The Alexandria Times-Tribune from Alexandria, Indiana • Page 1

Duy In Lcc. 3 COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES At-7 o'clockl Jhia morning the temperature wai 32. Highest yesterday 85, lowest 80. year ago yesterday" 65, lowest 85. IJTjme, Troublo.

cy Alexandria, Best Little City in Indiana; and I INDIANA. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1928 OUR DOG SAYS FOUNDED DECEMBER 10, SIXTY appear iii siigvt as girls Active Work Begins Monday On Big Benefit for High School Band peics Tvo ST0I.1 FLAYED havoc Ughfni ino. Sleet and Wind AH Contributed to Damag and An equinoctal' storm of consider able severity brok over the cental part of Indiana Thurday afternoon, and Alexandria and the surrounding county felt its effects in an ant way. Rain bogao falter heav'Iy frcm sodden skies shortly after' noor and this was followed later a 1 rather violent' electrical r.orm. One particularly heavy bolt disabled the local electrical system, and for an hour, until repairs could be made.

the city wai without electrical current for power and light causing especial inconvenience-and; delay to concerns depending on electric With the coming-of night, a alee, storm developed, and this caused trouble espt-oially for utility' row- panies depending on wires. 4 Both -telephone and telegraph lines suffered, and the electric light companv was hit several of the street llch ting circuits being out of service. The' traction company shared in the trouble, 'and on all of the divi--siens ther-j was trouble and delay as a lesult of cars becoming stranded when' 'the trolley "wires became covered with a coating of ice. Wires fell in several instances, and the car service was crippled for several hours this Morning. Limbs of trees were covered with a heavy coating of ice, so much so that in a number of instances tbey broke off.

Snow followed the sleet this morning, with temperatures round and lelow the freezing pilot. -Pipe creek rose considerably as a result of and some of the lowlands'" about the" city were covered water. Considerable wind, accompanied the 'storm Thursday afternoon, but no serious, Jam-age was reported from that source. "irPlans for the benefit' show which the Parent-Teacher association of the city will sponsor at the high school gym on the nights of April 9 and 10, are expected to develop rapidly next week. A director from the Fred-; erick B.

Ingram Productions, of Rock- ford, DX, will be here Monday to take charge' of the rehearsals, and assist in the final makeup of the cant. Trip to Paris" is the nan of the extravaganza which will be pre- sented, and aside from, one part, all of the characters will be men. There are three principal speaking parts, and world famous celebrities bi all lines are to be represented in the various feature stunts which mark the production. Those, who have seen the manu--. script say that the show will be one of the funniest home-talent productions ever given here.

will be sixty people in the cast, among them many of Alexandria's best' known business men. "AH the girls will be men, and every one a is the announcement made in' connection with the selection of the cast. The Parent-Teachers associations are to have the assistance of the American Legion in staging the big i show, and all of the proceeds are to go to the payment of expenses inM- dent to -the -organization -of -a- high school band, "including the purchase of instruments, music, etc, Prof." Huffman, of Anderson, formerly with Soma's band, will be en-' gaged as band instructor, and has indicated that he will make only a nominal charge for the lessons he will give the band members. The band will be organized as as possible. The high school orchestra 1 is tq assist in the presentation of "A Trip to Paris," which is a burlesque on the recent American Legion conven-, tion in the French capital.

Tickets will be placed on sale Monday at the drug stores, the school buildings, and with the-members of the American Legion. Mrs. RolUHumphries, president of the Parent-Teacher has announced the appointment of the following commit- tees for the show: 'i' Talent Will" Henry iMam and Roll Humphries. Tickets Justin Shaul, E. E.

Reavis, Elizabeth Brannon and Ralph Thurston. Publicity T.D.. Hall, Mary Morrison and Frances French. Costumes E. D.

Medsker, O. L. The Weather: Continued cold, with rain or snow tonight; Saturday au- Beiueo, ana, wanner tj night. While the train crew vVs attempting to repair a trol ley, line which bad oeen oroicen down as a result of the sleet storm, a short circuit set fire to the Tecumseh Arrow, crack! interur- ban train on the Indianapolis-Lafayette line eight miles south of. Frank fort last night, and the train was destroyed.

Passengers had time te save their baggage, and no one was injured, although suffering 'considerably from exDosupe. "Si Airolebloi- som says: Women ire naturally ish because they were made to match the mea. MEN GAVE SPLENDID CONCERT HERE The two hundred people who braved storm conditions Thursday night to attend the concert given at the First M. E. church by the male chorus and orchestra from the Dun kirk Of.

