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10 SilTMSUWOF VllltE IS PLAH State and City Health Officials Confer. TO STUDY SEWAGE PLANT A conference oa arrangements for a itnKarr survey of White river, to 'determine means for removing pollution from the atrear and to con Mer the effect cf the present condition of the river on the water upply of the city. waa held at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday afternoon, following a. luncheon. Attending the conference wr representatives of the atate board of wealth, the city board of health, the ity sanitary commiiilon, the state oneervatlon coroniHslon and the la ilanapolls v.atr Company.

It vraa expected pta na woull nade for an extenelve surrey of the tve to I'arn it rendition now "rem a aanitary standpoint, to determine the effect the recent opening of the new city dis oal plant In cleareiaar the water aouth of ti to decide Mher questlona. IT FOLK SMI GATHFPIIIR HELD wasa www www Caatlaaee frees Fa.ge One Vy firing threa ahota at three men hta home. Clubs, Lead rip felseat. Fifteen cluba. twelva pleeea of laad pipe, plecea of rubber hose and revolver uaed In tha skirmish wera aeited by tha police.

The riot atatled ahortly before midnight, when a procession of mora than 309 Klansmen's cars were su4nly attacked. Aa tha firat car a a lh ea 4 ri ws rut MxA 1 a 41 1 1 i i i 1 a Ktiia ai A awinaTinr II A Uutnant Roy Kimball and twenty state troopere who had patrolled tha grounds surrounding tha Iirrter field at Berlin, where a Klan meeting had been held, were escorting 'ha Klan machines through Clinton when tha riot start ol. YK cuctnti of tha Klan machines jumped to tha ground, and within a short time numerous fist fJghts wera In progress, while tha state troopera tried vainly to keep order. ha Ira, newer Fete Tkrewa. Cluba and rocks flaw right and left, windows wera shattered and shrill cries of women In nearby houses contributed to 'the disorder.

Flower pots, porch chairs and other movable objecta wera taken from porches and lawne and used In tha a ffray. Tha roadway waa atrewn with rocks, clubs and broken lass. State and local police finally gelnd control of tha aituatlon and assorted tha Klan cara out of town. Th selectmen of Clinton have appealed to Governor Fuller to have a state investigation. of tha trouble.

All defendanta plesded not guilty whn arraigned In Clinton district court on a charge of violating a town bylaw by participating in a parade for which no permit had been issued sod on a charge of disturbing the peace. They wera held In ball or 1100 each (or later bear ft Ire waa held in 1309 bail on additional charges of assault with intent to kill and possession of a revolver without a permit. John Hate. of I'bllHpston; Karl Parker, of Clinton, and Herbert Ruse, of Worcester, wera charged with possessing dangerous weapons. ARMDRYSITERAZING TO BE BEGUN JULY 1 Coettauea from page One Tince tha state government ben relieved of meettna; the rolls of the atata militia by baa ry tne federal government, the providing ci armory 'acuities is tna only obli gallon that tha state ta called on to ass'inie for the men who atand ready to tve their eervicve and their Uvea.

ji nrcfinrj in times or neea. Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Wyionr. head of the judge advocate general's department and member a rf the armory board aald. in com menfing on tna new armory: "Three times within tha last two years, the Indianapolis nnita of the rrri nave reen obllaed to vacat tfteir ouartere and will again have move the first, of January; from fru to Mm tney have teen ousted eetafcjisrinir tnern under one ro in a buiiainr thet will be crdlt to. the sta will go far.

In my en mat Ion, toward creating a rw era of usefulness for tha Indi an national guard. Jatereated fa Atkletle reealbllltlea. Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Ax tell, commanding officer of tha Quartermaster corra of the Indiana national guard, expressed himself as particularly interested in the and physical training pos alMlHlea that tha new armory would Cf'l up. "XHh the rrmnaslum faclltttea at heir dtapoaat.

th lndiaimpolle fixture companies uui rave an op yortunlty enter a field of actlv. itv that win go far to rreata creator interest In eruard arvlre id. "Athletic larues doxtbtlesa fill no formed within the local com Tnie. out of wr, a renrenta. tlv tKm can be trained which can Tn't the first trams of the state.

