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Wins In Detroit Mayoral Race * fl IWK : «■■ Charles Bowles lost his fight to regain the position of mayor of Detroit. Tlte winner was Frank Murphy (aove), who resigned from the recorder’s court to enter the contest, OFFICIALS ACT ~ ON RIOT RUMOR City, State And County Officers .Join To Prevent Thefts Acting on reliable information that several Chicago hoodlums had drifted into Decatur the last 24 hours, additional state police were ordered here to aid city and county peace officers in preventing violence here. It is understood that a policeman will be stationed at each bank all day Saturday, with orders to shoot at the first sign of a disturbance. Other state police will join city and county’ officers in patrolling the streets. Paul H. Graham, general chairman of the Fair committee, stated that his committee would do everything in its power to cooperate to the fullest measure with all police officers. Several concessions were closed Thursday night and the operators ordered to leave the city at once. Thursday night was fairly quiet with only two or three fights reported on the midway. Officers stated today that the only concessions where people were duped without a chance of winning were the stands where the nickel-plated spinning wheels, on glass bases were located. Plain clothes officers were added to the city police force to mingle in the crowds and all “cappers” will be arrested as loiterers if they continue to prey on the people. Several losses were reported to police Thursday night, but they were small compared to the losses earlier in the week. o Has Salvaged Letter H. C. Pety, gladiolus grower of Paulding. Ohio, who is in Decatur this week attending the flower show is exhibiting a letter received by him from S. D. McDonald, gladiols specialist of Dunedin. N. Z. The letter is water-soaked and on the envelope is stamped, “Salvaged from S. S. Tahiti, lost at Sea.’’ The letter evidently was picked up by another ship and brought to this country. o Lewis Opens Campaign Shelbyville, 111., Sept. 12—(U.R)— James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate from Illinois and an avowed “wet,” has officially opened his campaign with a plea for state control of liquor. Addressing political rallies here last night and in Jacksonville yesterday, Lewis, once a power in the senate, said: “We Illinois Democrats demand state control of liquor and temperance. We demand the national prohibition laws be modified or repealed.’’ Turning his address from the prohibition question, Lewis charged that the Republican administration had done nothing toward farm relief, unempkoyment and other problems. “In 10 years,” he said, “250,000 farms have vanished, 25,000 in Illinois. The Republicans have I missed the whole of these economic !|>roblems”, Lewis said.

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DEATH CALLS LOCAL WOMAN Mr s. Florence Rabbitt Dies At Hospital After Long Illness Mrs. Florence Rabbitt, 27. wife of Ralph Rabbitt of this city, died at 7:30 o’clock last night at the Adams County Memorial Hospital following an illness of fourteen weeks. Mrs. Rabbitt underwent three operations while at the hospital, the last one taking place early Friday morning. Death was said to be due to tuberculosis of the intestines. Mn. Rabbitt was born at Willshire, Ohio. November 25, 1902, the daughter of James and Sarah Okeley. Surviving is the mother, Mrs. Sarah Okeley of this city, the husband, Ralph Rabbitt, and one daughter, Mary Louise, at home. Two brothers and one sister, Herbert Okeley of Pleasant Mills. Fred Okeley of North Adams, Michigan, and Mis. Anna Smith of this city, also survive. One brother preceded the deceased in death. The deceased was a member of the United Brethren church of this city. The remains have been taken to the Orvil Roop home at the corner of Nuttman Avenue and Ninth street where friends may view them after 7 o'clock tonight. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Roop home and at 2:30 o'clock ai the United Brethren church. Rev. Cecil R. Smith of Ligonier will officiate and will be assisted by R. E. Vance of this city. Burial will be made in the Decatur Cemetery. <vNo Report Received Yet On Bridge Remonstrance County Auditor Albert Harlow stated today that he has not re ceived any word from the state board of tax commissioners relative to the board’s action on the remonstrance filed on Scheiman bridge. Mr. Harlow stated that be expected word shortly. Janies Showalter, a representative of the state board held the hearing here on September 24.

