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15, Seeks Divorce! v jig .. Married at 11. a ntother at 12, Mrs. Sarah Cohen of Chicago, now 15 years old, is being sued for divorce on grounds of cruelty and lias filed a cross bill, also charging cruelty. The court granted her temporary alimony of $4 a week.

ADAMS COUNTY I WOMAN EXPIRES Margaret A. Brown, 69, Dies at Home in Kirkland Township Mrs. Margaret A. Brown, 69, life long resident of Kirkland township, Adams county, died at her home in Peterson at 12:10 o'clock Tuesday morning of a complication of diseases. The deceased had been in failing health for sometime and for the past three weeks was unable to lie down in bed. She was born in Kirkland township, September 16, 1860, the daughter of John W. and Carolyn Hartman, both deceased. Surviving is her husband, John W. Brown of Peterson; a son. Milton O. Brown of this city and a daughter, Miss Esta A. Brown, at home. A sister, Mrs. W. B. Weldy of Peterson and one grandchild, also survive. One brother preceded her in death. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Pleasant Dale Brethren church for many years. She was well known in both Adams and Welly counties where a host of relatives and friends survive. Funeral service* will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30o’clock (C.S.T.) at the home in Peterson and at 2 o’clock (C.S.T.) at the Antioch church, 4 miles west of Decatur. Rev. D. M. Byerly, pastor of the Pleasant Dale church will officiate and will be assisted by Rev. I. C. Canon, pastor of the Antioch church. Burial will be made in the Antioch church cemetery. • o Business Is Dull at Clerk’s Office in July Only nine marriage licenses were issued in Adams county during the month of July, according to Miss Hernice Nelson, county clerk. No divorce suits were filed in the clerk’s office, as the court was not in session. Marriages during July were less numerous than during June, "the month of brides,” as only nine licenses were issued this month, compared to 20 licenses applied for in June. Resident hunting and fishing licenses in the county totaled 176 and eight non-resident fishing licenses were issued.

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JACK GAITHER DIES IN PRISON Hank Robber Sentenced From Here Dies at State Prison Jack Gaither, who with Elmer Wood, Bob Siniff and J. Phil Chamerlain, was sentenced to 20 years in the Indiana state prison from Adams circuit court, after pleading guilty in 1920 to robbing the Hunk of Linn Grove, died at the Michigan City institution yesterday according to word received here today by Sheriff Harl Hollingswor'h. Gaither was an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad and also was proprietor of a road house near Fort Wayne for several years. Those who informed Sheriff Hollingsworth of the death stated that Gaither had been a model prisoner until six months ago, when In lost his mind completely. Since that time he had been in the insane division of the prison and his condition became steadily worse until he died yesterday. The body was sent today to the home of Gaither's parents in Kentucky, where funeral services will be held. Gaither was years of age when he was sentened to prison. Fuhrman Appointed to Supervise Construction Ira Fuhrman, well known insurance man of this city, was appointed superintendent of construction on the Henry L. Graber concrete road improvement. Mr. Fuhrman began work today and filed bond in the amount of $5,000. The Graber road improvement extends east along the south side of Bellmoiit park, just beyond the Decatur city limit/*. Mr. Fuhrman was appointed by the county commissioners today.

Miss Faye Stults To Spend Vacation Here Miss Faye Stults, of Detroit, Mich., daughter of James Stults of this city, will arrive here next week to spend her summer's vacation. Following is a clipping which appeared in a recent edition of the Christian Advocate magazine, which will be of interest of Miss Stults’ friends here: "Miss Faye Smith, who has rendered conspicuous services at Wesley church, Detroit, during the year soon to close, as director of young people's work, has by unanimous vote been recommended by the quarterly conference for a local preacher’s license. WORLD BEAUTY CONTESTTODAY Miss America, Louisiana Beauty Will Compete With. Other Entries Galveston, Tex., Aug. B —(U.R) —A blue-eyed, fair haired southern high school girl will represent America tonight in a contest with beauty queens of seven nations for the title “Miss Universe.” The girl is Miss Dorothy Deli Goff, New Orleans, chosen as Miss America over a field of 32 contestants in the eleventh annual beauty pageant. The new Miss America is five feet, six inches tall, weighs 123 pounds and will enter her senior year at Sophie Wright high school in New Orleans in September unless she gets a movie contract. Besides winning the right to represent America in the contest tonight, she won a prize award of SI,OOO in last night's contest. She will be facing stern competition tonight, as the seven girls from six countries who will oppose her represent almost every type of beauty. Miss Bucharest and Miss Russia have been among the favorites with the crowds during the three days the contest has been going on. All the foreign girls paraded each day with the 32 American girls although they were not in actual competition. The entries, besides Miss Goff, are: Miss Romania, Maniana Mirica; Miss Hungary, Gyorgyke Gero; Miss Turkey, Fehira Tefvik; Miss Russia, Maria de Kozariu; Miss German, Carla Bolu; Miss France, Madeline Mourgeois, and Miss Eucharist, Lillian Andreescu.

