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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
GEORGE SNYDER ENDS
10 YEARS OF SERVICE
Marker to Take Commits
sion Post Jan. |.

George Snider, Republican, retir-
ing county commissioner, ended ten
years of continuous service in public
Office today.
He will be succeeded as Second
district commissioner by Ernest K.
Marker, Democrat, Jan. l. Snider
served six years as commissioner
and was sheriff four years.
Complexion of the board will be
entirely Democratic in 1888.
Despite a rumor the board will
divide into two rival factions of the
same political faith, Don w. Vorhies
and Thomas Ellis, holdover mem
bers, predict harmony on all major
board policies in 1888.
Ellis is slated for board president
next year, succeeding Vorhies.
Only one appointment of major
Importance awaits the 1888 board
This is selection of a president of
the board of managers of the county
tuberculosis hospital at Sunnyside
to succeed DR.. Alfred Henry, lung
specialist, who died Dec. H.. Other
institution heads are expected to
remain in Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31


Called to the Office of the chief
during the day, Johnson waited on
some other callers to leave. He
thought he thoroughly had shaken
out a pipe he was smoking before
placing it in the pocket with the
comb. But he hadn't.
Shortly an odor like camphor per-
meated the air near johnson. He
noticed it, as did patrolman Otto
Fulton, standing beside him.
Soon Johnson found the source.
He has a heated spot on the right
side and began unloading the pock-
ct, from which the bottom had been
burned and the coat around it was
Smoldering.
THE worst of it is, that I was
wearing a new uniform on account
of holiday week" johnson mourned
today as he pulled a cigar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
MINE DISASTER
SHOWN IN FILM
Appalling Scenes in Reel;
Elevator Fire Features.

Striking scenes of the appalling
mine disaster which orphaned hun
dreds of youngsters Christmas eve
at Moweaqua, Ill, and of the spec
tacular Chicago waterfront fire
which took two lives and resulted
in almost $1,000,00O damage. in de-
stroyed grain elevators and their
contents, are shown in the current
issue of The Indianapolis Times
Universal NewSreel. Graham Nc
Nance, world famous radio an
nouncer, and the screens Talking
Reporter, wildly describes the two
catastrophes.
McNamee reports many other i'm
portant and interesting events in
the reel including riotous hockey
game, punctuated by frequent fist
fights, between the New York
Americans and the Toronto Maple
Leafs; the remarkable ice jam in
the Columbia river at The Dalles,
Ore; the early and spectacular
freezing of Niagara falls, and the
freeing of 200 prohibition" prison
ers by Governor James Rolph Jr.
of California as result of that
states reputation of it's dry law.
A childrens art school in Vienna,
where real juvenile genius is dis
covered and developed; giant
trans oceanic plane, now used as a
roadside gas filling station for auto
tourists, and a baby monkey being
raised in an incubator, are inter-
esting additions to the reel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
STATE MINE ACCIDENT
RATE SHOWS DECREASE
Fatal Mishaps, However, Increase
in 1881, Report Reveals.

Fatal Mishaps, However, Increase
in 1881, Report Reveals.
The coal mine accident rate in
Indiana for 1881 dropped to 1873
from. 146 for the previous year per
million-man hours of exposure, a
bulletin of the United States bureau
of mines received here today
showed.
Fatal accidents, however, in
creased to 3.71 from 1855 in 1880, on
the same basis. The fatality rates
increase was due to the Linton mine
disaster in January, 1881, when
twenty-eig men lost their lives
The decrease in accidents was reg
istered, however, despite the dis
aSter.
Mining deaths in 1881 totaled
fifty-seven in the state with 1889
men injured to the extent that at
least one days work was lost. A
total of 1871 men were employed
in 1881 to produce 14,295,165 tons
of coal in 1853 active mines.
The f1fty-seven deaths by coun-
ties were: Daviess, Greene and
Warrick, each; Gibson and Yer
million, 2 each; Vigo 7; Knox, 10,
and Sullivan, 33.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
u. S. DRY ONCE BEFORE,
AT CLOSE OF ICE AGE
Drought Was Chronological, Then,
Not Political.

