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>ED STATES '■BP ISSUES 1 STATEMENT sHsultative Pact” A: '?sHL|cv Saver Discussrijßd'lh Delegates Htary aid p\( I REFUSE!! /’■(lmi. Mar. 26. — U-» - K. t th.' ortnial America! Bunique outlining tht <tat, < position on tht “consultative pact,’ “ii at Americar y^B-' " i:iy as 18 1 n. ■ a< current lasi t<> . fleet that the Ji had made ; ' j|, attitude toward i K <: pad. and were willing into di Ii a pad for tie . :.it:vely denied Am n change lias B^ ;i p ,i. .. nation, and its attl o ral weeks ago. 1 m it was made cleat rofßim-rii a had no objection It bar. H. into a consultative pad On the contrary, thr is already a party tr • to aties involving tin (o |_ H insulting other pow ate f( |j n.'t how ver, enter intr whether consultative there is any danget on being misunderstood 4 a promise to rende; o: guaranteeing | Io military force, of an j [B'l nation. F ■ demanding might ■it the railed States enterer a treaty as a quid pro the induction of the navu '•* of another power. has hitherto inhet U th- pt.-ent situation, when ha- •--.-it demanding rnutua as a condition to naval re a- appears from her orig went of her case last ■ however, this demand sot ioul.i he satisfied in some the danger of a consult y pact would be eliminated |^K n Sl "" ■' <>asP the questior be al ; touched from an en !■ different standpoint. IB *u<!. case, the Americai an entirely open mind.' ■■ — - -o w Chester Attends a Meeting of Musicians ■"* Dess,.os- Chester, super ip Decatur schools ■ttending the National Music held at the Stevens Hotel Bfo. this week The clause* ■° Sunday and will continue umii Saturday night. conference is a meeting o! ■ •N'ational Music Association and supervisors oi in schools all over tin States are in attendance. [IMS WILL IPRESENTPLAY frsant Mills H. S. Tc ■Yesent “Safety First” h Friday -Saturday ■* f cty First," a three-act com be presented by the Sen ■»«"_of the Pleasant Mills high Friday and Saturday, March B* 01 * 29 at the Pleasant Mills school auditorium. curtain will rise at 8 o'clock n iglit. The action takes place * suburbs of a large city at lent, of jack Montgomery, a n « husband. * cast of characters is as fol l: Montgomery— Jack's 1 e . Pity her Margaret Danielt ' Alln O'Flinnerty—An Irish COok ■■“iy Cecil Edge! #r Flannel—Awfully shrink■Bs“ Roy Smith P “‘ a Bridger—Mabie’s Frances Johns “Ben Mocha—A Turk | r " ni Turkey Marlin Johnson ington ’ Bridger ~ Their '° K TINUED on PAGE FIVE)

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First Woman to Seek Senate Honors in N. C. LB ” h E| lb Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva. N. C. has announced her candidacy for the State Senate on the Democratic ticket. He has long been prominent in Southern social and political circles. It is said that she is the first woman to seek a Senate seat in the Tar Heel State. DEATHCALLS LOCAL WOMAN Mrs. B. F. Amrine Dies at Hospital Following Operation Mrs. B. F. Amrine. 58, life-long resident of Decatur, died at 4:39 o'clock this morning at the Adams County Memorial Hospital following an operation which she underwent Monday morning. The deceased had enjoyed her usual good health until Friday evening'when she became seriously ill. She was taken to the local hospital Sunday evening and underwent an operation Monday morning. Mrs. Carrie Amrine was born in Adams County. April 3. 1871. the daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Jane Russell. On June 6, 1897 she was united in marlage to B. F. Amrine who survives together with one son. Earl Amrine of Fort Wayne, and three grandchildren. Two children horn to this union died in infancy One sister. Mrs. Robert Poling of this city also survives. Four sisters and one brother preceded Mrs. Amrine in death. The deceased was a devoted member of the Evangelical church all her life. The remains have been removed to the Robert Poling home at 427 Fornax street where they may be viewed by friends after seven o'clock tonight. