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PAGE FOUK THE PTOUA' D'AILY CALL FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930 PIQUft DAILY CALL Eil.bHiked 1653 C. P. iiuA ablltritl Mhii Published Sunday al BIG vening Korlh Street, fiqua, Miami Couniy Ohio. who had all this time com- plaining ol Jaywalking ot children and o. imguard- ed railroad crossings, li leaves us without an alibi for our own disrc- Embraclhg Jht gal tne san( ru i es driving.

"''lies of many cities and states; is Ihe I chief cause ot our major accidents I today. Others lay the fatalities to the mlxturs -Ji intoxication and sliced. Still'others blame the accidents on inadequate enforcement. Whatever the cause, -however, it IS the driver who, is to blame lor the increase of aulo fatalities in this country. It is the man who i weaves In and out through heavy I traffic, who cuts corners to the left, i who spurts ahead before the light Membfr of ihii 'Select Ohio nas turned green, who stops short quickly, who disregards all but hlm- Is this driver who Is to blame Nitlonil 'Advertising Repreaenimivc for our street accidents.

The John Cullen Company, rrin- souih Michigsn Avenut, Chicago; more careiuj, more 501 Fifth Avenue, York Clly; General Motors Detroit. Entered 'second class cnailBr at Ohio, under the act 01 Congress of March 7, 1872. NEWS FROM THE COURTS OF Ml AMI COUNTY AND HAPPENINGS IN TROY 17 INDICTMENTS RETURNED FRIDAY Telephone Business Offlcs II £illtorlal HnohiS 21 City Editor 10; Dally newspapers, Ohio Dalllefc and Association. Mich. A THOUGHT But he that slnneth agauist me Tvrongeth his own Proverbs 6:36.

Sin is essentially a departure from Luther. TOO MANY REGULATIONS Modern life, being i pretty complicated affair, requires a good deal of organization. There have to be a lot of rules, a lot of files, a lot of formulas and a lot ot set ways of doing tilings. If there weren't, every city and every business or public concern in it would be house. siderate, and we shall avoid having gruesome accident toll upon our But sometimes it looks as if our organization were a bit ioo much for us.

We get tangled up in red tape and take a spill every so oflen, and it isn't pleasant. The other day a Cleveland youngster set out to hop a ride on railroad freight train. Climbing up on a moving box car, he slipped and tell New York, May while strolling: West Indians with bats on way to. play cricket in Van courtland Park, Harrison Fisher, the llliMialor, a study in gray- gray hats, gray shirt, tie, suit and spats and gray hair. Dry cleaning agents who await mud spattered mad- i riders at riding academies on rainy days.

Clothing shop advertises: Grand Jury Submits Report This Morning Before Judge W. D. Jones. Seventeen Indictments, etven of them secret, were filed by.the May 6 term grand jury with Judge W. Jones today.

No dsle was set for assignment by Judge Jones. The jury, which convened Monday morning, examined 90 wiincssc was submitted 10 cases on transcript and seven cases on Information, returned 11 true hills, ignored and continued one for further consideration by th? next grand Jury. The jurors visited Die county jail and found It in good i-oiidllion. ex cept that the juvenile tii to be painted and comi sheriff and his associates excellent care of the prisoners. The jury recommends that the interior of the juvenile quarters of the jail be "painted and that the commissioners purchase 15 new chairs for use in the room.

Open Indictments were returned here presented, decided In favor ot he of agriculture and that case wns taken to the- supreme court. The higher court held In hat case that the act was not only constitutional but that full compen- atlon be paid fof the property tl- Is not required by the const! tution. "In all cf the cases which we have been able to find It has been held thai where the actual number of cattle is shpwn as provided in section 1221-18 ahd the number of callle so tested Is shown to be no per cent or more of all the cattle in the county, the director' of agriculture Is to provide tiie enforced testing of the remain- in? ten per cen.t. This, we think, is the in this case and justifies this court in holding that the judgment of the court must be in favor of the defendants. "Motion for a now-trial, if filed, may be overruled.

