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lERMANY WILL BUY AMERICAN COTTON

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Vol. XXIX. No. 185.

Father Os Governor William H. Murray Diesj Bethany. Okla., Aug. 6. — (U.R> —— Gov. William H. Murray mourned today the death of his father, Uriah Thomas Murray, pioneer of the southwest plains country where his most famous son was reared. An attach of Influenza suffered 10 days ago proved fatal last night. The governor, summoned when the family physician. Dr. C. W. Harper, reported the 91-year-old minister was sinking rapidly, did not arrive at the bedside until after death. ASSESSMENTS I BEING STUDIED Harlow Gets Valutaions Os Utilities In Adams County County Auditor Albert Harlow has received the State Hoard of tax commissioner's assessments of railroads, banks and utilities in Adams county and started to work this inclining on distributing the amounts to the different taxing units in the county. it will require several days to complete jobs as the valuations of railroads, pipe line and utilities are assessed at so much a mile and these must be figured out in each ' township. Mr. Harlow believes that the state assessments w ill show a decrease of from SIOO,OOO to $200,000.1 The valuations per mile for rail-1 roads is less. The assessments on i bank capital will be about the same.] Mr. Harlow stated. Last year's valuations on state assessments was $5,301,999. The railroads make up a great part of this amount. Each township where the railroads pass through is credited with part of the valuation. With a loss in state assessments this year it is believed that the net valuation of all property in Adams county will show a decrease of more than $1,200,000. N.B. SHEPHERD DIES TUESDAY Geneva Grain Elevator Man Dies Following Long Illness Nathan B. Sheherd, 79/ well known Geneva elevator man. died at his home in Geneva. Tuesday night, at lli 45 o'v . folowing a sevetal months illness. Death was due to complications. Mr. Shepherd suffered an attack of the flu in January from which he never fully recovered. He has been bedfast for the past two weeks. The deceased was born east of Geneva in Wabash township, and spent his entire life in that vicinity. He became engaged in the elevator business when a young man and followed the business through his entire life. He was the founder and owner of the N. B. Shepherd and Son elevator firm, over which he acted as manager. He was born June 3, 1X52 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shepherd, deceased. He was united in matriage to Miss Sara Connor who survives. Three sons also survive. Earl H . Charles R., ami Clarence E. Shephetd. all of Geneva. One brother, Morton, of Portland, survives. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Geneva Methodist Episcopal Church of which he was a member. The Rev. Fallis will officiate and burial will be in the Riverside cemetery. To Abandon Road Tax Greenfield, Aug. 6. — <U.T?> — Hancock county's 16-cent tax levy for gravel road repair work will be eliminated and the work continued by monies obtained from the gasoline tax fund, Clarence Allender. road superintendent, announced. Allender's announcement came on the heels of a proposal by John Moorman, Knox, chairman of the Indiana prison board of trustees, that all counties eliminate their gravel road repair taxes. Allender pointed out that the road budget had been cut last | year, resulting in a surplus which h» expected would be $59,000 on January 1. When the county receives $45,000 from gasoline taxes, It will need to draw only about $13,000 from the surplus, Allender said.

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Photo at left shows Lieut. Col. Cicero Murray (second from right), cousin of Governor William H. Murray of Oklahoma, conferring with officers of the state militia after orders were issued by the governor to shut down oil wells in the attempt to raise petroleum to a profitable price for the producers. At right troops carrying out the man- , I

WHEAT PRICES ! AT NEW LOWS i _- .. Chicago Market Follows Liverpool Tumble To Records BULLETIN Chicago Aug. 6—(UP) — A new all time lew for all wheat futures was set today on the Chicago Board of Trade when September wheat dipped to 47%c a bushel. Weakness on the Liverpool market and lack of aggressive exporting were held accountable. Chicago, Aug. 6 —(U.R) — With Liverpool wheat prices at lowest levels since Queen Elizabeth’s time, all deliveries of wheat and oats tumbled to new seasonal lows today on the Chicago board of trade. September wheat fell to the allI time low of 48 cents at the openI Ing. March corn followed the . tumble and September and December iye also were at new lows for the season. I The unprecedented fall in Liver(CONTINUED ON PA(NB SIX) o AUCTIONEERS ELECT DUFFY » [ Springfield. ()., Man Elected President of Summer Term Class Michael Duffy. Springfield. Ohio, • today was elected president of the ' Reppert Auction School summer . term class at the first meeting of ) the 3t> students. Col. Reppert pre- - sided until officers were named. H. L, Willits, Bryan, Ohio, was 1 elected vice-president; H. E. Horst I of Chicago was named secretary; • Phil Glick, Paris, 111., was elected • assistant secretary and R. S. Broo- » kie of Indianapolis was elected trea-. s surer. The following late coiners registered at the tlchool today and immediately started class work. Arthur Duffy, Springfield Ohio; ■ George I. Eisele, Graymont, 111.. ' L. V. Day, Charlotte. Michigan; • John Attkinson, Cherryville. Kas., 1 F. D Haak. Stone City, Kas. The public auction schools will ■ start, next Saturday afternoon, it • was announced and an auction will 1 be conducted each Saturday after--1 noon and every night except Sun- ’ days during the summer term. o - Traffic Toll High J — t Indianapolis. Aug. 6. —(U.R)- -Mar- > ion county's 1931 traffic toll reach--1 ed 100 today with the death of Mrs. Arthur G. Krause, 43. who died . shortly after being struck by an - auto. Mrs. Krause was hit while . crossing a street with her son.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 6, 1931.

