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PAGE EIGHT LOGANSPORT PHAROS-TRIBUNE FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 23,1930 Organized Wets Will Contest Eastern Elections Old and New Chief of Gotham -Tames J. Davis Also Threatened With Further Fight Unless He Satisfies Dripping Wets bn the Prohibition Issues WASHINGTON, May ten years-of wander-. Ins in the vvildei-ness, the forces opposed to prohibition definitely determined to emulate the example antagonists for nearly half a century and make every major, contest for public office a referendum 1 on the "wetland-dry issue. In conformity with this plan, an anti-prohibition candidate will be set up against GifTord Pinchot, when he runs for gqvernor of Pennsylvania, in November, and a wet ponent also "will be found for Jas. T.

Davis' senatorial candidacy unless he satisfies the wets mean- ivhile that he is not wedded to the 3ry side ot the question. As in Pennsylvania, so in other states in the approaching nationwide elections. Everywhere there IR a pronouncedly dry candidacy' for popular verdict, the organ- THREE GAR CRASHES REPORTED TO POLICE Cars driven by Al Deweese, 62 years old, city, and S- Little, 44 years old, collided at Thirteenth and George streets at, o'clock this morning, and James ized wets, now militant and deter-! 23 vears Dunkirk, mined, put up an opposing re or his truck collided with a candidate if there is slightest car a t. wheatland avenue and prospect of making a respectable North Third street at 10:15 o'clock, Edward Arnold, 37 years oid, Ot 1108. Erie avenue, was slightly in- HIGH SCHOOL BANDS BID FLINT, May fn be announced tomorrow night.

Deputy Chitf Inspector Edward MuJrooney has been a member 'P. Mulrooney, promoted to Commissioner of the City of New York, is pictured beinjj congratulated by ex- ionpT Grnvrr A. WhnTm. of the New York Police Department since the age of 21 and has. worked his way through all stages of the force.

Mosley Leaves Cabinet Over Unemployment FoIIcnv Dry J'oilcies. It 'is the same method pursued for so many years by the prohibition party and the anti-saloon pursued, too, in the end. The long-considered campaign lit Uie organized wets will be tried first iu the Kastern seaboard states where revolt agalrst prohibition admittedly is strongest and most widespread. No election to congress or to the governor's chair is to be allowed to go by default to the drys that much has been determined. The operating agency or tho wets is to be the association against the.prohibition amendment well financed by sincere opponents when his car hit at Seven- teeuth and Smead streets -Thws day -vvJtli a car, operated by Amos Hosteller, Kokomo, Ind.

Russel Wright Again Heads THoy Builders Alpha Chapter oC Boy Builders held a business meetin In the Masonic Temple Thursday evening and Russell master John Johnson, secretary, Others named to offices were: Earl master builder; Ross senior inspector; Everett Watts, junior Inspector; Charles Million, senior overseer; -A prohibition, an now yelNdlTect- Mills. Junior overseer; 3d hy executives of high calibre. Davis, treasurer; Mac Boyer, chap- Th-it will a to time to lam; Barr marshal; James years of patient effort on the part the npw defunct Dvk man Park.it was plan- party and the anti-saloon League, followjng the oc to bring about the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law. Typ 10 i fever ls disappearing. The motto of the newly-militant ng rate bas reached new apparently is: has low 4-8 per compared to I'r-sn once tin be in 1900, lho same method." That method (he election to public of- of those opposed to existing The Pennsylvania primary campaign jusf ended provided the first, real rest of the new wet philosophy, Girl Club Leaders Sir Oswald Mosley, jaronet from an old English Tory tomilj', whose conversion to Socialism created a sensation a few years ago, after an interview with Premier MacDonald, resigned his post in the Labor Cabinet because of dissatisfaction with the 'Labor Government's program for combating unemployment.

Leaders of girl club the various township home today maktag preparations t'o bring additional matters before their clubs us the result of the conference held' Thursday with Miss Meta -Martin of tue Pur- cHte staff. The session was held at the city building. Miss Martin instructed tho leaders how to Authorities Conclude Their Investigation Into IVIIJlani Simons Tragedy. May 2.3—Authorities dropped vestigation btv th'e of liam board trade member, -toll-owing, tiie find- Ing ot verdict suicide coroner's jury met' here jesterday. Members of Simons' family Mad rejected the-suicide -theory, and m- timated that he -had-been murdered following the discovery of his body with bullet, wounds in it near Kentland OIK Tuesday.

