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:VV. 11. Laughrey Seeks Re-election as Asesssor — W. H. Laughrey. prominent f i »einiH-nt of l’,ty<- ('rin k jowimhip I iikl piesent lawilHhlp assessor i stated today that lie would seek | re-nomination and re-election on the liemot ratio tic ket as a nessor of Blue ('reek township. Mr. I.aughrc y lias served the township in an efficient manner for several vehrs and his many friends have urged that he again become' a can didate. He is the first to file for that office. WILL CONTEST SUIT IS FILED Lewis Schilling Files Action Against Heirs of Amos Troutner A will contest suit lias been filed in Adams circuit court entitled I.ewis Schilling vs. John ■ Troutner, et al. contesting the wi’l of the late Amos P. Troutner. wiio died several months ago. leaving •in estate amounting in value to about s2f>.oftt). The late Mr. Troutner had several years prior, to his death written a wi’l and I later a codicil to the original i document The complaint filed by Schilling j sets out four tea, ims for the suit. The reasons include. First, that Mr Thoutnor was of unsound mind when will and codicil were written. Seoond, that the instruments we.-* 1 unduly executed. Third, that the instruments i were nrocurred by undue influence. 1 Fourth, that the instruments i e-e- e executed under dnrestt. Following the death of Mr. i Troutner, Hubert Zerkle was ■ npnoUited administrator. He qnali-! Cit'd liQd filed hi-s bond and letters wen' issued to him The complaint asks that the entire matter be set aside and that the estate be divided in acconlance with the law. Defendants in the suit include, Jodin Troutner, Cora Troutner, William b. Troutner. Mary G. 1 Zerkle, Hijbprt Zerkle, Frank Troutner. Clifford Troutner. E’la Troutner. Justine Zerkle. Wayne Zerkle, Margaret Zerkle, Hubert Zerkle' Jr. and Hubert Zerkle as ailministrator of the estate. The complaint and bond were filed and summons were ordered issued, returnab’e April 17. 19:10. , —, Q Signs Lyceum Course The Junior Class o» Decatur iliy'i School today signed a contract for: a Redpath Lye uni course which they will present in this city next i winter. The !•• Ret - will " on sale yet this spring and will sell for the: same price as those sold for this, year. $15(1 each. The schedule of) four programs and the dates will lie , received later, it was learned. o Mrs. Harriet Sells Recovering From Injury Mrs, Harriet Sells, who suffered a broken hip on Februarv 11. is recovering and has written the following note to In r friends: “To my friends: .Am sorry to have caused so much grief from my accident. My injury is slowly mending I am taking this-i fl iends, some of whom are as fat | away as Seattle. Wash Your sincere frit nd, Mrs. Harriet Sells. Mon I roe,’ln i." . — REPORTS HOADS IN BAD SHAPE Rural Carrier on Roads East of Decatur Has Difficulty Today ■ While all roads leading from Decatur are passable. Postmaster ’ L. A. Graham, stated today that * the mail carrier on Decatur, rural ' route six. was having difficulty ’ getting through on this route. ' Postmaster Graham stated that i there were three or% four bad ' plil( . eH i„ the roads over and that if they continues to -*• i worse it would be impossible to ( deliver mail over this route. I County Highway Superintendent I Chris Eicher and his force of men • have been busy repairing the roads 1 fond keeping them in as good shape s V possible, in view of the unseas- . Lahle. thaws and traffic, and mad s Ariers report other roads in fully good shape.

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Decatur’s Hope For Sectional Title A--IB mKI El i ft ’ ts a—'. V I I if ■ 111 A A A A i KF > w / w Kv 1 v B jv JR H HI jH HI KJ&K JL JB S' S SI Reading from left to right: Gerber, Hebble, Scbnepp, Engeler, Zerkle. Snedeker, Reynolds. Engle, Brown. Hi I. Debolt and Shoaf. Decatur high school Yellow Jackets are selected by leading 'port, writers of Indian:! as favorites in the Fort Wayne sectional tourney to start at 9 o'clock Friday morning. Decatur play Fort Wayne Central at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.

