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ißuple Funeral To Be Held Saturday I’. M. The funeral of Ezra Ruple wno died Wednesday will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock (’. S. time at the Oakland church. The : Masonic Lodge of which he was a pa t master, will be in charge. AUTO LICENSE FEESREDUCED All Indiana Automobile Licenses Will Sell at Half Price Half-price fees on automobile license tags in Indiana became effective this morning, it was announced by Paul H. Graham. Adams county automobile license bureau manager. All automobile licenses for the rest of 1930 will cost applicant one half the regular annual cost. The local license bureau will be open each day at regular hours, and Mr. Graham stated that all persons applying for licenses must bring their certificate of title with them. Otherwise no license can be issued. The tags will be issued at the office at time of application and will be good for the rest of the year. Each year at the close of the first six months the fee is cut in half on motor cars, trucks and motorcycles.

CHINESE UNION MAKESSTAND Government Calls Forces to Fight Powerful Attack Shanghai, China, Aug. I—(U.R1 —(U.R> — Government forces were mobilized in Hunan province today against the advance of a powerful and well armed band of brigands — locally designed as communists — along a trail of slaughter and destruction in the interior. With the important Yangtse river city of Hankow fearful of an attack and various other regions threatened, the government claimed to have recaptured the sacked city of Changsha, the Kuo Min news agency reported. After a reign of terror in which the outlaws destroyed most of the city and killed many inhabitants, the news agency’s correspondent at Yochow, in northern Hunan, reported the provincial forces had entered the city and found all government business and large business houses razed. The toll of slain was large, the correspondent said. I'ncertainty caused foreign officials to take precautions in all important points in the Yangtse valley, especially near Hankow where foreigners were evacuated from the summer resort of Kuling when the invading army was reported advancing northward. The fact that poor crops and military operations in the interior have left many regions without sufficient food has been blamed for the increasing strength of outlaw bands, often led by agitators. Bandit forces of varying size have long preyed on interior provincial cities. o — Miss Lorene Teeple Begins New Duties Miss Lorine Teeple, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Teeple of this city, today began her duties as supervisor of surgery at the St. Joseph's hospital, Fort Wayne. Miss Teeple was graduated from St. Joseph’s school of nursing in May with high honors. She was also awarded the Rosenthal gift. Miss Teeple accepted the position sometime ago but has spent the summer months with her parents in this city. — 0 Building Reconstructed Angola, Ind., Aug. I—<U.R>—The administration building of TriState college, partly destroyed by fire in May, is being reconstructed and will be ready for use with the opening of the fall term here September 29. Other improvement at the college include a new powerhouse and laboratory, combined in a onestory fireproof structure.

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EXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL CITY ARE ANNOUNCED — Local Schools Spend I $105,723.90 During Year, Report Says REPORT FILED WITH AUDITOR The total expenditure of the Decatur school city for the year ending July 31, 1930, was $105.723.90, according to the annual financial report filed today by M. E. Hower, treasurer of the Decatur School board with County Auditor Albert Harlow'. Mr. Hower was the first public official to file his annual financial report with the county auditor. The report shows that the largest distribution of funds was for payment of teachers, this item being $61,066.72. The school city received a total of $75,074.37 during the fiscal year. The board had a balance of $58,473.29 at the beginning of the vear. August 1. 1929, making the total receipts $138,847.20. The total revenues coming to the school city through taxation are not shown in the report because of the fact that the county auditor has made only a 50 per cent distribution of the May tax money, on account of county funds being tied up in. banks which have closed. The receipts from taxation therefore include the full distribution for last November and only one-half of the May distribution of taxes. The report shows that the school l>oard treasurer had a balance on hand of $33,123.30 on August 1, 1930, not taking into consideration the remaining tax money due from the county auditor. The receipts of the school board for the fiscal year include, Special school fund, $26,808.16; tuition fund, $36,361.40; bond fund,' $6,148.50. The funds in these three items are received through taxation. Other credits received by the board were. State common school fund, $4,754.78; congressional township fund, $170.10; interest from banks, $831.43. The expenditures during the year classified under the three funds were: Special school, $37,557.18; payment of teachers, $61,066.72;; payment on bonds and interest, $7,100. During the past year the school board purchased the Vesey lots on West Adams street as a site for the proposed new school building at a cost of $4,900. The board (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LAKE WEBSTER COTTAGES BURN Row of Four Cottages on Northeast Side Are Destroyed Four summer cottages located at Miller’s landing on the northeast side of Lake Webfiter, were completely destroyed by fire Wednesday evening about 6:30 o'clock. The loss was estimated at approximately SB,OOO. Owners of the cottages which burned to the ground were Adolph Peterson, William Miller and John McClain, all of Marion, and Elujah Thompson of Warren. Although' the cottages were not new they had been recently remodeled and were in good repair. Only one of the summer cottages was occupied, and the people living in that one were able to escape with their belongings before the fire spread to the building. Fire started in the Thompson cottage, but the origin of the fire is unknown. The four cottages were situated very near each other and stood in a line, thus permitting the fire to easily spread from one cottage to the next. The Cromwell fire department was called to the scene of the fire. The flames of the fire were seen for a distance of several miles and a number of summer cottagers from the various landings on the lake were attracted by the blaze. The report was brought to Decatur that the Yellow Banks Hotel was supposed to have caught on fire yesterday, but the report has not been verified.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 1, 1930.

