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MAYOK and 41 IKiK. CONVICTED. A 1 ? ' Witn?^^s in CftM Presenf ' iVimi.^on (?i Toiumu v . J ? Indianapolis, Ind., Mtfrch St. Ono A1f the most wuftationai trials held in Indiana ? since the Volstead act became 'was brought to a' close in United Stutea District, Court hero today with the conviction of lU'ty-ftve persona on a charge of con spiracy to violate the prohibition law. The defendant# arc all residents of Gary and Lake County. While a ma jority of those convicted are of fur* eign birth, Several of the defendants were men charged with the authority to enforce the lawa and those who had taken oath to prosecute the offenders. They were among those found guilty hy a jury which began its delibera tions Friday evening at 5:150 o'clock and reported its verdict in court this morning. Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger, of .Milwaukee, who heard the eases, said he would hear arguments on any mo tions for a new trial or. in arrest- of judgment .on April' 20. These motions must be filed within eight days. Those convictid today also may he sentenced on April 20, but it is probable a later date may be set then. Topping the list of. t^ose found guilty', on the conspiracy charge, which carries with it a sentence of ' " 1 ' l froifi one da v. to two years, or both, was Roswel'i (.), Johnson* mayor of GaryN Part of the city and county's !o.:al machinery? -Judge William M. Punn and Prosecutor Uwight M. K nde% -also were found guilty. Wil liam II. Olds, sheriff of Lake county, former sheriff Lewis 10. Barnes, iikt County Prosecutor Clyde Hunter. Ulaz A. Lucas, a prominent Gary at torney and John Bennett, treasurer of the republican city committee, Gary, also wercT convicted. Two of those found guilty were women. Those con victed were permitted to remain at liberty on their original bonds. Witnesses of at leapt fifteen nation alities testified during the trial which occupied thirteen days. In addition to many persons of various Slavic races, witnesses of American, Greek, Czecho-Slovakian, Austrian, Rouma nian, Irish, Negro, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Swedish and German parentage were heard. John K. Blake Dead. ^ Greenwood, April 2? John R. Blake, 71, prominent Greenwood business man and general agent for the Abbe ville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance as sociation, died today in John Hopkins, hospital, Baltimore, where he had been carried for an operation. His death' occurred just before Undergo ing the operation. Born October 4, 1852, near Green wood, the son of Milton Blake and Sarah Black Blake, Mr. Blake had lived most of^ his life in Gruenwooii and Abbeville. After graduation from Erskine college in 18(J0, ha taught school for a time at Ninety-. Six and Coronaca. He was one of the first promoters of the Abbeville Greenwood Mutual Insurance assoei ? at ion and had been general agent since 1X02. For 12 years Mr. Blake was treas urer of Abbeville county and repre sented that county one term in the state senate, retiring at the end of his term without seeking reelection. He was a member of the Greenwood Presbyterian church. Carlisle T. Busbee, aged <?f Wagener, in Aiken county, shot and killed himself Saturday at his father's home. The young man had suffered for years from nervousness and of late had been employed in supervising the construction of concrete bridges in North Carolina. ib# AMERICAN TOBACCO CO Accidents Wipe Out Fam.ly. The ill luck which has, since 1911, pursued the family of J. 1). Bryson, of Greensboro, N. t\, reached its trag , * ie end Thursday night when Mrs. Bp-son, nearly 70 years old, was struck and killed by an automobile driven by J. C. Rice, plumber, the ac cident occurring Ut intersection of West Lie and Dick streets as Mi""/ Bryson started to cross West Ia\> Street. Mrs. Bryson was taken to St. Leo's hospital immediately after the acci dent. She. died within five minutes after .reaching t he institution. Mr. Rice, who accompanied her to the hospital, in thu Hanes ambulance, stated he was driving1 about 15 miles an hour, when the accident occurred. He was blinded, ^he says, by the lights of an approaching car* and by a street, .light which hangs low over the inter section, oi the two streets. He went to the police station from the hospi tal, where he is bei<ig held for inves tigation. It seems that no person has been t'oiyid who witnessed the acci dent. Mrs. Bryson't} husband,'.!. D. Hry son, a machinist who at one time lived in Greensboro, was killed in 1U11 while at work in the Southern shops in. Spencer, the trucks of a car unde.1 which he was working giving way, and the car falling on him. Her only child, Vpnnie B. Bryson, was killed when struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train at Rocky Blount, his home, in 1012. . Two thousand children enjoyed an Faster egg hunt on the White House lawn in Washington Saturday even ing. W. T. O. Bates, Jr., convicted two ?years uro of embezzling $150,000 from the Liberty National Bank of Columbia, and sentenced to five years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlan ta, has been released on parole. Piggly Wiggly Whips Wall Street Gambler*! ? ? ? ?? ?? ? I Clarence Saunders, twelve yearn ago a day laborer In Alabama, gave Wall Street gamblers a trimming last week. As president of the 1200 Plggly-Wiggly chain grocery stores he bought np stock, forcing it up from $40 to $124, catching the gam blers short. Bernhardt's Farewell to America "JiiHt one hour nnrt a quarter before she died In tier son'* arms at hor I'aria hon?