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ftlON WINS I -■ST GAME OF fIJIONAL MEET ■ |)i>play Ih'lensixe flßrength To Score <■ 18-8 Win ■l. BATTLE AT »|(M K IOXK.HT Bulletin Newcastle ll^BlbKrn—Menton 33. Lima 17. on -A.i: ■ Kokomo 31. BOS- - L cpn-.port 35, paraiso — r .ice Mann Brook 16. 1 South Culver 25. - |M ir , ;( nn»: W o.mngt n 34. Tennyson 25: Tell . • '■ 29: Dan - ’S’ - 19. 16i'e—R nd 25: Con32. Cor- ■ 18. _z Yellow J.e kets will |M|h>- Bln:: I icei s iii the lit'i.: tlm 'onniey toNorth .- ■ gym in Fort I as the resui: if their 19-141 .uterno >n M game was haril ,'oiig it all wi'li le .ion holding the only or.■ point in the third I Decatur -ailing 15-10 a' j ' <i p.’ini last quart » r. t urns Ma'ted ,i. Hill anil HBler at the forward posi- ■ Sehnepii at ■ - titer anil De|B and Zerkle guards. The Karting lineup; HootFurst, inwards; W. HosCarroil and F. Hosier score,: i1,,. first points on y stinted on page six) By Is Recovered ■ From 10-Eoot Well B” 111 Minn March 14— (UP)— ■body of Ge >rge Marchintak. 20 •etovered today from the hotMoi a 40-foot well where he was Bi two days ago by a eavein. sheriffs said -bat the body yudiny and that th elouth died Burs ago, presumably from suf■ion. O’two nights and most of two ■ firemen, neighbors and the •y sheriffs had labored to free Recurring cave-ins preB™ their success, although at ■time they uncovered lhe vieB head. |otlAM CIVEN FOR MEETING I Interesting Program Fanged Eor ParentI Teachers Meeting tnid U !. esti!lg P r °Bram has been Eh w/ 0 / lbe meetin 8 of the | ard Parent Teachers AssoIh tv h Ch will be held ,n the In it r,' 1 - s< ,100I > Tuesday afterI. “Ho o’clock. ISniii'n. Patton ’ a teacher of L. 1 ard school, will give an on 'The Founding of Na lan " d S,ate Con K ress of Parana Teachers” M. F. Worthman of a a SUbject ’ “ Tbe Valors A. to a School." and te aX‘ia a tion Uniber ° f KmL lheße ta4ks a Bbort of th ? e given by several pu«lon m 7 h Ward School ' The fear .in°? <!W ' for the com ’ » ar o be held ’ and all Par- ■ Those Bet * t 0 attend this meeti into.- peop ' e> other than par•elcome 8 ?' 1 the meeting ’ wil >

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Fraternity House Destroyed By Fire Lafayette, Ind., March 14 (UP) I j Between 30 and 35 members of ’he I Delta Alpha Pi fraternity at Purdue' ■ University were forced into the streets in their night attire today i when fire destroyed the building. Loss was esimated at approximately $50,000, of which from S3O, 000 to $35,000 was in value of the building, and the remainder in clothing, books and other articles belonging to fraternity members. Virtually nothing was saved from the building. LOSS SHOWN IN DOG FUND I More Than $3,049.22 Paid Out; Outstanding Amounts to $2,200. Losses paid by township trus te*s to taxpayers in 11 of the 12 townships in Adams county for i sheep and livestock killed or dami aged by dogs amounted to $3,049.22 in 1930. JefftTson township had the larg est loss, claims amounting to: $584.40. Preble township had the I smallest loss, $49 being the total paid out. Five of the townships have deficits in the dog fund and uni paid claims amounting to nearly I $2,200. The unpaid claims are I Kirkland, $371.50; St. .Mary’s, $464.50; Blue Creek. $112.70: Hart(CONTINUED ON FAG* SIX) , - REFUSE TO GIVE INFORMATION Report On Portland Autopsy Withheld Until Monday Portland, Ind. March 14—(UP) —I No new information had been di-: vulged today from either of T’.iei two investigations being conducted into the fire at the George Bowers home, Thursday, in which Mrs. Effie Bowers, 45, lost her life, apparently by asphixiation. An autopsy was held yesterday afternoon by coroner Keeling an I Doctor Thurman Rica, Indiana University school of medicine, but no reports will be made until Monday, Keeling said. The autopsy was to determine whether suffocation caused death. George Bowers was arrested yesterday on an Intoxication charge, and released today on his own recognizance, to attend his wife's tun eral. His bond was fixed at only $209 indicating no great amount of suspicion upon him, although he had refused to answer questions of autorities upon advice of council. Free Lunches To Be Served School Pupils Terre -Haute. Ind., March 14 — (UP) —Free lunches will