LIVING COST AT LOW POINT Figures Show Prices Lowest Since 1918, Expert Says Wellesley Hills, Mass. Sept. 12— (UP) —The cost of living is now 6 per cent lower than for the corresponding period of 1929 and at the lowest point since 1918, the 17th annual national business conference was told tdday. “This is a very important factor which has been more or less over looked in the wave of pesimlsm and depression which has filled every body’s thoughts during the past year", declared Creighton J. Hill, labor expert of the Basson statistical organization. Increasing and payrolls becoming thinner, the average person has failed to realize that a dollar spent at the corner grocer's goes further this year than did a year ago. In other words, the drop in living costs means that general wages could have stood a slash of at least 5 percent without affecting the purchasing power of the worker’s dollar. The result has been that the pur chasing power is actually as high today as lias been the purchasing power is actually as high today at it was a year ago. What has happened. of course, is that unemployment, rather than wage reductions, has resulted in thinner pay envelopes and this has restricted purchasing power." Hill said one important favorable factor in the outlook for business during the remainder of the year was that employment trends, which have been steadily downward since last September, have now turned upward once more. "in September 1929, employment stood at 103.4 on a 1923-25 base ot 100,” he said. “In July of this year employment stood at 84.6.” Hill reported that there were 335 strikes in the contry for the first eight months of this year, compared with 384 during the corresponding period of 1929 and 360 in the first eight months of 1928. Emphasizing the severity of unemployment in the building trades, he reported that 39 per cent of the union membership in all building trades had been idle during the past two months.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 12, 1930.

Cash Lutz Is First “Quaker Century” Man Cash Lutz, first Decatur member of the General Electric “Quarter Century club” was honored at a dinner party given last night at the Decatur General Electric Co., recreation room. Mr. Lutz completed his twenty-fifth year with the concern this week. Eno Lankenau, general manager of the Decatur branch presided at the banquet presented Mr. Lutz with a gift from several of his fel low employes. 0 DUGAN READS RESOLUTION Local Banker Presents 3 Per Cent. Interest Motion at Meet The resolution adopted by the Indiana Banker's Association, in session at Fort Wayne yesterday, recommending that all banks reduce the interest payment on time deposits to three per cent will bo submitted to all the county banker’s associations in the state. The resolution passed without a dissenting vote of the association. It was introduced and read to the bankers by C. A. Dugan president of the First National Bank of Decatur and chairman of the resolution committee. Mr. Dugan stated this morning that the matter would be taken up by the county banker’s associations in the state and that as far as lie knew no individual bank or banker would cut the rate at present or before the resolution was acted upon by the county banker’s association. A majority of Indiana banks pay four per cent on time deposits. As a means of reducing overhead and at the same time have bank deposits in a liquid condition, the reduced rate is recommended by the In diana Banker’s Association, Mr. Dugan stated. Other bankers who sirged the resolution with Mr. Dugan were George Bigham, South Bend, W. A. Collings, Crawfordsville and Ed F. Scheiman, Fort Wayne. Frank B. Bernard, Muncie was elected president and C. M. Neizer Fort Wayne was elected vice-pre-sident of the association. Several Adams County bankers from Decatur, Berne and Monroe attended the annual meeting yesterday.

