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JIMEE SIMPLE MG PHERSON IS reported found Detectives At Edmonton, Canada, Say Noted EvanKe|jst is In That City identification doubted by some Edmonton, Alberta, June 5 (I niled Press) Some doubt W . IS held today as to whether a woman found here is Aimer Simple McPherson or another woman from Los Angeles. Zehna Artue, sister oi pastor Vim- who is officiating in the McPherson temple al Los Angeles looked at the woman suspected of being Mrs. McPherson and then said the woman was not the missing evangelist Previous to the statement, a tele gram had been sent to Los Angeles authorities by Inspector Middleton. nf the Canadian Royal Northwest mounted police, declaring that Mrs I McPherson had been found in Ed-1 monton. Los Angeles, June S—(IT.5 —(IT. P.)Aitnee Semple McPherson, missing evangelist, has been found in Edmonton. Canada, according to a telegram received here today by Chief of Po(COXTIXI T-D OV l't(,F. SIX) O < New Oil Well Makes Only Fair Showing Oil well No. 4. which was brought in gMterday afternoon on the -Paul Schulte farm, formerly the Eugene Runyon farm, in Blue Creek township, made only a fair showing of oil. The well is located on the edge of the pool. it was said. Owners of the well believe the well will make about eight or ten barrels per day Well No. 3 on the same farm, came in at more than 150 barrels. W.C. T. U. HOLDS FINE MEETING State President, Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, Addresses Local Union The allday institute of the W. C. T. U. of the local union held Friday, June 4th, was a great success. The sessions were held at the First Methodist Episcopal church. The Program included the institute work of instruction and inspiration with observance of Flower Mission day. Many bouquets were brought to the meeting and afterwards distributed among the sick and shut-ins. The state president, Elizabeth Stanly, of Liberty, was the speaker for the occasion, giving an address in the morning and one in the afternoon. There was a tine supporting program of music, readings and playet, all of which represented careful preparation and were in keeping with the occasion and the ideals of the organization. A business session followed the regular program, at which the local officers for the ensuing year were chosen. Mrs. C. Lu Walters was reelected president; first vice-president. Mrs. John Hill; second vice-president. M rs. Win. Butler; third vice-president. M rs. C. E. Hocker; fourth vice-presi-dent, Mrs. Fred Linn; recording secretary, Mrs. H. A. Thomas: assistant recording secretary, Mrs. C. H. Colter; treasurer and corresponding secretary, Mrs. John E. Nelson; assista “t. Mrs. B. J. Rice. The president then appointed the following department secretaries: Literature, Mrs. John Niblick; sclenfifle temperance, Mrs. F. W. Downs; narcotics. Mrs. S. D. Beavers; mothPrs meeting, Mrs. C. E. Bell: flower n’isslons, Mrs. Geo. Chronister and f - C. B. Vail; chairman of fair committee. Mrs. Wm. Butler; organ•‘t. Mrs. C. E. Bell; chorister. Mrs. Lngene Runyon. (CONTINUED ON PAGE NIX)

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She’s Cause L F r' ? ! ■ I I \ ' ‘ '■/ I 1 z Merwin Lefferly shot himself in front of the home of Adelaide Bartels, seventeen, at Hempstead, N. Y„ to “see if she’d feel sorry." She did. and he's happily convalescing. i BANKERS TO MEET IN BLUFFTON NEXT i Group One Os Indiana Bankers Association To Hold 1927 Meet There The annual convention of the bankers of Group No. 1 of the Indiana Hankers Association.comprising hankers of ten counties, will be held in Bluffton in 1927, an invitation extended Thursday by R. S. Todd, in behalf of the Wells County bankers, having been accepted by the hankers of the group in convention at leugrange. The invitation from Mr. Todd also included a communication signed by Mayor T. V. Harsh and all Bluffton councilmen, extending an invitation to the bankers to use the new community building there forth,. 1927 convention. The size of the convention gathering may be realized when it is stated that 392 registered for the convention at Lagrange. Entertainment includes a banquet with a program of speeches, music, etc. Group 1 is one of seven into which the state is divided. The ten counties included in Group 1 are Wells, Atlants, Allen, Dekalb, Huntington. Lagrange. Noble, Steuben ami Whitley. R. N. Walter, cashier of the Lagrange County Trust Company was elected group chairman and Cloid B. Ratliff, assistant cashier of the Studabaker bank, was elected group secretary. Campaign Under Way Indianapolis. Ind.. June 5 (Lnited Press) —The Indiana campaign for contributions to the $1,000,000 research fund of the American Historical Association was under way today. Pledges of SIO,OOO were reported last night at a banquet initiating the state dirve. o G.E. BAND TO PLAT AT PARK Band And Firemen To Give Entertainment At W ater Works Park The General Electric band anti firemen will give «n entertainment at the water works park next Thursday and Friday evening, it was announced today. The proceeds will be used in defraying the expenses ol the band and firemen in attending the annual convention of the volunteer and industrial firemen to be held at Indianapolis, June 17. 1B case the swimming pool at • water works park i» °P° ned the ’ f week the entertainment will ' 2e held on t h ; opening nishts instead • of Thursday and Friday nights. The • n E band wlil provide a concert - ; afll evening. A ten-dollar• bating suit will be given away to ««ne lucky man or woman.

