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|?KIBUTING I STEM Will • ■BE IMPROVED ' Vork , i,ed IHihrec Fmjineerimr Mcerns With Council L will -j ■ START SOON nrl [|, eiiiplo'ii’ii ■. prepar*' ul;ii’ s < leclric il ' Bril 'i ■■ 1 " s v?i« rel'errlb n ic liulil eoiui !h. . tv co’nv’l tintl M v- 1! t-r-;b:»l’lv •><’ ' ;i| :i n (‘elin.U I'ridiv 1 ■L -pn-srntatives of appeared tip. anil discussed >• ihe < ouncil. The ■ were Froehlich Charles Brosh Bevington. K]i ; , .o nion. Indianupoii, \ 11. 0. Garthe council. ,■■■ Ilsscd iln < onm-ilmen and .ilt> I’-. .-limates of the cost. - ---- | fhoires that it will ’i'i .v.nditure of sso.mn»l .. innlete the rebuild-j ti... -I. .il lines. work I each year. The siiirl. would be this ' the Second street j ML.-: ■’.■■ West Monroe street' is pl.,nned to rebuild the ; o..<r plant on Third sinh: io Marshall street I -a • alley between streets and south The poles on in the up-town mill removed and the ON PAGE FIVE) MltT Staires Come-back 1" 'L -of spring weather. - . made one more eln't , Adams county tomen ury dropping d-. early this mornwi ather followed -ariiencis stated today that m ■ drop was not sufto injure gardens, which e.oly in the spring, tu temperatures ted m the next day or Croup to Meet Adam I'minty Holiness As1' ‘ loi I a monthly meet- .\|, r j| 2( ;_ in the TaberAhmro... beginning a* 2 h io. tt al standard time. li Lower of Van Wert. |M d.'in-i- the message at end Miss Juno Kesler, ■M" I \ i'i Wert, will have charge singing. cordially invited to tins meeting. in case of inweather, the meeting will in ii,,. Monroe Friends Meh. o — — IM FREE IN ■IUCKLEYCASE Fails To Convict Men Charged With ■ Detroit Murder Mich., April 22.—<U.R)— legal resource of the state ugan had failed today to conthree men charged with the gang killing in the city’s ' l ' lP murder of Jerry Buckseven months of grand jury and eight weeks of II Jitry last night returned, a j' 1 ' ly " v erdict, freeing all defendants. ■ fe acquitted men, Ted Pizzino, mmanto and Angelo LiveBK r of° V th ioyed - But the joy 1 . was short-lived. K. r n atl< ' Ilivecc hi immediately KkL aireste< ' — the former on Her fr. m > lr<ler ( har Ke, and the Bt"—- - 11 llege<1I y jumping a $20,B :o!s 'T‘\’UED ON PAGE FIVE)

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■W. C. T. U. Meet To Be Held All Day Thursday The all day institute meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union to be held in the local Presbyterian church, Thursday, will I open with the morning session at I 10 o'clock. Mrs. Stella Stimson of Terre Haute, the state director of Christian Citizenship will deliver an address on "W. C. T. U. Institute, a Practical School of Methods." A luncheon will be served at the nook hour, and Rev. M. W. Sunderman of the First Evangelical church will speak at the afternoon session which opens at 1:30 o’clock. All members of the organization are urged to attend this instructive meeting. CLEAN-UP WEEK DATES ARE SET City to Co-operate In Annual Clean-up Campaign May 4-10 The annual Clean-up Week in De- . catur will be held during the week cf May 4, the city council in session last evening decided. Citizens are asked to cooperate and to help the city street cleanling department in cleaning the alleys, back yards and premises of j the winter’s accumulation of tin can. bottles, rubbish and other unI sightly objects. H. F. Linn, chairman of the street committee designated the week of May 4 as the official ob- ! servance of clean-up week. City Street Commissioner Amos : Fisher stated that the city trucks j would start to gather the cans and | other rubbish, which must be plated lin containers, on Tuesday, May 5. Mr. Fisher explained that this arrangement would not make it ‘ necessary for citizens to place the I containers out over Sunday, giving them all day Monday to prepare for the clean-up. Citizens are asked to have the cans and other rubbish, exclusive of ashes, in containers and placed at the rear of the lot in the alley or in front of the house. City workmen will gather it and haul it away. # 0 T Daniel Cowen Is 111 Daniel Cowen, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cowen, was reported much better today. He has been a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital since last Sunday and is suffering from an attack of pneumonia. He had high fever for a few days, but yesterday his temperature was about normal. CANNON DEFIES PROBING GROUP Refuses to Tell How $63,000 Was Spent In 1928 Campaign Washington, April 22. —(U.R) — Bishop James Cannon. Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal church south again has denied the authority of a senate committee to question him regarding use he made of $63,000 turned over to him for expenditure against Alfred E. Smith for president in 1928. This time it is the Nye election investigating committee with I which Cannon has engaged in a dispute. In June, 1930, the bishop defied the Caraway lobby investigating committee, striding out of the hearing wjien the committee tried to question him on the same subject. The Nye committee revealed today that there had been sharp interchanges between it and the bishop. Chairman Nye after reading in newspapers of public ap(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Remains Returned Here The remains of Mrs. A. P. Beatty former Decatur woman who died at the Masonic Home at Franklin, Indiana, Tuesday morning, arrived in this city late this afternoon in the Lobenstein and Doan ambulance. The funeral services have not been ’ arranged, pending word from child- i ren.

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COUZENS SAYS GREED IS CAUSE OF CONDITIONS • Wealthiest Senator Says Capitalistic System Must Be Changed CALLS PANIC “HEAVY STRAIN” Washington, April 22.—<U.R) — Senator James Couzens, ' Repn., Michigan, a multi-mil-lionaire, attributes unemploy- : ment and attendant dis in the I United States to unrestrained :greed. This wealthiest member of 'congress is convinced the cap- : italistic system must be put I in order by those in charge of it or ; suffer the consequences of regulation by the people. Although he prefers the scheme of private initiative upon which American business and industry has based its phenomenal development, Couzens says he is beginning to doubt the American people can continue to . rely on it. He discussed such matters in an interview with the United Press. His ideas illustrate the extent to which he rejects the accepted rich man’s philosophy, and similarly rejects claims of the republican party upon his vote when partyprinciples counter his own ideas. The senator splits his votes between the regular and progressive republican groups and belongs to neither. The best definition of his political status in the senate is "irregular." His latest public statement was scathing comment on the United States Chamber of Commerce. The Atlantic City convention of the chamber will begin next week. So luxurious a setting for the conven(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ’ o *- COLLEGE HEAD ASKED TO QUIT Hanover Students In Effort to Oust President Parker Madiscn, Ind., April 22. — <U.R> — Quick action on the part of Hanover college officials was expected here today in retaliation to the edicts circulated on the campus urging removal of Dr. Albert G. Parker, president. The statement.; were of unknown autorship and signed "the student body.” The statements charged that the school has gone into d?bt $23,00Q since Dr. Parker took office a year ago, and that he refused a gift of $150,000 for a new athletic fieldhouse, asking a men’s dormitory instead. Authors of the publication apparently feared the school will soon lose its college rating and become a junior college, with the result that teachers’ certificates obtained there would not be recognized, and that graduates would be admitted to professional universities. Fraternities and sororities would be banished if Hanover became a junior college, the statements said. The change to a lower rated school, it is alleged, is in line with <CON"TNUED ON PAGE SIX> Will Quit Movies New York, April 22—(UP)—Colleen Moore has quit the movies, she announced today upon returning from a vacation in the West Indies. ‘‘l’m out of pictures and don’t expect to go back." Miss Moore said “1 may go abroad for a while but my plans are still indefinite.” o Carroll Gets Contract The city council has awarded a contract to the Carroll Coal and Coke company of this city for furnishing 10,000 tons of West Virginia coal to the City Light and Power Plant. The contract price for the coal is 80 cents a ton. The • freight rate from the mine is $2.70 per ton. The coal has been used at the power plant for the past six months and the contract made last evening is for a year.

