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Vol. XXVIII. No. 176.

Bootleg King Killed By Cleveland Hoodlums Cleveland, July 26.—<U.R) Janies Porello, member of the powerful fam ly which reputedly controls the bootleg corn sugar traffic here, was shot and probably fatally wounded today by gunmen who trapped him in a grocery store. He was the second of the seven Porello brothers to be “put on the spot.” “Big Joe” Porello, leader of the seven was killed, with one of his aides three weeks ago. A third brother, John, who was with Janies today, escaped without injury. The gunmen threw their sawedcfl shotguns from the car as they fled. A murderous war, reputedly between the Frank Milano underworld interests and those controlled by the Porellos has taken at least five lives in Cleveland withn a month. o DEATH CALLS LOCAL WOMAN Miss Maude McLaughlin Expires at Sister’s Home Friday Evening Miss Maude McLaughlin, 69, prominent teacher and school principal and well known in Adams county died at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Evans, North Third street, at 4:45 o’clock Friday evening. Death was due to complications. Five years ago the I‘erased suffered a breakdown and since that time has been in failing health. For many years she taught school in Adams county and for the past several years taught at Wichita, Kansas, where she was a principal. She was popular with both pupils and teachers, having devoted her entire life to the teaching profession. Miss McLaughlin was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Theresa McLaughlin, both deceased. She was a member of the First Unitarian church of Wichita, Kansas, and a member of the Eastern Star and Hypatia lodges of that place. Surviving is one brother, Wendell McLaughlin of Los Angeles, California, and a sister, Mrs. John Evans of this city. One brother preceded the deceased in death. Miss McLaughlin came to this city last June to make her home with her sister, Mrs. Evans. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Friends may view the remains at the John Evans home after 7 o’clock this evening. 0 Last of Cutten Bandits Is Finally Captured Wheaton, 111., July 26 — (UP)— The last of the Cutten bandits has surrendered, and the oath that Arthur W. Cutten, wealthy grain trader, swore eight years ago has been satisfied. Cutten’s home a show place of Downers Grove, was invaded by nine bandits in 1922, $20,000 in Jewelry was stolen, and Cutten was locked in a vault. Aid came to Cutten before he suffocated, but because the invaders had left him in the vault to die, the wheat speculator pledged his entire fortune if necessary to bring llftnu to justice. o Queer Mishap Reported Waupaca, Wis., July 26. —<U.R) — Mrs. A. D. Lamb was awakened suddenly and violently at 3:30 a. m. today and found herself in bed with an old rocking chair. At the same Instant, her husband awoke in a clothes closet, six feet from the bed, in the exact spot where the rocking chair had been when he and Mrs. Lamb retired last night. » A bolt of lightning had such force that it reversed the positions of I.amb and the old chair. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were badly bruised and shaken. 0 Two Die of Heat Gary, Ind., July 26—(UP)—Two heat deaths were reported at East Chicago. Victor Carrette, 47, former street commissioner, died at his home. Ira B. McMillan, 60, Chicago, dropped dead as he entered the plant of the Youngstown sheet and tube company.

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RAIN AND WIND FORCE MERCURY TO 73 DEGREES — Showers Predicted For County Over Week-end; More Rain Needed CROPS RECEIVE LITTLE RELIEF A heavy rainfall at 1 o'clock this afternoon lasting almost 30 minutes at least tMnporartly broke the heat wave and while the rain was not sufficient to alleviate the condition of crops in Adams county, farmers stated the rain helped some. Skies remained cloudy after the first shower and predictions were mote rain would fall over the week-end. The showers were forecast for parts of Indiana, but general weather predictions were for continude hot and dry weather. The temperature in Decatur dropped from 9O degrees to 73 degrees and a cool north wind aided in overcoming the heat wave which has ruled northern Indiana tor the last 10 days. Cooler weather was forecast f<| Sunday and indications are that more rain will fall in the county in the next few hours. Indianapolis, July 26 —(U.R) —Another dry, hot week-end was in prospect for a large part of Indiana today. Sunday promised to bring relief from the heat, however, according to the United States weather report. J. H. Armington, weather forecaster, predicted “partly cloudy ton'ght and Sunday, probably local thunderstorms; probably not so warm Sunday north portion and by Sunday night south portion.” ’ — The state today was bathed in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o 1 Snakes Have Battle Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—(UP) —Atlanta turned its attention today to a match to death between a rattler and king snake—The winner to meet a Spanish Mongoose. Although the king snake is favored in the betting, he is accorded little chance of defeating the mongoose. o LINGLE JURY TAKESRECESS Newspapermen Continue To Testify Before Chicago Probers Chicago. July 26. —(U.R) — Members of the grand jury investigating racketeering charges against Chicago newspaper men reviewed today the testimony of six editors and reporters in an effort to learn the exact nature of asserted connections between officialdom and gangland by Alfred Lingle, murdered Tribune importer. The jury was in rec/ss today until Monday when, it was reported, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Tribune, will be summoned. Walter (Strong, Daily News publisher, appeared before the jury yesterday. Questioning of the reporters and editors was believed to center around charges by Harry T. Brundidge, St. Louis Star reporter, that several Chicago newspaper men allied themselves wtth gangland. None of the newspaper men was suspected of actual connection with the Lingle killing. Through their testimony, however, it was believed the jurors hoped to learn how Lingle “picked up” S6O/)00 a year aside from his $65-a-week salary from the Tribune, and what enemies he made (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Decatur’s Tree Sitter Is Forced Down Today “Jimmie” Harkless, Decatur’s only tree-sitter had a short flight when rain this afternoon chased him down from a tree in the north part of Decatur where just 38 minutes previous he had climed with a firm intention of breaking all worll's records. Wlien the rain started to fall Jimmie came down with the assertion he’d try it again.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 26, 1930.