be served children attending township schools in Vigo county and those parents who are without employment, directors of the county chapter ol Re(. Cross announced. An investigation ftito conditions at school in the county showed some children actually suffering from lack of nourishment, the directors said thirty minutes as a financial campaign was announced at Red Cross headquarters, pledges totalling $550 were received. o — Harry Fritzinger Undergoes Operation Harry Fritzinger former postmasmaster and now carrier on R. F. D. Number 8 was operated on this morning at St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Word from his attend ing at noon was that the operation was entirely successful but was performed just in time to avoid serious trouble. Mr. Fritzinger became ill with tonsilitis and flu about six weeks ago and after about two weeks, the soreness in the throat communicated to the gland on the right side of his neck. The swelling increase I and he was taken to For* Wayne yesterday, the operation being decided upon after a thorough examination. It Is believed he will recover rapidly now. Mrs. Fritzinger is with him.

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MOTHER KILLS TOO CHILDREN DROWNS SELF Story Os Suicide Plot Told By Son Who Escapes From Sea BOY IS FOUND HALF FROZEN ON STREET Mattapoisett. Mass., Mar. 14. — (U.R) A suicide plot in which a mother allegedly threw her three children into the sea and then jumped in after them was told I police today by Wayne Allison, aged 8, of Saylesville, R. I. The boy said he fought with his mother in the water and finally swam to safety. The mothel. Mrs. W. Chester Allijisin, 35. and the other children, Hope, 3, and I Dwight, 7. were drowned, he said. Pulling himself from the water, he wandered, wet and nearly frozen through the streets of the town. Finally Frank Harrington, New Bedford advertising man, saw him and look him to his home j nearby. Harrington told the poI lice that the boy could only say: ’’Mister, take me home —mother just tried to’ drown me.” After being given nourishment and dry clothes, the lx>y told police how bis mother had taken ICONT.NUED <>N PAGE SIN) Former Bank Officers Named In Affidavits Winamac. Ind.. Mar. 1 t <U.RV~ j ! Forgery, perjury and embezzle ! intent were charged against J. L. : Beesley and H. W. Foster, former i president and cashier,* respectiveI ly, of the First Bank) of ! Francesville, in affidavits filed in circuit court here by T. O. Hays.! prosecuting attorney. Indictments previously returned against the two by a Pulasky 1 county grand jury were held void by Judge W. C. Pentecost, who | upheld pleas in abatement eonI tending that the grand jury was j drawn illegally. AVERT DANGER OF LANDSLIDE Large Slide Diverted From Path Through French Villages Chambery, France. Mar. 14 —(U.R) —A great landslide which threatened destruction of many villages in the Savoie Valley was diverted today into the ’ Cheran Canyon, where the menacing river, of earth and rocks was carried away by the swift running current. The danger was not ended, however. until after three villages had been submerged by the 90-yard I wide hull of earth and hundreds of families had fled from their homes. The little mountain village of Les Granges was crumbling today under the advance of a great glacier of mud and rock which already lias wiped out the villages of Les Michaud and Les Berges. The glacier-like advance, which started night before last with a swift rush of earth sliding from the mountain side, continued at the rate of 350 feet an hour. The inhabitants of the threatened villages in the Savoie Valley fled before it, driving their livestock and carrying household goods. Two houses on the outskirts of Les Granges—a village of between .CCNTINUE' 1 ON PAGE THREE) o Decatur Youth Wins Honors At Purdue Lalayefte. Ind. March 14—(Special) John A. J. Bilderback, of Decatur, and a Freshman in Science is included in the list of 307 students in Purdue University who were ranked as Distinguished Students at the close of th© first semester, President E. C. Elliott announced today. Attaining this rank requires a scholastic average which is the equivalent of an A in every subject, and carries several special privileges with the honor.

