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Alm votes fcfCTEDTOBE ■IST IN STATE Officers and Legis- £ e Are of Chief InJWerest In Indiana ®E SCRAPS ® | (iK ( (INGRESS Nov. I. (UR), between linll a ( W, ni" l :l Hoosier! to file polls today CMrhie what effect Hie I jKmlieli! t!i<l flepression .«^a lV( . upon the partisan *<.>n ~| slate officers i presentatives. of thirteen con-i IKh'ii.’t'li "I whom lire r. ■ held the w ,t* officers the backf^K centered genof the vote depended! township and '•-m®. which are tile ,■ whether 'off- ” i . small. a big vote, hut iia-ti ]>iuved a vital fa<- - Hoosier elections, lacking th veur. The wet and , ..- entered directcampaign, was al- ( O.ltirelv absent. ' -sues to confute t expected that - ve a dearer indicafor many years of their colors. women werr contesting in i >wer house of the, ass< tnbly today. They Mrs. Bertha' uubliean. Terre i Haines. Dematloi of Sullivan, and ■it ■ Dinkin, Democrat, ■■ ■ remained with-HBinn'-e William C. Bate Rensselaer, who Mln i ..ot three sessions ’• .lidatii'o. was witlifur the seat repreJasei ami Newton coun|BVill Adjust Loss . .N,,v. 4. _ qjp; _ ' it y cans, d by the of too recently subdued MB Rif'i ■ will be adjusted by |^B l " , iirh ’misting of officers B” 'io|. uni Company, |M r » "f 'lie unruly gusher, — president, said tos ‘suits were filed to property spray- ’ ee.ni, Morgan said R'.i !>e considered bv Kt' 1 ' — Seek Jobs 1"Nov. 4.- (U.R) — A <’ ".'mists, claiming to |K" ’ ! ‘ -'I.OOO unemployed in miied upon the city ■B *n ■' ,si on ia s t night, and Hmt everything possbe done to provide jobs. ■K* 1 ol ice group left the city ■■■autos. — o ■I TAXES GO ■Delinquent E? n ' s County Citizens ff* to Pay $30,000 s I In Taxes Here goity treasurer Ed Ashbaucher •an 'y” a,e(l that between $25,JoO.OOO of the 1930 taxes reBiK 1 "'" ai ' 1 today ' This antount e > than any previous year. receipts received through yesterday Monday's colamounted to about $150,000 Bterl lbai “ her Btated - Much ot a J s tax money was received 1 I 'e mails. Checks from Hie Blttes . P ' Pe !iue companies and ■ll T Were rece * v ed through the Ashbaucher stated. EX , turday the receipts u- ■ thl v ° about Dso.ooo.The 'ota! ■n L‘,m' en ’ ,)er lax es was more ■it ? Pay w ’thout the ten pe;' fMnalty being added.

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Butler Gets Lead In First Precinct Returns I New Ashford, Mass., Nov. 4. ((J.R) —William M. Butler, republican | candidate for United States senator, received 29 votes to 4 for Marcus A. Coolidge, his democratic opponent, in this little Berkshire hill village, first town to report in today's election. In tlie 1926 election, in which Butler was defeated by David I. Walsh, democrat, the republican candidate received 14 votes to 8 for Walsh. Increased anti-prohibition sentiment also was registered in this normally bone dry town. Whereas lin the non-mandatory referendum |cn prohibition repeal in 1928 New I Ashford voted 1,3 to 3 in favor of the dry law, the town cast 11 votes today in favor of repeal of the Massachusetts "baby Volstead act" | compared with 19 against repeal. CLAIM CAPONE TRIED BRIBES Chicago Judges Verify Story That Gangster Attempted Peace Chicago, Nov. 4 —((J.R) —Reported attempts of Scarface Al Capone to ‘‘make deals" with two Chicago judges who have led the drive against him and other gangsters | was cited by the judges today as proof that the underworld power has increased rather than de-j j creased in Chicago. In delivering his charge to the November grand jury yesterday. Judge John P. McGoorty stated that “overtures" had been made to i him by "the most heralded and ! powerful gangster leader in Cook' I county." He said the gangster had offered Ito withdraw from all racketeering ' activities and leave the city if; allowed to control the beer bnsi-l nees here from some remote point. Later. Judge John H. Lyle, who, with McGoorty, has led the citywide drive against crimd, said he also had been approached by a representative of Capone and that the gangster had offered to surrender on a vagrancy warrant and leave the city if assured he would not be prosecuted. Both judges said they had refused the offers and McGoorty charged the jury that “there must not be any compromise with lawlessness.” McGoorty said the boldness of the offer proved that gangs were not being driven out. but that instead one gang was gaining more and more power asNminor gangs were broken up. “One by one," he said, “small ' gangs are being wiped out, but complete control of protected vice and crime is concentrating in a single organization.” McGoorty diivulged that the Capone overture was made through Michael J. Calvin, secretary and treasurer of the Teamster's Union. He expressed an