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MRS. KNAPP IN ANNUAL REPORT County Probation Officer Handled 87 Cases During Past Year Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, Adams county probation officer in tiling her annual report, shows that her office handled 87 cases of probation during 1933. Os this number, the official eases were 17 men. one woman, four boys and four girls. The unofficial cases were one man, 31 boys and 29 girls. The unofficial eases are those which ; are not recorded on the court doei ket, thus saving the person from u court record. While such cases are unofficial, the probation officers keeps records of all such cases. Many of these are handled along by the I robation officer, while in the more serious circunistances. the child and parents are called in for conference with the Judge. In the juvenile cases duri g 1933, one boy was committed to the Indiana boys' school. The comparative cost to the taxpayers of probation or imprisonment is most interesting. Each of the 18 adult cases, if committed by the court to prison, would have cost the taxpayers of the state $265 per year, a total of $4,770. Adams county would have paid $360 , for their transporation. On probation. in their home community, the | cost to taxpayers was only $5.85 for each case. The value of juvenile probation or the number of girls and boys who are thus saved from careers of delinquency and crime, cannot be measured in dollars ami cents. Probation has been found a highly effective weapon in the prevention of crime. SENATOR REED ATTACKS BILL Pennsylvania Republican Attacks Monetary Plan Bitterly Washington, Jan. 26—t11.R) —In a hitter attack on the Roosevelt monetary bill. Senator Reed. Rep.. Pa., declared in the senate today that the measure would mean "a forty per cent wage reduction on every working man and woman in the United States.” President Roosevelt already has selected the experts who will guide the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund to be established under the monetary bill now before th? senate, it was learned today. Foreign exchange experts for each of the nations whose currency will figure in operations of the fund are included in the staff, which is said to embrace the best monetary talent available in the United States. The bill which sets un this fund and authorizes devaluation of the dollar was being driven by the Democratic leadership toward a vote before the week-end recess. The senate met an hour earlier than usual today in an effort to speed the bill toward the passage rrnNTtKTTwn nv paor «ix> Third Renort Given On W aterway Treaty Washington, Jan. 26 —(UP) —President Roosevelt today sent to the senate a third inter-departmental report on the St. Lawrence waterway Treaty for which the administration ie seeking senate ratification. This report, prepared by the Federal power commission in cooperation with the New York power authority, dealt with the economic advisability of the project as a power development. Commissioners In Session Here Today The county commissioners were in session today and interviewed several persons who had applied for old ag p pensions. The hoard was still in session this afternoon and it is likely that the first list will be approved by Saturday. More than 220 people have applied for pensions and the tentative approval shows about 100 are eligible. Tl:e pensions range from $5 to sls a month. 'ln Wells county the commissioners have allowed 193 pensions.

