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6BLATION • IMBEER IS ! iIING PUSHED WorceqTo Take Action gEjKr Revenue llwts AKE I |\ SESSIONS — I |,>11, Nov. 17.—<u.R) hed today into the - speaker of the new 1 ; wets won the first 1 obtain beer and ' of >ss than 21 hours’ inves-\ Btion of wet congressional has forced house inocrati leader Henry T. to*! I"1> his posit ion th.lt r could t 1 ■> legalized at nie rt S ss aineyila candidate lor speakHe^fc 1 ”' 1 lii-s pessimistic tviews uh returning Tuesday! shisl: home. He had not ' ivssed Illi" question with his! esguesap. McDuffie, Dem.. Ala., maHmd speakership candi- I I at once that he I tvelfare of the country ■ ho r t session beer, i ter. senate Democratic | nson, chairman Byrns . ? appropriations comchairman Collier of! sa ah have sped® beer at the short sess- I ruler 4; circumstances, Rainey ! lifted Ji ittack and simultan- 1 lly ajmimeed his formal can- 1 try for 'he speakership. He t Ihe ®nrlit he was •'in line for 1 i i 1 li beer I" said he believed now at the short sess- < he possible. Among J pocnß f the pre-election wet 1 ► GN PAGE TWO B GROUP i t BE NAMED i3p i n. Gottschalk Likely To Be Choice of GoverRnor Leslie — ills, Nov. 17. — (U.R) — I ' G. Leslie prepared to-1 ounce the new member ( e state budget commit-, t was uisidered likely that I. Thur ran A. Gottschalk. Dem.. Sa, Wild lie reappointed, as ho . I* l ® By member of the present J now eligible. iembwship of the committee q <* J I 'partisan, consisting of > senat rs and two members of ! 1 M®. House members being ( k«d al ut as possibilities are 5 s - Jyi W. Cromer, Repn . Mid- , Harry Stamp. Dem , urhdajt both farmers. ten. I. I’lnvd Garrett, Repn . ttit-Km nd, is being mentioned j ! the Wurth member. to be replaced are Sen. Ton ®iff. Repn., Martinsville, a Reps. Sam .1. Farrell. Repn., WwCity. and H. Curtis Ben|Mi.. Dillsboro. jjjlter did not stand for r« H'tft’ was defeated in the Farrell in the elec- «' I member of the senator-elect from Marrame ts) t | )p governor's , ¥? ftfednesday to apply tor a appointment. Mg been reported that Gotts s not have the backing of state adminisatlon. has complete charge of ■ npppintments, however, since HBprovides that the budget > must be named within ” following the election. is tomorrow. o— Papers Are Received Iwbhgton, Nov. 17—(UP)—The [ today received P® Governor Emmerson of lllinecessary for the issttextradition document for f’Bßnsull. Sr., former Chicago now in Athens. a study of the Illinois Im* 1 Apartment officials were t 1 Ut > siy when the extradition would be issued.