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Four Franklin Brothers Have Own Golf Match

Rev. Hen, of Decatur and Three Hrothers Have Loving Cup The Rev. B. H. Franklin, ■pastor of the Decatur Methodist Kpisro|ial church of this city, ha« three brothers. All four are ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Gospel. All four are talented golf players. A few years ago, the hrothers began a controversy as to which one was the best golf player anil the argument was climaxed by the decision to play each year for a loving cup, the winner of which was entitled to have his name engraved on the cup and have it in his possession during that year. So. each year, starting on August 18 the four Franklin brothers start out on some golf course; play 36holes of golf a day for 10 days and at the end of the 360 holes of golf, the low medalist is declared wIn(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ANOTHER THEFT IS REPORTED Second Robbery in Two Days Occurs in Decatur Last Night Thieves broke into the Maiet Hide and Fur company Junk shop located at 710 West Monroe street, las* evening and took about $2.00 in cash from the money drawer. Mr. Maier, owner of the shop, found the hack door and cash drawer open this morning and reported the theft. The robbers gained entrance to the shop- by breaking off the lower section of the back door with an iron rod and crawling under tile door. They proceeded through 'he shop to the office where they used the rod to pry open the money drawer, and left the shop through the back door which stood open this morning. It is thought the robbery was performed by boys who were familiar with the office and warehouse hut no other clues have been found as to their identity. Mr. Maier stated today that no merchandise in the shop was molested. Endurance Fliers Are Remaining In Air St. Louis, Aug. s—(U.R)—The5 —(U.R)—The endurance monoplane ‘Greater St. Louis,” had been aloft for 360 consecutive hours at 7:11 a. in. today and pilots and plane appeared good for many more days. Pilots Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson frightened their ground crew late yesterday by announcing over their radio transmitter: “Well, tolks, 1 guess it's all over with us. The motor has quit. I guess it's all over now.” The message turned out to be a hoax as O'Brine merely had cut off the motor switch while Jackson was at the controls.

COMMISSIONS ARE CONDEMNED Ex-Governor Lowden Criticizes Form of Government Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 5. —(U.R) —Criticism of government commissions was voiced by former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, at the University of Virginia Institute of Politics today. He made no reference to President Hoover’s defense of the commission as an aid to government. Lowden declared “it is the individual who does things, not a hoard or a commission.” Lowden explained he was criticizing administrative commissions, not those of quasi-judiciai or quasilegislative nature which he thought might be desirable. Mr. Hoover’s partiality is chiefly for fact-finding commissions, of a strictly investigative nature. Lowden said commission* provide easy jobs and are almost impossible to abolish once set up. There are more than. 4TT independen establishments at Washington, PAGE TWO)

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DEATH CALLS PDEDLE WOMAN Mrs, Fred Bloomberg Is Victim of Death; 111 Several Weeks Mrs. Wiihelmina Bloomberg, 67, life long resident of Preble township, Adams county and wife of j Fred Bloomberg, died at the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, this morning at 11 o'clock following an operation she underwent recently. Death was caused by ulcer of the stomach. The deceased had been a patient at the hospital for the past four weeks. She was horn In Preble town«hip, November 1. 1862 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Witte, both deceased. Surviving is her husband, Fred Bloomberg and the following children: Mrs. T. W. Buuck, Mrs. Otto Schoenheir, and Mrs. Arnold Reinking all of Fort Wayne, Mrs. T. M. Wiggins of Liberty, Martin Witte and Gustav Witte of Preble township. Ttie deceased was a member of the Friedheim Lutheran church for many years. The remains have been taken to the W. H. Zwick funeral home on North Second street where they will be kept until tomorrow. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock (sun time I at the home in Preble township, and at 2 o'clock at the Friedheim Lutheran church with Rev. C. B. Preuss, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. o— — To Make Distribution County Auditor Albert Harlow has received a certification of the state’s assessment of banks, railroads anil utilities, which will be distributed among the different taxing units in the county. It will require several days to distribute the amounts and figure out the valuations for each taxing unit. Coast Guardsman Dies Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 5 — (U.R) — Louis A. Piatt, 35, a coast guardsman, died at Cable hospital here today, supposedly the victim of rum runners. He had been mortally wounded last night by bullets fired from an unidentified craft while on an errand of mercy off the northern Massachusetts coast. HOOVER GETS HALF MILLION Gets Contributions to Operate Commissions From Individuals Washington, Aug. s—(U.R)—President Hoover's secret about how ho finances the activities of his unofficial commissions was disclosed today. The United Press learned the president raised $250,000 for the recent child health commission and now is raising $250,000 more for the forthcoming white house conference on home building and home ownership, the money already having been promised. These sums together with var(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) « ; « | Ervin Fuelling Makes Big Oats Haul And Big Supper Haul ♦ ♦ While threshing recently at the Herman C. Weber farm north of Decatur, Ervin Fuelling and Otto Weber established a record oats haul, having 135 bushels of oats in one wagon haul. Others who helped with the threshing stated that the big haul was too much for Ervin Fuelling and when seated at the supper table his fellow workmen stated he still appeared active for t big haul and kept eating long after the other harvesters had finished. Neighbors were notified that the bigger haul Ervin made during the day, the bigger the supper would have to be. At any rate he holds a big haul record.

