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BNDON IN STATE OF SEMI-SIEGE TODAY

■ER GLASS i BATES WITH ■ENL MILLS! fatal Glass Criticises ftipiign Speeches Made L ] ’esident Hoover ■tary mills ■plies to glass (U J J policies 111 the titlwere <letended the wav for ecoHMrei.'"' !■' and assailed the count rv ■ national pawnshop here last night of Treasury ■rLml Senator Glass, ■('.,. former holder of cabinet position. — was in rebuttal Glass delivered just Tie' secietary's de■tO ir.uke a prompt reply to most scathing indict ■s, , the campaign, caused Ktii conclude his speech with that Mills had obtained a copy of his mantiKill advam e. Mills - answer M ' well known” fiat opposition speeches Eli, way” into the rival ■ speech was his first of ■frjy.■•sign, because of illness, with sharp aecitHe contrasted some of Mt Hoover's campaign with Aesop’s Fables, ■rrnl 10 Secretary of War the "strutting trumnetE>! 'lie pc-i b ut." The state B‘ n '’* denial of charges it approved foreign securand untrue." troth his manuK"' charge Mills with “a confidence." conception of the of debate, it is not mine" I addin, lie had been that Mills had obtained nce f '°Py of his speech by I involved a broach ■idenee dis iained by every newspaperman in the ■ States." ■ Glass sill was “a back of controversy ” to keep my rapier play the game as a " com hided the Virenat°r - ■taiy Mills reply was that “entirely in E 1 the rattier violent remark Glass." is no occasion for any he continued. ■ said his possession and copy of Glass" speech inON PAGE TWO Is OFFICER, fpS OWN LIFE P <1 Bank Bandit B«ts Self After Slay■K Deputy Sheriff B f " r - Midi., Nov. 2 — (UP) — in a.i aibaudoned firm ■ a -tispected bank bandit shot Bl *'> d*”* 111 today after killing B’*’'' sheriff and critically ■"* "another deputy in a gain B' J '" I] ' suspect, Benjamin Dila bullet into, his own brain MMy sheriffs cl sen in on him. ■**said lie h'jd previously kil-1-Redder, a deputy. W billion. Benjamin's brother. as cne of the three ■‘ "'ho robbed the Clarkston ■ tiK last summer, was caipB*” lodged in jail here. Ww sheriff Frank Greenan was Be 1 " ayv "lft. iMlch., hospital B 9 condition was promciuncesl Bn of He wan ■" the arm.. Em Ob,ain *2'ooo E 9 * ow a Nov. 2 — (UP) — ■Th! 1 ? 88111 " 11 ln ' en ' emteneld tine Bt> r and Saving hank today E i<™ ur / ust " uierß and o*° ofB| “ the 3 ‘ lme '°> t $2,000 and Bd? tra " ce the bank wus Bp,/ 1 bandit who BobkJl • uto “K , bHe outside. Be s a R fled toward Sioux City Eu.hiL WBy in a im «roon cojorrtl