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Poling home with Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor of the Evangelical church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur Cemetery. o Is Sentenced to Ten Sundays At Church Wabash, Ind., March 26—(UP)— Raymond Clark, 36. must go to church for the next 10 Sundays on order of Mayor Showalter. The mayor fined Clark $lO and committed him to church when he appeared in city court on a charge of intoxication. Police found Clark striving to put a tire on his auto, but making little progress under the handicap of in toxication. Plan Special Church Services Tonight The Special Services at the Evangelical Church tonight at 7:15 will be of general interest to all. The Pastor Rev. M. W. Sunderman will speak upon: “Beholding the Glory of the Lord.” At the same time the children will be given an illustrative story lesson. Everybody is cordially invited. o Calvary Church Will Have Thursday Service The regular services on Thursday night will be supplimented with a Missionary Play by the Loyal Daughters of the First Church entitled:: "A Barrel of Fun.” This play created great interest at the First Church last Thursday night. The public is most cordially invited to see it at Calvary on Thursday night at 7:30. An offering will be taken which will be divided evenly between the Loyal Daughters and the Calvary church. 1

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SNOW FOLLOWS TEMPERATURE DROP TUESDAY Blizzard of Mid-Winter Proportions Strikes in Adams County COLD WEATHER TO CONTINUE Citizens of Decatur and Adams county awakened today to find a return of winter weather, bordering on a blizzard and weather forecasters saw litile chance for more mod elate weather for at least anothei day. Snow and lower temperatures followed the rains of Sunday and Monday and Tuesday afternoon a minature blizzard swept down from the northwest to envelope the entire county. The temperature started to drop about Tuesday noon, but did no', reach the freezing mark until Tuesday night. Snow followed and about two inches of snow fell during the night. The cold weather will continue into Thursday according to state weather rejtorts, with first relief arriving in the south part of the state. The temperature drop was sudden and came after hundreds of Adams conn y people had started the annul task of garden planting. What damage it will do remained a question in the minds of many today. The temperature will not drop much lower, according to weather forecasters, but there will be no relief for Adams county until late Thursday or Friday. The ground was still sofe beneath the snow today, and what freeze there was has done no damage so far. according to Adams county farmers and gardeners. Snow flurries continued today and and the mercury did not vary more than a degree or two thrwnghnnt the day. Garages in Decatur had a busy day testing automobile radiators :yid filling them with non-freez-PAGE SIX) o — Will Give Lecture At Pleasant Mills Rev. O. B. Sarber of Pleasant I.ake will lecture at the Baptist Church of Pleasant Mills Thursday evening. He will lecture on “India, the Land of Mysteries" and illustrate it wjith many stereoptican views. The Methodist Church has dismissed its mid-week prayer mee: ing for this lecture. The public is cordially invited to hear Rev. Sarber as he comes highly recommended. A free will offering will be received for the speaker. LOCAL TEAM IS DEBATE WINNER j Forensic Artists Close Season With Win Over New Haven High School A fair sized crowd witnessed the final debate of the season held at the Decatur high school auditorium last night at which time the local negative team defeated the New Haven affirmative team with a two to one decision of the judges. The subject debated was “That the System of Old Age Pensions Sould be Adopted by the State of Indiana.” The members of the winning team included Ed Musser, Esther Sunderman, Ed Martz, and Marcia Martin, alternate. Members of the New Haven team were Georgona Elson, Edith Butler, Gwendolyn Tillack, and Clara May, alternate. Judges for the contest were Supt. O. M. Craig, Miss Irene Wilson, and Miss Blanch Karns all of the Bluffton city schools. Ronald Parrish of this city served as chairman for the evening and Paul Hancher was time keeper. Mi-s Harriet M. Daniels, teacher in the New Haven schools, coached the New Haven forensic team. The debate last night was the final contest in which the local debating team will take part this season. The victory evened a score with New Haven, whose negative team defeated the Decatur high school affirmative team last Tuesday, March 18, at New Haven. In connection with the debate Miss Helen Hain delivered an oration on the Constitution which she will give at the district meeting where she will represent Adams county.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 26, 1930.