Scenes of Italian Earthquake c wQßbSbwiu, Tin 'gw wSll rWH / fl “ jQL.* 4 A 'JCmM • • ■- .• At left is ] oasant woman and baby fleeing from mint of their home at Melfi. At right are shown rescue parties digging in the ruins of Melfi,, following one of 1 tie worst earthquake shocks in the history of Italy.

NEW HEAT WAVE IS PREDICTED No Hope Expressed of Saving Crops in South Indiana Indianapolis, Aug. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —Dimmed hopes for late crops approached the vanishing point for Hoosier farmers today when weather forecasts indicated that another heat wave will scorch the landscape over the week end, with no rain intervening. Temperatures above 90 degrees throughout the state were forecast for tomorrow and Sunday, although there was some chance. J. H. Armington, U. S. weather bureau meteorologist said, that the he.»t wave might be awarded ass. Not a sign of approaching rainfall could be seen in the weather maps, as the state continued to stiffer from its worst recorded drouth. Not only were crops, trees and other foliage dying from lack of moisture throughout the southern half of the state, but water shortage was necessitating water hauling for animals and people. A milk famine, due to burned pastures and consequent fal’ing off of production, threatened. In country districts, and in some (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o BULLETIN City Airport, Detroit, August 1— (UP) —The All American flying derby the most ambitious race around the country ever attempted, ended here today when the “Rocket Plane” of Lee Gelhbach, Little Rock, Ark., roared across the finish line. Gelhbach landed at 2:44 est„ ar hour and 42 minutes after he took off from Chicago for the final lap. Gelhbach won first place in the race and a prize of $15,000. His time advantaSe over Lowell Bayles, Springfield, Mass., in second place was approximately S'/j hours.

GAS TAX FUNDS SHOW INCREASE $1,630,205.97 Collected bv State During Month of July Indianapolis, Aug. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —Revenue from the 4-cent tax on gasoline amounted to $1,630,205.97 during July, an increase of $96,934.57 over the same month last year, and and a new July record, it was announced today by Leland K. Fishback, tax collector. Much of the increase was due, it was believed, to an investigation started two months ago into alleged schemes of several Northern Indiana oilmen to defraud the state by evading taxes. The investigation has resulted in more accurate reports from the dealers, and larger revenue was paid by several operators than had been paid for several months, Fishback said. , Part of the increased revenue was accounted for by the fact that during the extremely hot weather of July, Hoosiers traveled to lakes and beaches for relief from the heat. Motorists In Indiana purchased 40,755,149 gallons during the month, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

i 4 ♦ New Local Factory Turning Out Ties and Finished Lumber | Decatur’s newest industry, Decatur Tie and Lumber Co., which recently purchased the saw mill known as Lenhart Mill, is working full-force and turning oqt railroad ties and lumber. The concern, owned by William H. Bell and Oilie Chronister opened last Monday and with a week's werk almost done, the' factory storage space is being filled with completed ties and planed lumber. Fifteen men are employed at the mill as present, and Mr. Bell stated that as soon as the timber came in faster additional men would be employed. At present the mill is turning out about 200 ties a day, for which there is always a ready market, and also a large quantity of finished lumber. The local concern has several contracts for sale of the lumber and the ties are placed on the market whenever a car is ready for shipment. The factory is running on a sixday schedule, 10 hours a day. 0 Auto Bandit Killed Effingham, 111., Aug. 1 — (U.R) — Bullet wounds suffered by Martin Orr, 27, who said his home was in Missouri, as he attempted to escape arrest by officers Wednesday, proved fatal today. Orr. who was driving a car belong to J. A. Moore, Zanesville, O„ when arrested, died at the St. Anthony’s hospital here. MOTHERS’ CLUB FIGHTS MIXGP Wants Laws to Prevent Baby Mixups in Hospitals Chicago, Aug. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —Officers of the newly organized Associated Mothers of Illinois today started drafting ant-baby-mixup laws to be presented to tlie state legislature in the hope they will make impossible a recurrence of the WatkinsBamberger infant scramble ebntroversy. The mothers, meeting for the first time late yesterday, concluded unanimously that the babies' of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bamberger and Mr. and Mrs. William Watkins were exchanged at Englewood hospital and that they are in the wrong homes. “It’s a terrible situation,” Health Commissioner Arnold Kegel told | the women, who elected Mrs. Grace Dibrell their first president, named a half dozen committees, discussed numerous suggestions for making other baby mixups impossible, and declared they would demand laws to protect parents. ■■■■— ■ n - — Friends Seek Probe Sullivan, Ind., Aug. I—(U.R)—An1 —(U.R)—An investigation by state officials into the report that Joe Claypool, field worker for th£ re-organized United Mine Workers of America, was tarred and feathered and taken in an automobile to Illinois, where he was abandoned, was sought today by fri'ends of Claypool. According to reports at the office of Sheriff Wesley Williams, a delegation of sympathizers'with the “dual" miners’ union visited Governor Harry G. Leslie at the state house at Indianapolis Thursday and sought state aid.