opinion that Galv'n had acted as a “go-between" in the hope that the unions might rid themselves of racketeers. O -9 —' —■ Attendant Is Kidnaped Warsaw, Ind.. Nov. 4. — (U.R) ~ Three negroes surprised Samuel Parker at the Oram and Sons commercial auto garage here where he was on duty as night attendant early today, and bound and kidnaped him after taking $47 from the cash register. The bandits carried Parker in an auto to a place five miles from Warsaw, where he was left tied to a fence. He was able to remove his bonds after working at them for an hour. — —o Terre Haute Vote Heavy Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 4—(UP) —An early and heavy vote was Indicated in Terre Haute today as the electorate flocked to the pells to cast their ballots before going to work. A dense fog enveloped the cit y . A survey just before opening ot the polls indicated a republican victory in the congressional race with 1 state offices onsiderably doubtful and country offices expected to be almost evenly divided. Gives Chief Address Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 4. —tU-R) — Mrs. James B. Crankshaw, Fort ! Wayne, Indiana, state regent of the , D A R., spoke before members ot • the general De Lafayette chapter here this afternoon.

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ARMISTICE DAI BANQUET WILL BE HELD HERE Legion to Sponsor Annual Event Next Tuesday At K. C. Hall SERVICE CLUBS TO CO-OPERATE Pltuis have been completed for the third annual Annis-; lice Dav banuuet, open to till I citizens of Adams county, 10l be held next Tuesday nitfht,! November 11 at the K. of C. hall. Ihe banquet is spoil-1 sored each year by Adams I post, American Legion. The speaker for the occasion will | be announced in a day of two, I tho ein charge stated. Tickets! for the annual affair will be sold for 50 cents each and the banquet will lie served at 6:30 o'clock. Members of the Legion, Rotary club. Lions dub and Chamber of Commerce are especially invited to the affair, and committees of each of ttiose organizations have been; appointed to take care of the sale ■ of tickets. Ia»o Ehinger stated today that; the 50 cents charge for tickets would pay only for the banquet and that Adams post of the Legion would take care of all other ex- ! pense. This plan was devised in I order to have a larger attendance. . Expenses of the speaker, hall and I ticket printing will be paid by the Legion. The Armistice Day banquet was Instituted here three years ago and each year the attendance grows. Plans are being made to have between 150 and 20(1 men in attendance at the 1930 celebration. The banquet will be the first/ public event sponsored by th,*; j Legion under the newly installetl I i officers. A delegation from Berne} |and Geneva will attend, it was re-; ported to Legion headquarters; today. Death Is Accidental Winamac, Ind., Nov. 4 —(UP) — Death of John Dearmand, 39. who was shot fatally at Medaryville last Tuesday night by Mrs. Belle Abe), widow of ten days, was accidental, coroner H. J. Halleck reported in his verdict. Mrs. Abel said Deadmand had told her the revolver with which she shot him. was unloaded, and had asked her to point it at him . and pull the trigger, to test her aim. It was good. ——o— HOOVER SHOWS NO INTEREST President Will Not Wait Up For Election Returns, Report Washington. Nov. 4.—(U.R)’— Tlle excitement and bustling activity of watching and discussing election returns through the night will be missing at the White House tonight, for President Hoover has decided not to wait up for the results of the voting to determine control of the next congress. A quiet evening at home was planned by the President and Mrs. Hoover. A few friends may drop in. Radio returns will be heard. But no particular guests have been invited and Mr. Hoover plans to retire at his usual bedtime, around 10 p. m. In past years it has been a custom on election night to connect the White House with the wires of the United Press and other press associations. This Will not be done this year. There also will be a lack of activity at headquarters of the republican national committee. No special arrangements have been made to receive the returns there. The votes of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were sent by airmail to California. Secretary of Interior Wilbur, also from California, sent an absentee ballot. Secretary of State Stimson, from New York, and Secretary of Commerce Lamont, from Illinois, voted in the same manner. Secretary of Navy Adams and Secretary ot Agriculture Hyde were unable to return to their homes to vete. No absentee ballots are permitted in their respective states of Massachusetts and Missouri.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 1, 1930.

