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Sblicans IHE TICKET I CONVENTION Wl'ilield Heads State Bickel At Fall ■ Election " ■hart is ■ KI.AOMINTEI) <U.R> IT , ,d<-rs began prepfor the 1930 cainplat form based on in '*"■ taxation 1111,1 sxsi. ins, and a lost of j ■ ip- state ticket that j ~.., .inbeiits and till- ■ ; nominated at, t^B n . rl ~p yesterday were: r, Coulter, Vincennes. ’H-jmii: J i'lsn. for ckrk of , irt. first district. j-'iti. I. Crown Point, in seel, isry of state. M, X Bobbitt, English, ins;ate auditor. r . I. Itiederwolf, Fort |H . nt. clerk of the Sii Appellate courts. - F. Remy, Indian ■H . Appellate court K- wild ird It. Gemmill, Mar judge of the Sufourth district. ■ A. Enloe. Danville, of the Appell;,' district. .-. . i MeMahah. Crown |V \lonzo 1., Nichols. ,:.i umbent. judges of S court. second disWiseliart, Union City. Innilendellt of public Nichols, Madison, state two the four contests a tiidslied ballot. Coultр. won only after Al switched its SI vot-s |K ballot was taken. ’ . 'mg was complet'd. han votes and needM : nation. Judge Ben Hr Wil mghby, incumb.-m, had G35A4, and T. MorPrinceton, 357. . Between Judge Remy ■1."• Cavings. Indiana) Ma- n--and neck until the с. were tabulated. UN PAGM EIGH’L ■Vayne Man Begins ■ Term Alter Wedding St. Louis, 111 , June 6 — (U.R) Albert Boyde of Foit hid., began serving a jail today for stealing an His bride of a day, B 1 )' Miss Florence Kane of Louis, started search for M that would keep her busy husband was free. pleaded guilty to the theft but sentence was desuth.it he could marry Miss M I nder police guard the walked from police head- - to the office of the justice peace. A detective and a l tiiteii States marshal were among the witnesses to PsER HEADS |« OF P, LODGE ■i'»n Hoagland Chosen Meni- | orial Sunday ■*' Rosser was elected chancel■“■titnander of Kekionga lodge ■" s of Pythias, at the semi-an- ■ eectlon of officers held last ■ lilo ; Hi ' 1 ' succeeds Harve LamK" who served as commander Hoagland was chosen vice ■' °r commander and Grant W ls elected prelate. Mr. LamIB* was selected master of work Her officers included: Blacklmrn master of arms; B ■'titles, inner guard; Ames ■ outer guard. B‘oral lodge decided to hold its ■“ oecoratlon day services June ■ m ®"’' ,ers are asked to report Ba • P” kome a t 1 o'clock afternoon and the procesEf 1 * u| art to the Decatur cemeB 1 1:30- o’clock.

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SCOUT DRIVE NEARS FINISH Several Fund Teams Yet To Report and Money Half In The Boy Scout fund was swelled tqday with several contributions and pledges, bringing the total well over the S4OO mark. The city school teachers, school, principals and janitors at several' of the buildings pledget! a total of ssl towards the fund. The Knights of Columbus con I tributed $lO and the Catholic; Ladies of Columbia contributed $5. The Rebecca Three Link Club gave 'sl. Solicitors will complete their work this week. The team headed by Dr. Glen Neptune obtained $54 in contributions and Ihts. entire distrfcf assigned to his team has not yet been canvassed. Herman F. Ehinger, general chairman of the drive urged the solicitors to complete their work this week and to make their reports as soon as possible. ODD FELLOWS PLAN MEMORIAL Several Lodges Join Decatur Organization Sunday, June 15 The annual Memorial Services which is conducted by the Odd Fellows Lodge will be held this year on Sunday afternoon June 15 at 2 o’clock (D. S. T.) a street parade will be held and will terminate at the Decatur High School auditorium where the memorial program will be held. W. W. Zimmerman of Rochester, Grand Master of the Indiana I. O. O F will be present to participate in the parade, and will deliver the principal address at the services. Mrs. Grace Child, secretary of the Rebekah assembly will also be present and address the organization. The American Legion Drum Corps of this citv will provide the music and one of the features of the parade Sunday afternoon, will be the I o O F. Cantons of Fort Wayne, Van Wert, and Lima. Ohio, marching in full dress uniform. Approximately fifty Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges will participa e with the local lodge in the event. O Three Seek New I rial Chicago, for new trials were drafted today by counsel for three d e fen( «"‘ 8 sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the kidnaping of Theo dore Kopelman. wealthy ! 118U^ broker whose sister pai< s■• ransom tor his release. Th n o tions will be heard June 14 and un til that time the bond for the t n < < ■£,’brn A criminal court juiv verdfets of guilty night the trio, Seymour Pellei, 23, uel Gold. 24, and Norman Resnick, 23. —-—o Damage Suit Near End T,,p ,10.000 damage sail of Max iX'b, 1.1. ».« «" d Kramer vs. F. W. Pawhsch venued here from Fort Wayne neared Um Jury la i e lt Jeiles ft testifled in the n...

