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m InlftL Inc e n d ■ COURT HERE 11111 Hirn' Takes '■Tells <>!' Visit Os ■ r l And Mother HiK (.IN ks ■ n;s iimon A ■ ■ busy man ■ " • War- - m 1,1 Pent - ■ |H, •: i.. ’.ikinn lluH, • l'Ol'tlT. t lit m ♦ ■ BULLETIN stJtff and .-'rnsr rest- ]■ Bur-s :r rmnal opftrial ‘ tia . and argustarted mmeaiateiy. Nathan C. Nelson me , 'or 35 minthe state n which he the evicence. Parnsn was the first attorney to speak. He <-r 3C ” "utes and was by Judge D. E. Smith ■ teas g r anted an hour's ■ H. M. DeVoss. assisting ■ prosecution was also an hour's time to case. T here were 43 ■ nstructians and it was the jury would reB i"lliple'lctl its Honv toil;iv in the o;iso Bulr \s Hr. Mli/uln'lli H I'oi'l W ;ivno. chiirj*Btli pi rtin ininv» ;1 , T j m _ Bwnition. |)r. Burns, i ■ u.'MH plivsit-iiiu. took ■itiuss si nut licrst ir iintj Brnrsliiiii. ,| (nr ,i lone! ■fimt'ii'niiiu Hie call of ■? 1 ■ ;, s*■ :iiul tier mother, I B'sm’ ( asi to Iht olVicc ■ilkt 20. 1930. ■■l:ii* ,| that the quos-; B peri.rmiiir a criminal op- j ii.v, mentioned ami i V r nn-iviy examined tlio i • “lie I'.ail other limns, being! H*'*' family physician. B» r 'is slated that the reason ■ '■ :l hncatur physiB vi "*s of a Decatur physl- ■“ tw ‘ < ' iUI "u she was making ■**" trip to Hamilton. Ohio B* ( sllr I' lieved another ■*" sho,ll<l he familiar with B* if ,he Kirl ' B condition V more critical. ■ ®“Ds was cross examined B ,'"' 0r V:i,haM ( ’ Nelsons B.i i el " that ,llp "Tested In Decatur ■ a similar charge P*' T KD ON PAGE TWOt PER RATES RE ASKED FOR boC„tf ? are P ß t“ p { e 10 Per Cent. I* 58 '*"''' Oct. 8 <U.R> Lows «hhedules for five Indiana r s were sought in a petlL, . Ote public service r l "' '»• W. L Snodgrass, h "uperintendent for the ii J* ratfl « would become - November 16. s on which the changes are n. ar ' **ie Indiana railroad, ii>ip and u ma railroad, l orv I ea Corporation, th,' i>" < , liana Power eompany l„a " C BPrVICe Company tin' proposed chanties, trip fares will be cut li, ~ present they are ' h ;, on ‘- w «y fare. The fcL * y rp,ll,, ' Uon will be on I H aynp an< l Idmn road.! I., 1 * lowered from 3.0! rr,NUR D o:; PAGE THREE) I

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1 I Hill III*. 11l IT 111 til V Worker Is Indicted Evansville, Ind., Oct. B.—(tJ.R) I Mrs. Estelle I. Joyce, prominent in I 'state club and Democratic circles, was arrested at her home here to- , day on an indictment charging embezzlement. The Indictment was I returned by the Vanderburg county, grand jury. Mrs. Joyce his long served in tile' probation department of the city' con rt. Each of who two counts In the indictment charged her with cm- j bezzling $6 “for her own use and ! for the use of Charles J. Eichel Jr. I Eichel is judge of the city court. ] Mrs. Joyce, who was released on SI,OOO bond, returned yesterday from a Woman's Club convention at Shelbyville. The grand jury was still in sess-; ion today. It was reported that Indictments of several prominent : officials were pending. WILL OBSERVE j ANNUAL EVENT Reformed Church Mission Festival Scheduled For Sunday Next Sunday, October 11 will be one of the most important church ' days of the year for the Zion Re- j formed church, the occasion being ! the observance of the annual Mission Festival, together with the 1 commemoration of the 400th anni-1 versary of the death of Huldrelch | Zwingli, the leader and founder of! the Reformed church This comme- j moration is to be observed throughout the denomination. For this occasion the local | church lias obtained Prof. Herbert i W. Werneeke, of the Central Theo- , j logical Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. In the morning at 10:3ft o’clock he will speak on the subject, “Our Chris- ; tian Duty in Three Words”. The : Young Men's Chorus of the church will assist with special music at the morning service. Second Service In the afternoon at 2 o'clock Prof Werneeke will speak on the, subject. “Our Church Ancestry in j Huron* The speaker is a proses i sor of church history and his sub-1 ject is regarded as timely for the j ! Zwingli commemoration. Prof. Werj necke also spent a summer in ZuI rich, Switzerland, where he preach-, !ed for several months in the old ; historic church. Zurich is the re ' I uowned