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■STIC STEPS ■eorderedin ME DISTRICT ■ na | Guard Head I <» Present ' iolence B 8 e bombings ■ \!;i lo roRTEn i- I' s I" I'l't'M-11l moI, inv 111 Sullivan ,0,1! warlare IKlok"! Io<l;i' J l ' A'li | | Straub of Hi'' IK I' ot lb loM lofanis ordered to |^B r inililediate dutv. ,■ tonight. All I.) I" p 111. |K ■K., . com Company sped limit ' mobile- )>!'••- |K oirlo from cars Sullivan |H. ,• whic h tothe death of « rid Iwo homie s night. A' . Kr ni Sullivan counlv Hu;.. S'r.mb said. It Is K " ' (’apt. George Attica. p v, . lie Prez. in coin- ■ : . ~■ mine . three bombings today. ■. ,; bombs were explodnd of town and 'lie ..ii'lmrn section Xo and no property Hi was reported. were thrown from an'iitimbiles into vacant m :.,m rs who are prothe use of national guard u.iirtv has been under law since Monday night h;<~ '■■a lightly enforced S’.trhuiti mine where broke out Monday mornMbei*--' it union employes Mnion pickets. rigid enforcement of Mai law in the county most Ht wee,, operating peacefully Hxenerul strike of union min- ■> distil,' Xo. ii United Mine Htts ut America, was averted Hrtay upon pleas of union ■ Gibson county, scene of six ■nit? explosions Tuesday B. 16 persons are under inBent by the couiifty grand Jlp connection with a riot at Braneis.'o and Somerville nonB mines last week. • o •sane Bandits I Hold Up Tavern •ianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 12—(UP) ' • e profane bandits held up a •° np ar Traders Point today, J King two persons over the head ■ revolvers, fired a shot of Bing into the floor and escaped I approximately $75. Bther Soanley Hardin, 29, nor f r Glldwell, victims of the at-1 Be was injured seriously. Bree other men and two women B in the tavern at the time of ■ Iter Carrier Held For Looting Mail r rt Wayne, Ind, Oct. 12.—(U.R) ■*“' E Jenkins, 47, local letter e” r was arrested here VVednesU" 1 '* charge of looting mail f ll he carried. |. nk "' s was arrested after an inpation by postoffice inspect-: 1 "able to post SI,OOO bond, I r>» a . S l P ? ace d in the cHuntlngton. “A jail pending hearing. ■ "is has been a mail carrier since March, 1925. DISCOVERY day * Tuilay is the f our h un( j re( ] forty-first anniversary of ' T Very of America by 2 uq, Pher Colum bus. October | . H 92, Columbus landed in ; I .„ L ’ oun lry- In observifhee of I tau e i a holi(la y. the First loaed A” 11 Os Decat ur was I loß ed today. — 4 1

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First Payments Os Fall Taxes Made The first payments of the fall tales, due on or before November 6. are being made at the County 1 Treasurers office. Miss Alice Lenhart, deputy treasurer reports that $16,969.82 in current taxes and $9,155.89 ip delinquent taxes have been paid up to date. The total of I the November taxes is less than j $290.500 this year. The collections . so far are considered good and the I rush is expected to start in another 1 week. SCHOOL TRIAL HERE MONDAY Compulsory Attendance Law Case Will Be Tried In Local Court An interesting case will be tried in the Adams circuit court next Monday when a jury will hear the complaint of the State of Indiana ’ vs. David J Schwartz of Bear | Berne, in whi h the defendant is, charged with violating the compulsory school attendance law. The law suit was filed against Mr. Schwartz by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent and acting attendance officer. The complaint alleges that Mr. Schwartz violated the attendance law by not sending his ight year old daughter to school. The defendant will claim that his daughter is unable to walk to the grade school in district nine located about one and three-fourths miles from the Schwartz home, and that it is the duty of the trustee to convey the child to school in one of the regular school buses. Noah Rich, township trustee, contends that th? Schwartz child should attend the district school and that it is not the duty of the township to transfer to the coneoiidated wchool in the town of .Monroe. Due to the prominence of the ■ family and the question at point the trial is expected to create an un-' usual amount of interest. FIRST SACK OF SUGAR IS SOLD Rockford. 