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Faces Murder Charge Terre Haute, Ind., June 6—-(UP) —Fred Weaver, Terre Haute, was in the Vigo County jail here today, charged with second degree murder >f Edward Compto, shot to death al Weaver’s home on the morning of Decoration Day. Weaver was arranged before the grand jury yesterday and entered a plea of not guilty. He was remanded to jail in default of $25,000. o MILLER URGES ‘MORE RELIGION' Local Pastor Addresses Rotarians at Regular Thursday Meet “America was built on the re- ( ligion of its forefathers and will . continue to progress as long as we’ Stive reHgton a place tn- our daily lives.” stated the Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor of the First Baptist , church, in an address before the i Rotary club last evening. Rev. Miller talked on “Religion” and the influence it had on civilization since the beginning of time. He said in part; “We are by nature religious beings. We sustain three relationships in life, to ourself, to God, and to our fellow men. In self relation every man should be self ' respecting and have self control. In relation to our fellow men we are social beings. Relation to God determines a man's proper attitude toward himself and his fellow men. "The home, the oldest Institution i among men, still needs the sup- - port of religion. The underlying ■ need of the whole economic struc- ! ture is a religious need. We are i gradually, slowly, approaching the ideal of giving, of serving, awas' i from that of selfish getting. I “in the national relation ax-presl-dent Coolidge said recently, 'I have ■ tried to point out a great many • times and in a great many differ- ' enet ways the fundamental import- ■ ance of religion in sustaining our ■ pi esent civilization and govern--1 ment'.” The speaker then gave a brief review, of some of the ancient ' civilizations and pointed out their decline and decay easily being ' traced to the corruption of their religion. "America was built upon >he principle of religion and wil continue • so long as her religious power is > dynamic and potent.” C. E. Bell was chairman of the program. o Asks More Investigation of Indianapolis ‘ Indianapolis, June 6. — (U.R) —ln ' the belief that the body of a man ' found in a blazing auto near In- ' dianapolis last Saturday is that of 1 Harold Herbert Schroeder, 35, Mo- ' bile. Ala., his brother, Ernest Schroeder, Evanston, 111., will re- ' turn to Indianapolis today to push investigation of the mystery. The brother declared himself convinced that the Mobile man has ' been the victim of foul play and ■ that his body was burned, despite opinion of the coroner, sheriff and police that the body is not that of Schroeder, and that is f a fugitive. The brother has not yet, how- - ever, claimed the body for burial. Schroeder’s wife at Mobile said I she would not claim the remains or ■ make an attempt to collect insuri ance, amounting to more than $30,- . 000, which Schroeder carried on his I life payable to her, until convinced • that the body is that of her husband.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 6, 1930.