REPUBLICANS TALK TARIFF Attempt To Sidetrack Fall Political Issue From Prohibition Indianapolis, Sept. 12. —(U.R) — The Republican party this year will battle on the age old question of the tariff in their fight for votes in the November election, it was indicated yesterday in speeches at the Linton rally, officially opening the campaign. Chief issues iu the state campaign will be economy in state government during Republican administrations, and achievements of the party during the last two years. These battle issues were brought out in addresses by United States Sehators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson; Representative Fred S. Purnell, Attica, and Governor Harry G. Leslie. Watson’s speech dealt almost wholly with a defense of the tariff, and was regarded as the opening of the national congressional and senatorial campaign. Robinson attacked John J. Raskob for operating a high priced publicity mill.” Purnell also praised the tariff bill. The governor’s address was the first he has made in the present campaign, and was believed to sound the keynote of the fight in Indiana. He cited statistics tending to show’ economy in government during Republican regimes, and accused the Democrats of operating the state at the "highest cost in history” during the eight years they were in power since 1897. He hlso pointed to achievements of the iparty in the last two years as being the fulfillment of promises made by the Democrats in their 1930 platform. A combined spirit of optimism and enthusiasm toward the 1230 election pervaded Republican state headquarters today as a re(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

DECATURMAN IS ARRESTED Willie Reed To Face Two Charges In Local Police Court Willie Reed, local huskster wa< arrested late Thursday night after he allegedly beat Willard Steele almost into unconsciousness at the Steele home east of Decatur. According to Steele Reed apparently became vexed because Steele had been selling fruit on state road 16 in competition to Reed. Witnesses to the altercation say j that Reed had been drinking heav-1 By and that he drove his automo-1 bile to Steel’s stand along the road and after a few words he proceeded , to give the aged man a severe beat-1 ing. Following the fight, which later] took on the aspects of a free-for-all Reed climb into his automobile and drove away. Sheriff Hollingsworth was called to the scene ant 1 later located Reed. It is understood charges of assault and battery and drunken driving would be place against Reed today. He was taken to the Adams county jail last night and is still in the custody of officers. Social Work Meeting To Be Held In Gary Mrs. D. D. Heller, president of the Board of Children's Guardians has received the preliminary announcement that the state conference on social work will meet in Gary, October 4 to 7. The program will be sent out in a few days. J. A. Brown, the state chairman is urging that representatives of the Board of Children's Guardians, County Charities, probation officers, township trustees and private relief organizations attend. The program, Mr. Brown says, has been-planned to include a wide range of subjects of unusual interest to all social workers and the meeting is expected to be helpful to all. Several from here will no doubt attend. o

FORD VISITS PARISTODAY Declines to Read His Mail Or Talk to Reporters In Paris Paris, Sept 12 —(UP) — Henry Ford lived the life of a tourist today. He slept an hour later than usual, declined to look at an enormous morning mail containing hundreds of letters from antique dealers, and then started out to see the sights of Paris. While Ford maintained his attitude that ‘reporters often make you say what you don’t W’ant to say” and kept away from news gatherers as much as possible, his fellow pasengers from New York on the Bremen gathered in Paris cases and bars and talked about prohibition — Henry Ford sees it. They exchaged bits of conversation that they bad with Ford on the ship. Ford told them that prohibition was a successful experiment, they said. Extracts from his conversation, as quoted by fellow passengers, ran as follows: “We dried up Dearborn in 30 days". "New York? well New York isn't the United States." “Detroit is getting worse every day, I mean for the bootleggers." “How about England? In England they’re shutting down the drink steadily. Soon it will be all gone.” “England should have a good, high tariff, and Germany and Spain too, but not China and Russia, be because there is where motor cars should be taken in now. There should be tariffs where ever you have to give work to your people.” The younger generation aboard the Bremen received a new ball room thrill when the ship's band played a Maearka ad Ford and Mrs. Ford were the only passengers who danced it. Most of the others asked wonderingly what it was. — o Bellonte, Coste To Visit Indianapolis Indianapolis, Sept. 12. —(U.R) — Plans were being rushed today by city officials and aviation leaders for the reception of Dieudonne Coste and Mailrice Bellonte, French trans-Atlantic fliers, who will stop here in their plane Question Mark next Wednesday.

