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lommodores Lose First Game To Reitz Os Evansville, 28-22

ME FIVE lIEFEATED lifBST ROUND I. Drop Game to Ev■ville After Tie Score Half. 12-12 ■iIINGTON BEATS JHandeksox TEAM HfMi (Hurd Ai m-' Indiana'Uf,.,,. 'IT' ■'■ were mimit."! from ('gflioti. i' after ■Um they w-r.- d.'i'eated in fame of tin- meet by ‘Manorial "■ ITi'isville. 28 to I Htirn h.d: will) tie knotted at the intei n; --i‘>n. Evansback stt <>: in the sec- ! pulled 'a m to a good iMovmtiie game by six points. w .„nnK mmodores ■ b divided V. I'll Cass th" p.dnt getter with three field a mill 10- s Lose stored powliira fit" and ('.age ■yd,, was '!"■ load point man winners with three field a pair m free throws. a.id Broihers ea. h stored ! Kml- will me, t th" winnei |Mwonii round battle at It (■'• ar.d summary; Kr FG. FT. TP. K ■et Kc ■t ■t ■tin 6 ■wille FG. FT. TP. Kef . . K,t I c 51 » Mheir g 4 ■efnr.g 4 ■M g 10 2 Hals 12 4 28 ■ Huntington Wins ■ Mar- . „f Inin',union defeated ■fry's Amlerson in the first ■o: the state tourney, 19 to 17 battle. ■roeder Jury Is ■ Chosen This Morning ■impolis Feb. 27 - t CPI—A ■to try Harold Herbert SchroeMobile Ala. on a murder was selected this morning ; IIS ATTACK IMSEO DEATH ■sician Testifies Shock ■®f Assault Killed ■ Arlene Braves ■fairaisii. Ind.. Fell. 27. — ((J.R) U*tie Draves, IS year-old mothKiri, died during a Cary' party of the shock of I ta l assault. Dr. James Bur■J' coroner's physician, testified i tn Virgi] Kirkland's trial on! degree murder charge, through a lengthy patholog'Mission, which had a pack■r rt room yawning because it ■J 1 "' 1 understand ind laughing ■r engtwi of the terms used. ■J 111 ™ 1 was the only witness ■° e worning session. croßSexa mined by Rich- ■ Chicago, one of the j“ry athlete's attorneys. He 11 * as caug ed by cerrebral ■"torrage. ■’defense contention was that a ’ ,ra * n con ’ ■WT'ED On PAGE EIGHT) Votes £ Against Increase ■ ipnc"’"' Feb ' 27 ~(UP)—The table' 18 n COmmittee today vot ’ ■•creaso o measu ’'es proposing ■wentari ' e size 01 the hou se of ■o save Legisla tion design■ep rp ,„ iany s:ates from looses K.„ nio on as a result of the ■jJASr “ w< " ■ S'ich t! le'l 8a i nßt attem P f >ng to ■ *M3 to 8 ° n at thi3 868 ’

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Rotarians Hear Talk On Dairv Business — Carl Klepper, territory manager for the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., of this city, gave an interesting talk on the creamery business before the members of the Decatur Rotary I club last evening. Mr. Klepper dealt , with the dairy business from the I time the butterfat is gathered from f the farm until it is made into butter I and then placed on the market. Mr. , Klepper stated that his company J operated 168 buying stations, manti-' factored between fourteen and fi.'-i teen million pounds of butter annually and paid to Adams county farmers about $200,000 a year for butterfat. Low martlet price for but terfat is not favorable to the butter making business. Mr. Klepper; stated. YT HURRICANE IN FIJI ISLANDS Disastrous Storm Kills at Least 100; Causes Great Damage Suva. Fiji Islands, Feb. 27. —(U.R) — Days and possibly weeks may elapse before full details are known of the disastrous hurricane which swept across the Fiji Islands, leaving in its wake a toll of at least 100 dead and heavy damage to buildings and crops. The hurrican drove a great wall of water before it and flooded huge areas in the Lautoka. Ra and Rewa districts. Practically every building in Lautoka was damaged and many were demolished. The roof of a hospital was torn off, hampering relief work among the injured and homeless. The hhicane which struck on the night of February 21, disrupted communications so that word of j the disaster was kept from the out-1 side world five days. Little yet is I known of the devastation wronght j in the remote sections of the 2.300 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Booth Tarkington Is Greatly Improved Philadelphia, Feb. 27. — (U.R> Rooth Tarkington, noted novelist, will leave today for his Indianapolis home after several weeks rest following an operation to restore his sight. The author was threatened with blindness but his sight has been greatly improved through the treatment, it is said. Members of Yeoman Lodge at. Fort Wayne yhe members of the local chapter of the Yeoman lodge were guests of chapter No 376 in Fort Wayne. Thursday night, at the program held in the Yeoman hall, there. George N. Frink, past president, of the home office, was the principal speaker at the gathering, and a class of 22 candidates was given the work of the organization. The Fort Wayne ladies degree team put on the drill work, which was very impressive. Following the program, a banquet was served to the members and guests. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE IS DEAD William L. Kayser, 41, Dies at Home of Parents in Fort Wayne William I. Kayser, 41. a native o! Adams county, died Thursday morn ing at Fort Wayne of a complication of diseases resulting from gas and shell shock suffered 'luring the World War. Mr. Kayser was bora in Williams, Adams county, and moved with his parents to Fort Wayne 36 years ago. He served as sergeant in Company D. Twenty-sec-ond engineers of the United States Army. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kayser, Fort Wayne; a brother Fred, five sisters, Mrs. Walter Merriett, Mrs. Ralph Rose, Mrs. Ben Barber and Mrs. Roy Ha gans. all of ort Wayne and Miss Edith Gayser of Toledo, Ohio. Private services will be held at the home at 2:30 o'clock Saturday, with burial in Concordia cemetery.