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STORIES VARY IN BOMB CASE Supreme Court Continues to Hear Mooney-Bil-lings vidence San Francisco, Aug. 1 —(UP) — The widely differing stories of two witnesses were before the California supreme court today as that body continued its effort to learn | the truth of the San Frartcisco bombing outrage, July 22, 1916, which killed 10 persons. Repudiation piled up in the court record as the justices examined the conflicting stories of original trial witnesses, trying to determine which is true and which is false. It appears likely that Warren K. Billings, whose pardon application is the reason for the court review of the bombing case, may emerge from his Folsom prison cell wheij lie has spent 14 years in an attempt to aid the justices. And it is not improbable that Tom Mooney will be summoned from San Quentin prison to testify before the end of this series of “re-trials.” The witnesss, now anxious to prove that they lied, are John Mae Donald and Estelle Smith both of whom were witnesses in the trials of 1916 and 1917. MacDonald testified against both Billings and Moon ey while Miss Smith was a witness in the Billings.trial only. MacDonald's incoherent repudiation story, filled with conflictions, has occupied the court’s attention most of this week. Miss Smith added a new climax by telling a new story that repudiat- | ed her repudiation. Billings was not a bomber, Miss Smith said. He squirted acid on the engines of automobiles and the suitcase, which MacDonald may have thought contained dynamite, actually carried the bottles of acid. On July 22, 1916, the day the preparedness day parade was disrupted by the blast. Miss Smith said she (COM I.X'UED ON PAGE FIVE) o — Dr. Patterson Is Speaker at Rotary Dr. Fred Patterson gave an interesting address to the members of the Decatur Rotary club last evening. Dr. Patterson’s talk was along the lilies of community cooperation. He stated that from recent experiences which have taken place in Decatur, that an excellent spirit of cooperation and love for mankind was demonstrated. He emphasized the point that a continuation of these two principles would do much to l\elp build a better community and would make eas ier the solving of problems facing the people today. 0 Union Church Services Continue During Month The Union Sunday night church services will continue through the month of August and the next service on Sunday night will be held at the Zion Reformed church at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev.. B. H. Franklin, new pastor of the local Methodist church, will bring the sermon messake, speaking on the subject, “Tlie Convesion of St. Paul.” The Rev. Mr. Franklin Is the new member of the Ministerial Association and it will be his first appearance in the present unified church program. There will be special music at these services and the public is cordially invited to participate in the worship.

