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ifIINENT WAR THREAT ENDED Settlement I jttgolivia And Hungary I Ag] to Resolution I | <>i League I FLAVIAN LEADER |Vm\y lose post I GflK • Dee. 11—<U.R)> An I in'ernb L>n:<l crisis that h:v> I Ivcn in-owing graver and I .raver lor nine weeks since I * Croat in terrorist shot King I Uexafl' er ot Jugos’avia at 1 ’’.(JST ( *s was liquidated toI (•smßp l * European tears of I aq iK> inent war were disI peltedpnr the moment. I A® 1 avian charße that I .wenw nt ‘> f Hungary was morI ;I p y onsible for Alexander s I "-.urder vas placed definitely in I ■h»«l of diplomacy as opnosed I to the Ll fllense of battle after a I allied session of the I league pf nations council. |l Poth It bo Jugctlavian and HunI 01M d legates to the league exI pressed their satisfaction with I TIM 01 a resolution adopted by I th# sen lin which: I 1-4 P Marseilles assassinations I Kim Alexander and Fore n I Minister Louis Barthou of Fr-- -e I a , thwv received cheers of a street I rowd w> re denounced vigoron ’v. I 2—lt is declared that nations I must’tier encourage nor tolerI st# lei iri<t activities directed I i’iinst other countries on tl> ir I < I 3—R. -arv is asked, as a nation I onscioi- of its responsibilities. I to “take immediate and approfl -riate mnitive action against any I of itsjhuthorities whose guilt may I ished” as regards thtr I harbnfiis of Croatian terrorists I m Hitt earian soil or the issue ot 3 iiaagii i n pa sports to some ot 9 th# twrorist rang which, it I harge , plotted Alexander’s mur I 4 —A committee of eleven to 3 tudylg'-neral measures for sun- | i of terrorism is establi-h-I <<L I Jugo llavinn and Hungarian govfl I'rnmen s advised their delegat - I are b->t the res-o'ution. —fl But United Press disnatches I 1 3 KCljnb levtic. Jugoslavian for ian I minlstk 1 and league de'egate. I mlghtjsvffer political ruin for his I part in lionidating the crisis. I It 4 : s said that Jevtic's roeig- '■ aattan vas be'ieved imminent beeauseln groun of powerful poVti I ral le dcrs were denouncing him I far a< persuading the lenene ■ council to denounce the Hungarian I soverm lent itself for the Marseiifl lea mii ders. I The unanimous adoption of the S (WUte ituise resolution came some what iramaticallv. 1 Jug< davia . had accented the .-.I resolution. Hunearv hud not I The council met at 10:45 o’clock last nif ht. There had been no I word from Hungary. For 45 min- ■ "l ol ’ the councillors sat around I their table, waiting nervously. A' I 11:30 n tn. there was a telephone call tent Tibor Eckhardt. the chief ’t'lngs an delegate. It was from 3 t. and it authorized him ml | Within 30 minutes the resoln •>S tianfead been adopted. I Hartford citv Girl ! Found Suffocated • 1 Hfrtford City. Ind.. Dec. 11 I (UP) _ Geraldine Redding, five- . I months-old daughter of Mr. and if I 'lre.&ess Redding, was found dead tv I '1 be<t at ihi’r home here yesterday. I Coron W. W. Ayers, who investiI gated held death due to accidental I Bu^t at i° n - I Vounjr WUcox Is I Given S7O Fine I I Ttilsa. Okla., Dec. 11—(UP) A | millionaire's son was fined S7O t 0... ... ■ ''iy on malicious mischief charge I inter- wine<j with t'he case involving j I Death of two wealthy youths. < I aT, i reports that othe rs were m irk- • I fd tor like fates. Homer F. Wilcox, Jr.. 17, son of I an oil magnate, pleaded guilty to a I charge of shooting out street lights. . ■ The offense oc-tirred nenr tiro scene ’ ■ a&l time of the slaying of John I Gorrell. Phil!,? Kennatner, Federal I judge i .son. is held on a cf.targe ’cf • I I murdering Gorrell.

