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Tit AT 12 HT ATiTiTT ATTSUA Keep Toot Money at Hon KortLcra a 1-j )uJ Li UK Li Alexandria, East Littla City In Indiana; noma of Eock Wool and Aladdin Kantla Lamps FOUNDED DEC. 10, 1S35 No. 191 phone 180 ALEXANDRIA, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1935 TJ. P. LEASED WISE TEN CENTS A X7ZZZ ft- I illy I Ti I IP I 1 I MM 1 i I II fill II III II I ft I A COLLISION OF! INTERURBAN CARS TAKE LIVES OF FIVE Neighbor Carried Tot From Burning Building In Sunday It Gu Lindley Resigns From One Of Boards City School Trustees Questions Legality of Ap WORK STARTED OH FLOODLIGHTS ATHLETIC FIELD 1 Father Bashed Into Blazing Thinking Child Was Still There THIBD FIRE IN WEEK Gutted Home of Mrs.

Clara Smith and the Alonzo Parkhurst Family 5 Fire howed its ugly band In the community for the third time within a week Sunday, afternoon when flames destroyed two, rea rooms of the residence of Mrs. Clara Smith, 409 Miles street, and left damages estimated by insurance men at $600. The furniture and household fixture of Mr. and Mrs, Lon Parkhurst, -who resided In the rear section of the residence, were consumed by the fire which threatened, to destroy the entire '-building. Neither Mr.

nor Mrs Parkhurst was injured. An infant child was saved from the flames by a neighbor, although Mr. Parkhurst reentered the smoke-filled kitchen to rescue his. child, unaware that she had already been removed. Much of the content belonging to Mrs.

Smith waf damaged- by smoke or water. The roof and walls, especially on the east side, win require repairs or rebuilding. Because of the, dryness of the wooden structure, the flames ate their way toward the heart of the buHdtegRt speed. A condition demanding serious consideration by the city revealed itself when Bert Moore, city garbage master, was forced to go all the way from Miles street to Box 23, Berry and Black streets, to turn in the fire alarm. There is no box alarm located in Riverview, nor was there a telephone available for notifying the fire department Receiving the call at 1:30 p.

city firemen sped to Box 23, whence This picture shows remains of a head-on collision of an interurban passenger cpch and a work car. of the Cincinnati and Lake: Erie Traction -company in which five persons were killed and more than a score critically Injured. The crash which occurred luring a blinding rainstorm near Springfield, reverberated around the countryside bringing thousands of persons to scene of disaster. Tax Unit Officials Busy With Preparation Budgets Taxpayers Will Have Opportunities to Register Complaints Against Proposed Levies If They Feel That Any Of i The Rates Have Been Set Too High KIVAIIIAIIS HAD JOLLY DAY ON ANNUAL OUTINI Davis Cottage at Tippecanoe Lake Thrown Open to Club Members and Wives Members of the local Kiwania Club, their wives, lady friends and guests enjoyed an all 'day outing Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

E. E. Davis at the Davis cottage on Lake Tippecanoe. It was the fourth annual reunion at the Davis cottage and aH reported a most enjoyable time. Moet.of the party left this city at 4 o'clock Sunday morning.

The day was replete with activities and Mr. and Mrs. Davis proved themselves to admirable, hosts. There-was. swimming, boating, fishing, soft ball, and sundry other forms of entertainment not to mention eating.

NEach visitor furnished an abundant quantity of food with fried chicken forming the chief and most Import ant part of the menu. A Softball team, captained by H. E. Smith, defeated a team headed by K. J.

Sullivan 14 13. The game was unexpMtedlyJcalted Surber accidentally rang a large dinner bell which the much to their satisfaction although they would not even now admit it, con strued as a summons to return to the Davis cottage. Frank Roseboom spent the greater portion of the day in silent meditation seated in a boat in mid-like endeavoring to figure out just why the fish in Lake Tippecanoe were so unfriendly. It was reliably reported that Mr. Roseboom, who has more than average knowledge about the art of fishing, received not a single strike.

E. E. Davis officiated as umpire during the soft ball game. The Smith team was composed of S. D.

Goodwin, Richard Goodwin, T. O. Rickard, Leif Steenerson, Paul Day, Lee Montgomery and Gene S'trlcler. The Sullivan team was composed of Chester Carver, Frank Roseboom, Jack Davis, Harry' Adams, William Beatson, Ralph Mahony, G. E.

