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I BUNG OF FILM I HNS VIEW BODY I Os MOVIE STAB I Dead W° r I)raws Greater | Throng Than He Ever I Drew Before I ( * B \ I BL \ w York. Au? 25.—(United Press) I I —Rgdoiph VaiHUino. dead, t?da> drew I „ -i.t.. of liis casket a greater ■ urow> hl,n het,all ever drawn bpfore ’l; I His bob’ •«)’ in s,o,e al thp < ’ an ’»-| 1 ■ wl funeral church, on noisy BroadB nv today while an ’’fending line of I ■ me curious of film fans and people) ■ email walks of life passed by. I At 6a. m the line began to form, i , I aAhougii it was not until 9:30 that, . ■ th doors were opened. After yester-| II dir’s iluting in which about 100 per- ; I sons were hurt, order was preservedi ( ■ hr 20 mounted and 150 unmounted E Though the morning the throng! I Bored through the big. rel-carpetod | i I num when Valentino lay. Every min- ■ t te 40 persons passed. A policeman; t and four Italians who wore Fascist! 1 ! prb. stood beside the casket. "Step along, step along, give the! i I ethers a chance." the policeman call-; rd continuously as the people passed I . br-mu.’h in the manner of a traffic ; r officer clearing a jam. At 12:30 p. m.. the police estimated! ' TjW persons had passed the casketj : during the morning. . < But the steady stream of hrrmtmity’ was but a part of the stream which ! was to come. Outside at the noon | ’ hour the line of those waiting theiri turn was three quarters of a mile j l bag: and was in places four ahrepst. i I It was then estimated 15.000 were ini I People saw Valentino resting in hisu I lilrer-bronze disked, over which was; | flung a blanket measuring 12 by !<• I !, fw>t made if yellow roses edged with’ > orchids and which bore it card saying: ! ( "With love from Norma and Joe.”l, I It was Un- offering of Norma Tal- ■■ .. . r . f lotted Artists Corporation. o * — 1 — Kendallville Young Lady Sensation in Golf Meet Chicago, Aug, 25 —(United Press.) — ; Continuing the brilliant playing by which she made herself a favorite yes ! terday and blasted the title chances of Mrs. L \V Mida, Miss Naomi Hull. Kendallville, Ind., today defeated Mrs. Jay Casriel, Aurora, ill., one up in the recontl round of the women’s western golf tournament. M STATES TO TEST TAG LAW Indiana and Ohio to Test Validity of Kentucky Auto License Law Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 25. —(UnitP| l Press.)—The state of Indiana plan"wi today to aid Ohio in a suit testin K validity of the Kentucky auto license law under which scores of drivers have been arrested for failure to Sri ure Kentucky licenses for comtnerpial vehicles. , Frederick Schortemeier, secretary °f state, announced that a representative of the attorney general's office I be present at a hearing on a test “hit now before ihe Kenton, Kent'*cky, circuit court. Ute suit was tiled by Cincinnati auto interests after the arrest of Iriversi operating commercial vehicles ’rvoss the Kentucky line. Arrest of drivers of Kentucky comttiercial vehicles entering this state recently ordered, by Schortemeier aa a retaliatory measure against the ai rest of Indiana drivers. Representatives of a half a dozen state will hold a conference in Sepetnher to consider concerted action against the Kentucky law.