COLD WEATHER RETURNSTODAY Blizzard Strikes Northwest and Cold Weather Becomes General Chicago.. Feb. 27. U.R’- —Winter I came back to the north and mid- : west with a vengeance today. Families wore snowbound by tower ng drifts piled up by blizzards in North Dakota. Roads i were blocked and trains were deHayed. Ten inches of snow had fallen in the western part rtf the state, halting rail traffic on branch lines. Thousands of highway workers in Minnesota toiled to remove an 11-inch snow blanket from roads. Heavy snows fell in Wisconsin, where temperatures fell to 18 above zero. At Chicago, blustery winds intensified chill of a 22-degree temperature. Overcoats wore got out agiiin after a spring-like period throughout the central states. A plague of frogs beset the terIritory near Morris, 111., thousands iof them hopping along highways land across fields. Beguiled by the I recent warmth and the flooding of ; lowlands by high rivets typical of I spring, they came from their hiblernation quarters en masse. o— — SAYS CHURCHES MIGHT MERGE Edward D. Jones Sees Possibility of Most Churches Joining Indianapolis. Feb. 27. (U.R) Modern religious tolerance is lean ing toward the merging of church denominations and will result eventually in twothiids of Protes-i hantism being united tn one churchy i RrtV. Edgar De Witt Jones. Detroit, told the United Press today. TheOendency in this direction is strong, Rev. Jones said. Four churches already have started movements for consolidation and others are favoring the idea. Congregational and Presbyterian churches have an agreement under which neither will start a church in a locality where the other already is established. This forms the bas's, Dr. Jones believes, of an eventual ffierger. The strongest movement of this kind now underway is between the Baptist churches ami the Disciples of Christ, or Christian church. "These two denominations were one and the same until 100 years ago" Rev. Jones said, “and lead ers in both churches now are working toward a re-union.’ Rev Jones devotes his entire time to visiting Baptist and Christian churches creating sentiment He was w Indianapolis today attending executive meetings of the Disciples of Christ church. "Thai'e is a frightful waste to competitive Christianity,” Dr. Jones said "Practically economy is forein, church to think of merging " De cited We instance (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, February 27, 1930.

Funeral For Babe To Be Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Eugene Gin j ter, still hot n baby which was born 1 to fir. and Mrs. Homer Gintn- at I thejr home near the An loch church, I at 5 o'clock this morning were-' i held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the home. Burial was made in the Antioch cemetery. The baby is survive I by its parents and the fol ■' lowing brothers and sisters who re,'sideal home: Miriam, Terveer. Mar-j; I cela, Dolor, s. JetanG, and Vernam !, ! Ginter. Rev. Irvin Vanem. was the , • FRANK WRIGHT RESIGNS POST .| ! Father of Dry Law Resigns From Commission on Fifield’s Request Indianapolis. Feb. 27. -— (U.R) — ' Frank E. Wright, auditor of the I Indiana Securities Commission and 1 author of the Wright "bone dry" 1 law. resigned his state post late 1 yesterday because of his connec-1 ■ tion with an alleged blue sky op i . erator whose c.is • is pending de ■ .[cision in criminal court at Indian-[ a polls. Otto J. Fifield. in accepting the resignation, said Wright's rtiistake : could not be overlooked and "it t was thought best that he retire - from the commission." In the trial of Carrollyn E. I ’ Crump, president of the Indiana ■ I Real Estate Securities corporation, ' '[charged with selling worthless se- 1 curitietj, it was brought, out that i Wright was a trustee of the company at the same time he was serving on the securities commission. It was alleged that Wright's indorsement had been used by Crump to promote sales. It was general . | i ly conceded, however, that Wright I had been drawn into the fraudulent , (company without knowing of its [ | 'illegal nature. I "Wright did nothing that was i j legally wrong," Fifield said. "It t ' I was indiscreet for th' auditor of 1 I the commission to accept a I (I tee ship in any body or corporation ; that might- want to sell securities that had to be passed upon by the I I securities commission. Wright, as auditor, had noth'ng to do, with ' passing on securities. Crump was a clever manipiAtator who fooled men of considerably more business experience than Wright." Wright was a prominent worker for the Indiana Anti-Saloon League until he was dismissed last | ‘November. Dr. C. H. Winders, act- I ng superintendent of the b-'igue.l charged Wright with violating the league's decision to remain neutral in the Indianapolis mayoralty cam-,1 paign. o 1 W. L. Foreman Seeks Jefferson Twp. Post . | W. l,<;Fjfeman, lifelong Dento-Mi-at of Jetrerson township, today Announced he would be a candidate for Jefferson township assessor subject to the decision of Democratic voters of the township , at the May primary election. Mr. Foreman has been a Demo : cratic precinct worker for many , years. He stated he would make a complete canvas of Jefferson [ township voters.

