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[f|[[ SPEECHES he expected to PEPIIPCAMPAIGN To d Spe°ak Within Next W eek ill THREE SPEECHES %ll l HE liKIIAIX AST By PAUL FREDERIA WMhington. Aug 16,-(U.P>-Three w more important isiliUcal speeches rtjin the next week will accelerate fte 1928 presidential campaign. * Snuriiar night at Topeka. Kans.,< Charles Curtis will make the jrsi of these speeches when he formgUy accepts the republican vice-presi-jfiniai nomination. The following .fcesday. Herbert Hoover, the republic presidential nominee, at a homewsting ceremony at West Branch. Ims, is excepted to touch on subjcrts he failed to embellish in his acreptance speech last week A-day later Governor Alfred E Smith will Isscli the democratic campaign when > accepts the presidential nominate at Albany Broadcasts Arranged AU three speeches will be broadcast 6y radio, so that millions may hear. Her will be the signal for these millions and other millions to start makjg ip their minds how to vote next ] Jiewnber. when the next president ad vice-preseident will be selected it the polls. Both Hoover and Smith have indicted they wish to delay their intens ’ In campaigns until late next month, ■ the theory that an argument made then will cling to a voters' minej betk than any number of arguanentw kdeuow. But the preliminary utter’hits of both candidates are ejected n fan the fires already ignited by 4eir contrasting personalities. I Meanwhile, Hoover and Smith, though they may not advertise it Meh. will be campaigning actively trough the “conference method” with their lieutenants. Hoover cleverly bid for republican Material ami state committee support when he said in his speech last Saturday that as president he ’would make civil appointments on the basis mt only of ability and character, but Mso of the applicants’ local reputation. , Who. It is asked, can inform him of local reputation better than party Maiers “back home?'' Smith's appeal to Democratic leadws to Slippott him has so far been direct. He conferred Tuesday •f" 1 Senator (inter (’lass of Virginia. Mti yesterday with Jsgphus Daniels, t fell Carolina publisher. He invited tjfaator George of Georgia to chat •Uli him today and tomorrow he will Senator Walsh < f Montana. All these me;, are drys, whereas »nnth has a “wet" reputation. Furthertlle tome f,oni the Soi *th •roXTIM lto ON PAGE SBVFAI HER GENEVA RESIDENT KILLED Fred Minger, 73, Fatally Int lured When Hit By Auto In Michigan [ Mitor V -/^'’ S ' 16 ‘ 'Special)-Fred i died in'. . f ° rmer n ‘ sldent Geneva ran t, , lospilal at Mendon, Michl’tenhlt’h ay -Ot inj,,rieK sustained Hlshcrtv yan autoniol) ile Monday. ' ‘hiving w ‘® turned here for burial, ’be held S » Plght ' Funeral service's church thia ,he Vera C ruz Reformed ma< ie In th. p 9r " illg ' a!ld burial was M r u, Geneva cemetery, "nrJ was wa 'Wng along a ft nnhear P M i mably enrcute “> his ear that ,t e ‘ l , dOn ' The driver of ttfe i MeS MiUKel ' dld "of ■ Weilt| ty has n J r > the acc,dent and his ■ wi >« found m ’ een earned - Passer- ' t 0 a w r Mlnger hurried him a “ opera,ion was frttn hernia i or ’ I nger had surtered *-ent, cotm? O I BOIUe tlme ’ and tha t "'ought about h W > th tl,e ’juries, Mr. death. Was born “ ea r Vera in Geneva fm t y ) ; i in 1852 ' Hp refdd t0I “ her e to m ? rty years ’ moving “go stmv' ’ Michiga "- eight Mos jj ,T' Vin « are ‘he widowisgl"ots' Mrs° n p MlCh,ga "’ and thre e Mrs r,, 0 F earl Weaver, of Ge‘ltler 'Those ° f Mond °n, and an- ■ 81,1 'earned and address c °uld

