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■f'iPSHOSS ' ’ll GAIN IN 'fclS COUNT My puiation Said to FW], [Miniated ) Mj’IMI’LE [.ERNE ( ’HUNT ■he 1 estimated popn- '{• 5.240, r iinoiiicial check■ ■‘ ■3B .eminent cetis- - ■kaj; ■ ..as learned from today. I . ■ hgi ;•. !■ a gain in ten K r s Ql ■' ""’t’le or an avKre< 17.8 a year. ’ K»B for De aße «W' ; l l "' ,o ‘ al en ” n “ , KnA tT.. tri<: supervisor. .1. . . the ■twl niiKlit be slightly 1 > Bred ii ‘I report anti the 1 "Bl *4 "'‘(l ft Olli the dis 1 office. also ' ’■repe ' a >'• 1 > a ' scarce ' J. ■■ population ■ Two People Killed Mm o MB ■ l!1 - A l” al 18 —<U.R) -| c «..re killed when ■raso-l ' ’ ,,h Bhore freight 1 < automobile here » Kt> 4 Hohl llreiske ait I ■ * IB ten d Reiusclilt lb ■ Land. Zion Kh Wed in Chicago. Bh jt >'d been visiting in [ and was on the s/ Ht to V. lien t lie freight automobile -■Lt ■WjKetker Dies At M. Wayne; Known Here flirty . April IS (Special i i ■■ Frederick W. Bfeirr, i .HI be held Satlirdav BMB a’ o clock at the home. MB" ■ • venue, end at 2:3u I # Hirst M. E. church. I I" nt Lindenwood Bf. ■ 'ser died Thursday , o clock at the Metho4 ■■Mi He was a dyer a: B ft W> Knitting Mills. Mr. Ket- | a ••tuber of the First M of Edwards | 1 Woodmen of America ■WB the widow. Mrs. Mary :. Edwin W. Ketker oi daughters Mrs S. J. I " Angeles, Ketker home; three ■W 1 ' , " lri 'Oie'.t ami Mrs. ■l■ tneyer. both i>£ this ,■• B'i <>. E. Brueckner o' mBM-i.i. Tenn. BB lias several relative; id Adams atyi I:ANT WILL E PRESENTED lediate League of thedist S. S. to Give Play termediate League of the t Episcopal Church will in Easter pageant entitled. I Was Yet Dark,’’ Sunday it the church, beginning at geant was written by MarIt Turner and is an inipresice to he given by the In te League as the culminat scries of lesson studies ievotlonal meetings. ’rank Downs, superintenhe Intermediate Ixiague is ’ of the direction and has r assisted by W. F. Beery. ' lc is invited to attend the st of characters includes; Margaret Campbell, — Barbara Krick, tlagdalene- Mary Kathryn ihe Mother of Jesus —Faye —Vera Porter, they Mary—Leia Palmer. Lawrence Michael, James Harkless.

