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|ffi FUNERAL Is ARRANGED: fill SATURDAY H u< Notre Dame t h "iH Be Bur,ed Borrow \lternoon Kn SERVICES ■>Kl\ VIE CHAPEL April 3- aU.R) ■ r h.wpp;. .13) « r K !h( |,!„v..! Knute Koi ><■ . !■ v indomnitable Dame. |Ka.k*' 'M.lini'iKs-. , 1(ll 1: moved early K r ,.-- . „v. mown chapel red k home, where pi l! 'il the funeral K are held tomorrow, than prolong the period i Kunnl nev week. Mrs. Bon-1 lirtb- widow of | K last n-lit formulated the funeral to be held at ( Il “ *! ■cE CAUSED CRASH I Kan , April 3. U.R' ■ furnuoum. the dread of Hinieii was assigned today Fokker as the pri- I ■ cause fm the plane dis- i near Bazaar. Kansas, in I Knute Roekne and seven I men were killed. designer of the fatal I j immoplane. reiter- ji’ ■ the statement that he ' no evidence of structural Kness in the construction [I 1 wrecked plane. Saturday in 'the Sacred i 1 on the Notre Dame Week will prevent solemn' Hm high mass being held at j and that rite will' ■ferret! until next Thursday! ■ the students of Notre Dame] ■ from the Easter holidays, ■al will take place in Rich-] ■cemetery, a new plot about ■iles from South Bend on the road ■ public will not be admitted ■ services because of the lim-j ■eating capacity of the little) ■ where Roekne was baptized' ■ Catholic faith the day of the ■ name Northwestern football ■ six years ago. In that game ■ Dame was badly beaten at ■me. 10-0, but triumphed, 13- ■ a blazing second half rally. ■ past and present Notre ■ athletes, officials of the uni■y, Rocktie's intimate friends ■embers of the family will atrriNUED ON PAGE TfIREE) h rial Service At M. E. Church Tonight i Palovina, commonly known m the Methodist, will delivereial message at the Methodist' opal church, tonight at 7:301 k The meeting will be a spe-1 ervice and the people of Deca- j « especially urged to take adAe oi this opportunity of hearr. Palovina. MF, HALL ESAT WARREN •ther of Mrs. Kate PonlUs of Geneva to Be Buried Sunday meral services for Edward F. • M, brother of Mrs. Kate Ponof Geneva, who died at his ’ five miles northeast of WarJhursday morning at 2:40 c > will be held Sunday after- ‘ at two o’clock at the Church -nrist at Domestic. Rev, Wilollivan of Roann, assisted by ■John Brickwell of Van Buren mciate and interment will be 6 Alberson cemetery at Dotic. J- Hall's death was caused by “Jonia. and followed an illness ’“r days. ® was born April 26, 1867. Surg are the widow and a son, ■dm, t ° f Petrole «m, and a 1 n , gl ‘ ter ’ Mrs. Talmadge Ml‘of Markle. Two sisters ant), 1 «or, ei M- r ? r8 ' Clara . Mayse of Geno ‘ ’ Mrs. Kate Pontius and Danie] Ha)l o{ ■ Pa., also survive.