Council Is Entertained Clifford Saylors has returned ■ from Detroit with eight new Plyl mouth and Dodge cars. He was accompanied to the automobile city I by Mayor John Kelly and members ! of the city council of Bluffton, who I weie the guests of the Saylors Motor company. Dodge and Plymouth dealers in Adams and Wells counties. The men went to Detroit Tuesday. Members of the Bluffton coun- . cil who were guests of the autotnoI bile dealers were Morris McCroy, Roy Vents, Earl McKissick, Gabe Markley. Several of the men drove the new cars to Decatur and Bluffton. Leonard Saylors of this city and Sylvia Tonner, Bluffton also accompanied the men on the trip. 0 BOXING BOARD l : - IS ATTACKED t I Fort Harrison Severs Relations With State Group Today Fort Benjamin Harrison. Aug. 6 1 —(U.R)-- Relations between the staee athletic commission and Fort Benjamin Harrison have Ixeen delinitely severed “because the commission failed to cooperate with us, and liecau.se they refused to recognize a valid contract," Captain J. R. Kennedy, promoter of Fort boxing matches, announced ' today. Captain Kennedy said the state commission had ignored the Fort contract with Tracy Cox. junior lightweight, and had otherwise refused cooperation. The ten per cent premium on gate receipts, paid previously to the state by the Fort, will no . longer be forthcoming. Captain ' Kennedy said, and Fort officials ' will promote all future bouts IndeI pendently. One ruling ot the commission that calling for decisions on ' matches—will still lie followed, 1 however, Captain Kennedy announced. I 0 16 BRIDGES TO BE CONSTRUCTED Bids To Be Opened By Highway Commission* i On August 25 t I Indianapolis, Aug. G.— (Special). • —Bids for the construction of six- • teen bridges representing an investment ot approximately $275,000 will be opened August 25 by the state highway commission. John J. Brown, department director, said today. The proposed bridges are in eight ■ counties. One of the largest bridges in the letting is in Benton county and will 1 carry United States Highway 41 1 over tracks of the C. C. C. It St. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

dates of Governor Murray (inset) march on the fields at Oklahoma City Eight hundred wells have been dammed. Now Murray’s cohorts are mobilizing for invasion of the Greater Seminole fields, where producers declare only bayonets can stop tbeir work.

LINDBERGHS TAKE LONG REST I ~ h Fliers Appear Ttired Aster Hazardous Trip to It “World’s Top” Aklavir, Northwest Territory. i< Aug. 6— (U.R) —(Via Royal Ganad-,' ' ian Signals Radio to Edmonton —'< Dull, heavy clouds floated over the p "top of the world" and blotted out < the Arctic sun today as Col. and,‘ Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh restedjl ' in preparation for the next leg of H their venturesome 7.000 mile vaca-il tion flight from Washington tor Tokio, Japan. Tired aft r their dangerous, rec-11 erd breaking flight of 1.115 miles f | I direct from Baker Lake, the Lind berghs slept most of yesterday i while picturesque crowds of Eskimos. Indians, traders and trappers i milled about the village in celebration of the visit. The famous flier and his wife' planned to go from here to Point [ Barraw, 550 miles away and the > ;lmo-t northern point to be visited! . Jon their trail blazing tour. Lindbergh was uncertain last j . night when they would take off. , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. PREBLE LABI'S I BROTHER DIES Ernest C. Homeier, 71, Dies of Heart Trouble > Enroute to Hospital > i Ernest C. Homeier, 71. of 619 Lai vina street. Fort Wayne, and bro- - ther ot Mis. William Freitag of Preble, died of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon while en route to , the St. Joseph's hospital in Schone s Sons' ambulance. He was stricken J at Ewing and Main streets, Fort Wayne. Dr. L. S. MeKeeman investigated the case. Mr. Homeier had been ini poor health due to heart disease for j sometime He was employed as an ; I engineer by the Fort Wayne Drug Company. The body was taken to Klaehn and Sons funeral parlors. Mr. liotneier was a member of the Eman- . Ml Lutheran charth a' Port Way M. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o 101 Circus Stranded ' Washington. Aug. 6 (U.R) The | - big-top rodeo and circus outfit of 1 the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma where [ > Tom Mix learned to sit on a horse ; , and Will Rogers mastered the lar ; . lat, is stranded. t The freaks were playing hearts today in the sideshow tent. The , armless wonder flipped cards [ across the table with his toes. I [ The thin lady opposite him smiled ! and slapped down the Queen of Spades. They were killing time, [waiting for their pay.