By Science Serrice
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec. 81.
America went dry once before.
But it was long before Volstead or
any other prohibitionist was born,
and the drought was Genealogical,
not political.
Evidence presented at the meet
ing of the Geological Society of
America here today by Professor
Paul B. Sears of the University of
Oklahoma indicates that between
the close of the great Ice Age and
the present time there was a pro-
longed dry spell. At first it was
dry and cold, later it turned warm,
but still was dry.
Buried in peat boys all across the
continent are vast quantities of pol
len grains ard other plant remains
that have built themselves up, layer
on layer, ever since the glacial sheet
melted away. These give to the
trained botanist succession of pic
lures of the kinds of plants that
grew in the locality.
These strata of bog remains, to-
gether with other data, indicate to
Professor Sears that the climax of
the warm, dry epoch occurred be-
tween 1000 and 1000 B. c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Ruling on State Sinking
Fund Sought in Court

Complaint in the suit, an action
for a declaratory judgment was
prepared by Frederick E. Matson
of the law firm of Matson, Ross.
McCord and Clifford, with which
is associated in the case the firm of
Jones, Hammond and Buschmann.
general counsel for the Indiana
Bankers Association.
The sinking fund statute, it is
averred is in violation of both the
federal and state constitutions. 1t
directs that interest from all public
funds on deposit, regardless of
nature, shall be placed in the hands
OF the state treasurer until a fund
of $4,000 is created.
Sections suit is particularly con-
cerned as to whether interest on
several special funds is within pro-
visions of the sinking fund law.
These special funds include the Bar
rett law fund, public improvement,
school and park bonds.
Defendants include William P.
Storen, treasurer of state; the state
board of finance; trustees of In
diana university; James M. Ogden,
encouragement; county commits
sioners and council members; city of
Indianapolis; the city's sinking fund,
sanitary and park commissioners;
Pike towship; town of Speedway;
Gavin L. Payne, Grain Dealers Ma
tional Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual
Insurance Company, A. Otto Abel
and Frank w. Abel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
COUNTY LETS Y
CONTRACTS ON
1888 SUPPLIES
100000 Gravel Road, and
$4,000 Printing Items
Are Largest.

Contracts were awarded Friday by
county commissioners for various
supplies for use during 1888, the
largest items being for gravel roads,
approximately 100000, and print
ing. $4,000.
Successful bidders for road sup
ply contracts included the J. P.
Johnson Company. asphalt; bridge
supplies. Republic Creosoting Com
pany; cuivert pipe, w. j. .ONeall;
lumber, Republic CreoSoting Com
pany and Van Malta Lumber Com
pany: drain tile, Frank NJ. Bell
Company. and crushed stone, Ohio
Indiana Stone Company.
Sand and gravel contracts we're
awarded Omer Zook and the follow
ing companies:
American Aggregates, Brown
Hunstater, Fall Greek, Speedway.
Glenn's Valley. Indiana, Keystone
and Indianapolis.
The Capitol Diaries was awarded
a contract for milk and cream.
Next years supply of drinking
water in the courthouse will be pro-
vided by the Cartersburg Water
Company, on a bid of IL cents a
gallon against 10 cents bid by the
Crystal Springs Water Company,
which held the contract this year.
The w. H. Burford Company was
awarded the printing contract,
which it also held this year.
Contracts for tires and tubes were
awarded to the Federal Tire Com
pany and E. B. Oscar.
The Standard Oil Company will 8
provide gasoline and oil for county
institutions, its bid being ATS cents
off the current market price at time
Of purchase. The Campbell OIL
Company obtained an oil and grease
contract on bid of 4 cents of. =,
and the Perine Oil Company will
supply gasoline at the county garage
at AIS cents off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
RETIRED POLICEMAN
Is TAKEN BY DEATH
William Wheeler, II, Served as
Chauffeur for rs Years.

