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SCHEDULE FOB IfflOML H. S. tsibney drawn First Round rREDULE EUR FINAL round also drawn Louies f<* Ilie regional and final Netball tournaments of the Indiana, L school athletic association were X.H.ced here today. The schedule .> He 64 sectional tournaments to h.nisved Friday and Saturday March 11 ■ will l>e released here at Inlmpoli» next Saturday morning, of the 64 sectionals u been assigned t > 16 regional*.! t-r teams in each regional. The L will be a one-day tournament ,a two games in the afternoon and Hi jul at night. iKtonal schedules include: I It Fort Wayne—2 P m.. winner of Pott Wayne vs. winner at Bluffton; J gut. winner of Decatur vs. winner i Warsaw. Schedule For Finals Indianapolis. Feb. 16.--(U.PJ—The! iiteen victors in the regional tonrnfeata come to Indianapolis, March [ Sand 16. to compete in the state finis event at the Butler University I «eM house. The schedule for the ate finals follows: Friday, March 15 first game— 9 a.m.. winner at Mara regional vs. winner at Gary. Second game—lft a.m., winner at feiimd s. winner at Bragfl. Third game—ll a.m., winner at Latayette vs. winner at Auburn finirth game—2 p.m.. winner at t’oiumbus vs. winner at Logansport "fifth game—3 p hi., winner at- 1 Antal vs. winner at Vincennes Sixth fame— 4 p.m., winner at At‘an rs itinner at Fort Wayne Seventh game—7:2ft p.m.. winner at tahri'e vs. winner at Mishawaka Eighth game—B:3o p.m., winner at Manti- vs. winner at Washington. Saturday, March 16 Xintii game—B:3o a. m„ winner Sfe 1 vs. winner game 2. Tenth game-9:30 a. tn., winner of pw 3 vs. winner game 4. Eleventh game—lo:3o a. tn., winner pn? 5 vs. winner game 6 Twelfth game—ll:3o a. m., winner Same 7 vs. winner game 8. Thirteenth game—2:3o p. m., win- • nine 9 vs. winner game 10. Fourteenth game—3:3o p. in., win- • game 11 vs. winner game 12. Fifteenth game—S: 30 p. m., wingame 14 vs. winner game 15. • —o To Decide On Aviation School Monday Night ? meeting will be held at the garage tn North Second street ■«, Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, _wde whether or not a flying »11l be opened at t’.ie Myers li«,i r°° n,ne ’ sn "" 1 of Decatur, > Ciarence Cornish, of Fort wta| f ? he . th® best men in the jj' 011 business in the middle west. m B t 0 talk to those Wl 'O atj S Bec,lred a number of stubte WOllld like a few more be- ‘ n & b> start hlj school here. Wer visits flooddistrict Dorida Everglades K&jt Feb -, 16 - <u - r) - fyat 8-80 °° Ver left in a heav y of £ tGday at the head *tond dav « f° autom °biles for his iOn ot the Ever - Wler 1 77-mik" .'y ncil at Palm Beach ’•‘teugh the ho nde ° Ver ro,lßh roads ll «e beh and &rt ° f laßt year ' s hurritiV'' rn^" rn t 0 Mlaml Beach ® miles 5 P res ' den t-elect rode 'Sh the J. Miami Reach nt ,he EvervlL 01181 resort aection th. 68 ’ ' leal,y circli “8 o 6dl l>eci rc ‘ t lnorning he con. Guest, at n n° f the lake - J ‘“dude f" t SI o Beach ll,nch eon capitan J" ® totesb «ry, Phiia- ™ ' M » y or H : fia Hays Ham ‘ 1 “thera, Barclay Warburton

Cho&en Army Head fl 9 : A.- . . Vi; Edward J. Higgins, alxive, wa» elected Commanding General of the Salvation Army after the high council at London had decided General Booth was unfit to continue in the position. General Higgins’ election marks a new phase in the long i struggle to release the organization from control of the Booth family. SOOT HWARD P-f CLUB ORGANIZES — Interesting Program Given At Meeting Held Friday Afternoon Officers were elected and a re-or-ganization of the Parent Teachers Club effected, at a meeting held Friday afternoon, at the South Ward school. Miss Eva Acker, principal of ® ver the meeting as temporary chairman A delightful program, was rendered as follows: Group of Vocal Solos—Miss DessoleChester. Reading of Poems by Edgar GuestMrs. Charles Knapp. (a) “Hame" (b) "The Way of a Woman” (c) —“Nell Instructs Me in Shopp Ing" Piano Solo—Miss Dora Shcsenberg. Talk by C. O. McComb, Supt. of Allen county schools Short talks by Clifton Striker, superintendent of Adams county schools, and M. F. Worthman, Superintendent of city schools. Election of officers and organization Invitations had been issued to the parents of the children who attended the South