NORTH WARD TO PRESENT PLAYf; I I “Queen's Bouquet” Title. of Annual I’roduction, April 4 — _ The children of the North Ward [School will present'an op- retta en- i ■titled “Grandmother's Flower Gar- : den ' or "The Queen’s Bouquet" on i I'Tiday evening. April 4. at the Decatur high school auditorium. The open tta was written by Nor- : ma Vet lieck and is a clever story which conrfiins several songs to b ' sung by the children. I Tiiis will be the annual event that |the chihh'n and teachers of the ; North Ward school present and the money derived from the play will be used to defray expenses of the , school playground, and to pun tv w playground and school equip- i ment. The teachers of the school will l have charge of the direction of th' . play and the making of all costumes. The children have started to practice for the play and the teach- ' ers report that the production this ( year will be better than the one? . given in former years. < o ( Conrad Farm Is Sold The August Conrad farm of 80 1 acres in Preble township was sol.! at public auction this morning to 1 Adolph Bultemier. also of Prebl ' township. The price paid was $9,700. ’ The auction was conducted by the Johnson Bartle't Auction company I ol this city. Mr. Bultemeir will | farm the Conrad farm, it was stated. Police Kill Man In Hammond Gun Battle Hammond, Ind., Feb. 27 —(U.R) i ] Indiana Harbor police shot and; killed Livid Vallie. Muskegim. Mich., when be opened fire on detectives after they had ordered him to stop. Va'lie had forced his way into t the home of Francisco Ortego, in ; the Mexieiin settlement of Indian.i ( Harbor, and was threatening' to j kill Ortego when detectives attempted arrest. t _ r , REBEL GENERAL IS Al CAPITOL; I Urena Demands Complete Satisfaction; Peasants ' Take Capitol City ( Santo Domingo, Dominican Re- ; ,public, Feb. 27 —(U.R) General ( Rafael Estijella. Urena, supreme f chief of the peasant revolutionary army which seized the capital yesterdiiy, arrived today and demanded Satisfaction of the ineurrec- 1 Lionist grievances. Urena, who was a Santo Dornin- 1 go lawyer Itefore he went, in for 1 ri VUoltion, reached Santo Dornin- 1 go duVing the night from the rijbel stronghold at Santiago to take 1 charge of the occupied city. Spw ' adlc firing, continued in the city ( night Wit no bloodshed was ' evident either in the overall-clad 1 rebel forces or the government 1 troops which mingled with the in- 1 vaders in friendly fashion.

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ALLEN COUNTY BREACH SUIT { VENDED HERE Demand of Mildred Davis Against Ross Louthan for SIOO,OOO Damages TRANSFERRED TO ADAMS COURT A seduction and breach of pro ' niise suit fib'd by Mildred Davis of | Fort Wayne against Hoss Louthan I demanding slim,omi, has nern venu [ed to Adams circuit court from AlI lon Superior court, number 2. The plaintiff Antes in the complain thtrt immediately after meet ! ing defendant in January 1929. he 'began paying attention to lutr ami I soon proposed. The complaint states that defendant asked plaintiff to mai.iy him and told her they would ake a year's wedding trip through Europe. It further states that defendam suggested that plaintiff buy equii. ment for a beauty parlor in Fort Wayne, which she did. The plain tiff s ates that through the promises land love and affection shown plain tiff submitted to defendant's em- | braces ami that she went with him to Indianapolis, where she was inI induced as his wife and later she [went wi.h defendant to Illinois. [West Virginia ami other states where plaintiff and defendant were registered in hotels as man and wife. Plaintiff says further that defen dant purchased her an automobile and that when she would ask him concerning their approaching marriage, he would continue to post pone the date, saying that he was artanging his business in other thftt they might take the European I i’i p. Plaintiff further states that when she went to Wolcotville. Indiana, to see defendant she learned that he was marired to another woman. Plaintiff states that she has suffered embarrassment ami has been° subject to ridicule. Plaintiff demands judgment for $100,001). . The case has not been set for trial but transcripts have been filed in Adams circuit cour’. Asks $5,000 Damages Anther ease entitled Florence Wagner vs. MoSe Higgins, suit for damages amounting to $5,000 as result of automobile accident in Allen county has been venued to Adams circuit court from Allen Superior court number 2. The transcripts have been filed, but date for trial has not been set. The suit is the result of an automobile collision in Allen cfmnty some time ago. in which the plaintiff alleges she was injured. CHICAGO SEES FINANCE HOPES Drive for Funds Nears Goal; Employes Will Be Paid Sood Chicago, Feb. 27. - (U.R) - City employes made ready to bid goodbye to payless pay days today as Chicago continued to pull out of its financial mire. Those of the 43;S:lfi public employes who have been living on promises since their last pay day Dec. 15. saw their hopes for compensation re i h immediate future become almost a reality yesterday as .the campaign to rid the city of it' moil'' burdens came within; $6,019,000 of the amount needed to put the taxpayers’ trust into operation. Collections yesterday totalled $23. 