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i Is Candidate For Township Assessor Ben McCullough, St. Marys town ship, announced today that he was a candidate for the republican nomination for township assessor in St Marys township. Mr. McCullough is the first person to announce, his candidacy for this office. He has been a resident of St. Marys town ship all ids life. . o EDITORS GATHER FOR MEETING I Claude Bowers Will Address Democrat Editors Tonight at Capitol Indainapolis, Feb. 13. — (U.P) — Democratic leaders and hopeful party candidates from all over Indiana gathered in Indianapolis to day, primarily for the Democratic Editorial Association’s mid-winter meeting, but also with the idea of clearing up a few party matters and doing a little handshaking. The three-day session got under way last n’ght when democratic mayor of 59 cities held a dinner meeting ami formed a permanent organization. The meeting was called by Jesse H. Mellett, mayor of Anderson, who announced its purpose to be the formation of organization of democratic mayors. R. Ear] Peters said the group probably would he called upon to assist in drawing up legislation affecting cit : es and towns. Mellett was elected presid''n‘: Joseph Kimmel, mayor of Vincennes. vice-pres’dent; and William Dentlinger. mayor of Connersville, was elected secretary. Al] of the mayors present gave short talks, expressing the belief that through the newly formed organization a stronger democratic partv could be formed in the stale. This afternoon, a joint meeting of the state committee, its advisory committee, and officials of the newly organized group of democratic mayors was held for general discussion of the coming primary, and discussion of partv policies. The Indiana Womens' Democratic club heard Frederick 11. Van Nuys, former IT. S. district attorney, at a luncheon this noon, over which Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport, president, presided. Principal speaker on the program for the annual banquet of the Editorial Association to be held tonight will be Claude G. Bowers, keynoter at the last democratic convention, and author of the history, “The Tragic Era." Approximately 1,000 persons were expected to attend. J. H. Heller, editor, and Dick D. Heller, city editor of the Daily Democrat are attending the meeting. The later is vice president of the Democratic Editorial Association. Miller Ellingham, of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette is president of the association. —o Dr. Nearing Will Speak to Teachers Dr. W. P. Dearing President of the Oakland City college will address the teachers of the Decatur Schools, Tuesday evening at 7:45 o’clock in the High School auditorium. The teachers are inviting as their guests, all the school patrpns, and are hoping that all parents who are able, will attend the meeting. Dr. Dearing is a national lecturer and will speak upon the subject. School advancement on the part of the pupil, parents, and teacher.” —o May Regain Sight Luther R. Wolford of Decatur, Indiana returned from Ann Arbor Michigan Medical College where they told him that he might hope to recover his eyesight. He has been blind for 34 years and he has suffered from “sca’tered eyesight". Mr. Wolford underwent a thorough examination and the doctors said that he could be cured. —o Taft Is Much Improved Today Washington, Feb. 13, — (U.R) — Former Chief Justice William Howard Taft spent another comfortable night and seemed much improved this morning attendants at the home reported. His rest was undisturbed during the night, they said.