Ward school, inviting them to be present on this occasion. About fifty mothers responded, all enthusiastic for the re-organization of the Par-ent-Teachers Club, in an effort to afford their children better advantage*. Mr. McComb, in his talk, spoke of what cooperation between parents and teaclieis could accomplish, both in the home and in the school. Through this cooperation, he said, the child could be benefited in physical, mental, moral and spiritual health. Following Superintendent McComb's talk. Superintendent Striker told of the very few Parent-Teacher Clubs which are in existence in Adams county, Monroe. Hartford township and Geneva being the only schools promoting same at the present time. Superintendent Worthman also spoke in high favor of such an organization and how it could be made to benefit the home schools. The elect! Ai of officers was then held. Mrs. Charles Knapp was elected president. Mrs. Giles Porter vice-presi-dent. and Miss Effie Patton secretary and treasuier The local club, thus organized, will affiliate with the State Parent and Teachers Association, and plans for completing such affiliation were made. It is not believed that o —• Henry Huston Residence Near Rockford, Ohio, Burns While Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huston who reside on the James Swoveland farm, two and one-half miles southeast of Rockford, Ohio, were visiting with their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, in this city, Thursday evening, they received a tele phone call, stating that their home had burned to the ground. The call came from neighbors, and it was about 11:20 o'clock that night, t.aat Mr and Mrs. Huston were apprised of the startling facts. Upon returning home, they found that their clothing, furniture, and all the'r personal belongings had been destroyed by the fire. The loss was only partly covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Huston are sojourning temporarily with neighbors.

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TOTALBF 3,465 PERSONS ATTEND FARM INSTITUTES Splendid Interest Shown At Each Os Seven Institutes In Adams County I EXHIBITS OF FARM PRODUCTS FEATURE A total of 3,465 persons attended I the series of seven Farmers Institutes which ended Friday. There were nineteen sessions held and the average attendance for each session was 182. The total attendance at each institute was: Monmouth 453; Monroe 64ft; Bobo 128; Hartford 332; Berne 1.164; Union 317; Kirkland 431. W. Q. Fitch, of Purdue University, tat? leader of farmers institutes, attended the Kirkland institute on Friday. The speakers for the various meetings were, Mrs. Essie Fuller, Albert Ferri--, Mrs. Carl Tuttle and E. R. Harvey. The evening meetings at the various institutes always dr»w the largest crowd. At the Berne institute on Thursday evening, the large community auditorium was packed to capacity and several were turned away. The size of the crowd was [ estimated at B(M>. The individual exhibits of farm products. home economics displays and baked articles at the various insti'utes totaled nearly 800. The judges; pronounced them of extremely good quality and complimented the exhibitors on their ability to select and produce displays of such fine merit. Election of officers was held in connection with each institute. The officers for the following year are: Monmouth, C. H. Gage, chairman; Mrs. Dale Moses, secretary; Monroe, W. T. Mrs. Ernest Busche. secretary; Bobo. Wm. Miller chairman. Mrs. Chas. Nyffeler secretary; Hartford, George Holloway, chairman, Mrs. Ernest Zeigler, secretary; Berne. Noah Rich chairman, Carl Amstutz, secretary; Kirkland, H. H. High, chairman, Blanche Fugate, secretary; Union, C. D. Spuller, chairman. Mrs. Mary Clem, secretary. The chairman of each organization will meet at the county agent's office in a few weeks to make plans for the coming year. TO MAKE DRIVE FOR SCOUT FUND Annual Campaign For Finance To Be Conducted Here Last Week In Feb. A campaign for funds for 1929 is planned by the Ixical Boy Scout Committee for the last week in Feburary. This decision by t ie local Scout Committee is in accordance with the plans of the Area Executive Board, cam-pos-ed of representatives from all the districts