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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

sister, Mrs. Will Isaacson of Canada.
Mr.. Johnson had been a member of
the Presbyterian church.
The funeral service was held from
the home of the deceased's mother
Monday, May II, with the Rev. John
son officiating. The pallbearers were,
l. ]. Flaten, Lee Waite, Joe Kvas-
nicka, Frank Mach, Hildy Johnson,
and Nels Nelson. Burial was made in
Riverside cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
COMMISSIONERS WILL
MEET MONDAY, MAY IS

The board of county commissioners
will meet in regular session on Mon
day, May IS, at the court house in
Pine City at 1 o'clock p. m. Regular
business will be transacted as well as
other items which may be brought to
the boards attention at that time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

Summary-Two base hits. Spickler.
Stoffel. Pearson; struck out. by Nielsen
z. by Pearson 2. by Berg Il; hit by
pitched ball. Berg; bases on balls. off
Askov 4. off Pine City 1; left on bases.
Askov 8. Pine City 6; umpire. Curry;
scorer. Jensen; time, 2 hrs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
PINE CITY HANDS
ASKOV A SHUTOUT
Cold Weather Hampers Players as
Only One Game i'm Loop
is Played.

Schedule Sunday, May II.
Moose Lake at Askov.
Sandstone at Sturgeon Lake.
Pine City at Brook Park.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

The American is but $3.50 a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
OFFICIALS CLASH
ON APPROACHES
TO new BRIDGE
Indiana Highway Engineer
and Commission Chair
mans Views Apart.
By Times Special

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3d.
Vanderburgh county commissioners,
after learning that w. j. Titus, chief
engineer Of the Indiana highway
commission, has expressed a view on
approaches to the Indiana Kentucky
Ohio river bridge at variance with
those announced by Albert j. Wede-
king, commission chairman, will
take the matter up with highway
bodies Of both states.
Wedeking. testifying before a
house committee of the Indiana
legislature, said the state hae moth
ing to do with acquiring land for
the approaches. Titus, however,
says the road commissions of the
two states will act together in &C
quiring the land. 1t is said Ken
lucky officials have expressed a
willingness to buy land for the IN
diana side approach.
Titus contends that a boulevard
approach, with landscape center,
is not safe and would cost more
than an ordinary street, a view op-
posed by A. v. Burch, one Of the
bridge advocates.
tits unfortunate that state
highway engineer should make such
a statement" Burch declared. It's
the first time I ever heard boule-
wards, providing two one-way roads,
were unsafe"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Bill to Dan1bef1
Dry LazO Faces
Lingering Death

The Galloway bill providing for a
state Volstead act to supplant the
Wright bone dry law as Indiana S
liquor control legislation is going
to remain in the hands of the house
of representatives public morals
committee just as long as its chair
man, Representative Russell J. Dean
Oem., Marion) sees fit.
Persistent efforts of the house
vets to get the bill On the floor of
the house or without committee rec
ommendation were defeated def
nitely Friday afternoon when the
house voted 64-24 against forcing
the committees hand. AS soon as
the vote was announced, Represent
ative Earl Crawford dem, Union
and Wayne) moved to consider and
then to table his own motion, thus
preventing further action on the
bill unless Dean reports it volun-
tarily. 1t has been in committee
since Feb. 10.
Repeal Measure Waits
The Galloway-Egan bill calling for
outright repeal of the Wright act
has been in committee since Jan.
IS with no report, although public
hearing was held and the authors
persistently have sought action.
Failure of the Galloway-Black
malt tax bill to pass earlier in the
afternoon was the signal for a bar
rage Of irony by Representative w.
E. Stanton (Dem., Lake., at the eX-
pense of the Wright bone dry act.
Nobody Making Home Brew
''Why should we put a tax on
malt?" demanded Stanton, when
everybody knows what wonder
full liquor law Indiana has. Why.
there isn't any malt sold in Indiana,
is there? I'm sure nobody is max
ing home brew and I see no .rea-
son for going to the trouble Of
putting a tax on malt"
Repeated bursts Of laughter
greeted his sarcastic references to
Indiana as a bone dry state"
The bill failed 1889 to gain a
constitutional majority and will be
called down again for passage. It
would place a tax of 2 cents a pound
on malt and a tax Of 6 cents a gall
lon on wort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Bush Refuses to
Hand Dozen Bills
on School Books

