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three mimer trials under W IN STATE Charles Zimmerman Expected To Offer Alibi In Trial At Angola TWO OTHER MEN PLACED ON TRIAL Angola, Ind.. Apr. 9.-TU.R)-Seine-1 tion of a jury to try Charles E. Zim- , former Steuben county sher-, ff char ged with the murder of Thomas Burke, proceeded in circuit court here today. , The charred body believed Burke s was found in the smoking ruins of a bam near Fremont uhorily after robbery of the First National Bank here ot SIIO,OOO in which Burke was be- ( lieved to have been implicated. Defense counsel In questioning pros-, pective jurors indicated that an | alibi will lie offered in Zimmerman’s | defense He was expected to assert I that at the time of the murder he was in Colon. Mich., with his deputy. Miss Nellie Coleman. Jury Almost Complete Greenfield, Ind., Apr. 9. (U.R) i With one more juror needed, the trial. of Earl Russell, charged with murder j ing his wife with a butcher knife, I was expected to start today. Two special venires were exhausted in three days. Most of the excused jurymen expressed objections to the death penalty. Russell was convicted ot the murder of his wife once before and sentenced to a life term. He however. obtained a new trial. Russell pleaded insanity at his first hearing. Trial At Bloomfield Bloomfield, Ind., Apr. (U.R) — i With seven jurors in the box and a | third venire of 20 men called for questioning, it was expected that ,3 jury to try James W. Jenkins, 21, for the murder of Zachariah Burton, 50, Mitchell storekeeper, would be completed today. The state accuses Jenkins and Lawrence Turpin, 19, who is to be tried later, of shooting Burton to death during a holdup at his store. It claims both have signed confessions and indicates that the death ipenalty will be asked for. Lectures Soon To Start Under Mellett Memorial Columbia, Mo., April 9—(UP) —The first group of lectures to be given in schools of journalism by the Don Mellett Memorial Foundation will be given at the University of Missouri during journalism week, May 8, by Marian E. Pew, editor of Editor and Publish, of New York A group of American newspaper men have contributed several thousand dollars for this memorial in honor of Mellett, former editor and publisher of the Cantion, Ohiol T Eoily News, who was murdered in July, 1926 His murder followed a campaign against vice elements conduced by Mellett through the Daily News. PLAN BANQUET OF INDUSTRIAL ASS’N. Tickets For Affair Next Monday Night Go On Sale Thursday 'Tickets for the banquet and meeting " the Decatur Industrial Association to be held next Monday night at 6:15 °cock, at the K of C. hall, will go on ■a e Thursday, it was announced toP ne of tlle chief features of the ~.^ tlllK will be a ballot vote on what sh' i'i le th o Industrial Association time ' ta ' te toward daylight saving v±. directorß - in a rec ent meeting, tion' ii° refer tlle f as t time, a resolu"i 1 be presented to the city council next Tuesday night. local , aß ® Oclatlon members and other the m ,U ?! neSB lnen a >e urged to attend (li, P ™ eet ng ' Plans for the year will be tots wm aad B everal important proIt , . be Planned. attsnci in ’ DOI,a nt that all who plan to the m B ®. Cure tickets before time of food m et in ortler that sufficient ■ood m ay be orderd 'lock ™T" g Wi " ad j° urn at 8 o’other m / at will not interfer with Hight Th** lngH tor Monday and into,. 6 atte ndance of all members tested persons is urged.

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Fliers Found In Australian Wilds x ..... _ wafflor’ ' t w-» ... w Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith, left, and Charles Ulm, right, heroes < I the spectacular flight of the Southern Cross from the United States to Australia, were reported found alive and safe in the wilds of Australia today. Two other aviators who accompanied Kingsford-Smith and Ulm, were reported safe. also.