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I # Santa Claus Station T ! Will Retain Name Santa Claus, find., Nov. 17—(UP) ( I Cheering news reached here today! when Postmaster James "Jitn"i Martin was informed that his ipost- , office will continue to be known las “Santa Plaits." Hundreds of letters from child-| ren, specifying just what gifts they would like for Christmas, are re-1 ceived here annually. Postmaster! Martin turns them over to charit-l able organizations About a year ago the postoffice department at Washington decided the name should be changed. But so mainiy protests were received that Postmaster General Walter F.l Brown announced definitely yesterday that Santa Clause would not be! discontinued. JURORS MAY I INVESTIGATE Grand Jury May Receive Call During November Term of Court i Judge C. L. Walters this afternoon ordered the November term Admas county grand jury to report Monday morning at 9 o'clock at Adams circuit court for instructions. Nathan C. Nelson, prosecuting attorney, also stated this afternoon that tne grand jury would meet. The Adams county grand jury, November term, may be called into session, it was learned today. Nathan Nelson, prosecutor, was out of the city and the report could not be verified, but it was stated that several alleged felonies and misdemeanors would be probed by the November 4uvust.iga4.iiig body. It is believed likely that the jurors also will inspect the county jail and infirmary, which is the usual custom of the November grand jury. It was not learned CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE Athletic Coach Shot Windfall, Ind., Nov. 17/—(UR) — Charles Hite. 29, athletic coach at | Windfall high school, was recovering today in an Elwood hospital, from a bullet wound received when a pistol was discharged accidentally. Hite was wounded when Richard 'Day, 14, with whom he was hunting. handed him the weapon. Brewery Is Repaired Logansport. Ind.. Nov. 17. — (U.R) I—The 1 —The Columbus Brewing Company plant here, abandoned 14 years ago when Indiana passed its liquor .prohibition law, was undergoing I repairs today in anticipation of the return of beer. The owners. Geo. L. Schmidt Company. Chicago, announced $40,000 would be spent in the reconditioning. TRUCK DRIVER FREE ON BOND Willard Heller, Charged With Illegal Parking Provides Cash Bond Willard Heller, Toledo, Ohio, truck driver, who was arrested Sunday afternoon for illegal parkling of a trailer on a state highway, shortly before E. E. Zimmerman. Decatur man. drove ids automobile I into the trailer, and was severely injured, was released Wednesday afternoon from the Adams county Jjall. i Heller provided a cash bond of SIOO and his hearing was set for December 15 in the court of Mayor George M Krick, where the warrant for Heller's arrest had been Issued. Heller, a truck driver for an Ohio concern was hauling coke from Hamilton, 0., to South Bend, Indiana, and last week Ills truck had broken down near Monroe. He had detached the trade- ami returned in his truck for parts to repair the trailer. The man arrived at the scene Sunday afternoon and was arrested by state motor police. Shortly after the arrest, the accident occurred. Heller had been held in jail since that time on a charge of il'egal parking.

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COLD WEATHER FOLLOWS SNOW THROUGH STATE I State Highways Opened After Heaviest November Storm in History SUFFERING IS REPORTED Itidiananolis, Nov. 17.—<U.R) —lndiana’s worst November snow storm in history was followed today by the first [cold wave of the season. Temperatures dropped to 15 I above zero in many cities and ! weather bureau observers (promised no relief for another 24 hours. The storm and cold caused I much suffering among the unemI ployed and relief agencies were j besieged with calls for food, coal and clothing. Most of the state highways were I open today after having been clogIged with three foot drifts. Maintenance crews worked at top speed yesterday and last night in an effort to clear away the drifts. Nearly all the bus lines resumed I their schedules this morning, although it was necessary for some of the drivers to take indirect route to their destinations. 0 Return From Conclave L. C. Helm, Fred Major, Noah Frye and Dorphus Drum of this city attended the state meeting of the 11. O. O. F. lodge in Indianapolis held ( Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, i Dr. Drum, district deputy grand master of the Adams County Odd Fellows lodge was a representative ' to the grand lodge meeting. Mr. | Helm attended the grand encarop- ' I ment where be was on committee ''( work. 0. L OFFICIALS HOLD SESSION Advisory Council Named; C. R. Lanman Among New Officials i) . | Executive officers of the Porter district Christian Endeavor Union | met recently near Berne at the I home of the district president, Homer C. Augsburgcr, to formulate plans for the coming year. * Several new officers were appointed to assist in the work among 1 I the young people. Among them bare three pastor counselors who ■ ! are: Rev. H. L. Miller of Fort ' j Wayne; Rev. W. M. Elliott of Bluffton and Rev. C. R. Lanman of De- ' catur. The latter two were pres--1 ent at the meeting. Ray Sparrow and Carl Lochner of Fort Wayne were each selected as district field secretary and C. E. World representative respectively. Other officers to be appointI ed are quiet hour and stewardship, missionary and lookout. I Each county union has been asi signed to observe the Christian ! Endeavor week in February and to I itake care of its own obligation in meeting the quota for the C. E. World subscriptions. The next meeting of the district officers will be held at the home of ' the first vice-president Melville 1 Blaising, in New Haven at the call of the district president. German Cabinet Quits r , Berlin. Nov. 17—< UP)—Chancel- , lor Franz Von Papen, former militarist, who has ruled Germany tins der a semi-dictatorship since June 1. J resigned tonight, with his entire r j cabinet. I His cone ent rat Hon” ( government fell far short of getting a working majority in the Reichstag ! in the recent general election. Recount Is Demanded ' 5 Logansport, Ind., Nov. 17—(UP) — • 1 Recount of votes tor county coroner >i in the Nov. 8 election is sought in |a petition filed by Dr. Donald Miller j Twelve Mile, Democrat, who was defeated by one vote on the basis of r | first rtunns. Tlie county election commission--I'ers certified Dr. M. D. Stewart, f Repn., who polled 9.498 votes as against 9,497 for Miller.