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Ton Utter Sold to Local Butcher Today Joe Habegger, Monroe township, sold his ton titter of pigs to H. P. Schmitt, of the Schmitt meat market, this mottling. The litter of 11 pigs weighed 2,690 pounds and he received $336 25 for the lot. The pigs were weighed last Friday. Two litters have been weighed in this county this year. Several furriers have pig litters which will be weighed in within tiie next few weeks. — —o —— ROTARIANS TO HAVE GUESTS Farmers to Be Guests of Club at Meeting at K. of C. Hail Thursday Tiie luncheon meeting of the De- I] catur Rotary Club Thursday evening at which time Frank N Wallace, state entomologist will speak to the Rotarians and their farmer guests, will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall, < corner of Second and Madison streets, instead of at Bellmont Park, as previously arranged, it was annooced. Since it Is impossible to have music 1 at the park and it is difficult for the > meal so be served there, it was decid-i t ed to hold the meeting in the K. of C. hall. i , The meeting will open at 6:15|, o'clock. Each Rotarian lias invited a 1 ( fanner tc be his guest at the lunch- , eon and meeting and the farmers who , are invited are requested to meet it the K. of C. hall at 6:15 o’clock. Mr. ( Wallace will speak, following the : meal, on the subject of the European ; corn borer, a subject of vital interest to all farmers and business men of Adams county at the present time., since the pest has been discovered in Allen county, which adjoins this county on the north. About one hnn- ] dted people are expected to attend the ; meeting < n | O. L. Vance Plays Golf With H. Ford’s Nephew O. L. Vance. Decatur clothing merchant. played golf in a foursome with t Clyde Ford, a nephew of Henry Ford,! on the Ford golf course at Dearborn. «wu r -«»<.. J cation tout. The course at Dearbort: was built for the people of that city by Henry Ford. " I PRIZES OFFERED CLUB MEMBERS Premiums Provided at Fair for Exhibits of Boys and Girls of County According to E. B. Williamson, secretary of the Great Northers) Indiana Fair, classes .have been provided for exhibits from Adams county boy and girl club members. Special premiums have been arranged for members of the gills’ sewing club. -Girls in the regularly organized clubs from St. Maty’s, Union and Raot townships are eligible to compete. Besides premiums for individual exhibits, which shall «nsist of the five pieces required tn the work, each club wi 1 compete as a group. The leaders cf the club will see that all their members place their exhibit in one large group for each township. Frizes to be awarded the township group are, Ist. $7.50; 2nd. $5 • 00; 3rd. $3.00. Calf club members are invited to exhibit their calves and”will be awarded the following premiums: Ist., Silver Loving Cup,- 2nd.. $6 00; 3rd., $5.00: 4th., $4.00; sth.. $3.00. This class is open only to members of the Junior Calf Club. Beet Club members will exhibit three sugar beets for the following premiums. Ist., $5.00; 2>d.. $4.00; 3rd.. $3.00; 4th.. $2.00; sth.. SI.OO For the best ten ears of corn exhibited by club members the following list of premiums is offered: Ist . $5.00; 2nd., $4.00; 3rd., $3.00; 4th., $2.00; 9th. SI.OO. Club members also are eligible to exhibit in any of the regular open classes.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 25, 1926.

Valentino’s Home Town In Italy Wants His Remains Town of Castellaneta in Mourning for Its Most Illustrious Townsman; Com mittee of Citizens Named to Collect Funds to Erect Stately Tomb for Actor;! Town Schoolmaster Gives History of the Movie Star. (Copyright, 1926, by United Press) Castellaneta, Italy. Aug. 25 —The town of Castellaneta wants Rudolph Valentino back again. ’ Flags were half masted everywhtrt* here, and countless placards posted with the inscription fin mourning foi our beloved, illustrious townsman, Rodolfo Valent no."

FRANK COTTERLY COMMITS SUICIDE Former Resident of Craigs ville Ends Life by Poison in Kansas Frank Cotterly. 26, until a few years ago a resident of Craigville, committed suicide by taking poison, at the home of his brother at Wichita Falls. Kansas, at 10:45 o'clock Monday night, according to a wire received at Craigville today by his sister, Mrs. Frank Biehl. Cotterly was kuown in this city. He lived in Craigville until a few years ago. when he went west and obtained work as an electrician. Despondency over ill health was given as the reason for the suicide. He is survived by his parents, who reside at Payne, Ohio, two brother? in Kansas, and a sister. Mrs. Frank Biehl, of Craigville. The body will be brougju to Cra gville, Friday. Ji>r burial. o ■ — Drowns in Lake Michigan Shelby. Mich.. Aug. 25.—(United Press)—The body of John Mcßride. 19. son of F. Scott Mcßride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league of America, was to be taken to his home in Westerville. 0., today. Young Mcßride drowned while swimming in Lake Michigan. MENNGNiTES ' IhWEBEiKi General Conference of Mennonites of America in Session at Berne Berne. Aug. 25 —The twenty fourth triennial session cf the General Conference of Mennonites of America is in sesssion at the First Mennonite church cf Berne this week. The conference convened Monday morning and will close Sunday night. About 300 delegates, representing approximately 125 churches and 22,000 members, are attending the conference. A large number of important papers were read Monday.-The report of the committee on admission of new churches showed that there are now 132 congregations, belonging to the General Conference, with a total membership ot 22,895 communicants. These congregations own 139 churches, but there'are 21 congregations without pastors and only ministers devote their full time on their charges. Thir-ty-four churches employ the English language. 48 use the German language and 45 use '.’ th The subjects of union meetinr- ind mixed marriages were discussed. Graduates of BlufftonSHßDL SH Graduates, former students and present students, of Bluffton College, Bloffton. Ohio, a Mennonite school, held a reunion in the Lehman grove, south of town. Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. The cantata. ‘‘The New Jefusalem" a sacred cantata by Charles Erwin Davis, will be rendered at the'Mennonite church at 7:30 o’clock this evening by the Mennonite Choral Society of Berne. The soloists are al! Berne persons. A large number of noted personages in the Mennonite church are attending the conference. Services will be held each morning, afternoon and evening this week.

