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I (KK SAUNDERS I [MS OPPONENTS ■ OFTHEMEASURE I Declares People Are OverI burdened With Auto Tax; j ■ Teacher Tenure Bill I p I WARMLY DEBATED ' I BUT xo VOTE TAKEN I Indianapolis. Feb. 21 —(I nit- ■ (! | Press) Hie bill proposing ■ to increase license rates on ■ automobiles was defeated in h | the house today alter a bitlei I contest led by Representative | George 1.. Saunders, Blufiton. I The measure sought to raise ■ license on autos approximately , ■ 60 per cent. ■ Saunders <|.h lared that the people < H over burdened with auto taxes, ■ including original sales tax, gas tax, ( ■ license, drivers license, personal tax, , B and accessory taxes. I B The speaker asserted that this was B an effort to replete the highway trea- ( B wiry after looting it of three million , ■ dollars to build an Ohio river bridge , ■ for Evansville. I I ."We have a fair tax on gasoline and • I i! would suffice, did we use the money I j for loads instead of building a bridge ! across the Ohio”, said Saunders. ] "The people are tired of this perpet- ; ual auto taxation." he added, “and i should not be asked t o pay extra evtry time a raid is made of the road fund”. , I .1 ■— . 1 Indianapolis. Feb. 24. (United Press) ; —The teacher tenure bill, warmly de- i bated for an hour and a half, failed t , to come to a vote on third reading in i motion carried to make it a special order cf business for Saturday morning. 1 Sen. Alonzo Lindley, Repn.' whose ; ' motion thwarted decisive action on the BCSSR w-lt'ch has s'-eady been I: approved by the house, explained as i the purpose of the delay his desire that amendments to the bill be printed so that the senators could be fully aware of their provisions. State wide interest, has been aroused by the bill which would extend to Indiana public schol teachers life tenure in their positions alter a five year probationary period. Their removal could be brought about only for immorality or inefficiency substantiated after a hearing. The amendment referred to by Lindley was the one offered oa second reading by Sen. J. Francis Lochard extending the probationary period from . three to five years. I’lie Lindley motion brought about the delay by the margin of only one. vote, carrying 24-23. Debate showed a wide divergence of • COXTIM El> ON PAGE THHEEI o STOCK ISSUE IS AUTHORIZED Erie And Wheeling & Lake Erie Railways Authorized To Issue Stock Washington, Feb. 24. — (United ress) The interstate commerce “mmission today authorized the «e.ing & Lake Erie railway to !ss «e, from time to time $22,227,600 common stock in exchange for 118,826 ' ares of prior lien stock and 103,450 ‘ares of preferred of that line. ■he commission also granted the 25400n ailr ° ad au,llorit y <0 issue $39,- > > common capital stock in ex-vert-w? f ° r $ 19,6 27,100 4 per cent coni le general mortgage bonds. th n Comm 'ssion , s action today is Wan Sng chapter in the recent whi h ßtreet f ’ Urry lnvolv! tiE a corner At Ik 0 ! 1 specula tors heavily. authnr- t at ,ime the roads asked for and with 7 ’° make the Btock isßues Is now , granting of Permission there ">lttmenh? nly ° f St ° Ck t 0 cover com ‘

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Magley Quartet Thanks Friends For Message I The members of the Magley male quartet, who broadcast from radio station WOWO, in Fort Wayne, recently, today asked the Daily Democrat to express their appreciation to their many friends for the n>essag«*s of congratulations on their program, whirl, were sent to them. The members of the quartet are Lewis Worthman, Ernest Worthmaii William Kruetzn.ar. and John Hilgeman. TO HOLD UNION PRAYER SERVICE Missionary Societies Os City To Unite In Service Next Friday The women of the various Missioni ary Societies of the churches of this , community are planning to cooperate in the World Day of Prayer for Mis- 1 sions, Friday, March 4. The union service will be held in the Presby- ! terian church, beginning at 3 o’clockin the afternoon. An interesting pro- 1 gram is being prepared by a commit- 1 tee of women and they extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend ' this service which is a part of a world-wide program of iprayier for 1 Missions. The committee of the International Missionary Council, meeting in Sweeden in July, 192*:. passed the fol’owing resolution: “Realizing the inadequacy of present -effort* to meet the needs of the wor>'<l, the members of the committee ore deeply convinced that only as ■ new tides of spiritual life begin to flow wi’hin the Church can the waiting tasks be fulfilled. “They resolve to enter afresh into I an experience of sustaining and.victorious prayer, to dedicate themselves ' anew to a life of which communion with God is the inspiring principle and to i iibpeial.'e' iii ’ cvi’A'tW.";” sibio in extending the fellowship of prayer.’’ Missionary Society To Have Charge Os Service The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will have charge of the morning service at that 1 church next Sunday. All men. women and children of the church are urged to attend the serivce The loose change received in the collection will be given to the Missionary Society. e Junior Band To Hold Rehearsal This Evening The Junior Band will hold a rehearsal in the Industrial rooms at 6:45 o'clock, sharp, tonight. The rehearsals will be held on Thursday night for the next two weeks, and after that time, the rehearsals will be held on Friday nights. o Bodies Os Three Boys Found In Ice-Covered Pool Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 24. — (United Press) —The bodies of three boys were found today in an ice covered pool in an abandoned clay pit in Keasy, near here. A hole in the ice led to the search. The boys had been missing since last, night, when they left their homes to slide on the pond. The dead, two of them brothers, were: Frederick A. Peterson, 4: Howard O. Peterson, 9, and Ernest Cross, 7. o Grain Dealers Open Annual Convention Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24.—(United Press)—Grain dealers of Indiana are here today for the opening of the Twelfth Annual Convention of the Farmer-Grain Dealers Association. Prominent grainmen from a/1 parts of the middlewest, Including J. W. Shorthill, Omaha, Neb., secretary of the Farmers' National Grain Dealers Association, are on the program for today and tomorrow.

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PETITION TO HAVE JUDGE IMPEACHED Impeachment Os Judge Dearth, Os Muncie, Sought In Petitions To Legislature Muncie, Ind., Feb. 24 —(United Press) —Twenty-five petitions to the state legislature asking impeachment if Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the Delaware county circuit court, were j being circulated here today. Circulation of the petitions resulted from seizure of an issue of the Post Democrat, published by George i R. Dale, containing an attack on I Judge Dearth and Mayor John Hamp j ton, of Muncie. Dr. F. J. Bodkin, president of the Municipal League of Muncie, sponsored circulation of the petitions. He said the signatures of a number of representat ve ci'.izens would be obtained and indicated the petitions would be sent to the legislature to morrow. Two grounds for impeachment were set forth in the petitions. Judge Deal th is charged with interfering wi h the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and of the press by his order for the arrest of thirty-eight newsboys selling the PostDemocrat and confiscation of their papers. Another charge asserts Judge Dearth named a jury commissioner who was not qualified by law and that through this act a “grave miscarriage of justice resulted’’ in Delaware county. Seizure of an issue of the PostDemocrat last week was ordered by Judge Dearth after he had read an article charging him and the mayor with lax enforcement of the law. Following publication of an editorial by the Indianapolis Times, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, calling for “Impeachment of this Mussolini of Muncie,” Ross Garrigus. a reporter (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CKIBSER SENT TO NICARAGUA Great Britain Sends Vessel To Act As Place Os Refuge For British London, Feb. 24—(United Press)— Great Britain has decided to send a cruiser to Nicaragua and the admiralty informed the United Press today that H. M. S. Colombo was due there tomorrow-. The vessel was believed to have left the British West Indies naval station Tuesday. The Colombo, the foreign office said today, would act as a place of refuge for British nationals in y the event of further fighting. France and Germany have interests in Nicaragua almost equal to those of Great Britain, the Nicaraguan consul here informed the United Press today. The interests of the United States are beyond comparison with those of other countries. Os Nicaraguan exports in 1925, the consul informed the United Press, the United States absorbed 65 per cent, France 14 and England and Germany 4 per cent each. Os Nicaraguan imports, the United States sent 70 per cent, England 11, and Germany 6. This ratio of business. the United Press was informed, had been maintained for about ten years. Washington, Feb. 24 (United Press) —Great Britain today assured the United States that the British warship Colombo, dispatched to Nicaragua, will not land forces there. This war interpreted as removing the possibility of British intervention, to which the United States would object. The British note followed an American note today to London repeating American assurances that American trops in Nicaragua were protecting British interests. Congress members had charged dispatch of a British warship threatened the Monroe Doctrine.