‘Daddy’ of Boy Scouts A.-/ ’ S? ■ fSB h x 1 PA’ I i ■ I ‘ i ZMtStWM-OIWIM — xaKOHMB “Uncle" Dan Beard (left), 80. National Scout commissioner since the formal organization of the Boy Scouts in 1910, was greeted in Chicago upou h:n arrival there from New York by E. Urner Goodman (right), Chicago scout executive. Beard told how he first conceived the idea of a Boy Scout organization while a boy in Kentucky and that I three years before the movement was organized in England he held his | first meeting in New York.

SINKING SHIP IS ABANDONED I Radio Message Says 40 Men Are Safe on Japanese Freighter San Francisco, Nov. 4. — <U.R) —{ Tlis Seiyo Marti, Japanese freighter, its rudder gone and wallowing in a dense fog off the Aleutian Islands. was abandoned early today,, a wireless dispatch received here said. Forty men aboard the stricken vessel were reported to ho safe on the Shiraha Maru, another Japanese ship, which answered the call for aid. The message received today was from the United States steamer California which had rushed to the rescue of the Japanese vessel. It said: '‘Abandoned Derelici Seiyo Maru. Drifting in sinking condition. Last position 49.20 north, 177.20 east.” I Another message received at' Portland, Ore., said the crew mem-1 bers had been shifted to the Shiraha Maru at 2:30 a. m., and that the California was proceeding on its way to the Orient. The Seiyo Maru sent out an SOS at 5 a. m. Sunday and the California started to the rescue. The Japanese vessel later reported that her life boats had been swept away. Intermittent radio messages from rhe Seiyo Maru also reported that the ship, with a cargo of 817,000 bushels of wheat and 100,000 feet of logs, had developed a 18-degree list. American rescue vessels Were unable to find the stricken ship because they could not understand the directions given in Japanese by the Seiyo Maru’s radio operator. The Shiraha Maru reached the vessel only a few hours before it was abandoned. Revival Is In Progress Tlie revival meetings being held at the Antioch church, west of this city, have been largely attended and much enthusiasm has been manifested. Rev. C. I. Canen, pastor is the speaker at the meetings and Norman Zimmerman of Geneva is the song leader. On next Friday night a special program will be presented for young people. A quartette from Fort Wayne Bible Training School will be present Friday night and will remain tor the week-end services. j The public is cordially invited to attend the Young People’s meeting, and any of the other meetings.

Conference Opens Today I Indiana Harbor, Ind., Nov. 4.— ;U F ; A delegation of 300 parsons met at St. Catherine’* hospital in I Indiana Harbor today for the opening of the Indiana state conference of Catholic hospitals. The Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. I Wall, of the Fort Wayne diocese, land the Venerable Sister M. Sa- | bina, president of the Indiana con- | ference, were scheduled to make - address s. Mayor F. W. O'Connor, | East Chicago, gave the welcoming address. The conference pregram includ'ed two days of clinical and pro|fes:»3nal discussion, a tour of the city’s industries and a banquet tomorrow night that will (dose the meeting. —• -o ILLINOIS WILL MSI 810 VOTE Senatorial Fight Draws I Attention of Nation; Also Dry Scrap Chicago, Nov. 4 —(UP) —The Illinois electorate voted today on two of the most absorbing questions before the nation. The first was whether it would el ect for the first time in history, a 'woman to sit in the United States Senate. The second was whether k desired the 18th amendment to remain. Party lines were broken and political alliances of yeafs shattered as the voters went to their booths. ir. the balance lying the senatorial aspirations of Ruth Hanna McCormick. James Hamilton Lewis and Lottie Holman O'Neil. At least 2,000,000 ballots were expected to be cast in the senatorial contest and on the prohibition ref erendum. All signs pointed to a record vote. Mild temperatures and Sunny skies were forecast. From Cook county and downstate came reports of high (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) • ‘ ~Q Train Strikes Auto The automobile driven by Julius Heideman of west of Decatur was damaged last night about 6 o'clock .when struck by a northbound train on the Pennsylvania railroad at the Monroe street crossing. Mr. Heideman, who was driving east on Monroe street, evidently failed to see the slowly approaching train, and drove onto the crossing. The rear of the car was struck, damag ing it slightly. Mr. Heideman was not injured.