Is the capital of the akewn won ana the new ar rtcrv with Us proposed au tSltf rlum rirtll hall. where arrest crowd can be assembled to wlines athletic ronteata, ran rnade th Cter of that activity lieoatise of hl enthusiism for thla vrk, If la thoueht In guard ctrclea that Colonel Aatell In time be appointed the athletic director of the lcl armory bard; He aee In th auMettlnar of the proposed 1rTl hall for mal athletic? events In the city a. sruri a of revenue that will aid materially In the meetiriff of th re tt of 7 jer cent if the t'dal C'st annnaliy tc the TVcplea Slat 1 auk. which is irsar.clag the project. Neve Ura fr CaarJ See.

r.obert H. ndlU eommandins; officer of the 3Sth division, and a member cf the armory beard, said that The completion it the reROtlatlcna that assures the city of Indianapolis cf an armory to house Ita natloral guard tinlta. marka the beglrnlrs of a new era In local guard life and influence and a need that has los existed. There is r.othlrr. In rnv otlnloR, tv3t will po far in estabiiehlnR the national guard on a a M.nd and isful as the erect ine of sultat le armory aeliitlcs." has heen behind In the prevlvllne for armory f.

cllities for ite ifur.1 troops. fcr many years," lie continued, "ar.d it hs I ffit a test patriotism for tts Idler to maintain, tye tandard of military uiTimnt and readmefji to erv tinder these ad rt r.diti.'r It therefore, with a iit t( nnd p'asure that look, forward a place with our sister states in the nat ter of prcyrly housire the man wno in time of iiei.1 muse form the first llre o. the nation's defer.e. "It 1 also appropriate that Tndl ariapolis. which Ism been honored bf the federal srovernnnt in that it Tr9 been s.i the head iuRrtera of tH Sth 1 was of the tirrt five rational i I giona to receive ft icwcsnltion.

provide suitable quarters for the di vision headquartera. To sucn an armory aa la now assured, Indiana oolia can noint with pride whein visitors from the atatee of Kentucky and Wear Virginia, tnai compoae. with Indiana, the 8th divtsion. are here. The operatlona of the entire division will be directed from the proposed armory.

rn hi members of the armory board whlcn completed the negotiations with the Peoples State Bank Monday night for the financing and erection of the armory are: Governor Kd Jackaon. General Keranner. Captain Wilbur F. Smith, State Senator Robert Moorhead and Walter fc cades. Approved fcy Uleeae.

ifxrrr illetse. secretary of tha 'In diana. Taxpayers Association, aald Wednesday he approves of the pian for the conatruction of the armory. aurelr am for that armory project," he aald. I believe will crove a happy aubstltute for the rolossenm that haa been suggesiea for Indianapolis." CRY BUS FIGHT ON 1 AGAIN AFTER LULL Csmtlaaeat Far Orsa ed at the company's request for the permit to run the eeder' bus ex tension IO IBI nan street car line.

"He aald the vicini ty west of the present terminus IS gTOWinSf rapiai; iiu uwua feeder" service. Xeeeeelty Seem. On" croes exAminatlon Todd said that in spite of thav fact that tna company operates street cr rtAB street to Sheridan ave nue, public convenience requires the proposes rew i or Um aif that the operation of the "feeder" line In Central avenue Wad not been promaDie. ne hks Central avenue feeder" Una hauled about the same number or passen gers earn day aa ids womr iau.u Company's Brightwood line. He salu mat xne "feeder line was less prontaDie than the Central "feeder" and was distinct loss.