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TO HONOR ROCKNE j Chicago, April 3.—<U.R> By , 11 order of King Haakon of Nori way, the Norwegian council of | j Chicago and six prominent Nor- | wegians will represent His , Majesty at the funeral of Knute ] Roekne at South Bend Saturday. King Haakon also adv isj i ed the Chicago order that he would knight Roekne within 1 six months. Roekne was born at Voss. Norway. HYDE HEARING IS CONTINUED Wells County Highway Head Files Injunction Suit Thursday — Bluffton. April 3 —(Special)—Tne | scheduled hearing in commissioners court here Thursday of ouster pro-' l eeedings against County Highway iSupt. Charles E. Hyde on allegatiojis filed by the board of comniis- | stoners alleging malfeasance in office, was continued in the face of new developments. Supt. Hyde, through his attorneys early Thursday morning tiled an injunction suit in circuit court, praying Judge J. F. Decker for a temporary restraining order enjoining 'the board of commissioners from ap- ■ pointing a new superintendent as’ I his successor, and asking further] ithat the restraining order on a hear-1 ing be made permanent until adjudication may be held in the mistier proceedings. Judge Decker grantled the temporary restraining order , araoH and set the hearing for Tuesday, I April 7, for determination if the resItraining order shall be made per'manent. Hearing Continued After this action had developed, | ,ZXz'VZ^- , »Z-Xz - | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) CHLOE NORRIS DIES TODAY ———— ——•—— Mother of Monroe Woman Dies At Bluffton This Afternoon Bluffton, April 3—(Special) Mrs. Chloe E. Norris, 84, died at her home at 421 West Lancaster street Bluffton, this afternoon at 2 o’clock following a four weeks illness. The deceased was born April 13, 1856 in Rockingham, Virginia, the daughter of Abraham Detrick and Hahaly Judy. She was married in, Georgetown, Ohio, to N. C. Nerris, who survives. The children who survive are Emma I. Liby of Bluffton; Jesse C. j Norris of Arcanum. Ohio; Adams ,W. Norris. William Norris, and Norn Fulk of Bluffton; Virnie Wolf of ] Waynedale, Esther Kensey of Richmond, Michigan, and Alice Smith of i Monroe. There are two children deceased. Elizabeth Liby and Katherine Norris. John Detrick of Salem. Ohio is the only brother living. The deceased was one of twelve child; ren in the family. Forty-one grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be held Monday, April 6. at 10 a. m. at th 1 I Brethren Church, four miles east of Craigville, with the Rev. D. M. Byerly officiating. Burial will be made in the Pleasant Dale cemetery. o Elizabeth McKean Dies at Bowerston, O. A message received this afternoon conveyed the news of the death of Elizabeth McKean of Bowerston, | Ohio. She was the youngest sister of the late Judge Daniel D. Heller and had visited here frequently, the last time just a few months ago. She had been ill several months with! cancer of the stomach. Funeral services will be held there Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, a niece, of this city was with her when the end came. o State Offices Close For Church Services Indianapolis, April 3—(UP) —All .state offices were closed today’ from i noon until 3 p. m., to permit employes to attend Good Friday church services. A proclamation announcing the closing was issued by Gov ernor Harry G. Leslie.

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Prayers for Roekne A*’’'' «■■■ v IBi n: ■ k 'KJ hßft jii jS* t It"* In the dim, candle-illuminated chapel of the University of Notre Dame, those |who knew and loved! Knute K. Roekne in life, gathered Thursday to pray for the repose of has soul. ■■

DEMOCRATPARTY WORKERS MEET New Fifth District Meeting Held at Marion Thursday Night Marion, Ind.. April* 3. —(U.R) — i Democratic party workers, inclnd- ■ ing district and county chairmen in the new fifth district, met here I last evening to discuss organiza-| tion plans for the 1932 campaign.; Each of the counties in the new, district was represented. Grover Garrett, state police chief, and former ninth district chairman, urged assessment of employes as the best method of raising funds' ■for the campaign, and said the; I party should have whole-hearted I I support from the several demoI cratic mayors. Muncie and Vincennes are cities I in which the plan already has been ' put into practice. No one there is exempt, he said, from street department employes to the highest salaried officials. Speakers endorsed the income ’ tax bill which failed of enactment jin the last legislative session. Speaker Walter Myers, Democrat. Indianapolis, was criticized for his action in “mutilating" the bill, but the party leaders decided to give him an opportunity to apI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) PANTAGESMAY ESCAPE TRIAL , __ I Court Decision For New Trial May Bring Dismissal of Suit — San Francisco, April 3 —(UP) —| Alexander Pantages' fight against I his conviction on the charge of at-, tacking 17-year-old Eunice Pringle • j appeared at a climax today when-it; became known that the multimil- ■ lionaire showman may escape a sec-! ond trial. The decision of the California supreme court granting Pantages a j new trial, ad carrying with it the assertion of Chief Justice William I ■H. Waste that “the’testimony of |the prosecutrix is so improbable as to challenge one's credulity," caused a conference of state's attorneys ■ today at which the fate dt Pantages ■may be decided. Deputy State Attorney General ! Frank Richards, one of the officials called by district attorney Buron (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o—Indianapolis Woman Is Killed At Wabash Wabash, Ind., April 3—(U.R) — Mrs. Galen Neer, 35, Indianapolis, was killed and her fourteen-month-old daughter, Clara, was injured seriously when the auto in which they were riding stalled in front of a Wabash railroad train here today. Two other persons in the auto were not hurt.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 3, 1931.

