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They Can Afford to Smih* One little $2.50 ticket purchased by Clayton C. Woods brought him and his two brothers. Kenneth (left) amt Eliner, and their wives, who are shown above. sK,xt;,:u;ii when (iregalaeh ran second in the (truml National Steeplechase. Woods sold a fifty-cent share to his four relatives, who share alike in his fortune.

FIRE DAMAGES DECATUR HOME Harl Hollingsworth Residence Badly Damaged By Blaze Today Fire damaged the Harl Hollingsworth residence 783 High street at 8:15 o’clock this morning with a loss amounting to sl.4ft(f, Jack Fried 1 ., I city fire chief stated. The fire ori ginated from sparks ;rom the chnfinßy and was well under way when i the local fire department was called j The loss suffered to the house: was slJim» and the damage to furniture was S2OO. Mr. urul Mrs. Hollingsworth and family were eating breakfast when I the fire started. The flames werc| ,fi\st noticed hy a neighbor, Mrs. • ; Barney Wertzberger, who turned nil the alarm. Because of the dry roof the fire j spread rapidly and it was necessary ( for the tire department to fight i the flames for more than forty-five) minutes before the blaze was ex j tinguished. The roof of the entire house was j I burned together with much of the j upstairs furniture and fixtures, but the lower floor was not damaged.! The house is owned by William ; Bieneke and has been tenanted hy j the Hollingsworth family since Jan | nary first when Mr. Hollingsworth | completed his second term as Ad j ams County Sheriff. DEMOCRATS TO MEET JUNE 25 Summer Meeting of Editorial Association to Be Held at Gary Indianapolis March 80 —(CP)—j The Indiana Democratic editorial association will hold its summer meeting at Cary, June 25, 26 and 27. i according to preliminary plans made at a meeting here Saturday. Speaker for the political dinner June 26, was not chosen. Among new endeavors of the organization at the session will be consideration of aware of a cup for the best Democratic editorial pu'>lished in a member paper during j 1931, the award to be made at a meeting in February, 1982. The program includes trips through the Indiana State prison at Michigan City, inspection of Gary steel mills and a night boat ride on Lake Michigan. Among those named to make further arrangements were. Scott B. Chambers, Newcastle Couriei • Times; Howard C. Crosby, Michigan City Dispatch: Dean Barnhar.. ( Goshen Democrat; Dick Heller, Decatur Democrat; it. B. Medsker, Pry mouth Democrat. Murder Trial Opens At Connersville Today Connersville, Ind., March 30 (UP)-Trial of Earl Alexander 60, with second degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Ed Hiighbanks, 23, started today in ! Fayette circuit court here. The shooting was said to have ] followed arguments between one | two over signs allegedly placed by iHughbanks on a shack occupied by Alexander.

