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[Typewriting Expert To Be In Decatur M. F. Worthtnan, superintendent lof the Decatur Public Schools, anI nounced today that Robert Kingsberry of New York City, the world's champion typist in speed and accuracy, will be a visitor at the Decatur High School during the last week in March. He will use a Royal Machine for the demonstration and will show tha students a real display of speed on the typewriter. o MANY DISCUSS ! BOOSTER PLAN — Resolutions Will be Offered at Annual Industrial Meeting A plan devised to create more business for home-owned retail stores in Decatur is being discussed among local business men and in all piobability will b? introduced in the form of a resolution at the annual business meeting and election of directors of the Decatur Indusrtial association, to be held next Monday night at the K. of C. hall at 6:30 o'clock. A banquet will precede the bnsi ness session. The idea, forwarded by several local business men. is to create a fund in the Industrial Association, from dues and other fees to furnish entertainment for special trading days. Some local merchants have suggested that while the plan to se cure more industries be continued, a plan also to convince people now employed in local factories that prices' and satisfaction can be had by buying of local merchants, be adopted. Many suggestions have been made to directors of the Indusrtial Association concerning the plan, and some favor securing a band for several Saturdays. Others have suggested vaudeviUe. acts. Along with the Entertainment suggestions, some talk has been created for the local business men to petition the council to appoint a city weight and measure inspector. The idea of this, boosters say would be to have a regular city inspection of all goods sold by weight and measures to insure buyers that they are getting the amount stipulated. Several o.her plans have been suggested and it is likely that they all will be discussed at the Monday night meeting, and in all probabilities committees to devise plans will be appointed. Other business to be presented includes a resolution to change the name of the Indusrtial Association to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is open to all Decatur merchants, manufacturers, professional men and all interested persons. It will start promptly at 6:30 o’clock. U. S. SEEKS TO BUILD WARSHIP Wants One Similar to Britain’s Latest Creation, ‘Rodney’ London, Feb. 10 —/U.R)—' The United , States ' has proposed to Great Britain that America be permitted to build one new battleship equal to the British battleship Rodney, it was learned today on highest authority. The Rodney, completed in 1927, is a 33,900-ton ship, oil burning, and armed with nine 16-inch guns, 12 6-inch guns, six 4.7-inch guus. and 28 smaller weapons. No American vessel is es heavily armed. The American suggestion contemplates Japan scrapping one battleship; Great Britain, five, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE< • o Ferry Service Along Wabash Nearly Normal Evansville, Ind., Feb. 10 —(U.R) — Ferry service along the Wabash river is slowly recovering from the effects of the recent flood, while additional highways were opened for travel, Evansville Auto Club officials reported today. Webb’s ferry between Griffin and Grayville, 111., has resumed day-time operations. No trucking was permitted as the roads leading to the- ferry were too soft to support heavy loads. The Mt. Carmel ferry re-opened several days ago.

