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La Follette and Conqueror | ’ fn >J i kt' - < 1 ■L - - * AV ' After one of the heaviest votes ever cast in the State primaries, I | Governor Philip l.a Follette (left), of Wisconsin, champion of the Progressive faction, went down to deteat before former Governor Walter , J. Kohler. Conservative, for the Republican nomination for Governor. ( Observers suy that Kohler s victory is significant inasmuch as it is an ~ indication that the La Follette dynasty, which lias governed Wisconsin | over a period of a quarter of a century, lias fallen from power

ISSUES CALL FOR MEETING i Gov. Leslie Issues ('all For Unemployment Relief Conference Oct. 13 i Indianap--!is. Sept. 23 ■ i If'' Call tor a state-wide unemployment 1 relief conference to he held in the 1 Statehouse Oct. 13 was issued ye«-| terday by Governor Harry G. Leslie i Officials and representative citi- p sens will be invited to attend the l session. The <• nference is being arranged i by the Governor's commission for relief of distress due to unemploy- ‘ meat through a special sub-commit- p tee on promotion of employment..: Senator C. Oliver Holmeq > f Gary is i chairman of the special committee Projects to be Mapped . 1 Purpose of the meeting as outlinad by the Governor, will be to dis- 1 cuss the possibilities of stimulating 1 employment and thus lightening the J tremendous relief burden which ’ I otherwise will h ive to be b rne this winter by the various relief agencies. 'Among the subjects which will, be considered will be possible means of obtaining money from the: Reconstruction Finanj-v C irpora- | tion for relief and for stimulating employment. In this connection several acts I passed by the resent special seesion of the state Legislature in connection with administration of poor relief will be explained. Made-Work Also Topic Made-work programs also will be; discussed. Representatives of cities which could he successful made - work programs last year will ex-; plain the methods they used. Dr. John IH. Hewitt, secretary of, the Governor’s unemployment re-, lief commission, announced invitaI tkons will be sent t city and coun-| | ty officials, representatives of the, various voluntary relief organiza . tions. representatives of industrial | ■ and labor organizations and other| similar groups. - "" ■ "’W—O~ ’ Carry Soldier To Hospital By Plane i Chanute Field, Rantoul. 111., Sept, i 23.—(U.R) An army ambulance air > plane took off at 9:30 a. m. today > for Bolling Field. Washington. D. • C., carrying a soldier with a brok- » en back to the Walter Reed gov- ' ernment hospital. 1 The air ambulance, a snowy white 1 Fokker with Red Cross emblems on ■ sides and wings, was flown here • from Langley Field. Va.. by Capt. 1 William Sousa when army medical • officers here decided that Private 1 Robert R. Hall. Indianaola. lowa. ’ could be moved safely only in an airplane. ’ The soldier surered a broken ’ back in an automobile accident last ’ Saturday. He Is a student In the Technical Training School here. » —— ’ Illustrated Map : Os State Received A large illustrated map of Ind- - lana has been received at the office -of the Daily Democrat. The map, t distributed by the state coaserva - tion department, shows various 1 places of interest, such as parks 1 lakes and blrsthplaces of famous Hoosiers.

