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Seeks Nomination muiMMmm' - Col. Bennett C. riark, son of the late Speaker Champ Clark and an j outspoken wet, is seeking the Democratic nomination for United States senator of Missouri. Latest returns of the Missouri election , show that dark will win the nomination. SPEECH WILL BE CONSERVATIVE President Hoover to Deal Lightly With Prohibition In Acceptable Talk Washington, August 5 (UP) — ("PrpffMent Hoover's acceptance speech next Thursday will make a e nseivitive "safety first - ' appeal to the country. it will speak the language of the business man whose support Mr. Hoover seeks as the backbone of i his strength. There will be no attempt to tamper with Governor , Roosevelt's copyright n tlie ' Fori gotten Man" phrase. During preparation of his acceptance speech, Mr. Hoover has had las a white house guest Henry M. j Robinson, Los Angeles hanker, 1 whose judgment ~n financial and economic policies the President | trusts probably al»ove that of any 1 other man. Proofs of the speech are now in the hands of advisors for revision ami suggestions. They are giving every phrase the third degree. No pr rnises to jbolfcli poverty will slip by this time. Mr. Hoover will appeal to the “n,*w poor” —banker, business men, and $20,000 executives of 1029 who are now drawing $5,000 and less, if anything. He will appeal to those who have lauded his driving out of the Bonus Army as a master stroke against a threatened c mmunist uprising. Prohibition will be minor tpart of his speech. Drvs have bee neonsulttd at length. They appear to be satisfied that Mr. Hoover will do about what he did in 192 S when he left the way open for William i J. Donovan, wet, to campaign in I the east while Sender Bora'll and { Mis. Wille Brandt rounded up the | drys. o I Trio Speak At Rotary Meeting Last Evening Short talks were given by C. E. j Bell, Carl Klepper and Dr. Fred I Patterson at the Rotary meeting field last evening at the Rice hie tel. Bno Lankenau presided as chair man of the meeting. o Nearly 200 Attend Dairy Tour Picnic About 200 persons attended the picnic dinner at Lehman Park, Berne, held in connection with a dairy tour Thursday. The tour was sponsored by the Adams County Herd Improvement Association, the Adams County Guernsey Breeders' Association and the 4-11 Calf Club. Prof. E. T. Wallace of the Dairy Extension Department of Purdue University, gave a short address following the dinner. Games ofi baseball and horseshoe pitching were played. Roy Price was in charge of the baseball games, and Mayor George Krick of this city was In charge of the horseshoe pitching contests. The Dennis Striker farm and the Dan D. Schwartz farms were visited.

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WOMAN KILLED IN COLLISION WITH TRUCK — Chicago Woman Killed When Auto Collides With Cloverleaf Truck MAURA COFFELT IS SE\ ERELY INJURED A woman, believed to be Kate Keating. Harvard avenue, was killed aiftl .Inlm Hoekelmann. 12.'! Lamon avenue, both of C.hieago, was probably Fatally injured at one o’clock Ibis afternoon, when the auto in which they were riding collided with a Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc.,' truck, of this city, driven bv Harry CofTelt, 310 Oak street,. Decatur, on stale road 54, near Cellna. Coffelt was critically injured ' and is at the Otis Hospital in ' Celina. where he is suffering in- ‘ | ternal injuries and cuts about his I! head and face. Bockelman also i received internal injuries and a 1 ■ gash on his head. He is a patient 'I at the hospital. The coroner stated that the woman died from a fractured skull. She also received severe lacerations on the right side of ! the face and head, a dislocated jaw and oilier injuries. The accident occurred at the. 1 intersection of Ohio Route 54 and the Mention Pike, two miles from Celina. O. Coffelt. driver of the truck, was headed south, and Bockelmanu was driving east. The truck turned over several times and was greatly damaged, according to word received at the local office of the creamer*. N. R. Holthouse and James Staley of the local office went to Celina immediately to assist *n caring for Mr. Coffelt. The body of the woman was re- , i moved to a funeral parlor in Celina. o mcalister has SMALL MARGIN Gubernatorial Race In Tennessee Results In Three Close Contests Memphis, Aug. 5. — lli.R) —An unprecedented plurality rolled up in Shelby county by the political organization of Congressman Ed H. Crump gave Hill McAlister a slim lead today in the contest for the 1 Democratic gubernatorial nomination of Tennessee. So slight was his lead that his nearest opponent, Lewis S. Pope, also was' claiming the nomination and predicted that when the last returns are received from the rural sections, where lie had his strength, he would be nominated. On the basis of returns from Thursday’s Tennessee Democratic primary, McAlister* received lOD.173 votes in 1.952 precincts of the 2,255 precincts in the state; Pope 94.178, and Malcolm R. Patterson, the third majer gubernatorial candidate, 53,209. Rufus Campbell, a [fourth candidate, trailed far behind. There was a possibility the Shelby county vote, which was so overwhelmingly for McAlister and enabled him to take the lead in the state, may be contested by Patterson supporters on the ground that fraud existed as the result of the purported wholesale voting of negroes in the Democratic primal y in Memphis. Shelby county gave 30,352 votes to McAlister, 7.252 to Patterson and 2,258 to Pope. John E. McCall, of Memphis, former Legion commander of the Nashville department, apparently had won the Republican guberna- . torial nomination over Hal H. Clements. of Knoxville. McCall had 35,092 votes to 21,874 from 893 precincts tabulated. o — Albert Harlow, Auditor Forced To Return Home Albert Harlow, Adams County auditor, became ill while attending to the duties in the auditors office this morning. He received treatment at the local tphyslcian's office, and was able to drive to his home at Geneva.