Decatur Lady’s Poem Is Published In Book A handsomely bound and wellprinted book entitled “Modern American Poets" has just been published by the Porter Publishing (Company of Valparaiso, Indiana, lit contains a number of interesting poems, many of them clever and (denoting great ability. Among them is one, “The Mantel Chimes" by Miss Emilia A. Tonneller of this city, which shown unusual and excellent skill in verso-writing. The book also contains a short biography of each writer. Miss Tonneller has written a poem, “The Old Town Clock", for this paper which will appear soon. EIELSONBODY LIES IN STATE Remains Taken to Childhood Home Where ManyPay Last Respect Halton, N. D„ March 26-4U.R)— Carl Ben Elelson was home today among the friends who knew him before he was a world aviation figure. School children who had seen I him ;i« their hero of aviation who I had crossed the North Pole and grey haired men who had known him as a college student filed past 1 his casket. The body of the avia--1 tor who gave his life in Alaska • while on a mi sion of mercy lay in state awaiting the final funeral services this afternoon. A half day vacation allowed school children and business workers to view Eielson's body. The hotly arrived last night. Among those who accompanied it from Alaska, were Ole Eielson, father of the flier; Captain Pat Beid. Canadian aviator who aided in the months-long search for Eielson and his mechanic, Earl Borland. William Hughes and Sam Macauley, mechanics who used to joke with Eielson before he set out on his mission to rescue the crew of the ice-bound Nanuk; and Captain Olaf Swenson whom the North Dakotan tried in vain to rescue in the flight which cost his life. The red flag of the soviet was draped with the stars and stripes near the body. Russian and Americans had braved the Arctic storms to find Eielson’s body. o Tax Board Starts Assessment Hearings Indianapolis, March 26—(UP)— Original assessment hearings of the state tax board will begin April 7. and rehearings will be held for 12 days starting July 8, it was announced today by Lewis S. Bowman, secretary. Telephone company assesments will be from April 7 to 12; Express, Telegraph, sleeping car, transportation and pipe line companies, April 14 to 19; Banks, Trust Companies, building and loan associations and public utilities. April 21 to 26; Electric, street and interurban lines. April 28 to May 3. and steam railroads, May 3 to 10. • o VAN SWERINGEN COMPANY GROWS Brothers Acquire Railroad and Control Over 18,000 Miles of Track New York, March 26—(U.R)— Within 14 years after they bought a run-down, single-track railroad 523 miles long the Van Sweringers of Cleveland —Oris P. and Mantis J. —have come to dominate the world's largest privately-controlled railway empire. Acquisition of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the newest unit in the steel-banded chain of transportation, gives the brothers partial or complete influence over 18,000 miles of trackage. The Investment in road and equipment of the several lines totals $2,084,000,000. The capitalization its $808,000,000. There was no hint of the financial greatness to come when O. P. Van Sweringen, the older of the boys, left an Ohio farm to seek his fortune in the city. His first job was as a newsboy and a few years later hie brother likewise went to Cleveland and sold papers. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

PROHIBITION HEARING WILL BE COMPLETED Drys Present Final Appeal Before Committee In House DEATH RATE FIGURES GIVEN Washington, March 26—(U.R) Prohibition has cut down the nation-s death rate, John J. Lentz, president of the American Church Union, told the house judiciary committee today as the drys opened their final day of the prohibition hearings. Lentz said that in the five years iprior to prohibition, 1914 to 1919, a survey of 77 insurance companies showed that the relation of actual to expected mortality ranged from 60 to 63 per cent, except in the influenza epidemic when it ran to 95 per cent. "But the average for the years 1921 to 1927 when the 18th amendment was in force ranged as low as 50 to 53 per cent.” he added. The figures cited by I-entz on the relation of actual to expected mortality follow: (Before prohibition) 1914, 68.66 per cent; 1915, 68.40 per cent; 1916, 68.86 per cent; 1917 67.35 per cent; 1918, 95.12 per cent. 1919. 65.21 per cent. (After prohibition) 1921. 51.73 per cent; 1922, 53.56 per cent; 1923, 54.70 per cent; 1924, 52.75 per cent: 1925, 50.88 per cent: 1926, 53.26 per cent; 1927. 52.71 per cent. “Now these figures can mean only one thing: that something has happened to lengthen the lives of ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TRT) o Deficiency Bill Is Signed By President Washington, March 26 — (UP)— President Hoover today signed the first deficiency bill carrying $169.500,000 for the government establishments. The largest item in the bill is $100,000,000 for the Federal farm board. The money irf to be made available for immediate use. o Special Lecture To Be Given Tonight The Rev. O. B. Sarber of Pleasant Lake. Indiana is to deliver his illustrated lecture on “India, the Land of Mysteries", this evening at the Baptist church at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Sarber comes highly recommended and many splendid things have been said about his lecture. He spent se v -! eral months in India and took many views which wfll be thrown on the screen with the stereoptican. DISTRICT MEET PLANNED HERE Knights of Pvthias to Entertain for State Grand Officers The Decatur lodge of Knights of Pythias will be hosts to a district meeting and initiatory ceremony to be held here Thursday night at 730 o’clock. Representatives from 22 lodges in the district will attend the meeting and several state and district officers also will be present. Charles S. Loy, grand master of Indiana and Karl R. Mitchell, grand K. of R. S., both of Indianapolis will be the chief speakers at the program following the initiation. District Deputy J. A. Beeber and Special District Deputy Tom Roach of Fort Wayne and County Deputy Win Pease of Geneva also will attend the meeting. » The Decatur lodge’s dramatic team will confer the first degree work on a large class of candidates. including initiates from practically every lodge in the district. Included in the class will be about 20 from Fort Wayne. Lodge members from all sections of northern Indiana are expected to attend the meeting and indications are that the affair Thursday night will be one of the largest ever held in the district. Following the initiatory services and the regular meeting refreshments will be served to all those attending the affair.