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Miss Dorothy Little Undergoes Operation Miss Dorothy Little, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. O. Little, who has been a patient at the Riley Hospitury in Indianapolis for the pas* several weeks, underwent a niajo*’ operation Friday afternoon Her condition today is some better it was reported. Miss Little was a patient at tin* Riley hospital for five weeks ami 'then was removed to her home here where she remained two weeks when she grew worse and returned to the hospital two weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Little and soil Elisha j were in Indianapolis Friday and | Saturday, returning to this city Sa’.- ! urday night. CHECK FORCERS WORK AT BERNE Man And Woman Pass Three Bad Checks For $26 Each Saturday Berne, Ind.. March 3ft—(Special) Three forged checks wore cashed .at local business houses Saturday 'nitiht by two strangers, a man and woman, apparently about thirty j years of age. The stores victimized | were !he West Main street grocery, I Spade’s grocery and the Economy j store, in each instance, the checks were written for $26 and the strain gers purchased several dollars j worth of merchandise in each store, j taking the balance in cash. The forged checks were made ipayable to A. A. Sprunger and signled by Enoch Yoder. Tiie man who gave the checks stated that he lived on rural route out of Berne. Efforts were made by the stranger to cash checks at other stores but the checks were refused. X-Ray Treated Wheat Produced At Vincennes Vincennes, Ind.. March 30 —(UP) X-Ray treated wheat has been pro 1 (lined here which was expected to flourish despite the drought, Dr. James McCoy announced. “I have 23 experiments under way at present and investigation shows that the wheat produces 30 per cent more roots which enables it to get a greater amount of water than ordinary wheat,’’ Dr McCoy said. | The X-Ray treated wheal has been prepared in half-bushel quantities and continues to grow during the fall with great vitality, instead of drying up and dieing, as ordinary wheat, it was said. Young People Attend Fort Wayne Meeting A district all day Youth Conference was held in the Fort Wayne Crescent Avenue Evangelical church, Saturday, and a large number of young people from the local Evangelical church attended the program, which was of a veiy injteresting nature. Those from this city who attended the conference were the Misses Elva Anspaugh, Grace Elston, Helen Koos, Marcia Martin, Helen Becker, Esther Sunderman, Martha Erma Butler, Doris Shifferly, Ruth Hammond, Dorothy Spuller, Rev. M. W. Sunderman, and Carl Buff enbarger, Eldred Shifferly, Clarence and Paul Spuller, Keith Brown, Byron Tricker, Ed Martz, Harlan Jackson, and Marion Heare.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March .‘lO, 1931.

ALL CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER Fifteen Marooned In School Bus Apparently Convalescing FUNERAL TUESDAY FOR FIVE FROZEN Lamar, Colo.. Mar. 30—<U.R) — Fifteen children who survived after being trapped for hours in a stalled school bus during one of the worst Mizzarda in Colorado history, fought bravely today against the pain of thawing arms and leg’s. The bodies of five of their schoolmates who were less hardy than they, and of a bus driver who died trying to summon aid for them, lay in the town of Holly, east of here. Anxiety whirl) the state had felt (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) LEWIS CONRAD DIES AT MUNCIE Former Decatur Man Succumbs to Heart Attack This Morning Word was received by relatives here today of the deatli of Lewis Conrad, 63. former Decatur man, who died at his home in Mtincie at !):30 o'clock this morning. Death was caused by a heart attack, j Mr. Conrad is a son-in-law of j Aaron Odle, and formerly lived I here where he is well known. He moved away from Decatur about 20 years ago and resided in Mtincie [since that time. Surviving are three daughters, | Mrs. Reba Stout and Mrs. Paul Mitchell of Mtincie and Mrs. FranI cis Lyons of Hammond, and four ! grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death three years ago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spade, Aaron Odle, (trover Odle of this city and Mrs. George Wertzberger of Hammond left today for Mancie. The remains will be brought to this city where runerat services will be held. o —

DECATUR YOUNG MAN DIES TODAY William Schafer, 14, Succumbs to Pneumonia at Brother’s Home William Schafer, 14, Decal nr young man, died a! the home of his brother. Car! Schafer, corner of Niblick and Elm streets, at five o’clock this morning of pneumonia Mr. Schafer became ill with the flu last Wednesday while visiting his brother and was unable to return to his home on Niblick street. He was born in Decatur. September 3ft, 1916, the son of Floyd and Mary Schafer. Surviving are the mother, five brothers, Ora, at home Carl, Decatur, Arthur, John and Ja cob, at home, and two sisters, Lucile and Mabel, at home. The deceased attended the United Brethren church for several years. For the last three years he was crippled and unable to walk Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Carl Schafer home, and at two o’cock at the United Brethren church with Rev. R. E. Vance officiating. Burial will be in tho East Salem Cemetery. O Funeral Rites Held For Spahr Infant Today Funeral services for the still-born girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Van Spahr 234 North Seventh street Monday morning at 2:30 o’clock, were held Monday afternoon at tne home, with the Rev. M. W. Sunderman officiating. Burial was made in the Ohio City, Ohio cemetery. Surviving besides the parents are one brother, Darrel, and the grandparents, Mrs. Joel Bolembaugh of Ohio City, Ohio; and Mr. and Mrs J. H. Spahr of Wren, Ohio.

