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Young Re jected as N. Y. Slate Regent Rk i '' Owen D. Young, chairman of the Board of the General Electric company. who was hailed last year as a world statesman of the first order because of his success in solving the reparations problems, was rejected as a State Regent in both houses of the legislature in favor of George H. Bond.

THREE KILLED IN DETROIT HOLD-UP Signal isGiven and Guards Open Fire in Western Union Holdup Detroit. Feb 14. — (U.R; — Death' by bandit bullets stared Ash Blues tn the face but he stepped on an alarm button in the Western Union Telegraph's company’s main downtown office last night, precipitating a succession of gun battles that left two special guards and a bandit dead and a policeman critically wounded. “Greetings, everybody, we're back again," called the lanky leader of a trio of gunmen who strode into the office at 9:30 p. m.. and the nine employes present knew the bandits who had staged a holdup there on Feb. 4 were hack to add to the several hundred dollars they got then. There was a sharp command to “line np against the wall and whoever sounds an »alarm sounds his death signal.” As the nine employes and lone customer hastened to comply. Blues set his foot on a button that sounded a gong in the offices of the American Still Alarm company in the same building. Arthur Heron, a guard, ran down and opened fire on the bandits. Instantly the room was roaring with guns. Two other alarm company guards. Jess Catlin, 38, and John Scott, 46. joined Heron. An Instant later the two newcomers fell mortally wounded. One bandit, unidentified early today, was killed in the next discharge. The other two gunmen fled to where another was waiting in an automobile and they sped away. Patrolman Joseph Raals, 26. walking his heat, ran into the street, shooting at the car. He fell with two bullets in his groin. His condition was serious today. After the shooting. Western Union employes discovered one of the bandits had snatched $1,600 from a cash, drawer. Four men were held in jail today as suspects. One, Joe Moceri. a gangster, was caught after police chased him in a speeding automobile through she city streets. He admitted he had been in the vicinity of the Western Union office at the time of the holdup but denied participation. The car in which the bandits escaped was found on a bystreet about a quarter mile from the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Colder Weather Predicted For Tonight and Indianapolis, Feb. 14 — (UP) — Winter weather will return to Indiana for a brief February visit today, according to J. H. Armington U. S. Weather Bureau meterologist. Temperatures which have fallen gradually since early this week, will drop to 5 to 15 degrees- in the northern portion of Indiana, to 15 to 25 degrees in the lower section, Aimington said. Although cold, the weather will be clear, he predicted. Return to seasonal normal of slightly above freezing will bgein Sunday.

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FISHING TRIP WILL COME TC CLOSE TONIGHT • President Hoover Decides to Cut Two Days From Florida Fishing Trip WILL BE BACK IN CAPITOL MONDAY Long Key, Fla.. Feb. 14.—(U.R) President Hoover has decided to cut hjs fishing vacation short by two uays, and will arrive in Washington Monday rather than Wednesday. The president's decision, an associate said today’, did not result from the pressure of public business. Mr. Hoover, it was explained. did not want to fish on Sunday. Remaining here until Monday nigh' would have given him only one more fishing day. He did not consider this sufficient compensation for a 24-hour wait, and thus today is likely to end his recreation with t|ie rod and reel for the present. Press reports of the senate’s confirmation of Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court reached Mr. Hoover by motorboat courier soon after they flashed over the wires from Washington he received the news with gratification. The waters off Sombrero IJght House, near Sombrero Key, were selected for the Hoovers' fishing today. The site is 20 miles south of this key. o Lodge Receives Letter From Dr. .1. S. Boyers A letter from Dr. J. S. Boyers, formerly of this city, was read at the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias last evening. Dr. Boyers is a member of the local lodge and recently went to Tucson. Ariz. He and Mis. Moyers enjoy the west very much. Di. Boyers, in his letter stated that Tucson was now a city of 40,000 inhabitants, that mnch building was going on and that it was a great place for tourists. He asks to be remembered to all his friends in Decatur.

