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| Seeks Governorship In South Dakota Race I I I Miss Gladys Pyle, the first woman elected to the State Legislature of Smith Dakota and now serving her second term ae Secretary of State, has announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor in the May primaries. Four men are already in the field. TWO ARE HURT IN ACCIDENT Berne Men Figure in Street Intersection Collision Today ' Berne. March 25 —(Special)—Two men were injured here this morn ing and two automobiles were badly damaged, one totally, in a collision in the southwest part of Berne. Automobiles driven by Noah Ellen berger of near Berne and Harry Schug of Berne figured in the mishap. The cars collided at an intersection here and Ellenberger's car was hailed against a tree near the street curbing. The car was completely wrecked and Ellenberger suffered a deep cut on the head. Scluig's car was less seriously damaged. He received a deep cut on the right leg. Neither driver wa.. ‘nJnrVd- serfousty Bnm cars’ wnrtaken to a local garage. It was stated later that Ellenberger’s car was almost beyoniL repair. Schug’s car was badly damaged, but it is understood it will be repaired. 0 Debaters To Meet In Decatur Tonight The Decatur High School Debat ing Team will hold its final debate of the season, tonight at the High school auditorium at which time the local negative team will meet the New Haven affirmative team. The debate will begin at 7:30 o'clock and the public is invited to attend. The subject for the debate will be "That the System of Old Age Pensions Should he Adopted by The State of Indiana." In connection with the debate Miss Helen Hain will deliver her oration on the Constitution that she will use to t epresent Adams County in the district meeting. No admission will be charged. o—— — 1 Col. Stormont Funeral To Be Held Thursday Indianapolis, March 25. — (U.PJ — Funeral services for Col. Gil R. Stormont, 87, author, editor and Civil war veteran who died yesterday of injuries suffered when struck by an auto, will lie held Thursday afternoon at Princeton, his old home. Col. Stormont waw past department commander of the Indiana G. A. R., official of the Indiana G. A. R. and Archer post G. A. R. at Princeton will take part in the services. Local Merchant Gets Money From Person Who “Skinned Him” ♦ — A local merchant is $5.00 richer today, but his curiosity is suffering somewhat because of an unsigned letter he received containing a $5.00 bill. A note attached to the money said: "Enclosed $5.00 is to pay you for something I skinned you out of a long time ago, so I thought 1 would send same to you some day when I came to Decatur.” The letter was mailed at Decatur but there was no evidence to show who the sender was. The note was sent to the local merchant in a government envelope containing only the unsigned message and the money. The receiver today was searching his records but it appeared to be a useless job, and so the money was banked and the merchant and the letter was filed in the records of ■ the business.

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MAN KILLED IN GARY FIRE Apartment House Destroyed And Two Are Hurt In Blaze — Gary. Ind.. March 24—(UP)—One’ man was burned to death, one was missing and another probably fatally injured as the aftermath of a fire which swept an apartment house here today resulting in property damage estimated at slso.mm. The blaze orfgii'ated In the basement and fanned by a raging north ' wind spread quickly through the building* Approximately 100 persons were forced to flee from the burning building into a blizzard, which hampered firemen in checking the flames. The blazing building gave up l he known victim when one of the walls crashed, exposing the body, which was burned so badly that identification was impossible. ("arl Smith. 25. was probably fatally injured when ho jumped fronr the third floor of the building. Smith had escaped." but went back into the flames after his father. Charles Smith. 