DEATH SUMMONS YOUNG MOTHER Mrs. Howard M. Bowman Dies Early Today After Birth Os Daughter Mrs. Hazel Gertrude Bowman, 21, wife of Howard McKinley Bowman, died at 2:50 o'clock this morning, Tuesday. April 9, 1929, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson, 515 Penn street. At 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, April 8, Mrs. Bowman gave birth to a daugh-1 ter. Both she and the baby were be-. lieved to be getting along nicely until early this morning, when the young mother suffered a hemorrhage. A j post mortem examination, held at the Lobenstein and Hower undertaking parlors, disclosed the fact, that an enlarged spleen had caused the hemorrhage. Hazel Gertrude Bowman was born October 30, 1907, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson. She resided in Decatur until her marriage in 1928 with Howard McKinley Bowman, when the couple established their home on a farm in Wells county. Surviving, besides the husband and infant daughter, Phyllis Jane, are the parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Merril, Omar. Wayne, Isabel, Elizabeth and Norma, all at Lome. The deceased was a member of the Evangelical church in this city, and during her residence here was active in young people’s organizations of the church. The baby is getting along nicely and is being cared for by Mrs. Bert Mas', of Thirteenth street. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Frank Peterson home, and at 2 o’clock at the Evangelical church, the Rev. M. W. Sunderman officiating. Burial wi l be made in the Decatur cemetery. I Motorist Electrocuted In Wreck Near Anderson Anderson, Ind., Apr. 9.—(U.R>— When his automobile overturned after plunging from a slippery highway into a telephone pole. Jesse Lawson, 32. Muncie, was electorcuted* by charged wires which fell from the post. Lawson’s wife, and Edgar Gentry, both of Muncie, other occupants of the machine, were unhurt. Witnesses said Lawson after freeing himself from the automobile, walked onto the wires which had fallen directly across the road. New York Governor Signs “Poison Booze’’ Bill Albany, N. Y„ Apr. 9.-iU.R)-Gov-ernor Roosevelt today signed the Cuvillier “poison booze" bill, which makes it a felony punishable by from two to five years imprisonment, to sell beverages containing wood alcohol. • Lebanon Wins State High School Debate North Manchester, Ind.. Apr. 9 —(U.R) —The Lebanon high school today boasted the state debating championship after defeating South Bend. The question was: Resolved, that the United States should adopt a hands-off policy in Nicaragua. The Lebanon school took the affirmative.

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Elderly Widower Sues “Ma” Kennedy; Charges Breach Os Promise Seattle, April 9—(UP) — Mrs. Minnie "Ma" Kennedy, who recently gave her deposition for use in the impeachment trial of Judge Carlos Hardy, was named defendant today in a SSO,OO<J breach of promise suit filed by the Rev. H. H. Clark, elderly Seattle widower. The mother of Aimee Simple McPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, "Made love to Rev. Clark and promised to install him in a tabernacle in Seattle," according to the complaint, which said Clark was “heart broken, humilated and dishonored.” Mrs. Kennedy, who was in Portland isisted that Tt'ew Clark was “a degree lower than the man who was kissed and told about it. Only he was not kissed.” / REBEKAHS HOLD DISTRICT MEET Lodges From Wells, Blackford And Adams County Convene Here Olive Rebekah lodge, of this city, was host Monday afternoon and evening, to the thirty-first district meeting of Rebekahs in the I. O. O. F. home here. The thirty-first district comprises the lodges of Wells, Adams and Blackford counties. Registration for the afternoon session numbered 86, while the evening registration mounted to 200. The afternoon session opened at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. George Squier giving the address of welcome. Response to this welcome was given l>y Mrs. Hollinghead, district vice president, of Hartford City. The regular routine of business was then opened with the election of officers for the new term. This election resulted as follows: district president, Mrs. Hattie Dickison. of Petroleum; district vice president, Mrs. Harriet Howe, of Hartford City; district secretary, Mrs. Clara Drum, of Decatur; district treasurer, Mrs. Ida Burke, of Hartford City. The perfect ballot was then exemplified by the Bluffton lodge, after which the unwritten work was given by two candidates, who received certificates of perfection. The Petroleum lodge was awarded the silver loving cup. A recess was enjoyed from 6 to 7:30 o’clock and the Olive Lodge and their guests repaired to the Christian church, where they enjoyed a most delicious dinner. The tables were attractively decorated in spring flowers and the dinner was served by the Christian church ladies. The convention re-convened at 7:30 o'clock and the Hartford City lodge exemplified the impressive Memorial services. The degree and initiatory work was conferred upon Mrs. L. C. Helm, of this city, by the officers of the Bluffton lodge. Other visitors of distinction in Rebekah work who were present included: Mrs. Etta Coleman, district president, of Hartford City; Mrs. Hollinghead, district vice president, of Hartford City; Mrs. Ida Burke, dstrict treasurer of Hartford; Mrs. Ida Warren, of Elmira, New York; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lyons, of Fort Wayne; and Mrs. Marie Adams, district secretary of Bluffton.