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MONROE STATE BANK CLOSES : TO LIQUIDATE I 1 Directors Decide to Discontinue; Belief That Bank is Solvent EXAMINERS ARE NOTIFIED TODAY The Monroe State Bank, organ- ! ized in 1907 and for many years one of the prosperous small town banks of the state, closed its doors this morning by the voluntary action of the board oi directors. Word was sent to the state bank I ing department and liquidation will follow under their instructions. Officers believe that depositors can be paid in full if they are permit-! ' ed to close the affairs without an ! • expensive court operation. E. W. Busche is president of the bank and W. S. Smith is cashier; 1 Frank Heiman is vice-president and Miss Creo Crist has served as bookkeeper. Mr. Smith gave out the following statement this morning. “A slow but continued shrinkage the past year caused the closing of the Monroe State Bank today. ’ The Aioard of directors had put • forth every effort to keep the in- ‘ stitution on its feet but owing to 1 unusual local conditions in th? I town and a partial crop failure the past three years in the surround--1 ing territory, deposits were reduced i to a point where the bank could only operate at a loss and to protect the depositors it was decided ■ that 4be only thing to do would be i to liquidate. It is thought the bank . will be able to pay deposits in full." The bank was organized in 1997 i ‘ with $25,000 capitol. W. S. Smith f has acted as cashier for the past -thirteen years and has been effi- ’ cient and careful. The board of . directors include die following well- : known men: E. W. Busche. Frank ■ Heiman, John P. Braun, John - Floyd, Ira Waggoner, Julius Eaihart ami W. S. Smith. Mr. Smith was in Decatur this I morning arranging affairs in connection with the closing of the in- - situation. Representatives from i the state banking department are - expected to be in Monroe by this ■ evening or tomorrow’. The last statement of the bank showed total resources of $1.31,i 692.30 as of December 31st last. - The deposits on demand were at - that time $47,786 and in certificates , $54,561. At that time the bank ■ had bonds, cash and other liquid • assets of more than $40,000 and ■ SIB,OOO worth of real estate. Loans - and discounts were $73,775. VIEWS ARE GIVEN r ON PROHIBITION t Du Pont Believes That Prohibition Has Made “Hard Drinkers” Wilmington, Del., Feb. 13.—(U.R) t —Prohibition, in the opinion of - Pierre S. Du Pont, has “trained a • new generation to drink hard > liquor” and it is a generation “that - will not be won over to light wine and beer so easily." " In a statement to the United • Press today, the wealthy Du Pont, ’ long an opponent of prohibition. ■ outlined a plan which he believed 1 would do away with what he con--1 aiders the evils of the Volstead ! law. “Personally I favor a return of the liquor problem to the states,” he said. “No general plan can be made acceptable to the people of • all the states. Our population and ’ climate differ too greatly. I favor ’ turning over the sale of liquor to ’ a monopoly to be run under gov--1 ernment supervision much as the railroads are now operated, with limited profits, limited hours of j sale and license to individual purchasers.” Du Pont, a member of the family that has built one of the great fortunes of this age, sent a question- ’ naire to voters of Delaware in an attempt to learn whether public - sentiment favored repeal of the t Klair act, the state prohibition en- - forcement measure. He believes t that if the results of his survey i show sentiment is against the Klair act, the legislature either will be ; forced to repeal it or “be defeated at the following election."

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Flier's Widow Studying Aviation BMrs. R. H. Merrill, youthful widow of the Alaskan aviator who ' perished in the icy wastes last September, , is shown with her youngest son after her arrival at Portland, Ore., j ( to complete , her course in aviation. t Mrs. Merrill ( plans to apply , for both commercial and transport } flying licenses. (International hawaraal)

GANGSTERS ARE CAUGHT IN DRIVE Chicago’s Unpaid Policemen Carry Out Surprise Attack On (Jang • Chicago, Feb. 13. —(U.R) — Five | chieftains of the notorious O’Donne'l gang, rivals of Al Capone’s host, surprised at a "directors' meeting” in a west side haunt, w'ere in jail cells for a time today as the unpaid police rounded up the 2,500th suspect in their drive to run gunmen out of the city. Drawn shades at the Case Bar rosotti, a second flood restaurant in West Madison street presumably owned by Steve O'Donnell, brother of “Klondike" O'Donnell, czar of the west side beer and alky racket, drew the atetntion of a squad of police cruising for gunmen and hoodlums. The police crashed in. Seated about the table in a cubic'e partitioned off from the rest of the place, were the quintet ■whoa enames have been associated with murder, gang domination. »afe-b’owing, bomb terror and liquor running for at least 10 years. Two lesser lights of. tlie gang also were there and an eighth man suspected of connection with the O’Donnells walked in. Two revolvers were in coats that hung on wall pegs. No one would admit ownership of the coats but a glove in one of them was equipped with cork stubs in the fingers. Police said the glove fit the hand of “Three Fingered” Jack White, one of tlie conferees. At the moment the police leveled guns at the members of the I gang Cabal, another conference was in session at the headquarters of the secret law enforcement committee of big business headed by Robert Isham Randolph, former army engineer and now president of the Chicago Association of Commerce. The generalissimo of the business army against the gangs had told his aides that racketeers constituted the most dangerous threat to orderly government in Chicago. CHILDREN LEAD FROM BUILDING Explosion in House Causes School House to Rock in Brooklyn New York, Feb. 13 —(UP) —Moro than 2,000 children, many of them bleeding from cuts, marched calm ly out of public school No. 83, in Brooklyn today after an explosion in a house across the street rocked the school building. A police check-up showed that about 30 pupils were injured, 13 of them seriously enough to be taken to hospitals. Fire Marshall Thomas Prophy’s preliminary investigation revealed that an accumulation of gas in the building across the street from the school caused the explosion. He said he also found a still in the wreckage of the structure but expressed the opinion that the still had blown after the first explosion. Most of the injured children were cut by flying glass when the win- , dows in the school were shattered.