A Todd said the Street Railway Company could operate tne nueea at about 15 to St cents a bus mile, lie aald the receipts on the New York bus line woujo do aooui cents a bus mil. ioaa esumswa the average fare on the street cars at .2 cents tthle belnar the figure shown In. December, 1924). Accord ing; to hie eetlmate. the average rare on the proposed New York and Cen tral bua linea would do nigner tnan the other line.

Jamea W. Noel, attorney for the Motor Coach Company, drew from Todd a statement that the Street Railway company. waa airecisa to extend Its Illinois street line, hut never did and that the oraer later waa revoked. TnAA aald that the company still contemplates extending; ita Falrvlew street car line in Boulevard place north to Forty sixth or Fiftieth street from Forty second street. Xa Heve Terk Street Experience haa shown, he said.

that there Is quite a demand for bus service in New York street and that the company Is ready to provide It He stid in his opinion, however, the street csr service in the" district la adeauate. He denied that he told Bowman, in S22. that the operation of buses could not be profitable and that the street car company would not place bases In operation. aald the present "feeder lines were not operated under city Jitney ordinances or under permission from the city controllers office, but as extensions to the existing; street car lina. Todd mat tne average coat of operation of buses to private con cerns would be from to zs cents bus mile, as compared, with la to It cents at which he had estimated the Street Railway Company could run buses.

He said the low est cost on the Capitol avenue line had been 11.7 cents a bus mile. Depreciation at per cent, was cnerged. he The Kev. George M. Smith, super intendent of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, eaia me estannsnment or bua line In Capitol avenue would be a disadvantage to the hosrltal because of the Increased noise.

The Motor Coach Company buses, he said, have buses of such a nature aa to atartle patients. on cross examination, he aald that a bua on (hat street carried, for in stance, ten or twelve passengers, who. in the absence of the bus, would drive their own automobiles, the sbsence of these ten automobiles wouia te a fliiunct advantage provided that the bns Itself did not make too much noise. Ft rat Baa Wltaeaa. Bowman waa the firat writneaa In support of his concern's application for the beginning lines.

He said me route to be traversed by his Park Carrolton line now Is trav eraea irom Monument VSJrde to aireet ana t. ayne avenue by the Brightwood line. He said the northern terminal of the I'ark Carrollton line la Forty eighth street. He described the existing transportation facilities In the neighborhood, to be traversed by the varioua routes, In reaard In 1Y, a tr 'a ewa vr va ejf (e an Street route to Broad Itinnta said express cara would run from Monument Circle without atop to runT'niin iiri. snd men would rvc riT ana aiscnarge passengers between there and Broad Ripple.

on tnia route would be 10 cents, aa far aa Fort. lh, treet, and ents to Broad ine ivenwood llerldlan route, he ain aoea not traverae a boulevard nu. m. iiraiKtit Meridian route does In Meridian atreet from Fall cr ek to the canal. Iurinir May.

Bowan aald. the Cen crai avenue line carried l.tZi taa tnfr A "chedule of receipts for all linea for May showed 120 157 On this basis the ltnea carried 203. 3 passengera. Transfers, he said, represent a negligible amount. Receipts for the lines in the month eS.eJOs: Central.

M.TO.tC: New York. H.O5.09. and Brhtwood. 4Trl? 1UU nrlsg Ea4t(. The eommlsslon Tuesday ended Ita hearing cf the application of the Chicago, South Bend Northern Indiana Hallway Company for a be rinnera certificate to run a bua line between feouth Bend and Michigan The Jahng Bua Company, of La porte.

which now Is operating; a bus line between; the two cities protested arslnst the railway con cern a application The commission wa to hear the application of the Jahna concern for a certificate under the ninety day clause for a route between i a porta and South tend but tha railway company raised a question about cMvMIbk the oompany'a South Bend Mich an City route into two application a. Some time ago the bua com pany received a permit to run be tween lporte and Michigan Oty, the certificate being granted by the commission on the theory that there waa no protest ioma question waa raise aa to whether there 'had been a protet fact. The commission aald that ff thrr ii 1en the rase would be The commission post pprifd the bus company's petition tor a certificate to do a bua business in MK Mfiin City until the railway company could file a proteat. ciLiMott files DEnmnrns. State Opsoaes Tractlea Cenaaaay Actios lavetvlaa; Baa Law.