"Judgment accordingly." WAPAKONETA MAN IS ELECTED HEAD DISSOCIATION Aea Crawford Honored at Meeting of Building and Loan Officials Here. yotc by saying later actldn on prohibition "matters was desired In order tlial the committee might have a chance to "make a declaration so powerful in behall of prohibition ihat it can be heard around the world," Bishop Cannon justified his tight against'Alfrod Ei Smith In the last elections 6n the grounds tlial he acted as a private citizen and not as chairman of the board of temperance. STITCHERS' CLUB cVthiJORGANIZED THURSDAY for their Organisation of the Maid Stitchers 4-H club was effected Thursday afternoon at Gingliams- burg under the direction of Miss to the track, mangled. One leg was badly panta suits for book-keepers." Over dressed matrons who price buy turnips. Stage mothers with their rapt air ol "sacrifice." Winnie Shchan's chubby red cheeks.

And extraordinarily long eyelashes. What's become ol Bird Mlllman? Roy W. Howard, Carlo, boy who made good in the city. Fat men who wear dinky derbies. The mSI- ancholy splendor of dying sun.

And Ilia sidewalk ticket speculators against the following persons: A. N. Phillips, obtaining money and property uhdcr false pretenses; Carl Voorhis, driving a motor vehicle without consent of the owner; Can McOllI, shooting wilh intent to wound; Delmar Cillilnnd. mirelary; Bryant Erlsman, arson; Hurry McDowell, burglary; Oilbtrt Knees, robbery; Daniel Ryan, rohbcry; Thurman Landenbcrg. incest Glenn Peacock, selling mortgaged property with consent of the owner.

The cass of Charles E. Collins, charged with embezzlement, was continued for consideration by the next grand jury. Asa Crawford, secretary of the Wapakoneta Building Savings Company of Wapakoneta is the new president ot tht Third District of the Ohio Building Association League. Who uhtll yesterday was vice-president of the district organization was advanced to presidency at the annual election held yesterday afternoon during the semi-annual conference conducted at the Piqua dolf Oliib. A Miami County man, Maurice Kessier, secretary of the Milton Loan Savings Association of West Milton, former district secretary was elected vice-president.

D. H. Wheeler of Greenville and secretary ot the Greenville Building Loan company was named secretary. Crawford succeeds Fred W. Arnold of BellefonUine at head of the district association covering 11 counties and including 49 institutions.

Yesterday's convention here arranged ty Seth MeColloeh and Louis G. Peffer with the Piqua building and loan institution officers as hosls lo exactly 115 build- PI QUA-IS MS LOLA HILL Ruth Minturn, county home demonstration agent. Officers elected are Betty L. La- cliy, Mildred Krlegar vice president; Margaret Webstor secretary; Mary J. Martlhdalc treasurer; Doris Garman, reporter and Elnora Mount, recreational leader.

Mrs. Ada Palmer and Mrs. C. H. mount are the leaders.

The club, composed of 10 members, will meet next on May 16. BOGERT W1U.OFKKHED The will of Jennie Bogert, IRK ot Piqua. lias teen offered for probate. Under ils terms, the entire 'estate is ing and loan officers from district and visitors from 'outside the district. The keynote of the convention speeches and discussions was the prospective In the state tax laws forthcoming in the next session of the state legislature.

The session yesterday opened with a fine luncheon in the Golf Club dinjnp room followed by 4 program of Last evening Members of the Kainbow club and their friends en joyed a lovely spring dance at the Y. W. C. A. The rooms were cleverly decorated In the rainbow colors! witn palms placed along the walls.

Strieker's Orchestra furnished the music for the dancing hours. Refreshments were served during Intermission. The Chaperones at this successful affair included Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Campbell and Mr.

and Mrs. Armin Kaiser. The girls of the Seventh and' Eighth grades at wilder will enjey a hike Monday afternoon. They are requested to meet at the w. C.

four o'clock and bring their own lunch. Monday evening the members of Swastika club will hold their annual Mother and Daughter Banquet at the An Interesting evening has been planned. Reservations -must be made by noon Saturday. Wonder If Mr. Frederick Moody doesn't wish that he'd just gtveh up grace' fully and become Mf.