Sutherland, Carl Jones, John Jones. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. E. E.

Davis and their guests, Mrs. Beulah Brouse, Jack Davis, Mrs. Dahl Stricter, Mrs. Mary Ogle, Gene Stricter, Miss Sweeny, and (Please turn to page 4) LEAVES FOB CALIFORNIA Gene Stricter, who has been spend ing some time here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Dahl Stricter, went to Tippecanoe lake Saturday, and went on from there today to South Bend, to be the driver of one of a caravan of new Studebaker cars enroute to Los Angeles, Calif. He will enter the University of California at Berkeley this fan for his third term there. MARRIAGE LICENSES Rudolph Victor. Cllek, born 1911, Crown Point, truck driver, to Anna Mae Dlehl, born 1912, Alexandria. REV BAKER IS Rev.

Everet Baker, for several years pastor of the Alexandria Church of the Nazarene on South Harrison was assigned to the Alexandria church for another year at the annual conference which is in session this week at Auburn, Ind. The conference includes the Northern Indiana district of the church, of which Rev. J. W. Montgomery, of Fort Wayne, is superintendent The local church recently extended a can to Rev.

Baker for another year, and asked the conference to return him to the local pastorate. He is' a member of the Alexandria Ministerial Association, and his work here has been very successful. pointments By Mayor Jones On August 5 Mayor Refuses To Accept Resignation of His Appointee One of Alexandria's two city school boards was, technically, with out third member today as a result of the resignation Saturday of Dr. G. R.

Lindley. Dr. Lindley was appointed August 5 by Mayor Carl W. Jones as a mem-. ber of the board of school trustees the other two members of which are G.

J. Armstrong and Chad Nicoson. The resigation of Dr. Lindley was presented in writing to Mayor Jones who today Informed The Times-Tribune that the resignation had been received but that he, Mayor Jones, had refused to accept the resignation, Dr. Lindley left early Sunday morning for a week's vacation -in northern Michigan and in Canada.

inquiry Of Mrs. Lindley as to Dr. Lindley's reasons for resigning brought forth the statement that when Dr. Lindley accepted the appointment as a member of the board of, school trustees he did so tn good faith and with the Intention of serving faithfully and honestly th best Interests of the city schools. Mrs.

Lindley further stated that at. the. time her husband accepted th appointment he was not aware that any controversey in the-. matter would arise. rj.

Mrs. Lindley added that since accepting the position Dr. Lindley had learned that there existed serious) doubt as to the legality of his appointment and that such being the case Dr. Lindley did not wish to become a part of any possible future controversy. According to Mrs.

Lindley her husband had expressed the conviction that it would be better for all concerned for him to relinquish his appointment. Mrs. Lindley stated further that regardless of the outcome of the present school board-F. O. Medsker controversy, Dr.

Lindley will continue to be at all times, and as a school patron, vitally interested in the welfare of the public system. In Mayor Jones' statement that he had refused to accept Dr. Lindley's resignation is seen the possibility that he does not contemplate appointing another member 1 m-mediately. If Dr. Llndely refuses to serve and Mayor Jones refuses to accept the resignation and appoint (Please turn to page J) DEMOCRATS MEET TONIGHT Plans for attending the national convention of Junior workers of the Democratfb party be held at Milwaukee, August 23 and 24 win be made at a meeting of the Monroe township Junior Democratic organization at the city hall at 7:30 p.

Monday. Tickets for a stag party to be held at 42nd Street on August 30 will be distributed. Monroe and Pipe Creek township organizations will be hosts to the county-wide event SATURDAY WAS BUST DAT Saturday was an unusually busy shopping day in Alexandria, despite the intense heat, and the various stores all enjoyed an excellent business. OUR DOG SAYS The weather: Generally fair to? night and Tuesday except local showers extreme south portion tonight; somewhat cooler tonight and east and south poirtions Tuesday. Sometimes when lfcl J1 P01 over me Jo NT of the.

ancient classics you become imbued with the idea that it must have' gotten' its fame when there was not much elsa "to -read. Si -Annln. blossom says: Some chase publicity aU their lives, while others are kept' busy running away from it Second Bound of Softball League Games to Open Week's SoftbaU Schedule Toesday Games scheduled this week In the City Softball League follow: K. of P. vs.

