ion of horses, mules and is left to the discretion ofHEB DF FOUR URGES NEGLECTils to Court When lildren Fail to Aid , Her.ring the signing of warrants afternoon by a aged mother ildrcn were summoned .by th o appear in municipal court lay morning to answer to the of failing to proviso for ;ed parent.0 the advice of Humane Of-. W. Finfrock, the mother, rs in her eyes- and her hands from the ordeal slie was en-hesitated before placing her es on the warrants that egistfrr nn accusation against Iren.(other, Mrs. Hannah Thomp-! Main street, told the police ! had no alternative but tn1 assistance of the law to upon her children for the ipport that she requires in lining years.rot n plea for luxuries that ther made, Officer Pjnfrock t rather for recognition and a istenance from the children, hildren Mrs. Margaret Eisel, th E street, Mrs.Einnin Smith th Second 811*001, Mrs. Bonnie ■, 233 South B street-, a ml Ghompson 27 Burnett street, dercd to appear in court to why the charges were filed them.enwald M. E. to Borrow $9,500Piphcr, George Leibrock, Al-Joues, ][. J. Gerhard, J. I. r, Charles A. Heine, George rilliard, L. E. Symmcs and , E. llill, trustees, of the k'ald M. E. church filed ap-\ in common pleas court Tuos authority to barrow $0,500 on nl estate* for improvement s. The petition says they :c sanction of the quarterlyarriage Licensescs John Winters, salesman, ati and Helen Vcidnor, Ham-J. Dan man salesman. Mid* and Mabel A. Firth, sales* iiddlctown.rt B .Smith, carpenter, Day-1 Clara Meredith, domestic,Birthsfrom the port in Norfolk, Vs., on March 16. According to the coroner’s version, McAllister must have died within a few days after the car had started on its Westward journey.Adding to the. intricacy of the mysterious death .the latest possible solution was received Tuesday from the Norfolk authorities.After an investigation, the Virginia authorities report that it is their opinion McAllister was poisoned by gas fumes that were created from the burning pulp. They maintained that thc pulp was treated with a sulphite preservative and when burnedHi iCm,t “ P°isonoua gas, some of the bales were scorched..,,D.e*?ltlt;} the possible solution that McAllister died from poisonous gas fumes ,thc Norfolk .officials slate they, are withholding further investigation pending the receipts of a possible motive for murder that they are expecting to receive from tho man's home town.to Mrs. G, Y,. Banker, 2041 cm avenue, Middletown a girl cy hospital, to Mrs. E. Pniliips. 1222 Boulevard, a girl at Mercy ^ - u.Rev. O’Connor Likely Attend Farewell Dinner,toAcceptance of an invitation to Rev. O'Connor, Cincinnati, national chaplain of thc American Legion, to attend the farewell dinner to Rev. H. Cowley-Carrol I, was expected today.The dinner to Rev. Cowl ey-C a troll, chnplaln of Frank Durwin post since its inception four years ago, will be held in the club rooms Thursday ut 6:45 p. m. Reservations must he in the Legion office Wednesday at 6 p. m.Rev, Cowley-Carroll has been very active in Legion affairs and among the. host of friends he has made here, none are more sincere or loynl than the ex-service men. He has spoken at numerous occasions for Legion' projects nnd has officiated at 41. funerals of those who lost lives in service or who died since returning from war duty. lie will leave-about Slay 1 for Fnrgo, N. D., where he will become dean of a cathedral.John (“Jack”) 1\ Rogers, chairman of the post activities committee, will be toastmaster,Jury Refuses Auto Crash DamagesClung ,inchiding numerous pairs of shoes, clothing and other stock, will not exceed $200, fully covered by insurance.Tn Judge Clarence Muryhy’s court Monday tho jury found iij favor nf thc defendant Rollie Oakley, on the petition and in favor of tho plaintiff Elmer Mulford, on the croa petition in a suit based on a collision of automobile at Middletown.Mulford sued for $2,000 for personal injuries Oakley on his cross petition asked $100 for damages of his automobile.No Longer Have. Merit; List Includes Old Divorce Suits.R, A, M. GETS PETITIONS.A number of petitions were receive* at fafw regular meeting Monday .night of Hamilton Chapier No. II R. A. H.■tEntries' dismissing third list of 100 cases were presented at the clerk’s office today by Judge Clarence Murphy who has announced his determination of ridding thc docket .of old cases in which there is no longer anjpmerit. Tho list makes a total of 300 civil cases dismissed under this plan. They are in addition to more than 100 criminal cases which mot a similar fate. Work of clearing up the docket is expected to he finished some time next week.Besides a large number of divorce cuscs in which 'the parties cither have condoned or settled their differences, thc cases dismissed today; are us follows: Peter Bender against Sam Landis; Home Loan and Building association against James G. Cummins aild others: Seward ft Sloneker against Robert Stives; llomc Loan and Building association against Christian Pfaff; Home Loan and Building association against Walter B, Rogers and others; Frank Atherton and others against Joseph S. Keller; Jesse Shaw against Joseph E. Jacobs; A. Wirtz Transfer Co. against Kloak Brothers Co; Mary Jasbrlng against D. W. Snider and others; Athon Kopulos against Antonio Economon; C. H. Patterson a-gainst the State of Ohio; William Gardner against Mack Beyers; Roseau Bush against James- Anderson.Denny Lumber Co. against Carl V. Bennett; Maymc S. Dale against LeRoy Hynnis; Minnie Wikoff a-gainst. C. G. Crist; Rev, John^Thom-as against the Si ate of Ohio; Shirley Roberson against Ben Blumberg; James lladdix against Samuel E. Faulkner; F. B. Simpson against the Blue Ribbon Malt Extract Co., William Butterfield against