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i I Seed Corn Selection Meetings Are Held I Dr. C. T. Gregory of Purdue Uni- < , versity, and County Agent Arch- | | bold held two meetings in Adams . icounty Thursday on the selection < 'of seed corn. The first was held with the agriculture class of the < Monroe high sellout at the Bill : i Rupert farm east of Monroe. The ■ (second meeting was held with the 1 4-H corn club boys of Hartford i 'township on the Ralph S. Myers i farm. Dr. Gregory emphasized the need I ■of selecting mature corn in the field before killing frost hits. Ma- 1 ture corn, he stated, can be recog Ir.ized by a ripe husk on a green stalk. Dead stalks at this time of < the year indicate root rot. When > the weak plants are pulled, the roots are red. and do not have a 'fine healthy appearance. A great deal of down corn this year is as- ( fected with root rot and in need of ■ .some essential plant food. Dr. (Gregory also emphasized the neces|sity of the proper drying of seed j corn and rag doll testing for germination. PLAYED MARKET WITH TAX FUNDS * Bryan. 0.. Treasurer And Deputy Used Tax Money For Seven Years Bryan. 0., Sept. 23.- (U.K) — A county treasurer and his chief deputy who allegedly confessed that for seven years they have “played I the stock market'' with public tax .money, sought today to raise $37,167 S for restitution before Monday, i They are Lewis H. Robb, treasurer, and Prather Hitt, deputy, are married and both fathers. Robb is a worker in the Bryan Christian church. Neither realized his dreams of I becoming rich through stock mar'ket operations. Both are virtually I penniless. ’ Authorities have given the pair until Monday to restore the funds before prosecution will be started. Their task seems hopeless. Hitt has made frequent trips to the Fort Wayne, Ind., brokerage firm which he claims owes them $13,000 in clear profits. Robb, tossling and weeping on his bed, broken with remorse and ill with jaundice. claims the profit was $9,000. They have been intimate friends since both were country school teachers. Now each accuses the other of starting the stock market speculations. Seeks To Recover Misused Public Money Gary. Ind.. Sept. 23 —(UP) —Two f rmer Lake County officials were made defendants in civil suits today seeking to recover $127,627 of allegedly misused public money. The suits were filed in Lake Circuit Court at Crown Point by Attorney General James M. Ogden. One asking return of $98,768 in directed against Erick Lund of (Hammond, former North township trustee convicted of filing falste claims in 1930. Au appeal has deferred his two to 14 year prison term. <The other seeking $28,859 named John McFadden of Gary, former Calumet township assessor. McFadden was indicted in 1931 but never was brought to trial.

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FAVORED FEW BOUGHT INSULL STOCKS LOWER List of Insiders Made Public Today; Two Concerns Declared Bankrupt MANY PROMINENT PERSONS LISTED Chicago, Sept. 23 — (U.R) — A'list of favored "insiders'’ Samuel Insull allowed to purchase stock below market price in his Insull Utilities Investments. Inc., was made public today coincident with a court announcement the concern was bankrupt. Corporation Securities Co., a sister Investment trust, also was adjudged bankrupt and hope was wiped out that investors in the $390,000,000 enterprises would obtain any I return. The 205 names on the list of persons given the favor << purchasing [securities which today are worthless included Owen 1). Young, capita.lst, Rosa Raisa, opera star, South TTrimible. clerk °f the House of Representatives, Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, and scores of figures prominent in Chicago business and financial life. Tne list was believed to be but one of a series including a total of 1.600 individuals allowed to subscribe for Insull stock at prices below that which it was offered on the open market. The group was offered Insull Utilities stock at sl2 a share. The stock was brought out at S3O in 1929 and did not drop below that figure during the year. It had a pyak quotation of $149. The general belief in investment circles was that those on the favored list today had little but losses to show for what was deemed a CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR Suckling Colt Show At Berne October 20 The regular suckling colt show will be held at Berne, October 20, and plans for the show are rapidly being completed. County agent Archbold and Leon Neuenschwander, chairman of the c mmittee on arrangements, explained the plans to the Berne Chamber of Commerce at this week's meeting. The Chamber of Commerce plans to hold its October meeting at noon on October 20 and will have as the guest speaker P. T. Brown, state leader in colt club work and judge of the show. Exhibit rs who wish ‘to do so may attend this dinner by .purchasing tickets. Fifty-eight colts have been enrolled in the Gold Medtl colt club and many colt owners who are nonmembers are planning to exhibit their colts. Non-members may exhibit by paying a 50-cent entry fee At least 75 head of colts is expected to be entered. The committee is planning on five classes of colts purebred mare and stud classes, grade mare and stud classes and a class to show for grand champion. o —— FIVE BANDITS STAGE HOLDUP Rob Minnesota Bank of $25,000; Kidnap Cashier And Stenographer Redwood Falls. Minn., Sept. 23. — (U.R)-Five machine gun bandits robbed the State Bank of Redwood Falls today of approximately $25,000 and kidnaped two bank employes. K. F. Hassensta, cashier, and Mona LeLhens, stenographer, were forced to accompany the bandits one mile out of town where they were released. The bandits, wearing overalls over their street clothes as dis guises, found and looted eVery money depository within five min utes. They stuffed the money intc their pockets and into sacks, seiz ed the hostages and backed out. Hassensta and Miss Lehens were compelled to stand on the running boards to shield the robbers fron gunfire. "They were courteous and kepi telling us we wouldn’t be harmee If we obeyed," the girl said. Shi and the cashier stopped motorist! and told them the direction tin bandits fled.