GAVETAIKON RADIO BUSINESS Harry Thompson Tells Rotarians of Developments Made in Radio Harry W. Thompson, radio sales man for the Schafer Company of thie city, gave an interesting talk before the Decatur Rotary club last evening on “The Development ot Radio". Mr. Thompson told of the marvelous improvements made in radio within the last two years and predicted that "television was just around the corner". He stated that radio was doing much to educate the country ind that a survey showed that children from homes where they had radios were more apt and brighter than those children who did not have th” privileges of radio reception. The modern radio set must be able to reach stations within 2,509 miles, Mr. Thompson stated and the modern sets of today bring all corners of the country to your home. Mr. Thompson made mention ot the new improvements made in radio within the last two or three years and compared them with the first rfiftiio inventions when wet batteries were used. Will Bowers had charge of the program. During the evening the election of delegates to the annual state conference at Wes' Baden was held. C. O. Porter, president and James Elberson, secretary being elected delegates. Wai Wemhoft and M. J. Mylott were elected alternates. City Employes Seek To Find Interfence M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the City Light and Power plant and city lineftten were busy yesterday and today trying to find the cause of the radio interference in the west and north parts of the city. The interference started Sunday and is so strong that radios cannot be operated.- The interference is worse at night and Mr. Mylott stated thdt every effort would be made to find the trouble.

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Hughes Confirmed IJy Senate, 52 - 26 j ** I F - ' % ■ < * I ; ILF ~ » Charles Evans Hughes, noted jurist, will become Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court on February 24. His nomination to that offee was confirmed by the Senate late Thursday by a vote of 52 to 26. A three day debate preceded the nomination. DISCO VER ER OF BEET SUGAR DIES Dr. Hirst. Chemist Who Extracted Sugar From Beets Is Dead Chicago, Felp 14 — (UP) — Dr. Joseph M. Hirst, noted chemist whose discoveries in extracting sugar from beets made possible the billion dollar sugar beet industry today, died of heart disease at the home of his daughter here late yes terday. Hirst, a graduate of the Universities of I’ague and Munich, came to America shortly after the civil war. He is credited with discovering th" fluid which was used to make valuable city documents legibile after they had been scorched in the disastrous Chicago fire. Former Resident Here Dies In California Mrs. Emma Waltz Ormsby, 7S. formerly of this city, died Tuesday night, following a heart attack, at her home in Laverne, Cal. Tha body will be returned to Oswego, Tjtke Tippecanoe. Sunday for burial Surviving are Mie husband. Eugene Ormsby, a sister. Mrs. Sue Carmody of Fort Wayne, and a brother. H. D. Waltz, of Grant avenue, Fort Wayne, and several nephews and nieces in Fort Wayhe. Revenue Man Will Assist Taxpayers Notices were posted today in this city, s ating that a Deputy Colle - tor of Internal Revenue would be at the Court House in Decatur, February 20. and 21. for the purpose of assisting those who are required by law to file Federal Income Tax Returns, in preparing their returns. No charge will be made for this service.

FRENCHMAN WILL FLY TO AMERICA French War Ace Plans to Return Lindbergh’s Visit Early in Spring Paris. Feb. 14 —(UP) —Pilot Edouard Deckert, war ace, has been chosen to return Lindbergh's visit to France by paying an overnight call --Paris to New York —in a new mystery plane ordered by tne French government at a cost of 1, 500,000 francs. Among the features of the New plane, which was designed by Rene Couzinet, are the following: It is of all-wood construction, will weigh 14 tons, and is equipped with three motors. Its landing carriage may be drawn under the body, increasing speed possibilites by 10 miles an hour. It has 1,800 horsepower. The plane lias a closer resemblance to a bird than any higherto designed.