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CAPONE FOUND GUILTY ANO IS SENTENCED Judge Wilkerson Gives (Jang Leader Six Months Jail Sentence FIRST CONVICTION IN CHICAGO COURT Chicago. Feb. 27 -(U.R)— “Scarface Al" Capone was found guilty of contempt of federal court today by Judge James H. Wlikerson and sentenced to six months in jail. The judge made his decision unexpectedly as soon as final arguments were finished. He had been expected to take the case under advisement. The gang leader, forewarned by remarks of the judge during the final arguments, gulped and flushed when the jail sentence was decreed. He refused to comment. The decision marked the first time in Capone's 10 years of gang leadership in Chicago that he had been convicted in a local court. The only other conviction behind his name was in Philadelphia, in 1929, and that for carrying a' pistol. The contempt case grew out of, Capone's alleged illness at his i Miami. Fla., estate in March. 1929, when the government ordered him 'o appear here and tell what he knew about the Chicago Heights liquor conspiracy. Instead of appearing, Capone sent an affidavit that he was too ill to travel and that the Chicago climate would be dangerous to his health. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 1-TVE) — o NOT TO APPOINT TAX COMMITTEE Walter Myers Not To Name Committee Until Later Date Indianapolis, Feb. 27.— <U.R) — A conference committee to Iron out senate and house differences on the personal income tax bill, will not be appointed by Speaker Walter Byers in tlm house, until the corporation income tax bill is definitely disposed of, Myers announced today. Myers issued a formal announcement in reply to insistence that he appoint- the conference committee, which would meet with a group from the senate. "This is no matter of cheap politics,” Myers said, after giving recognition to the insistence for the committee. "To take attention away from the corporation income tax bill would be nothing more than to throw away to those who honestly believe that the income tax measures will cure all defects of the present system of taxation. "Lieutenant Governor Edgar A. Bush is making a diligent and earnest effort to enact into the laws the complete income tax system of both individual and corpor(CONTTNUED ON PAGE TWO) oDistrict Meeting Here Next Wednesday The Decatur Red Men will be hosts to the third district meeting at the Decatur Red Men's Hall, Wednesday, March 3, at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Smith, of South Bend, Great Junior Sagamore, will be the principal speaker. Nine tribes of district number three will attend the meeting. A luncheon will be served after the business meeting. March Section Will Have Regular Meeting The March Section of the Evangelical Brotherhood will be in charge of the regular meeting of Monday night, at 7:30. All men. especially of the Church and Sunday School are most cordially invited. The men in charge promise a most interesting and helpful evening. The program will be full of surprises, thrilling with interest, and full of instruction The entire program, including the refreshments will be provided by the March Section.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 27, 1931.