iCounty Vigilantes In State Shoot Monday I Six members of the Adams county vigilantes qualified for the state] Shot at Indianupdi Monday in the] | final elimination held at the Fred i . Schurger farm Thursday. These I I members are Fred Schurger. Dan , Itlrile, Roy Dubach. Dave Dubach,l ] Leonard Baumgartner and Sheriff ! Burl Johnson. Competition at the' 'state shoot this year will all be at t .rapid fire. Schurger. Johnson and Roy Dubach will enter the pistol shoot and the other three rifle. I Following the shoot Thursday atI Iternoon. the vigilantes and their] families, totaling about 2o people. | J were entertained with a delicious' . I chicken dinner, with Fred Schurg.ier, Leo Ehinger and William Bell] . as hosts. , o DELIVERSTALK TO ROTARIANS Henry Kinley (Jives Interesting Talk on “Illuminating For Profit’’ "Illuminating for Profit." was the ] subject of an interesting illustrated | talk given by Henry Kinley, a rep-’ l' resentative of the Westinghouse] Electric Company, before members ■ of the Decatur Rotary club last eve-: t ning. f Mr. Kinley’s talk was in connection with a program planned by . club members in the promotion of i better lighting systems for store 1 windows. The program was in . I charge of Wilson Lee, local hard-; , I ware merchant. , Mr. Kinley showed the effects of, t proper and improper lighting of | t store windows and interiors and \ the contrasts between the two. He ] t had an electric device hooked up. . jin the dining room of the Rice ,-hotel, where the meeting was held , , and played the lights on scenes j . and objects. Mr. Kinley also told of the re-1 markable feats accomplished in the: electrical field, mentioning the new i | safety devices used by the railroads and in industrial plants. New elec- ’ f trical appliances and inventions i have also been furnished the medi-j • cal association, Mr. Kinley st.it-l ’’ ed. | t o LEAGUE RALLY % HERE SUNDAY It ' Epworth League Sub-Dis-trict Rally at Decatur Methodist Church ’ The Decatur-Bluffton sub-district t> Epworth League Rally and organt ization meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the I B Decatur Methodist Episcopal . church. e The officers of the Fort Wayne j s district will attend the meeting and] I, will hold conferences with local of-j j fleers of their respective depart-] i. ments. Plans will be discussed for a mid-year institute with all leagues in the sub-district cooperating. Miss Marguerite Lewellen of Mon- ] I I roe. president of the sub-district, r will have charge of the meeting. The program for the afternoon will be as follows: I Devotionals. (' Song service — Led by Elizabeth Franklin. Music Decatur Girls Choir Violin Solo Donald Gage Reading Marceil Leatherman “ Music Poe League 8 Organization and Plans for Mid'l Year Institute Rev. Sanks in •’ charge. *' Bells Duet Doyle Hoffman and Glenn Stucky. d Officers Conference District Ossie leers in charge. i Remarks. • v Collection. Adjournment, s o y Kathryn Schroyer 1- Broadcasts Saturday o z- • Little Miss Katheryn Schroyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben e Schroyer of this city will broadcast g over radio station WGL in Fort ai Wayne Saturday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock (DST). it Katheryn will sing a vocal selecd tion. accompanied by her mother ie at the piano, and will also give a Is reading. Her many friends here ie|will be interested in hearing this program.