city where Zwingli lived, ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) EDISON'S MIND GROWS WEAKER ! Inventor’s Death Expected Momentarily, Physicians State Today West Orange, N. J., Oct. 8. -(U.R) —The brilliant mind of Thomas Edison, whose many inventions have been of lasting benefit to mankind, is gradually slipping into a j coma from which his physician says 1 he will not emerge Death is expected at almost any j tiny. Virtually all ranks of people] have showed their interest in the] condition of the aged inventor. A i message signed “an average citizen," representing the feeling of many, was received at the Edison estate last night. "I am only one of. the millions who have enjoyed and benefited by the many gifts God gave you to develop for man," the message said. “Your ingenious mind, determin-j ation and honesty will forever live j as patrons for the future advance-1 ment of civilization. Kindest re-| gards." it came from Pittsburgh.! i President Hoover, who paid public tribute to Edison during the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Victim (Jains Release Bt. Paul. Minn., Oct. B—(UP) — Kidnapers who feared that their torttuted victim, Morris Kutman, St. {‘aul would die before ransom could be paid, flung him from a speeding truck today near his home. | Kutman, burned by applications! I of hot alcohol on his shoulders and | i I>ack struggled to his home and I collapsed. At St. Luke's hospital his condition was pronounced serious.

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PROGRAMS FOR I TEACHERS' MEET! ARE ANNOUNCED ! Ihree (leneral Sessions Included In Two-Day Fall Convention NOTED SPEAKERS ARE ON PROGRAM 1 m ; Th(> complete programs for the three general sessions of the annual Northeastern Indiana Teachers Association l meeting to be held at Fort: Wayne, October 22 and. 23, L were announced by M. F. I Worthman, secretary of the: association. The first general |session will be held Thursday! morning, October 22 at 5) i (o’clock. Following is the program for that meeting: Meeting place. Shrine Temple, 407 W. Berry street. : Music- Central High School Band, Gaston Bailile, director. Invocation — Rev. Donald Dunkin, pastor nf First Baptist church, Garrett, Indiana. (Address of Welcome —Hon. Wm. J.l I Hosey, mayor of Fort Wayne, l Fort Wayne, Indiana. Response—Mr. Charles F. Kohlmeyer, county superintendent Lagrange County, Lagrange, Indiana. Greetings from State Department —State Superintendent George (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) GIRL SCOUTS NAME OFFICERS i . —_— - H Make Plans For Observance Os Annual (Jirl Scout’s Week Plans were made for the Girl Scout Week which will lie observ- ! ed October 25 to 31, and new offi , cers of Troop No. 1 of the Girl] ] Scouts were chosen at the meeting j ] of the organization which was held ] I at the Central School. Wednesday | afternoon. Miss Betty Frisinger will be tlie j patrol leader Os Patrol No. 1 for the coming year, and Miss Sally Hi andyberry will be second leader | | •of the troop. Mary Kathryn Tyn- 1 : dull and Betty Short will tie first j ‘and second leaders of Patrol No. 2; I I Kathryn Kohis and Ilarriette ' Fruchte, first and second leaders of Patrol No. 3; and Phyllis Tooke and Betty Campbzell, leaders of Patrol No. 4. j Phyllis Tooke was welcomed into I the troop as a tenderfoot at tile j meeting Wednesday. She came j here from Lebanon, j Patrol No. 4of the Girl Scouts is i a new patrol made up of the following girls: Florence Brandyberry Barbara Burk. Betty Campbell, Kathryn Franklin, Helen Jean | 1 Kohls, Evangeline Fuhrman, Flora ] Marie Lankenau, Rosie Moyer. Jan-1 | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) A. F. OF L. GROUP STUDIES PLANS Delegates Start Task Os Forming Methods To End Depression Vancouver, B. C., Oct. B.—(U.R) — I All tile necessary preliminaries | were over today bo 350 American | Federation of Labor delegates j plunged into the job of making known their plans for ending depression and restoring the prosperity of 1929. Except for resolutions which may he Introduced by unanimous consent. ail proposals on which the federation will ballot had been introduced and referred to committees. As fast as the committees report them, they will be taken up on the floor. , The convention faced a showdown on propsals to wreck prohibition in one of three ways: by repealing the Volstead act, substi- | luting state control for the 18th ! amendment, or amending the Volstead act to legalize 2.76 per cent (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 8, 1931.