E. church, were amply re paid for their time and inconvenience. The visitors, who earner here under the; auspices of the Service Circle of -the local church, gave a very fine program. They are entertainers par excellence, both vocally and- instrumentally, and their numbers were of sufficient variety to in terest all who heard It was regrettable that weather conditions kept many.t away had planned to. attend, if the Dunkirk party should return, here at some future time, they may be assured of a large audience tot greet them and enjoy their music.

J' siTiWa CONTINUE AS PRODUCE BUYERS Dispatches from Washington "a few days ago, printed in a number of newspapers, stated- that Swift Co. must "hereafter continue their activities strictly to the meat packing as the result of a supreme court decision. The dispatch appears to have been somewhat in error, as Swift Co. announced through their local office today that the decision does not bar the company from being in the produce business, and that the' company will continue to handle cream, milk, poultry and eggs as it has in the past. This announcement will serve to correct what might have been a wrong impression in the minds of dairymen and poultry raisers and who would have been led to believe that Swift AJCk.were.no longer -buying their products.

On the contrary, the company expects to be a largor buyer of dairy products than ever with the completion of the new cheese factory here. WILL BRING NEW FORD. Charles Sexton, spent today at Indianapolis and will -return this eve ning with a- new car for the Alexan- dri. a Car and jia DUNKIRK 1835 NO. 77.

MARCH GOING OUT i LIKE A REAL LION t'i i'-'y (March came in with a sort of lionesque t. blizzard, and seems disposed to the same way, after having fur-. nished several yreeks of as fine weather as eould be de-' sired, The thunder storm Thursday afternoon has 'been followed by a generous as-, sortment of hail, snow, sleet AfrkM I 11.1- M1U MUIW UllUIVWHUil, 1UU1K. REMUS IS FREE; i Ha APPEALS COURT HOLDS HIM SANE i-' -J if i unta, xoarcb ao.Tiie third district court of appeals today held that George Remus, former millionaire bootleg king, is sane, and ordered Ms dismissal from the hospital for the. Criminal -Insane, here, where he has been a prisoner since 6.

Remus shot and killed his wife in Cincinnati last winter. He was tried for first degree murder, but obtained his acquittal on the ground of insanity. The verdict enabled him to escape the chair or state prison, but made his to the insane hospital mandatory, Ever since he was committed he has been conducting a legal Battle1 "for his PRODUCTION III DOTTLE SHOPS IS NOW 2,200 DAILY Production in the thermos bottle department at the Aladdin factory has been increased about 20 per cent the past week, and the department is now turning out approximately 2,200 bottles daily. It is necessary to main tain 'this schedule in order to keep pace with the demand for these goods. Some work! is being done at night, in to the work of the day shifts.

u-rf The other departments of the plant are running about normally now, and Vice-president C. W. Davis, who was here from Chicago this weeH express ed pleasure 'at the manner in which operations were going forward. The' company is not launching any of its new building plans at this time, pending the settlement of the controversy which arose in connection with the new, city boundary ordinance, but has these plans well formulated for actlop" iri" case the matters at issue are settled satisfactorily. CAFETERIA CLOSED TODAY.

On account of other household economics work, to which she must give her attention, Miss. Cora director of this department of the high school, announced this morning that after today the cafeteria which has been operated at the school dur ing the winter, would be closed for the remainder of the Z1AU ALtAANUKIA i ITome of Rock Wool FIVE HUNDRED BOY SCOUTS WILL Troops -tforn; this Take Part in County Contests Tonight ll Alexandria Boy Scouts will be represented in large number at the county-'rally, which will be held in the gymnasium, of the Anderson high school tonight, and which is expected to be the largest -of the numerous county -events which the organization has all of the visiting troops from outside the county attend as has been planned, the capacity of the gym will be taxed to accommo date them and their friends. More than .600 Boy Scouts are expected to take part in the grand pa rade which will start the meet off at 7:30 p. m. Doors will open at 6:80 o'clock), and the Anderson Boy Scout band will give a concert from 6:80 until 7 o'clock.

The Indianapolis Boy Scout drum and bugle corps will arrive in Anderson at 4 p. m. and will parade through the-streets at thit time. The Indianapolis organization will head the grand parade at the high school in the evening. The following have been named as Judges for the rally: Paul Miller, of Pendleton; William Shaw, of El wood, and Tim Jarrett, of Anderson.