William Wheeler, II, Served as
Chauffeur for Is Years.
William Wheeler, II, Negro, re-
tired policeman, who served as
chauffeur of police patrols for
twenty-five years, died Friday at
his home, GAL Blake street, after a
lingering illness.
A member of the force for thirty
six years, Wheeler was retired on
Sept. 20, 1927. He became i'll in
October and had been confined to
bed since.
Wheeler was made a chauffeur
when the department first became
motorized. Prior to that time he
was employed in the police barns.
His son, Charles Wheeler, now is
assistant custodian at police head
quarters.
Survivors are the widow, the son
and a daughter living in Detroit.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31

1t was four years ago that Gin
ton Draper was retired, after serv-
ing nearly thirty years on the Ko-
komo fire department.
He resented the fact that he
should become inactive.
About him then he gathered a
group of old men who felt that they,
too, we're being Disseminated against
in finding work.
The organization was loosely con-
nected at first until a political cam
paign bound members together, and
they became power in local affairs.
James Robert McReynolds was
elected president. One night he
had a dream which gave him the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
PRESS BILL TO
BAN CONGRESS-
FUNERAL TRIPS
Costly Tributes Paid TO
Deceased Members
Held Unfair
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Copyright. 1882. by United Pressl
United Press stan Corresnondent


WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-An
effort to compel congress to abolish
its expensive official funerals for
deceased members is being pressed
by Chairman H. w. Summers Of the
house judiciary committee.
He has just sent a letter to
Chairman j. N. Sandlin of the
house legislative appropriations sub
committee, CONCERNING congress
sional funerals, and urging that
congress take action now forbidding
further expenditures for this pur-
pose.
Representative Summers in his
letter called attention to a recent
United Press dispatch which re-
ported on the basis of the latest
unpublished accounts of the clerk
of the house that train fares for the
funeral of the late Speaker Nicholas
Longworth amounted to $6,422. 20.
Summers said he knew Mr.. Long
worth would have disapproved of
that.
The Texas representative has in
troduced several bills and resolu-
lions to end this source of expense
which averages about $1,000 per
funeral.
No Longer Necessary
Summers reiterated what he said
when he offered his first anti-fu-
neral bill:
I'm the days when popular re-
spect for government was held
largely through the awe which pomp
and splendor and pageantly at
tached to official personages and
positions, there may have been some
real justification for this sort of
thing, but among a people who are
to follow principles as dis
tinguished from persons and where
public officials are merely private
persons temporarily called to the
public service, the expenditure of
public funds in connection with
congressional funerals can not be
justified.
Besides, the custom makes neces-
sary that members of congress aban-
don the discharge of public duties
while they go possibly thousands of
miles to be present at these flu
nerals.
81 believe most everybody now
recognizes it is not proper method
of showing respect for a, deceased
member. 1t is not proper expen-
diture of public funds.
Custom Held Unfair
Tt is not a proper use of the time
of members of congress.
This custom is unfair both to
the deceased, in whose honor it is
to be observed, and of the
living to continue it.
"The majority of the members of
congress want to abolish this Gus
tom. The difficulty is that it is a
thing which is established, and
when a member dies the customary
resolution is brought in as matter
of routine.
ITO defeat such a resolution
carrying out a custom older than
the government would be an overt
act of disrespect shown in the pres
ence of death. Nobody wants to do
that.
In order to avoid that and to
bring the matter to an end when
nothing of that sort would be in
volved, I have introduced this reso-
luton which gives the house an OPP
portunity to determine the matter
of policy free from any possible ap-
plication to an individual case"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
FUNERAL RITES HELD
HERE FOR DR.. ELLIS
Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary
Scene of Services for Educator.

Funeral services for DR.. Horace
Ellis, II, former state superintend-
ent of public instruction and father
of Howell Ellis, public service COM
missioner, were held today in Elan
ner and Buchanan mortuary.
DR.. Ellis died Friday at his home
in Chicago after an illness of two
weeks. He had been associated with
the Chicago headquarters of the Re-
publican national committee as
director of the western area.
Services were conducted by DR..
Abram S. Woodward, pastor of the
Meridian Street NJ. F. church.
Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
DUSTS ARE DANGEROUS

Experimental Explosions Show Some
Are Highly Destructive.
BIZ United Press
ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. 31.-Dust
may be just something to wipe off
to some people, but to researchers
at the department of agriculture
experimental farm it's quite differ
ent.
They have staged twelve expert
mental dust explosions and have
found that some dusts have highly
destructive powers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Suit Filed by Sexton
Against Long List of
Defendants.