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‘Affinity’ Earle’s ‘Ripe Peach’ to Marry Student! 1 > k. a IjW 2? jg i ~irr.wTWMrrr.i-» Dolores Salazar, 24-year-old t dancing girl of Hollywood, who i recently won a $17,000 love judg- 1 ment against Ferdinand (‘Affinity') t Earle, artist, has announced her t engagement to John Holmes, 24, ; University of Minnesota student, and son of the late Patton R. i Holmes, flour magnate. Miss | Salazar, who Earle testified fell in i his lap like a “ripe peach,” described her future husband as good looking. 6 feet 2 inches tall and a blond. TRI-TOWW MEET PLANNED Sunday Schools of Three I Townships to Meet at Bobo M. E. Church Sunday Schools of three town- 1 < ships will join Sunday. April 27 to ( hold the annual convention. The ; townships are St. Marys, Root and ' (Inion and both sessions will be held at Mt. Tabor Methodist church ' at Hobo. Benjamin Teeple, St. I Marys township chairman will preside at both the afternoon and evening sessions of the convention. i This year the county has been divided into four units for convention purposes and large crowds are expected to attend each convention. The watchword of the April 27 meeting will be “Greater Efficiency," Mr. Teeple announced. The afternoon session will start at 2 o’clock and the night meeting will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Following is the complete program: Afternoon Session Song—Audience. Devotions—Rev. Glen Bryan. Piano solo—Berniece Brodbeck. 1 Music—Mt. Pleasant M. E. church. I Address—Rev. Guy Walters. Music — Pleasant Grove U. B. 1 church. Talks —County Sunday School of- ’ ficers. ! Music — Clark’s Chapel M. E. church. Business. Orchestra. Benediction—Rev. Chester Grace. Evening Session Song—Audience. Devotions- Rev. Matteson. Reading—John Walters. Orchestra. Music—Calvary Church. Piano solo —Hetty Troutner. Address- Rev. F. S. Burns. ( Music—Mt. Zion U. B. church. Music —Miss Burns. , Awarding Banner. Music—Mt. Tabor M. E. church. Orchestra. Benediction. o - Peru Woman Surrenders Fort Wayne, Ind., April 18. —(U.R) —Charges of embezzling $1,500 from the First National bank at ' Perp have been filed against Mrs. William C. Cushman, 32, Peru. • Mrs. Cushman, employed al the Pery bank for 13 years, came to Fort Wayne yesterday and surrendered to Federal authorities. She waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Federal court under SI,OOO bond. Mrs. Cushman is alleged to have : taken-the money over a period of seven years. The shortages were i discovered about a week ago. She is said to have taken the money i to aid her former husband, Carl J. : Becker, Peru. 1

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PORTLAND BANK CASHIER GONE •lay County Savings and Trust Co. Closes; Directors’ Orders Portland, April 18.—(Special) —A statement from Clyde D. Becjidolt, ai<e 40, cashier of the Jay County Savings and Trust company made to Judge E. E. McGriff of this city Wednesday night led to the closing of the banking institution today. Bechdolt left hurriedly Thursday afternoon in his automobile and has not been h>-ard from. No charges have yet been tiled against him. According to the story. Bechdolt made a visit to Judge McGriff Wednesday night. Judge McGriff is a law partner of Bechdolt'a brother, Fred R. Bechdolt. Bechdolt is reported to have told Judge McGriff that "he wall in serious trouble and didn't know whether to face the music or run away. From incoherent statements it was stated that Bechdolt’s embezzlement of the Trust company’s funds was about $5tl,(l00. Bechdolt was not in town Thursday and his brother and James R. Fleming, local attorney made a trip to Indianapolis, hoping to find him. (CONTI NV ED ON PAGE SIX) Q. Verdict Is Directed Fori Wayne, Ind., April IS. —(U.R) —A directed verdict of’ not guilty was returned in the court of U. S. Judge Thomas W. Slick in the case of Jesse R. Craft, Hartford City, former postal employe, charged with stealing from the mails. Craft was eliarged with liaving. abstracted from two letters $4 and and $5.50. Judge Slick said he deemed the variance between the allegations in the indictment, ami the strict proof as presented by the government in opening statements was f material, and that he, therefore, sustained the motion for a directed verdict. He added that “this is a clean test case and 1 would like to see it appealed.’’ District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis signifi(‘d his intention of appealing. LEASERS GET INSTRUCTIONS Economic Section Chairmen Receive Instructions on Nutritions The Leaders in the Adams County Home Economies Sections were given their second lesson in nutrition in the Domestic Science room of Decatur high school, under the supervision of Miss Aneta Beadle of the Home Economics extension department of Purdue .University. These leaders in turn will give the lesson to their local club. Miss Beadle discussed vegetables and the ladies prepared the all vegetable dinner. Miss Beadle also gave suggestions on planning the spending budget. T[te leaders also discussed the proposition of sending two girls to the state fair school of Home Economics at Indianapolis in August. No definite action was taken. Those present were. Union township, Mrs. Forrest Walters and Mrs. Jacob Barkley; St. Marys towitship, Mrs. Chas. Schenck and Mrs. Ben Teeple; Root townsltip. Mrs. Chas. Gage and Miss Esta Flemming; Kirkland township. Mrs. James Manley and Mrs. J. S. Byerly; Berne, Mrs. Blum and Miss Florence Graber, and Hartford township, Mrs. Chas. Bentz and Mrs. Ervin Banter. o i Your Easter Shopping | ♦ t ♦ Decatur merchants are anxious to supply your Easter needs. Through the columns of last night’s Daily Democrat the public was Invited to do its shopping here. Again tonight the merchants invite you to complete your Easter shopping and offer the buyer anything which he may need from food to automobiles. Read the advertisements and shop here Saturday. You’ll profit by it and be pleased with the service and merchandise offered you.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 18, 1930,

Local Clul) Holds Banquet And Meet M — » Members of the Rutaced dub, an organization of Decatur voung men, enjoyed u banquet night at the R[ee Hotel. Following the banquet various members of (he organization and Walter J. Klick and Dick Heller gave short talks. I The club maintains rooms in this city and at present the members are outlining a. program of summer work. Dr. Harold DeVor Is settlor advisor of the organization. These pvesent at the banquet included Paul Handier, toasi master; James . Bulk. Ed Muster, Jess • Sutton, Harold Melchi, Russell Jaberg. Ronald Parrish, Harold Murphy. Gerald Sniitley, George Helm Fred Musser and Richard Schilg. WILL SPONSOR BASEBALL TEAM Rotarians to Join Other Service Clubs in Junior Move The Decatur Rotary club, together with several other service dubs will enter a baseball team in the city Junior League, sponsored by Adams Post of the American Legion. A; the meeting of the dub last night, the dub voted to equip one team in the league. Other organizations which have agreed to place a team in the league and buy uniforms for the boys are. Adams Post of the American Legion, the Decaur Lions Club and the Loyal Order of Moose. Each organization will sponsor one team, buy uniforms for the lioys and baseball equipment Any boy up to 17 years ot age is eligible to team membership. Ferd . .O'Urien, Ed Coffee and David Campbell were named as the committee to organize the Rotary team. Will R. Barr. Bluffton, former district governor of Indiana Rotary, addressed the Rotarians last evening on "What is Rotary Planning For The Future". Mr. Barr stated that the way to carry on Rotary ideals and ethics was to teach it to the younger men, by making them members of the dub. He also made mention of the plana now under way for the Silver jubilee of Rotary International to be held in Chicago next June. \ The annual election of directors of the Rotary club will take place next Thursday, it was announced last night. Twelve men have been nominated, five of whom will he chosen directors. o BANDITS GET AIB MAIL LOOT First Chicago Air Bandits Succeed in Getting About Half Chicago, April 18 —(UP)— Tricky weather in the northwest which grounded airplanes, deprived Chicago’s first, air mail bandits o.j most of the fruits of a spectacular robbery. Three Gunmen, working recklessly for what they thought was a rich haul, held up the airmail at the municipal airport almost in the heart of the city, shortly before the night, seized five pouches, two of them full of registered mail, and fled. Except that large consignment of northwest air mail failed to reach Milwaukee from Minneapolis and St. Paul in time to catch the Chicago bound airplane the plunder probably would have been twice as much, postal officials said today. The inspectors were checking up to determine the exact amount of loot the gunmen obtained. They said it probably would not reach a high figure. The Milwaukee air mail plan; hummed into the'airport last night and the ground lights blazed to show the pilot, A. R. Mensing ot Oshkosh, W;is„ the landing runways. Mensing brought the plane to a standstill, leaped out dragging five sacks of mail and turned them over to adolph Stenho, truck driver, who works only, one night a week. The chauffeur s’larted to the field postoffice but was hailed by a sedan parked across the bumpy airport road. Three gunmen escorted him south from the field and farther on placed him and the mail in the sedan. Still farther on Stenho was thrown out and the robbers speeded away, cheated of more than half the loot.