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Husband’s Avenger Mrs. Rose Gonzales, of Yonkers N. Y„ who, for nearly two years,! trailed the slayers of her husband. ' ( Manuel Gonzales, and finally caused the arrest of two men, whom she accuses of the crime. Mrs. Gonzales followed the men. Julio Parez and Bernardino Arias, from New York to Spain and back again to New York. Both accused deny knowledge of the crime. PIONEER OF COUNTY DIES Elizabeth Musser Funeral To Be Held Friday West of Berne i Funeral services for Elizabeth .Mosser, eighty-six, will be held FriI day afternoon, one o'clock at the I honse, and 1:30 at the Missionary »I-Gtairch west of Berne, with the Rev. A. M. Clauser officiating. Mrs. Mosser died Wednesday fore- > noon at eleven o'clock after an extended Illness of about eleven months, with complications and old age. The deceased was born in French Township, and lived there for eigh- , teeir years, at which time, she married Solomon Mosser. The young II couple then moved to Hartford 1 Township, where they lived until (Mr. Moser's death, thirty-three ■ i years ago. Alter the death of her ’ husband, she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Chris. Eicher, for 19 years. For the (past three years she has been living with her daughter. Mrs. ' Chris Mertz, where she died. i She was a faithful member of the ' Missionary Church. . Eicht children preceded her in ■ death. She leaves to mourn her loss, seven) children, John, of Laurel, ■ Montana. Joe. of Chattanooga, Ok- ; lahome, Noah; of Fort Wayme, ilnd., i Chris, of Richmond. Indiana, Mrs. • John Schlabach of Canton, Ohio, Sol Mosser and Mrs. Chris. .Merts ■ of Genieva, Indiana. Twenty-seven ■ grandchildren and fourteen great- • grandchildren. Also, two sisters, Mrs. David Schindler and Mrs. Ly- ' dla Graber of Berne, Indiana; beI sides a host of relatives and friends. CLAIM VOTES WERE BOUGHT > Pennsylvania Election Fraud Probe Starts In Philadelphia I Philadelphia, Nov. 17 — (UP) — Votes were purchased with liquor, voting machines were put out of commission! and threats of bodily violence were made in last week’s election! in Philadelphia, it was testified today at the opening of an investigation by the house committee on campaign expenditures. ( <Harry Slobermaiw, an attorney, was first witness before the house committee which came to Philadelphia from Washington for the ! investigation of charges, that fraud ' acconvpanied the presidential election in the Keystone state. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE Earthquake Is Recorded i Washington Nov. 17 —(UP) —The • Seismograph at Georgetown univer- ■ sity today registered an earthquake I of moderate intensity approximately 2200 miles south of Washington. The quake wus recorded at 1:09 , iA. M. its maximum intensity was i reached at 1:23 A. M. and it was |concluded at 3 A. M.