Three Jansleys Coming Here For Dairy Day The three Janslevs, hail raising aerialists, will give the free act j in this city Wednesday night, October 14, at the Dairy Day program to be given by Decatur merchants following the all-day program at | the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. I lie act is made up of three parts, each one a great show in ltselt. Tlie three Jansleys are recognized as the best on the circuit ami without doubt will thrjll the thousands who attend the Wednes- ' day night program. I The free act will be given on a platform in front of the court house and will be located in such away as to afford everybody up town an opportunity to see it. The Janslevs, two men and a pretty girl present three numbers. Two of them are offered on an apparatus that towers 70 feet in the air. The first is a series of daring head-stands, balancing stunts and poses, all of which are accomplished witli the absence j of a net or safety devices of any kind to catch them in the event of : j a fall. The slightest mistake on the part of either of the men would , unquestionably result in a fatal accident. The second number shows the two men whirling about a high point on the apparatus in a ) giant loop-the-loop. Tlie finale appearance includes all three of the performers and gives the joung woman am opportunity to exhibit some clever jug glitig, while her partners engage in comedy knockabout downing. — 1 ■

DREDGE CASE IS RECESSED Judge Kister To Appear In Federal Court At Indianapolis Judge Henry Kister who is hearing the Wabash drain case here was due in Federal court at Indianapo-' lis tliis afternoon, where he appears I as an attorney in a $175,000 case in I which he has been interested foSR i some time. Sonsequently adjournment of the drain case here was taken until Monday morning at | nine o'clock. Only a short session was held ! ! this morning, from eight to nine, j ' during which time Attorney Henry ill. lleller cross examined Mr. 80lI enbacher who has been the petij tioners witness all this week. Attorney Whitaker safd this i morning that the petitioners next i week will take up the matter of l assessments as to remonstrators in | Jay and Adams counties. In Ohio | where the law does not permit a . general assessment it was necesi sarv to prove tbe present fair cash j value of all real estate, assessed,! i taking these up one at a time, while | in Indiana where the assessments { can go back all the way to the | water sheds, it is only required that I evidence be offered as to tlie pre-! sent fair cash value, and the bene- j fits if the proposed improvement is (CONTI VT’uqj on t>AOF TWO’ CAPONE TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY Prosecution Continues To Produce Evidence Against dang Leader Federal Building, Chicago, Oct. 8. (U.PJ —The part Alphonse Capone's {emissaries played in Washington during what the government charges was a conspiracy to evade paying income tax was detailed ini testimony today at the gang leader's trial in the Federal district court. Capone is on trial before Judge Janies H. Wilkerson charged with defrauding the government of $215,000 lax on $1,018,(54 Income over] a six-year period. George Slentz, head of the power! of attorney department of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, was questioned about tile power of attorney Capone was said to have given Lawrence Mattingly, a Washington attorney, but was halted by an objection. The jury was dismissed to permit argument on admissibility of the testimony. Judge Wilkerson ruled the testimony was admissible. Then Sam Clawson, assistant dis(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Band Is Entertained Members of the General Electric Band were entertained with a banquet meeting. An old fushloned chicken supper, prepared by Mrs Esta Liddy, was served the 22 members present. Following the banquet Dave Rice band leader, had charge of a discussion und talk on State Rand Laws. E. W. Lankenau and Cal Waite also gave short talks.