ALL CHURCHES I OBSERVE GOOD FRIDAY TODAY Catholic Church Holds Special Service; Union Services Held LUTHERANS WILL HAVE SERVICES And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when lie had scourged Him. to be crucified —St. Mark XV-15. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave tip the ghost— S . Mark XV-37. Good Friday, commemorating the passion and death of Jesus Christ on the Cross was observed in the! St. Marys Catholic church today with much religious solemnity. At 7:30 oclock this morning the Mass of Pre-sanctified was celebrafed. The sacred host consumed by (he priest during the mass was consecrated at the Holy Thursday mass. The entire church is given over to mourning for the passion and death of Jesus. At the foot of the communion rail lay the cross of Jesus, and hundreds of the faithful knelt before it. Under the side altar a ininatiire tomb with an image ot the body of Jesus is located. From twelve to three o’clock the Tre Ore was observed by several hundred Catholics. The service consisted of adorations before the Cross of Jesus, the making of tne Way of the Cross, private devotions and prayer. The Protestant Union service in conimenuiration oi <‘nrial's Ceaih was held from 12 o'clock noon until 3 o’clock this afternoon with a series of six sermons and special music and prayer at the Methodist church in this city. Great crowds gathered at the church to take part iu the observance. Each church also is planning special observation of Easter Sunday The Lutheran church of Decatur will observe Good Friday with a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Q_ YOUNG CLAIMS HE WAS FRAMED Allen County Infirmary Head Says Rats Did Not Gnaw Inmate i Fort Wayne. Ind., April 18. —(U.R) —A Fort Wayne physician, one of a group of six selected to investigate the death of Thomas Lakey, 66, whose mutilated body was found in the Allen county infirmary Wednesday. unofficially said the dis-j figunement appeared to have been caused by "gnawing or biting." At tlie same time, W. Homer Young, superintendent of the institution where Lakey was an inmate when lie died, eliarged that the affair was a “frame up" against him in the fight to remove him as infirmary head. He gave Prosecutor Walter E. Helmke a pair of wire clippers bearing stains, which the superintendent said might have been used to mutilate the body. He said the stains might be blood, and not rust. Early reports of the findings of the investigating physicians, how ever, placed little credence in the clipper theory. The doctors were to re-open the cuts on the man’s face to determine, if possible, the manner in which they had been inflicted. Young told an undertaker’s assistant yesterday that he thought the body had been attacked by rats. Lakey had been in the infirmary for two weeks, said to be mentally unbalanced. He was waiting commitment to the Easthaven Asylum for the Insane at Richmond. Tlie infirmary physician on Tuesday had reported Lakey would not live 24 hours longer. Yesterday morning Young unlocked the in sane ward and found the body, the face partly eaten or cut away. Young claimed the mutiliation followed death, rather than preced ing It because there was no blood on the face or pillow. Relatives were informed of the death and they immediately de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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PLAN EASTER CANTATA HERE Reformed Church Will Have Choir of 25 People Sunday On Easter night a musical service, entitled “Life Eternal” will lie rendered at the Zion Reformed church by a choir of twenty-five voices. The local choir will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry (’. Weidler. talented singers of Detroit. Leo Kirsch is director of the local choir and Miss Lulu Gerber I will preside at the organ. | The rendition of this musical I program will bring to a climax the Holy week services, giving the Crucifixion and Resurrection story in song. Similar cantatas have : been given other years and they j have always been attended by large I audiences. The program begins at 7:3'1 o’clock and tlie public is invited. Following is the program: “The laird Reigneth’’ Opening chorus by the choir “Man of Sorrow" —Alto solo Mrs. D. Goldner, Choir "Gethsemane" Men's 2 part chorus ■■Calvary"—Bass solo, Chris Lehmann, choir "A Whisper of Hope”—Soprano and alto duet Mrs. B. Shroyer, Mrs. 1). Goldner. “DatVns the New Day” Women’s 2-part chorus; men's 2-part chorus and choir. "Hail to the King"—Tenor solo, Henry C. Weidler, Choir. "The Morning is Breaking” Soprano and tenor duet, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Weidler. “The King- Comes Forth" Choir "The Redeemer Triumphant" ■ Soprano solo, Mrs. Henry C. Weidler. ‘ The King of Glory" Choir "Ye Shall Live