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Boxers Reprimanded Indianapolis, Aug. 6.—(U.R) Reprimands were voted by the state boxing commission against Ernie Storck and Garfield Rite, both of Evansville, for participation in bouts only three days apart, and they were warned against repeti! tion of the offense. Fort Benjamin Harrison officials,, who conduct boxing shows in co-' operation with the state commis-1 sion, agreed at least temporarily to I cooperate with the state commis-1 sion, and pay the state's ten per cent tax. The fort being on federal property, this cooperation is, purely voluntary, and there had i been some intimation that army officials might sever all connections with the state group. GAS SMUGGLING FRAUD CHARGED Chicago Newspaper Says Kidnaping Last June Was Part of Scheme i Chicago. Aug. 6 —(U.R) —The Chicago Daily News today said that the kidnaping of Samuel Levin, former oil company president, last June 20 was the result of a “gigantic gasoline bootlegging conspiracy.” The state has been defrauded out of huge sums of money in motor fuel tax fees, the News said. Levin's disappearance was followed by demands for $5,000 ransom. He reappeared June 24 and announced he had been held captive, blindfolded, for 96 hours. The newspaper said several men indicted last iSetemlier on charges of defrauding the state out of gasoline tax fees still are l>ootlegglng the fuel. Bobby Jones, the golfer, was listed as a vice-president and director in one of eight companies formed to veil one group of conspirators activities, according to the News, although Jones law part(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) WINE BRICKS CONFISCATED Federal Agents Stop Sale Os Wine Cubes In New York City New York. Aug. 6—(U.R)—Federal courts are to decide if wine I bricks Ixuight by thousands of I New Yorkers in the past few days because “they turn into wine if you dissolve in water and don't drink it soon enough" are legal. Sale of the pressed grape bricks, which have drawn thousands to the little shop on Fifth Avenue opposite Marble Collegiate church of which Daniel A. Poling, a dry leader once was pastor, was stopp(CONTINUED UN PAGE EIGHT)