Dan O’Leary Speeds Up ■~'W ’ • •*** O! Tr '*** * ~ ■B . I ®&Xi« aMRBBIB . ■ _ ’ -■ ■ — .. In 1878 Dan O'Leary (right), 91-year-old walking champion, walked from Chicago to Detroit in forty-two hours. Recently he was in a little bit of a hurry, so he flew between the same two cities. His pilot, Stanley Thomp on (left!, landed him at the end of the trip in just a few minutes over two hours.

YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONFERENCE Presbyterian Young People Will Go To Winona Lake The Young Peoples conference of the Presbyterian church in the state of Indiana win be held at Winona Lake, beginning Monday, July 28 and continuing until August 3. A second conference will be held beginning August 3 and continuing for the following week. Each year the'local Presbyterian church send a delegation to the conference as the work at the conference is of such a type that it assists materially in the development of the Christian life of those who attend. A program of Bible study, Missionary education, story telling, teachers training, and recreation will be presented. The week at Winona provides a vacation for the Presbyterian young people as well as a Christian training. The morning sessions are devoted to classes and the afternoons are turned over to recreation and sports. Those from this city who will attend are Rev. Harry M. Ferntheil, and the Misses Betty Frisinger, Miriam Haley, Mary Jane Kunkel and Louise Gage. They will attend the conference beginning Monday July 28. o Cline Funeral Is Held Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock (Daylight Saving time) this afternoon for Mrs. Nancy A. Cline who died at her home Wednesday afternoon. The services were held at the home in Root Township and Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city officiated. Burial was made in he Decatur Cemetery. o Endurance Test Ends Clinton, Ind., July 26 —(UP) —The attempt of four Clinton youths to set an all-time record for continuous bicycle-riding was at an end today after 240 hours and 47 minutes of*“'flight." Shortly after the boys announced their intention of riding the bicycle for at least another week the handle bars of their mount became locked dud forced the end of the endurance run. State Policeman Dies Indianapolis, July 26 —(UP)— Lieutenant George H. Johpson, of the state police, was injured fatally late yesterday when his motorcycle crashed into the rear of an auto on State Road 37 northeast of Martinsville,

No Action Is Taken On Gas Tax Shortage Indianapolis, July 26 — (UP) — I When, or before what grand jury the bootleg gasoline evidence, al leged to involve Bruce E. Cooper. , resigned gasoline tax auditor, Clarence P. Fate, securities commissionexaminer. and Louis H. Poers, Michigan City oil dealer and alleged “pay-off” man, will be brought reJ mained a mystery at the statehouse , 1 today. Cooper, who came to the Coltim- , j bia Club from his home in StewarsI ville early in the week, announced i that he was going to remain there '"until this thi'.’g is settled” | Today the club reported that he I had checked out. o NEW OFFICERS ARE EIECTEU — Huntington Minister Is President of Epworth League Institute The Rev. John Edwards of Huntington was elected dean of the Epworth Forest,institute of the Nortli Indiana conference of the Metho- * dist Episcopal church during its annual conference held at Lake Web--1 ster. The Rev. Mr. Edwards has I been a leader in Epworth league work throughout the conference for I several years. Other officers elected Friday included Secretary, Rev. Claude Garrison of Milford; registrar. Rev. Dewey Souder of Roanoke, and business manager. Rev. F. L. Yoder of Logansport. The new , officers were selected by the institute's commission and ratified by the general assembly at a mass meeting in the Institute auditorium. The names of the new officers were presented for approval by the Rev. A. P. Teeter of Winchester, chairman of the commission. Forty-seven local members of the Methodist Episcopal church are attending the institute as regular delegates and a number of local people have attended single sessions from time to time this week. The total attendance up to the present time has been estimated at 2,500 delegates. o Fliers Still In Air St. Louis, July 26—(UP)—Man or machine showed no signs ot weakening today as Forest O’Brine and Dale Jackson piloted their en durance monoplane, “Greater St. Louis,” into its sixtli day aloft. The pilots, after riding out a strong gale last night, passed the 120th hour in the air at 7:11 A. M. ' “All is well and the old ship is i humming merrily along,” they said in notes dropped to the ground crew.