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Adjudged Daddy *■ * i.' bßw Hir ' R - 1 ' ! KIMBm ’ ' WlMiin' « Edward N. Entringer of Dell Rapids. S. D., went into a Chicago i court to prove that he was tile father of little Maxine Entringer. 4. and j proved it. The court ruled there shall lie no dispute over the cthild’s ! parentage from now on. The mother claimed Maxine was the daughter] of another husband. —

DETROIT YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY Second Hitch-hiker Is Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Bardstown, Ky., Mar. 14 —(U.R> — Anthony Peterson. Detroit, was under sentence of life imprisonment today for his part in the slaying several weeks ago of Carl B. James, former Ohio professor who was killed by two hitch-hik-ers to whom he gave a ride. Peterson pleaded guilty late | yesterday after his mother advis:ed him by telephone from Detroit 1 to do so. He was sentenced immediately. x His companion. Fred Carson, also of Detroit, was found guilty Thursday night of firing the shot that killed James and was sentenced to be electrocute ’ at Eddyville June 12. Peterson was undetermined whether to plead guilty until he heard from bis mother and his trial was delayed two hours awaiting her decision. She advised the guilty plea after reading (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi FIVE HUNDRED ATTEND SALE — Community Sale Here Draws Large Attendance This Morning 'Nearly five hundred people at-j tended the regular semi-monthly Community Sales at tlie barns on east Monroe street today and each one was a prospective buyer. The sale is in charge of Col. Roy John- , son and his assistants moved along with snap and ginger and every body seemed to be having a good time. One of the events was the giving away by H. P. Schmitt, local meat merchant, of a 150 pound -hog and it was announced that at tlie nex salq in two weeks three prizes will be to the consignors, one to the buyers and one to th“ general public, creating added inter est. On todays sale the boys disposed of forty horses, thirty head of ca'tie, 75 hogs, thirty sheep, quite a lot of machinery, a brooder house: on wheels and various other articles These sales are becoming more popular each occasion, the people realizing the advantage of a buying and selling market.

Adams County Bar Adopts Resolution Resolutions of respect to too memory of the late Judge A. \\. j Hamilton. Bluffton, were adopted this morning by the Adams County [ Bar in the Adams Circuit court. Tlie I resolutions were prepared by a com-' mittee composed of-Judge Dore B. I Erwin, former judge J. C. Sutton j and C. J. l.utz/and were adopted or motion of J. Fred Fruchte. A page in the record was set aside in memory of Hie former Wells count'.’ judge. IDENTIFY TWO BANK ROBBERS Men Held For Scircleville Robbery Are Positively Identified Indianapolis, Mar. 14 —(U.R)’ Tw'O men. claiming to lie from Indianapolis, arrested in Chicago recently as suspects in holdpp of the Farmers State Bank at Scircleville, February 19, today positively were identified as the ' bandits, according to word received by p. L. Osborne of the Indiana criminal identification bureau. Identification was made by Mrs.! Maude Storms and Miss Louise Plouglie, bank officials, and I Thorpe Groveon, a customer in i the bank at Hie time of the holdI up, when $1,492 was stolen. Officials today were to go from' ■ Chicago to Springfield, I!!., to ob- | tain the governor's signature to | extradition papers. They will be I removed -to Frankfort for trial, I Osborne said. o Monthly Banquet Tuesday 'Evening The monthly banquet of the local Masonic lodge, events which have become veiy popular the past few years, will be held next Tuesday evening a’ 6:30. Dafn 11. Tyndall, master, announced this morning. The dinner will be served by the Eastern Star ladies and following a short program, the memliers* of the indge will repair to the rooms where the Master Masons degree will be given a candidate, a unique feature being Hint every chai' will be filled by a past master Those who will assist in the work will include David E. Smith, 33, Fort Wayne, Cal E. Peterson 3i'. Decatur aiM L. C. Helm, Judge J. T. I Merryman, J. W. Tyndall, H. B. Heller, Janies Anderson. John Dickerson, Ed Aslibaucher and others. Every member is expected to lie present. Tickets for the banquet are fifty cents.