63. Smith's back was badly wrenched and ho n-ceived in teinal injuries. Tenants of the building fled in night attire into a blinding blizzard of mid-winter proportions. Nearby residents opened their homes to the refugees. A biting north wind and the swirling ,snow menaced the firemen 'in their efforts to bring the fire under control. No estimate was made of the personal property loss. Church Os God Will Hold Regular Services Regular services of the Church of God will be held each week here. Sunday morning and evening services will be held at the Public Li brary. Cottage prayer meeting will be held" at'Nathan Roop's ors Tsth Street. This schedule will be effective until further notice. Ten Are Rescued t Iceland, Mich., March 25—(UP)— A battle against crushing ice and ; cold on wind-swept Lake Michigan was won today when the Ann Arbor car ferry Wabash crashml and pounded its way to a mail Imat and a coast guard boat held fast four miles off north Manitou Island. Ten men were aboard the two boats, held prisoners since yesterday. o DEATH CALLS SPORTCRITIC Walter Eckersall, Dean of Sports Writers Dies of Heart Disease By Bert Demby UP Staff Correspondent Chicago, Mar. 25. —(U.R) —Walter Eckersall. the greatest football general ever developed by a middle western team, has passed on. A great athlete in his day, a fighter on the track or on the baseball field and without a peer as a football player. “Eckie*' died yesterday at the age of 43. Doctors had told him that he had a "bum ticker" but he laughed at them and said he would live to be 60 or better. Death came while he was trying to stand up long enough to beat off the heart attack —as he had beaten them off for three or four years. Only two years ago, while we were seated in a press box Eckie in discussing the death of Walter Camp, greatest of American football experts, had the following to say: "Gee, he went out like a light, didn't he? That’s the way I want to die. I'll bet he's telling the rest of them how a hundred yards should be run in nine and threefifths seconds now. He has my envy. I want to die that way because there have been so many of us in the sports world who were stopped by a heart which refused to beat any longer. "Perhaps that i» a queer feeling but then we all must die so what the hell. Camp was lucky. If I am that lucky I’ll thank whatever Gods there are, for when you drop dead you beat a lot of suffering.” A man without ego, Eckersall was the greatest of all middle (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 25,• 1930.

' Breaks Local Jail | Jliljiii Em. ■»■■■ -■ — " Elmer Magley, who escaped from the Adame County jail Sun- j day afternoon. Magley was lieing held pending receipt of papers to transfer him to the state reforma- 1 tory to serve a five to 20 years sentence on a statuatory charge. TARIFF BILL GOES TO HOUSE Bill. After Wrangling Goes to Lower House For Cursory A c t* <)n Washington. March 25 —(U.R) — Emerging, tattered and torn, from a .“even months hectic, journey through the senate, the $580.000.-i ,000 nameless tariff bill embarked today on an even more tortuous 1 path toward final enactment. It was returned to the house for cursory consideration of the amendments which revised the measure so radically from the versipn sent to the senate last May. The Democrats behind Rep. John Garner of Texan, minority leader, | served notice they would demand , the senate amendments be given serious consideration, but there is , little or no likelihood their demands will be granted. The Republicans who control the house with an indominable , majority are determined to shift ’ further negotiations into a confer-! ence of committees representing 1 each house. Therefore they intend I to permit only a vote on a motion | to send the measure as a whole to I conference, without voting on the debenture farm relief plan, repeal of the flexible provision, or the I sugar, lumber, cement and other (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Thieves Are Fined Twenty Cents Each Elwood. Ind.. Mar. 25. — (U.R) — Elmer Manis and Otis Mussong were fined 40 cents each and given 30-day jail terms when they pleaded guilty in Elwood city court to charges of destroying property. The men were caught entering the Washington school building through a window they had broken out. The window glass was valued at 20 cents. DRUG COMPANY IS SOLD TODAY F. and M. Pharmacy Is Disposed of to Howard Cutschall, Huntington Howard Cutshall of Huntington, today purchased the stock of the F. and M. Pharmacy and leased the building in which the store is located from Joseph and Lange, the owners. Mr. Cutshall stated that he intended opening a new store in the location about the middle of April. The stock in the present store was damaged by fire last month, just a few weeks after R. D. Myers and John S. Falk purchased the place of business, then known as the Enterprise Drug Store. Following the fire Messrs. Myers and Falk opened the store temper arily, but due to the illness of Mr. Falk plans were not made for placing a new stock in the store. Mr. Cutshall and wife will move to Decatur to live. He announced this afternoon that the remaining stock in the store would be junked and that an entire new stock would be placed in the store for the open- • ing.