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GRAIN FREIGHT RATES LOWERED IN MIDDLEWEST Wheat Price Problem Partly Solved by Action of I. C. C. IS EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1 Washington, July 26. —(U.R) —The Federal farm board's burden in its effort to solve the perplexing wheat problem had been lightened to some extent today by the interstate comnn rce commission's order reducing freight rates on grain throughout western territory and to principal seaports. The order reducing the freight lutes does not become effective until October 1, so the farm belt may not be greatly benefitted by it in meeting its pi esent problem. However, a stimulation of export to dispose of the great wheat surplus which has pulled down the price to the lowest figure in years, is expected as a result of considerably lower rates on shipments to ports or export. Under the orders handed down yesterday by the interstate commerce commission, one rate will apply on wheat and\ill other grain and grain products. Heretofore, lower-priced grain such as corn, oats, rye and barley had been carried at a much lower rate than wheat. Members of tlW> commission estimated the revenue of west(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o ARMSTRONG IS NEWSERETARY Peoples Loan And Trust Co. Directors Fill Bank Vacancy Lew’s S. Armstrong, Decatur, has been chosen secretary of the new Peoples Loan and Trust company, succeeding W. A. Lower, who resigned July 15. The appointment became effective at once and was made by the board of directors at a meeting held last night. Mr. Armstrong has been connected with the .banking business since, bis graduation from Indiana university. On December 15, accepted a position as assistant cashier of "The Peoples Loan and Trust Company.” Following the close of that institution on June 14, 1930, he acted as assistant to Mr. Lower and was active in aiding organizing the new Peoples Loan and Trust company. When the new bank opened for business Mr. Armstrong was named assistant secretary, in which capacity he has been serving. Mathias Kirsch is president of the <iew institution and also is serving as liquidating agent for the old company. It was stated by one of the directors of the old company that plans were under way to make a first payment to depositors in the near future and that a statement would be released when this payment would be made. It is thought that the payment will be between 10 and 25 per cent. o BULLETIN Clinton, Ind., July 25. —(U.R) — The shaft and tipple of the Bono coal mine at Dana lay in smoldering ruins today after 5 unmasked men last night forced Frank Crabb, night watchman and engineer at the diggings to lie on the floor of his office while they poured gasoline and benzine over the mine workings and set it afire. o BULLETIN Hartford City, July 25.—(U.R) — The house party of William Segasse, 21, Cincinnati, Ohio, and his sister, Helen, and brother, Richard, ended in tragedy when William became entangled in wire while swimming behind a boat in Lake James, near Angola, and drowned in 15 feet of water today. The body was recovered by three Hartford City men who worked for 3 hours in an unsuccessful attempt to revive him. The body will be returned to Cincinnati tonight.