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! Repairs Being Made On Second Street Today Contractor O. W. P. Mackiln and a force of men were makiug repairs today to the Second street improveI aient at Five Points crossing Rej pairs at the Monroe street crossing ; will also be made, Mr. Macklin statj ed. The contractor is doing the work without any expense to the county or city and ntay request that turns at the crossings repaired be stopped until the Kentucky rock material hardens. The center parking of cars on Second street will continue this month, the city making an agreement with the county commissioners to carv out the present system until September. RASKOBTOWORK FOR ROOSEVELT Former National Chairman Will Take Active Part In Campaign Albany, N. Y., Aug. 5 —<U.R) - John J. Raskob will take an active part in Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential campaign, despite his surprising announcement he was “out of politics,’' friends of the governor indicated today. Raskob, after a lengthy conference with Roosevelt, aroused considerable discussion when he declined flatly to answer any questions. "I am out of politics completely," he asserted. Roosevelt, who appeared surprised when informed of Raskob's statement, announced “We discussed the campaign, the financing of the campaign and the financing of the party's deficit." 1 Vincent tAstor and George Roosevelt j distant relative of the governor, also participated in yesterdays conference. Astor. director 1 of the New York County Trust 1 company, pledged his support to Roosevelt. The governor revealed Astor had "gladly consented" to help finance the campaign. Roosevelt has announced the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Speaker John N. Garner of Texas, planned to visit him Aup.j 15 or 16. Missionary Priest Visits Here Thursday The Rev. Fjther Valentine, C. P., visited here last night with friends. Father Valentine was accompanied here by his brother and two nephews. They are m;|ting a cross, country trip, having been to the coast and are now on their way to Butler, Pa. Fjther Valentine returned last April from Germany and Austria Where he spent eight years establishing Passionist monasteries, the order to which he belongs. He is well known in Decatur. He conducted a mission at the St. Mary’s Catholic church about 25 years ago and lias visited here on several different occasions. JAP ADVANCE IS IMPENDING Trouble Flares In Jehol, Which May Lead To Peiping Invasion Tokio, Aug. s—(UP)—New Japanese advances into Jehol Province and possibly to the Chinese cities of Peiping, and Tientsin were believed impending today. The war office issued a statement denouncing Marshal Chang HseuhLiang. Manchurian war lord, for organizing "banditry" in Manchuria. Similar statements in the past have been followed by Military action. The rumors of further fighting came thick and fast. They included reports that an additional division would be mobilized for service in Manchuria. There was no confirmation of this report. The attitude of the Japanese government during the occupation of Manchuria has been that Japanese 'Nationals must be protected from roving bands of Chinese. The bands are usually groups of demobilized soldiers, or parts of armies whose leaders have been overthrown or have fled. The Japanese term for these groups is “’bandits," The Chinese call them "patriots" fighting to regain Chinese soil.