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Kidnaped in China ■r jar ” y* - W| w ■ i Mirs Esther Nordlund (left) and Oscar Anderson, missionaries from Chicago, who were kidnaped by bandits in East Central China and are l>eing held for ransom. They are members of the mission known as the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant maintained in China by a Chicago church.

RILEY SCHOOL TO GIVE PLAY Production Friday Will Feature Harmonica Band of School Pupils I “Tad’s Inspiration,’’ a musical play in two acts, featuring a Harmonica, band will be presented j bv the pupils of the Riley school. Friday evening, April 24. at the Decatur high school auditorium. The entertainment will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The story centers about a group . of boys and girls of the Merryville! school, under the direction of John Gentry, affectionately called “Prof. John” by the children, who have just learned to play the harmonica and who are very proud of their accomplishment. Jimmy Carrol, the lovable fat boy of the school, who is called “Tad” by everyone, is tremendously enthusiastic and is anxious to go on a “concert tour.” Sara Jane Matthews, one of the! schoolmates, recovering from a | serious accident in which she almost lost her life, is just able to I be about in a wheel chair. A har-| monica band, about which she, knows nothing has been formed while she was away. This, and the fact that her birthday is only a few days off, is the basis for “Tad’s Inspiration" to give their first concert for Sara Jane. The play is a diversion from the usual school play, and promises to be one of the best entertainments given by the Riley school during (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o REV. H.L YAGER IS APPOINTED Former Adams County Resident Goes to New York City Church Word has been received here that Rev. Herman L. Yager of Elizabeth New Jersey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Yager, residing southwest of the city, had been invited by the Session of the North Avenue Church in New Rochelle, New York to become director of religious education of the church. Rev. Yager accepted the invitation and began his duties immediately. He was born near this city, and after graduating from high school taught school a year, and then was graduated from DePauw University; He attended the Union Theological Seminary in New York City for several years where he received his degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He lias been prominent in religious work among the children and young people. Two years ago Rev. Yager became pastor of the West End Community Church of Elizabeth where he also acted as superintendent of Young Peoples Work of the Union County Council of Religious Education, and temporary chairman of the education committee of that council. He has served as assistant, dean of the Elizabeth Teacher Training School. Rev. Yager is well known in Decatur and visited here a few years ago.

Famous Woman Flier Arrested as “Drunk" Windsor, Can., April 22. —<U.RX— Lady Mary Heath, the English flier, was held today in the Windsor jail on a tentative charge of drunkenness. Police said she had been tentatively booked and that an official charge would be placed against her this morning. Lady Heath spoke last night at two meetings in Windsor. One of | them was a meeting at the Y. W. C. A. The other was a private banquet. Later, Policemen Alfred Carten and Russell Haggith heard a violent uproar in an automobile which had been stopped in the street. I They investigated. In the car. they said, they found Lady Heath, intoxicated, quarrelling with her secretary, Reginald G. Williams. Both were arrested, but Williams was released almost immediately. Lady Heath was placed in charge of Police Matron Lottie Begg. BERNE BANK ■ TO OPEN SOON Peoples State Bank Is Reorganized With New Board of Directors ————— • Berne, April 22. — The Peoples State bank of Berne will be reopened within a week or 10 days, it was announced Tuesday night at the close of an enthusiastic meeting of stockholders at which ’ll new directors were elected. More than 100 stockholders attended. All of the old directors resigned. An entire new board was chosen and after the stockholders’ meeting it convened and named the following officers of the bank: President, Grover W. Sprunger; first vice-president, Rudolph Schug second vice-president. Grover Neuenschwander; chairman of the board, Fred Rohrer; secretary of the board, Everett Schug. In addition to those officers, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o F. M. Schirmeyer Funeral To Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Frank M. Schirmeyer, who died Tuesday morning will be held at the residence on Mercer Avenue Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city will have charge of the services. Burial will he made at Decatur cemetery. Friends are asked to omit sending flowers. Discuss Well Location The locating of a new water well for the city was discussed last night by the council, following the regular meeting of the body. The well recently drilled on the city lot on North Seventh street came in dry and it will be necessary to drill another well in order to keep up the city’s water supply. Two other large wells are located on the city lot. It has been suggested by several of fclie councilmen that a well lie located in the south part of the city The water would be pumped directly into the mains. The matter will be given consideration by the council and orval Harruff, superintendent of the water department.