Seven Pertinent Points ♦ From Bowers’ Address

The Democratic Par y may he defeated, hut it can never be destroyed because it rests on principles that are elemental and eternal They (Republicans) used the tax ! ing power of the government | through the tariff to permit a class to pick the pockets of the consumers under th? protection of the s ate" and the industrial bloc reported for duty. Privilege sits in the seats of the mighty, with Joe Grundy as cupbearer and Senator Moses as trumps teer. We revised the tariff (under Woodrow Wifton) without the sem blance of a,scandal —the first tariff act in 60 years tha' had not been conceived in iniquity and brought forth in corruption. We set tUis fact—that in eight years of Wilsonian Democracy more progressive and constructive legislation was writ’en into law than had ever before been written in any combin< d 25 years in tlie history of the Republic. I know of nothing so pathetic in history qs the collapse of the market and the depression of industry during the regime of the miracle man of business and during th? incumbency of the greatest secretary of the treasury since Hamilton. For every increase (in tariff) they gave the farmer they’ gave 10 increases to those from whom the farmer buys. Music Magazine Is Presented to Library Miss Annetta Moses, librarTai’. today acknowledged receipt of a year’s subscription to the musical magazine entitled "Music and Youth" which was recently presented to the Decatur Public Library by the music section of the Junior Arts Department of the Woman's Club. The gift was presented through the effor s of Miss Dessol e Chester, chairman of the section. Miss Moses stated that the magazine is one of the best musical magazines on the market ami that the library board feels that the addition of this magazine is quite an asset to the reading material of th« library. 0 SCIENCE UNABLE TO STOP SOBBING Young Girl Victim of Sobbing Sickness for Past 108 Hours Attleboro, Mass., Feb. 11.—(U.R) — An attractive, olive-skinned brunette, clad in a sleeveless pinknightgown. sat unconcernedly in bed at her home here today, reading popular magazines and newspapers, while mystified physicians sought to explain a strange sobbing sickness which had held her victim for more than 108 hours. It was last Sunday night at 6:30 o'clock that Miss Violet Michael, 19-year-old jewelry factory worker, began crying. Her mother. Mrs. Antone Michael of New Bedford, had just started for home aft?r spending the week end with her. Invariably, when her mother departed after one of those brief visits, tears would come to Voilet's eves. Then, however, Tony Bosh, Violet's sweetheart, would take her to the movies and her sadness would be dispelled. Last Sunday, while the girl dried her tears, she could not control her convulsive sobbing. Violet was put to bed and the family physician, Dr. Earl R. White, summoned. Dr. White was puzzled. With no precedent to, guide him, the physician resorted to induce sleep. To Dr. White’s astonishment morphine failed to break the spell. Ether also was unsuccessful. Violet’s mother returned from New Bedford, but even her presence failed to quell the girl's sobs. Baffled by the curious, obdurate affliction, Dr. White called into consultation Dr. Harvey Sanborn, Providence, R. 1., a specialist. It was decided to try an emetic. After this had been done the girl experienced her first real relief. She got a few hours’ sleep Tuesday night and her condition was better Wednesday. For the last 48 hours, Dr. White has resorted solely to chlorlam hydrate to bring relief and Violet has , slept fairly well the past two nights.