I Fire Destroys Barn On Ben Hough Farm ( Geneva, Feb. 13. — (Special) — ( I Fire of unknown orgin destroyed ; la barn on tlie Ben Hough farm six , I miles southeast of here late yes- ( ' terday afternoon. The Geneva fire department was called and sue- | ceetled in saving tlie rest of the , building. , All the stock and farm implements were removed and the loss ( was confined to some grain and i feed. . Owing to the distance the fire department were unable U> do anything in extinguishing the flames in the barn as the roof fell in when , the department arrived. It was not learned whether the barn was covered by insurance. Fertilizer School to Be Held Here Saturday Adams county farmers are tn vited to attend the fertilizer i school which will lie held in the auditorium of the Decatur Public Library, South Third street, on Saturday, February 15th. The morning session will begin at ten o’clock and at noon a free dinner will be served in the basement of the Christian church, after which the meeting will lie cont'nued at the church. The women are also invited to come with their husbands to the school. Mr. Otto Voyle, authority on th Q use of fertilizers will be in charge of the school and the program will be of an instructive nature, no attempt lieing made to talk sales. STATE OFFICIALS IN RACE AGAIN Otto Fifield and Others to Seek Republican Nominations Again Evansville, Ind., Feb. 13 —(U.R)— Neary a thousand Republicans of ; the first district returned to their homes today filled with new enthusiasm for the coming campaign as a result of the “love feast” held < here la.st night. Tlie chief development of the < gathering was the announcement ; of Otto G. Fifield, secretary of ' state, that he would file for renomination. He was elected to the position in 1928 after serving two terms in tlie state legislature in 1919 and 1921. In 1922 he began a four year term as treasurer of Lake county. Fifield’s action was regarded by political observers as a timely and ! strategic move. It made the south- 1 enters feel warmly toward him 1 for making the announcement : there rather than in his own northern district. It also gives the party a definite start on its 1930 campaign as Fifield’s position ' makes him the leader of the ticket. All of the state officers who will be out for re-nomination this spring attended the banquet. These included' Archie 11. Bobbitt, state auditor: Roy P. Wisehart, superintendent of public instruction; Charles Biederwolf, clerk of tlie supreme court; Benjamin F. Willoughby, Vincennes, and Willard B. Genmill, Marion, supreme court judges; and Alonzo L. Nichols, Solon A. Emloe, and Charles F. Remy of the appellate court. Otis Moore, representative in congress from Zanesville, 0., was the principal speaker.