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Chicago Public Blamed For City’s Crime Wave Special Grand Jury Completes Five Weeks’ Investigation Ol Crimes And Their Causes; Public, Through .< failure To Recognize Prohibition Laws, Held Resonsible For Making Chicago The “Crime Capital’’ Ol Ihe Nation; Jury Demands That Gov. Small Dismiss Public Welfare Superintendent And Head , Os Parole And Pardon Board. 1 Chicago, .hinc 5 (l nited Press) The public of Chicago, i through its failure to recognize the prohibition laws, is largely re- ’ sponsible lor making Chicago Ihe "crime capital" of the nation, 1 according to the report of a special grand jury which has delib- ' crated live weeks on crime and their causes. Although certain state officials were denounced for their ■ "vicious administration" of the pardon and parole laws the jurors insisted that the public was chief- “

ly responsible. “It cannot be denied that there has | been a lack of acieptance by the public of the Volstead act" the report asserted. Liquor Traffic Cited “A large number cf persons in the community have not accepted the statute as the law of the land and are willing to pay and do pay exor- | bitant prices for intoxicating liquors which creates a field of activity and profits unheard of in former times. I “This traffic, being criminal and without legal foundations." brings about, the report stated, the bitter wars between rival bootlegger gangs and the murders that climax them. The grand jury report demand that Governor Len Small dismiss Chauncey 11. Jenkins, superintendent of the state departmet of public welfare. ad Will Colvin, bead of the pardon and parole board. And, according to an announcement by Attorney Generaf Oswar 4'eflH-trom. Governor Small already has promised to remove Colvin from office within 30 days. The grand jury was summoned by State's Attorney Crowe when one of his most brilliant assistants. William McSwiggin. was murdered in the midst of a beer war. The jurors reported they were unable to solve MeSwiggitis murder but asserted that in then- belief the young state’s attorney bad been an '.innocent bystander" and was in no way involved in the beer traffic. o

AUTO OVERTURNS EAST OF DECATUR ■ ——l Mr. And Mrs. Rex Weber, ' Os Laketon, Indiana, j Escape Serious Injury Mr. and Mrs Rex Weber, of Lake- | ton. Indiana, escaped serious injury when the Dodge coupe in which they were riding, struck a ditch and overturned near the Dent school house east of Decatur about 8:30 o’clock Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Weber were returning to their home at Laketon after a visit in Ohio. Mr. Weber said that he did not see the curve in the roadunti'.l It was too late to swing Ills car completely around the jog in the road. The cal struck the ditch and telephone pole and then turned over. The top was completely demolished, and the frame of ihe car was badly twisted. The occupants escaped with minor injuries. Mrs. Weber suffered several bad cutsa but no bones were broken. Mr. Weber received only a few minor scratches. They continued to their home today by train, and their car was towed into a local garage for repair. —oJohn H. Williamson To Be In Decatur Monday John H. Williamson, president of the Benjamin Franklin highway association, will be in Decatur Monday afternoon and would like to meet those interested in this project at the Industrial rooms at 3 o’clock. He will speak before the Rotary club at Van Wert. Ohio. Monday at noon, and at Ottawa, Ohio that evening, and while in this vicinity wishes to tell the local enthusiasts some matters of interest. All who can are urged to be at the meeting.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, .lune 5, 1926.

THREE HOOSIERS DIE IN ACCIDENTS Youth Accidentaly Shoots Self; Auto And Train Kill Two Persons Indianapolis. Ind.. Juno s—(Vnited5 —(Vnited Proas)—Three persons were dead and three others were suffering from serious injuries today as a result of a series of accidents in the state. Harvey Cain, fifteen year old youth accidentally shot and killed himself i while hunting at. Rockport. , i Sieve yirva, 22. was killed/Ity a Michigan Central train and Robert Schwenke, one year old baby, was killed by an auto at Hammond. Dr. H. F. Dunning. 45. a druggist at Hope, received injuries which may cause his death when his auto was struck by a Big Four passenger train. ' Harold Sicks, 24. drove his auto into a road barricaded at Lebanon and was badly injured. Falling beneath the wheels of n 1 1 wagon load of hay. Forrest King, 19, of Tipton, received serious injuries. a t Commencement Festivities Open At Indiana University ! Bloomington. Ind.. June 5. — (United Press.!—The ninety-seventh annual -commencement festivities started today at Indiana University.