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HUGHES WILL ASSUME POST THIS MONTH Senate Confirms Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice of U. S. OPPONENTS PLAN TO CARRY ON FIGHT Washington, Feb. 14. — (U.R) — While Charles Evans Hughes pre pared to assume tha Chief Justiceship of the Supreme Court February 24, his opponents, who mustered 26 votes against his confirm:’.'tlon in the senate late yesterday, laid plans today to carry their issue into the-coming congressional election. The tariff hill to which the sen ate is now returned, the power control arguments and various conflicts regarding farm relief whicii 1 entered into the Hughes debate were being stressed by the 15 democrats and 11 republicans who voted against him on the final roll call. The fight against confirmation, which started under unusual circumstances last Monday when two members of the senate judiciary committee voted against the distinguished New York juris', brought such unusual attention from the senate and the galleries that senators were sure it would play an important part .in the fall campaigns when one-third of th? senate w'll seek re-election. It was a futile fight from the start. Only for a time before the final vote was the issue really in doubt. The opposition sought to postpone defeat by a motion to recess until today but lost by a vote ot' 45 to 35. The vote made it obvious they could not win. They sought to refer the nomination back to the judiciary committe? and lost 49 to 31. In the face of these indications of the temper of the senate, a fintl vote was taken and Hughes' supporters won by a margin of 52 to I 26. By this time, however, many senlators had departed. Seven pairq were announced indicating seven additional senators would have voted against confirmation had th“v been present. One senator absent without a pair had voted against confirmation on the previous roll calls. This totTLl indicated 34 opposed confirmation. What astounded senatois involved, however, was that a nomination for such a high office as Chief Justice and of a man of the legal attainments of Hughes was held up for four days by a substantial opposition which delved with undisguised criticism into the recent decisions of a majority of the court. Never before had the senate witnessed such a spectacle, since all nominations in the past were considered in executive session and only a few contests had been organized against appointments to the supreme court. Tha majority in support of the nomination took little interest in the debate, the time of which was consumed largely by opponents. Two republican speeches were made in support of the nominee by Senators Gillett. Repn., Mass, and Glenn. Repn.. 111., early in the proceedings. Two democrats from his home state, Wagner and Copeland and New York also supported him. The opponents on the final roll call included many of the leading constitutional authorities of the senate such’as Borah, Repn., Idaho. Walsh. Dem.. Mont., and Norris, Ind.-Repn., Nebr. Nearly all the western independents who have joined in coalition with the democrats against the tariff bill were against Hughes, including Broodhart, lowa, Blaine and latfollette, Wis., Couzens, Mich., Frazier and Nye, N. D., Johnson, Calif., McMaster and Norbeck, S. I). Beg Your Pardon Cal E. Peterson of Indianapolis, who addressed the Lincoln Day banquet held at Berne Wednesday evening. is the son of Charles Peterson of this city, instead of John 6. Peterson, as stated in this paper yesterday.

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Health Expert Gets Parrot Disease 1 ' Dr. Charles Armstrong, Unitm! States public health service epiderminologist, has been stricken with psittacosis, pr parrot disease, which he contracted while carrying on experiments for curing the strange malady in the governm nl laboratory in Washington. I). C. PROMINENT MAN CALLEDBVDEATH Henry Eiting, Dies Thursday Night Following Extended Illness Henry Eiting. age 80, prominent retired farmer and one of the best known residents of Washington township, died at his home southwest of Decatur at 8:45 o’clock Thursday night following a several year’s illness from complications and infirmities. Mr. Eiting suffered a decline Jr health about five years ago follow ing an operation. Up to that time he had been active about his farm. He had been confined to his bed for the past five weeks. Mr. Eiting came to Adams county in 1853 witli bis parents, Casper and Margaret Eiting, when he was tour years old. He was bom in Germany, April 1, 1549. The family settled on a farm northwest of Decatur and when a young man Mr. Eiting was engaged in the grocery and general store business in Decatur. being employed by his uncle, who operated one of the principal stores in this city at that time. Following 'his marriage to Miss Catherine Meyers of Adams Couni ty, Mr. Eiting moved to the farm, now known as the Eiting farm, southwest of Decatur. He has resided there for the past 43 years and was one of the progressive and substantial farmers of this county. Mr. Eiting took an active part in community and church affairs and through his honesty and fine citizen ship was admired and respected by th public in general. He served on the Adams County council for nearly 15 years, resigning a few years ago on account of ill heal h. The deceased is survived by three children, Benjamin Ei'ding, ('Part; Eiting at home and Mrs. Mary Spangler, all of Adams county. Three children ’preceded the father in death Mrs. Eiting died about five years ago. Eight grandchildren also survive. Mr. Eiting was a faithful member of the St. Marys Catholic church. He was also a member of the St. Joseph, and Holy Name societies of the church and a member of Decatur lodge, No. 864 of the Knights of Columbus. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at nine o'clock from the St. Marys Catholic church, the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, officiating. Burial will be made in the St Joseph Catholic cemetery. — William Bell Confined To Home With Sickness William Bell is confined to his home on North Second street wi:h a severe cold and will be unable to play the role of Graham McNamee in broadcasting tonight's basketball game between Bluffton and Decatur. Mr. Bell took ill Monday and will not be able to be out for a few days. Fomer Decatur Man Dies In Arkansas Funeral services were held Tuesday tor William Thomas Kimsey, 83, formerly of this city, who died Thursday morning at his home in Gentry, Arkansas. Mr. Kimsey was born in this city on September 7. 1846 and moved away from here in 1881. He had several relatives in this county and was well known here.