MAIL CARRIERS GET VACATION Saturday Afternoon Oil Ruling Effective Tomorrow Postmaster L. A. .Graham announced this morning the same rules as last year governing delivery of mail in the city on Saturday afternoons. In order to give the carriers an opportunity to ease up over the week-end there will be no’ city deliveries on Saturday at-! turnoon, beginning tomorrow ami j continuing three months. The ruling effects the four carriers, Jesse Swartz. L. L. Franks, Harvey Rice and M. A. Frisinger. One of the four, taking turn about, will remain at the postoffice on Saturday afternoons to hand out mail to those who call for same and will also make one collection of 'mail from the down town boxes. Under the orders from the department at Washington the postmaster has the authority to make this arrangement and also to make the work over the week-end as easy as possible for the clerks but it has been found impossible to make the same or any similar arrangement so far as the clerks are concerned, the work requiring all of those employed here. Consequently the order is effective only as to carriers, persons desiring mail on Saturday afternoon may secure same' by calling tor it at the postoffice window. o— Boys Damage Grounds Five Decatur boys with bicycles were caught early Thursday evening after much damage had been done to the two tennis courts at Central school. Principal Brown took the matter up with the parents of the boys and it was agreed that the lads would roll the courts and place them back in condition. , No prosecution will be made at this time, Mr. Brown said. —o Leslie To Convention Indianapolis, June 6 — (UP) — Governor Harry G. Leslie will at- ’ tend the 22nd annual national gov- , ernor's conference at Salt Lake Ci'y Jurte 30, it was announced at his office today. Opening sessions of ! the conference will be in the Utah house of representatives. Governor ' George H. Dern. Utah, will welcome the executives and Governor Doyle E. Carlton of Florida will respond. 1 Trips will be made to Zion Na- ' tional park and the Grand Canyon. ■ o ’ Official Returns Name Thomas Riddle Nominee [ Indianapolis, June 6. — (U.R) — . Thomas P. Riddle was declared > democratic nominee for representr ative in congress in the twelfth dis- . trict by Otto G. Fifield, secretary -of state. i wt c James W. Farley had been ac- . claimed as nominee on the basis of unofficial returns. It was not f known that Riddle was winner unt til his certification as candidate i- was sent out by Fifield. ; Riddle won the nomination by r a plurality of 47 votes, according to figures in the office of the sec- . retary of state. Unofficial reports > gave Farley the victory by 25 , votes. BLUFFTON MAN HEADS D.P.O.E. I 1 State Conclave Closes at Lafayette With it Election i Lafayette, Ind., June 6. —(U.R) — i Fred A. Wiecking, Bluffton, was elected president of the Indiana f State Elks Association at the state i convention. I Others elected were: vice presi- > dents, F. E. Coughlin, South Bend; I Don Allman, Noblesville; Lee F. t Bays, Sullivan, and Joseph L. Clarke, Indianapolis; secretary, W. - C. Groble, Shelbyville, treasurer, Harry K. Kramer, Michigan City, 1 and trustee for five years, Frank r Flanigan, Columbus. Location of the 1931 convention - has not been determined. South r Bend and Fort Wayne are bidding 1 for the meeting. The convention will close tomorrow.

Farm Bureau Meetings Planned in Adams County Joe. Winteregg, business manager of the Adams County Farm Bureau Inc., announced today that a series of meetings will be held next week. The first meeting will be at St. Johns School on Monday evening, June 9; Friedheim School on Tuesday June 10 and at the Kirkland school on Thursday evening, June 12. All meetings are to begin at 8 o’clock Central Standard Time. The chief speaker will be L. L. Needier, secretary treasurer of the state farm bureau apd officers of the local organization will also talk A motion picture also will lie shown SWIMMING POOL OPENS MONDAY W. Guy Brown and Miss Lillian Worthman to Have Charge W. Guy Brown, principal of Central school in Decatur and Miss Lillian Worthman will have charge of the municipal swimming pool this summer It was announced today by Joe Hunter, chairman of the public safety committee of the city council. The pool will open next Mondav afternoon at 1 o'clock at which time boys between the ages ot' 6 and 13 years of age will be examined and presented with health certificates. On Tuesday afternobn between 1 o'clock and 5 o’clock girls up to 13 years of age will be examined. All persons over 13 years of age will be asked to present a physician's health certificate before entering tile pool. The pool will be open Monday and Tuesday nights to all who have qualified and who present health permits. The season schedule will be announced Monday, Mr. Brown stated. ! The concession stand and bath houses also will be condnrte# by Mr. Brown and Miss Worthman. The pool will remain open during the months ot June, July, and August and provided weather permits arrangements mav be made to keep the pool open in September. 0 CARAWAY GOES TO WASHINGTON Undecided On What Action Against Cannon Will Be Taken Washington, June- 6. —(U.R)— Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee hastened back to Washington from his home in Arkansas to face the impasse the committee has reached in obtaining from Bishop James Cannon, Jr., the full story of the Methodist prelate's dramatic fight against Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic presidential nominee in 1928. The bold attitiyle Cannon displayed yesterday when he walked out of the committee room refusing to testify about his campaign activities, will go unanswered by the committee until Caraway arrives to decide whether to proceed against the bishop for contempt or take a new tack. At present there seems little likelihood that the committee will seek to have Cannon cited for contempt or to trace his campaign expenditures reportable under the corrupt practices act any further. Caraway indicated before he left Arkansas yesterday that he thought his committee powerless to inquire into Cannon's transactions if the bishop persists in his declination to tell of them. Tong War Continues New York, June (5. —(U.R) —Tong warfare continued today in the metropolitan district when the third Chinese in two days was slain. Louis Lee, 43, a laundryman of Brooklyn and believed to be a member of the Hig Sing tong, was shot to death in a room in the rear of his laundry in the Brownville section of Brooklyn. Lee's death followed closely those of two other Hip Sings, Ah Yung, who was shot In his tenement house, and Charles Eng Sing, who was murdered by hatchet men in his Newark laundry. Fearing that wholesale slayings were in prospect as a result of the three killings, police today decided : to add a score 'of detectives to the extra number of police who were assigned to work with the regular force in the Chinatown district.