The senior women's ami the student alumni luncheons were held as the first events on the program. oPayroll Bandits Get $34,200 Nashville, Tenn., June s—(United5 —(United Press) —Two bandits held up the payroll car of the Dupont-Rayon Company here today and escaped with $34,200. O—HIGHWAY WORKER SERIOUSLY HURT Amos Inninger Is Caught By Falling Abuttment Os Bridge Near Berne Amos Inninger. an employee of the county highway organization with the Chris Heer division, was badly hurt this morning when an abuttment of the bridge a half mile north of Berne near the corner of the Berne-Monroe road, caved in and caught him. He was rushed to Berne where physicians examined him. At first it was feared that his back had been broken, hut later it was found that a severe strain of the back and a broken leg were the most serious injuries, Several other men were working near, but no others were injured in the accident. Mr. Inninger was brought to the hospital here this afternoon. It is believed he wi.l recover. oKNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA pays 45 percent of daily wages to manufacturing employees, 3.8 percent to mine workers, 4 percent to agricultural wotkers. 4 percent to costruction workers and 42 percent to those in trade, transportation and miscellaneous industries combined.

THAW AND WIFE BURY HATCHET Slayer Os Stanford White And Evelyn Nesbit Resume Their Friendship Atlantic City. N. .1., Juse 5. — (United Press.! — The Thaws appear to have buried the hatihel. Harry K. Thaw, slayer of the Stanford White, and Evelyn Nesbit, the wife over whom he killed White, appeared to have resumed the role of friends again today after almost 20 ’ years. With them was their young son, Russell Thaw, whose paternity Thaw quetioned when he and Evelyn were divorced. Refuse To Discuss Affair. Both refused today to discuss whether they had effected a complete reconciliation or had simply decided to end the state of "armed neutral-1 ity” which had kept them apart. Atlantic City was astonished last night when Thaw, Evelyn anil Russell with a lawyer, appeared at a big hotel and dined together, like friends after a long separation. The purpose of the meeting, both Everlyn and Thaw declared was to frame a strong denial of a Chicago story that a boy named Russell Thaw had entertained several companions in a lavish fashion and neglected to pay bis hotel bill. "There have been many troubles, but this is too cruel for my son has never been in Chicago except when he was with me,” was the text of a signed statement given out by Evelyn Thaw after the dinner. Fully two hundred persons were at dinner in the hotel here when the couple entered. solicitously led Evelyn by the arm and a buzz of excited talk began throughout the roohi as they were recognized. , Throughout the meal Harry showed Evelyn marked attention. Their conversation was long and ernest. Evelyn seemed elated over the evening an.l very reluctant to say anything about a reconciliation. *** _ .■? -- .. — .l< .. In 4.. ■cl tzw <1

After dinner the couple taxied to a telegraph office to send messages denying the Chicago story and later, after a wulk on the board walk, spent (C(IX TlXt El> OX I’KiE SIX! — I MAIL RUBBER IS SENTENCED ( Leroy Hansen, Os Gary, Gets Three-Year Term For East Chicago “Job” i Hammond, Ind., June 5. —(United Press.)— Leroy Hansen, of Gary, today was under sentence of three years imprisonment in the Leavenworth federal prison for the East Chicago i mail robbery. Hansen held up a mail messenger and stole pouches containing nearly $35,(10(1. Practically all the loot was recovered. Sentence was pronounced by Judge ’ Slick in the federal court here. . Wilson Adams, of Detroit, was sens tenced to two years imprisonment for , auto thefts. Sidney Arondin. Andrew I .insula and Henry Heft, of Chicago were given sixty days in the larke county jail for stealing an auto. Lloyd Beery, Chicago, was sen- ' tenced to 90 days in jail for a sim- { liar offense. o— B. F. Hower Dies Al Columbia City Friday Word was received here today or the death of B F. Hower, of Ply mouth, who died Friday afternoon at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Robert Hoover, at Columbia City. He was about 65 years old and death was due to complications. He is survived by three daughters, namely. Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Gertha Meyers, of Honduras, and Mrs. Saddle Rogers, and one son. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Zion church. The deceased was a cousin of M. E. Hower of this city.