Helen Wills from the start. I1UT CAN yot BLAME 'EM? The other day read ihat In Massachusetts there Is law against giving pritei at a bridge party. Personally, we know some women Ihat' would cease to be In bridge If that law went Into elfect in Ohio. speeches and genera! the election. discussion and This arr'dfnt took nlarp in a sub who gather at dusk like benevolent This accent, took place in a sub- vultutes Hei broad fhoul- urb on the extreme eastern edge of the cil-y.

The train crew picked injured-lad up and took him to 'the nearest hospital. At this hospital there was a. physician in the employ of the rail- -icoad- He gave the boy first aid measures; then, when he learned the patient was penniless, was 'not employed by the railroad and iwas injured when stealing a ride on a train, he refused to dp anything more for him. Instead he ordered that the boy be transferred to the cfty hospital. It took the hospital staff 15 minutes to make out the necessary pers.

Then followed a 15-mile drive to the city hospital, far on the other side of town. The police patrol wagon that carried the Injured boy passed three other hospitals on thi way, but they had their orders lo go to the city hospital and to thi city hospital they went, reachlni it after a 45-minute drive. Doctors there found 'he boy's le needed amputation, and performed the operation. But the lad had bee weakened by the delay and the Ion ride, and after lingering for tw days he died. His life was sacrificed to the ex tensive combination of rules, regu lations and red tape 1 that binds ou lives in this modern" age.

doctor at the first hospite had the rules with him in refusln to perform the operation the boy needed. The police had the rules with them when they up three hospitals to get to the city institution. AU the way through, Everything was done according to regulations. But, unfortunately, the 'boy died. 'tragedy of the whole thing.

you lay In the fact that not one of the men involved could rise above a set of rules to save a human life. bonds of red tape were too strong. That, probably. Is one of the penalties we pay for living in a world so complicated that It has to have a thousand and one rules and regulations for its own preservation. dcis.

The boop-o-do6p songs arc heard no more. That unwonled stir at twilight Webster 1,. Kline, embezzlement; R. L. Lance, forgery; L.

M. l.osvery, second degree murder: Raymond Pitsinger. stealing motor vehicle; Arthur failure to provide for minor children. In the case of L. M.

he was charged with killing his son-in- Iniv. Russell Thomas, by hitting him fades into dark. Girls who passion the head i with a stone. Tesli- window mirrors "Fidewlse for quick I mony. It was said, later brought out abs of rouge.

Grant Overton, the the point that Thomas' skull was fractured when ho fell, sinking his head against a poreli or th? side- loft to her husband. Georgs Bdgart. The following cases wcic ignored: I The was ditecl July 6, terary critic. Frank Mclnlyre, he actor who wanted be a news- aperman. The scrape of fiddle walk, trings in the cafes.

lieadwaitcrs ho stand expectantly in doorways Chorus girls who pause before lage doors for a final drag at ctg- rets. Bold little bluffers wise crack ng around theatrical agencies all lay hoping for a job Thon go home cry themselves to sleep Charles nillingham leaving Dinty Moore's ack Oslerman hurrying along. Ed- He Hitchcock. The cordons of police lining up or the 8:30 Broadway rush. Moun- ed cops horses nosing out Into the crowds for lumps of sugar.

The old Jhinese who collects stags laundry and loans impecunious players money at 10 per cent weekly. Leo and Helen Marsh. An inky blue sky powdered with stars. And the bright yellow boy from the White Way cutting through the darkness. Wonder ii the boys are sitting out in' front' of the hotel back home? Ed Wynn even looks a bit sappy off the stage But what a comedian.

Down town Manhattan has a millionaire gin seng merchant. He sells roots wholesale to Chinese in America and has a practical monopoly on the business. COURT JUDGMENT IN CATTLE CASES AFFIRMED FRIDAY 1028. TAX PAPER FILED Application has been filed In bate court to determine the inheritance tax in the estate of Benjamin 1,. Thuma, late of Newton township.