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Joint Meeting Held Tuesday Night A Joint meeting of the Decatur public school board, -and the 'teachers amid principals of the vari. us City schools Wits hleld In the high sch.ol building Tuesday niglit. Several guests were als. > present at tire meeting, whicli was in the form of an ijn'nw.U banquet. Merle J. Abbott of the Fort! Wayne public schools was the prtn-l cipal n;vEaker. "A banquet was served by the Hom? Eoomi 'mi.es class, cam" prising freshmen girts of the high school, under thie direction of Miss Ila Scott. o GREAT CROWDS CHEER NOMINEE Gov. Roosevelt ‘Greeted By Thousands On New England Tour Albany, N. Y., Nov. 2. — (U.R) — Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was “home" in Albany again today, to spend a comparatively restful 24 hours before he enters the home stretch of his race for the presidency. On his day’s program, in contrast to the whirlwind finish of his four-day campaign in New England, which ended last night after he had spurted homeward at 65 tniles an hour over rain-soaked roads, were only a few conferences with his advisers, and one public address, scheduled for this evening. The finish of the governor's campaign to win the New England states found him driving for 13 hours through cold, dampness, and teeming rain, along a round that carried him for 300 miles through the mill towns of Massachusetts, Rhode. Island and Connecticut. Roosevelt's appearances in the final phases of his tour were necessarily brief, and were hampered by weather conditions that forced CONTTNTTED ON PAGE SIX DAYTON PASTOR ACCEPTS CALL Rev. C. M. Prugh Accepts Invitation to Fill Zion Reformed Pulpit Rev. Charles M. Prugh of Dayton, OH ■, hi s accepted the initiation tn fill the pulpit of the local Zion Reformed Church, it was learned here t day. The initation wus extended to Rev. Prugh following a eeng'negational meeting held last Sunday. Rev Prugh and his wife will move to this city the litter part of the month to makie their horn ?. Ordination service for the iminis ter will he held in Dayton, Ohi., Sunday, November 20. Foil twiini.t the service will assume five local pasto.'itl?. Rev. Prugh is a member of a Reformed Cltarch in Dayton with a constitueiuy ■ f more than 1.3A0, He received his education a.l Prlncton Univeisity where he received a scholarship to Heidlelberg. Germany and spent a year tjlilere. Rev. Prugh h'is been acting an substitute pastor at the local church for the last few months. The church ■has bd.n without a regulai ipustcr since 'the death of Rev. A. R- Fletlderjobaifn. former mijii&tcr, wlas I was killed In a:i autonr ;blle accident near Hamlet in May. An invitutfrm had Haem extended to Rev. Ernest Fledderjohann of Chicago, cousin to the late RcT. A. 11. Fledderjohann. but he was unable to accept the call. Rev. Prugh has Lilted the vacancy as asubstitute pastor recently, and his namiie was the only one voted upon ut the meeting of the congregation last Sumfiy. o—i —— To Take No Chances Against Chicago Lafayette. Ind., Nov. 2.—(U.R) A backfield of Pardonner at quarterback, Purvis and Hecker at halfbacks and Horstmann at fullback was expected to be started against Chicago Saturday as Coach Noble Kizer sent his Purdue Boilermaklers through stiff drill today. Recalling the numerous times the Staggmen has upset the Purdue Big ' Ten championship hopes, Kizer 'was taking no chances as he put his team through heavy drill, both of defense and offense.

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FARMERS HEAR M.C. TOWNSEND TUESDAY NIGHT | Candidate For Lieutenant Governor Speaks At Kirkland Gym FARM PROSPERITY MUST BE RESTORED M Clifford Townsend, of Marion, Democratic candidate for lieutenant-governor, and J. D. Hull of Indianapolis, head of the agriculture division of the state committee, addressed a farmers' meeting at the Kirkland township high school gymnasium Tuesday night. The meeting opened with a drill by the drum corps of Adams Post number 43 of the American Legion. Jerry Liechty, president of the Adams county farm bureau, presided at the meeting. R. J. Mann, Kirkland high school principal, gave two readings to open the program. Mr Hull was then introduced and spoke briefly. He stated that one of the primary motives of [ the Democratic party is to aid the farmers. He said that farmers in this country have been injured by lack of sympathy and cooperation on the part of the Republican administration. Prices of farm products. Mr. Hull said, must be based on the cost of production, and this cost of production must include interest on investment, taxes and other necessary expenses. Introduces Townsend Mr. Hull closed by introducing Mr. Townsend, who opened his speech by stating that he has been in 51 counties of Indiana in the pust seven weeks. He said that the farmers are tlie Mggesl buyers of manufactured articles and that on the farmer’s prosperity rests the prosperity of th' entire nation. Continuing, Mr. Townsend said: “The first step toward a new day is to restore the buying power of agriculture, our basic indust,y. upon which the economic welfare of one half our population i depends. “Agriculture and labor cannot be made prosperous by relieving the banks, the railroids, amd the great corporations alone,” said GONTINUETT* ON PAGE SIX O--Monthly Meeting Thursday Night ' The monthly meeting of the directors » f t.hte Dedatur Chamber of > Ca-mmeree will he held Thursday ■ eevning at 7:30 o'clock. Theodore . Graliker, president ainnounced to- ' day. The md.mbeirs are urgtd to be- » present.

TEN GANGSTERS PLACED IN JAIL Many F ormer Capone Leaders Are Jailed By Chicago Police Chicago Nov. 2 —(UP) Phil De(Aindrea. and Frankie Rio, fonm»r personal body guards to Al Capone were arest d today in a d wn town hotel by a police squad which has capture I and jailed a dozen gang li nders in tlie last 24 hours. With D-'Andrca and Rio were f ur others. Tlie six were arrested in the Planters Hot el a block from the LaSall'e street skyscraper whe'.e I<l gang leaders including Murray 'Humphries Caji >e's successcr. were traiflped yesterday. Chicago. Nov. 2.—(U.R)- Eor probably the first time since Al Capone Started his rise to power nearly all of the erstwhile gang leader's lieu tenants spent the night in jail last night. Ten major gangsters whose names have figured in scores of bloody and spectacular battles in Chicago's underworld warfare were behind the bars. With them were seven men described as their bodyguards. The men were arrested In two casual police raids. The apparently accidental seizure of virtually the whole of the Capone syndicate directorate appeared to surprise officers us much as it did the * * 'continued ON PAGE SIX

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 2, 1932.