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MOOSE EDITOR | ADMITS FEAR OF I LAW VIOLATION Donald F. Stewart, Editor of Moose Magazine, Testifies Today TRACE LOTTERY TICKETS TO DAVIS New York, Sept. 23- (U.R) -Donald F. Stewart, editor of the: , Moose magazine, admitted at trial of I'. S. Senator .lames .1., Davis today that he did not print' stories of Moose charity bail] "drawings" Id-cause he feared pos-i silile violation of the postal laws.] It was the government's second: telling blow of the day in its I effort to convict Senator Davis, supreme dictator of the Moose, of sending lottery tickets through, tlif* mail and interstate commerce.! Stewart repudiated two articles] ' that had appeared in his magazine. ] One asserted that Senator Davis] ' approved every article the maga-l ! zine printed. The other described: I a nutting of Moose officials at : which Davis was represented as I approving the charity balls the i government contends were lotterj ies. Taketi over by the government for re-examination, he was made, to admit that he did not print , news of the drawings because "as. i an experienced editor" he thought "it was better to be extremely ] ] careful because of postal regula- 1 tions on use of the mails." Government Scores New York, Sept. 23 —(U.R)— The ! government today traced to Unit- ' ed States Senator James J. Davis! ’ a large bundle of alleged lottery 1 tickets. j The action provided a dramatic j opening at the fifth day of Davis' ] trial in federal court on charges ’ :of violation of federal statute i prohibiting lottery tickets from ] the mails and from interstate I commerce. Through an employe of the rail- | way express agency, the governI ment established a package was j shipped by Edward L. McMahon ' of the propagation department of the Loyal Order of Moose, ".I. L. I Davis. Pittsburgh." Fred W. Jones, | Davis’ financial agent, signed the ‘ , receipt. The evidence was admitted, ■after repeated objections from the CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO O Christian Endeavor Rally Day Sunday In observance of World Christian Endeavor Rally Day. Sunday, September 25, the Christian Endeavor; 'Society of the St. John's Reformed' church of Vera Cruz, has arranged an inspirational program. The ] i topic of the meeting; will be "GettI ing Off to a Good Start." ] The Habiwit Trio from Berne will be the leader. The public is ] cordially invited to attend. HIRAM JOHNSON FOR ROOSEVELT Republican Senator Praises Governor’s Attitude Toward Progressives Copyright, 1932. by UP. San Francisco, Sept. 23. —(U.R) — Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's attitude toward Progressives and progressivism was praised here today by U. S. Senator Hiram Johnson, leader of California's Republican progressive elment and running mate of Theodore Roosevelt in the Bull Moose rebellion of 1912. “The attitude of Mr. Roosevelt | is in sharp contrast to that Mr. i Hoover has maintained toward pro-1 gressivism," Johnson said, com-] menting on the Democratic presi j dential nominee at Sacramento yesterday in which he invited Republican progressives to aline with the ' Democratic presidential campaign. Uphold Roosevelt View Washington, Sept. 23. —(U.R) —Federal regulation of utility holding companies as advocated by Gover- ] nor Franklin D. Roosevelt in his . Portland. Ore., speech is regarded Jas inevitable by some of the most ‘ influential men in the industry. ' The Insull failure and the trial ' ’continued ON PAGE FOUR

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New G. A. R. Chief X *" 1 ■ I • w. I 4 Capt. William H. Wright of Chi ! cago. who was unanimously elect-1 ed commander in chief of the G.l A. R. for 1933 at national conven--1 tion of the order held at Springfield, 111. ADAMS COUNTY GROUP ELECTS Herd Improvement Association Reorganizes at Meeting Thursday The Adams County Dairy Herd i Improvement Association held the regular reorganization meeting ] Thursday niglht at Monroe. The : following men were elected as ofI fleers: Peter D. Schwartz, presi'dent; Noah Rich, vice-president; Dan P. Schwartz, secretary-treasur-•er; Sol Mosser and Henry Aschleman, directors. The program committee will be selected later. The retiring officers were Otto D. BiebI erich president: Peter B. Lehman. : vice-president; Peter D. Schwartz. | secretary-treasurer, and Ernest Kruetzman and Henry Aschleman, ! directors. G. A. Williams, extension dairy- ] man from Purdue was present and ‘gave a splendid discussion of the I general dairy situation and led in ] a round-table discussion of the |feed situation. He recommended land insisted that only high producing cows lie kept and that these ] cows be fed home grown well ballanced rations. He also stated tiiat | he was very much pleased with the j increase in legume production, such las sweet clover, alfalfa and soybeans. Mervin Miller, who has been em- ] ployed by the association for the past year will continue as tester for the coming year, which starts October 1. The following men have signified jtheir intention of testing: Henry I Aschleman. Peter B. Lehman, E. H. ‘ Kruetzman, P. D. Schwartz. Dale | Moses, Sol Mosser. Dan Steury, Schroyer and Kreps. Otto Bieberich. Dan Mazelin. Enoch Habegger, Steury and Schwartz, Dan Habegger and Sons. 1). D. Schwartz, Beavers an d Harvey. Rudolph CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX —, o C hamber of Commerce Favors 40-Hour Week — Washington. Sept. 23 —(UP) — The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States went on record today in favor of the 40-hour week as a means The action was taken a few hours after Henry I. Harriman, president of the Chamber unn unced that I Pres. Hoover had called upon him | to use the Chamber’s influence in i increasing employment. Local Residents’ Niece Dies Today Word was received here today by relitives of the death of Mrs. I May Capel, daughter of Dan Fisher ■of Eaton, who died at her home Friday morning. Mrs. Capel is a niece of Amos Fisher, Mrs. Harry Butler and Mrs. James Hurst of this i city. Surviving fire the husband and I two daughters. Funeral services will ’ 1 be held Sunday afternoon at Eaton.