630,400, which brought the total of the campaign up to $43,980,400. When the amount reaches $50,000,000, the taxpayers' trust will begin operations and purchase the tax anticipation warrants. As soon thereafter" as the necessary arrangements can be made there will boa pay day for those city employ, s who have not received compensation for more than two months. <Sorne of the employes re ceived compensation on Valentine's day. Despite yesterday's showing, Philip R. Clarke, head of the campaign, predicted tough sledding ahead. He pointed out that the trtide committees and their work ers had hit the big “shots'' and now had to go out after the little fellows to remainder of the $74,000,000 goal.

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, ’T 5 Plans Meetin}’ For Retail Merchants | W. J. Pierce, of Hie bureau of I weights and measures of the state I of Pennsylvania, is In this city | (today. He will meet all interest I ed independent retail merchants I of Decatur at the Chiimber of I Commerce rooms on Madison i street tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Pierce stateil today that he I had an interesting men age to tell | the retail merchants and lie stateil I | that all who attended would bene-1 fit from the facts he has. MAKE EFFORT TO SAVE SNOOK; ■' Attorneys Make Final Ap- i peal to Governor Cooper; 1 Little Hope Seen Ohio State Petrtentiary, Coluni-I bus. O , Feb. 27. (U.R) The small, j almost bare room where Dr. James L Howard Snook will be electrocuted! ] tomorrow for the murder of Tbeora !, Hix, bis college girl sweetheart. , was scrubbed and placed in order , today as Snook's attorneys prepar- | ed an eleventh hour appeal for , executive clemency. j There was little likelihood the < execution would be delayed, though E. (). Ricketts, chief of the doom- - ed man's counsel, intimated that if ; Governor Myers Y. Cooper refuses , clemency he may appeal to the i Federal court to stay the penalty on the ground that Snook's constitutional right of fair trial was : denied. Ricketts, associate counsel and ' Snooks wife, Helen, were to appeal to the governor and the state board of clemency at 2 p. m. Snook, meantime, entered upon what may be his last day of life. Outwardly he was still the ironnerved, confident professor of veterinary medicine who sat in court here last summer and without the flicker of an eye lash, hear<l a jury condemn him to death.* He arose with his cellmates at 6:3ii a. m., ate breaklast as usual, ' then exercised vigorously in the narrow confines of his cell. His . guards reported him cheerful and | ''unconcerned'’ ami still confident he woukl receive a commutation. Warden P. E. Thomas today left the time of the execution in doubt, , “It will take place sometime be- ] tween midnight tonight and m'd- , night Friday,” he said. ( The customary hour is 7:“0 m., est. Thomas said his hide- ( cision was occasioned by requests of more than 500 persons, among , them scores of worn, n. for permis ( sion to witness Snook's death. No < womej will be admitted to the ] death chamber, he said. —; o— Says Spring Weather Will Return Saturday ■ Indianapolis, Feb. 27 — (UP) — | Spring will not return to Indiana be for ■ Saturday. J H Armington U S. weather bureau meteorologis. s;.i illoday. indicating that 1930's I March might, come into being as a Lion. I Two weeks' mild weather was broken last night, as temperatures sank from above the 50 mark to 30 At 7 A. M. today the mercury stood at 32. Still further temperature decline t was predicted by Armington for to- | night, when readings of 25 degrt'es ; are expected. Friday probably, will | be unsettled, he said. Veteran Publisher Dies New York, Feb. 27. —U.R' Major 1 Gorge Haven Putnam, 85, Civil 1 ’ war veteran and dean of Americai| publishers, died at his home here 1 today. The president of George Putnam & Sons, underwit an operation last fall and for a lime was in ‘ excellent health. He was stricken j ten days ago. Bank Chief Selected i Washington Feb. 27 — (UP) — ■ Gates H. Mdtlarraii. chairman of i the board of the New York Federal i Reserve bank, has been selected as i head of the International Bank apd , Clearing house for war dAbts which . will establish its headquarters in ; Switzer!;',art, soo;i, it was learned authoritatively today. McGarrah has been selected b\ the organization com'mitt:T of the new bank which is composed of the heads of all of the world's principal banijg, T™new Intel national Bank will be opened at Basle, Switzerland as as McGtnrah arrives there.