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| BIRTHDAY BALL ’ FOR PRESIDENT PLANS COMPLETE Tickets For Bridge Party ■* On Sale; City-Wide Canvass Starts TO DECORATE HALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON + • Dan Tyndall, chairman of the ' | 1 ticket committee started a city- | j wide canvass today irt the | 1 check-up of tickets for the Birth-1 i day Ball for the President. Per- | I sons wishing to contribute to i I the Warm Springs Foundation | < for crippled children or those | desiring to attend the season's : ' leading social eVe :t are request- | , 1 ed to purchase tickets at once. | < ' Tickets for the briuge party in connection with the Birthday Ball for the President. Tuesday, January 30. were placed on sale today. The bridge tickets are 50 cents each and persons purchasing them f may also wit ess the brilliant floor ,- show to he given by Earl Gardner's > famous troupe of 13 talented art- • ists. The dance tickets also en- - title holders to play bridge if they i desire. Bridge will start at eight o'clock 1 and the front rooms of the Deca- > tur Country Club have been reserved for the tables. The principal i act of the floor show will be given i about 11 o'clock and-it is expected i that the bridge games will be concluded by that time, permitti'g everyone to see the presentation • to be given by the dancers and acti ors. Other features will be given during the evening. The bridge committee met last night and completed plans for the party. It was announced that players would pivot and progress at the tables. Tickets should be purchased before Monday. , Prizes Are Donated The committee also announced that six local stores had donated prizes for those winning at bridge. The stores announced the followi g gifts: The Schafer store, con-! sole set; B J. Smith drug store, bridge set; Niblick and Co., woman’s scarf: E. F. Gass store. Gordon's silk hose; Holthouse-Schulte Co., box of pure Irish linen handkerchiefs; R. C. Keller jewelry store, metal book ends. The members of the brdge com- ' mittee are the Misses Irene HoltK'ONTINt’ED ON PAGE THREE! TO HOLD CROW HUNT MONDAY Adams Counfv Conservation Leas Tie Plans First 1 Crow Hunt 1 At a meeting of members of the 1 Adams County Conservation league held in the Chamber of Commerce ‘ rooms here last night, it was decided to hold the first crow killing hunt on the night of Monday, Jan- ‘ uary 29. The hunt will be held on the Charles Schenck farm, two miles west of Pleasant Mills. The party of hunters will leave from the C. C. rooms at seven o'clock and the hunt will be supervised by the game wardens. Game wardens Hanlin and Wilson attended the meeting and spoke to the 50 men present. Roy Johnson ] president of the organization pre-, sided. The game wardens told of the punwse in killing the crows. The movement has the support of the state conservation department, of ■ which Kenneth Kunkel is director, r Crows are enemies of wild life t and are known as nest robbers, des- c troying the eggs of game birds and c wild fowls. | The membership fee in the state I ! organization consists of 50 pairs of a - row's feet, which the hunters hope t ’ *(<'ONTINI'EO ON PAGE SIX) ( _ __ o House Approves , t Guarantee Bill $ jr Washington. Jan. 20—(UP)—“Con- ’ gressional action on the farm mortgage bond guarantee bill was com- i pleted today when the house ap- £ proved the conference report on . 1 I the measure. 8

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Tucson Chief Os Police Relates Inside Story Os Gang's Capture

By C. A. "Gus” Wollard Chief of Police, Tucson, Arlz. Written for the United Press (Copyrigh, 1934, by UP.) Tucson. Arlz.. Jan. 26. (U.R) — 1 Capture of John Dillinger and his three confederates here without a shot being tired was accomplished through the excellent police work of members of the Tucson police department. It was a little party all our own iin which no member tipped his i hand until we were ready to clamp down on the rendezvous of the 1 ba' k robbers in a manner that gave I them no chance to fight it out as they have openly boasted they ! would. We first had a suspicion that rtie men were in this territory when one of our detectives spotted a member of the gang on the street. He was recognized through pie- < lures on circulars we had received. ( In a quiet ma' tier we discovered the men were living at the Congress hotel which burned Tuesday night. Then one of the gang offered a local citizen SSO to get his ' bags from the burned ruins of the I building. We shadowed him a-<l discovered they had rented a house I in an exclusive part of town. • 1 Following them and watching ' every move for several days we noticed all leave the home rented by Russell Clark. A group followed Charles Makley to a radio shop where he purchased a radio and then "as he stood before the Consolidated Natio al Bank we arrest- ' ed him. He was the only one of the group that was not armed. From here we went to the home of Clark who then was alone in the , house. We took Clark by posing las collection agents. He drew a gun. and started to fight. This was I short lived. O"e of our men reported thal Harry Pierpont was packing and i