Arthur 1 GUlioro. attorney general. Wednesday filed, demurrers In the Marlon circuit and superior courta against the two suits filed May t3 by the Terre Haute. Indl ar.apolia Eastern Traction Company asratnst the public service commission to enjoin the comrr.Is slon from granting certificates under the ninety day grandfather" clause of the) new bus resrulatory law to the Iii Bail LJnea between Ir.diar.ap?lis and Rlch ir.otd ani to Josejh Uregs between Harmony and Terra Haute. The two aulta were in fact an attack on tha constitutionality of the "grandfather clause of the bua law.

The attorney general alao filed motiona la each caae to dissolve temporary restraining ordera which the courta granted May 2 against the commission. The motions to dissolve contained the eame allegations aa the demurrers. The caees are to be beard next Saturday, the Gregg case in the superior court and the Hlne case In the circuit court The restraining ordera were issued to remain In effect until that date. A separate demurrer and motion waa Hied in eacn 7 trounds for demurrer were Identical each instance. In support of.

the lBurrtr tne attorney eura sCted firat that the complaints failed to preaent facts which ihowa thai the traction company and the state have made a contract by which the state haa agreed not to permit the public highways in the territory described to used by any one for the purpose of conduct In the bualneas of a common carrier by means of motor vehicle while the traction line la conducting; Its business In the same territory. Another assertion waa that the complaints likewise failed to show that the state has agreed by contract that if public convenience and necessity requires the sarvicee of common carrier on the highways py meana of motor vehicles that the state would not permit ethers than the traction company or any subsidiary of it to give such service on the highways. A third allegation in the demurrer waa that there were no facta in tne eompiamii that any obligation of contract ba the BANKERS PLAN WAR AGAINST BANDITS Coatlaaed frosa Fagre Oae expense ana as a reun eonferences were arraneea WUI out the details. Among tnose wno conference this aiternoon oiyr the scheduled conference wiua Governor and stateoff Icials. were j.

v. Carpenter, or wrssu. prwioem of the aaaoclatfon; Miss Forba Mc Daniel, secretary: A .0. Brown. Greencaatle, chairman of tha protec tive committee; ciauae o.

jviiwrmaii, Cambridge Oty; waiter twnner. Qreensburg: aj. oz mour. and oss oaunar. resentatlva or tne iowa panr sociation.

who la workinr In In diana and Illinois in tne oraye against bandits. 'Ta Aaalreaa Saunders will leave Thursday for Greensburr, where ne win address members or liroup am caot aiAiiittaa. which is composed of representatives of banks nnd trust companies in lourjeen couiiiii i that part of the state. Mr. Brown will addreaa the meetljiaT and will outline the steps that have been taken by tner groups towara put ting Into effect the low pian.

is unaerstooa mac in aom oi the recent conferences mat nave been held In regard to the holdup situation in the state mere nas been some discussion of the em filoyment of armed gruards, special skilled In marksmanship, tn each of the 7 0 banica of the atate for the purpose of resisting; the efforts of the bandits. It also is reported that use of the national gruard aa an. emergency expedient to cope with the bandit aituatlon haa been dlacussed. Arordlaa to Mr. Carpenter, pres ident of the Bankers' Association.

te vtriianta 1 an. which been adopted by all except one group of the Indiana Association, has proved more than 90 per cent successful in Iowa. Will 8to Barak Banditry 7 "The establishment of this plan In' Indiana, wlh trained vigilantes on the Job In each of the ninety two countlee of the state, will soon put a stop to bank banditry In Indiana." he said. the meantime. the bankera expect to have an emer ency plan in force that will make hort order of the bandita until the lewa plan Is In operation.