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MAN GRABSS3O OFF RICE HOTEL COUNTER:FLEES k Asks for Change for S2O Bill, Then Gets All Available Cash ESCAPES AFTER BEING TRAILED A mad. whose name was not I learned, grabbed $39 tn bills front the counter at the Rice hotel Saturday night and escaped down ’ , an alley, according to Jesse Rice, I hotel proprietor. The incident ■ occurred about 7 o'clock, with sev-1 eral people sitting in the hotel! lobby. According to Mr. Rice, two men ' I entered the hotel ami began | punching numbers off a money I hoard on the counter. A woman 1 entered the hotel. Mr. Rice stated. 1 ,to purchase a bus ticket. She! presented Mr. Rice with a $lO ! . bill. Mr. Rice stated that when he made the change he let the bill lay on the counter to avoid controversies. as was his custom. While Mr. was getting the change for the lady, one of the men at the punch-board placed a S2O bill on the counter to pay for . his merchandise. Mr. Rice also . secured the change for the S2O bill at the same time. When the change for both bills was placed ou the counter, and before Mr. Rice placed the bill in the cash register, one of the men grabbed the bills and change and ran. Mr. Rice foi'owed him, but was unable to catch him. The two men, whose names are not known, have been in Decatur on several occasions. They conducted a concession here during the last street fair and for the last several weeks they have been selling punchboards to stores in this commnnity. Mr. Rice reported the incident to county authorities, but no trace of the men was found. It also was reported that the men sold another local store several punch boards last week and then returned sev(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADAMS COUNTY LADY EXPIRES Mrs. William Ehrman Is Victim of Death; Funeral Thursday Mrs, William Ehrman, 50. Adams County died Sunday morning at 6:30 o’clock at her home in Kirkland township. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Elsena Ehrman was born at Salem, Ohio, November 7. 1879, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rinehar' Leimenstall. both deceased. On April 13, 1898 she was united in matiage to William Ehrman and since that time has resided on the present farm in Kirkland township, to this union were born three children who survive. They are Edna Shady of Fort Wayne, Floyd Ehrman of Kirkland township, and Robert Ehrman at home Four grandchildren and the husband also survive. The following brothers and sisters survive; Charles Leimenstall, of Craigville; Mrs. Louise H Imrich bf Magley; Mrs. Susie Ho vaster of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Rosa Leimenstali of Detroit, Mich.. Miss Catherine Leimenstall of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Lena Sherlock of Corunna. Sadis Straub of Peterson: and Mrs. Pearl Hoffman of Preble Mrs. Ehrman was a member of Beulah Chapel church for many years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home in Kirkland township and at 2 o’clock at the Pleasant Church. Rev. Carl Thompson of Etna Green, Indiana will have charge of the funeral services and will be assisted by Rev. Byerly. Burial will be made in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. — O —«. Will Display Medal C. C. Pumphrey is engraving Calvin R. Steury's name on the Gold medal awarded to Adams county by the Pennsylvania Railroad, for the most outstanding 4 H Club member in 1929. This medal will be placed in the show window of Pumphrey's Jewel ry Store for a few days.

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February 11, the birthday of Thomas Edison, world-famed inventor, may see the reunion of three o'.d friends, Henry Ford. Thomas Edison ami Harvey Fire-tone. The thiec friends, who have always felicitated one another oti their different achievements through life, are pictur'>d together as they appeared February 11. 1929 when Thomas Edison celebrated his eighty-second birthday.

PROPERTIES I SOLD FOR TAX Annual Delinquent Tax Sale Held at Court House This Morning Th ■ annual Adams county sale of delinquent tax property was held today at the Adams county court hou-e ‘by Ed Ashbaucher, county treasurer. All items on the delinquent list were sold with the exception of three. Two of the items not sold were lot# in Geneva over which there is a controversy as to the ownership and the other unsold item is property of a local man. There was a bid for the latter, but because of ’a personal tax delinquency which must be levied against, the bid was I not completed. Buyers of the delinquent items. 1 must hold their receipts for two years before the items become their | property. If the original owner I wishes to clear his property he must pay the delinquent taxes.plus a 10, 15 and 25 per cent, interest charge. Mr. Ashbaucher stated after the sale today that it was the quickest sale he has ever conducted. A crowd of about 75 people attended the sale and placed bids. Othmar Smith Takes Post-Graduate Course Othmar E. Smith of the B. J. Smith Drug Company left this morning sot ASton, Ohio, where he will take a week's post graduate course in truss fitting. The drug company lyts the county agency (or the Akron Truss and a separate room will be built in the store for the purpose of tak/ig care of l patients. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the school. YOUNG MAN HURT IN AUTO MISHAP Raymond Thompson Is Pinned Beneath Car When it Overturns Raymond Thompson, local young man, was injured Saturday night when the Ford roadster he was drb - ing struck a Ford coach driven by Frank Bucher of Fort Wayne. Thompson’s injuries were not re-1 gaided as serious. Thompson was driving west on Monroe street and the car driven by Butcher was head d north on Third street, Bu cher stated that he had stopped at the stop sign at Third street and then proceeded across the intersection. Apparently, Butcher did not see Thompson approaching on Monroe stree:. The front of the Thompson car struck the rear of the Butcher car. causing the former to swerve about in the street and turn over, pinning Thompson beneath it. The young man was taken to a local physician where his injuries were dressed. It was s ated today that he was not seriously hurt. Thomson’s car was badly damaged but Bucher was able to drive his car on to Fort Wayne.