*\ a?r>d wrpiityol^ht. S?fah Bernhardt, the "IUvmo Karati," (he worlds Krc^h*.. actroR*, Kent thl* rw*f*Ag? to America. thp land of Ju*r many trltrojjJi*^ "I am ilpeply tow-hod with th.? - ]u(e^ebt, of m? fcHored Au?erfoa<i *Hen<T?~ So r- :oT a pront lift.. Rubber*. Specially on Chain Grower <es T\.<vau'u anvsaetl la Si. l.u<ils. Mt\. in. tin aitoajj^to rol> a yb/ilo Kroivry store, iqrtialltvt, acvoi'tl* liijj i<? (Ha that they laul I'obWt'd oiu? tii the .si(iiv:< daily for -it days Mini that -th<>y made their living by iohl>luwr I tio ?t?avs. Tho company oporatluK tho Klt'lVs s;i\s it |osl S'J |,UH> iti l"l>' ia Si. Louis la tho iust tjirco y?>ars. Scotch Couples Dr.nce 21 Hours, 16 Minutes London.-- Endurance records In duncing are being shattered ho fre quently tn tlio hot contest for world supremacy between England and Scot land tlmt It is difficult to keep truck of the figures. When Santos Casanl, a former avla tor, stopped hit* continuous perform ance at Hammersmith with a record of IS hours a.4 minutes he was happy In the belief that he had established new figures for rout Unions dancing. His efforts were vain; for when he finished two couples In Edinburgh were putting the last touches on a much higher record of 21 hours, 111 minutes. They were. Mis* Mary Connelly and Joseph Voting, and Miss Lena Hansen and Hugh MacKay. Casdni's record was most remark able from the fact that he was gravely wounded in the war. a section of his Collarbone having been carried away, . whilf shrapnel ?fm'ftiiiiMp.M still re mained in |iis legs, (,'asani carried a pedometer which registered flii miles, 1,1*40 yards when he was forced to .quit by sore foot. He concluded with' an exhibition fox trot and a one-uiln 'ute spin. German Woman Jurors Are Hard on Their Sex Iterlin. ? German women, recently ac corded the right to sit on juries in criminal cases, have shown an inclina tion to impose even more severe pun ishment than men, particularly where the defendants are women." "I always feel sorry for a woman defendant," said a Jierlln Jftdge, com menting on woman's entry into the Jury box, "when a majority of the jury is composed of the fairer sex. My ex perlence so fur has been that the wo men have less mercy than men? and hold out for verdicts accordingly. Ever since Germany beoamo a re public and women gained the right to the ballot, the question of permitting them to sit on juries has been brought up fer discussion from time to tlrrfb, there being many opponents to the ad vancements of women's rights among the public generally and especially In the legal profession. It was contended that women were too tender-hearted to listen to sordid detail* of criminal eases. 54,000,000 Rubles for $1 Is Exchange Rate Washington. ? Russia,, now that fear of falulne has been allayed In large sections of the country, is developing a hunger for American currency, ?? American relief administration offi cials report. Ah n result of early operations by unscrupulous purveyors who released coftsld<mihle quantities of (Confederate currency left over from American Civil war days, the simple peasant, the.v say, Is now wise enough to de mand greenbacks with the pictures of Washington and Lincoln upon them. Such bills until recently commanded n premium of 20 per conr over other forms of American currency. At pres ent the curb exchange markets In Moscow rate the American dollar at about .r>4, 000,000 soviet rubles. > Americans watching the trickle of United States currency into KusaIu es timate that It amounts to about $1, 0**0,000 a month. | Radio Locates Missing Boys in Less Than Hour Omaha, Neb. ? Radio turned the trick ; of locating two mlsging school bo\H 1 in less than an hour. D. K. (Juiniine, father of Chester j Gulnane, seventeen, who, with his , chum, 1'aul SchUtze. fourteen, disap I peared, had t tie description of the two i boys broadcast from the xrain ex j change radio station. In less than tin hour the father got ; a 'telephone call from the Omaha radio j fan who hart received the description, ; stating that boys answering the de scription were seen ' tbat day on a downtown street corner selling papera. i The father hastened to the spot and ; found his son. i German Woman Lawyer. .Munich. ? l)r. Maria Otte.- a native of Wuerzburg, recently appeared In the Munich courts ,\> the first woman law yer ever to practice in Germany. Miss Otto rec**l\ eij- the training for her r<^e as the fatherland's first Portia In : schools at Wyerzburg, Leipzig, Herlln and Munich.. She has been employed by a well-known law firm here for the last four year*. Great-G randmother at Forty-Seven. I?s Angeles,' fill --.Mr^ Vina Cun ningham Is a L'reaf ?rrnn<lrrv.ther at forty-seven; her daughter. Mrv. Jessie j Myers, a grnmhuorher j>t thirty-one, and Mr*. M yer*? daucbter. \Fr* Hertha | I'dfliiche ilatiH^hild. a mother at fif? teen. ?cenrdh?c to th<? Los Angeles Rx | jTTTitTTrTr fnd Tn^TTrnT.'/T i search for "i?.e >?>o??gest grandmother." (Ihno Vnslor Automobile. Th(? conglc 'gat ion of St . 