Special Services At U. B. Church Thursday I i A special communion service and i observance of the Lord's supper | was held in the United Brethren [church. Thursday evening, and the i meeting was well attended. ( The impressive candlelight ser- • , vice was conducted by the pastor. Rev. R. E. Vance, and the church was arranged for the occasion with candles and specially made candle holders decorated with crosses. Rev. Vance delivered a fine mes- • jsagb on the observance of the Lord’s ( [supper. and presented a number of; [thoughts for the Easter season. j BANDITS HOLD : _ I FAMILY CAPTIVE ’ — I 1 Four Robbers Hold Cashier And Family; Rob |> Bank Today Mundelein, 111., April 3 —(UP) —I Four young bandits took charge of, * the home of M. C. Mott, cashier of ( l | the Mundelein state bank last night, I ! held the family of five prisoners < until this morning, forced Mott to i accompany them to the bank, robb- t ed it of SIO,OOO and escaped. The bandits made themselves al i home all night in the two-story Mott ( residence. They turned the lights low. listened to the broadcast of the «j "Golden Gloves” boxing tournament ~ discussed the Brothers trial, cooked I bacon and eggs and drank consider- I able of the liquor they had brought I along for the party. Two of the bandits appeared at I the Mott home at 8:30 last night. .They were received by Neil, 19, and I said they wanted “to talk business [with his father. When Mott appealed, they produced pistols and herdjed Mott, his wife, Grace and Wililiam, 14 into the living room. “Just keep quiet and everything will be all right," one of the bandits | said. He called to other bandits from outside. They carried bundles “Machine guns," one of the ban[dits said as the bundles were laid i on the floor. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) oPeter B. Lehman Is Host At Luncheon Peter B. Lehman local retail milk dealer and Guernsey cattle breeder, was host at a noon lunch Thursday for E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue University, R. L. Hclden, field representative of the Guernsey cattle breeders club, Miss Erma Gage and County Agent Archbold at the Rice Hotel. Following the moon lunch the men met with Louis Koldewey, Wesley Stults and Son, Da'e Moses, Gilbert Hirschy and Albert Zuerchre other Purebred Guernsey cattle breeders of the county and discussed the proper method of registration, the value of 4-H Club work to the Guernsey interests and tae nee dfor better Guernsey bulls Mr. Holden and Mr. Wallace both expressed themselves as being more than pleased with the turn-out of Guernsey men in the county and the interest shown.

MOTHER KILLED BY ANGRY SON Slain Because She Asked Son to Find Employment At Once New York. April 3 —(UP) —A 54-year-old mother was dead today because she had asked her son Joseph Porzelt. 29. to attempt to find employment. He admitted, police said knocking the 100-pound woman down and strangling her with a clothesline. Porzzelt had been out of work for nearly a year. His father, Harry. 55 who has been employe dsteadily as a cashier, awakened his son before going to work, gave $2 and said “Now. Jod, really try to get a job today.” As «oon as his father left, Porzelt | returned to his bed and did not j arise until 11 o'clock. He ate a hearty breakfast his mother, had prepared for him and departed. But instead of seeking work, he went to a nearby speakeasy. When he had exhausted the $2 he returned home, presumably to get more money. Three hours later he staggered into a police station and told lieutenant John Sullivan: “I killed my mother. She kept nagging me to go to work and I got mad and knocked her down. Then I got a clothesline and though I would finish her. I strangled her I with it.” BERNE MAN MAY BE APPOINTED Thurman Gottschalk In Line For Commission Appointment Indianapolis, April 3. — (U.R)i — Thurman Gottschalk, tile manufacturer of Berne. Indiana, and Stat«> senator, was regarded as a likely successor to Calvin Mclntosh, Democratic member of the Indiana Public Service Commission. Mclntosh's four-year term will expire May 1, and Governor Harry Leslie is not expected to re-ap-point him. When asked over the telephone this afternoon what he knew about the appointment. Senator Gottschalk stated “1 don't know a thing about it. I have not talked, with Governor Leslie about it and I have not asked for the appointment.” Senator Gottschalk also stated (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Railroad To Stop Trains One Minute Chicago, April 3 —(UP) All trains and motor coaches of the Chicago South shore and South Bend railroad will be halted for one minute tomorrow at the hour of Knute Rockne funeral, it was announced today by Charles H Jones, general manager of the road.