Hit-Run Driver Injures Two People Indianapolis, Feb. 10. — (U.R) —A I hit-run driver crashed into two ehl- ! dery persons last night, brought his | ear slidding to a stop, and then sped away, driving over the body ' of one of the victims. Charles Nichols. 69, and Mrs. Josephine Wineriow. 69, both of Indianapolis, were injured seriously. The two persons were crossing a busy thoroughfare when the auto, traveling at a moderate rate of speed, struck and threw them to the pavement. The car skidded to a stop over Nichols. The driver looked dnt. i saw the prostrate man under the i car. and shot away. A rear wheel passed over the man, fracturing his collar bone, as the driver escaped, zig-zagging his way through traffic, and disre- | gardng traffic signals. 0 — BIERLEY SEEKS COUNTY OFFICE Hartford Township Man Is Democratic Candidate For Clerk R. G. Bierley, of Hartford township, today announced his intention of being a candidate for the Democratic nomination for clerk of Adams cuonty. Mr. Bierley is a school teacher and farmer and owns his own farm in the southern part of Hartford -township. The candidate stated today that he would make a thorough canvas I of voters of Adams county and if successful in the primary election, would do all in his ipower to elect the entire Democratic ticket next November. Mr. Bierley has been a property owner in Adams county for more I than 15 years, having purchased j a farm in Hartford township and ' moving his family there several years ago. He teaches school at present at Polingtown, in Jay county, but has been active tor a | number of years in southern Adams county politics. Mr. Bierley stated that he was married and had live children. He said that he would start immediately on his campaign and intended to call on all Democratic voters of the county, if po-'sib’e. o Don C. Ward Will Not Be Candidate This Year Don C. Ward of Union City, who two years ago was the Democratic nominee for congress in the eighth district, announced today that he will not be a candidate this year because of the fact that his business needs his attention just at this time. He adds, “I certainly want to thank the loyal Democrats of Adams county for the splendid help given me in the 1928 campaign. I sha'l never cease to be grateful for the vote of 42,000 which I received in the district, the largest vote ever received by any candidate of any party for congress up to that time.” Mr. Ward is principal of the Wayne school at Union City.

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HOOVER STARTS FISHING TRIP President Leaves Long Key Early This Morning On Week’s Trip • Long Key, Fla., Feb. 10 —(U.R) — President Hoover's fishing paNy arrived at 6:20 a. in. today. It was still dark when the chief executive’s train rolled into the station and the Hoover party re mained on board for sometime be- | fore detraining. Breakfast was waiting aboard! i the houseboat Saunterer, which for | i the next week will be the home' 'of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover anil th ir i party. A group of vacationists greeted the presidential train. Officers of the Saunterer and Kilkenny, commerce department houseboat, which will carry Laurence Richey, Mr. Hoover's secretary, and other members of Mr. Hoover's immediate party, forecast a ci'.ear day to inaugurate the president's fishing vacation. The President and Mrs. Hoover left their car at 7:30 a. m. and walked across the palm-studded (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) NEW SECRETARY IS INSTALLED Cardinal Pacelli Is Secretary of State at Holy See Vatican City, Feb. 10. —(U.R)— Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was formally installed today as secretary of state of the Holy See, succeeding Cardinal Gasparri. He conferred with various subordinate officials in his department, after which he was received in an audience by Po]>e Pius. Cardinal Pacelli, who was raised to the cardinalate upon the occasion of Pope Pius' last consistory, was formerly Papal Nuncio to Berlin. The retirement of Cardinal Gasby the concordat between the Holy parri, whose tenure was crowned See and the Italian government, had been expected since late in December. ! The new secretary of state is 54, and was ordained a priest at Ronii?; in 1899. Much of his life work has been in the congregation of extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs, which deals with state and diplomatic matters. He became in turn, undersecretary and pro-sec-retary of the congregation. In 1914. Pope Pitts X made him secretary of the congregation, and Pope Benedict XV confirmed him in the post. For several years, Pacelli assisted his predecessor. Cardinal Gasparri, in compiling an codifying the canon law. In June, 1917, he was consecrated as Tiular Archbishop of Dardis, and nominated Papal Nuncio to Munich. He carried out much useful work during and following the world war in behalf of prisoner-.'