1 *<ti? ? i I Lutheran church ill Columbia present n| their ju*atoF? Dr. II. A. MeCuMough, Wednesday a brand new Hoick tour ing car.- The presentation was made by A, II. Kohn. N . A Tribute To The, Memor> of Mrs. \V. P. Johnson. 1 w?s shock i'?l, and inexpressibly gricVed, on Sunday morning, M *n\- h ' I St h, upon receiving a telegram from my 'good friend and former employer, >1 .1. II. Kiley, of Buffalo. S. C., >onveying to me. the sad intelligence of the death of his youttgeSI daugh tor, Mrs. Nellie Kiley .Johnson, which occurred at Camden, S. C, earlier in the morning, where she had lived for several years. Then later during the day. a similar message front her bean' crushed husband was . received.. with increased sadness. It was my privi lege. and pleasure to have known the subject of this Sketch from girlhood, during which time both my wife and myself have enjoyed and appreciated her love and friendship. She was one oj the best and most lovable women that it was ever my pleasure to know. Her mission was doing good for others. She delighted in doing and helping those in less fortunate c.i rc'U instances. That Was one of the. characteristics, that which marked the life of her sainted mother, who preceded her to the. grave several years ago. She was a lady of rare < harm and beauty; and was the em In m| i id. !>i of a)J that was ge.nUe, love ly and pure in 'womanhood, and was of that rare unselfish spirit so beauti ful to behold. The community in which she lived is poorer for her pass ing. For an afngel of mercy has pass ed on to the cloudheights of the sub J i mo sleep of the stainless soul, and will come this way no more. And yet the sweetness of her spirit lingers like the essence of some rare rose that fades and falls before its time. She whs a thorough consecrated christian and a leader in all the activities oi the church until her health began to decline. While the Methodist was the church of her choice, uniting with it in early life, her good deeds and in fluence was felt among all denomina tions. She had few equals and no su periors. Always ready to speak a word of cheer and encouragement to the sick and oppressed, condolence hnd sympathy to those in trouble and bereaved. She was a woman posses sed with rare intellectual gifts, her opinion on any subject counted for much, and her cpunsel and advice was often sought by her friends and asso ciates. She attended Winthrop Col lege, and later graduated with honors at Columbia Female College. She was a popular and efficient teacher in the Buffalo Graded School, at Buffa lo, S. ('., where she lived a number A Nation's Prosperity - 's Founded on Its People's Savings It is tho individual aavhurs ol' each, iiuin, Avoman aitd child. coupled with ed neat ion, invent :on and Virterprise. that makes a nat iom >vreat ami prosperous. America the melting put of the na tions-? has been particularly blessed. It is the rirhest nation in all the worhl, and its people free, enlightened, loyal ami de termined. Opportunity plays no favorites. What another has done, you can do. If yau are not already a mpmfrei' of this big, loyal, saving family, conic in to tin4 Kirst National Hank and start an account. As your sav ings'- grow, your pride will grow with them. WM ifirvrmwn - ?^,...... of year* ami \\ns hived and admired by every one, for her ninny amiable qualities* She was ? lohg sufferer, though uncomplainingly she bore her suffering' with patience and fortitude. She was for a year or mort?, a patient j at tlve Clifton- Manor Sanitarium, at Ashexille, \yhere everything that med ical science could do, by the most skilled specialist of the country, and so improved was her condition she I wit* carried to her home at Camden j in November, where little over two months later the end peaceably came. She was hopeful till the last. She wrote, to us as long as her strength 'Would permit, she Often told us she was writing propped up in bed; she wrote the most beautiful letters I ever read. 1 think it was the last lot tor we ever received from her, she said she was praying that she might be spared to enjoy the sweet com panionship of her kind and devoted husband and four bright eyed boys, who give evidence of so mu^h prom ise, though she was perps?tly recon ciled to the will of H-itM^W'ho doeth all things well. A sweeter spirit never . adorned the portals of .heaven. She was an affectionate daughter, a devo ted wife, d fond sister, a kind and lov ' ing mother and a friend to every body. May God deal gently with the sad and grief-stricken family in their sore bereavement. May s'he rest in sweet peace, stoop ing |4 t?nt I > beneath (he guardian lilie.s of h??f ? ? \\- ii splendid virtue, for hoi' lite was as full of sweetness ami self sat ritice as the golden cup of a lily is lull of the wine of the morning. In March liHM, she united her heart, life and fortunes with those of William INnkney Johnson, and a more loyal, consecrated helpmeet never presided over a household. During an acquaintance of twenty years the writer never heard her speak a harsh, uncharitable word against a human being. It is extreme lly doubtful that she ever entertain ed the least- unworthy suspicion, or harbored the least resentmettt, or ever intentionally wounded the feel ings of an associate. And like Mary of. 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