of the Anthony Wayne Area Council. The campaign wil be conducted the same week every year. This decision was made by the members of the Local Scout committee who were present at the meeting last week. It was thought that by having a simultaneous campaign in all the districts if the Anthony Wayne Area Council 't would be a sound business policy This method is employed in the ma jority of Area Councils over the country. In accordance with the decision of the local committee, Chairman E. W. Lankenau has appointed the following men to act as the executive finance committee and make the necessary arrangements: M. F. Worthman, I hairman, Cal Peter.-cn, Avon' Burk, C C Pumphrey, W. Guy Brown and E. W. Lankenau. A meeting of this committee will be held shortly to decide on the organization. o Two Men Convicted Os Murder At Martinsville Martinsville, Ind., Feb. 16.-(U.R) — Life imprisonment terms were faced today by Logan Manis and Jesse Squires, Indianapolis, found guilty by a jury here of the first degree murder of Arlie Bryan, Browns’ Crossing storekeeper. The jury was out an hour and 30 minutes during which three ballots were cast. Manis caused a sensation in the courtroom after the verdict was read by uttering a bitter denunciation of the jury, the court and the prosecutor. Squires showed no emotion.

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Cab'-net Timber I 'fl Hr i X \ v - ■ V \ Vi P. esident-elect Hoover is keeping his counsel very well these days in conducting his search for cabinet ossibilitles. The latest to figure as choice for Secretary of Agriculture s Thomas D. Campbell, above, of Harding, Mont., whose vast practical , knowledge of farmers’ problems pecu- | Early fits him for the post. DEAD! CLAIMS HENRY DECKER Former Wabash Township Trustee Dies Friday Night At Home Near Geneva Geneva. Feb. 16— (Special)—Henry Decker. 64. former trustee of Wabash township, died at 7:30 o’clock Friday night at his nome five miles w r est of Geneva. Death was said to have been due to a complication of diseases. A post-mortem examination was to be made today. Mr. Decker was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 15. 1864. He was married to Miss Frances Booher in 1885. Mr. Decker served as trustee of Wabash township for eight years. Surviving are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. John Teeter, of Geneva, and Mrs. Charles Sullivan, of Preble; one sister, Mrs. Sophia Jackson, of Columbus, Ind.; one halfbrother, Ben Miller, of near Geneva; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Mondya afternoon with the Rev. Mr. Lusk, pastor of the Geneva United Brethren church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Gravel Hill cemetery, west of Bryant. 0 To Present Amendments To City Manager Bill Indianapolis, Feb. 16. —(U.K) —Ameliaments restoring the essential provisions of the Noll city manager bill will be presented to the Indiana house of representatives Monday by agreement of friends and foes of the measure. This was the announcement today of J. Glenn Harris, Gary, chairman of judiciary a committee to which the bill was recomitted Thursday when Harris won a parliamentary duel for possession of the measure over Lloyd D. Claycombe, Indianapolis, leader of anti-manager forces and chairman of judiciary B. Agreement on amendments was reached Friday night at a conference attended by Harris, Claycombe, Fred n 1 so- I ano s City Manager league, and Charles W. Jewett, former mayor of Indianapolis. The amendments represent concessions on both sides, Harris said, but will insure the principal object of the Noll bill to clarify and strengthen the 1921 city manager act. Chief among Claycombe amendments to be stricken out is the one which would have provided for continuance of present city boards and commissions under the manager form. City manager adherents declared it the most damaging. Other amendments fastened upon the bill by Claycombe will be rewritten to remove all doubt of the city commission’s power to alter cr abolish the city boards, to alter or abolish board commissions and departments by ordinance. _o Trustee In Bankruptcy Named A. D. Suttles was appointed trustee in the bankruptcy case of Adrian Lenhart, it was announced today.