Dr. B. Tracy will act as judge for the first aid events. More than 850 Boy Scouts of Madison and Tipton counties are expected to take part in the rally proper. Word has been received thatTBennett Raper, Scout executive, of; 'the Hamilton-Boone counties 1 organisation, will-bring a troop of Scouts from Lebanon.

Troop 1 of Fairmount, Troop 1 of Middletown and a large delegation from Khightstown will also' witness the.ieyentSj.Tpops from 'Alexandria Elwood, Pendleton, aummitville and Anderson will participate in the com petition. SCHOOL BAND TO BE ORGANIZED SHORTLY Prof, Huffman, of Anderson, who will have of the new public school band wheih will shortly be or ganized, in Alexandria, was here to day in with the authorities, and visiting the schools. It is expected that the band will be formed: as soon as the spring vaca tion in the schools next week; is over, and work will be continued steadily through the summer, with at least CRITICALLY ILL IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Herbert Whetsel. LaDel wom an who was taken to the Anderson hospital a few days ago, is reported to be in a critical condition.

BENCH WARRANT FOR WAGNER, NOW IN STATE PRISON A bench warrant was issued in circuit court Wednes4ay" for Jbhn Wagner, of who. is serving a term in the Indiana prison for complicity in the tobbery of a bank at Arcadia. Wagner will be returned from Michigan City for trial for the part he is alleged to have played in the robbery of John i Sparks' wool warehouse at Summit-ville more. than two years ago. Orville Frock; of El wood tried in circuit court on the same charge and sentenced last January 21 to serve one year in prison.

Wagner was arrested at Alexandria in connection with the Arcadia bank robbery some time after the wool was stolen and before information wtls disclosed which led to the filing of new charges against him and Frock in the woo! case. The bench warrant was issued by Judge J. Hinsbaw of Newcastle, Who sat as special judge in the -Frock trial: Wagner's tMftl is net fof. Monday, WALKER NEW HEAD OF WALTON LEAGUE Marshall Walker was elected as the new president of the Alexandria chapter of the Izaak. Walton League at the meeting held at the city hall Thursday night In spite of the stormy weather and counter attractions, there was a fairly good attendance of the membership.

Hugh Wood, was elected as vice-president, and Pani Kauffman was continued as secretary-treasurer. The boards of directors fpr" the; om-intr year will be madV up of William Wade Jr CartJfehmitz, -Gene Rem-i ington and Walter May. tMCliATRAm ALEXANDRIA, Methodists are proud of record iii this district Great Advances in All, Lines Are Reported at Annual Conference i Methodist laymen of the Muncie district completed, their organisation for the coming -year at the annua1 of the North Indiana M. conference in Fort Wayne yesterday by the re-uleition of Charles H. Neff, of Anderson; as president, W.

Kirkpatrick, of Jlunciet was elected secretary-treasurer, and a vice-president will he- numed. -N -io i 'i That the Muncie district in which Alexandria is included, is one of the leading districts in the 'conference; was evidenced by the report of Superintendent W. T. Arnold. The -report is one.

iri which the (Methodists of the district may well take pride. The district paid $215,531 on indebtedness during the year, $188,000 in the erection of new buildings. A net gain of 317 was reported in the district by Dr. Arnold. His report also included 1,026 conversions and reclamations.

The Muncie has 41 pastors and 16,792 members. Dr, Arnold's report showed that women's organizations Jiad raised $46,000 during the year. Concerning pastors of the the superintendent stated: "This has been a busy year with the pastors: They have preached 4,818 sermons and prepared! 2450 new sermons, and made 32,927 pastoral visits. They have baptized 612. They have oiRciated at .679 funbrals.

The pastoijs have -solemnized 350 weddings." In relation to the, young people's Dn Arnold said: the. most JTfilps. oi Xpung people in Methodism is to be found in this district. To them has been given the responsibility and challenge to kingdom enterprises to which they have responded splendid ly. We have 34 Epworth League chaptors.

The -Junior chapters are promising. Four new chapters have recently been organ ized. Our young people have con tributed over' a thousand dollars to the support of the Boys'' school in India. Two hundred ninety-eight Epworth Leaguers were in attendance- at -Epworth Forest last August. There were many recruits for life service.

There are 68 Sunday Sctools." RYAN WILC BROADCAST LINCOLN ADDRESSES "A Hoosier All the World Knows" will be the subject of a Lincoln ad dress to be broadcasted from In dianapolis by Oswald Ryan, of An derson, tonight p. m. and again at 10 p. m. tinder the auspices of the Indiana Lincoln Memorial.