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WILLING TO HAVE HOLIDAY ON WAR SHIPS Japan And France Join With United States in Favoring Plan ITALY ONLY ONE TO STATE VIEWS London, Feb. 13. — (U.R) — Japan and France issued statements today outlining their naval views at the five power conference. France gave a definite figure of her tonnage requirements estimating her needs in 1936 at 724,479 tons upon certain conditions an.l with reservations. The memorandum of the two powers were added to those previously issued by the United States and Britain as outling the issues of the conference with only Italy still to state her views. Japan agreed with the other statements in a general way on battleships restriction in number, gun size and tonnage, emphasizes her need for an adequate fleet of large cruisers, and approved a battleship building "holidays" until 1936. France said that in case the holiday’ was not agreed upon she would accept a total of 195,000 tons of battleships. France declared her profound conviction that any armed conflict between Britain, the United States, and France is unthinkable. She reiterated her renunciation of war under the Kellogg treaty, declaring that her naval program is strictly along the naval program ’s in conformity with international agreements, particularly the Kellogg treaty. France, also for the first time formally, interjected into the conference the insistance that any decision taken on naval limitation should be considered in relation to the further problem of the limitation of land and air armaments. Japan Joins Others London, Feb. 13 —(U.R) —Reduction of the tonnage of battleships and a replacement holiday until 1936 were advocated today in a memorandum issued by the Japanese delegation to the naval conference. The memorandum, outlining the apanese position for the first time, proposed reduction of the size of battleships from 35,000 tons as provided by the Washington treaty, to 25,000 tons. It also advocated reduction of guns to 14 inch calibre and extension of the age of battleships to 26 years. ———————-o ■ — —— Auto Mishap Occurs Here Wednesday Night Three automobiles were damaged in a street intersection mishap here at 7 o’clock Wednesday night. A Chevrolet delivery truck driven by L. C. Cook of Lafayette, Ind., and a Chevrolet coupe driven by Frank DeVor of this < ity collided at the corner of Monroe and Third streets. The DeVor car whirled around and struck a Dodge coupe belonging to Charles Fulton of Willshire, Ohio. The occupants of all three cars escaped without injuries, but the automobiles were damaged. The cars escaped without injuries, hilt the automobiles were damaged. The cars were taken to local garages for repairs. 0 Princeton Has A Costly Fire Today Princeton, Ind., Feb. 13. —(U.R) — Fire of undetermined origin destroy’ed three buildings and their stocks in Princeton’S business section today, witli a loss estimated at $150,000. It was said insurance would cover about two-thirds of the loss. The fire, starting in the rear of the H. Lynn Lucas furniture store, was fought for five hours before fire companies from Princeton, Evansville and Vincennes brought it under control. Q-. Board to Consider Stephenson’s Plea Gary, Ind., Feb. 13.—(U.R)—Petition of D. C. Stephenson for a 90day parole will be considered by the state pardon board at its mee’ing at the Indiana state prison at Michigan City, Feb. 28. according to Pau] Newman, Gary, who filed the petition. I

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(Jnest Tickets l or Banquet On Sale M< mbers of the Decatur Indus trial Association who wish to talc ■ a Attest to the annual banquet next Monday evening. February 17. can set lire tickets from Will Linn. Members of the Association need not pay for, their own plate, butt a charge of 50 cents will be made for those who are not members. FLOOD RELIEF FUNDS SMALL Campaign to Secure Fun ds For Sufferers Will Be Closed Monday Herman Gil'.ig, chairman of the Relief Disaster Commttee today announced that this week is th? final week for making contributions to the Indiana flood relief fund. The amount received by the American Red Cross up to the | present time is inadequate to meet the needs in the flood district, and a final appeal has been issued for an additional contribution. The amount of $65.00 has been collected from the people of this city for the flood relief fund, and Mr. Gillig stated today that he hopes that those poop'e who have not yet contributed will do so Loda v or tomorrow 4 . The boxes where people mav leave their contributions are placed at the three local banks, the postoffice and the Decatur Daily Democrat office. The boxes will be collected Mondav and a final report made. Mr. Gillig stated. Reports from the Disaster Relief Headquarters at Vincennes indicate that the emergency needs of the flood sufferers in Indiana and Illinois is being met. lint an additional amount of monev will be needed before the sufferers are adeonately cared for. In southern Indiana a serious situation exists, according to report of the relief headquarters. n Hoover And Partv Fish in Gulf Stream Long Key, Fla., Feb. 13. —(U.R) - President Hoover and his fishing party left their house boat, the Saunterer, after a late breakfast today to renew their campaign against sail fish. The group in a fleof of small motor boats went fishing in the Gulf stream, where Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, one of the Hoover guests, yesterday caught a 65-pound sailfish. FINDS TOMBS OF THE PHILISTINES Archeologists Believes He Has Strongholds of Ancient Race Jerusalem, Feb. 13—(UP)—Alan Rowe, director of the University of I Pennsylvania’s archeological expedition, is convinced he lias found the strongholds of the Ancient Philistines—the warrior race Unit runs through tlie Bibical stories of Saul and David. In the mound of the fortress at Beisan, 55 miles north of Jerusalem he has uncovered a cross section of seven religion# periods and eight historical epochs, dating back to the Temples of Ashtoreth and Dagon, the Semitic tribal deity of the Philistines. As the excavators cut through the mound, they discovered, superimposed on each other, eight city levels, where one civiligation had levels, where one civilization had another. Seven religious structures already have been identified. At the top were two Byzantine churches. Then came a Hellenic temple. Below that was a temple of Seti the first; then one of Amenophis 111. Deeper lay the house of Ashtoreth, and finally, the temple of Dagon. The two latter deities link the spot definitely with the history of the Osoralite Kings. Beisan is t«>e "Bethshan” of the Bible, located at the crossroads o' Teeming highways connecting an cient cities from the Mediterranean to Transjordania. it was the key to a military road extending along the valley of Esdraelon and lezreel.