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GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVED IN COMMUNITY Hundreds Attend Union Service And St. Mary’s Catholic Church 'STORES AND OFFICES CLOSE THREE HOURS ■ And when they had crucified I Him. they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. | And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. St. Mark, XV-24-25 In a spirit of humility and with I deep religious fervor, residents of i Decatur and community today observed Good Friday, commemorating Christ's passion, suffering and death c.n the Cross. The three hours, from twelve to I three o’c lock, the hours designated ias the time when Christ’s soul pass -| led to His Heavenly Father, was ohiserved in the churches this after-! I noon. The* radio also brought Good ■ Friuay programs to the home. i A union service of the Protestant churches was held at the Zion Reformed church and the church was filled with worshipers during the entire period. Churches participating in the I Union' service were, the Presbyter-ian.-Methodist, Zion Reformed, Baptist, United Brethren and Evangelical. The ministers of the different churches had charge of the program 20 minutes being given to each denomination. At the St. Mary's Catholic church the three hours was impressively observed by a majority of the members of the congregation. The congregation knelt in prayer, made] I the Way of the Cross and knelt at (the foot of the Cross placed at the [steps to the sanctuary. Private deI (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) FORMER MAYOR FAVORSCERMAK Edward F. Dunne Conies Out of Retirement To Fight Thompson Chicago. April 3. —<U.R> —Edward F. Dunne, who was a mayor of Chicago in 1905 and later governor of Illinois, came out of retirement today to enter actively the heated mayorship campaign which will end next Tuesday when a million or more voters decide the political future of "Big Bill” Thompson. Tiie entrance of Dunne, on the side of Thompson's Democratic opponent, Anton J. Cermak, made the list of politicians and former politicians taking part in the campaign complete. So great has become the public i interest in this race to decide who shall be mayor of Chicago during the 1933 world’s fair that every man who ever controlled so much as a precinct has announced himI self for one candidate or the other. Dunne urged Cennak’s election in a public statement, claiming Cermak's public record was better than Thompson's and blaming the mayor for “outrageous expenditures which have resulted in high taxes.” Both Thompson and Cermak 1 made numerous speeches again today as their bands boomed through the loop and ward meetings were ’ held in every section of the city. ] Thompson, who is seeking a - (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Muncie Man Spends Most of Life in Prison , Muncie, Ind., April 3 —(UP) —Carl ] Carey has gone back to the only I home he has known for 30 of his 50 years—a penal institution. 'Tm,.lucky I didn’t get life,” he . said when Judge L. A. Guthrie, of Delaware circuit court, sentenced I him to two to 14 years in the Michigan City penitentiary on a charge of forgery. “I've served terms under four war- ! dens but the one in cltarge now is the best of any of them,” he said, t Carey's crimes, started when he > was 19. have never been “Cig Stuft” - deputy prosecutor Ora Rearick, said jTn reviewing the convicted man’s > record. Carey has been credited I with stealing a bicycle, an auto, 1 breaking into a house and forging a ?5 check.

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BROADCAST RITES 1 New York, April 3.—(U.R>~ The Columbia Broadcasting | system has permission to | broadcast the entire funeral services for Knute Roekne. Notre Dame football coach, killed ’in a plane crash Tuesday. The service will be announced by Pat Flanagan, sports an- | nouncer for station WBBM at Chicago from the Sacred Heart I church at South Bend, Ind. I___ - BROTHERS' JURY IS DEADLOCKED Have Not Returned Verdict After 24 Hours Deliberation Criminal Courts, Chicago, April j 3.—i(U.R>—The jury deliberating the | 'case of Leo V. Brothers, charged [with the murder of Alfred J. Lingle, I Chicago Tribune reporter, still was ■ deadlocked today after a continuous session since 2:24 p. m. yes- ! terday. Judge Joseph Sabath returned to; the courtroom this morning prepared to remain in his chambers all day if necessary to await a verdict. The doors to the jury room had been unlocked only twice since the jurors retired —once for a meagre supper late last night of coffee and sandwiches and again for breakfast this morning. On Judge Sabath's orders, the jury continued its debate without stopping to sleep. The angry words of the divided ] jurors could be heard through the] double doors. There was one rumor that said ] I the jury stood 10 to 2 for acquittal i and another that they were divided 8 to 4 but they were based on speculation as seven bailiffs kept j everyone from the vicinity of the jury room. louis Piquett and Tyrell V. Krum, defense attorneys who had expected an acquittal within two hours, swung over to a