Mexican Woman Is Taken By Relatives Sheriff Hurl Johnson and Deputy U. M. llower were called to Hlue Creek township Sunday by a Mexican farmer. Aureliatto Guerra, who reported that his wife had been kidnaped by four men and a woman yesterday morning. Information obtained by the officers was that the woman's father and other relatives, front Chicago, hud taken Mrs. Guerra back to Chicago with them. WORK STARTS ON HAUGH BUILDING Robert Haugh to Build Brick Structure At First And Madison Streets The work of excavating for tlie new Haugh building, sontneast corner of Madison anti First streets started today alttl the construction of the building will get under way in a short time. Tlie building is being erected by Robert Haugh, Pendleton. Indiana. Ison of Julius Haugh, well known [real estate owner of Decatur. Mr. Haugh is dealing with several parties who wish to lease the building. The building will have a frontage of 46 feet on First street and will extend east 132 feet toward the St. Mary's river. It will be constructed of brick and cement blocks, with suspended ceiling and a basement i under part of the building. The cos: of the new building will be about $12,000 Mr. Haugh stated. Mr. Hangh's father will be the general contractor in charge of the job. Mr. Haugh purchased the site for [the new building several years ago ! and when it is completed will be one of the most modern buildings | on First street. DAVEBAKER HUS NARROW ESCAPE Decatur Man Is Nearly Asphyxiated Shortly After Noon Today David C. Raker, well known man of this city, was nearly asphyxiated at about one-thirty o'clock this afternoon while attempting to make a pipe connection to one of the gas service lines of the Northern Indiana Public Service .company on South Second street. Mr. Baker was overcome with gas and fell in one of the pits where workmen are making new service line connections to the gas maims. Melvin Baumgartner, who was standing near the scene, went to Mr. Baker's rescue «nd Del Striker. foreman and other men on the job assisted in reviving Baker. It was several minutes before Mr. Baker regained consciousness and sometime later he was having difficulty in breathing. Assisted by two men he was taken for a walk on Jefferson street and was able to talk. Gas pressure is not shut off ; when the new pipe connections are I made and Mr. Baker more than likely had his head down in such away that prevented him from l.treatliing fresh air while working. Kills Thirty-Five Mice In Automobile Lieters Fort. Ind., Mar. 30 —(UP) —William Baker, living here, does not drive his auto often, lie admits. On his latest trip a filling station attendant called his attention to a mouse in the back of his auto. When Baker attempted to kill it he found other mice in the machine. He drove his auto home, shut it in the garage with the motor running and waited. Carbon monoxide killed 35 mice who made their home in the auto.Local Bar Members Attend Smith Funeral Judge Dore B. Erwin, Henry B. Heller, Clark J. Lutz, Fred Fruclite and Ferd Litterer, members of the Adams county bar, attended the funeral services of former Judge John M. Smith at Portland Sunday afternoon. They were aecomanied Py Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. Heller. The funeral oration was given by W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton and members of bar associations from Adams, Madison, Delaware, Randolph and Blackford counties and of Mercer county, Ohio, spoke at the services.