MINERS ARE DRIVEN RACK ;| t Pickets Prevent Non- . Union Men Front Going To Work at Dixie Bee Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 5.— (U.R) — Picketing miners driven from the Dixie Bee workings l by National Guardsmen were reported to have halted nonunion men enroute to work at the Vermillion mine, 12 miles north of here today and compelled them at the point of rifles to disperse. Verne Bennett, president of the i Associated Miners and Samuel Howell, secretary, telegraphed Governor Leslie today advising him that workmen had been compelled by a mob to withdraw from the Ver- . million mine and aHked that troops be sent to protect the workmen. The telegram said that “at least 1U0” men armed with rifles had stationed themselves at the mine and "that troops are needed here to prevent eminent danger as the ( mine can not lie operated with ( safety without them." Indianapolis, Aug. 5. —(U.R) Solti- - tion of the controversy between . non-union and union miners in ln- - (liana, which lias brought out state - troops twice within two weeks, may be brought about through an old - and forgotten state law, unearthed today by Lewis O. Chasey, secre- ■ tary to Governor Harry G. I*eslie ' Under this statute, passed in ' 1915, either party to a controversy > between employers and employes, ■ 6ver wages, hours of work, contracts or conditions, which develops a situation "detrimental to public interest,” may appeal to the governor to appoint a board of mediation. ( This hoard, to consist of three men, none of whom shall have any interests related to the issue involved, would have exceedingly 1 broad powers. It could force representatives of all sides — in this CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX ESTIMATE LOSS AT 5 MILLIONS Chicago Fire Destroys Elevator, Packing Plant And Many Buildings Chicago, Aug. 5 (UP)—-Nearly half Chicago's fire-fighting forces poured tons of water today on the fiery embers of a confljgration that swept two square blocks and did damage estimated nearly $5,090,090 Fifteen persons were injured, none seriously, in the fire which blazed in the heart of a Packing House district and was one of the worst Chicago had seen in 25 years. Flames starting in a large grain elevator, presumably as a result of a dust explosion, rushed forward on a block long front. The huge packing plant of the Omaha Pocking company, was wiped out. Hundreds of hogs, cattle and sheep were destroyed as were tons of ipacked meat. The fire jumped to a coal yard and licked across the Chicago river to consume a yacht and a fishing smack anchored there. Warehouses and office buildings were destroyed. Heat from the fire was so intense firemen were forced to work at long distance. A block to windward of the fire and iheat was terrific and spectators were driven back. Thirty thousand people watched the conflagration, attracted by a mighty tower of flames and smoke that was visible from the loop, many blocks distant. Traffic about the stricken area was halted. Small store keepers in the area handed out their wares to ■passersby convinced 9sdr shops could not be saved from the rush of flame*. Search of the district for possible CON*ri N* U ED "on* page •twY' o One Man Killed When Train Strikes Truck Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. S.—(U.PJ — William King, 60, was killed Instantly and Hean Tetzlaff. 59. was injured seriously when the truck on which they were riding stalled in the path of a Pennsylvania passenger train at a crossing here.

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LIBBY REYNOLDS TO BE TRIED ON ! MURDER CHARGE Widow of Tobacco Heir And Ab Walker, Charged With Shooting TRIAL NOT BEFORE NEXT SEPTEMBER Winston Salem, N. C., Aug. 6. (U.RI-Libby Holman Reynolds, the | “torch singer" of Broadway, was expected to surrender today or Saturday, enter a jail cell, and remain behind the bkrs until tried with 19-year-old Ab Walker on a charge that they murdered her playboy millionaire husband. Ab Walker, secretary and constant companion of Smith Reynolds, heir to the R .1 Reynolds to-1 bacco millions, was placed in jail shortly after the grand jury indicted him yesterday. Libby Holman Reynolds, the Cincinnati girl who went to New York ami made good on the play-street of the world with a throaty, sensuous, siaging of Broadway love ballads and blues songs, is believed to be in New York, Cincinnati, or en route here. Attorney Albert Holman, tiie father of Smith Reynolds' young widow, is en route here. He notified Sheriff Transou Scott that he need spend no county money looking for Libby. He wrote to him earlier, promising to produce Libly here whenever needed. Scott, however, asked authorities in New York and Cincinnati to arrest the widow. Governor Max Gardner at Raleigh reported there had been no request for extradition papers. It was believed they would be drawn up today. "Neither Libby nor young Walker. once in jail, will be permitted to leave tinder bond as North Caroline law forbids such release. The present criminal court docket is crowded, so it is unlikely that they will be tried before a special session may be ordered. Such a session would be in September, probably, if ordered. The local bar is expected to request such a session at that time. The true bills returned did not name the degree of murder to he charged. That is left to the discretion of the prosecuting attorney. First degree murder conviction would result in a death sentence. A second degree conviction would permit a maximum 30-year prison term. The indictment read in part; “Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker with force and arms unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously, deliberately. premeditatedly and with malice aforethought did kill and murder Smith Reynolds. ’ The true bills or indictments were returned by the Forsythe county grand jury following a long investigation of Smith Reynolds CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX BODY OF RICH WOMAN FOUND Miss Jennie Merrill, 72, Found Near Estate With Bullet Wound Natchez, Miss., Aug. S—(U.R)5 —(U.R) The body of Miss Jennie Merrill. 72, well-to-do spinster and daughter of the late Ayers Merrill, former ambassador to Belgium, was found today near her large, ancestral plantation home, where she lived as a recluse. She had been shot to death. Officers, aided by neighbors and bloodhounds, searched most of the night for the body after a negro caretaker reported hearing shots and screams in the house early in the evening. A negro, Alonzo Floyd", found the body, about 150 feet from the house. Searchers working in the glow of lanterns and torches, had missed it all night, although a trail of blood ran through the house and across the yard for ino feet, ending at some bushes near where the corpse lay. Even bloodhounds, put on the scent, failed to trace it. Miss Merrill lived at the old plantation home, "Glenn Burnle,” alone, barring Its doors to all oomCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