0„ Man Buys First Sack of Local Product John H. Leistner of Rockford Ohio, rural route one, purchased the first 100 pound bag of ‘‘Spark--1 ling Crystal White" sugar made at the loial plant of the Central Sugar Company. Mr. Leistner, who grew beets this year, took the bag of sugar home with him this morning. He was all smiles when informed by Ward Calland, field manager for the company that he had the distinction of buying the first bag of sugar produced at the plant. The sacking of sugar started • Wednesday and the product is now being stored in the wareroom pendI ing shipment to different cities. The sugar is of fine quality and company officials are greatly pleased with it. . It was announced that loial grocers and dealers could obtain their sugar from the plant. The regular I wholesale price will prevail on lo- , 1 cal shipments and dealers wishing to have a stork on hands for the week-end can drive to the factory and obtain ft. The beets are continuing to come and the mill is running as smoothly as water over a. dam. H. C. Oksen, the superintendent stated. I 7 . Unified Program At Local Church Sunday A unified church program will; be observed at the local Evangelical | Church Sunday, under the direction I of the women. The women of the I church will superintend the Sun- | day school and teach all classes. Mrs. Eugene Runyon Will direct the music during the worship ser- : vices, and special numbers will be sung by the choir. 1 At the evening service five talks will be giv,n by the women, the : theme for which will be ‘The Place iof Womanhood in Modern Life.” | The subjec ts of the talks will be ■ “In the Home, in Business and Profession, In Community Life, in Poll- j tics and In Church.” Fanny Cros- ■ i bie’s hymns will be sung. *

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Wreckage of Death Plane \ 3 ■ & S, Above is pictured the charred and gutted fusela ;e of he United Air Liner, which, flying towards Chicago at the rate of three miles an hour, crashed to earth in flpmes near Chesterton. Ind., Tuesday night. Al! font passengers and the crew of three were killed.

E. T. HAECKER DIES SUDDENLY Prominent Berne Merchant Dies Today At Benzonia, Mich. Berne, Ind.. Oct. 12 —(Special)—! Emmanuel T. Haecker 77 one of the pioneer merchants of Berne died suddenly this morning at the home ■ of hie niece, Mrs. William Ley at Benzonia, Michigan. A telegram was received here this morning by the son. Vila-s Hae- . ck r, informing him of the sudden ; death cd his father. Mr. Haecker : had been in good health. He had visited with relatives in Michigan tor the last three weeks and had i planned to return to Berne today. He was a merchant in Berne I more than 30 years, retiring 10 years ago. He owned a number of farms in Adams and Wells counties. He was prominent in church activities and was trustee of the Evangelical Church here for 30 years, and was a Sunday Schoolteacher for many y. ars. He was the present superintendent of the home department of the Evangelical Sunday School. Mr. Haeck r was a charter stockholder of the Bank of Herne and was president of the Berne Overall and Skirt company. He was Nottingham township. Wells county on April 5. 1856. H? was united in marriage to Julia A. Long in 1882 and she preceded him in death on October 3, 1930. He had lived in Berne since 1892 Surviving are two children Vilas of Berne and Mrs. C. H. Sprunger , of Fort Wayne. One daughter, Carrie Alta, preceded him in death. Two brothers also survive: Frank ' of Domestic and John of Kiwanee. | The body will be returned to Berne and funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Evangelical Church. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. ESCAPE REPORT IS WITHHELD McNutt, However, Says Charges Against Officials Are Made Indianapolis, Oct. 12. —(U.R) —-Definite charges against certain state ' prison officials are contained in I the trustees report on the escape of 10 convicts from the institution Sept. 26. Gov. Pan! V. McNutt said today. Dismissals may result from the j ■ investigation, it was believed. Details of the report were not made public and will be withheld; until an investigation is completed ■ by a citizens committee of three. l The committee has not yet been ■ appointed. McNutt said he would not name,. Capt. Matt Leach of tile state po-> lice on the committee as had been announced previously. State police continued to operate' with utmost secrecy today in their search for eight of the convicts still i at large. Mrs Margaret Behrens, Indian--1 *7cONTINUEeT ON PAGE FIVE) (

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 12, 1933.