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RED CROSS TO CONDUCT DRIVE EOR MEMBERS: County Organization Is Being Formed; Drive to Start November 11 MORE MEMBERS TO BE SOUGHT 1 Preliminary plans tire be- 1 ini' formed lor the annual j Adams countv Red Cross! membership drive, Miss An- ' nie Winnes. county secretary slated today. The drivel throughout Ihe nation willi start November 11, Armistice I Dav and will last until’ Thanksgiving day. Complete plans for tho drive and appointment of chairmen and committee members will be an-1 nounced in the next few days, it 1 was said today. National ami! ( state organizations already are functioning and are completing plans in every part of the country. Andrew J. Mellon, secretary ot the treasury, stated recently concerning tho Red Cross organization: “No one can predict when or ; where disaster may occur or acute emergency arise. The American , Red Cross represents our community insurance against such mis- ; fortunes. The organization stands j, ready at all times to render speedy , relief to any stricken area in our own country or to assist in the relief of disaster in foreign countries. The Red Cross is the agency , which carries on when amergency , has disrupted customary modes and means of life in a community. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o—« KIDNAPER TO RERETORNEO iGalva, 111., Officials Go to Detroit to Return Gang Member Detroit, Nov. 4.—(U.R)—William Winslow, wanted in Galva, 111., for the kidnaping of Earl Yocum, wealthy banker, sat in a cell at police headquarters today awaiting the arrival of the sheriff of Henry county. Illinois. Winslow, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence, enjoyed a brief respite today from the grilling of detectives. “We’re only waiting for the sheriff to arrive and then we’ll start on him again," saiil Detective Sergeant Frank Gutch, one of Winslow's captors. The Illinois sheriff was expected to arrive this afternoon. Winslow sticks to his story that he knows nothing of the Yocum case and fled Illinois because he was caught operating a still on his farm in Stark county. He came to Detroit, lie says, with Rolland Schimel, another Illinois farmer, to visit Schimel's son, Elmer, at whose home Winslow was arrested. Winslow was named by Verne Algren, held in Illinois, as the leader of the gang that kidnaped Yocum and held him prisoner several days. The banker's wife tricked them out of SIO,OOO ransom, leaving a bundle of sticks at the place appointed for payment. _ — n — - — Walsh May Lose Butte, Mont., Nov. 4. — (U.R) — Thomas J. Walsh, Montana’s veteran 71-year-old United States senator, was believed facing one of the most severe political tests of his long career in today's election. The veteran Teapot Deme oil scandal investigator, an ardent dry, was opposed for re-election by Albert J. Galen, republican, asso- , ciate justice of the state supreme court, who declared for prohibition reform. o — . — Three Die In Mishap Rockford. 111., Nov. 4—(UP) —A i stalled truck caused the death of three men and brought injuries to four others when it was struck by two automobiles on a state highway near here today. The truck, owned by Joe Schouli nan. 50, was stalled on the side of , of the road when a roadster driven ! by Maurice Sharpe, 18, ran Into it. Sharpe and his companion, Roy . McKinney, 18 were injured, the latter probably fatally.