SNOW REMOVED FROM STREETS — City And County Crews Working Hard to Make Highways Passable A force of mem were put to wonk this morning shoveling snow away from the curb on both sides of Sec-1 ond street. The snow was loaded on i city trucks and hauled, away. | 'City street commissioner Amos; Fisher was in charge of the work ' ami stated that additional men ( would be put to work as soon as trucks could be secured. The snow was ipiled several feet high along the curb, being placed there from cleaning the sidewalks and made it. practically impossible for drivers to park cars along the curb. The men employed will be paid iby the city out of the street labor , fund.. School resumed The St. Joseph's Catholic grade , school and the Decatur Catholic high school resumed classes this, morning. Classes were dismissed Wednesday afternoon because the rural pulp.ils could not get to Decatur. The attendainice was less than half. This morning saw nearly all of the children back and classes will be continued as usual. Rural Schools Closed Many of the rural schools were 1 1 still closed today. C. E. Striker, stated the schools were closed in Jefferson and Root towtniships, sev-1 eral in Washington township and in the town of Monroe. He also stated he believed other rural schools were closed but that he had not heard from the trustees or the school principals. Opening County Roads i Several crews of men worked all ■ night in opening the county roads and a large force was employed today in breaking through the snow . drifts on the various roads. The . men will continue working until all the roads are opened., Chris Eicher. CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN MURDERER IS ! ON WAY BACK • I Blackford County Young Man, Confessed Killer, Is Being Returned Madison, Wis., Nov. 17—(UP) — Officers returning John Edwarl Moore to Indiana to face charges of slaying his uncle and aunt at tlart- ! ford City continued their trip today after a forced stop here. Moore was lodged in jail over- | night when the automobile of the officers broke down here last night Jon the way home from Virginia, | Minn., where Moore was captured. 1 They said Moore confessed that he killed his two relatives and robbed 'them of S3OO and their automobile, 1 which he drove to South Chicago i where he boarded a bus for Vir- ( ginia. He was traced to the Minne-! sota city through the picture of a girl which he dropped near the scene of the slaying, officers said. 1 "" ' By the author of SCARAMOUCHE 4 RAFAEL SABATINI’s thrilling new novel. Adventure, danger and romance under the pirate skies of the old Spanish Main. Tfe BLACK ' SWAN Saturday in I Daily Democrat

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INDEPENDENTS I ! CAUSE WORRY IN POLITICS - • 'Vast Turn of Voters In! 1932 Causes Comment In Both Parties INDIANA IN DOUBTFUL LIST (Copyright, 1932, by UP) Washington, Nov. 17.—<U.R) —Practically complete figures j on the popular vote for Presi-1 dent, just compiled by the 1 United Press, reveal a huge I fluctuating and apparently un- j manageable independent vote! which creates a serious problem for the political managers of both parties. Illinois gave Roosevelt a plurality of some 460,0(10 votes. Only four years ago Mr. Hoover was favored by almost the same figure —456,000. In four years Indiana turned a 286,000 Hoover lead into one of 185,000 for Roosevelt. lowa gave Hoover a margin of 245,000 in 1928 and now turns to Roosevelt ( by 183,000. Nebraska took its 148,- ■ 000 Hoover plurality of four years I ago and gave it to Roosevelt — minus about 55.000. The list is worth scanning furth- ( er: 1 1928 1932 I Hoover Roosevelt Plurality Lead California 548,000 442.000 Idaho 46,674 21,043 Michigan 569,000 206,000 Minnesota 146,000 222,000 Missouri 172,000 460,000 Nebraska 148,000 143,000 Ohio 763,000 . 72,000 Oklahoma 175,000 328,000 Even in the states which Mr. Hoover carried in both years, this violent fluctuation shows in his pluralities: 1928 1932 (Connecticut 44.000 6,020 iDelawara 32,000 3,156 1 New Hampshir 35,000 2,949 I Pennsylvania 988,000 162,000 Likewise the results four years 'ago showed violent fluctuations from the (previous votes. Mr. Hoo-, ver broke into four of the ten , southern states. This tendency has J (been growing since early in the 'century when the elder Roosevelt snatched Missouri from the Demo-1 cratic preserves in 1904. | By 1912 the ferment bubbled over ' into Roosevelt's third party movemeift which plowed up the entire landscape. The World war interrupted the process by diverting attention from domestic politics. It created a spirit of national unity and a tend- ' ency toward conservation which last over through the attempt of the Republicans to return to "normalcy." But instead of normalcy it was revival of a mass movement which by 1928 amounted almost to hysteria. This was manifested both in the presidential campaign, and in the business world. Mr. Hoover as candidate in 1929 1 j *"*"cONTINUED ON 1’ AGE TWO OSBORNE DOPED TO LOSE POST Criminal Identification Bureau Head Scheduled To Be Replaced Indianapolis, Nov. 17 — (International News Service) — E. L. Oehorne. 