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Dry Presidential Candidate •. WMMNW a 'gift f V -< * > • William D. Upshaw, former congressman of Atlanta, Ga., who was nominated for President by the national convention of the Prohibition party at Indianapolis. Upshaw, a fiery apostle of strict prohibition was an anti-Al Smith Democrat in 1928.

'Funeral For Henry Mayer Held Today The body of Henry Mayer, form-1 er Decatur man who died at his ’ heme in San Diego, Cal., arrived in' this eity via the Erie railroad at three |o’clock this afternoon. it ras taken immediately to the De-, where abort fuueral | services were conducted by Rev. | I’aul Schultz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church. Interment was' made in the Decatur cemetery. Mr. Mayer died a week ago and funeral services were held in San I DiPgo last Wednesday. The body I was brought to this city, accompany | ied by a daughter, Mias Sue Mayer. Legion To Meet Monday Evening Membars of the Adams Post.' American Legion will meet at the legion hal'. Monday evening at S. o’clock. Following the regular meeting refreshments will be serv-, ed. All members are requested to j be present. YOUTH'S CHUM HELD IN CASE — Albert Walker To Be Questioned In Shooting of Smith Reynolds — Winston Salem, N. C„ July 9— ( (U.R>—Albert (Ab) Walker, who , found Smith Reynolds dying of a i gunshot wound, was under guard today as a material witness ex--pected to tell the coroner what preceded and followed his chum's death. The detention of Walker followed the dramatic testimony of Libby Holman Reynolds, Broadway sepulchral voiced singer, that her mind had been a blank for 36 hours, the hours before and after her youthful huslttnd's death. She had been prostrate ever since Walker found her kneeling at her husband's side, screaming in anguish She told the coroner Friday that her mind had been a ' blank for hours preceding that scene. The testimony of the singerbride was the climax tri a day of ( dramatic developments in the in-: vestigation of her husband’s suicide. ; Trustees had announced she would not share in a $21,000,000 ' trust fund held for Smith. The coroner’s jury had been sworn in within a few feet of her husband’s coffin, an incident required by Carolina law. The heir to the Reynolds tobacco millions had been buried that • afternoon in simple services THje bride attended. And Libby Holman herself had been questioned by the coroner's I jury in the room she occupied the night her husband was shot. i The complete testimony in that continued on page six

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MINERS TO 60 BACK TO WORK Wage Scale Agreement \\ ill Put Miners Back to Work In Illinois - — Chicago. July 9.-(U.R)~The prospect that Illinois mine whistles will I soon call some 30,000 idle miners , back to work was bright today, following ratification of a wage scale agreement by representatives of imine operators and the Illinois disItrict of the United Mine Workers. The new scale, which is designed to prevail until next March 31, ■lists a basic wage of $5 for an jeight-hour day. It awaits ratifiesition of the miners through a ref'premium to the local unions. Ballots for the referendum will be ord,end printed at once, according to Walter Nesbit, secretary-treasurer 'of the Illinois union, and will be I sent immediately to the locals so I a vote may be taken next week. Agreement came yesterday on {the 50th day that the operators and I miners have spent in controversy (The compromise represents a re- ' duction of sl.lO from the basic mage of $6.10 a day under the contract that expired last April 1. Top I wages under the new scale are $7 la day. as compared with $10.07 under the former contract, and conI veyor men are listed for $5.75 a I day rather than the SS.O4 they got {before the old contract expired and | they left the mines. A simple majority of the miners is sufficient to ratify and union headers who participated in the conIference expressed belief that the I rank and tile would approve their ; action and vote for the contract. I Some 42.000 miners would be as ; fected. Approximately 12.000 of (them have been at work under the old scale on a temporary arrangement pending the signing of a new contract. The other 30.000 have been idle and some have been in desperate want. W. J. Jenkins, president of the Illinois Coal Operators Association, said he believed the majority of the mines in the state would go back to work as soon as possible after ratification by the miners. — o — State And National Bank Examiner Dies Connersville Ind., July 9—(UP) Charles W. Camp. 71, First State Bank commissioner of Indiana, who later was both state and National bank examiner, died here at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Hull. Police Admits Paying $12,000 To Kidnapers St. Paul. July 9—(U.R) -Chief of Police Thomas E Dahill, today said that $12,000 ransom was paid for the return of Haskell Bohn, 20. recently released by kidnapers after being held a week.