Yellow Jackets (City Athletic field). Gimco vs. Aladdin (Innlsdale dla-, mood) Thursday Metal Products vs. Hornets (Johns-Man ville diamond). Eagles vs.

Glove Corporation (City Athletic field). After considerable delay caused by negotiations for the purchase of lighting equipment, work on jhe in? stallation of lights at the city athleUc field for night Softball and other activities will begin this evening. Farrell Ward, chairman of the board of control of the City SoftbaU League, today issued a call for all players of the league to appear at the park at 6 p. m. to help dig the holes for the poles on.

which reflectors will be placed. Attaches of the Indiana General Service Company will be on the grounds Tuesday to put up the poles, Ward said. They will bring -noistlng equipment with which to handle the poles, each of which weighs a ton or more. Equipment which is being purchased, wlU cost $197, Ward said. There will be ten reflectors, two on each of the four poles and two on the grandstand, thus assuring ample light for the games.

Because of arrangements with the local post of the American Legion, managers of the park, which, give preference to' Legion activities, night games will be played on Mondays' and Thursdays. Tuesday evenings are practice nights for the drum corps. f1 BABE AT MERCY HOSPITAL Mr. and Mrs. James Ice, South Black street are the parents of a ba)y daughter, born yesterday morning at Mercy Hospital, Elwood.

Mother and babe are doing nicely. ANGLERS BRING HOME THE PROOF Alexandrians Had Fine Fishing In Canada stories of angling success in Canadian fishing waters, Victor Payne, Chesley Thomas and Clarence Painter returned to their homes here early Sunday morning. What was more important than their' however, were the 127 bass which they brought from the deaths of Loon lake 140 miles north east of Toronto, Canada. Thomas to- day told of plana for a fish fry and the distribution of their catch to friends here. After an outing of several days, the three Alexandrians reported they snared 400 bass, the largest of which weighed, pounds and measured 24 inchesr-tn length.

They said natives of the region puzzled at 'the unusual success of the Hooslers, but the local men attributed their luck to the kind of bait used, Clarence Painter arrived at Loon lake a novice in the Izaak Walton pastime but left the lair of the bass a veteran his associates reported. They even told of his ambition to own land in that region. HURST CAR STOLEN Harvey resides, south of the city, reported to police the theft of his car, a 1927 Dodge sedan, from Canal street, Saturday night The license number is 684-718. JEFFRIES BODY BURIED ELWOOD Former Alexandria Resident Victim Pneumonia The death of Joseph E. Jeffries, whose body was Interred in the El wood cemetery Friday afternoon fol lowing funeral services which were held at the family home at 1427 North Delaware street in Indianapolis, removed from jthe sphere of human, activity a man- who was very well known in Alexandria, and who for many years was at the head of the old Alexandria Electric Light and Power before It passed into the hands of the Indiana General Service Co.

He was a resident here during the boom days, and It was largely due to his energy that the first electric plant here was established, Its offices at that time being located in the room which is now occupied by the Times-Tribune. After disposing of his electrical interests here, Mr. Jeffries was for a time connected with a concern which sought to establish a factory for the fabrication of steel wagon wheels, but the, business never became a success. Later he removed to Indianapolis, and had since made his home there, being connected with various mechanical concerns until recent years. He was 74 years of age, and his death was due to hypostatic pneu monia.

His wife died about a year ago, and was buried at Elwood. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ralph of Muncle, and a son, Elmer Jeffries, of Indianapolis, (Please Turn to Page Pour) FRAZEE SECURES SCHOOL AWARDS A contract to condition the school properties of Monroe IJownship tn preparation for the opening of the 1935-36 school term the last of the month, was awarded to Ted'Frazee, of Scott Addition, during a meeting of the township advisory board Saturday evening. Trustee William Cunningham announced Monday. Haying submitted the lowest bid, Mr.iiFrazee began his work Monday.