The estate is given a net value of 52,448.20. FINAL ACCOUNT MAniv Final account has been filed in probate court by Samuel Shelley, administrator of the cstals'of Susan Shelley. Receipts and expenditures are listed at $510.14. SSTODENTSAHETO i RECEIVE REWARDS CHARLES KIEFER, CORONER CANDIDATE PiqUa has another candidate for county office subject to the Republican primary In August in Charles W. Kiefer.

well-known dructglst and sports promoter who hns just nn- nounced that he is a declared can- didat6 for the office of coroner of SO far Kleter Is the only avowed candidate for the coroner's office I which has been held for years by Severe Skull fracture Sur-i H. o. Broaor of Troy now seeking CONDITION OF MAN IS SERIOUS TODAY fered by Chas. Fritsch in Accident. Amonf llfe'k llltlc IroSISi Ik the fact that whenever you're on the train and ai'e passing some beautiful sienery there's always a freight car In the way, but, teems lo us, most things are like that anyway.

"WHAT'S HONE CANNOT HE UNDONE." Dear Mrs. Hill: I must have made an error in my copy relating to and. to the Ford car. What Is printed Is "Fords" should bft "Fordo," Based on a careful study of the context, a reasonable definition ot Fordo is "speed to destruction." Thus paraphrased, the clause would read ''did Forrle. (i.

speed to destruction) their Own lives." The. aptness ot this is What Intrigued me. Also, dropping of a syllalble by substltut-. Ing for mars the rhythm of the line and it Is "Fordo" in the I guess nothing can be done about it so, like Will let it go at that! Respectfully but faithfully B. R.

ph, E. D. if you'd ever worked on a newspaper you'd know the sunk feeling one gets and the wild and useless wrath one experiences when the paper comes out and you find an er- Vor in your and THERE IT IS and nothing can -be done about it. MSLLO "CENTRAL" It's jiul like ihooUrtfc it takrk To talk about our "Centfal Park." We try to hit it what we shoot And without WofdS wSUld be mute. 3d dlice again we fee) spell About the Eaitlo 613 park to tell, That there arfe ing fast To give the pafk a beauly cast.

It ribw looks 11W 4 bUA That's raised and baked out Ift the surt, And left 'till it dorie. Upon tno lop 11 run. But wait until the and rake Have made. "Plot" -look and "Jake." The flsh'Wdrms then will leave home To luml through all neyr- Just now there's large Rlretl gravel there, And not a blade of grais to spare. No flowers, no shrubs, but just a "Plot." We'll make the best of what we've got.

A landscape gardner's what we need; plant'the 1 flowers and cow the seed. And sprinkle 'when we need 'it wcf, The trees to trim and bulbs to set. We look into the future now Attd ste the t. Bub how can we e'er find, the place When all around Is parking space? William P. Walker.

Two county high school students A decision affirming" the juds being notified by County School ment Common Pleas Court Judge I Sur.erinlendent to appear In Colum- W. D. Jones in the cattcl testing 1 to receive awards tor "high CARELESS DRIVING No longer can we blame the truck driver, or the pedestrian, or thoughtless youngsters, or even the railroads for the great Increase ot fatalities due to automobile accidents. For last year, the National Safely Council finds, the 10 per cent Increase bf such deaths In 1929 were due to: Ihe greater part to our own careles: driving. This conclusion was made after i thorough survey of all states and study of the accident statistics of th country.

It Is sad reflection on WEATHER FORECAS 1 ShowCTt, My gin seng reporter tells me the herb has no medicinal qualities save as a find It mder the Its dried twisted cols resemble diminutive figures men and women and Chinese ang them in dark places as devil lasers. Speaking of herbal hooduses. ertaln actor, Frank Pay I suspect, reported reducing 20 pounds in month by breakfasting solely on cup of hot sassafras tea. Every small 30 years ago ad an unlicensed herb doctor who oamed the hills In the spring for upplies. He brewed his potions' in rass kettles along the river banks in the creek bottoms.

Some 1n- sted they should be fashioned In he light of a full moon. They were xrttled and peddled from door to oor and considered by many the iniversall panacea. The herb specialist in our town vas Pedro Joe, a gnome like creal- re with incredible shaggy eye- rows. His hovel back of the meat hop was shroudea in mystery. Nobody was allowed inside and there were many legends about his past.