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WAR DEBT BILL SIGNED BY 14 ALLIED NATIONS _ Germany Pays Only One 1 Cent For Every Dollar Originally Demanded — UNITED STATES HAS NOT SIGNED Lausanne. Switzerland, July 9~ (IM?)—The Lausanne treaty ending iGermany's world war reparations I payments was signed today, with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain declaring “Our agreements must have response I elsewhere.” It provides that Germany pay in one lump sum one cent for every dollar demanded by the victorious Allies —if she can sell the l>onds to raise the money. Collection and payment of intereuropean war debts was declared suspended until ratification of the treaty. B itish Prime .Minister Ramsay i MacDonald was the first statesman I to sign. As President of the confer-1 1 ence, he declared the treaty open to . signature, walked around t square Conned by talbles in the center of, i the square. The other delegates approached and signed. The signatures took considerable time because of the multitude of documents. Chancellor Franz Von Papen. for- ' | eign minister Baron Constantine 1 Ivon Neurath, and finance minister l 1 Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosick' I signed for the Germans. Von Papen, wearing a morning t J coat, approached the table nervously. He threw out his chest several tlmek. then attempted to smile as he picked up the gold fountain pen.; McDonald signed three docu-1 ments; the final acts of the confer-1 , ence and the fourth and fift,h sections of the treity. Foreign Minis ter Sir John Simon signed the sec- , ond and third sections. All other delegates signed the second and third sections, dealing 'with transitional measures relating I to Germany, and the resolution re'l lating to non-German reparations. MacDonald referred directly to a futher settement with the Uni’ ed States in an extemporaneous speech. k "Our agreements must have res- . ponse elsewhere ” he said, “We , have already sai dthat any agree- , rnent we reach mu-t be placed in : CON’TINUHt* ON PAGE SIX FAULTY MAGNETO CAUSED LANDING World Flyers Forced To Make Quick Landing When Magneto Fails ' (Copyright 1932 Iky United Press) Borisov, U.S.S.R.. July 9--IU.PJ— A faulty magneto, necessity for a| quick landing and clouds which! obscured a rough peat bog com-1 bined to bring an end to the rec-: old-smashing around the world :! flight of James Mattern and Ben- “ nett Griffin. The two fliers today dismantled their wrecked plane, smiled ruefully at the unhappy ending of their dazzling flight and hedged on the question of whether they ' would again attempt to break the flight record of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. Plane Removed Borisvow, U.S.S.R., July 9—(U.R) — Two bitterly disappointed American aviators removed their airplane today from a peat bog, the end of their attempt to estab1 lish a new world flight record and prepared to ship the machine back to the United States. ’ The Americans, T| imes Mattern ' and Bennett Griffin, planned to 1 continue to Moscow by train and CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX —__ —o— Treasury Probe Not To Be Pushed ( Washington, July 9 —(U.R)— The proposed congressional investigaf tion of the treasury department | will be postponed indefinitely, I “unless the RepuHlicans insist aa they did last night that it be cari ried out,” Speaker Garner said, today.

Equivalency Tests To Be Held Here The high school equivalency exlaminations will be given in this | city, Saturday, July 30, it was anil pounced by Clifton E. Striker, 11 county superintendent, today. (Anyone who wishes to receive a high school diploma and who has aualified may take the examin- ’ ations. They are asked to please get in touch with Mr. Striker before July 30 and arrangements will be made for them to receive the list of questions. The time and place of the meetI ing will be announced later, Mr. Striker stated. 0 TRAFFIC LANES ESTABLISHED Autos Are Parked In Center of Second Street; Traffic On Sides The parking of automobiles in the center ,of Second street, between Jackson and Adams streets was inaugurated this morning and the street was marked to conform I with the new regulations. The east side of the street is i used for nqrth bound traffic and the west side of the street for south bound traffic. Two lines of cars are parked parallel on the street. The changing of the traffic lanes and parking regulations was made by agreement between Decatur city officials and the board of County commissioners as a means of giv- | ing the sides of the street a chance 1 to harden along the curb. The coni tractor who built the street last fill I contends that constant traffic over i the sides of the street will cause : it to harden and set. The street will not be sprinkled ! for several months the coßturisi sioners adopting a resoution re- | questing Decatur merchants to curtail the ’practice during the time the street is hardening. Orders were given to Joe Cloud to stop the sprinkling until further orders of the board. Repairs to the street ,t the Adi ams, Monroe and Jefferson street crossings will .be made by the contractor as soon as weather conditions permit. 0 Frank H. Hatfield Is Named President South Bend, Ind., July 9 —(UP) — Frank H. Hatfield. Evansville, was : named president of the Indiana Bar I Association at the close of its convention here last night. He succeeds Frank N. Richman, Columbus. Eli F. Seeibirt, South Bend, was named vice President. Members of the boa d of managers named were First district, Louden L. Bomberger, Hammond; second, John Randoph, Lafayette; third, ira H. Church, Elkhart; fourth, samuel D. Jackson, Fort Wayne. Flier Believed Lost Returns Home Safely Denver, Colo., July 9 — (UP) — Capt. Lewis A. Yancey was safe toI day after being feared lost over a Mountjneous district on the Thirl ' anniversary of his flight from Old : Orchard. Me., to Rome. Yancey ar i rived here in his autogyro and reported a change in his flying plans had given rise to the relief he was missing. IUI — -O Officials Look For Two Escaped Inmates Greencastle. Ind.. July 9—(UP) Officials of Marion and Henry counties today were asked to watch closely for two inmates of the Indiana State farm near Putnamville who escaped Thursday night. William Rogers 22, sentenced from Hemy County, beat down 11. W. Wray, a guard, when he halted them at the farm gate. Twelve Men Will Be Charged With Thefts Shelbyville, Ind., July 9—(UP) — A (blanket charge of conspiracy against 12 men, eight of whom are under arrest, in connection with a ntim'ber of thefts of farm implements in recent weeks, was planned today by ptosecutor Emmerson .1. Brunner of Sheby County. : Thefts of about 25 sets of harness from Shelby County Farms, issuance of fraudulent checks and payment for horses, and robbery of k at least four filling stitious are attributed to the gang by Brunner.