Suit seeking a ruling on the con-
stitutionality of the statute creating
state sinking fund passed at the
special session of the legislature this
year, was filed Friday in Superior
court four by Timothy P. Sexton,
Marion county treasurer, against
long list of defendants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
idea of building a clubhouse.

idea of building a clubhouse.
Original working capital was 2
cents; j. E. Frederick, Kokomo cap
italist, donated bricks. Some one
else furnished a lot and work on the
clubhouse started.
1t is estimated that about $85
more cash will be needed to COM
plete the building.
Membership is limited -only to
those aged men who are willing to
work "Loafers" are not tolerated.
Last summer the, old men tended
nearly eighty-f1ve acres of gardens
in Kokomo. Their relief work has
been extensive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
HURLEY WILL RETURN
TO PRACTICE OF LAW
Secretary of War to Have Offices
in Tulsa and Washington.

IN Tulsa and washington.
By Scripps-HoWdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Secre-
tary of War Hurley is making
preparations to re-enter the prac-
tice of law when he retires from the
cabinet March 4.
He will reopen his Office in Tulsa,
and also will open an Office here,
probably in the Shoreham building,
one of the Washington properties in
which he is interested heavily.
Il shall not practice before any
department or before any congress
sional committee" Hurley said to-
day.
Hurley, contrary to popular i'm
preston, has no investments in oil.
The basis of his wealth, which he
places at modest figure, was real
estate, in which he invested his
earnings as an attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Jesse Merchant 2250 North Rural street
Chevrolet sedan. 59-06l. from garage in
rear of that address,
Leo Evans. 1907 North New Jersey street.
Ford COUPE l2s-9o6, from S45 North Ad-
Olson street.
Marvin c. Kuhn 23S2 College avenue
Maxwell coach. 1871 from GRAY and
washington streets.
Noble Dav 1917 Woodlawn avenue. Chew
rolet coupe. 64-7S4. from Pennsylvania and
WASHINGTON streets.
Tom Moore 1906 Brookside avenue. Plvm-
outh sedan taxi. i0i-025. cab No. 5. from
2254 pierson street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered hv police
belong 70:
ROY McCiain. 1918 Sterling street. found
az Sixteenth street and Ritter avenue.
stripped OF three wire wheels aud tires
Olcsmobiie coach. motor No. F-662i2.
fnund az New York street and Tacoma
avenue license i20-667 on car issued 10
Q. L, Rich 1888 South Richland avenue.
for Ford coupe No certificate Of title.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Old Mems Clubhouse at
Kokomo Built for $50
Dedicate Fine New Structure; Idea Worked Up by Retired
Man Who Defied Ideness.
BIZ Tnited Preaa

KOKOMO Ind, 3The Old Benevolent Association,
pension, dedicated its club house Friday night
a remarkable
zaon the clubhouse 32x80 feet $500 feet of floor
When the basement finished contain Kitchen dining
barber shoe repair shop fruit vegetable oehous beds
and fol- the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
Cools Off on Pipes
Police Captain Goes In for Cigars After Heated
Celluloid Comb Experience.

Captain Lewis Johnson of the police traffic department explained
today he smoking of the customary pipe
It is because small but which
peienced Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-31
TRACTOR CRANkS PLANE
Chicago Aviator Against Starting
Motors by Hand.