Bandits Are Not (’aught The highwaymen who held up and robbed I. Millstein and son I Harry Millstein of Cleveland, near Delphos, while on their way to l)e- i catur to buy poultry at the Decatur Produce Company have not been caught. Mr Millstein and son were robbed of $625 and badly beaten by the thugs, although they did not offer any resistance. This is the second time they have been held up and the day before received the j money for their loss, which was coveted by insurance. They make I frequent trips to this city and for- | merly were accompanied here by a i Rabbi from Cleveland. NEW FIGHTING | STIRS ORIENT! 'Japanese Sends Airplanes After Chinese Forces Again Mukden. Manchuria, Oct. S. — (U.R) — Japanese opened hostilities against Chinese in Manchuria today when nine Japanese airplanes ! lew from New Chang and l>omI barded Chinchow, Chinese provist ional headquarters. Marshal Chang Hseuh-Liang, young war lord and Manchurian ! ruler who was in Peiping when the I Japanese occupied Mukden, established his headquarters at Chinchow, a railway center southwest of Mukden. Prior to the bombing, the airplanes dropped hand bill* warning civilians to repudiate Chang's I temporary government and declaring that the Japanese were preparing for positive action. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o— Jury Report Is Near South Bend. Ind., Oct. B.—(U.R)— The Federal grand jury in session here, investigating t lie greatest number of cases ever brought on one docket, was expected to make a report on Indictments tomorrow. A majority of cases under investigation involve liquor charges. K. OF P. CLOSES STATE MEETING Fort Wayne Man Named Vice-Chancellor For State Grand Lodge Indianapolis Oct. 8— Officers were installed Wednesday at the closing session of the two-day convention here of the Indiana Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. H. T. Walker Montpelier, was i elected grand outer guard, the only elective office. By custom other grand officers ate advanced annually. Those elevated were: Levi Hooker, Evansville, grand chancellor; Edwin R. Thomas, Fort Wayne, vice chancellor; Harry ('. Sullivan, VeVay, prelate; Carl R. Mitchell, Martinsville, keepef of records and seal; Henry Kammerer, Logansport, master of the exchequer; Raymond R. Tasli, Salem master of arms; Joe W. Todd. Hammond. inner guard; Frbd E. Swain, Huntington, lodge trustee, and Samuel L. Trabue, Rushville; Charles S. Loy, Swayzeen, and Nathan J. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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POISON TRIAL MAY LAST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS Forty People Who Attended Tragic Picnic Will Be Questioned EVERY PERSON TO BE CALLED Lebanon, Ind., Oct. B—(U.R) A probability that the trial of Mrs. Carrie Simmons might last for several weeks Wits seen today after Prosecutor Hen Scifres indicated lie would question all of the two score persons present last June 21 when Mrs. Simmons" two little daughters died of strychnine poisoning at a picnic. Since tlie trial began, there has been a constant parade of persons who attended the picnic. Scifres depended upon each one to add some little bit of testimony I to the mass of purely circumstantial evidence which he hoped would convict Mrs. Simmons of murder. High points in yesterday's session came when Horace Jackson, brother-in-law of Mrs. Simmons, and Marion Hickson. 17 year old Purdue University student were on, the stand. Efforts were made by Defense Attorney Charles Tindall to draw from Jackson some admission which would shift suspicion from Mrs. Simmons to him. In each such instance Jackson shouted “No. No, No.” Several times he jumped to his feet or ! pounded his fists on a chair to emphasize his denials that he knew anything at all about the poisonings. Hickson testified, as several others had before him, that Mrs. Simmon,s showed no emotion when daughters, Alice Jean, 10 j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Man’s Body Is Found Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. B—(UP)8 —(UP) The body of a man. tentatively identified as ("has. Orthman, 55, | Chicago, was removed from Spy Run Creeek here today. The body bore no marks indicating violence. Police