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Swells Al’s Fund MM MBS .■ >.■ ■ytsri > <*. •— ■ ■ -» ’ H HI - Pierre S. Du Pont, chairmap of the board of General Motors Corporation, who has contributed $50,000 to the campaign fund of Gov. Smith. This is the largest contribution received to date by the Democrjjtfc national Committee and one of the largest ever recorded in any political campaign. MAGAZINE EDITOR TO VISIT DECATUR Editor Os Outdoor America Plans Ao Attend Limberlost Day Program Marguerite Ives, editor of Outdoor America, a magazine owned and published l>x the Izaak Walton Leaglte ot America, which is known as the great est and biggest outdoor magazine in the world, sends word to the secretary of the Old Home Week committee, that she will be present on Limberlost DayTuesday September 11. if it is possible for her to do so. Another notable who has sent letter of appreciation for an invitation to attend Limberlost Day celebration is Daniel C. Beard, “father” of the BoyScout movement in America. Mr. Beard j regrets, however, that he will be unable to lie present. Following are copies of the letters received from Miss Ives and Mr. Beard: Chicago. August 8- 1928. Secretary Old Home Week in Decatur. Decatur, Indiana. My dear Mr. Quinn: I have your letter of July 18th with its cordial invitation to attend the Decatur celebration of Limberlost Day on September 11th. I should like immensely to do this, and shall if it is possible. Surely no honor that we could pay to the loved memory of Gene Stratton Potter could be commensurate with her magnificent work for the outdoors. I am sure every member of the Izaak Walton League feels a deep love for her gratitude for the great impetus given the work of the League and its magazine by her interest and help. In appreciation of the thoughtfulness and courtesy of your invitation, 1 am Very sincerely. Marguerite Ives Editor—Outdoor America Editors note:- Greatest and biggest outdoor magazine in the world. “Be sure your’re right then go ahead" Flushing. New York August 8, 1928 Secretary Old Home Week in Decatur Decatur, Indiana. My dear Mr. Quinn:- ft is with deep regret that I find that a combination of dja umstances will prevent me from attending "Limberlost’’ day. I would enjoy meeting all the noted people and local citizens on that occassion and would like very much to contribute an expression of my admiration of the high attainments and useful worth while life of Gene Stratton-Porter. I prize highly my personal associations with her and treasure the memories of her friendship. She was a remarkable woman, or may I say, is a remarkable woman, her state and birthplace cannot be too proud. May her memory live a thousand years and a day as an inspiration to the rising generations Very cordially yours Daniel C. Beard Chie/ Editors Note:- Daniel Carter Beard is the "Father" of the Boy Scout movement in America. — 1 o Auto Hits Buggy; Man Killed Lebanon, Ind, August 16—<U.R)—Joe Hatfield, GO, is dead of injuries suffered when a buggy in which he was tiding was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. A. L. Beldon, Fruita, Colorado.

CARS COLLIDE ON ROAD NO: 27 Mrs. Hattie Atz Injured In Accident Mile South Os Decatur Today Mrs. Hattie Atz. of Geneva, was painfully injured at 11 o’clock this morning when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a catdriven by William Michaels, of near Monroe, at a cross-roads on Federal highway No. 27. a mile south of Decatur. Mr. Michaels and a young" lady who was driving the car in which Mrs. Atz was a passenger, escaped injury. Mrs. Atz was thrown out of the car and alighted on the paved road It is thought that no bones were broken. but Mrs. Atz was badly bruised and cut. She was brought to this city where she'received treatment at a local physician's office. Mrs. Atz and her companion were coming north on the Federal road, intending to turn east at the cross roads and follow the Federal road into the city. Mr. Michaels was going west on the Federal road and intended to turn south ami continue southward on the same road. A corn field obstructed the view of the two drivers and the cars collided on the turn. Both cars | were damaged, but neither turned] over. 0 Robert Miller Buys Residence At Monmouth Robert Miller bought the George j Scheiferstine residence at Monmouth ] last evening, being the high bidder at i the auction sale conducted by Col I Roy Johnsen. Mr. Miller recently was] married and he and his bride will make their home in the Monmouth property.! Next Monday aftet noonj Col. Johnson i will sell at iULcUP" «U* e ninety-acre farm of Mrs. Bowman, three miles west of town, on the Monroe street extension. This, it is said, is well improved and the house modern, an idea) location for a dairy farm. __ o Biltmore, North Carolina, Is Swept By Flood M aters Ashville, N. (*., August 1G (U.R) — Three feet of water rushed through the village of Biltmore today and rain j continued falling, bringing the Cwannanoa. Broad and French rivers to near flood levels. The Swannanoa river is rising at the rate of one foot an hour and rapidly is approaching the level it reached in 1916. when there was a disastrous flood in this district. The Swannanoa. French and Broad rivers now are swollen to a depth of 14 feet, which is nine feet below the level reached in the 1916 flood. BERNE YOUTHS TO ATTEND COLLEGE More Than 25 Young People Os Community To Enter College This Fall ~ Berne, Ind.. August 16 —(Special)— More than twenty-five young people] from this community will attend col-1 lege this fall. At least six students] from here will attend Indiana I Diversity. They are Palmer Eicher, a senior; Myron Habegger. medical student; Melvin Lehman, junior; Ivan Sprunger, and Johnson Biery. freshmen; and Miss Elizabeth Gottschalk, who will begin a course in nurse’s training. Elizabeth Habegger. Barbara Burry, Verdi Reusser and Carl Luginbill will attend Bluffton College at Bluffton. O. Howard Stucky will begin his fourth year at Earlham College, Willard Sprunger will enter Earlham as a freshman. Miss Frances qprkhalter will enter the Moody Bible Institute at Chicago. Miss Dessie Amstutz will begin a nurses’ training course at the Mennonite Sanitarium at Bloomington, 111. Miss Margaret Rawley will enter Anthony Wayne Institute, at Fort Wayne. Miss Marcella Michaud will enter Manchester College. Austin Lehman will begin his last year in the medical school at Ohio State University. Harold Reusser will enter the Dayton Westminster Choir School at Day•ton, Ohio. Among those who will attend the Fort Wayne Bible Training school are Waldo Schindler, Tilman Habegger, Arveda Wulllman. and Caroline Nussbaum. ,