f * Obey The Law. Say Condemned Men Columbia, S. C„ Feb. 27.— | <U.R) —Six negroes were electro- | cuted today for the murders of | j two men. “Tell the younger generation ■ to obey the law and listen to j | what the white folks tell them," I the condemned men said in a i joint sttaement before they | ; died. In the order of their electrocution, they were: John Ark- I | wright, Tillman Poozer, Geo. Byrd. James Hickman, Robert Eldredge, Ernest Thomas. All but Poozer were convictI ed of murdering B. W. Hend* | | rix, Lexington merchant, on | the night of Jan. 6. this year. i | Poozer confessed he killed C. | D. Mills. Lexington county watchman. i « OFFICIALS WILL MEET MONDAY County Council and Commissioners Will Hold Meeting Monday The county commissioners and , members of the county council will meet next Monday at the court house to transact county business. The commissioners will be busy with road matters. Viewers reports on seven proposed road improvements will probably be filed with the board and action on them will be taken. Several of the road improvements will be ordered sold and bids received for their improvement at the April session of the board. Members of the county council i have requests for appropriations j totaling $38,410.24, the largest item i I being a request for $30,000 for I building a new bridge replacing • the old Scheimann bridge, spanning the St. Mary's river in Preble township. This is the second time that action on building the bridge | has been taken, the state board of tax commissioners refusing authorization to the county to issue bonds on the improvement. Other requests include, $3,350 for the special election held in Adams county on January 22, SI,OOO, for the country agricultural association for premiums in the livestock and agricultural department of the street fair, $1,200 for insurance on the court house and other miscellaneous items. o Oechsle Funeral Services Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Clifford : Oschsle, who died at the home ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson. Thursday forenoon, will be held Sunday afternoon at the > Evangelical church. The time of the services will not be determined until the pastor, Rev. M. W. Sunderman returns from Huntingburg Where he is attending the funeral of his sister. An announcement of the exact time will be made in Saturday's Democrat. CONGRESSMAN IS ARRAIGNED Representative Row bottom Enters Plea of Not Guilty Today Indianapolis, Feb. 27. —-(U.R) — Harry E. Rowbottom, Evansville, . Republican congressman from the ■ first Indiana district, today pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment ou nine counts charging “sale” of postal appointments, when arraigned in United States ’ district court here. Rowbottom is alleged to have accepted $1,750 in trade for pat- ' ronage, which has led to dismissal ' of four southern Indiana postmasters and a rural mail carrier. ' Trial will be held in Evansville 1 district court April 14. ■ Five persons named as recipients 1 of Rowbottoin’s influence have > not been indicted and are expect--1 ed to testify for the state at the ! trial. (CONTINUED ON PACE FIVE)

MEN'S MEETING WELL ATTENDED Many Attend Brotherhood Me e t At Methodist Church; Closes Tonight The two day meeting of the Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal church which began Thursday evening, will close here tonight with a mass meeting for the public, beginning at seven o'clock in the Methodist church auditorium. Mr. H. H. Parish of Minneapolis, , Minn, secretary of the St. Paul Area lof the Methodist Brotherhood will again deliver the principal address cn the subject of “Applied Christianity". Tlie evening service will begin at seven and will adjourn at 7:50 o'clock in order tliat the public may still have time to witness the Ken-dallville-Decatur basketball game, whi< h begins at eight o'clock. A noon session was hied at the Rice hotel, today, at which time Mr. Parish met with tile heads of the various divisions appointed Thurs day evening. Another group meeting will be held at six o'clock tonight at the church, and will precede the evening service. Groups Appointed The Men's Brotherhood was divided into a number of groups for special work and include the following: Boys work, Avon Burk; Church service, Dan Tyndall; Community service, Leigh Bowen; Evangelism, \V. F. Beery; Finance, C. D. Lewton; Stewardship, E. D. Colter; World Service. C. L. Walters. A large and enthusiastic crowd attended the opening session, Thursday evening which was in the form of a banquet. Rev. Arthur B. Brown, newly appointed pastor (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o FORMER DECATUR RESIDENT DIES