believed the man was fishing on the banks of the stream, and fell into the water i when lie suffered a heart attack. SEEK PROBE OF KIRKLAND CASE Petition Asks Reopening Os Famous Trial; Attorney Attacked Indianapolis, Oct. B—(U.R)— The trial of Virgil Kirkland, which for more than a month held nationwide interest, is again headed for prominence. Ten Gary ministers, school officials and civic leaders, headed by A. Howard Bell, Gary school hoard auditor, were to present to Attorney General James M. Ogden today a petition requesting an I investigation of Kirkland's trial. Kirkland was sentenced to serve i from one to 10 years on a charge | growing out of the death of his sweetheart, Arlene Braves, at a Gary gin party. The petition, bearing 5,200 names, was aimed at the conduct of Trial Judge Grant Crumpacker in Porter circuit court. Judge Orumpacker's son was a inem'ber of defense counsel. The petition also asked Ogdenj to investigate the prosecution, conducted by Robert Estill, I,ake county prosecutor. According to tlie petition, Kirkland . thanked Estill after the trial and said "Y’ou've been good to me.” Is Glee Club Member Miss Mildred Akey. daughter of Mrs. Dora V. Akey of this city, and a junior in the Indiana University School of Music* was choften a member of the Indiana University Glee Club, it was announced today. Miss Akey was chosen as one of forty coeds who survived the final elimination of 100 entries, who tried out the club* Wednesday.

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Mothers Asked To Note \ Station’s Change of Date! All mothers of children under three years of age in Adams County are asked to take note of the Adams County Baby Health Station which will be held in the Decatur Public Library Hall, Friday, October 9, instead of October 16, as had been previously announced. » The change in the date of tlie health station was necessitated on account of the new stations whicn have been organized in tlie various counties of the state. Tlie Baby Health Station will open at nine o'clock Friday morning and will remain open until four o’clock in the afternoon. All babies in Adams County under three years of age, who are brought to the station, will be examined free of change, and suggestions for food and help in progress of the children will be made. RESURFACE JOB IS PROGRESSING Contractor Says Work Will Be Completed In Another \Veek With R. D. Myers as superintendent and O. W. P. Macklin, contractor, a force of men is hurrying the Second street improvement along so rapidly that predictions are now made that by the latter part of I next week it will be complete, unless there is a delay because of material not arriving. The street from the north end to Monroe street has already been precoated and work began this | morning on the section between Monroe and Jefferson. This part was cleaned, and rolled and the precoat will be put on as needed. The spreading of Kentucky Rock will start at the north end tomorrow and will be on to Monroe street by Tuesday if good weather continues. The superintendent and contractor are keeping Dairy Day in mind and trying to cooperate so there will be no interference because of streets being closed. Arrangements will be made so that automobiles can travel over the street hut live stock will not be allowed on that section where the rock has been put on. Grading is going on now on the streets in the north part of the city included in the contract and Marshall street will be precoated next week. The improvement will l>e a very splpndid one for the city. Exhibit A Explodes Marion, Ind., Oct. B—(UP)—An8 —(UP) —An explosion at the crucial moment during the trial of Eldo Martin allayed all doubts as to the contents of ‘Exhibit A.” “How do I know that the stuff in that bottle is not water?” Martin’s attorney demanded eloquently. As prosecutor Harley Hardin started to remove the cap, it flew off with a loud bang, sptaying contents over the courtroom. There was barely enough left for jurymen to smell, hut they were convinced. Martin was fined SIOO and sentenced to a 60-day term on the state farm on a charge of posession Plan Termed Impractical Indianapolis, Oct. B—(UP8 —(UP) — A tax payment moratorium, suggested by state senutor