In Lieutenant Governor Edgar D,
Bush's pocket repose three bills.
passed by the house several DAYS
ago, and enactment of which would
save thousands of dollars for Hoo
sler parents, it is claimed.
They are the three multiple text
book bills which would permit adop-
ton Of four texts for each subject,
only one of which may be selected
by any school unit; forbid the adop-
ton of more than one text for any
subject every five years, and pro-
vide for a textbook rental system.
In the face of a persistent lobby
and bitter opposition led by Repre-
sentative Gerritt NJ. Bates and Rus
sell Dean (Dem., Marion), the bills
were passed by the house.
With but one week of the session
remaining, the bills rest in the lieu
tenant governors pocket.
Bush says that half of the mem
bership of the senate asked that he
keep the bills and not hand them
down. Majority of the representa-
tiveS are demanding the senate take
some action.
These measures are said to be of
the utmost Importance to parents
as they would cut the cost of text
books and book companies have
been conducting 'pernicious lobby
against the bills, it is declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
FATHER OF FIVE
GIVEN LIBERTY
Sent to Prison for Stealing
Food for Family.
By United Press

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Feb. %.
"A ninety-day parole was granted
by the state prison parole board
Friday night for Everett Reynolds,
Howard county, sentenced in June,
1880, for grand larceny. His plea
that he stole from a grocery for
use of his wife and five children,
while unemployed, and that they
now need his support was recog-
nized.
A pardon was recommended for
MILFORD Lambert, Jay county, serv-
ing ten to twenty years for grand
larceny. His wife and nine chill
dren pleaded for him. He was SEN
fenced Mrch /, 1926.
A ninety-day temporary parole
was granted Edward Fawcett, Clarke
county, serving ten to twenty-one
years for stealing a 81 watch. He
was sentenced in October 1924.
Parole was denied Arthur Knox.
sentenced in Blackford circuit court
to ten to twenty-one years for steal
ing sheep. He has served but one
year.
Upon the pleas of the police chief,
prosecutor and sixty-f1ve neighbors.
of Philip Qualls, Morgan county,
serving one to five years for posses
sion of a still, a parole was granted.
He had served eight months.
Harold Singhaus, Clay county, ten
to twenty-five years for auto ban
ditry, was paroled. He entered prison
in 1928 at the age Of Is, after serv-
ing six previous serial terms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
GERMAN CLUB ELECTS
Bloomington Student President of
/. U. Organization.

L8 L tHtOS y pCCtUb
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. %
Edgar G. Cummings, Bloomington, a
senior at Indiana university, has
been elected president of Der
Deutsche Verein, an organization of
students who rank high in the
study of German. Other officers are:
Louise Hummel, vice-president,
Muncie; William Waldschmidt, sec
rotary, Cannelton, and Professor
Frederick J. Menger of the German
department, faculty treasurer.
The club has elected the follw-
ing new members: Katheryn
Young, Martha Wright and Carolyn
Curry, Bloomington; Edward Gold
stein, Charles Gold and David Dok-
tor. Paterson, N. j.; Albert Hall,
Columbus; John Holmes, Peru; Hen
ry Brocksmith, Freelandville Rose
Elpers, Fl. Branch; Harry Coch-
ran, Frankfort; Dorothy Meyer,
Holland; Marion Gaber, East Chi
cago; Myer Gootkin, Chelsea, and
Lewis Pollak, indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
INJURED BOY
ASKS $4,000
Auto Victim Plaintiff in
GreenSburg Suit.
By Times Special

By Times Special
GREENSBuRG, Ind, Feb. %
Crippled for life in an automobile
accident, Roy Taylor, II, through
his father, Clyde S. Taylor. has
brought suit in Decatur circuit court
here seeking $4,000 damages from
Charles Simpson and Manford
Slifer. The father at the same time
filed suit against the same de-
PENDANTS for $4,000 for expenses in
CURED in treating the boys injuries.
The suit alleges that on Oct. Is,
1929, the boy stepped from the rear
door of a school bus and was struck
by an automobile driven by Simp-
son. Slifer the bus driver is made
co-defendant because, it is said, he
did not warn the boy Of the ap-
preaching car. The boys left leg is
two inches shorter than the right, it
is said, as a result of Injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
IntangibIeS Tax
to Be Studied
i'm House Today