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GEORGE DALE IS OUSTED BY CITY COUNCIL City Heads Declare Office Vacant by a 5-3 V ote Thursday Night DALE ANNOUNCES FIGHT TO FINISH Muncie, Sept. 23 <U.R> Mayor George R. Dale, Muncie's fiery mayor, had sutler]ed another set back in his l tumultous career today this time from the people oi ] his own city. By a vote of 5 to 3 the Muncie citv council voted to declare Dale's office vacant. I The presumption of the de- ' vision was that the oil ice was I unoccupied since Dale was convicted in Indianapolis last May on a federal liquor conspiracy charge. Tlie council held that the convic- | tion automatically retired Dale. The council also decided that ; Lester E. Holloway, city controller I and Dale’s son-in-law. who would i succeed to the office, also was inI eligible because he had not qualified within the limited time. On October 4 the council will meet to elect a new mayor to complete Dale's term. The vote by city council brought to a climax action started from . several angles to have Dale oustMayor Will Fight | Muncie. Ind., Sept. 23— (U.R) — I Undaunted by new reverses— the latest one removing him as mayor I of Muncie — Militant George R. Dale today announced a “fight to the finish” with the city council that last night impeached him. Dale Regarded with disdain the ouster order and went to his desk at city liall today promising "to kick hell out of the city council.” Meanwhile Robert Parkinson, a newspaperman sworn in as mayor pro-tent by the council, prepared to take over his new duties. He was appointed to serve until Oct. 4. when a new mayor will be elected. “Possession is nine points of the law." Dale said as he resumed his customary task. The fiery, gray-haired little official, who is under an 18-months sentence in federal prison on a | liquor conspiracy charge, likened : the councilmen to the “the king’s horses.” "Those binds marched up the hill and then inarched down again" Dale commented. "Well. I've always kicked hell out of them before. I'll do it again.” Dale ridiculed the selection of Parkinson as his successor. "If it is so easy to obtain a CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR MOTHER WOUNDS FOUR CHILDREN Slashes Wrists With Razor; Tells Wierd Story of “A Female Fiend” Los Angeles, Sept. 23 —(UP) —A Woman and Iter four small children bio <1 streaming from their badly slashed wrists, were rushed to Georgia Street police hospital today. The mother, Mrs. Harriet Pulp 31. told .police a weird story of a 'Fennie Fiend" who crept into the bedrooms of the children before dawn and cut their wrists with a raz r, then attacked her. Two of the children, questioned separately, told officers that, their mother had infliced the wounds and then attempted to end her own life detectives said. 'The children are Marvin, 9. Harriet IMay, 7. Rolland, 6, and Courtney 3, all probably will recover. A woman’s voice summoned a police ambulance t; the home, where officers found the children. • wailing in terror, and weak from . loss of blood. Mrs. Pulp clung steadfastly to her » story, but from Marvin and Harriet i May officers said they learned the • motfter had inflicted the w unds i No c.hirge was entered against Mrs. Pulp pendiing arrival .of a I psychiatrist. II Officers learned that the woman . I was separated from her husband.