Ponzi Found ’ 'ilfeuk■is Ke A /Ar L \ -xwritw. W Charles \V. Ponzi, financial wizard, was located in Florida after he was reported missing from Boston, where he was ( wanted in connection with his activities. He denied that he was evading summons. RUDOLPH BAUMAN DIES LAST NIGHT Decatur Man Succumbs To Illness Os Scarlet Fever And Blood Poison Funeral services for Rudolph Banman. 45, who died last night of scarlet feaver and blood poisoning, were held at the Decatur cemetery at 11 o'clock this morning, with the Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the Baptist church, in charge. Mr. Bauman had been ill for several weeks. Several other member.' of the Bauman family ' are confined at home with scarlet fever. Rudolph Bauman was the son of Mr. and Mrs Hildebrand Bauman. He was born in Berne. Switzerland. February 24. 1885. When two years of age. Mr. Bauman, with his parents

and brothers and sisters, came to this country and lias lived in thli ■ county practically all hLs life. He was | married, in early life, to Sarah Limensta'.l, and six children were born to / this union. They are Albert. Walter. I Ernest. Clarence, Erwin, and Elizabeth. all of whom are living. The following brothers and sisters survive: John Bauman, of Howe. Indiana: Christian. Peter. Adolph. Albert. Fred and Mrs. Anna Hirschey, all of Adams county. Mr. Bauman was converted last winter to the Christian faith, becom- F ing a member of the Baptist church, s The funeral services were held today i v at the Decatur cemetery because Ihe law regulating the burial of per- r sons dying with contagious deseases. 1 o u Kicked By A Cow Celina. Ohio. June s—George L Adams, of Erastus was kicked in the side by a cow he was milking, i: necessitating medical attention. r Eight stitelies were required to dose y the wound. PRESENTS GAVEL I TO LGCAL COURT: I 1 Gavel Made From Limb Os Constitutional Elm Given By Dore B. Erwin D. B. Erwin, prominent Decatur ' attorney, today presented the Adams circuit court with a gavel made from a limb of the Constitutional elm. which was cut down last year at Corydon, Indiana. Mr Erwin explained that he happened to be in Coryon when the famous tree was being cut down and he .secured a limb from the tree. He had it made into several small gavels, one of which he presented to the court this morning The tree died, and was cut down. . It was beneath this famous tree that ' the Indiana mate constitution was , written 110 years ago. i Judge Sutton, of the Adams circu’t I court, thanked Mr. Edwin in behalf > of the court, for the present and stat- . ed that he hoped that he would never have to use the gavel.

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SENATE VOTES FOR PROBE OF BRITISH MOVE Investigation Os Concessions Acquired by England In Panama Ordered MONROE DOCTRINE MAY BE VIOLATED Washington. .Itmc 5 (I ruled Press) 'lite senate today adojited the Bordi resolution directing the stale and war d< - p.'irlments Io investigate and report to the senate on concessions acquired by British interests in the Republic of Panama. 'lhe resolution was passed without discussion <md without a record vote. The concessions alleged are Intended to thwart apy great American rubber plantation i|‘\’'lopn>-'Mr Ln Panama which might interfere with Britain's world rubber monopoly. I The investigation would determine if the concessions violated the Mon- | roe doctrine. o — To Ask Congress For $6,500,000 For Erection Os Federal Buildings Washington June 5 emigres' will he asked to appropriate, at once s(’>,i 500.0(10 for the erectolou of federal buildings throughout the country and $C.,000,000 for buildings in the diet- , rict of Columbia Secretary of theasnrI ey .Million said here today. I — " - ~ Zeppelin Works Inundated Berlin. June 5 - lUnited Press) — Floods throughout Wurtemburg have r inundated the Zeppelin works at b Eriederichshafen and the Mayback Motor works and caused heavy niater- ' ia! damage. Inhabitants of a valley were forced to flee when a dam i broke near Ravensburg.

o - — REPORT ON PROBE DF HIGHWAY BOARD Copies Os Report 01 Board Os Accounts In Hands Os Governor Indianapolis, June 5 — (I nited Press) —Copies of the report of the state hoard of accounts on its investigation of the state highway commission were in the hands of tiox error Jackson, Attorney General Gillioni. State Auditor Howman and members of the highway body today. The report, Impounded fpr more than a year by order of Judge Collins in Marton county criminal court, was released on motion of Prosecutor Remy. With transmission of the report to Giiliom. l e automatically becomes tin attorney in the prosecution of the highway case. John I). Williams, director of the commission, l-larl Crawford, former commission mtemher. George Bartley. former superintendent of equipment were indicted in 1925. by the Marion county grand jury after its investigation of the “ale of surplus war materials by the commission At the same time Moses and Vitjtor Goldburg. Indianapolis junk dealers. and C. William Whaley, a dealer in machinery, to whom supplies were sold, were indicted. Whaley's trial will begin July I. The others will be tried later. Six field examiners of the accounts board worked on the checl: of the war materials turned over to the highway by the war department. The report set s forth in detail numerous transactions by which material watt sold by the errttmissoa It alleges the commissio i i -si zed little more than SIOO.ObU num tbo sale of m iterials. In defense of the comn n-h :i, > w ' deuce B expected to b-* presented . nt the t, al to shoa that m-tcu of th- • i>s,i ! -1 was in lad condition a«d 'some ii t was ".tGe mote tliau junk.

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