With income tax bills at a stand
still until Monday, the Indiana
house of representatives today was
to consider, on second reading, a
companion measure intended to
draw moneyed credits and other in
tangibles out of hiding and on to
the tax duplicate.
The measure would require in
tangibleS to be listed for their face
value and authorize the assessment
to a rs per cent deduction, leaving
IS per cent Of their value to be
taxed.
Opposed by Bush
Lieutenant Governor Edgar D.
Bush has minced no words in de-
nouncing such a step and is eX-
pected to attempt to "steam-roller"
the bill to it's death should it reach
the senate.
eff a man is crooked enough to
steal dollar, he'll steal a quarter, 4"
Bush said recently to legislators
who believed the rs per cent de-
duction would induce the listing Of
sequestered intangibles.
Alternative Prepared
Should the bill fail, tax revision
leaders expect to bring out a new
bill providing for a flat rate of tax
alton on bank assessments of $130.
The present average tax is about
So. A suit, brought by the In
diana Bankers Association, is pend
ing in Marion county superior
court to overthrow the present Fys-
tenn of bank taxation.
The personal income tax measure
awaits appointment of conference
committees to compromise senate
amendments to the house bill. The
corporate income tax bill awaits
second reading in the senate.
Other measures which tax revision
leaders are attempting to push to enact
ment In the remaining week of the iegis-
lature include the Beckett-Huh budget
limitation bill which prohibits any unit
Of government from spending more than
in 1880 and is special order Of business
in the house for Monday afternoon; the
Hoffman bill to abolish township asses
Hsors and place their duties in the office
of county assessor; the Hoffman bill to
repeal all minimum mandatory Ievies;
bills increasing motor vehicle license fees
and diverting all this revenue from the
state highway commission to the states
general fund: bills to reduce the limit
Of bonded Indebtedness for local roads.
the house bill requiring applicants for au-
tomobile and drivers licenses to have poll
tax receipt. and bill to compel coun-
ties and cities to use their portion Of the
gasoline tax money in road and street
maintenance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Pe1fers
Chair Death
to Life Term

WINCHESTER, Ind, Feb. o.
Charles w. Smith, 50, Richmond
Negro, held in the Randolph coun-
ty jail here. has been a prisoner
fifteen months without being
brought to trial on q charge of first
degree murder resulting from the
shooting Of willard Hoover, a white
man at Richmond, said to have
been the result of q quarrel over
Hoover's estranged wife.
Another continuance was added to
the long list in the case when a
delay Of trial was granted this week
because Of the illness of one of the
defendants attorneys. All the 9TH
er continuanceS were granted on
request of the state. April 20 is the
new trial date.
The case was brought here on a
change Of venue from Wayne circuit
court at Richmond.
Hoover was slain Nov. 90, 1929.
He was found dying from bullet
wounds on Richmond street COR
ner. The shooting, to which which
so far as known there were no wit
nesseS, is supposed to have taken
place in a tailor shop operated by
the Negro. Hoover had been un-
official gunsmith for the Richmond
police department.
IF I am not acquitted, I want to
be sent to the electric chair" Smith
declares. Il don't want TO spend
the rest Of my life in prison for a
crime I did not commit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
YELLOW KID or
SWINDiE FAME
SHOWS DECLINE
Age Making Inroads on
Joseph We'll, Visitors at
Jail Assert.
By Timss Special

By Tines Special
HAMMOND, Ind. FEB. "a
Joseph yellow Kid We'll, conf
dence man extraordinary and who
readily admits he is the most able
criminal Of that type. is slipping.
Except for gloves of yellow kid his
sartorial ensemble is far from that
he affected in other days. We'll
now So, is slowing down. according
to persons who have visited him in
jail here.
We'll was arrested here a few DAYS
ago with three alleged confederates.
while attempting to obtain q loan
'on an insurance policy of one of
the latter. That is how low the
confidence man stands financially.
Nor is that all. There is a little
matter Of gold mine stock selling at
Decatur, which has already put
Fred Buckninster, pal Of "the kid"
behind bars. Walter Danzeisen.
packer at Decatur, Ill, charges Well
and Buckminster swindled him out
Of $4,000 last summer on a sale of
the stock
Farm Girl Talks
Miss Jean Scheeringa. daughter
OF Henry Scheeringa, farmer living
near Griffith, has given authorities
here what she says are the details
OF Well plot to swindle her father
to the extent of $4,000.
A man named Oscar introduced
the farmer to We'll, who represented
he was in the market for a farm
Scheeringa's farm in particular. Ne
gotiations were opened, and at
Wells suggestion, a survey was made
with view of having electricity
wired to the farm.
Wife's Suspicious Aroused
Then We'll. the girl alleges. took
her father to South Bend to confer
with business associates. There it
was arranged to have another
meeting in Peoria, H., to which
Scheeringa was to bring $4,000. At
this point, the farmers wife be-
came suspicious. She accompanied
him to Peoria as did the $4,000.
In a Peoria hotel. Scheeringa was
induced to place his money on a
table with what his hosts said was
$4,000 Of their money. It is
charged We'll picked up all the
money and placed it in the hotel
safe, explaining to Scheeringa such
a move was necessary to carry out
the farm sale deal.
The Scheeringas soon demanded
return of their money, which was
granted, but claim they were short
changed of $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Senate Gets
Road Labor
PayMeaSnre