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STOCKHOLDERS ELECT BOARD Old Adams County Hank Plans Told at Annual Meet Today Stockholders of the Old Adams County hank held their annual session in the hank auditorium at 10 o’clock this morning. It was well attended and every one present was more than pleased with the work done to date and the splendid Indications for reopening at an early date. John W. Tyndall, president, made a report of the activities the past several weeks and distributed typwritten statements giving the figures up to close of business yesterday. During the past month the hills payable have been practically wiped out and the bank has a large fund with which to start their program for a bigger and better bank than ever. F. M. Schlrmeyer gave the set-up as proposed for tlie bauk at'reopening date. G. T. Burk was made chairman of the stockholders meeting an 1 conducted the election in regular form with Leo Yager and Robert Meitiers as tellers. The result showed a unanimous choice of the old board, the expressions showing a desire to support the board in the efforts to re-establish and reopen the bank for business. The board includes J. W. Tyndall. G. T. Burk, W. J. Vesey. L. C. Ellingham, Leo Yager, J. G. Niblick, L. C. Waring, F M. Schirme.ver anil J. H. Heller. They will meet tomorrow evening to elect officers at which time also the plans as arranged and which now have the approval of the stockholders will be adopted and work on details immediately begun. It will be impossible for a short time to give an exact date as to the opening but every one connected with the bank is confident that it will not he long. For the past two weeks those in charge have been collecting in the old stock, fifty per cent of which will be returned to the old stockholders and fifty per cent resold. The campaign will probably be conducted next week at which time a complete statement will he given the public. Denies Wage Scheme Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 5.— <U.R) — John Templeton, president of the Templeton Coal Company, with whom Joseph, Claypool, field worker for the reorganized United Mine Workers of America, is charged with attempt to negotiate a wage scale lower than the union rate, issued a statement today declaring he did not know Claypool. and had never conferred witli any representative of the “dual" miners organization. Chairman Is Named Brazil, Ind., Aug. 5 — (U.R) —JFrank Adams, Brazil attorney, was chosen at a meeting of republican township committeemen to succeed Linn S. Kidd, as county chairman of the party. Kidd resigned last week to become the republican chairman of the fifth district. SEEKS AID IN ENFORCEMENT New Administrator to Ask Co-operation of All Citizens Washington, Aug. 5. — (U.R) —An appeal for support of the government's campaign for more effective obedience to the prohibition laws was made last night in a radio address by Amds W. W. Woodcock, new prohibition director. Asking “the great mass of American men and women” to refrain from patronizing liquor purveyors, Woodcock ssaid: “To those who have been making the unlawful traffic possible by affording a market for the contraband. may I suggest, simply and in no sense officiously, for the decision is yours—is the opportunity to rthtain a drink of liquor in an unlawful way comparable In importance to you to the opportunity to contribute to the ideal of a lawabiding nation?” Tlie major portion of his address, broadcast over a national hookup, was devoted to a detailed explanation of his enforcement plans.