One was Ihat he was the son of an Austrian king by a morgantlo marriage. He was an Idol of boys for when In his cups, which, was almos! Krpctual, he sat out in front ol saloons and piped shrill melodies on peach leaves. Skipping from herbs to blurbs, a huge banner on 14th street poetically heralds: "The laughtngest show you ever seen with Oscar Kopf and Myrtle Green." Personal nomination for the most perfectly groomed salesman In New Manders at Sulka's. get this one over are not many stylists who can wear a salmon pink shirt with moss green tie in public like a certain fellow and live to write about it. To pay nothing of white linen spats.

case of Dorsey Houcyman and otii- i hono.r. crs against Perry L. Greene and others, xvfts filed today by the court of appeals, second judicial district. The court of appeals was presented tlis case recently in which the plaintifTs sought a permanent injunction restraining the forcible tuberculin tssting of catlle in Miami I county. Judge Jones after granting a temporary injunction during the trial ordered this dissolved and then, when the plaintiffs gave notice of appeal, modified the injunction during pendency of the cas? in the court of appeals.

High marks of the court of appeals decision which affects nearly 18,000 head of cattle and 3,000 farmers in the county, are: "At a former term of this court in Miami county, there were two cases involving the tuberculin testing of cattle. One of these was the case of Kroplin vs. Truax, director of agriculture, and the other is the present caso. In the Kroplin case, after considering the question gained recently In the scholarship contest. The county students are George Suber, junior, of Lcna-Cqnover and Roberta Jennings, of Covington.

The awards will be presented in the senate chamber of the slate capitol, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. PUTERBAUGH NAMED CLUB PRESIDENT The condition of Charles Fritsch, 72, veteran woodworker and employe of the Shade Lumber Company planing mill, who was injured at the mill yesterday, was announced as serious today. X-ray examinations made of the head Injuries received by Fritsch near noon yesterday when he was struck by a piece of flying wood and i knocked to the floor revealed a sover skull fracture. A small piece i of wood which he was shaping by machine was thrown from the machine wilh great force striking the, operator on the of the head. The blow was so hard that It cut clear through the ear.

The injured man was in a semiconscious condition today with his recovery doubtful, according to Dr. I. O. Klscr, the attending physician. the sheriff job.

"Charley" Kiefer is a regislerec pharmacist having Rraduated from. Piqua Central High in 1923 and later from the Cincinnati College of PharmRcy with the honorary rle- Kree of Pharmeuceulical Chemist. Since leavlne college he has been associated witli his father, George Klcfcr in operating the Broadway Pharmacy. France's submarine fleet in-' eludes 52 vessels built and 47 Including one of 3250 Ions displacement. When finished this will' be the largest submarine in the world.

It Is said. To many who have visited Italian sections in cities in this country, it won't be Immediately clear why Mussolini has offered rewards to encourage- a campaign lot 1 "move Italian babies. 1 A new typewriter' has notes for letters and 'prints all kinds of music. LIFETIME PIOUAD DIES ON FRIDAY HERE AT LAST! The world-famous PREMIER COMPLETE ELECTRIC CLEANING UNIT 50 An opportunity that you cannot afford to miss. For a limited time only, unusually easy, money-sav- payments Leo Puterbaugh was elected president of the Staunton township Hustlers 4-H club at the club's organization meeting last night.

Other officers elected are Mark Knoop, vice president; Hazel Cain, secretary-treasurer; Donald Minton, news reporter and Edgar Puter- baiiBh, recreational leader. The club, composed of members, has Frank Smith for its leader, and will meet again Thursday, May 22. 1920-Ten Years Ago 1930 This Day Was Sunday Years Ago An illness ot the past three years culminated In the death of George Lee, 49, life time resident of Plqua, which occurred this morning at about 12:45 6'clock at the home on Bassltt avenue. Mr. Lee had always lived in Plqua having been born here April 18, 1880 He was a member of the Park Avenue Baptist church.

The surviving relatives are his widow, Mrs. Jennie Lee; three sons. George, Wilson and QroveU; four Mrs. Mearle Creath Misses Mary and Martha; one brother, John one sister Mrs. Verley Johnson and one grandchild, all ot Piqua.