Also" —Tenor solo, Henry C. Weidler, choir. “The Resurrection and the Life’’ Final chorus by the choir. o Congressman Lee Dies Washington, April IS. — (U.R) — Rep. R. Q. Lee. Dem., Texas, died today following an apopletic stroke suffered about a month ago. I4»e was serving his first term in the house, having been elected to succeed Representative Thomas Blanton of Abilene. The Texas congressman died at Emergency hospital where he was taken after suffering the stroke in his office in the house office building. He had shown signs of improvement until several days ago when he suffered a relapse. Lee was 61 years old and a native of Coldwater, Tate county, Mississippi. He had lived in Texas since ISB6, residing at Cisco since 1913. He was engaged in farming, ranching and banking at the time of his election to congress in 1928. o , WAGE BUYERS AREARRESTEB Loan Officials Face Usury Charges; 240 Per Cent Charged Indianapolis, April IS ■ —(UP) — Three Indianapolis men are held in jail and warrants are out for the arest of three others, tow at Louisville and one at Atlanta, Ga„ as the result of activities of detectives in uncoveting an alleged wage purchasing scheme by loan offices. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said records of three loan companies, operated by the Indianapolis men, would be used as evidence to show that the organizations, said to be conducted jointly, extracted 240 per cent interest from clients Those under arrest are Amos G. Haines, manager of the capitol trail ing company; Jesse A. Haines, man ager of the capitol trading company and Hansford E. Pool, manager of the local office of Marshall and Co. Warrants were issued against J. F. Hanson, Atlanta, Ga., operator of the Capitol company, and L. B. McDonald and P. C. Mathes, operators of the Union company. Plans used by the agency revealed that a prospective client pledged further earnings for a given period in re u»n for a loan. c.\nt> charged they paid interest at the rate of 240 per cent. Indiana statutes fix the legal rate at. eight per cent.

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Dramatic Struggle for 17-Year-Old Girl i — ’■( M AU .v ■ i fl j J Miss Marjorie Schiele (center), 17-year-old girl, shown in the Pro-! • bate Court at Cincinnati, Ohio, I with her grandmother. Mrs. Marie Hanke, who is fighting desperately I ’ against the claims of tlie girl’s mother, Mrs. Hugh Keppel Bethell, of England and India, who has j come all the way from India to . • demand custody of Marjorie. TO GIVE PLAY ~ AT FRIEDHEIM ■ — ■ - ' ■ Young People Will Present Play, “Paving The Fiddler’’’ The Young Peoples Society of (he Friedheim Church will present the play, "Paying the Fiddler" Thursday April 24. Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27 at 8 o’clock Thursday' and Sunday the admission will lie 35 cents and on Saturday 25 cents, following is the cast: Mrs. Henry Castle (grandmother) —Emma Reifstick. Mr. Henry Castle — William [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , o SCHOOL TERMS END !N COUNTY l Township High School and Elementary Pupils Complete Terms 5 . Adams county elementary schools closed today for the annual summer vacation. During the last week examinations have been held and final reports for the year’s work were issued this afternoon. The elementary school work in general (brought the county has been highly satisfactory this year according to oounty school officials, and much progress has been noted in the publls of the various grades. No date has been set as yet for' the (ounty eighth grade commencement, but it is understood the date will be set as soon as possible. High schools of Adams County, exclusive' of Decatur and Berne also will be dismissed today. t Most of the township high schools > already have held their commencement exercises. General high school , the last township high school ot t the county to hold services will graduate its senior class next Monday night. ( School officials will be busy the next few days completing their records and reports which must oe filed at the close of each year. Rural , schools always are dismissed sevr eral weeks earlier than Decatur and Berne schools in order that the pupils may be permitted to help in the spring farm work. i ® Trustees Are Appointed t •. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 18 —At . a hearing before Referee Wheeler r Ashcraft here this morning, Herman :. M. Gillig and Daniel W. Sprang • both ot Decatur were appointed trustees to settle the Smith and I- Bell, matter. The various creditors 1 were represented either in person ■- by attorneys or by proxy and the c appointment was satisfactory to all e concerned it was stated. The two - trustees have equal authority and r each will furnish bond in the sunt of SIO,OOO.