OFFICIALS TO STAY OFF CASE Authorities Will Not Interfere In Kidnaping For 24 Hours St. Paul, Jan. 26—(UP)—Federal state and city authorities will maintain their ■Hands off" policy regarding the kidnaping of Edwajd G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, for another 24 hours, it was learned authoritatively today. No move has been made so far to apprehend the kidnapers and federal agents have not interfered with the negotiations of Adolph Bremer, millionaire father and close friend of President Roosevelt, for the payment of the 1200,000 ransom and the release of his son, it was learned. J. Frank Blake, ace federal investigator, and Werner Hanni, head of the department of justice for the northwest said that nothing of importance had occurred during the night and that no intervention in the case was planned for at le-ast another 24 hours. The federal, state and city officers have been Investigating rumors and ■attempting to trace down clues as (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 190 CHILDREN ARE IMMUNIZED Diphtheria Immunization Clinic Held At High School Today — Approximately 190 children were immunized for diphtheria at the immunization clinic whir'll w-as held this morning between 8 and 10 o’clock in the domestic science room of the Decatur high school. The children were immunized by 1 Drs. Palmer Eicher, J. G. Kohne and J. M. Miller assisted by the public health nurses. Mrs. Martha Beavers of Geneva, and Miss Irene Gerke. The same children which were treated this morning, will .report on February 16 at the same time and place for the second toxiod which will complete the treatment. The committee assisting in the immunization includes Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, Mrs. Charles Champlin, Mrs. Oscar Lankenau, Mrs. Jes- ! . sie Brunton and Mine Vivian Burk. !

John Dillinger MB > K :* F ; I. •■<! I making ready to leave town. We I dashed to his house and as he was leaving we stopped him. telling him ! we were examining all Florida li-! cense plates. Before we knew it he had thrust a gun i- to my stom- ! ach. I grabbed his arm as he reached for a second gun and the Other men subdued him with their , guns. We returned to Clark's house (CONTTNURD OX PAGE TWO)

Radio Entertainer Speaks To Rotarians Bins Staas. impersonator of the "Lazy Farmer” feature which appears in the Prairie farmer magazine. entertained the members of the Rotary club and their guests at the meeting held at the Rice hotel last evening. Mr. Staas took a humorous poke at most of the men and created a lot of fun wiih his puns and jokes. Jesse Rice was chairman of the meeting. Later in the evening Mr. Staas went to Kirkland township to visit with a number of farmers and members of that community. o ■ _ CONTINUE HUNT FOR MURDERER — Northern Indiana Police Continue Hunt For Farm Hand Corunna, Ind., Ja ■. 26. — (U.R) — ' Police of northern Indiana today continued their hunt for Otto Himmel, 46, itinerant farm hand want- 1 ed for the murder of Miss Sarah Murphy. 77. and attack on Mrs. Lydia Maxwell, 89. yesterday. The condition of Mrs. Maxwell, seriously beaten over the head, was reported as ‘ fairly good” in a hospital at Kendallville, where she ral lied sufficiently late yesterday to [ name Himmel as her assailant. ■ She knows him only by his first name. Order for Himmel’s arrest was issued by Benjamin O. Shook. Dekalb county coroner, last night following Mts. Maxwell’s statement. Mrs. Maxwell said that Himmel I | came to their home' early yester-1 day morning, and. without a word 1 of warning immediately started his • attack on Miss Murphy. < He struck her over the head sev- j eral times with a club, Mrs. Max well said. She died of a fractured 1 skull. j < Mrs. Maxwell said she sought ' refuge in a bedroom, but that Him- t f (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) L ~ ° h Amendment Voted Down By House i < Washington, Jan. 26 —(UP) —The t house voted down today an amendment to the treasury-post office ap- t propriatlon bill which would have 1 reduced the amount allocated for i air and ship mail transportation : from $37,500,000 to $4,750,000. I