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Decatur Man’s Auto Hits Fl. Wayne Man Fort Wayne, Ind. Dec 11 (U.P) ■ - Leroy Myers, ISI4 Runion Ave . was struck by an automobile driv1 en by R. K. McConnell, 28, Decatur, when lie ran a stop street with his bicycle. McConnell said he was unable to avoid the accit dent being unable to stop because of the slippery streets. Myers was uninjured. The accident occurred at 12 3n p. ni. yesterday. 0 BLIZZARD HITS CHICAGO AREA Twelve Inches of Snow In Windy City: Three Die In Accident Chio’go, Dec. 11 —(UP)—Winter made a freakish checkerboard of th? United States today. A blizzard 20 miles square struck Chicago, o ecn liners ploughed into NewYork hours late in mountainous seas, snow flew over the southland and temperatures plummeted as far west as the Rockies. Twenty snowplows and 2.000 men had made only slight impression this morning on 12 Inches of snow which tie 1 Chicago tniffic into knots while suburbs on three sides cf tlie city basked in sunlight. Three men di d and a policeman lost both legs in a traffic accident in tlie storm, which Urn weather bureau characterized a’ the most severe in six y 'irs. Sn >w drifted four feet deep on Michigan Boulevard. Lake Shore Drive, Sheridan Road and South Sh. re Drive at the height of th? rush hour last night. , Thousands of mot r cars, wheels ,-ipinning helplessly or sharks weakened by snow sifting through radia- . ton;, stalled on arterial traffic ways. At one west side intersection hundreds of mot lists abandoned tli ir cars after sitting two hours in a. ‘sna'rl of traffic. Loop hotels turned away hundri de of persons who de- - ided too lute that it was impossible to g t home. The blizzard, unpredicted, entered on the Loop and extended no more than 15 miles in any direction ’except the south. Wheaton. Elmhurst. and Aurora were untouched wi’iil ■ their residents exchanged in (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Red Cross Committee Will Meet Thursday There will be e meeting of the Adams county Red Cross committee Thursday evening. December 13, at 7:30 o'clock. The regular busin ss in connection with the closing f year will lie conducted. The meeting will be held in the Winnes Shoe Store. Lost Pocketbook Returned To Owner Chester Brokaw lost a ?oekidhooi; -ontaining sllO in cash on Second street in this city today n on. He immediately purchased a ■ lost” ad in tlie Decntur Daily Democrat. By the time he reached home a farmer living near Berne had found th- money, and left it at his home on Cleveland street. ELDERLY LADY DIES AT 8080 Miss Stella Florence Walters Dies Monday Afternoon Miss. St.lla Florence Walters, 52, well kn wn resident of Bobo, died at her heme Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock of • oniplicivtlons. Miss Walters had resided in Bobo with her sister. Mrs. M innie Jones for the past 19 years. Th’? deceased was horn in Ellenboro, West Virginia on June 13, 18X2. a daughter of Henry and Anna Walthers. She wits never married. She was a member of the United Brethren church at Bobo. Surviving ane two sisters. Mrs. Jones of Bibo: Mrs. Delphia Yerker of Detroit. Michigan, an 1 a brother, Perry C. Walters of Bobo | Funeral services will be held Wednesdiy afternoon at 1:45 o’clock at the heme and at 2 o'clock at the Bobo U- B. church with Rev. Eddy officiating, assisted by Rev. J. L. Pierce. Burial will be made! in the Mt. Tabor cemetery.

F.D.R. SEEKS I PLANNED FIGHT AGAINST CRIME —— President Roosevelt Speaks to Conference On Crime Conditions COOPERATION OF ALL IS SOUGHT Washington. Dee. 11. — (U.R) —| [ America's leading crime experts laid the groundwork today for a national institute of criminology, r dedicated to pursuing President Roosevelt’s ideal of a crimeless I ; nation. The president indicated by inference in an address before the! • attorney general's conference on ' crime that such an ideal perhaps I was Impossible of attainment, but , said: ■ “During the past two years there J ; have been uppermost in our minds I tlie problems of feeding and cloth-’ ■ ing the destitute, making secure ’ ; tlie foundations ot our agricultural, i i industrial and financial structures. I i and releasing and directing the vital forces that make for a healthy , national life. As a component part ■ : of the large objective we include our constant struggle to safeguard i ourselves against the attacks of he lawless and tlie criminal ele- • ments of our population.’’ Directing ids remarks to the 600 I law officers, judges, and attorneys . assembled in Constitutional Hall i last night. Mr. Roosevelt urged , them to create an anti-crime organization composed of federal, state ; -and municipal law enforcement . agencies. . Today the delegates, some in uniform, some in frock coat and ; some in sack suits witli oversized | . hip pockets, gathered again to put, the president’s words into action. , Their agenda for today, trtmorrow and Thursday morning included discussion of the manifold problems of the law officer. In outlining Ids hope.-- before the: (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ‘ PLAN MEETING | HERE TONIGHT Adams County Historical Society Will Organize Tonight Representatives from all part.s . : of Adams county are expected by ; -th? com mittee to hear the reading ■ of the propos’d constitution for tlie Adams county historical society at. ’8 o’-lock this evening in the Decatur high school building. it is also , ’lanned to elect officers . ’. from the floor. Anyone interested in any manner s ’ in th ■ preservation an I collection 1 ot historical dat'r and relies peculiar to tlie growth of Adams county us invited to attend. As the society expects to encour- ’ ige t’ .e stu y of local history in the s-hools a letter of invitation has be?n sent to every social science teacher in Adams county. The society will also be -asked to take over the museum now in place I in the Adams county court house. This museum will be expanded , gradually and it is hoped that in the future the society will be able to rent a room or buV a small build- . ing to house it. The membership fees proposed in • the constitution will amount to 50 • ents a year. ,, Two Selected For Petit Jury Duty Jacob Grimm and Lawrence Heckman today wens selected by jury commissioners Otto Helle .and W. A. Lower to serve during’ the November term of the Adams circuit court. They will replace Henry Fii’dling and Russel Bowman who were excused by Judge Huber M. DeVoes. Scout Leaders To Meet Here Tonight About 25 scoutmasters and .scout ’ leaders are expected to attend the Anthony urea council meeting at, the Knights of Pythias home In ( this city tonight. Men from the nine northeastern counties in Indiana will discuss problems relating to, 1 scouting.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 11, 1931.