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CITY TEACHERS ARE NAMED FOR 1930-31 TERM Three Vacancies Still Exist; Several Changes Are Announced ALL PRINCIPALS ARE RETURNED AU ward school teachers have been re-hired for the 1930-31 school year in the Decatur public schools, it was announced today by school authorities. The next year list of teachers includes all principals ot last term and Suiierintendent M. F. Wort liman. Miss Dessolee Chester, supervisor of music in the local schools for th? last three years resigned at tile close of this season and Miss Gladys Schindler of Berne was hired for the 1930-31 term. No appointment has been made yet in the Art department, awaiting the decision of Miss Catherine Martin, present supervisor of art, who has not yet informed the school board whether she will return. Bryce Thomas, who has been mathematics instructor at Central school for several years will succeed William Nusbaum as mathematics and physics instructor at Decatur high school. No successor to Thomas has been announced. Mrs, C. O. Porter, who has been instructor in German and "Latin at the high school, acting as a parttime instructor, also has tendered her resignation to school authorities. It has not been decided whether an instructor will be named in place of Mrs. Porter. One vacancy in the history department remains unfilled. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Max Kidd, football coach here for two years, who resigned to accept a position in southern Indiana. Following is the complete list of teachers: (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) j Hoover Is Urged To Veto Tariff Statute Washington, June 6.— (U.R) —lt was learned at the White House today that letters are beginning to ariive in protest against the Haw-ley-Smoot tariff bill and urging President-Hoover to veto it. A final vote on the bill the latter part of next week, and adjournment of the regular session of congress a few days later, was planned by senate leaders today. Possibility that the bill might be killed in the senate after congress has spent a year and a half in its preparation, was the subject of serious speculation as the result of announcements by two “high tariff democrats" that they will vote against it. Th ■ two are Senator Steck, Dem., lowa and Copeland, Dem., N. Y. Both previously had been counted as supporters of the measure. The house and senate conferees met today to iron out technical errors in the bill which caused it to be sent back to conference yesterday on points of order. • o — SHOWERS END LONG DROUGHT Rain Is Aid to Farm Crops And Local Lawns And Gardens Showers, which started late Thursday night, spread through almost all of Adams county and northern Indiana and wer ■ worth thousands of dollars to farmers of this community. While the rain was not as abundant as was hoped for. it came at a time when many crops wt re badly In need of irrigation. Local gardens and l#wns were greatly benefited by the rain. It was the first rain in three weeks, and many lawns and gardens were being injured by the drought. North ot Decatur fields were too wet this morning for work, but farmers indicated the fields would be sufficiently dry this afternoon for work. The rain was warm and while it was accompanied by some wind, no damage was reported.