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I Two Men Trade Wives; Learn That Divorce Is A Legal Prerequisite Lincoln, Neb., April 9 —(UP) —Two Bennet, Neb., farmers learned today that the toimallty of divorce Is a legal prerequisite to the trading of wives. On complaint of “strange goings on” registered by Neighbors, county authorities arrested Otto Slade, 31 and Horace Reed, 29, who admitted they had traded wives by mutual consent ten days ago Tile wives, Mrs. Zola Slade and Mis. Martha Reed, each the mother of two children, were detalni ed by Juvenile offieeis. Mrs. Slade asserted her husband advanced the proposition of exchanging wives by telling her ho did not love her, and that he was attracted by Mrs. Reed. After a conference of the four persons concerned the “trade” ! was effected March 31. BERNE WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY

Mrs. Nancy Miller Reynolds, 78, Dies Os Complications This Morning Berne, Apr. 9. — (Special) —Mrs. Nancy Miller Reynolds, 78, died at 1:50 o’clock this morning, April 9. 1929, at her home here, death being due to complications and infirmities. Mrs. Reynolds had resided in Berne for the past four years. Following a fracture of the hip. she was taken to the Hoffman hospital, where she has was cared for. The deceased was born October 20, 1850, near Elida, Ohio. Her husband, Lewis Reynolds, preceded her in death several years ago. Surviving are three sons, Stanford and Augustus, of Linn Grove, and Fielding, residing east of Berne. One son, Ernest, preceded the mother in death. Two surviving sisters and one brother are: Mrs. Alice Monfort, of Cincinnati; Mrs. Retta Rumbaugh, of lama, O.; and John Miller, of near Elida. Ohio. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of Augustus Reynolds at Linn Grove and at 1:30 o’clock at the Christian church in Linn Grove; the Rev. Guy Walters, officiating. Lindbergh En Route Home To Pay Respect To Herrick Mexico City, Apr. 9.—(U.R)—Col. Char es A. Llndergh left by airplane for the United States today to honor the memory of the man who guided him when he flew to Paris from New York. After a week's visit with his fiancee Miss Ann Morrow, Lindbergh left Valvueno field at 12:20 p.m. today amt was expected to fly to New York to join in the reception of the body of Myron T. Herrick when it arrives next Friday from Paris. JOHNSON ELIGIBLE TQ HOLO OFFICE Roswell O. Johnson, Os Gary, Wins Right To Be Candidate For Mayor Gary, Ind., Apr. 9.—(U.R)—A pardon granted by President Coolidge last year won today for Roswell Johnson, former mayor cf Gary, the right to continue as a candidate for the Reublican nomination for that office in the May primary. Judge Maurice E. Crites held that Coolidge’k pardon restored Johnson to the citizenship status he had before he was convicted of violating the Volstead act. Johnson was serving his second term as mayor when he was found guilty with about 60 other defendants of conspiracy to violate the liquor law, and sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison. That was in 1923. Johnson fought committment to prison for two years, but finally entered the Atlanta prison and served six months before he was paroled. Last year he was pardoned. Some doubt had been thrown on Johnson’s eligibility to be a candidate for office because of the conviction and he brought the suit before Judge Crites to clear it up. The hearing was held last Friday. Crites’ decision destroys the hope of Mayor Floyd O. Williams, running for renomination, that he would be without serious opposition, and a heated battle now is foreseen.