In its yer'dict, the jury.mentioned the fact that apparently Simons had never fully recovered from head injuries received.in accident'five'years ago. was. president of the Sawers Grain Company of Chicago, I which failed seven. years ago, and work was a Iormer business partner of arc back ex "Gov. "Warren T.

McQray pf-In' diana, who served a term in the Atlanta penitentiary the outgrowth of financial The funeral was held here yesterday. program in the natlona Ihigh school band contests staged here consists of 'the preliminaries ia the class A'division and the class preliminaries and 'finals. Tremalne ol New tie national' school the-present gathering is tlie'-'irgest in the history contests, Approximately 3,500 musicians are entered ia classes A. and C. prelimi terday the' following baiiHs won tbe elimination contests and entered the finals last night: St.

Lanak. O'r'o; Andovei-, Ohio: Harley. Algpaia, Nicolet liielr. West Depere. Winner's of night's finals Bands eliminated in the Class preliminaries were Oxfor, Bates township, and Beuzonia, Van Winchester and Anchorage, and Eustis.

Fla, The following schools are In the class elimination contests today: Roosevelt, Gary. Hobart. Moose heart. 111.: Lansing Boy's Vocation: Ludington, Belvidere. Waupun.

Roosevelt high Kent, and Iron River, Mich. Judges in Uie contests are: John Philip Sousa, Captain Taylor Branson, Jay W. Fay, A. Austin Harding. Edwin Frank Goldman, Harold Bachman, Victor J.

Grabel, and Captain Charles O'Neill. Eagles Lodge Will Decorate Graves The graves ninety-five de- ceased. members of the 'Eagles lodge are to be decorated Sunday afternoon by members of that order. In place of the regular cut flowers that have been used by the order for Decoration day the graves this year are to receive a wreath. One will be placed on each of the graves of Eagle members in the local train groups Judging and In the ordinary -business -of life, and Individuals for industry can do anything genius can do, and many which it cannot.

Two Noble Churches Plan Joint Service Joint memorial services of Shiloh and West- Chapel churches of Noble to.wns-v-p will be held at 2:30 o'colck Sunday afternoon ia the Shiloh stateci today- Kev. Wilbur Day, pastor of the Wes "tCha-pe church, will de liver the principal address and Rev. -E. Plunkett of the Shilo'i church also will make a few remarks. Two duets will bs presented by members of the West Chapel congregation.

per cemeteries vices. following the ser- which i It Is requested that bouquets bo thing's brought to the church for decora- lion of graves in Shiloh and Har- Former Local Man Overcome By Gas Paul Fisher, fromerly of Logansport, is in serious condition at Indianapolis with gas poisoning aeidentally sustained, according to information received here today. The accident befell the man Wednesday and his condition i critical for a time. The chances of preventing pneumonia, which i usually follows such severe cases, will be determined today. Mrs.

AbiJe street. The of (Jead was increased by three among the local order members during Uie last year. Those who have passed 'away since decoration day service's were held in 1329 are James Cassel, George Beha, and Frank Schroeder. Local Girl Reigns As Queen of Beautu CHICAGO. May Blanche Little, an unbobbed blonde from Lojransport, today sat on the throne as reignliig queen of beauty at Northwestern University.

Miss Liule, a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, was crowned May Queen yesterday afternoon. Louisiana Populace Flees Flood Waters NEW ORLEANS. May While of lowlanders living in the danger zone were evacuating: their homesteads, rescue crews toiled today to reinforce crumbling levees alnog the rampant Red river, which has in- West, 117 Twelfth! undated thousands of acres of city. a. sister, is with her Delta land through the Red River brother vnllp.v.

In 1927 the favorable balance between births andxdeathswas9.3. In 1928 it had dropped to 7.6, due to epidemics. Logan- Kokomo Line Hearing Scheduledl KVWA.VAPOLIS, May The Public Service Com-) mission today set dates for public bearings on tho petitions the Union Traction Company for per- mlssnlo to abandon its lines be- Marlon and Waimsb and between Logansport and Kokomo, Tbe hearing on the Marion-j Vi'abash line abandonment, will be held June 3rd at the Grant County Courthouse at Marion, The hearing on the Logansport- Kokorao line abandonment win take place June 5th at the City Hall at Kokomo. rommissionflr Hnwell Ellis will conduct, the, A FAMILY DOCTOR'S LAXATIVE IS BEST SUMMER FROCKS You'll Want Several at This Price! Newest of Styles and Patterns Porch and Lawn Furniture Now Presented by H. WILER CO.

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Corr-sr 4th Market "Xoga nsport's Modern and Complete Furniture John Bethke, Mgr. at-..

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