Upon shoulders Of Indiana sena-
tors now rests the responsibility Of
determining whether common labor
ers employed by contractors con-
structing state highways can be
forced into what, it is charged, vir-
tually amounts to peonage.
Following the plans Of two Mar
ion county representatives, E. c..
and j. F. White, the house of rep
resentatives late Friday passed a
bill sponsored by the former which
fixes a minimum wage for common
labor employed on public works Of
40 cents an hour.
Whites bill, which was passed,
57-26, was based on The Times ex-
pose Of the terrible conditions ex-
listing among the highway laborers,
who are paid from is to 20 cents
an hour by contractors who, in
making their bids, based estimates
on pay Of 40 and so cents an hour.
Democrat Only Opponent
But one voice was raised against
the humanitarian measure, that Of
George G. Ale Dem, Decatur and
jennings, who declared it to be
"a bad bill which tried to put the
state into the position Of guardian
over private contracts"
This was blasted by the author
who pointed out there is nothing
negotiable in the provisions Of the
bill and all contractors doing pub
lie work would be forced to this
minimum wage Of 40 cents an hour.
The measure also provides that
where other labor is used the mini
mum wage can not be below that
paid for similar labor in the COM
munity where the work is being
done.
I'VE should not permit the desti-
tuition of our people to be eX-
plotted" declared John F. White.
This bill is entirely justifable
and equitable and would abolish a
condition that can not be tolerated
in a civilized state"
Two Fail to Vote
The author of the bill pointed
out that no contractors opposed
its passage, and it would be in fact
a relief measure. Representatives
Gerritt M. Bates and Russell Dean
Dem., Marion) were among those
who did not vote.
Another labor bill, similar to the
yellow dog" contract measure We
toed by Governor Harry G.. Leslie
last week, also passed the house by
a vote Of 60 to 81.
This measure would prevent the
state or any political subdivision
to award a contract for any public
work to any person who prevents his
from belonging to any
lawful organization or asks them
not to belong to such an organi-
cation.
Labor, however, was defeated on
two measures which would provide
for stringent boiler inspection, and
set penalties for violations thereof,
and also require payment Of licenses
for boilers having more than fifteen
pounds of pressure or more than
30-horse power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
BUS BILL TO GOVERNOR
School Transportation Plan Called
Greatest Tax Saving Measure.

What Willis Nusbaum, attorney
for the Indiana TAXPAYERS Asso-
citation, termed "the greatest tax
saving mseasure Of the session"
awaits the Governors signature.
The bill, which was passed by the
senate Friday afternoon by a vote
Of 81 to 5, requires that school bus
contracts must be let to the lowest
bidder after proper newspaper adj
vertisements for bids.
The least estimate of saving to
school districts throughout the state
by this bill is $1,OOO,O00," Nusbaum
said. Even in the outlying dis
tricts Of Marion county, where chill
dren are hauled to school in buses,
the cost will be about cut in two"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Aged Woman Dies
By Times Special

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Feb. a.
Mrs. Oscar Day, SO, is dead at her
home in southwestern Hamilton
county. She leaves her husband, a
son Elmer, Miami Beach, Fla; two
daughters, Miss Helen Day, at home
and Miss Halcie Day, a teacher at
Oxford: two sisters, Mrs. Flora
Vickery, Sheridan, and Mrs. Minnie
Hussey, indianapolis, and two
brothers, Clinton Power Of Attica
and Lawrence Power, Milwaukee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Money Back if One Bottle of Dare's
Mentha Pepsin Doesn't Do You
More Good Than Anything
You Ever Used.