CHICAGO PUBLIC IS KEYED TO HIGH PITCH BY KILLINGS Public Opinion Clamors For Purging Os City; Drive Is Started FIVE SUSPECTS STILL HELI) AT INDIANAPOLIS Chicago, Feb. 16.—XU.R) — Keyed to Its highest pitch of indignation, pub-, lie opinion clamored today for a j purging of Chicago—a general housecleaning of the gangster element, responsible for St. Valentine’s Day massacre of seven men. The bul'et-riddled bodies of the seven—Dr. R. H. Schwimmer, optometrist, Frank and Pete Gusenberg. James Clark. Adam Heyer. John May 1 and Albert Weinshank — lay in morgues today, unwitting stimuli for the 1 greatest drive on crime in Chicago ■ history. The drive was started with a bitter ’enunciation of the police by States 'ttorney John A. Swanson. Calling ■is police captains before him, Swan- ' •on delivered a stinging indictment of I heir records, warned that “it is easier to send a policeman to jail than it is to send a gangster there," and laid he entire b'ame for the shooting at the door of the police department and the sheriff s office. Five Suspects Still Held Ind’anapolis, Feb. 16.— (U.P.) —Five I alleged Chicago gangsters, believed Iby police to be connected with the I recent massacre of seven men in a beer war there, were bound over to the county grand jury today on rob- 1 bery charges and held in jail under SIO,OOO bends each. The prediction of the five, that "plenty of help and money" wou’d cojpe iroui Chuqigo. was partly fulfilled today When two prominent Indianapolis lawyers appeared at the city court to obtain their release. The courtroom was heavily guarded during the hearing, local authorities apparently fearing a demonstration. The men were arrested yesterday on charges of vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. Nine revolvers were found on their persons and in their automobile. WILL DISCUSS SUGAR TARIFF Sugar Company Officials To Meet With Farmers Here Monday Afternoon 1 Colonel T. G. Gallagher, of Toledo, general manager of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, and Clyde Schultz, of Union City, selected at a . meeting held here last month to I represent the Indiana State Sugar Beet Grower's Association, will meet the farmers of this county at a meeting to lie held at the K. of C. hall ’n this city at 1:30 o’clock Monday afternoon, arranged by the Adams Country Farm Bureau. All farmers i , are cordially invited to attend the , meeting, at which time reports will be given by Col. Gallagher and Mr. Schultz of their trip to Washington, where they appeared before the ways I and means committee of congress to : j urge a higher tariff schedule for; sugar, which would permit a larger profit to beet farmers. Plans for continuing the efforts ■ will be made and the fight will probably be taken up in the special ses- ' s'.on of congress expected to convene about April 15. On Monday evening, the Decatur ’ industrial Association will meet and 0011. Ga/'lagher will address the meet--1 ing, both sessions being of great importance. o . Melville E. Stone, Noted American Journalist, Dies i New York, Feb. 16.—(U.R)—Melville E. Stone, leader in American journalism, trusted friend of famous men, ‘ patriot and influential figure in world ' affairs, died last night at the age of 81 after an illness of four months. Stone was best known as one of the 1 founders of the Associated Press ' which lie headed as general manager for 28 years. He retired from active direction in 1921. becoming general counselor, a post especially created for him. Prior to his press association career, he was one of the founders of the Chicago Daily News.

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Nearly Brcke Record V’* k Flying to a height of 39,000 feet, to where the temperature registered 76 'egrees below zero, Captain A. W.! Stevens, above, with Lieut. Harry i Johnson, mi-sed chance to claim an altitude record when their plane was forced down at Dayton. Ohio, from lack of gas. SUFFEWN EUROPEGROWS Unprecedented Cold Wave Tightens Grip On Continent And British Isles London, Feb. 16. — U.R) — Suffering grew more intense’ today as the European cold wave, almost unprecedented in history. Lightened its grasp on the continent and tlie British Isles. Coal riots were i eported in Breslau, Silesia, and food sfrnitages were admitted officially in Berlin with predictions of rationing. Freezing of gas mains in parts of Berlin and London complicated a situation already critical in every respect. The death toll mounted to approximately 200 today. Eight aged persons died in Sandwich. England, from the cold. A bride was frozen to death near Petrikov, Poland, while she was riding with her husband in a farm wagon. They were going to Petrikov to celebrate their wedding. Six ships which German battleships had freed from ice barriers in the I .angerlands belt were caught behind anothei ice barrier and their destruction was feared. Extracts From Sermon At Evangelical Revival Some expressions from Rev. M. W. Sunderman's sermon at the Evangelical church revival, last night, are: “Seme folks always lie just one stop beneath God's best. “A room may be clean but empty. A soul may be clean from blots yet blank. ‘ The stoaker is as important as, the throttle. “It took no thinking for Adam to fall into sin, he just tumbled. “The heroism of Moses camo through the vein of his mother. What sort of a start are you giving your child?" “Man’s mind is more than a carriage. “If you touch a live wire, you will know it. “No change of climate can change an apple into a peach. “The stammering Phillips Brooks may become Phillips Brooks tlie orator. “A young man never intends to marry the girl he is joking about He vill never joke about the girl he in‘ends to marry. “The right sort of consecration reults in unconscious service. “There is great danger these days of loosing one’s individuality in the mass unit of humanity." Preacher Turns Bandit; Blames Cold Weather Dallas, Tex., Feb. 16. — (U.R) — Cold weather and the fact that his lowa congregation would not supply his church with a furnace drove Joe M. King from ministry to banditry, he told police here. King is in the county jail awaiting formal charges of burglary. He had loot valued at $1,500 in his hotel room. King held a position in a church at Riverton, lowa, he said. He was graduated from high school at Shenandoah, lowa, later attending the Christian Bible collegp at Denver, Colo.