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JAKE FACTOR 'i NAMES TOUHY AS KIDNAPER Two of Touhy’s Confederates Also Identified In Court TELLS STORY OF HIS KIDNAPING Criminal Courts Building, Chicago, Jan. 26—<U.R) —John (Jake the Barber) Factor stepped dramatically from the witness stand itoday. pointed a quivering finger at Roger Touhy and identlfie I him as one of tlie men who kl>lnaped Factor and tortured him before collecting $70,000 ransom. Factor, a few moments before, similarly had identified Gustav Schaefer and Albert Kator as confederates of Touhy in the daring kidnap plot. Eddie McFadden, fourth defendant in the state's most recent case in its drive against abduction, was not identified. The identification of Touhy, Northside Chicago gang leader who sprang into prominence after the federal government's successful prosecution of Alphonse (Scarface AD Capone, came as Prosecutor Wilburt Crowley led Factor through a recital of his kidnaping and of his tortures while in the hands of the abductors. It was while he was writing a letter to his wife that his eyes were uncovered long enough for him to see and remember the features of Touhy. 'Factor declare<l. Factor's story: “As .we drove away from the Dells I saw two men standing be- ■ side a car with the motor running, i (COWTINCED ON PAGE FIVE) BYRD FLAGSHIP IN ANTARCTICA Supulies For Polar Expedition Are Being Unloaded S. S. Jacob Ruppert, Bay of Whales, Antarctica. Jan. 26. (Via Mackay Radio) (U.R)—The flagship of the second Byrd Antarctic expedition is again at her precarious berth alongside the high ice floori g of the Bay of Whales and the! unloading of supplies for the winter party is once more in full swing, i The high wind that Sunday night forced her to cast off her mooring lines and put to sea. subsided j shortly after noon yesterday and ! the ship returned to her former berth an hour later. The starboard boom forward was heaving cargo upon the natural dock. Perhaps i never in the history of polar exploration wa-t a prosaic job made more enthralling. This job of getting winter sup-1 plies ashore always is a miserable job, a matter of brute strength, good luck and how much men and dogs are able to stand, but this I (CONTINUED ON PAGE* SlX** O ——' — GEORGE BIERLI IS CANDIDATE Hartford Townshin Man Will Be Candidate For Clerk < George Remy Bierly of Hartford : township, today announced that he ' i would be a candidate for the Demo- < cratic nomination for clerk of the t Adams Circuit court. Mr. Bierly, who is principal of the Poling high school, Bryant, was a . candidate four years ago. Mr. Bierly is the first person to ; announce his candidacy for a county office. Several men have signified their intention of running for 1 township trustee in the various < townships and it is expected that < the next few weeks will see a galaxy of candidates in the political arena. t So far no one has announced for I city office. In connection with the < township and county election, the 1 city election will be held this year t and nominations will be made in t the May primary. '<

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RIHS PENDING FOR FIREARMS I Congressman Farley Explains Proposed Firearm Legislation I In response to several requests ! received by Congressman James I. j Farley, representative from the Fourth District, concerning pro--1 posed anti-firearm legislation. Mr. Farley gives the following explan- , ation: “At Hie present time there are ' three bills pending in the House ■ of Representatives and the Senate II to regulate the sale and distribu- ' tion of firearms. The word fire- ' arm will designate any firearm • that is capable of being concealed on the person and includes blackj jacks, brass knuckles and weapons ■ of similar nature. “House Bill 1659 simply makes it unlawful to send pistols without marking the package as such and will be deliverable only in accordance with the laws ami regulations of the State into which such shipment is made. “House BHI 1722 states that all shipments of pistols will be subject to the laws and regulations of the State into which such shipI ment is made. “Senate Bill 2258 goes into more detail as to shipments of firearms and makes it impossible except for licensed manufacturers and retail ' and wholesale dealers to make such shipments. Machine guns are prohibited to all but recognized olice agencies. All firearms must be numbered ami more adequate and accurate records must be kept so as to know who owns and possesses pistols. The sale of i bullets for such weapons is regulated by having an imprint desigI rating the State or District in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Busche Ouarfet To Conduct Services The Busche quartet from Indiana Central College at Indianapolis will have full charge of the church seri vice at the Union Chapel United Brethren Church Sunday morning Rev. F. L. Engle, pastor, announced today. The quartet will present special musical numbers and will also have charge of the message of the hour I The morning service will continue from 10 to 11 o’clock. Henry Busche of this city, a student at Indiana Central college, is a member and leader of the quartet. t NEW OFFICERS AREINSTAILED Installation Services Held At Knights of Pythias Thursday Officers of the Knights of Pythias lodge were installed at a meeting held in the K. of P. Home on Third street, Thursday night. John Parrish acted as installing officer. Elmer Chase was named Chancellor commander, replacing Grant Fry, retiring officer. Mr. Fry, as immediate past chancellor commander, assumes the office of master of works. Other officers installed were as follows: Don Farr, Vice-Chancellor; Arthur Suttles, Jr., prelate; George Stults, master at arms; James Bain master of finance; W. A. Lower, master of exchequer; Walter J. Elzey, keeper of records and seals; Dan Christen, inner guard; Riley Chrisman, outer guard, and L. C. Annen, trustee. During the meeting plans were made for various enterta-inments and banquets to be held in conjunction with the Pythian Sisters lodge (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Manchester Man To Preach Here Sunday Dr. R. H. Miller, dean of the Bible department of Manchester College, will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. At the evening service at 7:30. ; the cardinal quartet of Indiana Central college will present a program of sacred a ;d classical vocal music. : Henry Busche of Decatur, a senior at Indiana Central, is a member of the quartet. The public is invited < to attend both services.