EUROPA MAKES WORLD RECORD ON OCEAN TRIP Record of Bremen Broken By 18 Minutes in Great Sea Race ROUGH WATERS ENCOUNTERED I New York, Mulch J 5 (U.R) Th'; 'new North German Lloyd liner; Europa, driving her 51,000 ton bulk against, head-winds, raced past the j Ambrose Channel lightship at 5:54 am. today, to smash the world's I record for westward crossing of the Atlantic. Beating tile record of her sister | ship, the Bremen, by 18 minutes, the Europa came into port here 4' days, 17 hours ami 6 minutes after leaving the Cherbourg breakwater. The crossing not only knocked down the Bremen's October world’s record of 4 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes, but bettered the Bremen's maiden westyard trip last July, by 36 minutes. The figuree, unofficially computed, are subject to correction when -the ship's chronometers are check- | ed and verified. The Europa passed Sandy Hook at 6:30 am., after one of the most thrilling day's runs in the history lof ocean greyhounds, in which she ! not only bucked adverse winds, but . jehrly in the morning, a discourag- , ing haze and fog. The Europa was in quarantine ' at 7:05 a.m„ where customs offileers, public health officials and i Immigration officers went on I hoard. After a series of mishaps had trailed the Europa almost from the time its keel was laid, the vessel finally pulled away from | Cherbourg breakwater on its maiden voyage, at 12:30 p. m., E.S.T, Thursday. In April 1929, as it was j nearing completion in the Hamburg i shipyards, fire broke out and burn-! 'ed if to tlie water's edge. Later it was rebuilt and in February, j when starting on its trial trip, the 'Europa became stuck in the mud ! and was released with difficulty. During the first two days of its i trnhs-Atlantic crossing, the Europa I bucked strong head winds and a . heavy sea. Sunday the weather (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NEW PLANETS FOUND.CLAIM Italian Astronomer Is Said to Have Found Four Large New Planets Rome. March 25.—(U.R)—D’scoverv of four new planets —one of them 500 times,the volume of the , earth—was claimed todav bv Prof. ; Rafael Bendandi. the widely-known : Italian seismologist and astrono- ; mer. The vast astral bodies, lying hundreds of millions of miles beyond distant Neptune, were dee-crib ed by Bendandi as far beyond the range of past astronomical discoveries except the recentlv found planet reported from Flagstaff. Ariz. Bendandi said ho believed the second of the planets he had ( discovered was the one found by Prof. Percival Lowell. Bendandi said he was ready to submit his data to any body of astronomers or scientists. “I have fully identified the four 1 planets and they exist beyond a t doubt," he said. Bendandi's claims < were first made known to the Unit- 1 ed Press correspondent six months i ago but at that time the Italian expert refused to permit publica- I tion of his statement. The an- 1 nouncement of Professor Lowell’s 1 discovery prompted him to place ' his contentions before the world ' and offer to submit his records to 1 scientist*. Bendandi’s description of the ' new planets taxed the imagination 1 of laymen because of the vast dis- 1 sauces and volumes involved. "My discovery <s based on long, diligent and systematic research over many years," he said In presenting his claims. "The first new I planet is 7.000.000.000 kilometers t (43.347.000,000 miles) from the 1 sun. It has a volume of 150 times 1 the earth and it completes a revo- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) <

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NAVAL PARLEY MAY ADJOURN Chief Delegates Consider Proposal to Adjourn For Six Months London, Mur. 25. — (U.R) Chief delegates of the five-power naval conference — which convened on Jan. 21 to limit the world's warI ships -co'nsidered today a proposla] to adjourn for -six months to i prevent collapse of (heir negotiations. Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald summoned the American, French, Italian and Japanese chief ; delegates to discuss the next step. | A conference crisis has been ( related by failure of France and Italy to agree and the adjournment was 'urged to enable them to come to terms. The Brit’sh spoke-man said the adjournment suggestion was viewed as "worthy of consideration" under certain contingencies which have not yet arisen. He reiterated the conference was making a last effort to reach a five-power agreement. Decision on adjournment might be delayed because the French foreign minister. Arist'de Briand. was not scheduled to return until tomorrow, when he may offer some way out of the deadlock. The adjournment proposal apI parentlv arose in discussions beitween Dino Grandi. Italian foreign I minister, and MacDonald. Grandi was understood to have made the suggestion but Italian sources said i MacDonald first asked the fascist I m’nister’s opinion of such a plan, permitting the British, Americans and Japanese, if they desired, to reach three-power agreement, which might be joined by France and Italy when their differences were settled. It was stressed that the proposal was "not formal" and merely j among other suggestions advanced. Gandi had hinted ho would like to return to Rome to attend ministerial duties. It was noteworthy that the British last night attributed the postponement suggestion to Italian sources. Secretary Henry L. Stimson toI day conferred with MacDonald and 'Arthur Henderson, the foreign secretary. for 90 minutes and Ambassador Dwight Morrow met Jacques Louis Dumesnll, French minister of marine. Dumesnil later conferred with Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams. — o Attempts To Swallow Alleged Forged C heck Mt. Vernon. Ind.. Mar. 25.