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(r.Tt-ttat .t®: DEFENSE RESTS CASE;ADJOURN UNTIL FRIDAY Arguments Will be Heard Friday Morning; May Go to Jury Tomorrow LARGE CROWD HEARS ( LOSE All witnesses httve been heard and Hie iurv in the trial of stale vs. Rovd lioohef charged with the murder ol \reh Beerbowcr at Geneva last .lune 2, hv administration of striclmine poison in a drink of liquor, will hear final arguments in the case when court convenes at 9 o'clock I'ridav morning. Boyd Booher took the stand for the second time this afternoon in his own defense and was questioned for several minutes by tint defense counsel. Following the testimony that Booher came down to the Hendricks soft drink parlor on the Sunday morning in question in his shirt sleeves, he was i-ros.-. examined and the defense rested. Neither side used any rebuttal witnesses and Judge J. ('. Sutton after admonishing the jury not to discuss the case and dismissing all witnesses announced that court would adjourn until 9 o'clock Friday morning, at which time arguments would be heard. Each side will lie allowed two and a half hours for argument and after the five hours of arguments, the court will instruct the jury and send them into the jury room to decide whether Boyd Booher is innocent or guilty. The defense used 31 witnesses m presentingo its side of the case. It showed the character of the two men; traced Booher's actions June 1 and June 2 and brought out the fact that Beerbowcr had whis key in his possession at his place of business in Geneva the week before he died. As the defense rested its case. Booher’s two children came up to him aiid crawled on his lap. sitting there until after the crowd ed court room had been cleared. Wednesday afternoon William M. Anderson and Mrs. Blanch Pickering testified in the ease. The testimony tended to show that Beerbower had threatened to "disappear" and also that he threatened the life of Booher. Tills morning's list of witnesses inc’udeif James Nelson, Herbert T. Chew. Richard Briggs. Clement F. Green, Adam Egly. George Fravt 1. Frank Steed. G. S. James Philbee and E. S. Callihan. The witne ses today testified on certain minor points. Philbee. who was employed by Beerbowcr in his second hand stoie at Geneva testified that Beerbowcr had given him a drink of liquor a few days (CONTINI’ED ON FAGJ-1 THREE) HESHER CLAIM HEARING HELD Industrial Board Commissioner Hears Evidence In John Hesher Claim A hearing before Commissioner Yergens of the Indiana Industrial board was held this morning in the library room of the circuit court room. The case was John Hesher, vs 11. S. Iliff Bros., contractors forth • Pennsylvania railroad lompany. fu: whom Hesher was employed. Hes her was injured in an automobile a cident while going to work on October 31, 1929. He was in the automobile belonging to C eil Rickards, foieman of the Iliff Bros., construe tion gang. Hesher contends that he was in the employ of the construction gang when the accident happened. H< suffered a broken knee cap and re ceived five cuts in the head. 11 i:. asking for $2()(1 for medical care, etc., $13.20 per week for ten weeks on account of tctU di ibiliiv riw! tor additional , ompen atom lor his injured leg. Ho walks on crutches now and alleges that ho cannot us - the injured leg. E. E. perry represented the in ar ance company the <b fondants ami H. M. DeVoss, Decatur attorney rep-I'l-sente'l Mr, Higher.-Several wit nessos were ™i®( ami evident c was ta.k,t|| by a stenographer Uoui the Industrial board.