Puts Punch in Campaign ft L: 0 - WWc 1 " ¥ .. Wil - v ' ; ■ — , IMMIllIhlllliaillOTilJlIWlliMMIlHIlllilllii! llt"'iriiiTailH Judge Henry Horner (seated), Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois, and Gene Tunney (at microphone!, at Chicago Stadium during Democratic rally Monday night. The former heavyweight champion lias been stumping the country for Governor Roosevelt.

SPECIAL SHOW FOR CHILDREN! I i “Henry’s Wedding” Will Be Given at Special Matinee Thursday P. M. A special matinee performance of "Henry's Wedding” will be given for school children at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Catholic high school auditorium. Admission for this special performance will be ten cents. The first regular showing of the production, a three-act comedy, under the auspices of Adams Post number 43 of the American Legion, will be given Thursday night. A second shewing will be given Friday night. The show is scheduled to start at 8:15 o’clock each night, in the Catholic high school auditorium Tickets for the production may be exchanged for reserved seats at the Peoples restaurant, on South Second street. “Henry's Wedding” has made a decided hit every place it lias been produced. One hundred twenty-five local people, including Decatur’s best talent, will appear in this show. The plot around which the entire show is built is the story of a bachelor of 55, getting married for the first time to a widow of 49, who has twice hern married. Inheritance of $106,000 is also involved in the plot, and many amusing incidents occur in the actions of the various characters to obtain the SIOO,OOO. The show ends, as all shows should, in a happy fashion, witli a triple wedding featuring th6 closing scene. Indiana Reduces Prices Saturday Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 2. —(U.R) —Four thousand seats in Memorial stadium will be placed on sale Saturday for sl.lO, including tux, for the Indiana-Michigan. conference game, university officials announced Driving power plays against Michigan formations were being polished by the Hoosiers today in the hope that passing can be held to a minimum. A strong defense against Michigan** Harry Newman to John Regeczi aerial combination is being built.

Republican Women Will Meet Friday | — Plans have been completed by the Republican women of the county for a meeting of the Republican County Women's Club to be held 'in the Court Room in Decatur, ; Frf ’uy aft.moon at 2:00 o’clock All Republican women of the I county are urged to attend the | meeting. Miss Genevieve Brown .lot Indianapolis, reporter of the Su- . pre me Court will be the principal ;! speaker. Mrs Dallas Goldner of > this city will conduct the singing. Mrs. Ralph Yager, president of . the duh will preside, and the committee in charge of the arrange- > ments for the meeting includes the , Mesdames C. L. Walters, J. C. Suti ton and C. E. Bell. i o DOUBT STORY OF ROBBER SUSPECT I Police Art Skeptical of Charge Gang Had Committed 27 Robberies ;| Ottawa, 111.. Nov. 2—(U.R)—Skep- ' tical of the efiarge of Mike ! Sberna. under arrest here as a | bank rob'bery suspect, that six '! other members of tlie gang participated in 27 other Illinois uni ’ Indiana holdups, Sheriff E. J. Welter today checked tlie meager details Sberna provided. , Tlie six others Sherna attempt- , ed to involve are William Jacobs ( 23; Joseph Jesse, 23. and Frank , Valone, 38, Cicero, Alox Sorrent to, 24. Chicago Heights; and Charles Smith and Mike Rino, Chicago. All) xecept Rino are serving sentences of one year to life for robbing tlie First National Bank of Ransom last week. Rino refused to plead guilty and in awaiting trial Mike Martino, who occupied the house in Streator where the gang was rounded up, and his wife. Mamie, are held in jail here as suspected accomplices. In the same jail awaiting grand jury action is Sberna who was arrested in Chicago by Sheriff Welter Monday. Sberna admitted driving one of the two automobiles used during the Ransom bank robbery in which three bank officials and employes wore forced to drive two CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX *"*’