Fisherman Becomes Dizzy; Falls Into River And Drowns Winamac, Ind.. Feb. 24. — (United Press)—A spell of dizziness which caused him to lose his balance, was blamed today for the death of Marion Green, 21, who fell in the Tippecanoe river near here and drowned. Green was fishing when the accident occured. — o BANDITS CAUGHT AFTER HOLDUP Two Youths Held At Gary After Robbing Theatre During Show Gary. Ind., Feb. 24—(United Press) Two youthful bandits; believed to be college students, are held in the city prison here today on charges of rol)bing the safe of the million dollar Palace Theater here of S9OO. After herding the ushers and the manager, Maurice Hawkinson, into a room adjoining the lobby while a show was in progress last night, the bandits escaped with the money from the safe. An hour later their auto crashed into a bridge near Valparaiso and they were captured by Sheriff William Forney of Porter county and Police Captain Reynolds of Valparaiso. They were returned to Gary and grilled throughout the night but refused to reveal their identity, although readily admitting their guilt. It is thought their parents are 'prominent Chicagoans and that the youths were attending college in Chicago. None of the three hundred persons attending the show knew of the holdup until the two youths had fled, although they were in the theater more than half an hour. Walking calmly Into the theater, the two youths covered the doorman and head usher with sawed off shotguns and 'siTuVi’-d Tin m • room. Guided by the head usher, one the bandits rounded up the other ushers. Hawkinson was caught when he accidentally stumbled into the human corrall, unaware that a holdup was in progress. Hawkinson took the bandits to his office and opened the safe rather than run the risk of some of the employes being shot by the bandits. The youths, though heavily armed, put up no resistance when the two officers came upon their wrecked car near Valparaiso. They expressed a desire to plead guilty in criminal court and be sentenced at once. 0 Youth Shoots Self Over Grave Os His Brother Garfield, N. J.. Feb. 24— (United Press) —Over the grave of his brother in the St. Peter and Paul cemetery, Theodore Tatarash, 19. Patterson N. J., shot and killed himself today. An undertaker, andrew Labash, who was conducting a funeral, found the body lying on the grave William Teeters Is Reported Weeker Today The condition of William Teeters, local taxi operator who is suffering from blood poison in the right arm, was reported weaker this afternoon. His arm is swollen and little hope is extended for his recovery. He is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. o Unidentified Bodies Found Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 24 (United Press) —Two unidentified bodies were found today on the oil tanker Black ’ Sea( whose cargo cf 25,000 gallons of gasoline and refined oil went up in flames late yesterday after an explo- • sion while the ship was being filled at the Standard oil refinery at Bayi onne., N. J. Other bodies may be found : but the starboard side of the vessel was still red hot when a police launch • arrived today and search was impos- . sible.