- ’.U.R) — A torn check which Harry Reece. Maunie, 111., attempted to swallow so as to destroy evidence, is the basis for a forgery charge in Posey circuit court. Reece was arrested while allegedly in the act of attempting to caish liogus checks. He is alleged to have cashed a forged check for $lO in Mt. Vernon four years ago and fled. . 1.0.0. F. HOLDS MEETING HERE Class Inducted Into Local Lodge by Ohio Degree Team The degree staff of the Middlepoint Ohio, I. O. O. F., Lodge conferred the second degree on a class: of candidates, at the rooms of the local Odd Fellow Lodge last ever ing. More than thirty persons comprised the Ohio degree staff and despite the rainy weather a large number of local lodge members as well as several local lodge e-IMI2 wel as several visitors from near by towns were present. Following the ceremony a lunch was served by the local lodge and a social hour was enjoyed by all present.

—• — ■—— l " — Will Present Program The four Harmony Kings will give an entertainment at Decatur high school Auditorium Friday night under the auspices of the Progressive Workers Class of the U. B. church. Admission price of 35 cents for adults and 15 cents for children will be charged.

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| Noted Army Surgeon I Denies lie’s Poisoner Mustek Major Charles A. Shepard, army ! surgeon and noted authority on tulierculoflis. charged with poisoning his 37-year-old wife, who died 'at Fort Riley, Kansas, after a 25'day illness. Major Shepard was arrested in Denver on a fugitive jwarrant from Topeka. Kansas. fOFfIfNAMEF F 0 R OFFICES Nine Democrats and One Renublican Enter Field For Primary Races Ten office seekers, nine Democrats and a Republican have filed their declarations of candidnej for various county and township offices since Saturday with County Clerk . Bernice Nelson. Dr. J. C. Grand- ' staff, prominent physician of Ad,ams county filed his candidacy for ! re-nomination and re-election as | coroner of Adams county. Dr. Grandstaff, who resides at ’ Preble, has been active in Democratic politics for many years and has served as coroner in an effi- , cient manner. x 1 Other candidates who have filed for various offices Include: (Dejrio-' | crats) George Shoemaker. Commissioner. T’-' ■’ district: Jesse C. Mann, assessor. Wabash township: ; Frank Martin, Commissioner, ;Third district: William L. Foreman, assessor. Jefferson township; ' Dennis Striker. Commissioner, Third district; George W. Fravel, I assessor, Wabash township; Frank Heimann, county treasurer: John Snow, trustee. Washington township; (Republican) August F. Baker, trustee, Hartford township. Bank Robberies Cleared Indianapolis, March 25 —(U.R) — Robbery of the Citizens Bank of Southport was solved today with confession of Carl Beckett. 23. under arrest at Columbus, Ohio, that he was a member of the gang of three men who staged the $1,700 holdup in January. Beckett, a marathon contest dancer, will waive extradition and will be returned here, an operative of the Indiana Bureau of Criminal Registration and Identification, notified E. L. Osborne, chief of the bureau. Osborne and Sheriff I George Winkler went to Columbus I today to return Beckett. Indiana Has Zoo At Pokagon State Park — Indianapolis. Mar. 25.- U.R) In diana’s first state owned zoo is definitely established at Pokagon state park. Lake James, according to director Richard I Jelier of tlje sttae conservation department. The zoo has 10 elk, two buffalo and three deer. It is expected to add 12 more deer soon, Lieber said. The animals are kept in large corrals, with shelter, and are in charge of J. F. Bergman, park sup erintendent and veteran animal man. The zoo, when completed in accordance with present plans, will cost $3,500, it is estimated. Rockne Advised To Remain In Florida South Bend, Ind.. Mar. 25. —(U.R) — Knute Rockne. Notre Dame ath letic director, has been advised by his physicians to remain in Florida three weeks longer in order to avoid any possibility of complication caused by the prevailing uncertain weather in Indiana. Rockne has been recuperating in Florida from a congest'on in Ills right leg. The famous football coach was scheduled to speak at a basketball testimonial banquet at South Bend tonight, when the captain for next season will be elected. No one was announced to take his place.