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INDIANA PARTY LEADERS SPEED j UP CAMPAIGNS I Many Meetings are Scheded By Both Democrats And Republicans MANY PROMINENT MEN IN STATE (By United Press) Taking advantage of the brief time left before election, Indiana candidates for state and national officers speeded up their campaigns in every section of the j state today. I Republican plans called for a speech at Richmond Jly Vice: President Curtis today. He ad-| dressed a tri-county rally at! Sheridan last night, making a defi-i nite appeal for the Indiana farm vote. Gov. Harry G. Leslie was | scheduled to speak on behalf of | Republican candidates at Sey-I j mour; Raymond S. iSjtringer, can-| I didate for governor, concentrat- | ed in Lake county, and Sen. Arthi ur M. Robinson appealed for Re j i publican votes in Marion. | Democrats today sent Josephus Daniel, secretary of the navyj under President Wilson, to Del-' phi; Frederick Van Nuys, candi-l date for U. S. senator, to New-i castle, and Paul A 7 . McNutt, candidate for governor, to Liberty] and Connersville. At Bedford last night. Harry S. ] New, Indianapolis, former post- , master general, praised the administration of President Hoover and urged his re-election. "1 point to tlie one-year moratorium. the national credit association and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as throo great steps taken by President Hoover to bgring an end to the CONTTNTTFm ON PAGE STX INSULL PAPERS TO BE ISSUED ? State Department Expect- ] ed to Issue Extradition Papers Late Today Washington. Nov. 2- (U.R) -The I state department expects to issue ' - papers today for extradition of • Martin Insull, Chicago utilities - magnate, from Canada. ' Department officials made this I statement after Assistant State's ! | Attorney John P. Hampton of i Cook county, Illinois, conferred ] with assistant legal adviser Charles Baker of tlie department and presented evidence against (mull. Hampton will take the extradi--1 tion papers to the United States legation in Ottawa and have them authenticated. They will then be presented at a Canadian hearing . on insull’s extradition, scheduled I fur Friday. it also was learned that the Illinois state attorney’s office ex- , pects before the etrd of the week -I to deposit with the slate depart- , ment evidence necessary to obtain i extradition papers for Samuel In--1 still, Sr., Martin’s JJrother, now in . Greece. 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE . o — Complete Plans For Debating League . Plans were completed Tuesday " night for the Northeastern Indiana I Debating League which will con-1 duct debates in tlie schools reprejjaented during the first and second ( | weeks in December. I The league includes seven! [schools, North Side and Central of. j I Fort Wayne, Harlam, Churubusco.] | Columbia City. Huntington and ! Monroe. The league will debate ’| tlie question, “Resolved: That all ' hydroelectric power should be own ' ed and operated by the government.” Each school will have four deI bates, two at home and two away /from home. Monroe will go to liarI lam and Churubusco for debates, . and North Side and Huntington will! ’ debate at Monroe. ■ i Debaters from Monroe are Lor'jene Rich. Gordon Sprunger. Helen 1 Roop. Loris Habegger, Jeanette 'Rich, Vivian Schwartz. Roger 'Bluhm, and Homer Yeoman. j

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♦ — • FAVOR ROOSEVELT | ' | , New York, Nov. 2. —(Special) i Gov. Roosevelt continues to ' | be the favorite of betting men, | I at heavy odds. One commissioner announced | | lie lias placed a bet on Gov. ' | Roosevelt against President ] | Hoover at odds of better than | | three to one. The bet was I | placed in Chicago, where S4B,- j | 000 was wagered on the Demo- I | cratic candidate against sls.- j | 000 for Hoover, or odds of 16 j || to 5. Much money is being reeeiv- | I ed at odds of two to one that | ,! | Gov. Roosevelt will carry New | 11 York state and even money | | that he will carry the state by i | a vote of 200,000 or more. i Another commission house an- i I flounced the following betting quotations: Three to one—Roosevelt is I | elected; $300,000 offered at II this price. 11 Two and a half to one — ] | Roosevelt carries California; | | SIOO,OOO offered at this price. | | Eight to five—Roosevelt car- | i | ries New York. I | Even —Roosevelt carries 11l- I | | inois by 150,000. Even —Roosevelt carries New | II York by 200,000. Six to five- —Roosevelt carries | || Ohio. Even—You can't name eight j !ji states Hoover will carry. | CITY COUNCIL i HOLDS SESSION • Decatur Council Disposes of Routine Business Tuesday Night I - ! | A short session of the city conn -|cil was held last night at the city ’ hall and routine business was dis- ] posed of. ! Petitions for alley lights back of the Holthouse-Schulte clothing and (lass stores were filed and referred to the electric light committee. A [petition for a light near the Phillips residence on North First street was also referred to committee. : The contract with the city of Decatur to extend a rural light line to the Ben Kohne farm, southwest " of Decatur was filed and approved. | The matter of licensing boxing [exhibitions in Decatur was brought 'up and City Attorney J. Fred JEruchte informed the council that past attractions had been given , under the auspices of certain organizations which exempted the i promoter from paying a city liI cense. It was reported that the ' last boxing show was given under '.the auspices of the Adams County Vigilantes and that a tax could not ' be collected under such an arrangement. The finance committee reported that a written report would be made at the next meeting relative ]to allowing city policemen a cer- ' ] tain sum for running their automo- ' biles in connection with making po- ‘ lice calls. The final report of W. Guy Brown, supervisor of the city swimming ] pool was reported by Councilman ‘ j Joe Hunter and a written report l will be filed at the next meeting. ■| Claims were allowed and the session adjourned. a Watson And VanNuys Report Expenses "Washington, Nov. 2 — (UP) — Sen. James Wai’son. Republican of Indiana, r-eeived $5,400 including 15.006 form the Republieri.n Selnate cainpaigin committee and has spent $4,!i45, he reported to the secretary -of the senate today in his setmiI final election accounting. Frederick Van Nuys, Waltisons | Democr 1 itic opponent, received sl,'3BO, plus an Indirect contribuition -<-f $1,500, from- the Democratic majtional committee. His expenditures | have been $1,286. o Four Killed During Cuban Election Havana, Nov. 2 —(UP) —Four persons were known killed today and several wounded in the Cuban legislative ‘and municipal election in which early returns indicated’.i generil victory for the liberal party of President Gerardo- Machado. C inservatives won the governorI ship of Pinar Del Rio Province amd ] sterevral seats in the legislature. Liberals clainned sweeping victories in Havana land Ca-maguey Previnrea and were leading im mianitantas, Sam--1 ta Clara, and Oricute.