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CITIZENS TAKE HAND TO CLEAN UP OUTLAWS Two Bandits Killed Last Night and Organized Drive is Under Way MORE THAN 3,000 ARE ARRESTED ; Chicago, Feb. 14. — <U.R> — i Embattled citizens fought I shoulder to shoulder with the unpaid police today agains* Hie outlaws of boulevard and back alley. Bodies of two bandits lay on slabs in morgues and two robbers were in hospitals to ma’’k the end of the fifth day in the city's campaign against organized crime and as tribute to the marksmanship and bravery of citizenry and police. The 3,000th suspect had been rounded up as squad cars cruised all parts of the city, seizing every individual who appeared to have possible connection with the underworld. In the last 24 hours. ! 572 mon were arrested. Seven car- | vied guns and are liable to indictment by the Federal grand jury. Determination of shopkeepers and householders to aid the police and the powerful and secret committee of big business headed by Robert Isham Randolph was thelatest phase of the anti-crime war. A Jackson boulevard motorcycle sales agency was the scene of the shooting. Charles E. Sutton, proprietor, shot and killed one marauder and wounded another but could not prevent his escape. Sutton was counting the day's receipts when the bandits entered. As they drew revolvers, the propritor snatched up his own and began firing. One bandit staggered and the other fell dead. The wounded man fled down an alley. His luckless accomplice was believed to be .Manford Allen Blunt of El Paso, Tex., a World war veteran, from papers in his pocket. A posse of police, firemen and citizens foiled an attempted robI bery in a south side home after burglars had enticed Miss Berthi Blazis away by a telephone call that her father had been injured in a factory explosion. Neighbor.-; saw tlie men enter and surrounded the house until police and firemen arrived. John Wojoik, armed with n wrench, severely injured one Os the intruders, identified as Kenneth Provo and his brother, Delbert, was caught, Police Sergeant Charles Reynolds, who had three times won the Chicago Tribune award for heroic police work, shot and killed a negro bandit who had just held up a taxicab driver. The negro sought to shoot it out with the off'cer, Ini' ' CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) MEMORIALPLANS ARE APPROVED Federal Board Approves Plans For George Rogers Clark Memorial Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 14. —(U.R) — Approval of plans for the niillioiidollar memorial building to be constructed at Vincennes as a national shrine to George Rogers Clark, b the Federal fine arts commission in Washington, completed all preliminary arrangements preparatory to the construction work. Acceptance of the plans by the fine arts commission was an indorsement of the choice ma'de last week in Vincennes by the memorial architecture committee. The committee was made up of some of the most noted architects in the country and two laymen. The architecture of the building, following the approved plans, will be' of Greek classic type, according to William Parsons, advisory architect. Parsons described the columns of the building as Greek doric, slightly modernized. Its simplicity, dignity and strength of design are outstanding, Parsons said. The memorial is a collaboration of three arts —architecture, painting and sculpture. Only the plan (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)