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43 Arrests Made In Vincennes Dry Raids Vincennes, Aug. 6 —(UP) —Forty three persons, including eight women. seized in the largest liquor raid in the history of Vincennes, were to be arraigned here today. All were arrested when an army of Federal prohibition agents, concentrated from Illinois and Indiana raided Knox county under the direction of Charles P. Britt, Indianapolis, deputy state prohibition administrator. Britt said that two special investigators had been in the county gathering evidence since June. PLANS ATTEMPT TO SPAN OCEAN Parker Cramer Makes Third Effort To Fly Across Atlantic Cleveland, Aug. 6—<U.R) —Parker | Cramer, who twice failed in an Attempt to span the northern Atlantic, today was reported on his third projected voyage to northern Europe. Officials of the trans-American Airlines Corporation reported Cramer had landed at Angmagsalik, Greenland, after an unheralded flight from Detroit where he took off on July 28. The purpose of his flight, sponsored by trans-american, is to chart a northern route for a proposed trans-Atlantic passenger and air ! mail service to Copenhagen and ! London. Accompanied by Oliver L. Pa--1 quette,. a Canadian government ; radio operator, Cramer landed his I : single-motored cabin monoplane at I ' Angmagsalik yesterday afternoon, i his sponsors said. From there, he j planned to take off for Reykjavik, I Iceland. Thornshaven in the ' Faroe Islands is his last scheduled ! stop before arriving at Copenhagen, it was said. Cramer’s previous attempts to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BULLETIN New York. Aug. 6.— fIJ.R) — The Bronx Home News in a copyrighted story today said that police had wrung from Anthony Trabino, a story of events preceding the shot gunning of babies in a street here ! last week, which pointed to a drug ; purveyors' feud. Trabino, 21, is an employee, a i former partner of Vincent Coll, a racketeer, and is said to have im--1 plicated Coll in the raid in which la car load of gunmen rode through Little Italy, mowing down children as they sought to wipe out an enemy. Trabino, according to the story, was the man they sought to put on the shot. DECATURMAN'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Emily Foreman, 86, Dies At Portland Following Illness Mrs. Emily I. Foreman, 86. one of Portland's oldest residents and mother of Colonel P. Foreman of this ci'y died at her home in Portland. Wednesday morning at 8 o’- | clock. Deafh was caused by old age and complications. The deceased was born July 19, 1845, in Hancock County. Ohio, the daughter of H. 11., and Harriet Leader-Bennett, both deceased. She was united in marriage to William Foreman, September 3, 1870, who preceded her in death several years ago. Surviving are the following children: W. C. Foreman of Portland, Flora E. Foreman at home. George D. Foreman of Muncie, Colonel P. Foreman of this city, ILMnald E. Foreman and Okeland T. Foreman of Portland: a sister, Ellen Miller of Findlay, Ohio. Four brothers and b three sisters preceded her in death. , The body was taken to the Wil(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— — — Dynamite In Theatre i Trujillo, Peru, Aug. 6.— (U.R> — , Dynamite was discovered today in ! the Puerta theater where Haya de , la Torre, candidate for the presidency, was speaking. Electric lights went out immediately after ! the discovery, causing a panic.

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OFFERS TO BUY 600,000 BALES OF FARM BOARD Also Wants Option On 200,000 Additional Bales of Cotton WHEAT PLAN IS ABANDONED Berlin, Aug. 6.— <U.R)—Accepting a suggestion of President Hoover transmitted through Ambassador Frederic M. Sackett, the German government offered today to buy from the Federal Farm Board 600,000 bales of United States cotton and to acquire an opi tion on an additional 200,000 bales. From most reliable sources it was learned Germany’s proposal w r as I transmitted to Washington last night. President Hoover's further suggestion that Gerpany purchase American wheat was temporarily shelved, pending conclusion of the cotton deal. Experts seemed to believe that similar arrangements on wheat could be made only on a small scale. The German acquiescence to Mr. Hoover’s suggestions was expected to produce favorable repercussions to both Germany and the United States, both from the standpoint of public opinion and of economics. Germany stands in need of both cotton and wheat, according to ex- ' perts, and the purchase from America was expected to help in strengthening prices and developing confidence. The offer stipulated, it was learned. that it would be on a basis of a three-year credit. Cost of the cotton would be computed on a basis of a monthly average of prices on the New York cotton exchange, or the monthly average of the New York-Bremen and Liverpool exchanges. Pay would be in buyers’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Man’s Death Mystery Terre Haute, Aug. 6.—(U.R) —Otha Cox, 36. is being held here in connection with the death of George Collier, told authorities today that ne and Collier had been drinking in Hie cornfield where Collier’s body was found. Both went to sleep. Cox related. When he awoke. Collier was not to be seen, so he drove away in his auto, Cox said. Authorities were working on the theory that Collier was sleeping under Cox's auto and was run over. An examination revealed that Collier suffered a crushed chest. o Berne People On Trip Mr. and Mrs. Louie Neaderhouser and son Robert of Berne left by au- | to Thursday morning for Los Angeles. California, where they wilt attend the national convention of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association and the Ladies' Auxiliary. Mrs. Neaderhouser is president of the Indiana Ladies’ Auxiliary and is a ilelegate at large to the convention while Mr. Neaderhouser is a delegate to the Letter Carriers’ convention. The convention will open August IS and continue through the 21st. o SHOOTS POLICE; TRIES SUICIDE Boston Merchant Battles Police After Visiting His Children Framingham, Mass., Aug. 6—(U.R) -Earl T. Lord, 50, prominent Boston real estate dealer, forced his way Into the home of his estranged wife today to see his five children, and. when she summoned police, he shot two officers and then attempted suicide. Lord and one of the policemen were seriously wounded, but names of neither were placed on the danger list at Farmingham union hospital. The real estate dealer shot hin> self in the chest. Patrolman Thomas Carpenter was shot in the neck, the bullet narrowly missing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)