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Jogging Mr. Jigga * . Bku agjfltwMk w ©I George McManus, creator of "Bringing Up Father,'' arrives in New York City after Jiggs' Corn eßeef ami Cab bage Week journeyed from his home lin Hollywood. Calif. The famous cartoonist's frequent across the United ] States trips have earned him the title of "The Transcontinental Commuter.” GOAL IS Wr “ IN S. A. DRIVE — Only $113.08 Needed to Put Salvation Army Home Service Appeal Over Only $113.08 is needed to put Decatur over the top in the annual Sal- ] Army Home Service appeal, it was announced this afternoon, after several more contributions had been reported. The total has now reached $386.92 and the city's quota is SSOO. Major 1 William John Purdue, welfare director of the Salvation Army for this district, who has been assisting the Lions Club, sponor of the drive, left this afternoon for the Army's offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He will return the first of the week. The following contributions were reported today: • Previous total $336.42 Elks Lodge 10.00 I, C. Waring 10.00 Holthouse Ding £° 5.00 Mutschler Meat Market 5.00 Lee Hardware Co. 5.00 Butler and Kern 3.00 J. & J. Home Grocery 2.00 B. F. Roller 2.00 H. F. Ehinger 2.00 Everett & Hite • 2.50 Mart Gilson 100 C. J. Beavers 100 Oscar L. Zinmaster 100 « $386.92. THIRTEEN BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE Explosion In Pennsylvania Coal Mine Endangers Lives Os 159 Men Coalport, Pa., August 16 —(U.R)— Thirteen bodies were 'removed early today from the No. 3 mine of the Irvona coal and coke company in which a blast occurred late yesterday afternoon. One man was brought out alive and rescue workers said that all men are now accounted for. There were 159 men wot king in the mine at the time of the explosion. Had it happened 15 minutes later, there would have been no casualties because the shifts were changing. Most of the bodies recovered were badly, mangled, denoting the blast had terrific force. The explosion was confined to No. 3 south working, about three miles from the mouth of the mine. c Two Boys Burned To Death Wilkesbarie, Pa., August 16 (INS)— Two boys were burned to death when fir# destroyed the Casino at Harvey* Lake, a summer resort, near here early today. ,

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WORM FOUND IS NOT CORN BORER Specimens Found In Corn Near Berne And Monroe Are Only Stalk Borers Many calls have been answered by the county agent, Ferd E. Christen, during the last few days concerning suspicious looking worms that were thcught to be corn borers. Specimens of the worms taken from the vicinity of Berne and Monroe were sent to P. T. Ulman, of the European Corn Borer contrcl office, at Auburn, for identification. Mr Ulman's reply is as follows : "The larvae submitted are the common stalk borer which lose most of their distinctive markings which they carry earlier in their larvae period. These larvae, when smaller, have a rather dark blue or purple band around the forepart of the body with dark stripes running back to the posterior end. As they grow older, they change as there worms evidently have, to a creamy white. "The European (’ rn Borer, in no I ease, gets as large as the larger specimens submitted, the maximum length