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Bluffton Baby Dies From Spider Bite Bluffton, Ind., Aug. I(U.P) - Glenford Oswalt, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay G. Oswalt, died Thursday of convulsions believed to have resulted from the bite of a spider. The child was bitten on thq knee and infection developed. DEFUNCT BANK PLANS TO MAKE DISTRIBUTION The Peoples Loan and Trust Co. to Start Paying Depositors AMOUNT MAY BE 10 PER CENT The old Peoples Loan and Trust company which closed on June 14, plans to make a distribution to depositors sometime next week, or as soon as the details can be disposed of. Mathias Kirsch, liquidating agent tor the institution asked all holders of certificates of deposits in the old Peoples Loan and Trust company to present or mail their certificates to the bank at once, so that interest on them up to June 14 can be figured and proper distribution made. It was stated that a mininum of 1.0 per cent would be distributed to depositors, including checking accounts. holders of certificates of deposit and on special savings accounts. The distribution may ba more, probably 20 or 25 per cent, of the total deposits, but until next week Mr. Kirsch stated that at least a 10 per cent distribution would be made. Checks will be mailed to depositors showing the amount of distribution as soon as clerks can make them out, L. S. Armstrong assistant to Mr. Kirsch stated. The money is in the bank for a ten per cent dis tribution and if more is received be(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o PROHIBITION PLANSBEGIN Directors Leaves After Conference With New Administration Washington, Aug. I—(UP)—Prohibition1 —(UP)—Prohibition enforcement entered today upon what is generally regarded as the supreme effort to obtain effective obedience of the volstead law. Upon the outcome, it is said in informed quarters, will depend the attitude of the administration on the question of modification of enforcement legislation. Imbued with new.zeal after a two day conference here with the new prohibition director, Amos W. VV. Woodcock, the 12 federal administrators are returning to their home districts to put into effect the new policies outlined to them. Chief among these is the administration's determination to proceed against the larger violators, ihe “big shot racketeers,” some of whom are said to have annual incomes running into the millions. This was emphasized anew today by Woodcock in addressing the 12 chiefs of the special agents, a force of 200 trained detectives who report directly to headquarters here. These men, the prohibition director said are to be assigned to breaking up large scale bootlegging rings. Woodcock's next problem is to find two expert educators to instruct the 24 picked men who are to become teach,ers of the dry agents in local schools to be set up in each district. The National Education association has been ask ed to help in selecting the men. As a result of his two-day conference, Woodcock said he is convinced the addition of about 500 prohibition agents is essential. A a appropriation of about $1,250,000 would be required to cover their salaries. The new director gave definite assurance that no sweeping personel shakeup was contemplated. 0 :— Darkest Day Recalled i Martinsville, Ind., Aug. I—(UP)—-1 —(UP)—Indiana's darkest day, which occurred sixty-three years ago this week is recalled by H. W. Brown, age! resident. A total eclipse of the sun turned day into night for 30 minutes

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Damaged Fabric Is Repaired in Air; Lands Early This Morning » SHIP SAILS OVER MONTREAL St. Hubert Airport, Que., Canada, Aug. I.—<U.R) — The dirigible R-100 came to rest here today at 4:36 a. m„ EST., 78 hours, 51 minutes after it left its home port at Cardington, England. Circling above the St. Hubert airport for almost three hours, after edging its way through storms in the St. Lawrence valley with a broken tail fin. the big experimental airship settled down at the newmooring mast at 4:28 a. m., and eight minutes later was made fast with its journey ended. The mooring was completed quickly, once the light of day enabled R. S. Booth, the dirigible’s commander, to head down toward the $500,000 mast and set the ship's nose into the revolving top of the huge structure. Since arriving over the airport at 1:30 a. m., Commander Booth had kept the dirigible going in huge circles about the field waiting for the light of day. He did not wish to make the ship fast to the new mast during the night after the arduous flight the crew had gonethrough since a fin was torn late yesterday. Soon after 4 a. m., the R-100 made its last circle of the field, approached the mast, and dropped slender cables to the ground. As the six motors slowed down, water ballast was dumped from the fore part of the ship, and a small ground crew of soldiers spliced the dirigible's cables to the one larger one dangling from the steel mooring are at the top of the mast. Powerful motors at the base of the mast pulled in the cable, drawing the ship, its motors idling, closer to the mast. When the big envelope was within about 250 feet of the top of the mast, two other cables were let down from the bow and the stern, and the ground crews seized them to hold it steady as the mechanism in the tower drew it closer to the universal coupling joint. T. Hobbs, assistant coxswain of the R-100, was the first member of the dirigible's crew te speak directly to anyone on this side of the ocean. He was in the nose of the ship assisting in mooring, and as the R-100 came within hailing distance of the men on the mast, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) oRHODE ISLAND BOY WINS TEST Receives Edison Scholarship From Field of 49 Aspirants West Orange N. J. Aug. I—(UP) Arthur O. Williams, Jr„ of East Providence R.I. was proclaimed “Ameri ica's brightest boy” today by virtue of his winning the Edison scholatshipu for which 49 boys competed. Dr. Lewis Perry, head of Phillips Exeter Academy and chairman of the board selected by Thomas A. Edison to judge the examination papers said Williams was “an easy winner’ and stood out above all the other candidates. “Two features of the contest this year,” he declared, “were that 90 per cent of the boys were working their way through school and the high quality of the work they did on this examination.". No other scholarships will be given this year, Perry said. Yesterday the boys— one front each state and one from the District of Columbia—took the examination in the Edison laboratoj-ies here. The questions ranged from scientific problems to discussions of ethical conduct. Today the boys and Wilbur Huston of Port Madison, Wash., winner of the scholarship last year, went on an automobile tour of West Orange. It ended at the Edison home where the inventor was waiting to award the prize. The ceremonies were held on the Edison lawn. x