DEADLOCK IN SENATE HOLDS Filibuster Over Boulder Canyon Dam Bill More. Firm Than Ever Washington, Feb. 24. - (United p resß .)—After six days of unbroken fighting including one all-night session, the filibuster over the Boulder canyon dam bill proceeded more firmly than ever in the senate today. Consideration of routine business prevented Sen. Hiram Johnson, rep., Calif., leading the fight for the bill, ami Sen. Henry Ashurst, dem.. Ariz., leading the filibusters, from coming to grips immediately upon convening of the senate at noon but they were both in the chamber marshaling their forces for more conflict. Though still in his best fighting Johnson did not appear optimistic since new hazards had been in the path of the bill by adherents of the alien property measure. He is attempting an arrangement whereby 1 the senate would take up the alien property bill only temporarily, leaving his measure still with the right of way. This afternoon there appeared to be no intention of forcing another all-night battle, as it appeared neither side could gain much now by such a narrowing proceedure. If Johnson can negotiate his tentative truce to enable discussion of the alien property bill, actual fighting will not be resumed until after that measure is disposed of. Fire Destroys Postoffice. Clinton, Ind., Feb. 24. — (United Press.) — Vermillion county authorities today opened an investigation to determine cause of a fire which destroyed the post office and another frame building at. Universal, near here. A bucket brigade managed to keep the flames from spreading but was save the postoffice. RUDNERFACES LIFE SENTENCE Convicted Os Murder Os Don Mellett; Plans To Seek New Trial Canton, O„ Feb. 24.—(United Press) —Ben Rudner, scapegrace son of a millionaire merchant, faces life imprisonment today for the assassination of Don Mellett, whose editorial crusade against the underworld of Canton caused him to be ambushed last July. A jury of seven women and five men in common pleas court last night returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. The verdict made a sentence of life imprisonment mandatory on the court. Rudner is the second man convicted of the killing. Pat McDermott, who fired the fatal shot, was sentenced to life imprisonment in December. Louis Mazer, alleged to have been Rudner's lieutenant in carrying out the murder conspiracy, will be tried next month. The defense announced intention of filing a motion for new trial, and Judge A. W. Agler set next Monday morning as the time for hearing the petition. Rudner will be sentenced immediately if the motion is overruled. o— — Stephenson Sued For $75,000 Indianapqlis, Ind., Feb. 24. —(United Press)—A suit was filed in superior court here today by the Mercani'e Commercial of Evansville as receiver for the Vulcan Coal company there seeking $75,000 damages from D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. The complaint charges that Stephenson borrowed $17,500 and took over $39,500 worth of stock without paying for the stock or repaying the amount of the loan.

Millionaire Chicago Clubman Ends Life I Chicago, Feb. 24.—(United Press) The sucidal wave has stretched into the gold coast of Chicago and today George French club man and patrol of the arts, is dead because he had "reached the Inevitable conclusion of a twisted life.” Porter shot himself yesterday just before he and his Franco-Russian wife, the former Mlle. Mima De ManZiarly, were to have left Chicago on an European tour. ■■ —o COTTAGES BURN AT SYLVAN LAKE Seven Cottages At Popular Summer Resort Near Kendallville Destroyed Kendallville, Ind., Feb. 24 —(United Press)—Fire ba'ieved tie be of incendiary origin destroyed seven cottages and their contents at the Sylvan Lake summer resort near here last night. The property damage was estimated today at SIO,OOO. The cottages belonged to Fort Wayne residents. The fire departments of LaGrange and Wolcottville responded to a call for help and checked the flames after a three hour battle. Only one of the cottages was occup:e and the persons in it escaped injury and spread the alarm. o Condition Os Catherine Wolfe Is Unimproved Mary Catherine Wolfe, of Fort Wayne) granddaughter (>f Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hoffman of this city, who was injured when run over by an automobile near her home in Fort Wayne recently, was reported as no better late this afternoon. The child was taken to the Lutheran hospital following the accident, and physicians hold little hope for I her ieV in ery. l o '— Senators Robinson And Reed Engage In Heated Argument Today Washington, Feb. 24. — (United Press)—Fighting language passed between Senator Robinson, Republican, Indiana, and Senator Reed, Democrat Missouri, in the senate debate today over the Reed resolution to extend ' life of his committee investigating election campaigns. Robinson charged that Reed is seeking publicity to attain the Democratic presidential nomination, and Reed returned with a speech characterizing Robinson’s / remarks as "cowardly insinuations.’’ o State Highway Bill Is Sent To Governor Inianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 24 —(United Press) —The Indiana senate today passed and sent to the governor the Bennet) housa bill requiring the state highway commission to maintain detours and build run arounds where possible. The vote was 47-11, for passage. George Dale Reported To Be Hiding In Ohio Town [ Muncie, Ind., Feb. 24. —(United , Press) —George R. Dale, indicted , Muncie editor today was in hiding I in an Ohio town near the Indiana boundary Thomas V. Miller, bis iocal attorney announced. Dale will return Saturday when he will be greeted by a band and a legion of reporters, Miller said. Farmer Killed By Shot b From His Own Shot-gun l- ; s Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 24—(United 1 Press) —An accidental discharge from i. his own shotgun caused the death of i- James E. Nolan, 29. Nolan was found r dead in front of the barn at bis fath r- er’s farm near here with a bullet e | through his heart. Tie had left the | house to shoot crows.

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FOREIGN FORCES NUMBERING 15,000 READY FOR ACTION British Howitzers And Machine Guns Landed In , Shanghai GENERAL STRIKP3 IS CALLED OFF Shimgliai, Feb. 21 - (United Press) British howitzers and machine guns were landed here lodtiy upon reports that the advance guard of the Cantonese Nationalists had passed Rashing, 50 miles south, and were proceeding rapidly toward Shanghai. British forces here were ready for instant action. The tensiiy of the situation was increasing. It was understood that the Cantonese sought to capture Sun Kiang, about 30 miles south of Shanghai ami the. last northern stronghold flying between the Cantonece and this city, before th© arrival of Chinese reinforcements from the north. Approximately 15,000 foreign fighting men were available today for the defense of foreign lives and property. The general strike was called off at 1 p. m., today, but many workers still were idle. It was reported from Chinese sources today that a food strike was planned for tomorrow. The Chinese, the report said, neither would sell nor serve food, observing a day of fasting themselves, in protest against the continued rule of Marshal Sun Uhuan-Fang here. Two first line U. S. destroyers arrived here today several hours after 1,200 U.S. marines had arrived aboard the U. S. S. Chaumont. The destroy ers were the Noa and the Preble. Another U. S. destroyer was due to arrive here from Manila tomorrow. Naval authorities said the arrivals were routine squadron matters am! that there was no plan to increase the present force here, although all — "... . " ■-"“•.'/■i here in the event of immediate trouble. 0 A. R. Ashbaucher Able To Be Up Tow n Again A. R. Ashbaucher, city councilman and well known business man of this city, was able to be up today after two weeks confinement to his home suffering from an infection in the foot. He is able to walk again and was up street yesterday for the first time. o Bottling Works Burns. Indianapolis, Feb. 24. — (United Press.) —A loss of SIO,OOO was sustained early today by the Yunker bottling' works from a fire which swept the second floor of its plant here. NEW CORYDON MAN IS DEAD 'Frank Betz Dies Os Gall Stones And Dropsy Wednesday Afternoon Frank Betz, 62, died at his home near New Corydon. Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to gall stones and dropsy. Mr. Betz became ill while visiting relatives in Bluffton two weeks ago, but was able to return to his home. He became bedfast a week ago. Mr. Betz is survived by his widow, formerly Stella Dailey, and three children. William Betz, of Bluffton, Nina Gee. of Lansing. Michigan, and Mrs. Anna Davis, of Geneva. One brother Lester, and one sister, also surI vive. 1 0 f Treaty Is Ratified I Paris. Feb. 24. —(United Press) — The French Senate today ratified the t Franco-American treaty to prevent s smuggling of alcohol which was singned at Washington in June, 1924.

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