being an inch to an inch and a quarter. “The Europeon corn borer larvae at tlie present time will range in size t'roin about one-half to three-fourths inch long and when fully matured, will be about half the size of the mature stalk borer." According to Mi. Christen, it is very doubtful whether any corn borers will l be found in Adams county this year, since their presence is so widely scattered that it will be very difficult to find them. Any suspicious looking | worms will be promptly sent to the corn barer office for identification, it' they are brought to the county agent’s office. Holiness Association Plans Annual Meeting The Adams County Holiness Association will hold its annual meeting on August 19, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The meeting will be held in the new tabernacle at Monroe and Rev. Carmon Cox. of Winchester, will deliver the address. Q —2 Dr, Neuenschwander Takes Position In Chicago, 111. Dr. Wilbur Neuenschwander, prominent Fort Wayne dentist . who formerly resided at Berne, has accepted a position with the Medical Protective Insurance Company, at Chicago Illinois and will move his family to that city in tlie near future. Dr. Neuenschwander is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Neuenschwander, of Berne

NO ACTION TAKEN BI STATE BOARD | State Tax Board Is Expected To Mandate Auditor To Boost Assessments Although an order has not been received by County Auditor Martin Jaberg, mandating him to increase the assessments in this county, it is believed by county officials that the state tax board will order an increase i on farm and real estate improvements in Adams county. The state tax board has been in ses- | sion this week and several orders have i been made to increase assessments in other counties. The state tax board .wishes to have the assessment in the state near the total of last, year, so that the state tax rate will not be increased greatly. The state tax board has intimated that the state rate will be increased one cent on the hundred dollars this year. The Adams county board of review refused to carry out the recommendation of the state board to increase the assessments in this county. The state board recommended an increase of 16 per cent on improvements in Monroe, Geneva and Decatur, and 30 per cent on improvements in Berne. Tlie board also asked that tlie assessments on farm lands and on firm improvements be increased four per cent in ail the townships. The board of review advised the state board last Saturday that the local board had rejected the proposal. The county's net assessed valuation this year is $32,911,210, a decrease of practically three million from a year ago. It is believed that word will be received from the state board this weqk

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Dines With Lindy < C aA&i ' I *> ■ Jrr JI W / j V V Miss Barbara King, a leader in the young smart set of Lake Forest, 111., is reported to have lunched twice with Col. Charles Lindbergh at Santa 1 Barbara, (’al. She is also said to have ’ been invited to fly with him. i

TOCSIN WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Albert Fosnaugh Dies At Lutheran Hospital In Fort Wayne Tocsin, Ind., Aug. 16.—(Special)--f Mrs. Albert Fosnaugh, 72, residing one ; mile south of Tocsin, died at 8 o'clock this morning, Thursday, August 16, 1928. at the Lutheran hospital in p Fort Wayne. Death was due to com- ' plication cf diseases witii which she had suffered for several weeks. Mrs. Fosnaugh had been bedfast about one month and was taken to the Lutheran hospital last Monday. Laura Delitha Bonner, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bonner both deceased. was born July 31, 1856, near Indianapolis. She united in marriage August 14. 1879, with Albert Fds- ’ naugb. To this union. 11 children , were born. Two daughters. Mary and Nellie, preceded their mother in death Surviving, besides the husband, are - the following sons and daughters: I Clinton Fosnaugh. of Champaign. Ill.; ■ Mrs. Stella Powell, of Auburn, Iowa; Edwaf'd Fosnaugh. of Rock City. Iowa; Mrs. Ida Dudson. of Seymour. 111.; Frank and Clarence Fosnaugh, of Bluffton; Charles Fosnaugh. of Poneto; Homer Fosnaugh. of Fort