CATCHING ANO HANDLING BANK BANDITS COSTLY Adams County Spends $172.17 In Apprehending And Prosecuting 4 Men SHERIFF COMPILES ITEMIZED STATEMENT It cost Adams county, $472.17, to apprehended, prosecute and deliver to prison the four batik bandits who held up the Linn Grove bank, according to an itemized statement made today by Harl Hollingsworth .sheriff of Adams county. This sum also included the amount allowed the sheriff for board of the prisoners, bringing the prisoners from Richmond. Columbia City and Fort Wayne to Decatur, and the employing of emergency deputies and guards, telephone and telegraph messages, vaccinating the prisoners before they were taken to Michigan City and the payment of the special prosecutor and the attorney who entered a plea for them before the court when sentence was pronounc'd. The prisoners arrested and sentenced to the state prison for 20 years, under the 1927 bank robbery law, were Robert Siniff, Everett I). Gaither, J P. Chamberlain and Elmer Wood. The cost of brinning the prisoners to the Adams county jail was $78.77 and the cost of taking them to Michigan City was $92.40. These costs are fixed by law the sheriff being allowed a certain sum for mileage. The sum of S9O was expended for emergency deputy hire and guards at the jail, during the 14 days the prison‘ers were held here. The board bill, fixed by state law at 60 cents per day, amounted to $37. The telephone and telegraph tolls amounted to $32. The physician's charge for vaccinating the men was sl2. The court allowed the special prosecuting attorney SSO and <cavri'w,r> ov two, STAGE HOLDUP IN SYNAGOGUE Five Men Invade Meeting And Rob 80 Persons Os $75,000 In Chicago Chicago, Apr. 9.—(U.R; -Five men, armed with shotguns and revolvers, invaded a meeting at the First Roumanian synagogue last night and robbed members of $75,000 in money and jewels. Eighty members of the congregation, ineluding Victor Phillips of Bucharest. representative of the Roumanian government, and the Roumanian consul, were made victims of the robbery. Rings were stripped from the fingers of women. Wallets and tiepins were taken from the men. Each victim. after being searched was ordered from a line along the wall and forced to lie down on the floor. The synagogue was visited by Queen Marie of Roumania during her Stay in Chicago. Last night's meeting was called to hear Victor Phillips, representative of the Roumanian government in connection witli the tenth anniversary celebration of united Roumania to be held in Bucharest on May 10. Leon Bongardin, Roumanian consul in Chicago also was a victim of the robbers. Phillips was in the m'dst ot his address when the five robbers stepped to the outer door. Posing as worshipers they were admitted by Rabbi Barnard J. Brownsteiu. Rabbie Brownstein was overpowered in the vestibule and forced to march down the aisle ahead of the five men who had donned masks. Phillips, standing by the throne erected for the visit ot Queen Marie, paused in his address as the single file approached. The bandit leader shouted an oath, broke from rank and commanded the congregation to line up against the wall. Three of his confederates covered the exits while the chief and another moved down the line of victims who faced the wall. The chief and his aide worked deliberately but roughly. The search required nearly a half hour. Coming to Rabbi Harry Goldman, the leader of the band extracted $22 from his bill fold and recognized his name, embossed on the leather. “Aw. give it back to him,” said the seccrtid robber, whereupon the leader handed back the bills.