St easgeaBBasaaBBBSaMBBSMBSaSaMSSsasSBBBBsaSBSBB SIX HELD AS SPEEDERS Tee Other Mea CTs.ar.red Wlta Six persona were arrested on speeding charges in the laat twenty four hours and two others were arrested on charges of driving automobiles while Intoxicated. Thoee arrested on speeding charges grave their names and addressee aa follows: Henry Winkleraan, 1704. Union street: Conney iturke, 1234 Brookstde parkway: A. Sacka. Wlthrop M.

Leisure. Seventieth Kssex streets: Bernle Johnson, Lafayette; William LJeske. Ben Davis. Hinklemanvand Burke were alao charged with aaaault and battery and Burke waa. charged with vagrancy alao.

Burton 15tl Kappea street and William McCarty. 4lil Ittnrrold avenue, were arrested on charges of drunkenness and operating motor vehiclea while under the Influence of liquor. liurk was arrested after his automobile struck an automobile driven byj William Da via. Drexel Oardena. at Harding' and Raymond streets.

Davis waa hurt in the back. McCarty was arrested after the ntli tiarf been called to the" vi cinity of Troy avenue and the Bluff road by a report that a man was bleeding to death after an automobile accident, A police emergency and a City iioa pital ambulance went to the scene. Police said McCartye automobile was wedged against a telephone pole and McCarty. with a slight wound tn the neck, had a small bottle filled with white mule which he had salvaged from the wreck. MERCURY DROP WELCOME Relief Fresi Sesrealag Days Last nMMfs Rata la Slckt.

The bllsterlnr. scorchinr weather of a tew daya ago waa almost for arotten by Indlanapolla cittzena Wedneaday when they were fanned by a cooling breese. with the temperature nearly thirty degreee lower than during the hot, days laat weeX; Temperaturea reported hourly by the government weather bureau showed a drop in the mercury of from twelve to sixteen decrees from corresponding hours of As an example, at 1 Wedneaday the temperature was V0 decrees, aa compared with aegrees at tne same hour Tuesday. J. II Armingxon, meteorolog lat.

Wedneadav predicted continued cooler weather for Wedneaday nirht and Thursday, savin there would not Ih any considerable change from Wednesday's temperaturea. Further disappointment for the of Marlon county Indicated tn the prediction that a much desired rainfall is not likely In the next few hours. INJURED BY ANGRY COW naaus Llviaat Xesr Falaad Saved sr SSW. (Sedal to The Indlanapolla Xewej itriAni IndL. June It.

Mrs. Herry Fraxier living four miles east of Poland. aa seriously Injured today when she waa butted attains! the concrete wall of a barn by an ansrry cow. Her nephew had to beat the animal on the bead beiore be could raca Mrs. Fraxier.

rt received fractures of three ribs and the collar bone and la alao Internally injured Mr. Frailer was killed two years ago whea jjaUr.ovtrtttrnei.6a.lilia.. ROSES DROPPED Oil VETERANS FROM AIR esstfsmew xreaa Page Oae made a strong bid for the convention but waa outvoted. The aaaault of time on the thinning; blue ranks waa noted in the address of.F. M.

VanPelf of Ander aon. state commander, before the veterana today. "One of the dMsappointmenta." aald tho commander, "that met me waa the ravages of old Father Time on the physical (Itness of comrades for active service. Many who were active the year before In our work were, when called on. unable to take part In any of the active affairs of oar order.