54. head of the Indiana bureau of criminal identification, is tn be dismissed January 1, 1933, ft was learned by International News Service today from an authoritative source. Release of Osborne will result from a change in administration. Osborne is a Republican and former chief of police of Lafayette, Ind. Charles Bolte, former chief of police of Wabash and Claude Dozier, former chief of police of Sullivan, both Democrats, are being mentioned for the place. Osborne, during his term as chief of the state bureau, lias achieved an enviable record. From October 31. 1929 until October 31, 1932, the bureau apprehended a total of 150 bank bandits. His banner year was in 1931 when officers arrested 86 suspects and convicted 53 of these. Indianapolis. Nov. 17.—A moveCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

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I Sorority Members To Clerk at Store The Schafer Store announces a special sales event for Saturday | when members of the Psi lota Xi | I sorority will be in charge of the > china department and the household I furnishing department on the sec- > ond floor. i A number of young women will ! 'clerk at the store during the day j and invitations have lieen, sent to their friends to visit the departments. AU of the commission's earned' on sales will be donated by the members to the sorority’s charity I fund. FARM BUREAU ! PLANS PROGRAM — Income And Intangibles Taxes Among Recommendations to he Made Indianapolis, Nov. 17. — (U.R) — Recommendations that the general assembly levy state taxes on incomes, intangibles, sales, luxuries and corporations were contained iin resolutions adopted at conclud|ing sessions of the Indiana Farm Bureau late yesterday. The farmers also went on record favoring the $1.50 property tax (limitation law. Other resolutions urged downward revision of utility rates, reductions in interest rates on re- , gional agricultural credit corpor'ation loans; revaluation of the gold dollar, and enactment by congress of legislation giving agriculture full benefit of the tariff with re- ' moval from the free list of Phil- ' lipine products such as tropical oils, fats, sugar and tobacco. Sen. Lynn J Frazier, North Da--1 kota, principal speaker at the clos- ' ing session, expressed himself in 1 favor of immediate cash payment '.of the bonus and criticized the administration for ejecting the bonus (army from Washington. DEATH CLAIMS LOCAL WOMAN — Mrs. Fannie Peterson Dies This Afternoon; HI Short Time Mrs. Fannie C. Peterson, 83, widow of the late Robert S. PetI erson, died at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon at her home, 617 North Second street, after a six weeks illness with influenza and compli- ' cations of old age. (I Her illness at first was not regarded as serious but about a week ago. the heart began to ( weaken and her decline was perceptible from dav to day since. I ( The children and other relatives ! had been with her the last severI al days and the end came quietly | as she was surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Peterson was one of the I best known ladies of this city and | community. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kunkel and she I was bonir in Root township June 1 3, 1849, was educated in the | county schools and taught several ( terms. She was married September 25, 1868 to Robert S. Peterson of this city, an attorney who bei came successful and was for a number of years engaged in the banking business. To them were born 12 children. 10 of whom survive. The deceased had resided in [I Decatur ever since her marriage. ( She had for many years been a devoted member of the PresbyI terlan church and was a sincere ,1 Christian mother. She was a cha. I ter member and the first Worthy J Matron of the Eastern Star lodge ( of Decatur, a member of the His- _ torical club for years and took a keen interest in all matters conj cerning her community which she , loved so well. j The surviving children are John S. Peterson, Mrs. W. A. Lower. Mrs. J. H. Heller, Mrs. Frank Al- ’ CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO , O . Girl Is Released Chicago Nov. 17—(UP) —Miss Lillian Henry, 19 year old niece of former police commissioner John Alcock, was released today by a •/‘quick trigger" gunman who kidnalped and attacked her shortly after he had killed a man In a holdup.