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LARGE REWARD OFFERED FOR JEWEL ROBBERS $25,0(10 Reward For Information Leading To Arrest Os Bandits $1,000,000 WORTH OF GEMS STOLEN Palm Beach. Fla., Mar. 14—<U.R) A reward of $25,000 fcr information leading to the arrest of tile: I bandits and still larger rewards! predicted for the return of the I missing jewels spurred a small army of insurance detectives which descended upon Palm Beach today to investigate Die theft of | more than $1,000,000 in jewels | from Charlton and Co., international jewelers. It was tlie biggest jewel rob-1 bery ever committed in Florida.) and was done. Sheriff R. C. Baker believes, by a New York gang of bandits who have committed several other robberies along the east coast recently. The unwilling victim of the gang, Otto Wagener, middle-aged salesman, remained in seclusion in a hotel. Captured by the roll-1 bers, he had given them keys and safe combinations for the firm's j I Palm Beach store, enabling them to enter the store quietly and get away with the huge amount of j gems. .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) KIRKLAND TWP. I FARMER IS DEAD I —- I .Joseph E. Beery, 77, Dies At Four P. M. Friday Joseph E. Beery, 77, well known Kirkland township farmer, died at I his home, four and one half miles west of this city, at four o'clock Friday afternoon from-indigestion. Mr. Beery had been ill for the past two weeks, but had not been bedfast. Four years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recovered. Tlie deceased was a member of the Masonic Lodge, and the Christian church of this city. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, March 5, 1854, the son of Abraham J. and Elizabeth Beery. His first wife. Mathilda! Nichols-Beery preceded him in i . deatli more than forty years ago, | and on March 7, 1918 he was united in marriage to Sarah Burgett, who survives. Eight children were born to the first union of which seven sur(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o HEARS MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Petition Is Filed For New Trial In Damage Suit A motion for a new trial in the Jordan-Brogan damage suit was being heard by Judge Dore B. Erwin ■ here this afternoon. The plaintiff in tlie case was awarded damages in the Adams circuit court several , weeks ago. The verdict for damages was given by tlie jury by a 10 to 2 vote under a law passed by the 1929 general assembly making such a , verdict legal in civil suits. It is considered likely that this ■ trial will be used as a test case , of tlie constitutionality of this law. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) n Dr. Vizard And Son To Leave On Trip Dr. J. W. Vizard and son Gordon . of Pleasant Mills will leave Mon- . day on a motor trip to Los Angeles. ■ Dr. Vivard will visit in Los Angeles . with his sister ana otner relatives. ■ Gordon Vizard is engaged in the ad • vertising agency business and will probably remain in Los Angeles.

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Announce Program Os Hoover’s Talks Washington, Murch 14 (UP) A program of eight speeches by President Hoover between now and June 17. was announced today at! I the White House. Three will be made on a trip be-1 ginning June 15. at Indianapolis and lending June 17. in the dedication' lot the Lincoln Memorial at Springfield. Illinois. Between these two (dates the president will dedicate! the Harding Memorial at Marion, I Ohio, and review the grand army of the Republic at Columbus. TRIAL DATES { SET IN COURT Several Cases Are Set For Hearing By Attorneys Today Judge Dore H. Erwin and local, attorneys set several cases on the 'calendar this morning, among them being three divorce hearings. The acses were: Anderson vs An ' derson, divorce. April 4; Hays vs Hays, divorce. March 31; Weaten-j feldt vs. Westenfeldt, divorce, April 4; Emrick vs Yake, suit on note, April 3; State vs Reed, intoxication April 1. I McDaniel vs Andrews to set aside conveyance. March 25; State vs Herman Lee. grand larceny, March 19: Lybarger vs Studler. note and' attachment, C. J. Lutz, special . judge, March 18. The court this morning heard the; case of Reynolds vs. Reynolds for j appointment of a guardian for May | Reynolds, inmate of the Uasthaven | hospital. The court found the de- i fendant to be of unsound mind and H. M. Gillig was named guardian. Tlie case of Schnepp vs. William I Owens, appointing of guardian was 'heard by the court and decision wil! | be made today. Two new suits were filed today I |in the Adams Circuit court by Wili liam S. Smith, liquidating agent (for the Monroe State bank. The suits were against Irvin G. Kerr | and Leichty Brothers Company. j Will case venued The case of Bertha K. Pfeiffer, ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MUSIC CLUB TO GIVE PROGRAM Department Os Woman’s Club To Present Musical Monday — ; Tlie Music Department of the j Woman’s Club will present a musical program in the Library Hal!, Monday evening, March 16, at 7.45 o'clock. Mrs. L. France Conter will be the chairman in charge of the entertainment, and selections for the musical program will be taken from light operas adapted from Victor Herbert's compositions. The program is as follows: “Panamerlca”. piano solo. Miss Patricia Holthouse "Moonbeams” from Red Mill, 1 Quartet Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Miss Gladys Schindler, Mr. Pauli Saurer, Mr. J. G. Neptune. "Kiss Me Again” from Mlle. I Modiste. Vocal solo, Miss Josephine Anderson "in the isle of Our Dreams" from Red Mill; Duet, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Miss Gladys Schindler. “Oh! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta Mr. Paul Saurer “I’m Falling in Ixive With (CONTINUED ON PAGE.THREE) o Dismiss Petition For Receiver i Tlie petition for a receiver for • the National Five and Ten Cent Stores company, filed last week by R. G. Stevens, a stockholder of the company, was dismissed today on motion of the plaintiff in the Shelby l Circuit court at Shelbyville. The complaint was dismissed on the i grounds tliat no reason existed for ■ such procedures and that the com- ! . pany was solvent. C. J. Yoglewede, i president of the company returned . today from Shelbyville and stated I that Mr. Stevens was still employed I by the company. The company will continue to operate its six stores.