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ROUNOUPSARE ' SET FOR JUNE t • Indiana Knights of Pythi ias to Hold 15 Group Meetings Soon • Four hundred Knights of Pythias ’ lodges in Indiana embracing a total membership of more than 5(1,000 men together with the several auxiliaries of the order will participate ? in fifteen important gatherings in . June, designated as “Roundups.” j These meetings will occur between I June 11th and June 27th at fifteen j central points as follows: June 11. Martinsville; June 20, t Geneva, June 16, Michigan City and Butler; June 23, Darlington; • June 17, New Castle and Brooks- ) ton, June 24, Elkhart and Vernon; June 18, Evansville; June 25, Peru; June 19, Greensburg; June 26, , Salem and Petersburg; June 27. " Terre Haute. ( The Rank of Knight, which is the third and final step in the in- ' itiatory ceremonies of the order will be featured at all of these ; meetings. The ritualistic ceremonies will be in charge of teams which have won competitive honors either on district or state contests. Lodges over a wide area will present candidates for Knignting at these roundups. The order of Knights of Pythias in Indiana is closing a nine months state wide selective membership ( campaign inaugurated and personally directed by Charles S. Loy of ! Swayzee who is Grand Chancellor' I of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. Elaborate plans are being made for the meetings, among the features will be basket dinners, band |. conceits, parades and diversified entertainment. Much interest will center around the appearance of the boys and girls band from the ’ Indiana Pythian Home at LaFay-j ette. which will participate in the parade and give concerts at some' ot the roundup meetings. This band is composed of twenty-five boys and girls who are residents of the Pythian Home, organized and directed by Louis B. Elmore 1 who was Grand Chancellor of Indiana at the time the Pythian home was dedicated in August 1927. The band is attractively uniformed and is greatly iu demand ’ for concerts at Knights of Pythias meetings at points in the vicinity of LaFayette. o i Former Rail Head 111 i I Chicago, June 6. — (U.R) A. 1., i Mohler. SO, former president of the i I nion Pacific railroad, was reporti ed critically 111 in St. Anthony’s 1 hospital today following a para- ■ lytic stroke induced by heart at- - tack. The attack seized him a week > ago when he arrived in Chicago 1 from New York on his way to . northern Wisconsin on a fishing Ptrip. He suffered paralysis yesterday. In anticipation of death he > I asked to be buried at Cedar Rapt ids, lowa. 1 Brain concussion and internal int Juries resulting from a fall while 1 he was ice skating, caused Mohler > to retire from the Union Pacific iu 1916. ♦

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ECKENER GETS STORM WANNING FROM STATION Faced Storm in Same Locality Some Time Ago On Trip MAY SWITCH AROUND STORM BULLETIN Friedrichshafen, June 6 —(U.R) — The Graf Zeppelin completing its spectacular flight to North and South America and return landed at its home port here at 7:25 tonight. A large crowd cheered the Zeppelin and its commander, Hugo | Eckener, on returning from the , most ambitious journey since its , I flight around the world. The zeppelin made a triumphant return after dodging a severe storm over the Rhone Valley in France which delayed its progress from Seville, Spain to Friedrichshafen. Lyons, France, June 6. (U.R) A violent storm area was descending from the northeast today on the Rhone Valiev where the Graf Zeppelin was maneuvering in an effort to find clear sailing en route to the h o m e port, Friedrichshafen. The weather bureau hero warned Dr. Hugo Ekkener four times that tlie storm was approaching but received no word from the dirigible. An aviator en route from the north to Marseilles also signalled Dr. Eckener. who began swinging • his ship around to escape the i fierce mistral which was creating havoc with trees and roofs In i Lyons. The dirigible turned about from A alance toward Monteliinar and Dr. Eckener was expected to make a detour around the storm. The aviator who warned the dirigible of the coming storm before he landed at Bron Field, near Marseilles, said the Graf Zeppelin , was maneuvering easily at the time and was swinging about in its course. All regional radios and airdromes were advised so the . situation and were alert to aid the ■ dirigible if the need should arise. It was recalled that one of the most thrilling episodes in the history of die Graf Zeppelin was . enacted above the Rhone in the . region where the dirigible was flying today. At that time the craft returning from Spain to Germany (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Evangelist Is Guilty Alton, 111,, June fl — (U.R) — The . U v. A. L. Shoemaker, evangelist was found guilty by a jury in city , court today on a charge of abducting Miss Bernice Ford, 19-year-old , member of his choir. The minimum sentence possible is one year in prison. Tlie jury had been out since yesterday afternoon, when it returned ' its verdict at 10:20 a. m. today. LEGUME TOUR IS HELD TODAY Many Farmers Join In Trip Through County; Calf Club Present Under supervision of Lawrence Archbold, county farm agent, about 150 farmers, merchants ami dairymen today enjoyed a dairy legume tour over Adams county. Ed. Gam- . monos the Purdue Extension de- . partment and Keller Rison of tlie . soils and crops department took ( part in the program. The crowd fiist visited the dairy at the Peter Lehman farm southwest of here and went to the Berne park for a picnic dinner and then to the David Mazelin farm to in ' spect the herd of fine cattle. The last visit this afternoon was to bo ' at the Dan Habbegger farm where alfalfa and cattle were discussed. The Adams county calf club members were in the party which enjoyed todays tour and program and • took much interest in every thing ’ said. Interest continues to increase ' in this work and the outlook for the i dairy business ia this section is very bright.