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COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR MEET City Buys Truck for Light Department; Pond Proposed The building of a fish pond in Legion Memorial Park on South Winchester street was discussed by the city council last evening and referred to the park committee. • Amos Fisher, city street commirsioner and supervisor of the city ■ parks made the suggestion to Conn-1 oilman H. F. Linn, chairman of the ' park committee. A small pond a- j Irout 16 feet long was suggested. The contract with seven customers for electric current on the Union township line extension was held with the council last evening and approved. The line runs north of Wyatt and west ajong state road 16. City attorney J. Fred Fruchte reported to the council last evening that no objections were filed against the city's petition for a franchise to build electric lines in Monroe township. Allen county. The hearing was held in Allen county (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Mayer Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Mayer who die dat her home 713 North Second street, Saturday morning, were held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the residence wi’h Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor of the Ziorr Reformed church officiating and burial was in the Deca- . tur Cemetery. Marcus Mayer and Mrs. W. A. Martin, children of the deceased, Margaret Jane and' Barbara Sue Martin, grand children all of San ' Diego, California arirved this morning to attend the services. o Fire Threatens Block At National Capitol Washington. April 22. — <U.R)» — Fire early today which for a time threatened an entire congested business block in downtown 'Washington, was brought under control after three hours. Five alarms brought apparatus from all over Washington. Three firemen were injured, one ' perhaps seriously. Struck on the head by a falling timber, he was removed to a hospital for treatment. The fire, originating in an automobile accessory shop at 9th and E. streets, gained great headway before firemen arrived. It soon ent- ’ ered a shoe store next door, but was held in check from that point. The accessory store was destroyed, and virtually none of the stock saved. BANKER FACES GRAFT CHARGES Five Hammond Bank Officials Are Indicted By Grand Jury Gary, Ind., April 22. —<U.R> —A boy who came here as an immigrant, started to work as a janitor and battleil his way to the peak of Lake county ' banking circles, together with four other bank officials, today faced indictments charging violation of Indiana banking laws. The true bills were returned by a grand jury against Peter W. Meyn, president of the defunct First Trust and Savings Bank of Hammond; his son, Walter Meyn, vice president of the bank, and three assistant secretaries and treasurers, W. Morman Bridge, Clifford A. Etling and Adam H. Dorsch. The jury investigation followed failure of the Hammond bank and the American State Bank, East Chicago, of which Hazel K. Groves, county treasurer, is president. Groves was named in an affidavit filed by Prosecutor Robert G. Estill, charging overdrafts of $2,089.50. Peter Meyn is named in an indictment on four counts ’charging unauthorized loans of $22,339. Waller Meyn, Bridge and Etling are charged with conspiracy to commit grand larceny and embezzle $23.000. Dorch is charged with embezzlement of $2,500. The First Trust Bank was closed February 2 and the American State Bank September 19.