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OPPOSITION TO CHIEF JUSTICE IS GROWING Several Senators Have Joined Ranks of Those Who Oppose Jurist WATSON IS HOPEFUL OF THE NOMINATION Washington, Feb. 13—(U.R)—The opposition to Charles Eva n s Hughes’ nomination as chief justice continued to gather strength in the Senate today in such a Ta hion that for the t|rst time since debate began three days ago there was some doubt that he could ultimately be confirmed. While the opposition lias not yet attained a majority and Republii can Floor Leader VV’atson again i expressed confidence that he could keep his votes, tlie United Press learned that Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Dem., Mont., one of the outstanding constitutional lawyers of the senate, has decided to join the dissenters. Walsh voted for Hughes in committee. Wafsh said privately that Hughes once had changed his mind aliout an important proposition and that he thought lie, too, would do so. Because of his legal standing, Walsh was expected by the opposition leaders to carry several votes with him. If he does, the strength of the opposition will be such as to put the outcome of the contest in doubt. This development came while the lobby investigating committee was ascertaining that Hughes wrote the contract which the American Cyaninifd company proposed to the government for Muscle Shoals. While there was no allegation that Hr.ghes’ action was improper, there has lieen a strong sentiment among tlie Democrats and independent Republicans against leasing Muscle Shoals to private interests. The matter was expected to lie called to the attention of the senate later in the dav by Senator Black, Dem., Ala. Meanwhile, the attack upon the appointment continued in the senate along new lines. Senators LaFollette. Republican, Wisconsin, Nye, Rep . N'. D.. and Goass. Dem., Va.. contended that the majority of the supreme court as now constituted, and as proposed to be constituted if Hughes is confirmed has gone beyond interpretation of the law. Nye also touched upon Hughes’ political activities. He quoted from what he said were Hughes’ own words in refusing to be considered as a presidential candidate in 1912. "The supreme court must not lie dragged into politics,” Nye said Hughes said at that time. TO SERVE SUPPER The Mount Tabor church will serve a cafeteria supper in th“ basement of tlie Christian church. Saturday, February 22, from five to seven o'clock. The public is invited to attend tlie supper. REPUBLICANS MEET AT BERNE — Lincoln Dav Banquet Held And Talks Made by County Republicans Berne, Ind., —A Lincoln Day banquet attended by the leading republicans of Adatns County was held at Berne last evening, in the room above tlie Peoples Restaurant. Paul Graham, of Decatur, acted as chairman. During the evening. Ralph Thomas, postmaster at Bluffton delivered an interesting talk taking the place of District Chairman, George Gordon on the program who was unable to attend. Cal E. Peterson, of Indianapolis, son of John S. Peterson of Decatur also gave an interestiuK talk. Several other talks on Abraham ; Lincoln and party harmony were given by other members. Discussions on county offices were also held and it is thought important announcements will he made by local leaders within a few days. Forty-eight were in attendance including leading Republicans from Decatur, Berne. Bluffton, Portland and Geneva.