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Pinchot Faces Fight Philadelphia, Nov. 4. — (U.R) — ' Pennsylvania's heated gubernatorial campaign reached a climax today when about 2,000,000 voters went to the polls to decide tlie hitter race between Gifford Piifchof. republican and prohibitionist, and John M. Hemphill, democrat and liberal wet. The entire country was keenly i watching the outcome, as the result will lie interpreted by many as a test vote on prohibition. In the state, however, tlie wet and dry issue was only one of many involv- i ed. Skilled political observers felt the final count would be close. For the first time in 40 years control cf the Gibraltar state of re- I publicanism was being threatened by the democrats. O ; HEFLIN SEEKS SENATE SEAT: Outcast Democrat Has Own Party In Alabama At State Election Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 4 —(U.R) I —Alabama held an election today ' whiich echoed loudly the HooverSmith battle of 1928. For the first time in 36 years the state was confronted by an intra-party Democratic contest of first magnitude, and in consequence a total poll of 250.000 votes or more was in prospect. Clear, crisp November weather forecast a heavy turnout. Boiled down to its ultimate essential, it was a test of the ability of the regular Democratic machine to discipline one man— ' J. Thomas Heflin—-for bolting the party's presidential nominee two years ago. It was because Heflin, senator' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Bandit Gets Sentence Sturgis, Mich.. Nov. 4. — (U.R) — The bandit career of Harold Holdsworth. 22, which began in Auburn, Ind., in 1925, today was ended, at least for the next seven and onehalf to 15 years. Holdsworth must serve that term in Jackson prison for robbing a local grocery Saturday night. He was aided in the holdup by his 17-year-old bride. The loot of s3l was recovered from the bottom of a cistern after the young bandit's capture and confession. He was arrested Sunday and pleaded guilty to robbery armed in circuit court yesterday. 0 CHICAGO WILL EMPLOY 18,000 City Devises Plan to Aid In Unemployment of Great Number Chicago, Nov. 4. —(U.R) — The heads of 18,000 Chicago families will be given steady employment at $5 a day this winter "dressing up" the qity in preparation for the 1933 world fair, according to an announcement by the recently organized state unemployment commission. None but family heads will be employed on the work, which will be undertaken as a means of l emergency relief during the general business depression, it was •said by George Woodruff, chairman of the finance committee of the (state commission. Under the plan, which was proposed by Dr. Martin Hayes Bickham, dlivfteion superintendent of the Illinois free employment bureau, the men will be given jobs cleaning streets and alleys, land(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, o— Injured In Mishap Geneva, hid., Nov. 4—Miss Thelma Webb of Geneva was slightly injured when the car in which she was riding overturned in a ditch along Federal road 27. a half mile south of Bryant, Sunday. The driver steered his automobile into the ditch to avoid hitting a truck which was turning around on the highway. Other occupants of the car who received minor scratches and bruises were tlie Misses Helen Bushong and Dorothy Lowman, the Messrs. Russel and Rolland Frakes and Walter Teeters all of Portland.

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COUNTY VOTE TO BE NORMAL LEADERS SAY Democratic Victory In County and Gains In Congress Predicted RETURNS TO BE RECEIVE!) 'l ite people of Aditnis county went to the polls today. At 2 o'clock Ihis afternoon voting wtts regarded to be about normal, with heavy voting reported in it few of the precincts. It is thought by political leaders that the vote when tabulated will be only slightly above normal. Voters were taking little time at the noils, which indicated that then* were many straight tickets. Prior to today, it had lx>en predicted that some of the Democratic candidates on the Adams county ticket would have only slight majorities over their Republican opponents. Leaders today, however, changed their opinions and many wagers were offered that Democratic county candidates, would win by from 750 to 2,000. The day passed quietly with few votes being challenged. One election inspector. Albert Manlier. St. Marys township was removed from the election board last night on complaint of Republican chairman Paul Graham ami Republican candidate®. because he was a relative of Harry Daniel. Republican candidate for trustee of St. Marys township. The 34 Adams county precincts were opened at 6 o'clock this morning and during the first two hours, voting was extremely heavy. There were times between 10 o'clock this morning and 1 o’clock this afternoon tliat voting was light. Many rural voters worked in their fields until til’s afternoon and indications were that tlie last hour of voting would be heavy. The vote in Decatur was above normal. Most of the voters took little time to mark the four ballots. Little interest was shown in the constitutional convention referendum and those best informed predicted that the question would be defeated in Adams county. Few veteran politicians ventnr(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. Newspaper Plant Burns Tokio. Nov. 4. —(U.R) —The plant of tho Japan Advertiser, mod rn American newspap r. was destroy-' dd by fire early teday. The loss was estimated at 1,000,000 yen, ($500,000) half of which was covered by insurance. It was believed that defective wiring caused the fdazo. o — Bank Pays 5 Per Cent. Bluffton, Nov. 4 —(UP) Depositors of the Wells County bank, which closed February 13. 1928, wefe paid five per cent, on deposittoday by Morris E. Stults, receiver. The payment amounted to $49,0tt0 and brings the total payments to 30 per cent, two former payments having been made.. HOUSE CONTROL IS IN BALANCE Democrats May Make Big Gains In Both Houses of Congress New York, Nov. 4. — ,U.R) —Factors in the election today as regards republican or democratic control of senate and house, and wet and dry potentialities, follow: Senate Total membership, 96. Present senate: Republicans, 56; Democrats, 39; Farmer-Labor, one. ’To be elected today; 34 (onethird of the senate, which is a continuing body, or 32 members, normally are up for re-election every two years, but circumstances occasionally make special elections necessary, as this year.) Maine held her election in September. sending back a republican (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)