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SATURDAY’S PROGRAM Saturday is American Legion and Fraternal orders' Day. Band concerts and free acts start at 9 o'clock Saturday morning and continue to midI night Saturday night. ■ Evening 9:15 o’clock —American Legion parade. Fifteen drum corps, three bands and all ex-s erv i c e men marching. WHEELER URGES * MODIFICATION Prominent Dry Seeks State Control of Liquor Beverages Washington, Sept. 12. —(U.R) —Repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and state control of liquor was advocated today by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Dem., Mont., long regarded as a prohibitionist. Wheeler is the first senator generally regarded as a dry to advocate repeal of the prohibition amendment. He was the second prominent political leader to declare for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment this week. Tuesday. Gov. Roosevelt. of New York, made a similar announcement. In discussing the Roosevelt statement, Wheeler revealed his change of view to the United Press. “Most thinking people have come to the same conclusion.” Wheeler said referring to Roosevelt’s conclusion. “I don’t see how they could think otherwise in view of the way prohibition has worked out.” “Then you agree with him?” he was asked. “Yes, I believe prohibitioh is something that should be left up to the individual states,” he replied. Although Wheeler has generally been considered in favor of prohibition. he has not been classed as a “radical dry.” He voted against the Jones "five and ten" enforcement law, but usually he has supported legislation sponsored by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) THIRD PARTY IN CAMPAIGN

Prohibition Party Has Complete State Ticket For General Election llndianapolis, Sept. 12—(UP) — The prohibition question will be injected into the fall election despite general apathy of major party leaders toward it, according to a petition circulated at the state homie yesterday. The petition was carried by officers of the Indiana prohibition party the names of whose candidates will appear in the third column of the fall election ballot. B. L. Allen, chairman of the party and secretary Henry S. Bonsib, agree with “wets” that the 18th amendment hasn’t been entirely successful and their remedy is to pre vent anyone from getting an intoxi eating drink of any kind. The party also stands for bible reading in the schools; against Sun day baseball and moving picture shows, and smoking in public Teaching of evolution would be banned from all colleges and universities of the state. Their candidates are Clevy H. Shellburn, secretary of state; Frank N. Williams, Indianapolis, Auditor: Lulla Swisher, Gary, treasurer. A- - E. Wrentmore, Indianapolis superintendent ot public instruction Edward R. Small, Princeton; clerk of the supreme and appellate courts Charles A. Salyer, Montpelier, fourth district supreme court Judge and Elchas A. DeVore, Samuel Schenk, Robert M McKinley, all of Indianapolis, and Owen Wierd, Winona Lake, appellate court judges. REVIVAL Evangelist A. Lyle Hall of San Francisco, California, will begin revival meetings at 116 South 14th street commencing Sunday Sept. 14 at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Services every night at 7:30, Special Music at all services.

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A Drought Crop '■M—■ oimi UM— v ■ 6 jK K w >* Roberta Scrimmlnger of Creston, la., is shown standing on a thirty-inch stepladder reaching for an ear of corn on a fourteen-foot stalk grown on the farm of Walter Putnam, near Creston.