Mr. Ryan will be introduced by Mer edith Nicholson, the celebrated Hoos ier author. Mr. Ryan's address to be broadcasted at 6:30 will be over -station WKBF at Indianapolis and his second address will be over station WFBM. They will mark the open ing of the Lincoln Memorial drive in central and eastern Indiana.

AUTOMOBILE BLAMED FOR A DIVORCE SUIT All blame for domestic trouble that has marred the happiness xit Nora and Lee Judd, is placed upon the automobile. In a complaint for divorce thati Mrs. Judd has brouorht in superior court, the wife says her husband owns a ear and is out prac tically every night until 10 o'clock, and frequently until 2 or 8 o'clock In the sThe wife alleges thai this account they have, had more or less trouble, as the result of she says, they cannot, and do not live in peace and happiness, VOLLEY' ALLttffi BE' PLAYED AGAIN AT GYM Volley balL which-proved 'a Very popular sport with a large grtnP- of Alexandria business men' and others last spring after the close of the basketball wasoa, is to? be played'again this spring, and plans are i being made to get brganisect play next Two games -a week will i'bt played as soon as teams are organ ized.j t. 1 Wm, Fisher, Anderson, -man whe recently filed notice of his cmdidacy for representative from Madison county in the legislature, wit'idrew ycrteiday and refileoTias a icandi late for joint- representative, from and Hancock Counties. i PIRATES AT MUNCIE FOR A SHIP WRECK George Marshall J.

Ed Hall, Wayne Wal-lick and Paul Wendt, went, 'to Mnncie Wednesday night and attended the meeting at which, a umber, of Knights of Pythias were Initiated." into the Order of Pirates, a side degree of the order. The was done by the Madison County Crew, of which a number of local men are members. it MISS McEWEN IMPROVES. Miss Sara McEwen, teacher at Ft Wayne, who was compelled to return to her home here this week) because of illness, is improving. 7 SUES FOB DAMAGES Viotor Heritage is named defend ant in a suit filed in' superior court Thursday by August West, who is demanding $200 damages for On automobile collision which occurred ou the Alexandria, pike last Jan 'ary 2J.

RED MEN BEATEN 1 j. il J7 a WITH THE STORM KING The stonm wljich descended, on this part of the state Thursday afternoon almost ruined the big get-together meeting of the Bed Men of the county which was to have, been held at the Red Men's hall Thursday night. In spite' of the condition, however, there were nearly a hundred home and visiting redskins present, but it -was decided to defer the" class initiation which had been planned until some date in the fu ture. Because of the Tack) of a quorum of the officers of the county association, the1 plans for a series of county meetings; which wenr to havefbeen made last night, were deferred until later. These will be completed at a meeting to be held at Anderson on the night of April 28rd.

Several of the officers who wen to have been here last night to make; were, not able to coma, and the program was interfered with materially. However, a fine social time followed the regular lodge meeting and a chili supper was en joyed. PUPILS APPEAR IN OPERETTA AT GYM TONIGHT A capacity audience is expected at the high school gymnasium tonight when the boys and girls glee clubs of the high school, assisted by the school orchestra and the grade pupils' toy symphony, will present the operetta, "Love Pirates of Hawaii." The cast includes soma sixty fpersonsi (with Margaret Arnott, Alice Snyder, Imo- gene Roe, Violet Ryall, Margaret Hatton, Winifred Leach, Kenneth Hull, Joe Finch and Edward Hitch in the speaking parts. Some very pretty Hawaiian scenery and costuming will feature the production, and there will be a number of special features, including 'the school's violin choir. Florence Rinard, music supervisor in the schools, will direct the production.

A matinee for school pupils only was given this afternoon. NEWFACTORY OF BANNER CO. WILL BE STARTED SOON Withia- the-next week, operations will be commenced at the No. 8 plant of -the Banner. Rock Products just-completed at a.

cost of several hundred thousand doUars, and which is one of the most complete and mod ern? plants of its I kind in the tcountry. The quarry on the new Tactory site, located, northwest of the, factory buildings, is being opened this week. and rock will be taken from it In the' next few days. Some time next week the first wool will be' blown in the new plant, and from" then on opera tions will be continued steadily, The starting of the plant will furn ish employment to a number of additional men, and Jhe 1 management expects to gradually increase the pro-surtlen' schedule there until capacity operations are reached. IN ROUND 6 (3 4 0 TRAINNlENl BLAMED FOR FATAL COLLISION Ralph R.