Robert L. Moorhead, Indianapolis, was termed "impracticable” by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Moorhead urged that payment of fall taxes be delayed from November 2 until December 15. “The plan is good theoretically” Governor Leslie commented, “But does not consider the fact that many counties have bills coming due and must have money to meet them. The plan also would mean a delay in tlie payment of taxes due the state government." o—tSULLt I IN Mishawaka, Oct. B—(U.R)— The First National Bank of Mishawaka was robbed of $6,300 today by two men who escaped in two autos. The money was a federal shipment of currency from Chicago to the bank. Donald Smith, assistant cashier and E. J. Robinson, teller, went to the post office to get the money. When they returned to the bank and stopped at a side door, they were approached by the two men. The precision with which the robbery was carried out indicated that it was a well planned affair.

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MONEY RELIEF PLAN TO START IN SHORT TIME Billions of Cash And Credit Will Flow Under President’s Plan MAY IMPROVE ALL BUSINESS Washington. Oct. B— ’U.R) — Senator Robinsont Dem, Ark., the senate minority leader, and Senator Waish, Dem., Mont., joined today in asserting President Hoover should immediately summon congress in special session to enact his credit stabilization program. Washington, Oct. 8 (U.R) From throe to four billions of dollars in cash anti credit will stiirl flowing into commercial channels soon under President Hoover’s program for bank relief and business revival. Announcement of that program already has inspired business leaders everywhere, press reports today indicated, and in the New York stock market it has boosted security values. The estimate of the cash and credit soon to be released for commercial use. was based on treasury department data. Another step in the campaign to loosen credits was taken Ijy Mr. Hoover late yesterday in a conference at the White House with ten leading hankers, insurance executives and real estate men. A plan was formulated for a real estate finance program designed to remove sitine of the existing burdens from the man whose home is mortgaged. The conferees discussed a proposed central mortgage rediscount bank to be under government supervision. Its purpose would be to finance banks and institutions holding frozen long-term mortgages. Not all of the conferees reached accord on this proposal, hut Mr. Hoover feels assured a definite program will be presented to him before his conference on home ownership and home building meets here December 2. It was said authoritatively he is planning to present this program to tlie new congress' for approval. The first emergency machinery, the voluntary bankers' pool of $500,000,001) to aid hanks overloaded with frozen assets, will be in operation within a week, according to New York bankers in charge. This will enable banks within a few days to take bonds and other high-grade collateral out of their vaults and get real money loans for them with which to meet demands of depositors. Officials here say the effect of this will he to inspire immediate confidence. Bankers will be relieved of worry about meeting heavy withdrawals. Depositors, knowing they can get money on demand, will rest easy. This move, while handled by (CONTINUED ON PAGE I'IVE) STATEMENT IS RE-AFFIRMED Hoover Warning Repeated To Pan-American Congress Today Washington, Oct. B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —President Hoover told the fourth Pan American conference today what he hud told the first one 6 years ago — no nation should lend or borrow money for balancing its budget, military purpose or anything that does not luring productive returiij. “I repeat this today,” said the president, “because had it been followed during the past five years, our problems throughout the world would be far different, our difficulties infinitely less.” Mr. Hoover pointed out that his advice was deltevered to the first conference four years ago in the heyday of foreign loans. He devoted halt of his address of welcome to reading again his warnjnß of that period against (he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)