W. C. McNeills; in re Appication of trustees of Church of Christ; William Renick against the City of Middletown; Thomas Woodward against the city of Middletown; George H. Stone a-gainst 11/L. Lamme; Edward Reinhart against Samual ©raxlcr and. others; Strauss Furniture Co. a-gair.st William Amburgy; W. T. Center against American Railway Express Os.; Norman Shoemaker a-gainst H. M. Hennessy and others; Katherine Schliesman against John Redd.Ohio cx rcl fjaphla Bruck against Edward Havsrland; J. M. Lackey and others against Walter Rogers and others; John J. Volrich and others against Mike Mandzok and others; Ohio ex rel Jesse Linville *-gainst Herbert Fanner; William Lincoln against Jerry Conn; Giraella Strasacr against Louii Schemer; Jamea Stir guy and otben against (^lara Regar.p J. W. Kylo and others, expert;; Louie Breallng |agauut Louis J. Brclaig sod others.\ V . ' |‘'d inn ap olis.The description given the sheriff tallied exactly with the two men even to a black travelling bag that Brooks was carrying at the time he was arrested./ Both Deny Theft Both of the men denied that they had knowledge -of the stolen car. They stated they left Hamilton late Monday night on a merchandise, freight train, later leaving the train at a point between Libcty and Con-nersville.This defense was considered flimsy by the sheriff, who declared it would •have been impossible for the men to leave the train at any point between the two towns, as the tracks at this point are downgrade and the trains travel at a rate'of not less than 50 mileg an hour.Detective Ed Riley,'of tho Hamilton nulo detail, insurance representatives and Wagner left immediately for Connersville to return with thc stolen car and the prisoners.According to Chief of Detectives Co .W. Hermann, Brooks has a long police record. Ho has been arrested on numerous occasions in this city for burglary, robbery, larceny and for stealing uutomobilcs, thc chief said.It is thc belief of the Indiana sheriff and thc local police that the man giving his name ae Miller is an old hand at t he game and that his proper identity will be established when interviewed by Detective Riley.When the prisoners are returned to this city, they will he asked to reveal'the location of a “fence, who is known to huve an established base in Indiana for. the handling of stolen cars.Thc arrest of the two men was the direct result of information telephoned to the sheriff by thc women near whose farm the car was abandoned.As she saw the two men alight front thc car, she stated, she was of thc impression they were bootleggers. Police Tuesday recovered a machine belonging to Miss Lulu Lyons, It. R. 4 that was stolen Sunday night from where it was parked at South Front and Sycamore stretes. -The car, stripped of its headlights and other accessories, was found on the River road, one mile south of the Lind enwald power house.tempt to gam release from the Butler county jail on a writ of habeas corpus.. Recalls Fine.At thc time the Finn farm was raided, in the absence of her husband. Mrs. Finn was arrested and lined $1(100 when arraigned before Squire .Shuler. In default of payment she wqs placed in Jail,Oharies Vaughn, proprietor of a cafe at 327 Maple avenue, charged With possessing, was fined $300 and paid. Federal agents testified that) they found a pop bottlo filled with liquor at his place.Vaughn did not testify. His attorney entered a plea of guilty.To File Bridge Amendment FridayThe amended petition in the injunction suit against. tho North Third Street bridge will probably be filed Friday, Attorney C. W. Elliott, of Middletown, for Frank W. Compton, in whose name the suitVus brought, said today, should permission he granted by the court of appeals.Elliott today filed tho bill of exceptions with the clerk of courts. It was sent to Judge Will P. Stephenson, of Adams county, who heard the ense in common picas court, for approval. 1Ben Hur Fixes Date for InitiationInitiation to tnke place April 23, was planned at the regular meeting of Butler Court No. 9, Tribe of Ben Hur, Monday night. A- euchre will be given Wednesday afternoon and evening in the Ben Hur Hall.Dog Catcher Aided in Middletown DriveSheriff Rudy Laubach today expressed appreciation of the wonderful cooperation given Adolph Miller, dog catcher by city authorities end others at Middletown when ho mado his round a there last week. Miller took carp of a number of complaints and rounded up a large number of stary dogs.' lie will return to Middletown soon Laubach said.Joe Dreety ContentedWith U.S. After Trip Jo Old Home In PolandThe doors of the little shoe repair shop at 345 High street are again open and for thc first time since December, II, customers arc seeking soles, ,Its owner, Joe Dreety, has just returned from a trip through Europe, hut he was mighty glad to get back to America.Europe is no place for me,” Dreety said. “Give me America any day.” 'He spent three .months In Franco, Germany, RussU, Poland, Norway and Sweden. Hi* former home is In Poland, where he visited bis parents .Every place that Dreety went In Poland Jih nationality was demanded by Hi csjrisd s .ican flag in nn inside pocket, and dispayed it whenever his nationality, was questioned.People in Germany live cheaper than those in America. “I uecurcd 22000 marks for a $ lblll many “times in Germany,” Dreety said.. They all seemed to be having a good time in Germany, but something was lacking,” he said.Dreety declared the governments of the smaller European countries were corrupt and Instead of heing governments we sec It they arc worse thon anarchies. People there do not know freedom, hlt;J said.Whcm Dreety set foot on'America after Ws trip he was nighty glad to know Uiat ha vu an Anrcricap citi-■’ i-'V '