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GOVERNOR WILL SIGN BONE DRY REPEALBILL Leslie Makes Known He Will Sign Repeal Measure If Passed BETTER HARMONY AS A RESULT (Copyright. 1932, by United Press) Indianapolis, July 9. <U.R> Governor Harry G. Leslie, e'eeted on a drv platform in I 192 X. has reversed his stand to the extent that he is prepart'd to sit»n a hill for reneid lof the \Vrii>ht “horn* drv" [ law, the United Press learned todav from a source close to th<' chief executive. The governor's changed position comes as a distinct surprise. As recently at the middle of this week he cautioned the special session of the legislature against efforts to nullify liquor enforcement laws of Indiana, one of the first states to vote for prohibition. Fear that partisan-minded solons might seize upon a veto as an excuse to overshadow the taxation issue with a wet-and-dry fight, was understood to have caused Leslie to alter his position. Word has gone out among Republican leaders to soft-pedal their opposition to the Wright lawrepeal movement. The governor desires, if this matter must be settled at the current session, to have it disposed of as quickly as possible. He is known to feel now that any further efforts to Block the repeal bills, or a subsequent veto, would merely postpone the inevitable, prolong the special session, w-ith its attendant expense, and divert attention dangerously from the main business in hand—tax relief. Since both Republicans and Democrats of Indiana declared in favor of repeal of the Wright law at their recent state conventions, Leslie is understood to view repeal as inevitable. The unanimity of expression, he feels, releases him and his party from their dry pledge of four years ago. He still considers, however, that introduction of the repeal bills violates the principle, if not the letter, of the pledge to keep the session within the boundaries of emergency tax relief. ROBBERYTOUR ENDS IN MURDER Three Brothers From St. Paul Kill Policeman; One Is A Fugitive Toledo, 0.. July 9— (U.R) —The robbery tour which three brothers from St. Paul, Minn., began several days ago reached its climax today with the slaying of a village marshal, shooting of a doctor, and the kidnaping of two persons. One of the trio still was a fugitive, another was wounded in a gun battle with the policeman at North Baltimore last night, and the third was placed in jail yesterday on robbery charges. James Storey. 25, escaped when he kidnaped John Hova and his nine-year-old nephew, William Kiesin of Dearborn, Mich,, and forced them to drive him to South Bend, Ind., from here early today. Hova telephoned his wife that he and the child were safe. The dead marshal was Jay N. Davis, killed when he attempted to arrest Storey and his brother. Bert. 16. last night. In the gun battle, Bert was seriously woundea - , The other brother, Manley, 18, w-as in jail at Findlay, 0., following his arrest in a restaurant. U. S. Steel Unfilled Orders Drop In June New York. July 9—(UP)—Unfilled orders of the United States Steel corporations during June decreased i 142.394 tons to a new record low | of 2,034,768 on June 30, 1932, figures released by the coiporation showed today. On May 31 Tonnage was 2.177,162; on April 30„ 2,326.926; and on June 30, 1931, 3,479,323.