Huntington Bank Closed By State Huntington. Ind.. Oct. 12 — (U.R) — Morris Stults, state bank commissioner, was in charge of the i Citizens’ State Bank here today following an order for its liquidation by the state department of financial institutions. An inventory will be made preparatory to liquidation. The Citizens’ State Bank, one of the oldest in the city, is capitalized at $100,900. Its directors and those of the First State Bank were ! negotiating tor the organization of a new bank when the order to close 1 was received from the state department. The bank was in imminent danger of insolvency, according to notices issued by the state depart- ’ I ment. Ninety-day restrictions on all deposits in both banks were ordered by the state department Sept. 23. t o PROBE CAUSE OF FATAL ACCIDENT Aeronautical Experts Study Wreckage Os Plane Crash Washington. Oct. 12 — U.R) — Department of commerce aeronautic officials discounted today on the basis of reports from their field representatives that a bomb explosion might have caused the crash of the air liner at Chesterton, Ind., Tuesday. Unfavorable weather also was eliminated as a cause of the crash but because of the complete destruction of the craft they were unable to advance any definite reason for the accident. Valparaiso, Ind.. Oct. 12.—(U.R) —Aeronautical experts from the Department of Commerce todav studied fragments of the huge pass- j enger plane that 'plunged seven persons to death near Chesterton, I j in an effort to determine the cause of the crash. A coroner's jury which heard testimony of several witnesses of i the crash and airplane experts who , examined the wreckage, returned a verdict of accident, and made no j attempt to say what caused the explosion that preceded the crash. All witnesses agreed that an ex- [ plosion occurred aboard the ship. | but its nature may forever remain a mystery. United Air Lines of- ' (CONTINUED ON "AGE FOUR) 0 Local Woman Named W. C. T. U. Leader Mrs. C. E. Hocker of Decatur was i I re elected president of the Adams j County Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the meeting held in the Evangelical Church in Berne , today. Mrs. Esther Vorhees of Geneva 1 was named vice-president; Mrs. L. L. Yager. Berne, secretary, and Mrs. S. E. Shamp. Decatur, treasurer. Mrs. C. E. Sharrow and Rev. A. B. Brown of Decatur delivered the principal address at the afternoon meeting. Mrs. Delton Passwater conducted the memorial service and vocal selections were sung by Mrs. Ben Schreyer, Mrs. Eugene Runyon anji Mrs. Henry Adler, of, Decatur.

TEACHERS ARE ON COMMITTEES ■ — ■ Adams County Teachers Will Attend Fort Wayne Convention The annual convention of the , Northeastern (Indiana Teaciters ■ Association will open in Fort ’ Wayne Thursday. October 19 and ■ continue throughout Friday, Octo- • I her 20. Schools in Adams and adjoining counties wil Ihe closed dnr- > ing the two day convention. ’, The general meetings a ill be 1 held in the Shrine auditorium and headquarters will be at the Hotel Indiana. A number of prominent speakers have been secured to addl ress the various meetings. Hon. S. Parkes Cadman of New York City, is one of the most popular lecturers on the American lec--1 ture'platform. This will be Dr. Cad- ; man’s second appearance before Northeast rn Indiana Teachers assembly. Presidents and professors in the I various colleges and universities over the country will appear on the program. Supexintendent M. J. '\bbett. president of the Northeastern Indiana Teach?re Association has secured the best available talent for the annual meeting. He will preside at all genera! meetings. Superintendent M. F. Worthman I of this city is secretary and treasurer of the organization and Thomas H. Mahan of Huntington, is vice-president. Clifton Striker. Del catur. superintendent of the Adams County schools, will represent Ad ants County on the executive com , niittee. ( Several local teachers are ntem- [ bens of the sectional committees. • Sigurd Anderson is a member of the commerce committee: Amos | Ketchum is chairman of the industrial arts committee: Miss Verneal Whalen, literary; Paul Spuller, rur1 al school; and R. A. Adams, science CONTINUED TO PAGK I’l V£ THWART MARCH ON WASHINGTON Plans of Khaki Shirts of America Halted By Police Raids Philadelphia, Oct. 12.— (U.R) —‘ I Plans of the khaki shirts of Ameri ica to stage an armed march on, Washington with the intention of 'making President Roosevelt "die-, ■ tator of America” were frustrated by police raids today. As a result, Art J. Smith, national commander ot tile organization,, was reported a deserter from his army and 24 of his followers were in jail. The raids were made on the khaki shirts' headquarters after authorities learned of an alleged plot to steal weapons and ammunition from the Third Regiment army for the purpose of arming the marchers. Forty guns, ammunition, knives,,, sword canes, blackjacks and other weapons were confiscated in police , raids a few hours before the scheduled march and after a 24-hour |, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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DAVIS