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MANY PLAN TO HEAR ADDRESS Stas Service Banquet to Be Held Tonight at Country Club BULLETIN After receiving a telephone call at noon today to the effect that Frederick Landis, who was scheduled to speak at a Service banquet at Deratur Country club tonight was confined to his home with a severe cold, the committee in charge secured Mark Rhoades, head of the Indiana Securities Commission to deliver the chief address. — A record crowd is expected to attend the annual service banquet, sponsored nj Adams post of the American Legion to be held at the Decatur Country Club at 6:15 o’clock tonight. Frederick Landis, noted editor and orator of Logansport, will be the chief speaker. Members of the Lions Chib. Rotary Club and Chamber of Coini merce are joining witli the Legion post and indications are that about ! 200 Decatur men will l>e present I at the meeting, which has become an annual affair. Mr. Landis arrived this afterI noon for the meeting and spent (about an hour visiting with Decajtur friends. He is a prominent (newspaper man of Indiana and for ! several years has been conducting !an editorial column for a number of middlewestern newspapers. C. O. Porter, chairman of the committee on arrangements, stated today that all plans had been ' completed and that the banquet would start promptly at 6:15 o’clock. Lloyd Baker, commander of the local Legion post has issued a statement urging all members of the Ijegion to attend the banquet. Tonight's affair is the second service meeting held under the sponsorship of the legionnaires and indications are that it will become an annual event. The idea of the meeting is to promote a spirit of co-operation and service among the various men's organizations of the community. Rev. .John Bapts Is Lent Service Speaker The Rev. Father John Bapts of Bluffton delivered the third of his series of Lenten sermons at the St. Marys Catholic church Tuesday evening. Father Bapts spoke on the Sacrifice of the Mass and a Catholic's faith in the holy mass. His sermon was one of inspiration and of great interest to his large audience. The Rev. Father Joseph A. Hession, recited the Litany of the Blessed Virgin. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given following the sermon. Bee Keepers to Meet The Adams county Bee Keepers Association and guests will meet Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Decatur Library auditorium at which time an important meeting will be held. o RADIO FLASHES SYDNEY LIGHTS Marconi Opens Exposition With Experiment From Italy Aboard Yachat Elettra, off Genoa March 26 —(UP) —From a new special apparatus set up in his sea-go-ing laboratory .Guglielmo Marconi today transmitted sufficient electrical power to Sydney, Australia, to close a circuit and throw on the current that lighted thousands of lamps at Australia’s electro-techni-cal show. Previous to the test, at 11 A. M. Rome time, a United Press Staff Correspondent exchanged wireless telephone conversations with new’spaper men at Sydney. Audition was good, as the correspondent conveyed the greetings of his colleagues on the Elettra to the Australian press. He was informed that eveything was in readiness a* the Sydney city hall, where the electrical show is in progress, for the radio mechanical action lighting the auditorium. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Musical Goint'dy Star Tu Wed Sportsman ar I A. ■ Marilyn Miller, petite blonde musical comedy star, Is altar bound. | Marilyns thiid husband will bo | Michael Farmer, sportsman, well ■ known on the Riviera. The date sot : tlie ceremony has not been settled.! The glorified dancer h;i.\ known, Michael for a long time. LEWIS BROKAW i EXPIRES TODAY I Prominent Local Man Dies At Fort Wayne at Daughter's Home Lewis T. Brokaw, 82, former Decatur retired merchant, and well known citizen, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Agnes Cole. 215 Masterson Avenue.H-’ort Wayne, at 4:45 o’clock this morning. Death was caused by complications and infirmaties. ... Mr Brokaw had lived in this city for fifty-three years and a year ago moved to Fort Wayne to live with his daughter. He was horn in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, July 22, 1847, the son of John and Mary Brokaw, both deceased. He was united in marriage to Emily Bowser who preceded him in death four years ago. To this union were born to children who They are Mrs. Agnes Cole, 215 Masterson Avenue, Fort Wayne, and Miss Lola Brokaw, Wenatchee. Wasington, Four grandchildren and one great grandchild also survives. The deceased had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city for many years. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Agnes Cole. Fort Wayne, anil at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church of this city. Rev. R. W. Stoakes, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. LOCAL PEOPLE TO ATTEND MEET Rev. Stoakes to Head Delegation of Methodists : to North Conference Rev. R. W. Stoakes, pastor of (he local Methodist Episcopal church, F. V. Mills, J. W. Calland and C. 1.. Walters, members of the pulpit relations committee, and a group of laymen to be appointed this week, will attend the. Nortli Indiana Conference Laymen’s Association meeting to be held Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4, at Hartford City. The program for the two day’s conference will include addresses by four Methodist bisbops, Bishop Edgar Blake, D. D., resident bishop of the church in the Indianapolis area; Bishop Frederick B. Fisher, D. D., resident bishop of the Calcutta, India, area; Bishop Raymond J. Wade, D. D., bishop of the church in the Stockholm, Sweden area; and Bishop James C. Baker, D. D., bishop of the church in the Seoul, Korea, area. Bishops Wade, Blake and Baker will speak at the program of the Laymen’s Association on Thursday, and Bishops Wade and Wisher will give addresses on Friday, according to the program as announced. All sessions will be held at the United Brethren Church of Hartford City except the program Thursday afternoon which will be held at the Grace Church. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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CROWN COAL CO. WEST VIRGINIA MINE WRECKED Five Bodies Located f ollowing Early Morning Explosion SIX WORKMEN NOT LOC ATED Fairmont, W. Va., Mar. 26. —.(U.R;—A gas explosion at the I Yukon mine of the Crown I Coal .Co., at Arnettsville to- | day took a 101 l of at least six dead, with five other miners tranped in the mine a thought to be dead. Five bodies had been locat-r-d several hours after the blast and no hope was held ( for those still in the mine. Two miners escaped after the ex- | plosion. A crew of a night shift I had reported off duty shortly he- : fore the explosion occurred. , None of the bodies was removed from the mine. All of the men I were working in tile same section when the explosion occurred. ( which led officials to believe those •still entombed were dead. Survivors of the blast said it was a local gas explosion confined ' to a slope about one and one-quart-er miles beyond the entrance to the mine. Rescue workers reported there was iro fire and the damage caused by the explosion was confined to limited area. Rescue squads from Morgantown. Charleston. Fairmont and Pittsburgh were at the mine. A crew of the night shift had left the mine shortly before the . blast occurred. The Crown Coal company is a subsidiary of the Imperial Coal corporation of Johnston. Pa. It j produced about 1.200 tons of coal daily, officials said. The Yukon explosion occurred one and one-half miles from the Everettsville mine of th New England Coal company, where four years ago, 102 miners lost their lives. The Everettsville mine ilocated in the same “canyon” as the Yukon mine. The miners unaccounted for are J. H. Livingston. D. M. Pastel!, Charles Jacobs. Sisto Siancb. Andrew Smith, negro: Frank Martens, Henry Willis, negro; Adam Gulp, negro; William Thompson. Edward Droves, L. H. Harvey. o- £“ - Man Faces Arson Charge Indianapolis, March 26 —(UP) — Willard Weese. 24. Tippecanoe farmer, set fire to a barn on the farm he rented to collect SBOO insurance because he was penniless, his wife and baby were hungry, and his crop had failed, he told George Coogan, deputy state fire marchal. After the fire on Nov. 16, the insurance company withheld paymen' because they suspected the the wa>, of Incendiary origin. Weese was attested in Monticello and' removed to the county jail at Lafayette. A charge of second degree arson was filed against him. PLAN SECOND FARM MEETING Program Will Be Given At St .Johns Friday, March 28 A farm program similar to the one given recently at Pleasant Mills by a committee of Decatur business men and County Agent L. E. Archbold will be given Friday night al St. Johns school it was announced today. Moving pictures will bo shown and the "rag doll" method of seed corn testing will be explained by Archbold, Following a few short talks, refreshments will be served All interested persons are invited to attend. The local committee in charge of the meeting includes George Krick. J. W. Calland, W. A. Klepper, J. J. Reed. Avon Burk, A. I). Suttles, Hetman Gillig, and Albert Mutschler. Eno Lankenau. manager of the Decatur Works of the General Electric Co., will preside as chairman of the meeting. The meeting will start at 7:30 o’clock, it was announced. All residents of the northern part of the county are invited to attend.