‘ A lommittee of citizens has been organized to collect funds to erect a stately tomb for the actor in the cemetery here, and already has vlsiti ed his relatives, requesting that steps i be hastened for the removal of the ' body to Castellaneta. Something of the star’s history was given by the schoolmaster of the I town, a boyhood chum of Valentino, in an interview with the United Press. He said Rodolfo’s father had been ,■ a rider in an obscure traveling clrI cus. had married a French girl rider in the same profession, and finally ’(settled here. II He recalled that the young Rodolfo ■ at’ the age of 12. had fought with four - boys of the neighborhood, badly . cutting their faces and ears, because ,he had not been invited to aid in I carrying the coffin at the funeral of ’ a girl playmate. | "He used to walk on the edges ot ' roofs, and indulge in other dangerous t. monstrations." the schoolmaster ‘.said. "He explained that* he did it to soothe his nerv»s after he had re- ’ ceived a scolding or a spanking from $ his father." j At the age of seventeen Valentino fell in love with a girl neighbor, who dird in the winter. Unable to- find fresh flowers for her grave, he sneaked into the church, and stoic artificial flowers which were adorning the 1 image of the Virgin, working them ' into a wreath to place on the girl's 1 coffin. It was shortly thereafter 1 that Valentino made his decision to 1 go to America. Heat W ave Advancing on Chicago from West Chicago. AUS ’s—(United Press) A heat wave was advancing on Chi-j i cago todav. sweeping in from the bureau. Officials regarded the prospective ’ heat blanket as a freak, but pointed to official temperatures yesterday at Bo se, Idaho, where it was 104 degrees. At Salt Lak? City. Utah, it 1 was 98, and the same figure was ’ registered at Spokane. Wash. i o , Insurance Service Started Indianapolis, August 25.—< United Press)—Headed by Walter Bossert, 1 of Liberty, former grand dragon of • the Indiana Ku Klux Man, the Indi- ' ana Automobile Insurance Service ‘.has been incorporated. The concern - will conduct an information bureau ’ for insurance prospects. ■■ o : MOTHER KILIS : FOUR CHILDREN t } I — Mississippi Woman Slays ’ I Children During Religious Frenzy i Laurel. Miss.. Aug. 25—(United Press) —Mrs. Scott Allen, 35, mother 1 of six, is held in jail today in connec- • tion with the slaying of four of her ■ young children. ' • Mrs. Alien, seized with a religious • frenzy yesterday, accordmg to neight bors, killed the children, ranging in age from four months to six years, ’ with an axe, “because the holy ghost i told me to turn my children over to - him.’’ A week ago Mrs. Allen became r affiliated with a religious sect holds Ing camp meetings here. She was designated to the missionary field, s neighbors said. What to do with her - six children had puzzled the woman. 8 "Do what the Lord tells you to do" i the leader of the meetings is said to ; have told the woman.

