirl in
the absence Of the strangers wife at Miami or
Paris, would drop In casually on Mr.. Blue-Sky
Broker and declare himself in for 10 per cent
Of the profits Of the unloading Of his securities
II the broker was wise he would cement the
alliance by shaking hands Immediately. Then
he would sell securities as he had never sold
them before. The considerable new partner had
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"The Glass House Gang"

r N the interests of Junior, Phoebe and I
always attend the flower show every
year and bring home quantities Of
literature. Junior is a pet geranium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21
BANK LOOT MAY
TOTAL $4,000
Six Bandits Escape After
Evansville Robbery.

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 21.-
Authorities are without clews to-
day to six men who late Friday
afternoon robbed the North Side
State bank here, obtaining loot be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
Five Of the robbers, all young and
well dressed, entered the bank while
the sixth remained at the wheel of
an automobile In which the band
escaped.
Six of the bank staff and three
patrons were cowed by the robbers.
They were forced into the cages and
compelled to lie on the floor while
the loot was being gathered. AS the
robbers entered G. H. Aver, preSi-
dent of the bank, was using a tele-
phone. When he and the switch
board operator, Miss Clotilda Weber,
were forced to raise their hands, a
buzzing resulted at the board be-
cause Of the uncompleted call.
The bandits were starting toward
the vault when their leader noticed
the buzzing at the board. Evidently
naistaking it for an alarm, he
ordered his companions to leave.
From the position in which the car
was parked, it is believed the rob-
bers headed for Illinois.
Herman Fulke, cashier, was struck
on the head with the butt of a re-
volver during the robbery. He was
not seriously hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21

! The ten sororities ranked as fol-
lows:
Delta zeta, Alpha Phi, Alpha
Omicron Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta,
Phi Omega Pi, Alpha Chi Omega,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Delta
Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta and
Kappa Delta. Kappa Alpha Theta
pledges led the list Of sorority
pledge groups in scholarship.
Scholarship by classes showed the
senior class well at the top, with
the juniors next, the sophomore5
third and the freshmen last. Schol-
arship by residence showed frater-
nifty houses leading the list, with
local residents placing second; DOR
mitory students third, and off-cam-
pus houses, fourth. Rector schol-
arship holders maintained a higher
average than nonholderS.
The all-university averages was
taken as zero and all organizations
above the all-university average
were given plus number and those
below the average were indicated by
a minus index. Women students
proved better than men, the average
for all co-eds receiving an index
of plush and for all men students
an index Of minus-1. In averages,
women earned 1894 points per hour
and men 1857. In each case, both
men and women belonging to fra
ternities or sororities, averaged
higher than those unaffliated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21
Glands
Mentioned in
DiUOrce Case
RN United Preaa

By United Press
OLATHE, Kan, March 21.-The
divorce suit OF an elderly Kansas
farmer against an Indiana woman
half his age drew a large crowd to
the Johnson county courtroom
here.
John zahner, IS, testified his
youthful wife, formerly Minnie
Kleer of New Albany, Ind, induced
him to undergo treatment at the
sanitarium Of Dr. John r. Brink
ley, goat gland expert, at Milford,
Kan.
The farmer was reluctant to pay
the $3.50 fee and consented to go
only after much inportuning by his
wife, he testified.
Later Mrs. Zahner visited a Kan
sas City fortune teller and was in
formed she would become a wealthy
widow by the end of 1929. The
prophecy was that her husband
was doomed to drop dead in lun-
Der yard.
While zahner studiously avoided
lumber yards, his wife had the
house cleaned up ready for funer-
al during the last week of that
year, the farmer testified.
Not long after that, zahner said
his wife left him to return to In
diana. He made a cash settlement
and Pat McDougan, a hired hand,
was detailed to drive her back in
the family automobile.
zahner said McDougan disap-
peared in Kansas City with the car
and most of his wife's money.
zahner was So at the time of
their marriage and his wife was SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21
Slayer of Wife
Faces Death i'm
Electric Chair
By Times Special

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 81.
Death in the electric chair is the
penalty Lawrence johnson must
pay for the murder of his 16-year-
old wife Mildred. A jury in Vigo
circuit court Friday convicted him
of first degree murder after DELHI
Grating two hours and set the
punishment.
An insanity plea was made by
the defense. 1t was sought to show
that johnson became unbalanced
through worry over a child being
born to his wife in what he consid-
cred an improper environment-the
home of her mother-Mrs. Anna
Watts.
Sentence will be passed upon
johnson March q by Judge John
P. Jeffries. Defense counsel follow
ing the verdict, i1tilnated that a
motion will be filed in behalf of
john son, but refused to indicate its
nature.
The child-wife died as result of
ak blows on the head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-21
Child SAINTS
BONES in ALTAR
Story Told in History of
Oldest Indiana Church.
BIZ T1nited presa

By United Press
VINCENNES, Ind, March I'll
st. Francis Xavier's cathedral here
is the Oldest church in Indiana and
its history can be traced, without
a break, during its 229 years OF ex-
istence, according to history writ
ten by the late Henry S. Caution,
pioneer resident here.
The church was founded in 1902
by Jesuit priest who acconpa-
MED the soldiers of De Vincennes,
the French founder of the town,
the history said. In 1899 the build
ing was used by George Rogers
Clark, head of the American forces,
and the British commander of Ft.
Sackville here as the conference
hall where the fate Of the North
west territory was settled.
The present church building, the
third to stand on the same loca-
ton in the 229 years, was built
from donations gathered in Europe.
The empress of Austria was one Of
the largest contributors.
The bones of st. Aufreda, a H.
year-old girl who was killed in the
coliseum at Rome, were placed in
the present altar following COM
pletion Of the present structure.
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By Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March 81.
The scholastic rating Of student
groups for the first semester at De
PAW university has just been re-
leased by the registrars office. For
the first time in many years, q fra
ternity headed all organizations for
scholarship. Commons Club ranked
first and will receive the scholarship
cup for the semester. This was the
only organization with an index of
plus-4 and its average was 1886
points.
Delta Zeta sorority ranked first
among the coed organizations and
second in the entire list. Delta Zeta
has been leading in sorority scholar
ship for some time. Delta Chi fra
ternity headed the list of mems or
CARNATIONS last year.
The fourteen fraternities on the
campus finished the scholastic race
in the following order:
Commons Club, Lambda Chi
Alpha, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Delta Chi, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma MI, Delta Tau Delta,
Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta,
Phi Delta Theta, Delta Epsilon,
Sigma Chi and Theta Kappa MI.
Pledges of Beta Theta Pi led the list
of affiliated men.