CASE IS GIVEN TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON Fate of Senator James J. Davis In Hands Os Twelve Jurors ALLEGED LOTTERY VIOLATION CASE New York, Oct. 12—(UP)— The care of Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, was delivered to the jury today after a charge by judge Johnston Hayes. New York. Oct. 12— (U.R) —The government concluded is case against Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania today with an attack on one of the defendant’s main points of defense. Its contention was that at the time of the alleged violation Davis had assigned his conract to operate the Moose organization depart - ment to Joseph A. Jenkins and Fred W. Jones. Louis Mead Treadwell, assistant United States attorney, told the I jury there was no evidence of any assignment. “If there had been any assign- , ment Jenkins or Jones would have ' been in here to testify.” he said. Treadwell concluded a two hour summation from the government and Judge Johnston Hayes of North Carolina adjourned court at 12:15 for lunch. Treadwell said the evidence showed that Davis received financial benefit from the 1931 charity ball. "What he did with the money was immaterial,” he said. This, was his reply to defense contention that a $40,009 deposit to which Treadwell referred was ! transferred to other accounts later. “It has been suggested here I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NRA POLICIES ARE ATTACKED American Federation Os Labor Votes Criticism Os Policy Washington, Oct 12.— (U.R) —Direct criticism of the NRA was voted today by the American Federation of I-abor. The criticism was coupled with a statement that the federation would give whole-hearted support i to President Roosevelt in his recovery efforts. Attacks upon the policies of the NRA came in iesolutions adopted and in speeches from the floor. TJie convention criticized results of the national recovery program ; after advocates of industrial union form of organization had suffered another defeat. The convention rejected a resolution which would have empowered the executive council to grant , charters to industrial unions, leavI ing craft organizations to be taken up later. The resolution was defended on ' the ground that shifting economic conditions required a new method of organization by entire industries rather than crafts. The convention holding to the ■ A. F. of L.’s traditional craft union policy, voted down the resolution without a roll call vote. J, A report of the resolutions committee demanding revision of NRA codes to provide a 30-hour week ami higher minimum wages was adopted unanimously. The committee’s report included a criticism of the policies of the NRA in inter(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Condition Os Yager Youth Satisfactory The condition ‘of Carl Yager. 14. of South Thirteenth street, who is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital suffering from injuries he received when hit by am automobile Wednesday noon, was reported satisfactory this afternoon. The lad received an injury to : his head and back. He was struck when he darted into the street in the path of the Automobile. The attending physician stated today that he might be removed to his home within a few days.

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unloading record The local plant of the Central | ' , Sugar Company probably set a | 1 national record for unloading | beets at its yards yesterday. - | A total of 468 loads were unloaded in 12 hours, an average of 39 per hour. One ot the features in connection with , handling such a great number of trucks and wagons was the , fact that no congestion or long delays occurred at any time during the day. T. E. Snyder, vice-president I of the company was pointing to the accomplishment as one of I tlie high marks in beet unloading. Truck drivers are enthusiastic about the unloading facilities. C. E. STRIKER IS RE-ELECTED Chosen President ot Adams County Sunday School Convention Clifton E Striker of this city was re-elected president of the Adams County Sunday School convention at the closing session of the convention in the Zion Reformed church Wednesday evening. The meeting opened Tuesday evening at the Kirkland township gymnasium. Three sessions were held Wednesday at the local church. On- of the outstanding events of the convention was. the banquet Wednesday evening. Menas Lehman of Monroe was renamed vice-president and Miss Fiances Burkhalter, Berne, secretary and treasurer. Frieda Lehman ot’ Berne will continue as superintendent ot the children’s division; E. B. Macy. Decatur, of the adult division and Lois Fuhrman. Decatur of the educational division. W. F. Beery was named superinlendent of the administrative de--1 partment in the place of M. F. Worthman. and Gordon Holloway of Geneva was selected superintendent of the young people of the j i ounty. | Mi. Striker presided over the meetings of the convention. E. T. Albertson general secretary of the Indiana Council of Religious Edu- 1 cation and Miss Nellie ('. Young. I superintendent of the children’s division of the Indiana Council of Religious