U. S. AMBASSADOR : RETURNS FROM MEXICO TODAY — | Scheduled to Confer With Secretary Kellogg on Mexican Situation! CONTROVERSY MAY LAST FOR YEARS Washington, August 25 — (United Press) —Ambassador James R. Shes- . field, hom fi on leave from Mexico ! City, was to confer today with Secre- | tary of State Kellogg on religious ; strife and the tangle over oil and | land laws in the southern republic. I The ambassador will present to Secretary Kellogg a Mexican note replying to the ncent K. S. note on the oil situation. Mexico City, Aug. 25 —Direct efforts of the Mexican episcopate to seek peaceful settlement of the religious controversy apparently had ended today, and the belief was strengthening that the struggle between church and state might continue for several years until the Calles regime has been succeeded by some other. The determination of the Episcopate committee to suspend direct efforts for peace left the situation where it was when the churches were closed almost a month ago in protest against the religious law promulgated by President Calles. The Calles administration still has about tuvo years of office before it and shontd it be continued in power the next election there would be six years in which the church scarcely could hope to obtain congressional, judicial or administrative relief from the laws it f.nds so objectionable. “NEW MESSIAH” ARRIVES IN U.S. - ~N 1 Jed du Krishnamurti Comes I Here From India As Veincie oik By Paul W. White (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York. Aug. 25— Jeddu Krishnamurti. delicate featured, slightly built native of India, just turning 30. came to the United States today hailed by thousands of followers as the voice of the new Messian. He arrived on the liner Majestic A protest against his entry into the country was made by a.leged enemies, but the evidence submitted was "so flimsy" action was not considered justified by immigration officers. Krishnamurti, is advanced by his followers and sponsors, as the vehicle selected by "the Grea - Nameless One" to send into the world his message for the modern world At the age of 12 he was selected and a year later wrote his first spiritual work ’“at the feet of the master. At the age of 30 he has been proclaimed fitted to come before the world to speak for hl.s spiritual master, the ’’great world teacher." Woollen Assails Tariff Policies of Republicans Clinton. Ind, Aug. 25. —’(United Press.) — Republican tariff policies were assailed here last night by Evans Woollen, democratic short term senatorial nominee. Woollen asserted the Fordney-Mc-Cutnber act was “the expression of the spirit of sordid selfishness.” Seeks Citizenship Papers Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 25. — (United Press) —An application for citizen ship papers tor Miles Hessiou, 89, of Pittsboro, was in the hands of federal authorities today. Hesslon. a native of Ireland, had lived in the United States since 1864 and voted for many years in ignorance of the tact that he was not legally a citiz- u.

Pola Negri Plans To Attend Valentino Rites U>s Angeles. Cal., Aug 25.—( United ; P.ess.) —Pola Negri, film star, announced she plans t > leave today for I New Yoik for the funeral of Rudolph ! Valentino, to whom she has been reported engaged. Her trip is reported against the advice of her physician. Miss Negri purchased an elaborate | ensemble of black silk, her mourning ! garb said to have cost $3,000. o PROBE RESOMED BY GRAND JURY Evidence of Murder of Don R. Mellett Submitted to Jury at Canton Canton. 0., Aug. 25. —(U. P.) — A | Stark county grand jury reconvened ’ here today' to consider evidence on the murder of Don R. Mellett. reform edi- i tor of the Canton Daily News. Meanwhile arrangements were made . to file a SIOO,OOO civil suit in behalf! of Mrs. Florence Mellett, the widow, in federal court at Cleveland. The federal suit was regarded as a tactical move by investigators hostile to county Prosecutor C. B. McClfn-! tock. They have expressed doubts l concerning the success of the county probe with McClintock in charge. “The purpose of the suit,” said Fran- i cis W. Paulson, Mrs. Mellett's attorney. “is not to collect money, but to blow the lid off in Canton Friend’ of the Melleit family believe this to be the only way." o t Identity Os Pittsburgh Bank Bomber Unknown : Pittsburgh. Pa. Aug. 25. — (United Press.)—The identity »t' the man who • late yesterday walked into the Farm--1 er's Deposit hank here and demanded $2,001) and cairied out a threat to “’blow the bank up” on refusal, was I still unknown today. Two persons were killed and forty I injured bv the explosion of a bomb which the man carried into tlte bank In a small black bag. George Ortmann. hank policeman who attempted to sieze th- bag. is the •only known dead An unidentified man, with his head , blown off, is believed to be the hanBank officials estimated the property damage at $150,000. BAND TO PLAY AT H. S. GAMES Junior Band to Play at Athletic Events of Both High Schools This Year The Decatur Junior band, which was organized about a year ago. will be available for high school athletic events this year. Superintendent M. F. Worthman announced today. A schedule of basketball games for both Decatur high school and Decatur Catholic high school will be worked out. and the band will be present at games played by both the Decatur teams it was announced. The band also will be taken on several out-of-town trips, it was learned today. Mr. Worthman said that, since boys from bo’h high schools played in the band, both schools would be entitled to the use of the band. At the opening footba'l game in Decatur, in October Ihe bahd will lead the parade to the football field and will play during intermissions of the game. It will be used at al! home football games and basketball games and several out-of-town basketball games, by both schools. France Confer, Catholic high school coach, and Mr. Worth.nan are working at present on a program for the band so that both schools may secure its service at athletic events. This is the first time for several years that Decatur has had a junior band. It is tinder the leadership of ; Senor J. C. Cafaro, of Fort Wayne, and has made splendid progress the last several months. It has already played in public on several occasions.