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STATE RESUMES TESTIMONY IN MURDER TRIAL Ballistics Experl Testifies Concerning Death Bullet BROTHERS PROBABLY ON STAND TUESDAY Criminal Courts, Chicago, March 30. —<U.R> Tlie state called science to its side today in an attempt to prove Leo V. Brothers tired the shot that killed Alfred J. IJngle, Chicago Tribune reporter. Several hundred persons fought to get into the courtroom where Brothers is being tried as Calvin Goddard, ballistics expert of Northwestern University, went on the stand and Tyrell V. Kruni. defense attorney, announced that Brothers will testify in his own defense otter the state rests its case which probably will be tomorrow. Goddard testified under questioning by C. Wayland Brooks, assistant state's attorney, that a test bullet which was fired from the snub-nosed pistol found near Lingle's body, and which, according to one state witness was thrown away by Brothers, was identical with the bullet found in the reporter's brain and that they had been fired from the same gun. The ballistics expert, describing the bullet taken from Lingle’s head said: "The nose was telescoped in so it was quite flat." Goddard said he fired a test bullet from the murder revolver into a basket of cotton waste, reeover[ed the bullet and compared it I microscopically with the murder | weapon. I The comparison showed each ImlI let had been fired not only from l the same make of arm. but front !ttie same arm. lie testified. The test bulfet then was produc- ! ed and made a state's exhibit, the other bullet and gun having been entered before. Goddard described himself as a I professor of police science at ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Local Red Men To do To Convoy Tuesday All Red Men contemplating attending tlie Red Men Jubilee at Convoy. Ohio. Tuesday evening are liequested to meet at the Cort Theater !at six o’clock sharp and ways will | ife provided for everyone to attend. PRESIDENT WILL NOT INTERFERE Hoover Will Let Farm Board Work Out Its Own Problems Washington, Mar. 30 —(U.R) — President Hoover will let the farm board work out its problems arising from flu wheat and other difficult agricultural situations, without presidential interference, it was learned 'today at the White House. Mr. Hoover feels that the board is entirely able to define and defend its own policies, it was said. The statement was made unofficially in response to inquiries as to what Mr. Hoover would do in connection with tlie newly announced policy of the hoard refraining from buying this year's wheat. The response could be interpreted, it was said, as meaning the executive intends to do nothing concerning the board’s policies regarding wheat or any other commodity. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Club Committees To Meet This Week The Adams County 4-H Calf Club Committee will hold a meeting at the Sol Mosser home in Jefferson township, Tuesday evening, March 31. Members of this committee are, Rudolph Kolter, Peter B. Lehman, D. J. Mazelin, Osia Von Gunten, Henry Aschleman and Solomon Mosser. The Adams County 4-H Pig Club loinmittee will hold a meeting Wednesday evening, April 1 at Geneva. The pig Club committee members are Ralph Myers, Henry Rumple and Reinhold Koldewey.

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Stands by Burke ... V k —/ W 4 \~S ' lj|w milM Above is Mrs. Ronnie Porter White, who married Fred Burke, arch killer captured at St. Joseph. Mo., at Centerville, la., June 17, 1930, where Burke posed as Richard F. White and claimed to he a wealthy oil operator. iShe an- ( nounced that she would stand by | Burke. SET DATES FOR CONVENTIONS Adams County Council of Religious Education Holds Meeting Dates for the annual township Sunday School conventions of Adams county were arranged by the Adams County Council of Religious Education at a meeting held Friday night at the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church and were announced hy Clifton E. Striker, president of the council, today. Tlie conventions will begin on Sunday, April 19, and will continue until Sunday, May 17. The combined convention of T’nion and Root townships will bej held on Sunday, April 19, the place! and speaker to he arranged by the) president, George Cramer. The Jefferson township convention will also lie held on Sunday, April 19; the Wabash convention on Sunday, April 26; the Preble-Kirkland town-i ship convention on Sunday, May 3; the St. Marys township convention on May 3; the Monroe township convention on May 10; the Hartford township convention on May 17 and the Blue Creek township convention on May 17. The places for the various conventions will lie announced later, together with complete programs, Mr. Striker stated. Bible Memory Contests The Bible Memory and Story telling contests, which have been held for a number of years, will be held in tlie various townships on Sunday, May 24. The winners in each township contest will compete in a county contest to be held at the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday, May 31.