. Cardinal Pacelli also had a hand in preparing the concordant between Bavaria and the Holy See, which was signed in March. 1924. In 1925 he was sent to Berlin, where he aided in drawing up the concordat with the Reich. o Hold Short Course -j — A short course for all Indiana bankers will open at Indiana University tomorrow and last the rest ' of this week, accordng to announcements received by local bankers. The course is sponsored by the State Bankers Association. It was 1 stated that one or two local bank- ' urs would attend part of the course. o Man Admits Murder Muskegon, # Mich., Feb. 10.—(U.R) —Forest E. Weaver, £9, was up for arraignment today on a charge of murdering Mrs. Glady s Erhardt, pretty 20-year-old divorcee, whose body, cut in several pieces and buried in the snow, was found Friday night. Sheriff William Tissue declared that Weaver confessed to the murder. Tissue said Weaver told him he and Mrs. Erhardt were skiing Friday night when she told him she no longer loved him. Tissue quoted Weaver as saying he cut her body to pieces with an ax and buried them in the snow. ;

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I’eter Habeggcr Is Monroe Twp. Candidate Peter A. Ilabegger, of Borne, assessor of .Monroe township, today attnouni ed that he would he a candidate to succeed himse I', stthjei l to the decision of voters at the Democratic primary election i:t May. Mt. Ilabegger hps been active in politics for many years, and has serve I Monroe township as its assessor for the last four years. He stated he would make an active campaign sot renomination. PNEUMONIA IS i DEATH'S CAUSE i Mrs. John Wittwer, 76, of Near Berne Dies Saturday Night Berne, Feb. 10.— (Special)—Mrs.' John Wittwer, 76. well known Adams coitn’y ’arly died at her horn 1 near Berne, at 10 o’clock Saturday night from pneumonia from which she had suffered for the last two weeks. Mis. Wittwer had been enjoying; her usual health until two weeks I ago when she contracted a severe; cold which resulted in pneumonia. | Mrs. Marie Wittwer was horn i’t | Wayne county, Ohio, May 12, 1853. She was the daughter of Christian I and Anna Dubach-Beer, both de I ceased. She was married to John Witt- [ wer on March 4. 1888. To this union were horn two children, one' of whom died in infancy. Surviv-1 ing is the husband and one son, Hiram Wittwer of Monroe town- [ ship. The following step-children also! survive the deceased: Mrs. Oren Courtney and Mrs. Jacob A. Sprunger of Fort Wayne, William Wittwer, Samuel Wittwer, and Menno Wittwer of Berne, and Mrs. Chris Neukomn of Auburn. Mrs. Wittwer is also survived by the following brothers and sisteis. C. C. Beer and Isaac Beer of Monroe township. Eli Beer of Kirkland township, and Mrs. William Fuchs | on Monroe township. Two sisters died in infancy, and [ the following brothers preceded the deceased in death: Peter and Japhet Beer who died several years ago, Abraham Beer, who died two years ago, and Jonas Beer, who died one year ago. The deceased, together with her husband resided on the present Wittwer faint in Monroe township for the last twenty years. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the home and at 10 o’clock at the Mennonlte church. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery, at Borne. o INSPECTION HERE TONIGHT Pythian Sisters Will Entertain Officers at Special Meet Mrs. Iva Kirwin of Fort Wayne will inspect the local chapter of the Pythian Sisters lodge tonight at 7 o'clock at the K. of P. Home Mrs. Kirwin will be assisted by Mrs. Fern Beaber who is district deputy of District Number eleven. Pieceding the inspection the Knights of Pythian lodge will entertain the ladies with a dinner to be served at six o'clock at the K. of I’ Home. The degree staff of the local lodge met at four o’clock this afternoon and held rehearsal. They will present a drill at the annual inspection program tonight. Mrs. Delton Passwater of the lo cal district No. 4 is qualified to inspect chapters but is unable to inspect her own chapter. She stated today that the local organism ion has been practicing for the past week and is ready for the inspection. — — 0 Seeks Seat In Congress • — Indianapolis, Feb. 10. —(U.R) — Bruce E. Cooper, Stewartville, state senator and traveling auditor for the State gasoline department. announced his candidacy for Republican nomination for congress from the first district today. He will oppose Rep. Harry E. Rowbottom, Evansville, and a new aspirant, Russell Dyer, Spurgeon.