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“POLICE FIGHT UNEMPLOYED IN HUNGER MARCH Outbreaks Are Threatened In All Quarters of England’s Capital MANY RIOTERS ARE ARRESTED ! London, Nov. 2 ; U- p) London was in a state of seini-siege today, with seething mobs of unemployed threatening outbreaks in all quarters of the capital. Davs of sporadic rioting reached a climax hist night with fighting between police and unemployed in Parliai ment Square, Trafalgar i Square and other important i centers. Looting was started on a small scale in South London. Thirty or more persons were estimated to have been injured in the fighting and many arrests were made. One detective who was at- | tacked by a crowd in Princes i street was severely injured about the head and taken to a hospital. Mounted and foot police fought with the demonstrators in the * region around parliament and the government buildings for several hours before comparative order was restored at midnight. Fairly normal conditions were II restored at that hour in Whitehall where the government offices are located, in Parliament Square and Victoria street, where the rioting centered. Westminster bridge, ■> crossing the Thames near parliament, was opened to traffic after three hours of siege, during which traffic was detoured and only pedestrians able to prove bona fide business were allowed to 1 circulate. Tlie house of commons arose al 11:02 p.m., the leaders j. of the hunger marchers having been unable to present their petition for relief. L The rioting centered In the mile area from Trafalgar Square t to the house of commons on the Thames, along Whitehall and tt Hyde Park. Mounted police galloped around Trafalgar Square as late as midnight, wielding batons i and ruthlessly clearing away the thousands gathered there. Most of the rioters had scattered earl- ! ier toward Piccadilly Circus amt Leicester Square. where they mingled with the crowds emerging from theaters and clubs. Several unemployed who tried Io attack: men and women in evening clothes were arrested. Mohs of several thousands , which had gathered on the south I side of the Thames were dispersed before 11 p.m. AuthorffTes adCONTTNUED ON PAGE TWO I 0 HOOVER STILL IS UNDECIDED i Has Not Definitely De--1 termined to Make Visit To California Home Washington, Nov. 2. — (U.R) — President Hoover still was undecided today whether to end his cam- ’ paign with a last minute dash across the country to his home in C Palo Alto, Calif., despite tentative plans for such a trip. The chief executive will leave tomorrow for another swing into the . middle west. He will make three major speeches on this trip at Springfield, ill., St. Louis, Mo,, and in St Paul, Minn He speaks at Springfield Friday r afternoon, and will proceed to St. Louis for a speech there that night. # His address in Minnesota will be Saturday night. On the way west, tlie President will make brief speeches, as ho has done in all his intensive stump ' tours in recent weeks. These . stops include Gary, Ind., at 9 a. m . I Friday where he will be met by Senator James Watson and other t Indiana Republican leaders. Others tentatively listed are k , Joliet. Ottawa. Peoria and Pekin, HI., on the way to Springfield where . ho probably wi'l speak in the asenj al. and Carlinville and East St. , .Louis, 111., on the two and one-half s hour trip on to St. Louis. Mo. OthB er stops may be added. The Itinerary on the way to CUXTINLUU ON PAGE SIX *