Motors by Hand.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 31-Ralph Caffa-
relic doesn't believe in starting air.
planes by hand. At the municipal
airport here he has rugged up a
tractor to do the cranking for him.
The power takeoff Of the tractor
is hooked up to the starting me-
chanism of the plane.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-11-10
Libby Commercial
Club Holds Short
Session Tuesday
Listens to Few Brief Reports, Dis
cusses q Project or Two and
Adjourns.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Libby Commercial club was held Tues
day evening, with dinner served to the
club in Woodmen hall by the Catholic
ladies. A most delicious chicken din
ner called forth much praise from the
diners.
Because of other attractions such as
incoming election returns and other af-
fairs the attendance was smaller than
usual Also because of the dance to
follow, sponsored by the club, the
business session was cut rather short.
President Wood presided and called
on W. G. Seims for report on what
had been done regarding the dance
to be held that night Mr.. Seims spoke
briefly, outlining arrangements made
Tor the reception of election returns,
etc
Walter Neils and Paul Curtis re-
ported also briefly on highway mat
ters, but nothing much that was new
was developed.
Carleton Joughin reported on flu
ture programs and it was decided to
90 ahead with program of a differ
ent nature 1t 1T IS not possible to put
on the mining program in December.
Jean Riley suggested that better at
tendance could be obtained at the
meetings if tickets are first sold for
the dinner. 1t was decided that here
after the committee having the pro-
gram in hand should also supervise
sale Of tickets.
Harold Miller reported that Libby
stores would be closed all day Armis-
tice day.
The matter Of resuming volley ball
games was discussed. MIR. Wood stated
the gymnasium at the school house was
ready and it was decided to hold the
first game the first Tuesday in De-
cember.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-11-10
Lions Enjoy
Another ROusing
Meeting Monday
Much Hilarity Mixed With Business
During Dinner Hour-Will Donate
to Relief Fund.

That the Lions club had helped ma
terlally in raising finances for the Lib
by-Corvallis football game was stated
in report made at the meeting of
the club held in the Turner Tavern
Monday evening. It was further stated
that without that assistance it would
have been impossible to raise the
necessary funds By pre-sale of tick
cts, in which number of Lions con-
tracted to take all the way from five
to 10 tickets, the revenue was mater
tally boosted. The club was able to
turn over to the school the sum of
$500 Coach Vogt expressed the
schools deep appreciation for this as
sistance
Last year the Lions contributed
$500 to the Libby relief fund. 1t was
proposed that an equal sum be do
mated at this time, but it was decided
to delay the contribution until later
in the winter because of the belief that
the need would be greater at that time
While discussing community relief,
Carleton Joughin offered to save sew
eral barrels full of soup bones If the
club would see that they were dis
tributed where most needed. His of
fer was readily accepted.
c. S, Webb, supervisor Of the Koo-
tenai national forest, gave an interest
ing statistical talk giving much in
formation regarding the work the for
est service is doing here and the
amounts Of money being expended in
its various efforts. He also told Of the
forests income from sale Of timber,
poles and from grazing, rs per cent
Of which is returned to the county
from which it is derived. Few people
have any real conception of what the
forest service means to the community,
in number Of men employed, wages and
salaries paid, and costs of material and
supplies purchased Mr. Webb's talk
helped to remove some of this lack of
understanding.
The meeting, as usual, was lively
and poppy one, with gales Of laughter
heard constantly. Two new members
were added TO the roll being r. w.
Swarens and Donald Hargreaves.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-11-10
Libby Students
On BObkittcnS
Team at BOzeman
Schuyler and Keller, Former Libby
Football Stars. Make Freshman
Team at State College.

MISSOULA, Nov. 8.-When Montana
State Colleges Bobkittens met the
State university's Grizzly Cubs in
Missoula Saturday in the annual set
to between the freshman teams, two
former members of the Libby high
school team were in the starting Kit
ten lineup. George Schuyler, left
tackle, and Millett Keller, right guard,
were the men who wore the blue and
gold jerseys Of the Bozeman school.
The university's Cubs passed and
smashed their way to a 1910 victory in
the big little game" classic which
featured Henry Blastic hard driving
Cub quarterback from Chicago, ILL.,
The defensive work Of Schuyler for
the Kittens was particularly outstand-
ing, drawing special mention from the
sports writer on the Missoulian
The game was the thirteenth renewal
OF the freshman fued and marked the
seventh win for the Cubs.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-11-10
Annual Armistice Day Program,

The members Of Austin Reedy post
Of the American Legion have arrange
ments made for brief commemorative
services to be held at the memorial
monument on Boulevard avenue on
Friday, Armistice day, at IL o'clock
a, m. Legion members and members of
the band are requested to meet at Le-
gion hall at 10 o'clock Friday morning,
from whence they will march to the
monument for the services.
On the night of Armistice day. the
REGULAR annual Armistice day dance
will be held by the Legion. All ar
engagements are made for this event
that always calls out a large crowd
and the usual fine time is anticipated
by those who enjoying dancing. Fifty
per cent Of the net proceeds from the
dance is to be donated to the local
relief fund