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ROOSEVELT TO VISIT CAPITAL FOR CONCLAVE — Hoover to Receive Visitor In Executive Offices At White House SCHEDULED AS INFORMAL Washington, Nov. 17.—<U.R) — President-elect Roosevelt will arrive in Washington at 3:30 p. m. next Tuesday and will proceed at once by motor car to the White House for his conference with President Hoover, it was announced today. The President is expected receive Gov. Roosevelt in the executive offices of the White House. Roosevelt personally telephoned his plans to the President as he had promised in accepting Mr. Hoover’s invitation to come to Wash* ington to confer on war debts and allied problems. Would Reduce Salaries Indianapolis, Nov. 17. —(U.P.) —Salary cuts and reduction of the number of district deputies, voted at the annual grand lodge meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- | lows, will save the state organization SIB,OOO annually, it was reported today. The number of district deputies will be reduced from 90 to 27. The following committee chairmen were appointed: C. E. Travis, Greensburg, credentials; John B. (’ockrnm, Indianapolis, state of tire order: George H. Hershman, Crown Point, legislative; George Padgett. Princeton, finance and accounts; John R. Andrews, Bedford, grievances and appeals, and Edward Snyder, Indianapolis, memorial. Candidates for the office of grand warden include T, J. Wilson, Shelbyville; Paul Pfister. Mt. Vernon; Reid Gathers, Bedford, and Arthur Green, Marion. _______ o Would Merge Bureaus French Lick. .Ind.. Nov. 17 —(VP) I Consolidation of state bureaus and I commissions will be recommended by Governor-Elect Paul V. McNutt with a view towards reducing stale expenditures by $300,000. it was announced at his temporary headquarters today. The recommendations will be offered Io the general assembly lint McNutt said he would make no at- ■ tempt to ;p.ush through the proposed bills. 1 R. Earl Peters, Democratic state • chairman, left for Indianapolis yesterday after conferring with the 1 Goernor-elect here. He said no action will b taken on state patronage for at least two weeks. GERMANY ASKED TO CONFERENCE __ I British Foreign Secretary Invited Delegate To Return Soon ‘ United Press Staff Correspondent Geneva. Nov 17 (UP) —'British foreign secretary Sir John Simon 1 invited Germany back to the world disarmament conference today on 1 the basis of recognition' of the prin- ’ ciple of armament equality for all ’ nations. I The Britisli .proposals provide ' I that the .present limitation of Ger--1 man armaments under the Ver- ‘ sallies treaty be superceded by a 1 new convention and that German li- ‘ mltation “would be arrived at by the same process and expressed lini the same document as those of all other ’ countries ” • Sir John proposed that Germany have the local right to possess all weapons granted other powers under a system of disarmament by stages. Addressing tlie steering committee of the conference, the foreign f secretary suggested that Germany , (return to the conference on l the t (basis of the following points: . 1 1. lAll European states should join lin solemn atfirmatimr not under any circumstances to attempt to I ’co'ntinukd’on paTmTsiY**