Education, were the prii cipal speakers during the meeting. The Wednesday ev.ning program opened with invocation by Rev. M. W. Sunderman and the song ser- ' vice conducted by Leslie Lehman. An illustrated song was an interesting feature of the evening’s program. Rouline Go ding prepared i chalk pictures of the songs, "Let the Lower Lights be Burning" and "The Old Rugged Cross,” while Miss Lucille Winberegg accompanied on the violin. At the conclusion of the drawings a quartette sang (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Buntman Arrested On Assault Charges Meyer Buntman, filing station proprietor on U. S. road 224 east of Decatur, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon by Sheriff Burl Johnson on an affidavit filed by Mrs. Buntman charging her husband with assault and battery. Later in the evening Mrs. Buntman a«ked that her husband be released from jail and Judge H. M. DeVoss released him on his own ■ recognizance. The "assault and battery charge followed an argument ' in the Buntman home. 0 Roosevelt Plans To Announce Bank Plan Philad iphia, Oct. 12—(UP)— iA plan to release frozen deposits in National and State Banks will be announced by President Roosevelt within a week, according to secre- j tary of treasurer Woodin. Woodin said "very good news”, will be announced soon. He intimated that the administration would have a statement Monday or , Tuesday on the hanking situation.' Famous Surgeon Dies In London London, Oct. 12 —(UP) —Sir Arthur William Robson-Mayo, the famous surgeon, died today. He was; married for a second time last June; at the age of 89, to Mrs. Ada Con- j stance Northern

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JURY RETURNS I GUILTY VERDICT WITHIN AN HOUR Last of Gang That Kidnaped Wealthy Oil Man Are Sentenced MAXIMUM PENALTY UNDER NEW LAW Oklulioma Citv, Oct. 12. — (U.R) George (Machine Gun) Kellv and his wife, Kathryn, Ihe lasi of the gang that kidnaped oilman Charles r. Urschel. were given life sentences todav the maximum penalty under the new Lindbergh law. They were found guilty by a jury of small town business men and farmers that reported its verdict to Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught at 9:36 a. m. The jurors had reached the verdict in only an hour's deliberation last night. The fate of the swag- ’ gering desperado and his auburnhaired wife was sealed until court convened today. The case had been given to the jury last night at 5:45 o'clock. Immediately after the verdict was read attorneys for the convicted couple filed motions for new trials. Judge Vaught promptly overruled the pleas and immediately sentenced the couple to spend "the remainder t>f your natural lives in the penitentiary.” Thus in a court session requiring but five minutes the government’s swift, unrelenting prosecution ot’ the band that conspired to kidnap the millionaire Oklahoma City oil man ended. The trial began Monday. Testimony ended late yesterday. Defense motions for new trial, arrested judgement and notice of appeal attacked the Lindbergh law as "indefinite, uncertain and uni constitutional.” Judge Vaught waved the pleas aside. He emphasized repeatedly i during the trial and the previous | court session in which seven of the other plotters were convicted —four of them having been sentenced to life imprisonment—that 1 the purpose of the law was to stamp out kidnaping and he was on the bench to see that this was done. It was indicated the notorious Kelly would be taken immediately by airplane to a federal prison. Prosecutors believed that death penalty charges lodged against i him in state courts would not be pressed at this time. He and Albert Bates, serving a life term in Leavenworth penitentiary, have been charged with armed robbery in Oklahoma state courts as a re- ■ suit of the abduction. For tlie first time since their capture Sept. 26 in Memphis. Tenn., while Harvey J. Bailey, ! Bates, and Mrs. Kelly’s parents, the R. G. Shannons of Paradise, Texas, were on trial here, the I couple appeared completely subdued. Attractive Kathryn's flashing smile was gone. She appeared serious and worried as she awaited tlie verdict. She was seated beside Kelly. Urschel, held captive nine days on the Shannon ranch before his friends negotiated his release for $290,000. sat in the front row of spectators as the smashing climax was meted out to the gang. Mrs. Utschel was with him. Judge Vaught asked the machine gunner gangster and his 29-year-old wife to stand. “Have you anything further to say?” the court inquired. Kelly had said no word to the CONTINUED TO FACE FIVE? 0 Special Program At Mt. Pleasant Church Rally Day will be observed at the Mt. Pleasant church Sunday. Octoi her 15. A special program will bepresented at 10:30 A. M. and a pot luck dinner will be served at noon. A special invitation is extended to friends to attend. 0 Two Diptheria Cases Reported In County Two cases of diphtheria are reported in Adams county, according to the October 7 report of the U. S. public health service. A total of 65 cases of this disease is reported in this state. No contagious disease cases are reported for Adams county.