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i Heads Rotary . MT ■ »... «■ i “■ 1u:...-*-" 1 ' '..,,,. , Clinton P. Anderson of Albuquerque, iN. M., newly elected • president of Rotary International. 1 presiding over meeting of direc- ' | tors in Rotary headquarters in ’ ■ Chicago. . I 1 11 1....... LIBERALS TRY :l TO ORGANIZE Third Party With ProI gressive Platform May Be Put Into Field II Cleveland. July 9 —(U.R)—A movement for the formation of a united "Thitd Party” with a progressive platform gathered strength today as the country’s leading liberals met ( for the opening session of the convention of the league for Independent political action. Proponents argued that such a . party would gather supp-ort from . dissatisfied elements in the two ' major pa: ties who believe the established organizations are lacking in economic foresight. ‘lt would also attract those persons who already have turned from the Republican and Democratic parlies but hesitate to commit themselves to either so.ialis.in or communism because of their ladical programs, it was declared. z Opposition was expressed by several leaders who said the country was not yet ready for a new third ’party. They believed that the league should halt with a program calling for a nation-wide educational progtam. Many of them balked at making their liberal .movement a personal one, which they said would result in a definite patty were organized. “Until now’, all liberal movements were personal organizations,” Emanuel Davidae, Cleveland, one of the spokesmen said today. "It has been demonstrated that liberal movements of such a character die when the personality behind them is smashed. We want to build up the movement first, then select the personalities to head it.” The organization, formed two and a half years ago by Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University, already has a membersjiip of approximately SIO,OOO including the Nation’s outstanding i'ntelli?ctuh.ls. , Some 500 persons were expected to attend the convention session this CONTINBUTD ON PAGE SIX o Autos Collide Near Peterson Crossing Adolph Smith of Kirkland township escaped injury when a car he was driving and another car driven by Mr. Vanbino of Ohio collided. a mile west of Peterson near the Milton Girod farm, Friday. Mr. Smith was driving north I and Mr. Vanbino was going east, i Each driver failed to see the other and the cars crashed at the intersection of the two roads. Neither driver was injured, but both cars were completely demolished. No other persons were riding in the cars.

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SENATE VOTES 43 TO 31 FOR ITS ADOPTION President Hoover Will Veto It; Private Loan Provision Retained GARNER REFUSED A COMPROMISE Washington, July 9.—(U.R)— The senate finally approved the $2,122,000,000 unemployment relief bill today, starting it on its way to the White House and an inevitable veto. Senate approval came after Democrats sought vainly to persuade Speaker Gamer to abandon his relief feud with President Hoover. The speaker rejected all compromise proposals. The vote was 43 to 31. The bill provides $300,000,000 for relief loans to states on certification of need by governors, $1,500,000,000 for self liquidating and private loans by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, $132,000,000 for roads and $190,000,000 for other public works, to be undertaken when the money is available to the treasury or can be borrowed at . reasonable terms. 11 The measure cannot reach Mr. . Hoover until Monday. The House - is in recess over the week-end. and i the final draft of the bill must be signed by the speaker with the House in session and by the vicepresident before it can be sent to the White House. Democrats and insurgents com--1 bined with a scattering of Repub--1 licans to pass the relief measure 1 on whldi Speaker Garner and the President have been deadlocked for weeks. Garner has insisted that. ’ private loans be retained and Mr. Hoover has been equally firm in demanding their elimination. Debate lasted less than an hour and a half. o John Zahnd Will Seek Presidency Indianapolis, July 9 U.R) —John Zahnd. Indianapolis, became the National party's candidate for president of the United States today, for the third time in eight years. Zahnd was standard bearer in 1924 and 1928. This year Gforge I. Wilson. Vineland. N. J., was chosen. He declined. It was 'next offered to S. R. Allen, Springfield, Mass., who failed to qualify. Miss Florence Garvin, Rhode Island, daughter of Lucius F. C. Garvin, twice governor of the state, and herself several times a member of the Rhode Island legislature. was chosen candidate for vice president. SUB LOCATED IN A MUDHOLE French Submarine Lies 41) Fathoms Down; No Trace of Life Aboard Warship Ailette, off Cherbourg, July 9.— (U.R) —The sunken submarine Promethee, which carried 63 men to their death while on a test cruise, was found today lying in a mudhole 40 fathoms down. The craft sank Thursday with only seven members of the crew escaping. They were on deck when the big new submarine dropped suddenly under the water, carrying the crew to their deaths. A diver who has been working on the gold recovery project from the steamer Artiglio, went down today to find what had happened to the big submarine. While hundreds of navy men, technicians, and others stood anxiously on the decks ’ of a dozen craft, the diver put on ■ a bell uniform and slipped into the water. Forty fathoms down he found the vessel, sunken into the mudhole. There was no trace of life. After the diver came up, technicians started working on a plan to bring the craft to the surface. There is a possibility that by use ot four-inch cables slung under the ends and middle of the craft, the Promethee may be raised and the full story of the tragedy be told.