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NEW CHAPTER IS BEING WRITTEN IN SEA ANNALS U. S. Liner President Harding Speeds To Rescue Os Rudderless Freighter DISABLED SHIP IS 300 MILES AT SEA New York, Feb. 16.— U.R)—A new rescue chapter in the sea annals of the United States Lines was being written today as the steamship President Harding cut through storm tossed seas to the rescue of a rudderless American freighter, the Padnsay, of the America West Africa Lines, owned by the BarI her Steamship company. The Chatham, Mass., station of the radio marine corporation at 10:43 a. m. today received a message from the President Harding which said: “Received SOS from S. S. Padnsay latitude 42.30 longitude 49.50. Rudder gone. President Harding going to assistance.” It was a message similar to that flashed by Capt. George Fried of the i America when he started for the disabled Itallon freighter Florida, a few weeks ago. Left New York Sunday The Padnsay, which was built in 1920 at Tacoma. Wash., for the United States shipping board and sold September 17 last year to the Barber Steamship company, of New York, left New York for the west African coast last Sunday. The position given by its master in his plea for help would p'ace it approximately 300 miles south-southeast of Gape Race. The President Harding, which left WfMrte’Alay was about’Bso nrtKw<eaM of New «\’ork when it picked np the Padnsay’s appeal for help and turned from its course. The Padnsay. of 4,838 gross tons, 380.4 feet long. 53.1 feet wide, and 27 feet deep, has a crew capacity ot 44. Officials at the government weather bureau here, tracing the freighter's position since it loft Sunday declare that it ran into a severe storm early Thursday morning which raged with gale force throughout the day Thursday and moderated somewhat last night. The seas were still extremely rough in the vicinity today, the weather bureau said. Notre Dame Orator Wins State Contest Richmond, Ind., Feb 16 —(U.R) —As the result of his capture of first prize in the sate college oratorial contest held at Earlham College here last night. James C. Roy, of Notre Dame University, will represent Indiana in the Ohio sectional cotest, to be held April 6. Cold Weather Forecast For Most Os Next Week Weather outlook for the period of Feb. 18 to 23. 1929. For the region of the Great Lakes: Cold much of week; probably only a moderate amount of precipitation. MORE DISORDERS OCCUR IN MEXICO Deaths Resulting From Trouble Now Total More Than 70 Mexico City, Feb. 16.—(U.PJ—Renewed disorders in Mexico were reported last night with deaths totalling more than 70. Incomplete dispatches from Guad--1 alajara said a train was dynamited between Los Reyes and Yurecuaro, ; state of Michoacan, and the engineer, . fireman and entire military escort i killed. No passengers were among , the casualties. ■ Mexican military escorts generally ’ number between 25 and 40 soldiers • but tlie dispatches failed to state how i many were on the dynamited train. Several engagements between federal troops and rebe's previously had i resulted in 08 men being killed. Eight federate and 25 rebels were > reported killed in a battle near Mag- , dalena. state of Jalisco, and the rebels were killed in an encounter at Mopal.

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