He wiU have charge of repairing and cleaning aU schools in the township. POISON FOLLOWS BITE Blood poisoning from an infected mosquito bite was responsible for Mrs. Lena Hobbs, 204 West Berry street, taken to Mercy Hospital at Elwood Sunday, in serious condition. The Infection is on her left leg. She was taken to the hospital in the Gipe ambulance.

penditure recommendations for the various county departments during the coming year. Although the final step in the compilation of the 1936 budget for all units will be the meeting of the County Board of Tax Adjustment which will open Sept. leather steps in the formulation of levies for next year will have been outlined as follows: County Schedule First publication of county bud-(Please turn to page 4) AGED RESIDENT OF ALEXANDRIA DIES HOSPITAL Marcellus McCaslin, Passed Away Early Today After Short Illness Marcellus McCaslin, 72, a resident of the Alexandria and. Summit vUle communities nearly aU of his life, but who for the past few years had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Cora Latchaw, 725 North Harrison street, died at 3:45 a.

m. today in Mercy Hospital at Elwood. He had been taken there Saturday evening for observation and treatment, but the complication of ailments from which he suffered refused to yield. The body was brought to the Davis A Stricter mortuary here to be prepared for burial, and will be taken to the Latchaw home this evening. Mr.

McCaslin had spent the most of his active life as a farmer, except period" durmg whicl hewis employed at the old Kelly ax. factory here and in the tin plate works at Elwood. For 16 years he lived on the George Kelly farm and fdr several years on the Alpha Jones farm, both in the Mt. Pisgah neighborhood- northeast of Alexandria, He- also lived for several years on a farm in Boone township west of Summltvijle, and was a member of the Baptist church." ''r' His wife, who was Miss Lenna A. Jordan before her marriage, died 28 years ago, and he is survived by the daughter, Mrs.

and a son, Lester McCaslin, both of city. A number of other relatives live in the Summitvllle community With ofifcials in ail taxing units of Madison county forwarding the work of compiling the budget estimates for 1936, a calendar to guide taxpayers of the county in any action they might wish to take in re gard to the formation of next year's tax levies was announced today by the ofice of Albert A. Huff, county auditor; Budged estimates of Madison county omcmiB were uiea eariy last week with the auditor and commissioners have completed their work of formulating estimated ex LARRABEE WILL SPEAK AT LAYING OF CORNERSTONE Congressman Notifies Postmaster of Acceptance of Invitation Postmaster Otto Hennef ent today received the acceptance of an invitation extended to Congressman W. H. Larrabee to participate in the ceremonies to be held in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of Alexandria's new postoffice.

Fostoffice officials here had Invited the legislator to take part in the cornerstone program' some time ago. Congressman Larrabee's acceptance was contained in a letter received' from him by Henne- fent The date of the ceremonies can not be set due to the fact that they must be held after the adjournment of CongTess so that Congressman Larrabee may participate, in them. The Eleventh district -representative said, that although, the adjournment date of Congress was uncertain, he believes it will be the latter part of August- "I am happy to accept your kind invitation to be present and participate in the event," Congressman Larrabee wrote. Workmen of the H. G.

ChrUtman Construction Company have made unusually rapid progress in the con struction of the new federal structure during the past week. They had completed the wall to roof height on the east side and were quickly, bring ing up the walls on the other three sides to similar, height Monday. Steel framework is being erected concurrently with the brick-laying. they were directed to the Miles street address by. Mr.

Moore, They were forced to lay 1,200 feet tot hose 'line from the hydrant located on River avenue, three blocks, from the scene of the Are. Firemen fought the flames for two and one-half horse before they had the fire under control. The damage or loss of Mrs. Smith's property was only partially covered by Insurance to the extent of $200, while Parkhurst had nor insurance protection on his furniture. An FERA worker -employed on the school project, he was off duty today Beeklng: quarters for 'his family.

Stating that the fire started in bis apartment, Parkhurst believes that a spark from a match his wife used in lighting a kerosene stove was responsible for the fire. Paper near the stove ignited, causing the fire to spread fast, he Indicated. He was positive, he said, that there wail no explosion of the oil stove which he had purchased last week. FEDERAL PAY HELD TAXABLE INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 12 UJ Income received by contractors from government projects is subject to the gross income tax, Attorney General Philip Luti held in an opinion to the income tax division.

Numerous contractors have doubted legality of -the gross income tax department's application of the tax to income received. from government work at the regular rate of 1, a letter tq. Lute from Clarence Jackson, director, of the department, said. CONDITION ABOUT SAME The condition of C. -C.

ill for several weeks at his home on North Canal street, remained about the same today, little change being noted. MARKETS AT A GLANCE Stocks irregularly higher; bonds irregularly higher; curb stocks' irregular and active; call money of foreign exchange, dollar slightly easy; grains: wheat 7-8 to 1 l-2o slightly lower; rubber 8 to 5 points lowerj corn and oats cotton higher..