Such disappointments will become gTeater each succeeding; year, and those who can must rally to the support those having the work in hand and assist in many thingrs that ahould be done while we are an organized body. Commander VanPelt urged the importance of keeping the Grand Army record a in perfect condition, as a part of the historical data of the stats. He also reviewed fhe ha traction company and 3 la the department leerislatlve state or between me iraciiB pany and any other person or concern would he Impaired by the rrantinsr of certificates to either the Hiner Bed Ball Lines. Ine or to Gregr. the applicants in the case in aBAnother allegation In the waa that complaint failed to grive facta ahowinsj that this part of the bus law 1 ft i tvt ion or that the legislative determination public convenience and necessity in the proviso of the bus law the grandfather clause is arbitrary or QUICK TfsTtft tn.

calling attention to fact sat the aaaembly had ap the appro friated for a monument to ndlana on the battlefield of Vicks burgv and decrying; the killing of the bill designed to prevent desecration of Memorial day. TiA fArpwae aVawaama sa 1 am rha7e. said, "hut the latter, be It aald to the shame of our legislature, was permitted to die. In the committee room, to the great disappointment of the veterana of the state and we think a very keen diaappolnt ment to all the loyal, law abiding people, of the state." Ceaapetitlea fer Office. Keen Interest has been aroused In the selection of a new commander in Thursday's election, the three contestants for the honor having; started vigorous campaigns.

The two' most" active candidates are James W. Spain, of Evanaville, and Grant, of Indianapolis, while David Strouse. of the. third entrant, has a creditable Spain and Grant badgea are seen everywhere." i No opposition haa developed to the proposal to elect tha Kev. Frank Huston, of Indianapolis, commander of the Sons of Veterans.

lie would succeed Benjamin K. Stahl. of Terre Haute, and Robert P. Shanklin. of Frankfort, Junior vice commander, would be advanced to senior vice commander, succeeding Cook, of Danville.

Mrs. Cora Hasfurder, of Terre Haute, treasurer of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary. Is expected to be made commander of the organisation. She would succeed Cora II. Shelton.

of Greencaatle. Members of the Women's Relief Corps, headed by Mrs. Nellie S. Cooper, of presented flags to the Boy Scout and Girl Scout trooos. which have been in constant attendance on the veterana since arrival here.

The Relief Corps also held a memorial service. and. following; the parade, waa to elect officers. Thoee mentioned comuander are. Mr a.

Grace El Hoff merer, of Indianapolis: Mrs. Mollis Eppler. of Gary, and Mra Savanna Groves, of Kniarhtstown. Talks were made to the Sons of Veterans, at the business session Wednesday, by Frank Shellhoure and Newton J. McGutre.

of Indlana rolls, paat atate commanders, and State Commander Stahl. In the afternoon the Sons of Veterans and I the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary held joint memorial services for tha dead soldiera Seaater, Geveraev 8 peak era. An elaborate program, in the charge of Judg Claude Ai. Smith, of the Gtbaon circuit court, haa been prepared for the areneral campflre meeting "Wedneaday night. Senator James Watson and Governor Ed Jackson, will be the principal.

speakers. All state commanders of the varioua affiliated org anlxationa are on the prorram for short talks. Colonel J. S. Wrlg ht.

of Rockport, olnety three years old and believed to be the last civil war regimental commander in Indiana, la attending' the encampment and ta stepping: around aa apryly aa some of the seventy five and elg hty year old boys He commanded tba 25th Indiana infantry in Sherman's march to the sea. and in the advance northward sommanded the Sd brigade. 1st division of the 17th army corps. Colonel Wright says he led the first federal troopa into Columbia. S.

C. after It was burning He asserts the city was fired by the retreating; Confederates and that the historic controversy is a closed incident as far as he is concerned. "I still like to ride a horse, he said, casting an approving eye at a part of Battery D. Princeton's unit of the Indiana national gruard. passing; by.