prediction that the I jurors would be unable to reach I an agreement. Brothers’ mother and sweetheart,( Mrs. Rose Jessen, and Betty Cook,] came back to the court room together after six hours absence. Mrs. Jessen’s eyes were red and she paced up and down the corridors. She professed confidence that the ultimate verdict would be acquittal of her son. Mrs. Cook, also under a strain, talked to friends with forced gayety, and finally accepted an invitation to a bridge game, in which Mrs. Jessen joined with two women spectators. Tlfe criminal courts building, five miles southwest of the loop but in the center of Chicago’s popu(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK HOLDUP Thomas Carl Taylor Is Given 15-Year Prison Sentence Lafayette, Ind., April 3 —(UP) — A 15-year state prison term was meted Thomas Carl Taylor, 43, when he pleaded guilty before circuit Judge Homer W. Hannegar, on a charge of bank robbery. Taylor was charged with participation in robbery of the Battle Ground state bank February 6. After sentence was passed, Taylor allegedly confessed that he took part in the robbery of Mediaryville, Ind., bank last November. He implicated his two cousins. Scott and William Taibutt, who are dead. Scott recently killed his brother, sheriff Ray M. Fisher, of White ' county, and himself, when the sheriff attempted to arrest him. ■ ——o Leslie Will Attend Governors’ Meeting Indianapolis, April 3 — (UP) — ■ Governor Harry G. Leslie will ati tend the executive council meeting . of the Governors at New York April ■ 16, it was announced at his office today. I Speaking and business programs i for the annual conference at French I jLiek, June 1 to 4, will be arranged , at the conference, it was said. Govi ernor Leslie will be host at the French Lick Conference.

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AMERICANS ARE REMOVED FROM STRICKEN CITY Airplanes Carry Them To Transport Chaumont At Corinto SEVERAL LOOTERS SHOT BY MARINES Managua, Nicaragua. April 3.— I (U.R) — American women and chil]dren who had come safely through (the horror of the destruction of Managua by earthquake and fire were evacuated to Corinto by airplane today. The group, totalling about 200, was taken aboard the transport. Chaumont at Corinto. It was un- | derstood some would be sent to j the Canal zone and others transported direct to their homes in the United States. Farewells w r ere sad as the wives with their children parted from their husbands, left behind to carry lon the work of rehabilitation in [the ruined city. Most of the boys [and girls who said goodbye to their ' fathers were too tired to be excited. They had had little rest and insufficient food and water, since their homes came tumbling down Tuesday mornWlg, and they were forced to witness a city reduced to ruin® Uy quakes and fire. Fathers could only smile wanly when they were asked by their children. “Aren’t you going home with us?” The youngsters were hustled inIto airplanes with their mothers ]and soon headed away leaving a (shambles that once was g prosper- ; ous city, overlooked by a new government palace dedicated to the peace and prosperity.of the nation. Fathers went back to work, seekjing bodies, destroying ruins that threatened to topple down, checking casualties and attempting to repair the water supply system, after their families were taken away in airplanes. Some of the fathers, those of the Marine corps, numbered among their duties the shooting |of looters who searched the ruins I for possessions of the dead. Several looters were shot during the night. All the men working in the ruins were armed, and the Marines had orders to shoot to prevent pillaging. Managua. Nicaragua. April 3.— (U.R)—The task of estimating easu(CONTINUED UN RAGE EIGHT) o Lester L. Githen, 71, Dies at Wren. Ohio Lester L. Githen, 71-year-old resident of Wren, Ohio, died at the home of his son. Dr. L. M. Githen in Wren, Ohio, at 3:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Githen had suffered two strokes of paralysis during the last ten days. The son and one sister survive, Mrs. N. C. Edwards of Dayton, O. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 9 o'clock in the Liberty XTnited Brethren church in Wren and burial will be made in Ohio. FREAK ACCIDENT NEAR RICHMOND Interurban Overturned In Collision W ith Wagon Thursday Richmond, Ind., April 3.—<U.R> — Five passengers and the crew of a T. H. I. & E. traction car escaped serious injury in a freak accident near here late yesterday, in which the car overturned in a collision with a wagon drawn by a runaway team of horses. Rudolph Slonicker, driver of the team, jumped from the wagon just before the crash, and likewise es- ■ caped injury. Herman Hobson, Richmond, in charge of the car. was knocked unconscious, but when revived, appeared to be only slightly injured. I Poles and wires were torn down . for several hundred feet, but the car. which was left crosswise of i the road, was not damaged seriousi ly. Traffic had to he detoured, [ however, because of its position. The accident occurred ten miles • west of Richmond. The car was bound for Indianapolis.