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'Plane Loses Wing; Two Men Are Killed' Hollywood, Calif., July 26 —(UP) —An airplane flight. Intended to | cure the deafness of a 5(l-year-old man brought death to the pilot and I Ills passenger here when the plane lost a wing in midair and plunged 2,000 feet to earth. The dead were John Spencer I Morse,, 27, pilot of Altadena, and his passenger, Dominic Gnoeptf. I prominent Los Angeles nurseryman Both were killed instantly in the c ash near a golf links late yesterday. The monoplane had been in tne air only a few minutes when a wing suddenly crumpled. The plane dived into a swamp adjoining a lake and buried its motor deep in the m id. i pieces of the wing fell on the links, and narrowly missed a number of, goiters. Friends of Gnoepff said he had hoped the flight would cure his dealI ness. DECATUR WOMEN IN AUTU MISHAP “Hit And Run” Driver Strikes Burroughs’ Auto Friday Knocked off the road by a speeding motorist who did not stop Ills car, Mrs. Herb Burroughs and Miss Fan Hammell of this city and Mrs. H. L. Koontz, Indianapolis, narrowly escaped serious injury at about 7 o’clock Friday evening while driving to Fort Wayne in Mrs. Burroughs car on state road number 27. The accident happened in front of the Henry C. Berning farm, about six miles north of Decatur. Mrs. Burroughs was driving. The impact of the other car caused the Burrough’s car to turn : over twice. The Burrough’s car was rammed from the rear and as the motorist passed it he struck the car on the side. The car skidded into the ditch and was demolished. The occupants escaped with bruises and minor cuts. Mrs. Burroughs and Mrs. Koontz who were Tiding in the front seat were the most severely injured. Witnesses to the accident stated that the “hit and run driver” was driving a Pontiac sedan with an Ohio license number. He was traveling at high speed and made (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MAY TAKE BABY CASE TO COURT Chicago’s Famous Baby Mix-up Case Still UnSettled, Report Chicago, July 26. —(U.R) — Doubt assailed William Watkins and his wife today and they were ready to change their minds about trading babies with the Charles Bambergers. The parents, whose Infant sons apparently became mixed at the hospital where they were born June 30. decided late Thursday night after a conference with family physicians that they would keep the babies they had. A few hours earlier a group of eminent scientists had recommended that I they exchange infants. Despite the agreement not to trade, Watkins continued yesterday to be uncertain as to the parentage ot the baby in his home. The Bambergers were perfectly satisfied. They came to the conclusion they had the right baby when the scientists took an Opposite viewpoint. Mrs. Bamberger insisted maternal instinct told her the infant was hers. Watkins said last night that he employed an attorney to “get out a writ or something.” “I got talked Into that agreement to keep the baby we have,” said Watkins. “I can’t help but feel the baby looks more like the Mambergers than it does like us.” The lawyers hired by Watkins, who is a traffic manager out of a job, announced he was prepared to resort to any and all legal maneuvers to force the exchange. “Since tire case is without a precedent, I'm not sure yet what court I'll start action in,” he said. “But one thing is certain — Bamberger is not going to have the ‘say-so’ in this matter. And neith(CONTINUED ON PAGE *TVE)

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GRIME STUDY COMMISSION FILES REPORT Many Recommendations To Be Made to Next General Assembly WOULD ABOLISH PARDON BOARD Indianapolis, July 26.— <U.R) —-A state board of public I safety to be in direct control lof all state police activities in i Indiana as well as pardons and paroles at the prison and I reformatory, was recommended to the Indiana crime commission today by its executive committee. The suggestion was carried in a J report which also reci g.mended licensing of all police officers in the state; training for police and probation officers; repeal ot the . present law creating the board of pardons for the state penal institutions; and election of all supreme, appellate, circuit, superior, criminal, probate, juvenile and city judges on a separate non-partisan ballot. The report was the result of several months study of crime conditions in Indiana by the commission, and probably will be accepted with only minor changes as the report to be made to Governor Harry G. Leslie, as provided by the 1929 legislature. The governor is expected to include the recommendations in his report to the 1931 legislature and suggest that they be adopted. Under the new state department of public safety, the following departments would be administered: Bureau of criminal identification and state motor police, now admin--1 istered by the secretary of state. Oil inspection department, now administered by the state board of health. Fish and game wardens and arson division of the state fire marshal’s office. The board would have power to create divisions, bureaus and departments as work may demand. It would be composed of lour members, appointed by the governor; one member for ono year, one for two years, one for three years, and one for four years. Membership would be divided equally between the two political parties. The report recommended that the board of publie safety appoint a state safety director whose posij tion would be unasailable except by written charges and after a public hearing. The board would be required to conduct examinations, training schools and issue licenses to police officers, and recommendations provide that no person could be appointed a policeman or to the office of deputy sheriff, deputy marshal, deputy constable, or any office which calls for discharge of police duties, unless he held a license signed by the state board of safety. The board would have authority to prescribe methods and regulations for co-ordinating police work of sheriffs, chiefs of police, metropolitan police departments, town marshals, constables, and other (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL FIRM l& RE-ORGANIZED John T. Myers and Son Dissolve Partnership; Form Corporation John T. Myers and Son, local clothing concern, disolved partnership today and the old firm has re- ■ organized as a corporation which will be known as “John T. Myers I Co., incorporated.” The stockhold- , ers in the new business are John T. Myers, Herman H. Myers and r Robert L. Mills, all of this city. t John T. Myers and Son have , been conducting a “going out of . business" sale for the last two months. “We have had several L prospects to buy the store," stated John T. Myers to a reporter this . morning, “hut due to the condi- . tions of today, and the lack of i finance, we find that we can’t sell - without taking a tremendous loss. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)