Rev. Thurman W. Gibson wii: conduct the funeral services at the Park Avenue Baptist church on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. Interment will take place at Fores' Hill cemetery. The usa 3 having nie- til tires has been prohibited on the streets of Mexico City, This Day Was Tuesday Mr.

and W. W. Ratcliff and son JFenton spent Sunday with Mr. Ratcliff's mother in Covington. Mrs.

Cloyd Smith was hostess of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of Greene Street M. E. church this afternoon. Mrs. Rachel Gray, Mrs.

Harry McCurdy presented numbers for the afternoon's program. Dr. D. Ketcham, of Dayton, will assist Rev. A.

W. Leonard in conducting the funeral services of John Waymlre to be held tomorrow afternoon at "Meadowbrook," the suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.

Statler. The following will act as pallbearers: Sabin S. K. Statler. P.

I. Hedges. Harry Clark, William Meredith, and C. B. Jamison.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. man entertained with 'a congenial houte 'party the guests Including.

Mrs. Catherine Hanselman and Miss Belle Hanselman of Versailles. Messrs. Isaiah Sthaker and.Prentlss Hardman, of Yorkshire. Mrs.

Mary Hanselman of Versillcs. Mr. and Mrs. Nathanial Cromiss, of Oran. At a sptcbl meeting cf the Board of Education held Uoa- day evening, Supt.

C. W. Bennett was re-elected Superintendent of the Piqua schools for a term of one year. Mrs. B.

S. Levering and Miss Mary Patterson were called to Mlddletown today 1 on account of the death of a relative. Itiss Frances Clark xvas hostess to the members of the Book club this afternoon. The Y's were entertained last evening at the home of Miss Emma Hershcy on Washington Miss Blanche Long- neckcr presented a reading, Miss Myrtle Boyer a piano and Edwin Flory recitation as the program numbers of the evening. Mrs.

John Hagen will leave Thursday for Detroit whsre she will join Hagan who is attending the Amalgamated Iron, steel and Tin Works convention. They expect (o be gone ten days. A meeting of the Hospital Board of Trustees was held Monday evening in their office in the Orr Flesh block. At the meeting a permanent organization was effected. TJie officers elected were: 'President, Gen W.

P. Orv: Vice President, John H. Young: Secretary, George M. Peffer; Treasurer, Henry Flesh, GANNON'S DEFEAT IS DISCUSSED BY DANIELS' FORCES (Continued rrom Page One) new and stricter prohibition and the supreme court be commended for its'recent ruling that makes of paraphenalia for manufacturing Illicit liquor were guilty of violating the prohibition laws. Bishop Cannon, who Is chairman of the temperance and social service boards of the 1 Methodist church, look the position that no motion of I his had been beaten and that the convention had not aimed a blow at him.

Josephus Daniels, chairman of the convention temperance committee led the opposition to consideration of the resolutions at this time and won his point. Asked if he thought the prohibition proposals were urgent enough to cau for immediate action, Bishop Cannon said: "The commitlee thought they were timely." A dozen delegates Interviewed did not Interpret the vote as an 'indication that Bishop Cannon's Influent in the church was becoming less. On the contrary, a majority of the church leaders praised hU epunk In the forces ot evil." 1 One delegate condoned his re- ported speculation on the stock market, asserting it was- "nobody's business where Cannon Invested his money." JJjftieb pfllalrwl HE Premier Complete Electric Cleaning Unit makes it possible to clean room by room often in half the time! ForinpJaceof asingls cleaner with its attachments or cleaning tools, you have two electric cleaners, for rugs and carpets, and a handy little Spic-Span to whisk away the little cleaning tasks. The Spic-Span takes the place of attachments comes with a wonderful deodorizer and blower repels moths banishes odors freshens stuffy closets cleans and purifies everything it touches! Ask about our liberal trade-in allowance on old, worn out electric cleaners. CAS and ELECTRIC SHOP THE CAS ELECTRIC HEM APPUAHCC COMPANY 124 N.Waijne Main DAYTON fVVt ER AHD 1.1 CM CO.) I Q.U A I STRICT.