You. can be so distressed with gas
and fulIness and bloating that you
ing.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and gaspy.
You think perhaps you are suffocat-
:. You are dizzy and pray for quick re-
lief-what's to be done?
Just one tablespoonful of Dare's
Mentha Pepsin and in ten minutes the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
MEASURE FINDS FAVOR
Bill Affecting indianapolis Expected
TO Be Accepted by Senate.

Senate amendments to the White
bill making it possible for the city
of indianapolis to take over any or
all utilities are expected to be con-
CURED in today.
The bill passed the senate, with
amendments, Friday afternoon, 80
to /.
The bill, which was originated in
the house by Representative John
r. White Dem., Marion) increases
the utility district bonded debt tax
limit in indianapolis from 1 cent to
2 cents.
Primary purpose Of the measure
was to take over the Citizens Gas
Company, as provided in a leasS
contract between the. city and the
company.
But the scope of the measure is
sufficiently broad to permit the city
to enter the street railway, water,
electrical or telephone field, pro-
ponentS declare.
White has long been an advocate
Of municipal ownership as a soiu-
ton to modern utility problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
TERMINAL OPEN
AT EVANSVILLE
City Pictured as Gateway
of the South"
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. %. -
Evansville was pictured as the
Gateway of the South" by trans
portation leaders attending the
dedication ceremonies Friday of the
100000 Mead Johnson river-rail
terminal.
Millions of dollars of freight will
move through here from northern
Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indi-
ana, which is now routed through
Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati
speakers pointed out.
Leaders in river and rail trans
lortation and waterways develop
ment extended congratulations to
the terminal builder, E. Mead John
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Last of Family Dies.
By Times Special

By ItmeS SpcCtdt
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 28.-Al-
bert E. Jackson, So, poultry raiser
and pigeon fancier, died at his
home two miles west of here. He
had lived in this vicinity twenty
seven years, having spent his
younger years in southern Indiana
near Boonville. He recently
shipped three pigeons to Australia,
for which he received $500. He was
widely known as a pigeon faiser and
he also specialized in poultry. He
was a member of the Christian Sci
ence church, and of the Masonic
and knights Templar lodges and
the Scottish Rite and Shrine. He
was the last of a family of thir-
teen to die. He leaves his widow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
YOUNG ATHLETE KILLED
Train Strikes Automobile Carrying
Huntinburg Net Team.
By United Press


OAKLAND CITY, Ind, Feb. 2s.-
A Huntingburg high school basket
ball player was killed and the coach
and a second member of the team
injured when an auto which was
struck by Big Four train on a
crossing here Friday night.
Fred Stinson Jr., IS, was killed
when he leaped from the auto and
was ground beneath the engines
wheels. The train was backing
slowly at the time. Injuries to the
others were not serious. Glen Trawl.
coach, suffered broken leg, and
Glen Arensman, played, Slight
bruises.
The team was returning from a
game at Princeton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
CHILD LABOR LAW OF
INDIANA RATED HIGHLY
Woman Director Of State Bureau
Discusses Act at Bloomington.

Discusses Act at Bloomington.
By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. %.
1T is difficult to make an angry
parent understand why the state
should interfere if the parent is
willing to permit his 14-year-old
son to work until 10 p. M, or get
up at q. m. and work until school
time, but it is the business of the
state to do so.
1.-THE great state of Indiana re-
fuses to consider its children as in
struments of production, but rather
as embryo citizens who must, in the
future, bear the responsibilities of
government"
Such was the outline of the Hoo
sier governmental policy regarding
child labor given by Mrs. Jessie
Gremelspacher, director of the
women and children division of the
state industrial board, before the
Monroe county conference on child
health and protection convened here
Friday.
1.-THE Indiana child labor law is
considered one Of the best in the
country and has served as a model
for other states" Mrs. Gremel-
spacher declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Mother of Nine Dies

CARMEL, Ind, Feb. 28.-Mrs.
Martha Stun, 70, mother of nine
children, was buried here. She
died at the home Of her son, Sam
uel Stun, in Anderson. She was
the mother of Mrs. Rosa Hattery.
wife of Sheriff Frank Hattery.
Other children are John and VIII
liam Stun, townsville; Curtis Stun.
Carmel; Alva Stun, Danville, Ill:
Harry Stun, Clayton; Mrs. Ellen
Bryant, Lebanon, and Mrs. Mary
Merideth, Hall. There are forty-
two grandchildren and twenty great
grandchildren.