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i Fair Exchange W? »• ■ ..j. »ntiwiy '•* Mi s Dorothy Leggitt of Evanston, 111., who was voted ttie most beautiful girl in Northwestern's senior class of 1928, who was married August 2 to Frank J. Buskeus, voted the handsomest man in the same class, CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED TODAY Two Road Improvements And Bridge Ordered By Commissioners Contracts for improving two roads and building one bridge were awarded this morning by the board of county commissioners. Charles C. Arnold was awarded the contract for building the Sclioenstadt road in Union township, along the Indiana-Ohio state line and 0. W. P. Macklin was awarded the contract for building . the Liuther Martin road in Hartford township. Tfiis road will be an asphalt “black top” road. It connects at the west end of the concrete pavement extending west from Geneva. Yost Brothers were awarded the contract for building the McClain bridge in Monroe township. The bids filed on the Schoenstadt road were. Dick Tonnelier, $2,100; Charles ('. Arnold, $1,944; ! Dick Bocli, $2,146; J. L. Sisk. $2,306. Bids on the Martin road were: Macklin, $13,590; Meshberger Bros. $13,650. Nine bids were filed on the McClain bridge. They were: John F. Hipskind, $4,944.89; Paul Striker, $3,990; Noah Schrank, $4,556.26; Victor Bagley, $4,295.20; Philip Sauer, $4,035; Yost Bros., $3,440; Joel Ellenharger, $4,294; J. E. . Sweet, $4,675; Luten Engineering i Co., special, $4,540. The commissioners adjourned , this afternoon, to meet later this week to work on the budget and . to consider figures submitted by i the heads of the different county , departments. o First Litter Weighed The first ton litter this year was weighed for Otlo Holle of Union township by a committee composed of H. I’. Schmitt, J. J. Reed and ’ Wm. Linn yesterday. Tills litter of nine sows and five barrows are purebred Chester ’ Whites with both dam and sire reg- ■ istered. It weighed 2708 pounds at 180 days of age. This is an aver- . age weight of 193.43 pounds. This . is a remarkably even litter, smooth and with 8 high degree of market finish and ifnality.

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LIGHT SHOWERS WILL AID SOME COMMUNITIES Millions of Dollars Lost In Crops; Water Famine Threatens GRASSHOPPERS ADD MENACE BULLETIN Showers fell in most of Adams county today and the rainfall was heavy in most sections of the county. Cloudy skies gave promise of more rain and the temperature dropped about 10 degrees. While this particular county felt that the corn crop was at least temporarily saved, government reports stated that thousands of acres in Indiana, lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan were totally ruined by the long drought. Chicago, Aug. 5. — ( U.R) — Only scattered shmvers flecked the drought areas of the country today where the economic future of farmers neared disaster with water and milk running so low that agrarian leaders interpreted the crisis in terms of a national catastrophe. Thousands of acres of grain and forage lay seared over the farm belt. The damage ran into the hundreds of millions. A general rain would he measured in millions of dollars instead of inches, but for the most part skies remained cloudless. "No soaker before the end of the week, if then," was the answer that went out from the central states forecast bureau in Chicago today in reply to harried farmers. A ray of hope came to the agrarians who have watched their crops curl up anil die in ttie fields with | the forecast that the weather will night and tomorrow with scatternight and tomorroww itli scattered showers such as sprinkled parts of the parched southwest, lowa, and Illinois early today. On top of estimates that drought damage would be around half a billion dollars came word today (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Fort Wayne Man Ends Life With Poison Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. S—(U.R)5 —(U.R) —Sols-administered poison ende 1 the life of Joseph A. Holocher, 37, Fort Wayne. It was his second suicide attempt. Domestic quarrels were believed to be the motive. BULLETIN Chicago, Aug. S—(U.R) — September corn prices shot up almost 4c today on the Chicago Board of Trade with news of scattered rains and that President Hoover had announced that the government will take steps to relieve farmers in the drought area September corn closed at 93‘4c a bushel after closing yesterday at 89Xi. March was up 1 7 8 c at 921 k. REAL ESTATE VALUES RISE Indiana Properties Show Decided Gain In Sale Value South Bend, ind., Aug. 5. — (U.R) —lndiana real estate values are recovering, Samuel E. Gary, Terre Haute, president of the Indiana Real Estate Association told members of the South Bend-Mishawaka real estate boa'riT. Gray said that although the rise in values is gradual, it is moving more rapidly than the decline. He said that he anticipated full restoration to normal by 1933. “Real estate started downgrade several years ago, hut a lot of people didn't realize it,” he said. "Such values move in cycles. They went down slowly and now are moving back more rapidly. “1 have seen conditions much worse than they are now. During the panic of 1892, I saw the bottom drop clear out of the market. There was no money then. "There is money now, but we must employ a different method of circulation. Now, it is being circulated in too small circles.”