Former Local Dentist Dies In California Word has been received here of the death of Dr. C. E. Neptune, 65, former Decatur resident, who died at his home in Palo Alto, California Friday night. The cause of the death lias not been learned. Dr. Neptune lived in Decatur for many years and was engaged as a dentist, moving to California twenty years ago, where lie had retired. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Hattie Neptune of Palo Alto, California; a son, Kenneth Neptune of Fort Wayne, two sisters Mrs. U. G. Denman of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Braddock of Page, Nebraska; and a nephew, Dr. J. G. Neptune of this city. Township Assessors Meet Here Tuesday John Felty county assessor stated today that a special meeting of the township assessors would be held in Decatur Tueday morning at tne Chamber of Commerce rooms. Ray Shank representative for he state board of tax commissioners will attend the meeting and he has requested the township assessors to bring about ten personal property schedules with them. A comparison of the work done by the asses sors will be made by the state representatives.

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BURKE DEMANDS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Alleged Killer Arraigned Before Justice of the Peace Today HEARING IS HELD IN MICHIGAN JAIL St. Joseph, Mich., Mar. 110. . (li.R) Fred B. Burke, blamed bv police lor tit least a score of murders, demanded a preliminary examination when he was arraigned today before a justice of the peace charged with the minder of Charles Skcllv, a policeman. Burke thus elected to fight aeiinst a sentence of life imprisonment. which would nave resulted had he entered a plea of guilty.-

Preliminary examination was set for April 8, liefore Justice Joseph R. Collier, Jr. Burke was remanded- to jail without liond. Sheriff Fred J. Cutler said lie would be kept here, the plan of moving him to the state prison at Jackson having been abandoned. A heavy guard will be maintained day and night. Cutler said. Burke was not represented by counsel at the brief hearing held in a small room off the bullpen. Justice Collier came to the jail to conduct the hearing. Earlier Burke bad conferred with Barrett O’Hara, Chicago criminal lawyer, but O'Hara did not appear for the arraignment. The lawyer visited the jail last night but Burke was asleep and guards refused him admittance. Today he talked with the prisoner and presumably mapped plans for a defense. Burke appeared nnworried as he was brought into the ante room. He was freshly shaved and wore a clean w-hite shirt. Justice Collier explained Ilia state law, and told him he could demand a hearing, or waive to the circuit court. Burke stared hard at the justice for a moment anil then said he wanted a hearing. Wilber Cunningham, Berrien county prosecutor, talked with Burke briefly. Burke then walked back to his cell. Meantime hundreds of people, anxious to catch a glimpse of the man police call the most dangerous criminal in the country, milled about tiie jail. In the crowd were many who knew him when lie ami .'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Attend Funeral Services At Chicago Mrs. John Oswald. Ira Oswald and Mr. and Mrs. George Oswald have returned from Chicago, Illinois, where they attended the funeral services held Saturday afternoon for Mrs. J. E. Lakey, 63, who died at her home there Wednesday night, at 8:35 o’clock. Death was due to dropsy and heart trouble. Mrs. Lakey was born in Wells County and resided in this city until thirty years ago when she moved to Chicago. Surviving here are her step-mother, Mrs. John Oswald and two brothers, Ira and George Oswald.

STORE RODBED BY T BANDITS Robbers Take Eight Hours To Get $50,000 At Chicago Sunday Chicago. Mar. 30 —(U.R) — Seven Chicago bandits did a full day's work ot' eight hours Sunday in robbing tiie Wieboldt department store of approximately $50,000. The tmndtts entered the store about 7 a. m., overpowered Engineer Christ Swanson and Watchman Henry Molver and spent the day blowing open a wall vault and thoroughly (searching the place from top floor to basement. Every half hour during the day they took time off to force Molver to make his regular rounds of the alarm boxes. They told him if ho "pulled the boxes wrong" ami police arrived they would “shoot him first." The robbers left about 3 p. m., after binding and gagging the two (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)