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Succeeds Lamont ■■ManMUiMNi ; 'a jhV in * ; rjaK If t Jy&V ✓ «*!? nW <«•>•- 4 Roy D. Chapin. Detroit auto I executive, who was appointed | Secretary of Commerce in President's cabinet, replacing Robert P.| I*amont of Chicago, who resigned. I Uhapin plans to devote all of his I time to his new job, he said, but I will retain his title of chairman j of the board of the motor com-! pany. TO HOLD FIRST UNION SERVICE Protestant Churches To Hold Service Sunday at Evangelical Church A uni m service of the Biptist. Christian, Evangelical and Methodist churhes will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Evangelical church. The Sunday service is the first of a series of union services to be held each Sunday during the month of August. The Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor of the Evangelical church will preside and the Rev. Arthur B. Brown, pastor of th Baptist church will preach the sermon. Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist church and Rev. C. R. Lanman, pastor of the Christian church will also I participate. I Members of the Presbyterian .ind Reformed congregations who; are without a pastor are cordially j Invited to Che Sunday night service. The services will be held at j a different church each week. o Decatur Men Return From Rotary Meeting ; A. R. Ashbaucher, (president and Ferd O’Brien, secretary of the Decatur Rotary club Slave returned from Bloomington where they attended the Rotary executive conference. The confernce was in charge of Carl Bimel, district governor and officers of all the Indiam Rotary clubs attended the two day session. Boy, Oh Boy, Here’s A Woman With a Temper Woodstock N. 8., August 6— (UP)—Mrs. Mary Geneau was in jail today after what police described as one of the most violent exhibitions of rage they ever have encountered. She engaged in an argument with Fred Arseneau, a neighbor and became so incensed that she grabbed u(p an axe and chopped a leg off the neighbor’s horse, authorities charged. She was sentenced to two months in jail.

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MEASURE SENT TO SENATE FOR ITS APPROVAL i — ——— One of The Laws Governor Leslie Said He NN ould Veto; Amend Gas Tax Bill OBJECTIONABLE CLAUSE REMOVED Indianapolisi, Aug. a. ; U RI —The house east another defiant gesture at Gov. Harry <;. Leslie todav while the senate sauntered through tax economy proposals. By a vote of 75 to 20 the house passed the Crawford “one, two, three, four” income tax bill which Gov. Leslie in his speeial message threatened to veto. The vote was along party lines. The proposed income tax would range from one per cent on incomes of SI,OOO a year to four per cent on Incomes of more than ! SIO,OOO. The bill now goes to the senate. It was the house's second disregard of gubernatorial warning. I>ast week it passed the $1.50 tax limitation levy bill which Leslie also promised to veto. The senate revised the two McKesson gasoline and auto license tav diversion bills and passed them under suspension of rules. Both hills as originally passed were found unconstitutional by Attorney General James M. Ogden, j As now sent to the house for concurrence, the bills provide I that money returned to local units | be used only for road construction land maintainence, not for retirej ment of road bonds. The elimin- ' ated features of the hills were 1 originally their principal purposes. The senate postponed until Monday a committee of the whole ' meeting for consideration of th« j salary reduction measure received • from the house. Two bills passed by the house and sent to the governor would extend the time for payment of improvement taxes under the I Barrett law from 10 years to 15 years and would define maintainI ence to include city streets. Indianapolis, Aug. S—(UP5 —(UP) —The house gasoline and auto license fund diversion hills, found unconstitutional by Attorney General ! James M. Ogden, were amended in the senate today to remove the obI jectional features, and sent to the house for concurrence. The senate amendments virtually robbed the hills of their original purpose—the money returned to local units used for retirement of road bonds. As the bill now stands the money which local units receive may be used only for construction and iiuintainence of roads. House concurrence in the amendments is exlpected. The additional money which local units will receive, if the bills are signed by Governor Harry G. Leslie would be half of both funds, approximately $7,900,000. The bills also were amended to provide that the state auditor will be in charge of distribution of the j funds. I Senator John NiblaCk, Rep. Ind--1 CONTINUED ON PAGE I'lMiBE " ROAD MACHINERY IS DYNAMITED Vandals Destroy Property On State Road 47 In Illinois Today Hebron, 111., Aug. s—(U.R)—Vandals dynamited road-building machinery on two highway construction jobs on route 47, south of here early today. Labor trouble was blamed Hy contractors for the bombings. A concrete mixer and pile driver, owned by the Harrison Engineering and Construction company, Kansas City, Mo., were destroyed on a new bridge over Nippersing Creek, five miles south of here, while a crane owned by the Gates Construction company, Ottumwa, lowa, was blown up at a point three miles north of the first bombing. Both concerns have been employing non-union labor. They are said to have received warnings.