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Australian Leader Out ..j «Wlr-:- — / ' • w jL £ Difference of opinion within his own party, the Christian Socialist, is said to be the reason for the resignation of Monsignor Ignatz Seipel, Chancellor of Austria for the last six years. Another reason is believed to be the failure of the government to float a $100,000,000 loan either in America or Europe. wTufoW CONVENTION HERE Annual County Convention To Be Held At M. E. Church On Thursday The annual convention of the Adams county Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held in the First Methodist church in this city next Thursday, April 11. Three sessions will be held, one in the forenoon, one starting in the afternoon at 1 o'clock, and the other starting in the evening at 7 o'clock. Lunch will be served at the noon hour. The following program has been arranged for the convention: Morning Session Devotionals Rev. Stoakes, Decatur Address of welcome by the president of the county union—Mrs. C. E. Hocker, of Decatur. Introduction of the state leaders— Mrs. Minnie B. Thomas, Indianapolis. Appointing of committees. Roll call of directors of departments. A quiz on department work. Music- by the Geneva union. Talk on the “Scientific Temperance Institution in Schools” by C. E. Striker, superintendent of county schools. Noontide prayer an dsocial hour. Afternoon Session Devotionals —Rev. Sunderman. of Decatur. Music by the Berne union. Talk—“ Government, what it is, what it Could and Should Do, Local. State and Federal," by Mrs. C. L. Walters, of Decatur. Talk —educational, "Getting the Truth to Self, our Membership, to Youth and the Under-Privileged of the Community, Concerning Alcohol and Prohibition,” W. F. Beery. State Budget Plan—Mrs. B. J. Rice, of Decatur, treasurer of the county union. Music —Decatur Union. Reading of recommendations of the state president —Mrs. Gauker, of Geneva. Discussion and resolutions adopted at Kokomo convention, by Mrs. M. Baumgartner the county secretary Address by Mrs. Thomas, state leader Offering. Report of committees, announcements and prayer. Evening Session Orchestra music to be furnished by the Decatur high school. —Rev. Fernthiel, of Decatur. Vocal solo—Mrs. Dan Tyndall, of Decatur. Address —Mrs. Thomas, state leader. Offering. Prayer—Rev. Vance of Decatur. o Start Remodelling White House Executive Offices — Washington, Apr. 9. — (U.R)— Workmen began remodelling the White House executive offices for President Hoover and bis enlarged staff today. The job will require about forty days. During the latter part of the alterations the president hopes to be away, perhaps in California if congress adjourns in time to permit a five weeks vacation early in the summer. a

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CREW OF FAMOUS PLANE, LOST IN AUSTRALIA, SAFE Captain Charles KingsfordSmith And C. T. P. Ulm Included In Crew PLANE MISSING SINCE MARCH 31 Sydney, N. S. W., April 10.— (Wednesday) —'U.R)—The monoplane Southern Cross, missing since March 31, has been found near Drysdale, according to reports reaching here today. Other than that the flyers, including Captain Charles Kings-ford-Smith and Charles T. P. Ulm, who ew the Southern Cross from San Francisco to Australia, were sate, no details of the location ot the lost plane were received. The Southern Cross with its crew ot four started Saturday. March 30, from Sydney, N. S. W., to Wyndham, as the first stage of a flight to London. Intermittent radio reports from Capt. Ulm during the earlier stage ot the flight ended dramatically the next afternoon with the message that for ten hours the Southern Cross had been cruising about in a tropical fog and rainstorm and that its fuel was exhausted. "We are landing in a rotten country,” were the last words from Ulm’s radio. Land in Wild Country An almost hopeless search began. The flyers had been unable to give j more than a guess as to their probable location. The country over which they were believed to be was a wild jungle penetrable only by the native black bushmen of western Australia. Drysdale Mission station, 200 miles in the interior of this jungle country, was the objective for the far-flung search. Particular fear was felt for the aviators because cannibals of the fire tribe inhabit the jungles. Poisonous reptiles and insects infest the Terrain. The aviators carried only a few sandwiches. o Dawes Slated For U. S. Ambassadorship Washington, April 9. — (U.R) The appointment of former Vice President Charles G. Dawes as ambassador to Great Britain is expected within a few days, it was learned authoritatively here today. Reports that Dawes was to be selected have been current in the capital for several weeks and it was learned definitely today his appointment has been decided upon. Announcement is expected as soon as routine formalities necessary in such appointments, have been completed. CONFESSTOTWO BANK ROBBERIES Two Kokomo Young Men Admit They Robbed Hobbs And Cutler Banks Kokomo, Ind. April 9-(UP) —Everett Walker. 25, and Briukey Stinnett, 28, both of Kokomo, have confessed to robbing the Hobbs State Bank, and the Cutler, Indiana bank, according to local authorities. Both men were arrested in Logansport and brought here after a stolen automobile had led to their arrest. They obtained $1,300 at the Hobbs Institution and $1,250 from the Cutler bank. It was said the men made their confession to prosecutor Glen Hillis and C. A. Manning, of the State Bureau of Identification. Botl? will be turned over to Tipton county authorities. o . Conspiracy Charge Against ‘l’m Alone’ Crew Dismissed New Orleans, La.. Apr. 9. —(U.R) — Charges of conspiracy against Captain John Thomas Randell and seven members of the crew of the sunken Canadian schooner I'm Alone were dismissed at the preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner Reginald Carter, Jr., today.

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