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GANG MEMBERS I ARE ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT Desperate Criminals Fall Into Trap In Tucson, Arizona CHARLES MAKLEY IS ONE OF THOSE HELD — Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 26. j<U.R' John Dillinger and three members of his middle western jfaiiM, accused of a score of crimes ranging from ' murder to robbery and jail breaking, w ere arraigned here today and Justice C. M. Budlong fixed their bail at SIOO,OOO each. ’ rhe men. Dillinger. Busscl C'ark, ( httrles Maklev and ' Harry Pierpont. faced formal 1 charges of being fugitives from 1 justice, of assaulting officers and ‘ possessing machine guns. Four women arrested with them also I were arraigned. Bail /or them was set at SSOO each, on charges I I of being accessories. Heavy Guard Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 26 —(U.R)- ' Fifty deputies mounted machine guns around the Pima county jail today, guarding four of the mid--1 west’s most desperate gangster- ' killers, all captured by a small- ' town police force. In the jail, nonchalant, expensively groomed, were John Dillinger, leader. Russell Clark. Charles Makley and Harry Pierpont, accused of a score of robberies and murders, a prison break and a jail delivery in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. They eluded picked metropolitan detectives only to i fall prisoners in a “hick" town. From them police took five machine guns, three of them “Tommy" guns and two "tank models” equipped to fire .351 calibre catridges, numerous pictols, 3.500 rounds of ammunition, more than $40,000 in currency and $12,000 in jewels. Officers searched the city today for two other members of the gang believed still hiding. With the men were arrested four women companions, Mary Kinler, Opal Long. Ann Martin and Madge Retzger. Second only in importance to Dillinger, ranked by police an “No. 1 public enemy’’ since the imprisonment of Al Capone, was the capture of Pierpont, deadly “trigger-man'' described by Chi- ; eago police as “kill crazy.” Their identity was established by fingerprints and photographs. A strong guard was posted about the prisoners. Officers remembered that Dillinger engineered a break from the Indiana state penitentiary and that he himself was freed from an Ohio jail by confederates who shot the sheriff. Numerous robberies and murders, most of the crimes in Indiana and Illinois, are charged against the Dillinger gang. A lively battle between authorities of these states and Wisconsin developed today. All wanted the criminals. “Well I guess you win,” Dillinger said, dropping his hand from a shoulder pistol holster, as a machine gun was thrust against him. He had walked into a trap at a house rented by his gang. Officers were inside, and surrounding the house. “What do you want?” an officer inquired. “I guess I’m in the wrong place," Dillinger replied, and started away. “No, you're not,’’ the officer answered. Two more policemen appeared. Dillinger reached for his shoulder holster. The officer thrust a sub-machine gun in the gangster's back. Dillinger surrendered. The Tucson fireman’s practice (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — 0 Christian Church Brotherhood Meets A meeting of the Men's Brotherhood of the Christian Church was held at the Bob August home. Thursday nigGit. Fourteen members were present and the regular routine of business was followed with a social hour. A program will be presented at the next meeting which will be in the form of a debate. The question will be, “Resolved that: It. pays to be Honest,” G. T. Burk will be leader of the negative side and Fred Collier of the positive.