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FOUR CONVICTS ARE WOUNDED IN PRISON RIOT Outbreak Occurs During Noon Hour At Illinois Penitentiary I TWO OF THOSE SHOT MAY DIE OF WOUNDS Joliet, 111.. March 14 (UP) Four I convicts were critically wounded b* guards in the rioting which broke lout during mess today in the old | plant of Illinois penitentiary. I Twelve hundred men took pari in tlie disturbance which was touch ed off when three prisoners attacked (’apt. I). A. Davenport, rushed him out into tlie prison yard and broke his arm before they wer« shot down by guards who fired from their posts in tlie wall tower. 'lwo of tlie prisoners shot may die. Meanwhile, the disturbance in the dlnin* hall increased, with prison lers picking up steam tables tilled with food and dumping them out I into the yard. Other convicts euter|ed the kitchen and began wrecking equipment and reaching for knives and other utensils with which to continue their attacks. Forty three of the rioters in the dining room were overpowered tire first 15 minutes and handcuffed together. Warden Hill’s assistant told (lie United Press at 1:30 that all of tlie |prisoners had been driven back into itheir cells by that hour. i "They are still screaming and | breaking windows.” lie said, "in ad'dition to the wreck in tlie mess hah jand kitchen, they broke >i pa lot of | repair shop equipment'' —o— —— Chicago Gangster Guilty Os Murder Chicago, March 14—(UP) —William J. "Three fighered Jack" Whit” I public enemy and labor racketeer ■was found guilty today of a charge of murdering a policeman and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The verdict, marking one of the (few times a Chicago gangster ba ibeen convicted in a state court on a murder charge, was returned by a jury in Judge Joseph Sabath s com! after almost continuous deliberations since 6 p. m. yesterday. __n- - ' Perfect Bridge Hand Held At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Mar. 14. —(UP)' I A hand of 13 diamonds, held in a bridge game here last night by Mrs. Herbert Taylor, was bid al seven diamonds, doubled and redoubled, according to the statements of Mrs. Taylor; her partner. Mrs. Herbert Williams, and their husbands, playing against them. Lone Bandit Robs Express Car Today Birmingham Ala., March 14 — A bandit dressed like a switchman robbed a Louisville and Nashville express car of $5,000 today at the train was leaving tlie yards at Besfe mer. waiving a revolver, lie jumped aboard the car as the train pulled nut for Tuscaloosa. Ala. BILL IS VETOED BY GOV. LESLIE Claims Personal Income Tax Bill Invalidated By Walter Myers Indianapolis, Mar. 14 —(U.R)’ Strife over the personal income tax bill, “which was the cause of bitter contention during tlie last day of the legislature, was continued today, premised on Governor '| Harry G. Leslie’s "pocket veto" of the measure late yesterday. Although technically Hie governor's action in refusing to sign the bill, is a “pocket veto,” lie took it out of that classification and threw it back into the boneyard upon which political dogs ' will be chewing for the next two years, by issuing a statemeuf flaying the "mutilation" by er Myers. Democratic speaky - the house of Leslie declined to accef \ bill, declaring that it If "been legally passed, by (CONTINUED ON PAG'