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MIDDLEWEST WRAPPED IN SNOWBLANKET Traffic Tied Up When March Lion Unleashes Mid-Winter Weather CHICAGO HAS SEVERE STORM IndiaiLtpolis, Mat'. 25.—W.R) —A storm tiling over Indiana today, showing first evidence of its predicted grip upon the state with over seven inches of snow reported in northern Indiana. Moisture laden winds sweeping in from Lake Michigan were expected to bring a five to six-inch snow fall for lhe uoi thwestern portion and three to four inches in the northeast, according to tlie weather bureau. An inch or more of snow was expected in tlie central portion witli a negligible fall farther south. J. H. Armington. U. S. weather meteorologist, expected tlie storm, accompanied by a March gale, to break up some time tomorrow witli clearing skies. Temperatures in the central portion were predicted to drop to 25 degrees. Reports from Valparaiso indicated seven inches of snow already had fallen, witli tlie storm increasing as temperaturfs dropped. Some persons predicted the highways in the northern section would lie blocked before the storm abated. Warsaw four inches of snow and freezing temperature. Little crop or fruit damage is anticipated. Chicago Is Hit Chicago, Mar. 25. — (U.R' — The March lion, meek for 24 days this month, roared over the middle west today accompanied by stinging sleet and heavy wet snow storms. From Omaha on the west to Pennsylvania on the east, the lion held sway as winter played its last stand with windy flourishes of white. The weather bureau predicted tlie blizzard would continue all day and well into the night, whipping eastward witli the Atlantic seaboard feeling its sting tomorrow. Borne on a 30-mile gale, the blizzard brought virtually all traffic to a halt in the Chicago area. Snowincrusted windshields caused many accidents, street cars and suburban trains were late —hours late in some cases. Shortly before noon the weather bureau reported five inches of snow had fallen and refused to predict how much more was bearing down on tlie workers who struggled to get to their jobs before noon. The snow and accidi nts it cans(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WILL PRESENT ANNUAL PLAY Jefferson H. S. Seniors Will Give Play Friday and Saturday Nights The Senior class of Jefferson township high school will present the annual class play at Jefferson high school auditorium Friday and Saturday nights of this week. The play . will lie given each night at 7:30 o’clock. "Nobody But Nancy" is the title of tlie three-act comedy, which promises to have plenty of chuckles for those who attend. Tickets may be obtained from members of the Jefferson senior class or ai the door on the night of the play. The cast for the play is as follows : Nancy King, just Nancy Beulah Ketchum Sarah Andrews, who looks after Nancy Elizabeth Mouser Sue Andrews, Sarah's niece Mary Kathryn Fifer Adeline Perkins, the town’s old maid . Doris Foreman Luella Crawford, the sweetest thing in Sweet Springs, Alta Mae Buyer Fanny, the hired girl Gladys Bollenbacher Larry Wilson, an unexpected visitor in Sweet Springs Robert Stuber Ted Porter, a much abused young nlan Ernest Baker Adam King, Nancy's peppery unde Ralph Bollinbaeher Jimmy McCabe, from the back al,eys Howell Duff