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LIEUT. BETTIS INJURED WHEN PLANE CRASHES Flyer Lost for 48 Hours After Plane Crashes Into Mountain FOUND ALONG ROAD BY TWO SMALL BOYS Bellefonte. Pa.. Aug. 25—(United > Press) —Lieut'. Cyrus Bettis, army airman today was fighting for h.s life I in a Bellefonte hospital after having I been lost for nearly 48 hours in the I wilds of Jack’s Mountain fifteen mile from here. Suffering from a broken left leg, a I crushed face and probable internal injuries. Lieut. Bettis was exposed to the elements on the side of the mounI rain between Leadstown and Bellel t'onte from about 2 p.m.. Monday until 4:30 yesterday. The army flier was found by two boys on the roadside where he had ! crawled after his plane was smashed ! into the side of a mountain in a I dense fog Monday afternoon. Lieut. IJ. J. Wi liams, of S Lfridge Field, who headed the hunt for Bettis, said that the injur?d flier told him that he had crawled for five hours, I through the dense underbrush before I reaching the road where he was I found. Physicians at the hospital said that i Bettis had an excellent chance of rej covery, provided the shock to his I system had not been too great. He was in fine physical condition due to his army service. It was said that Bettis was suffering greatly not only from his broken leg but from the injuries to his face, which was crushed almost to a pulp by the impact when his ship struck the tree. He also suffered many I lacerations on tin- body crawling ! through the dense underbrush to the roadside. The injured flier said (hat he proh ably had been unconsc ous for some time after she crash hut on regaining his senses he started to crawl away i f T om the wreckage of his ship. He indicated that the plane was a conp ete wrecs. having struck the .. The automobile bearing Bettis arrived here shortly before 9 a. m. today. It was said tifci while the entire country sought word of (he missiug flier he was lying at the home of Mrs. Ralph Aurand, northwest ot Lewistown. Millard Aurand was one of the boys who found the missing flier late last night and took him to his home over the night. JOCKEY'S DEATH WILL BE PROBED Father of Vernon “ I'ominy” Smith to Ask for Thorough Investigation W. O. Smith, ot’ Fort Wayne, will demand a thorough investigation into the death of his son, Vernon “Tommy” Smith. 34. Fort Wayne jockey, kn wn in Decatur and Adams county, who was fatally injured, according to reports, when he was run over by an automobile at the fairgrounds at Celina, Ohio. August 16. Fear has been expressed that Smith met with foul play before being run over by the automobile, which was driven by Fred Emith. a Celina dry goods merchant. This belief is supported by the allegation that a con.siderable sum of money he carried was missing in addition to a diamond stickpin. a ring and a gold watch. According to reports tiom Celina, no one saw Smith’s body being struck by the mauhiue. Rdutives have discarded the theory tha' the man might have been asleep behind the machine, which was backed out and believe that lie was a victim of a:i attack, IIUM'IMKP <•> PAUK POOM)

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