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INDICTMENTS FOLLOW EXPOSE BY DRY AGENTS 31 Corporations Face Federal Arrest on Illegal Rum Charge RING ACTIVE FOR SEVEN YEARS Chicago, Feb. 10. — (U.R) — I The Federal t r rand jury to|day indicted 31 corporations land 15G individuals uid disclosed the operations of a [nationwide alcohol ring which | according to the charges, has been diverting industrial ali cohol since 1923. Tin* government charged that ' 1.900,000 gallons of alcohol a year his been diverted Into bootleg channels for seven years. The indictment, returned today after a year of uncover investigation. covered 96 typewritten pages and cited 287 overtacts. The seven-year conspiracy, the ; government cltar g ed, extended I from New York to Los Angeles, > having branches in Philadelphia, i Detroit. Cleveland, St. Louis, Mini neapolis. St. Paul and North Ber- ! gen. N. J. The center of the huge | bootleg ring, the indictment charg- . ed, was in Chicago. The following corporations were indicted: Allied Drug and CheniiI cal corporation; Joubert Company; I E. M. Laning company; Norda Essential Oil and Chemical company. IC. H. Salick. Inc.; Dee Drug com [ pany and Maiden Lane Drug coml pany, all of New York; Arend Drug company. Central Phor Pharmacal company, Chicago Toilet Supply company, Columbia Bottled Products company. Century laboratories. Inc.. Godiva company; Holman Soap company, Humboldt Drug company. I,eroy Manufacturing company. National Beverage company, Parisienne Prepartions, Inc., Perfection Laboratories, Vidor P' tfumeries, Inc., Puritan Cosmetics I company. Schoenhofen company. | Co., Redwin Mfg. Co., Royal Crown Mfg. Co.. Schoenhofen company, Service Laboratories, Sheik Toilet Preparations company, Tentson Spice company, and Chicago Sales and Distributing company, all of Chicago; Nipola company, St. Pau’, Minn., and Standard Laboratories. St. Louis, Mo. - -—■—o —— Carlson Appointed Huntington Prosecutor Indianapolis, Feb. 10 —(U.R) — Lawrence E. Carlson, Republican, was appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie today to succeed Howard R. A. Wiley, Democrat, as prosecutor in the 56th judicial circuit, at Huntington. Wiley died last week. —-— o Farm Board Meeting Postponed to Tuesday Washington. Feb. 10. (U.R) —Th<’ scheduled meeting of the Federal farm board to consder authorizing creation of a $25,000,009 grain stabilization corporation to control the surplus wheal problem has been postponed until tomorrow, it was announced today. IFARM BUREAU PLANS SCHOOL All Farmers Invited to Free School Here Saturday, Feb. 15 The Adams County Farm Bureau Co-operative Association, Inc., will hold a Fertilizer School Saturday morning February 15 at 10 o'clock in the Auditorium of the Decatur Public Library. At noon a free dinner will be served at the Christian Church dining room for those who attended the school. After dinner the school will be concluded in the dining room. The purpose of the school is to tell about the manufacture of fertilizer and the plant food story. The principal sp aker will he Otto Voyles of the State Farm Bureau who has had 32 years practical experience in the manufacture of fertilizer. Other speakers will give talks o t drainage, liming and the growing of legumes in the rotation.