McMuIIan, Tipton county coroner, has filed his finding and verdicts in the wreck of the two Nickel Plate freight trains at the west entrance of the railroad yards, in Tip- ton on the morning of March 12, in which M. H. Maish and George' Howard were instantly killed. The finding and verdict, in each case is the same and the coronea fixes blame on the rear crew of the second section of train- 62, the engineer of the third section which' rammed the second and the railroad company, -which he states should have taken: steps to correct a condition which en- dangers the, lives of employes under adverse weather conditions. TWENTY-EIGHT PATIENTS ARE IN 1H0SPITAL NOW Mrs.

Ella B. Eehrer, superintend- ent of the County Tuberculosis stated today that then are 28 patients in the institution new. Eehrer is convalescing following an operation. She hopes to be able to takje active charge work, at the hospital soon. Plans are being out- lined for a summer lasting over, a period of ten weeks when tu- berculosis children will be treated.

TAFFY PULL POSTPOXED-The Friendly Class of the Mf. E. Sunday school has postponed indefi. nitely the taffy pull which wad to have been held ionight on account of the operetta at the school building. i i 1 1 5 0 5 3 ft 1 Springer Otto Hennefent, Paul Kauffman and HBailey.

NEW TERMS OPEN MONDAY Both circuit and superior courts' begin new terms next Monday, which will last until the summer vacation. Judge Carl Morrow said today that it is probable the grand jury will be: used unless something should develop to, call for investigation. FORMER RESIDENT DIED AT THE HOME OF HEft SON Mrs." Sarah Downey, 68, a former resident of is -dead of tuberculosis of the spine at the home of her son, Ervin A. Downey, at El- wood. For some time- she had been in hospital at Lafayette, and was i brought to the son's home when It became evident that her case would not yield to Frank, is en the way to Indiana to attend the funeral, the" arrangements for which will not be completed until hearrivei," She was 'the widow of James B.

Downey. Ji NAME OFFICERS AND HEARD REPORTS FOR THE YEAR II AND OF DEAT1 1 FELL THURSDAY Oil I If IIA 1tLLKIiUll The annual congregational meeting and. election of officers- -of the Presbyterian church was held at the church Thursday, evening, and there was good attendance in spite of meeting opened with a dinner, 't which, sixty were, accomodated. 'J Reports of the year's world were heard showing' the church and all the' anx? iliaries in good condition' financially. The session report showed an increase of over thirty percent in the charch membership, and a steady growth 'of the Sunday, Officers elected for the coming year are as follows: Elders.

three year term Roger Gipe and W. D. Fall. Deacon, three torm'rWill Smith. -'Trustees, -three year term E.

Carter and W. Stewart. "TCongregational H. Curry. Financial secretary -C.

C. Hall. 1 Church treasurer I S. Mahony. Benevolence treasurer L.

H. Gnrytfirlv5fi'' 4 C. C.Hall. Assistant organist Mrs. George K.

Musid committee Mrs. Will Stew-' -art, Mrs. -George K. Sherman, Mr. John Elliott and Will Stewart.

Sunday school superintendent Miss Charlotte Fall. Assistant M. Di McNeal. Elizabeth Brannon. it Secretary Miss Ruth Edwards.

Pianisfc Mrs.j George Sherman. Assistant M. McNeaL 1 km 9'Mrs, Nan 76, widely known among the great circle of friends as Grandma fonThursday night at the home of her daughter, Rose on South West street Mrs. Nevils. was a Christian' character, and the circle of Iter friends, was limited only by her acquaintanceship; Everyone who knew -her loved and there was much sorrow over the city when the news Of her passing became general.

i She' had been a resident of Alexandria for many a prominent worker in the, Christian church and Its auxiliary societies." The Bible -school class of which she was a mem- ber wiH go ri' is body atiend the funeral service, which will be held at the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Eevi Curtis Wilson, the pastor, will be- In charge, and burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery beside her husband, who died seven years age. The body will lie in state at- the CoyI home- front 9 -o'clock Saturday morning the. hour of the funeral. In compliance with a request of the 'deceased Jtht casket will not" be opened at the church. Mrsr Nevila is survived by four NeliU, of Mrs; Kate Davis, Mrf.

Rose.oyls and James Nevils, of 1 9.