David Stoller, 93, Dies at Home of Daughter in Paulding, Ohio David Stoller, aged 93. of Pauld ing, Ohio, for thirty-five years a resident of Decatur, died at th? home of his daughter, Mrs. Harve Smith in Paulding. Friday mornint at 2:30 o’clock. Death was due to senility. Mr. Stoller was born in Jeromeville, Ohio, on October 23, 1838. Following his marriage he moved to Kendallville, where he was the oldest member of the Knights of Pythias lodge. Later he moved to Decatur and made his home on West Monroe street. He remained here, engaged as a painter, until three years ago when he and Mrs. Stoller moved to Paulding, Ohio, to make their home with their (laughter, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Stoller preceded her husband in death a year ago. The following children survive, Mrs. Harve Smith of Paulding; Mrs. E. B. Michner of Chester, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Maiissa Miller of Cleveland, Ohio; and C. A. Stoller of Palermo, California. One child is deceased. Funeral services will be held for Mr. Stoller Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Harve Smith in Paulding, with the Dr. William Edward Putt, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church there, of ficiatlng. Pallbearers for the funeral will be L. C. Annen, Harve Shroll, Dore B. Erwin, Cal Peterson, Sim Burk and C. E. Bell all of Decatur. Italian Soprano Will Give Program Sunday Miss Thtrtdolinda Castellini. Ita Ban soprano, will present a program at the Cross Reformed church in Berne Sunday evening, March 1. This announcement was -made Thursday by Rev. J. L. Conrad, whose wife is a personal friend of Miss Castellini. The program will start at 7:30 o'clock Sunday Red Cross Relief Fund Totals $415.26 Previously reported $365.11 Saylors Motor Co. 5.00 Berne 40.10 Bob Holthouse -05 Wm. Sellemeyer 5.00 Total $415.26

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FREE SCHOOL BOOK MEASURE IS LAID AWAY House Votes 56 to 36 To Shelve Measure; Believe Bill Is Dead GOTTSCHALK OFFERS AMENDMENT TODAY Indianapolis, Feb. 27 —(UP) — The Galloway-Lee-Blaek House free test book nil), providing free common school texts, to lie furnished by the state beginning witli the 193132 school year, was shelved withindefinite postponement in tne house today, by a vote of 56 to 36. The bill included a revenue-rais-ing provision, whereby texts would have been financed from a fund created by taxes on malt, and various tobacco products. Proponents of the bill put up a valiant fight, but lost after demanding a roll call. Barring reconsideration, which in the waning days of the session has become frowned upon in most cases the free test book question is settled at least two years. Sterilization Bill Killed Indianapolis, Feb. 27 —(UP) —The Senate today without debate killed the house criminal sterilization bill The measure provided that juries might impose an additional pen(CONTINUEti GN PAGE SIXi o— Charles Sether Home Is Damaged By Fire The local fire department was called to the Charles Sether resi dence on West Monroe street, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, where a roof fire was reported. The fire originate dfrom sparks from the chimney and damaged the roof ■ with a total Joss of S2O, Jack Friedt, city fire chief, stated. o Liberty Center Bank Robber Confesses Bluffton, Feb. 27. — Roy Mossburg, cashier of the Liberty Center State bank, reports that he made a trip a few days ago to the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton, for the purpose of seeing Joel Stamper. Muncie man. who was sentenced; at Logansport several months ago I for the holdup and robbery of a i bhnk at Twelve Mile, near Logans-! port, and suspected at that time of| the robbery at the Liberty Center i bank in April. 1930. Mossburg, who identified Stamper at the time of his arrest at Muncie as the Liberty, Center bandit, states that after lie had talked to Stamper a short time at the reformatory, Stamper broke down and burst into tears, and admitted the robbery' at Liberty Center, in which loot amounted to slightly more than $1,400. Mossburg says that Stamper admitted the theft at Decatur of an automobile for the Liberty Center job. The machine in which he and his wife tied to Indianapolis and thence to Tulsa, Okla., where they spent most of last summer. THE NEW YORK WORLD IS SOLD Scripps - Howard Combines Famous Newspaper With New York Telegram New York Feb. 27—(UP)—The first edition of the World-Telegram appeared today as a 44-page paper and included many features of tne Evening World. The masthead of the new paper today carried both the former mastheads of the “Evening World" and “The New York Telegram." Included among the Evening World features appearing in the combined newspaper were a page of cartoons a sport age carton and inside news carton and the dramatic column of Bide Dudley Evening World dramatic critic. New York, Feb. 27. —(U.R)' —The New York World, a nationally known institution, passed out of existence today and in its place (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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Mrs. John Lusk Is Injured by Angry Bull Berne, Ind., Feb. 27. —(Special) — Mrs. John Lusk, residing on a farm three miles east of here in Wabaih township received painful injuries when she was attacked by lan angry bull in the barnyard of her home this forenoon.' Mrs. Lusk let some cattle out of the barn and the bull became suddenly enraged, attacked her and I threw her into the air. She was able to get up and walk to the house where she collapsed. A local I physician was called and it was j learned her injuries were not of a j serious nature. It is not thought any bones were i broken, and only painful bruises were sustained by the attack. MONROE M'COWN SPEAKSATDERNE Purdue Specialist Addresses Meeting at Berne Thursday Monroe McCown, horticulture extension specialist of Purdue University, spoke to nearly eighty men and women in the community auditorium at Berne Thursday night on the subject of small fruits. L. E. Archbold. Adams county agent, be-i fore introducing the speaker, stat-i ed that as Adams county farmers I will not have sugar beets as a cash' crop and the government outlook | is not favorable for the usual crops I grown in the county, it would be ■ well to consider some of the high value small fruits as a source of income. Mr. McCowan discussed the prop(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o REQUESTS DELAY ON APPLICATIONS Director of Veteran Bureau Wishes to Rush Aid to Needy Vets Washington, Feb. 27—(UP) —A request that world war veterans not in actual need delay their applies-, lions for loans under the new law | for a few days until veterans in poor II ircumstances can be cared for was I issued today by Col. George Hains, director of the U. S. Veterans burleau. | Newspapers and broadcasting systems were asked by Colonel Ijams to give wide publicity to the request. “The idea is that those in real 1 poverty should be given the opportunity to get their money first," Ijams said. "The others can come in later." Anticipating the final passage of the bonus bill, the bureau lias prepared telegrams for immediate dispatche to regional offices authorizing increases in the forces of woikers. Additional funds in the regional offices are also being provided for prompt payment of loans. “Eevery effort lias been made in advance to build up a machine (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO' Funeral Rites For Mrs. Miller Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Miller, 48, sister of Ira Thompson of this city who died at the St. . Joseph hospital Wednesday night, , will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the M. E. church in Ossian, with Rev. Homer Studabaker officiating. Mrs. Miljer died following an operation. She was born in Ohio, ' October 2. 1883. Surviving is the ' husband, rank Miller of Waynedale, an adopted son, VV. J. Hockenberry, at home, and the following bro- ■ thers and sisters: Mrs. Alice Hite 1 of Kingsland; Ira Thompson of this city; and three sisters and a bro- : tlier residing in other states. !Q— ■ - ! Garard Funeral Rites Sunday at 1:30 o’Clock ■ i Funeral services for Lawrence Garard, of Fort Wayne, formerly of ? Decatur, will be held Sunday after- • noon at 1:30 o’clock at the home of f his mother. Mrs. Mary Garard. at >|7o4 High street Fort Wayne. Burial will be made in the Maplewood I cemetery in Decatur.

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SENATE PASSES MEASURE OVER HOOVER'S VETO Vote Was 76 to 17; Veterans Can Borrow Half of Amount Due HECTIC SCENE AT PASSAGE OF BILL Washington, Feb. 27.— i—The senate today passed the .veteran’s loan bill over rre-. I dent Hoover’s veto and the measure became law. The bill, vetoed yesterday, was immediately passed for the second time by the house by an overwhelming majority aiid sent to the senate. The. senate, however, chose to hold it lover until today, when it became I the first order of business. I Tlie vote in the senate was 76 to 1 17. The vote yesterday in the | house was 328 to 79. . Shouts and hisses came from ■the gallery during the debate when I Senator Hastings, Republican. Delaware, said there would lie veterans who would “steal the certificates from their wives and go out and borrow money to spend a night with another woman." Immediately there were cries of “No. no, no!” and Senator Moses, Republican. New Hampshire, who ' was presiding, called loudly for I order. President Hoover in his veto I message had assailed tlie theory land practice of tlie loan proposal. !He said it would be a serious I burden on the treasury, would help the veterans relatively little, and would set a dangerous precedent. The bill as enacted provides a flat loan value on adjusted compensation certificates of 50 per cent, of the maturity face value. 1 less the principle amt interest of any prior loan. It also rethiceu I the interest rale to four and onei half per cent. In order to negotiate a loan, a veteran must hive I had his policy at least two years Thus a veteran, whose policy calls for a face value of SI,OOO can brorow SSOO at four and one-half per cent, interest compounded annually. If he has borrowed in tlie past, the small amount due on his previous loan will be deducted. o Ton Litter Entry List (’loses Saturday Saturday will be the final day for entries in the Adams count) ton litter contest, according U) an announcement today by County Agent L. E. Archbold. Entries may be filed with tlie county agent or at the H. P. Schmitt meat market. FIRE DESTROYS TWO BUILDINGS Meat Market and Barber Shop at Wren, Ohio, Burned This A. M. Two business houses in Wren. Ohio, were totally destroyed by me shortly after midnight this morning at an estimated loss of $1,500 to $2.000. The buildings destroyed were occupied by the William Dilbow meat market and the Frank Young barber shop. A dry cleaning estab lishment was also boused in the barber shop building. The buildings were both owned by A. J. Culley, who stated that insurance would cover the loss. Origin ot the fire is unknown although it is thought to have been caused by an overheated stove in the meat market. o Chauncey E. Young Dies In Fostoria, O. Chauncey E. Young, brother of Miss Mattie Young and Mrs. Lucy Fry of Blue Creek township, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Fostoria, Ohio, according to a card received at this office this afternoon from Mrs. Fry. The message did not give the cause of death and said arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Mt. Young was a resident of De- ■ catur for a number of years and was for some time proprietor of the People's restaurant. He spent J his boyhood here and attended the public schools. He left Decatur | about twenty-five years ago.