"and I haven't used giaeeea tor twenty years." James3 R. Henry, formerly a familiar figure around Republican state bealquartera at Indianapolis, came from Wash! art on to attend the reunion. He now, la connected with the aiien property cuatodian's of tee. Robert Baltxell. Judge of the United States district court, arrived Wednesday from Indianapolis, to at A The TL 1 i.i,, ('1" IMllUlilMBlWlUl Williams it l.T' ill rrn iaatrftfr Si "I IS IS i in; i tend the encampment, rrfneeton Is the home town of the Judge.

fVatleaal Delegate XasaeeV Delegates and alternates to the national G. A. It. convention at Grand Flrapida. August 30.

were selected at Wednesday's sessions of the Grand Army men They are as follows: First district. Pchree der. Evanaville. and James S. Wriaht, Hocknort: Second.

Jamea Ransom, Bloomington. and It. P. Gardner. Martinsville: Third.

Charles Strsach. Jeffersonville: Fourth. W. F. Ken dell.

Columbus, and P. W. Brown. Franklin: Fifth, T. J.

Cotton. Terre Haute: Sixth. William Matthews. Newcastle, and B. F.

Mumhy. Rtcta mond: Seventh. Charles Chappell and Leonldas Baxter. Indianapolis: Eighth. Jacob L.udy, Union City, and 1.

IV GUDtn. Portland: rsintn. wu liam Kenin. Frankfort, and T. It.

Caldwell. Lebanon: Tenth. P. A. Hoi liday, Monticello.

and G. W. Brlng ham. Otterbeln: Eleventh. D.

C. An derson. Huntington, and John P. Logansport; Twelfth. Jo aeph iilcttley.

Ft. "Wayne; Thlr ivenio, ainuna wtri, ovum i Bend, and A TJnneshagen, Ke wanna. The G. K. selected a council of administration to serve for the next year, aa follows: First district, Schreeder, Evanaville: Second, Charles W.

Shaw, Bloomington; Third. James I Miller. Jeffersonville: Fourth. Alonso Murphy, Greensburgr; Fifth. Edward O'Nell.

Terre Haute: Sixth. Lafayette Lars h. Richmond; Seventh. Frank M. Hay.

Indlanapolla; Eighth. S. Bowen. Lynn; Ninth. W.

E. Whit tlnghill. Lebanon: Tenth. W. F.

Molyneaux. Gary; Eleventh. Fred H. Hartel. Logansport; Twelfth.

David N. Foater, Ft. Wayne; Thirteenth. J. W.

Poyser, South Bend. Veterana will make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, at Lincoln City. MRS, IVA CRAYTON DIES Flalafleld Womaa Took Peisea Twa Weeks Aape. Mrs. Iva Crayton, ag thirty, wife of Sherman Crayton, of Plalnfleld, and daughter of B.

R. Inman, of Danville, a state senator, died In the Methodist Hospital as the result of poison which she took more than two weeks ago. Dr. William A. Doeppers, deputy coroner, after investigating the death, turned the body over to the coroner of Hen dricka county.

It waa aald Mrs. Crayton took the poison following; a disagreement with members of her family. The funeral will be held Thursday it 1 at the home In Plalnfleld. Mrs. Crayton is survived by her husbsnd, her father brothers and a sister.

For a year, while her father was owner of the Plalnfleld Messenger, she edited the XT .1 Greek ifijlli; tii! i.ii'i I mi i 1 i is I. Ml, 'Ii. I. In. I'1' I.

I I. i 'illiiilil, Mlirijii''' I 1 i mi III 1 tr' i s. i fl.0UjMMI,,1 i For 51 Years We Have Never Paid Less Than V'alley is the Switzerland of Marion County." Charles A. Book waiter Will You T4 Teach him To. Save The United States is the sreate'st and hzj land on earth because it was founded by thrifty, industrious people.

It ccn tinues to prosper amazingly becaur: its people work harder and save more than any nation on earth. If your boy or girl is to have his rightful chance in such a nation, it is your duty to teach him the value! of money and of work. There is no better way than by a Saving Account. Start him here, now. Acscb Over 00,500,000 ILiOAN Association i.

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