LEADER NAMED BYJRESHMEN Paul Strickler Elected President of Yearling Class of D. H. S. Paul Strickler was elected president of the freshman class of Decatur high school at a short business meeting held this morning. Other officers elected today were Miss Mary Cowan, vice-president, Harold Blythe, secretary, and Marion Baker, treasurer. Miss Delores Wertenberger, instructor in the Domestic Science department, was named as guardian for the year. During the past week all four classes of Decatur high school have held organization meetings and chosen guardians for the year, together with their officers. Within the next few weeks the classes will again hold meetings for the purpose of outlining the work of the year. Chapel Held The first chapel program of the year was presented this morning by the “Pep Champs” and “Howling Hosts” together with Coach H. L. Curtis. The program was in the form of a p&p session to prepare for the first football game of the season, which will be played at Auburn tomorrow. Miss Ruth Macklin and Marion Baker, yell leaders, presided over a short period of yells and songs, with Mies Louise Hauboold presiding at the piano. Coach Curtis then gave a stirring talk, summing up Decatur’s chances of winning their first football game of the season. Later he introduced the football players who have already received letters, and then the new recruits who will make their first appearance on the gridiron tomorrow. Coach Burchard Horton, who has been drilling the football men for the past two weeks, then gave h. short talk, after which there were more songs and louder yells. o Summing It Up (By French Quinn) The American Legion is putting on a great fair week. There have been fine displays and lots of fun and entertainment. We think that all are enjoying it. The weather has been magnificent and that has been a tremendous help in the success of the week. We have a great county and a great people. To our thinking one of the highlights of the week was the “Old Settlers Meeting.” It is a fine sentiment and should be held each year. It is true that most of the people who are visitors of the fair are out primarily for a good time and that is as it should be. However, they are getting a lot ot satisfaction and practical benefit out of the fine stock, art, flower, etc., displays which are worth traveling a long ways to see. Nevertheless the crowds honored themselves when they honored the pioneer spirit of our community. It was truly fine to have it so vividly brought out at the meeting that the old fashioned virtues of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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PRIZEWINNERS FORM PARADE DOWN MIDWAY Crowd Smaller Than Thursday; Rides Get May Customers SATURDAY IS LEGION DAY Attains county’s horses and cattle strutted their sluff today in the grand finale livestock and horse parade. Hundreds of blue and red ribbon winners in the various exhibits formed a mile of march, estimated bv those versed in farm animal values at thousands of dollars. The General Electric band headed the parade, followed by 40 of the county’s best horses — and horses they were. Following the horses came the cattle. Cows, bulls, and calves al' dressed up for the big parade and all wearing their ribbon awards. The judges of the cattle and horse shows stated the animals showed here were of the best in the nation. The crowd was slow to arrive today and a light afternoon attendance was forecast by managers of the fair. Concessions began opening at 2 o’clock and at 3 o’clock the fair was in full swing. A few of the questionable concessions failed to open their stands today and it is understood they will tear down and leave soon. The four rides were getting a big play today and hundreds of kiddies hovered around the merry-go-round and swings. Shows reported a good attendance for a Friday crowd anil mosft of the stand operators appeared satisfied with the Friday attandance. The crowd w’as the smallest afternoon crowd of the week, but this was expected, those in charge pointed out. Free acts were the chief features of today’s program. All agricultural exhibits were open all day and were drawing a large attendance. A large crowd was predicted for tonight and Saturday's crowd was expected to set a new attendance mark. Hundreds of ex-service men from all parts of the state were expected to join tin the big final Soldiers' parade at 9 o'clock Saturday night. Fifteen drum corps and three bands will lead the final parade. Refreshment stands were doing a fair busiess today, but a majority of the visitors brought their own lunches. The exhibits were easily the feature of the fair and thousands packed the tents and buildings where the displays were shown at all hours of the day and night. Free acts, four of them, drew’ great crowds. The Flying LeRoys was acclaimed by’ many to be the greatest of all free acts. The Fair committee received countless numbers of approval for the | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

GANGSTER NEAR DEATH, TALKS Names Slayer to Police In First Death Confession On Gunman Chicago, Sept. 12 — (U.R) — A dying gangster “talked,” and as a result Nicholas Muscato, reputed leader of the notorious ”42’s and known to his friends as “the little man,” was charged today with murdering two of his own followers. Police said Muscato had blundered by trusting a boy and by not making sure that his second victim, Peter Nicastro, 25, known as “the Ape", was dead before he rolled him from a speeding automobile into a street. “The ape” appeared to be dead when officers picked him up, but they rushed him to a hospital. An injection of adrenalin revived him long enough for him to tell who had shot him. Muscato, called “the little man” because he is only five feet, one was 16 years old, detectives say was 16 yearso Id, detectives say. The gang then confined its activ(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)