Wayne, and George Fosnaugh, of Decatur- one step-brother. Ernest Bonner. resides in Missouri. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2-. o'clock at the home, the Rev. A. S. Elzey, Ossian, officiating. Burial will be made in Six Mile cemetery. Mrs. Fosnaugh was a member of the Methodist; church. Decatur Man Arrested; Hearing Set For Tonight Ray Eyanson of this city, was ar- . rested last night by Policemen Burl . ! Tkihnson and Burg Womack and was , placed in jail over niglrt. A charge of . public intoxication or driving while ; intoxicated will be filed against Eyansen. officers said today. He will be arraigned in mayor’s court tonight at . 7:3(1 o'clock. L o i Charge Against Ohio City Man Is Dismissed 1 Van Welt, Ohio. Aug. 16—A charge against Forest Gephart, formerly of ' near Ohio City, that he is the father ' of a child born to a Willshire township ghl was settled before the case was called. Gephart agieed to fulfill the terms of an old agreement for support of the child. Giffin said. 0 Propose To Hold Street t Fair At Berne This Fall i 1 Berne, Ind. August 16 —(Special) — i Since plans for a home-coming and hfs--3 toiical pageant were dropped here last ■ week, the local chapter of the Izaak r Walton League has started a movet? ment for a'street fair to be held hare this fall. Members of the League apn peared before the town council Mons day evening and asked* for permission r to use the streets for such an event, e Tlie council took ifn definite action, s other than to urge the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce.

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PLANE “GREATER ROCKFORD"HEADS FOR STOCKHOLM Monoplane Os Rockford, 111., Men Sighted Over Manistique, Michigan COCHRANE, ONTARIO FIRST STOP PLANNED Bulletin. Cochrane. Ont.. Aug. 16.—" The "Greater Rockford” bearing Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer landed here at 2:29 o’clock, p. m„ Canadian time. The machine made a perfect landing on the temporary runway after circling over the town for five minites. The first leg of the flight from Rockford 111., to Stocsholm, via Greenland was made in seven hours and 49 minutes. Rockford, 111., Aug. 16.- (U.R) T It e . iDonoplttne. “Greater Rockford,” carrying Bert Hassell and Parker 1). Cramer on a Hight Io Stockholm, Hew over Sturgeon Bav \Vis„ al 9 a.in.. (he B o c k I o r d airport announced. Airport officials said they had heen advised that Hassell head, ed northeast over the Wisconsin Tttv. This, they said, disi posed of rumors that the plane had I met disaster. The “Greater* Rockford” passed over Manistique. Mich, at 9:30 am., radio advices received here said. Rockford, Hl., Aug. 16. —(U.R)—Bert R. Hassell, Rockford pilot, and Parker D. 'Cramer, navigator, left here today in their monoplane “The Greater i j Rockford" on a 3-<nop flight to Stock ] holm. Sweden. Rising gracefully from Rockford airport, t|ie huge blue and yellow craft in' which the fliers hope to demonstrate the most feasilde airway between tlnited State and Europe, began the long journey at 6:45 a. m. Plane Carries Radio The “Greater Rockford" is equipped with a radio and expected to keep in touch with land and ship stations stronghout tile flight. Its transmitter operates on a 33.8-meter wave length and uses the class letters "KHAH.” After circling the Rockford airport once, it soared away in a northward i direction. It will fly over Wisconsin toward Green Bay and head for Sault Ste. Marie. Mich., where it will fly ' into Canada. Weather repoits today indicated that Hassell ami Cramer would encounter ideal flying conditions over Canada. They had postponed their proposed takeoff yesterday because of warnings that a terrific storm was racing over Newfoundland. Three Stops Planned The plane will follow a semi-circu-lar course through the northern wastelands of Canada, making stops at Cochrane. Ont.. Mt. Evans, Greenland, i and Reykjavik, Iceland. At each stop, the “Greater Rock(CO.NTIM El) O\ I’AGE SI A EX > SIX MODE PEACE TREATIES SIGNED State Department Takes Further Steps To Insure World-Wide Peace Washington, Aug. 16. —(U.R) — Six | more treaties to further the cause of > peace were signed at the state departt ment today. Secretary of State Kellogg signed > in behalf of the U.S., treaties of arbii tration and conciliation with the Au«- > trian. Czechoslovakian and Polish t ministers. The treaties are identical, in effect, with similar documents signed between France and the United States j some months ago. One Member Os “Greater Rockford” Crew Is Hoosier t x Lafayette, Ind.. August 16 —(INS) — Parker Cramer. 32, who with Bert Has- ? sell hopped off today at Rockford. 111., on a flight to Stockholm, Sweden, is a i- Hoosier native son, being born in n this city. He took up flying in 1915 and I. was a flying instructor in the army i, during the World War. Cramer's mothif er, Mrs. Fannie Cramer, lives at Clarion, Pa.