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Eastern Star Holds Its Annual Convention Indianapolis, April 22. —An address by Governor Harry G. Leslie opened the state convention of the Order of Eastern Star here today. Officers were to be elected this afternoon. Presentation of flags, a memorial service and addresses by grand officers were also on the morning program. Mrs. Frances E. Curtis, worthy grand matron, spoke. Another memorial service, Conducted by the grand officers, will be held . tonight. TIME CHANGE I TO BE SATURDAY Daylight Savins Time To Be Effective In Decatur j Saturday Night Daylight saving time, which will, move Decatur's clocks forward one < hour will start next Saturday night, April 25, at midnight. The fast time] will last until midnight of the last Saturday in September. At the same time, Fort Wayne time and the time of almost all northern Indiana towns and cities will move forward. It Is understood that local factories and almost all local business houses will adopt the "eastern” time. , '< Managers of the two ocal motion picture houses announced today that their theatres would remain on the slow (ime. Because most of the rural people continue so use central i standard time, the managers stated | that their houses would continue to operate under the old time The last time was adopted in Decatur three years ago. following a city-wide referendum. The last time carried almost two to one. Since that time there has been some opposition to the time, but the ordinance passed by the council in 1929 has continued in force. TO PROBE HOUSE BILL 6 PASSAGE Judge Baker Asks Marion County Grand Jury To Investigate Charges Indianapolis, April 22 —<U.R> —A Marion county grand jury investigation of the method by which House Bill 6, placing bus and truck operations in Indiana under the public service commission, thereby taking from cities all rights previously vested in them, was ordered today by Judge Frank P. Baker, in criminal court. Judge Baker issued a statement in connection with the suit by the cities of Muncie and Indianapolis, to restrain publication of the act, in which he said that the “charges are of such a serious nature that they cannot lie overlooked. “A certain suit has been filed in the courts of Marion county," i his statement sets forth, “which charge and alleges fraud and conspiracy upon the part of unnamed public officials, acting in concert with unnamed private individuals, and allege that the object and aim of this conspiracy was to obtain fraudulently in the Acts of 1931, as laws enacted by the legislature, certain passed measures which had not passed the law making bodies of the legislature; that by means of this conspiracy and fraud these bills have been certified as having passed the law making branches, sent to the governor for his signature: that the same has now been signed by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Reception To Be Tonight A reception will be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church here, tonight at 7:30 o'clock for Rev. B. H. Franklin, who has been re-ap-pointed pastor of the local church, and for the new members who were recently received into the church. Rev, Franklin has served as pastor of the church for the last year, and his re-appointment as pastor here was unanimously asked by the congregation. Wils Beery will have -charge of the entertainment and program for the evening, and refreshments will also be served. The public and entire congregation of the church is invited to this reception.

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REBELS ROUTED IN ATTACKS ON SEVERAL TOWNS Troops Located Near American Colony of 372 Men And Women CRISIS MAY COME SOON Tegucigalpa. I londuras, Aoril 22. <U.R) Thousands lof government troops were iconcentrating today in the rCortes region of northern i Honduras to repulse revolutionary attacks. 'Hie government ordered full protection for the large colony of United States citizens at La Lima, in the Cortes zone. ■San Pedro Sula appeared to be the chief immediate objective of | the rebel forces, whose activities j shifted from the coastal region j with the arrival of three United . States warships. There has been fighting of a 1 minor character —-principally near ! Tela and Corozito in the last 18 hours. The government of President Vicente Mejai Colindresoi announced that loyalist troops had been victorious in each dash, routing the rebels with some casualties. With tne cooperation of the American legation, the government declared a “neutral zone” existing around San Pedro Sula, where all messages indicated heavy fighting was expected within a few hours. The American I legation will ask the revolutionary | leaders to respect the neutral zone. Most of the government reinforcements to meet the attack at San Pedro Sula were sent from Tegucigalpa. The federal military leaders have concentrated on meeting the rebel attack in that region and they informed the government they were confident of success in the anticipated encounter. The action of congress in declaring martial law through Honduras quickly ended the threat of a general strike at Tela, which was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. | —o Snow Flies At Noon An April shower turned into-snow I at noon today and the flurry kept up for a few minutes. The temperature took a drop today and -weather predictions were that there might be a frost tonight. o — Junior Band To Play at Kirkland H. S. Tonight The Decatur Junior Band, under the direction of David Rice, will participate in the commencement program at Kirkland high school, tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All Ynem. bers are requested to meet at Decatur high school promptly at 7 o’clock. Forty-four members of the band will take part in the program whicn will consist of a processional march and another special musical selec- | tion. David Rice, for many years director of the band, has drilled the youthful musicians diligently ter the performance tonight. THORNTOWN HAS COSTLY FIRE Buildings of Pure Serum Company Destroyed by Flames Today Thorntown, Ind., April 22.—(U.R) —Loss estimated at SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO was sustained in a fire near here early today which destroyed the main building of the Pure Serum Company. The cooler room, offices, laboratory, and serum valued at several thousand dollars, were destroyed. A barrel of tar became overheated and exploded. Pipes carrying ammonia burst, filling the rooms with fumes which prevented firemen from entering the building. The plant is the only in Indiana with Federal government inspection, and was owned cooperatively by 3,000 farmers. Two large barns, the power plant and garages were saved. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)