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‘DOUBT’ IN DRY ENFORCEMENT IS EXPRESSED Opinion Obtained From Letter by Lobbying Probe Group SAYS PRESIDENT DESIRES TIME Washington. April 18 'U.R) —Officials of the association amendment believe the “tide against the p r<> h i b i t io n of ntiblic opinion against the 18llt amendment cannot be stopped” and that President Hoover is “beginning Io doubt whether prohibition can be enforced." the senate Slobby committee learned toIdav in its investigation into {lobbying bv wet and dry ! organizations. The reference to the president's ! opinion was contained in a letter written by William H. Stayton. chairman of the board of the wet I I'ssoeiation. Stayton wrote Charles S. Wood, a vice president of the association that he believed {"Mr. Hoover wants to take plenty lof time to consider it, but he is being abused a little too much” about his attitude toward the dry law. Henry IT. Curran, president of the association, again told the committee today the dry congress does I not reflect the country's attitude toward prohibition. He said the I government is "backing away" |from it and cited two enforcement measures which have been held up in congress this session. He said both would have “gone through in other years.” At the end of today’s hearing which was again marked hy "wisecracking” by the witness. Curran I was directed to return when the hearings are resumed next Tuesday. Curran was questioned at length today about his organization’s activity in campaigns in 1925. Senator Walsh, Dem.. Mont., said the list showed the association had supported 56 candidates for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Annual Breakfast To Be Held Sunday A. M. The.annual Easter Breakfast and meeting of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will be held Sunday morning at six o’clock at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. J. R. Horton will be the leader and has a special Easter program planned which will include a vocal solo by Paul Saurer. and several other special features. The Misses Ruth Macklin and ■ Mary Madeline Coverdale will have charge.of the breakfast. All members of the society, together with anyone interested in Christian Endeavor work are cordially invited to attend. LOCAL PUPILS TO TAKE TESTS — Jaberg, Frosch, Newhard and Kiess Chosen to Represent Decatur Four Decatur high school pupils, Russell Jaberg. Paul Frosch. Rudolph Kiess and John' Newhard. have been chosen by merit to represent Decatur high school iu two ini portani northeastern Indiana examinations to be held Saturday at Fort Wayne. Tlie four Decatur young men will compete with 30 other high school pupils of northeastern Indiana iu the second Edison test and also in the liberal arts scholarship test being held iu-connection al Central high school. Frosch and Kiess will take the Edison test and Jaberg and Newhard will compete in the liberal art test. Ail competitors will start in the morning with genera! examina--1 tions. In tlie afternoon tlie class will be divided into two sections, one taking the special Edison tests and ' the other taking the liberal arts 1 examinations. 1 The four Decatur high school pupils ars leaders in class activities at the local school and those in ' charge say that all four have excellent chances of making high grades 1 in the competitive tests.