Riley PTA Will Meet Thursday .’■■l I II ■■ II A meeting of the Parent Teachers association of the Riley school will be held at the school building ’ Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. | Walter J. Krick, superintendent of the public schools will give a short ; ! address. The club has chosen as its sub 1 Ject for the year. ''Building for the Future.” As health is one of the ■ most important factors in a child’s I life and as several states will ob- ! serve December as milk month, a I paper will be presented on "Nutrition” by Miss Nellie Winnes. prinIcipal of the Kiley school. Several subjects will be presented and discussed by other members, dealing mainly with milk. A group of children will also entertain with several musical selections. The committee in charge urges all members to be present at the meeting. HENRY HELLER WILLPRESIDE Decatur Attorney Will Preside At Banquet Wednesday Henry B. Heller. Decatur attorney veteran Democrat >ind former Democratic chairman will be temporary chairman of the Young Democratic club banquet to be held in the Masonic lolge in this city Wednesday evening at 6:30 o’clock. S-muel Jackson. Fort Wayne at--1 torney, and chairman of the state speaker's bureau during the rec nt Democratic campaign will be the principal speaker. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, president of the Democnv tic woman’s club of Adams county will be on the program. Several of the county and city , candidates will be introduced together with Natf.ian Nelson, county Democratic chairman and Mrs. Mary Briggs, county vice-chairman. The chicken dinner will be served by the ladles of tlie Eastern Star. A few reservations may be made by calling Robert Heller ut th 5 De- ! catur Democrat before 10 o’clock , Wednesday morning. A dance will b? given free to tl'ie I (persons attending the banquet in the Mnsonie hall. Hall Teete.r’s or- , chestra will furnish the music. Tickets for the dance alone may I be pur- based for 25 cents a couple. ■ Single admissions will be“ls cents. Dance tickets will b> sold at the door. 0 Three To 10 Years On Burglary Charge ■ Fort Wayne, Ind.. Dec. 11 —(T’P) —Pleading guilty to a second degree burglary charge in Allen circuit court, Raymond Cooke, 37. was sentenced to a three-to-10 year term 1 in th.=> Indiana state .prison at Mich- , igiin City by Judge Clarence R. McNabb here late yesterday. Cooke is alleged to have burglarized a dry - leaning establishment litre last November. He previously ■ had serve! terms in Sing Sing prison. Mi lligan state prism. Connecticut abate prison and the Indiana state reformatory. WOMAN ADMITS POISON MURDER Ft. Wayne Woman Pleads Guilty To Poisoning Husband Fort Wayne. Dec. 11 —(II.R) Mrs. Louise Schmitt. 24, pleaded guilty to a second degree murder charge before special judge I-ake E. Rariden in Allen circuit court here late yesterday in connection with the death of her husband. Urban I Schmitt, last March 23. Mrs. Schmitt, who is alleged to have given her husband poison in i a glass of orange juice, faces a life term in the Indiana woman's pris-, on. Pronouncement of her sent- ’ i ence will not be made until after the trial of Charles Howenstein, 57. her alleged paramour, on January 8. Howenstein. who is charged with ■ second degree murder in connection with Schmitt’s death, Is accused of having urged Mrs. Schmitt to kill her husband. Mrs. Schmitt and Howenstein were arrested May 12 on information from Schmitt’s brother who ! told police Howenstein confessed 1 the murder plot to him.

DECATUR TROOP NAMED WINNER American Legion Bo y Scout Troop Is Blue Ribbon Winner Decatur American Legion troop number 63 won a blue ribbon at Hu- merit badge exhibit held in Fort Wain.- Friday and Saturday, it was announced today. This was the highest award given. The local troop bad an aviation booth. The judges in announcing the blue ribbon did not state the actual grade given the exhibit. Th * grade was above 90 per cent, however, as blue ribbons are awarded to those exhibits which received between 90 and 100 points. The aviation booth was sponsored by the Decatur Model Airplane ; club, of which several of the scouts are members. 1 In the exhibit were about 25 model airplanes. Eight boys built and demonstrated mo'el airplimes during the show. Two Ixiys remained guard outside the booth to answer questions to exhibitors. The boys who took part were: Lawrence Anspaugh, Donald Arnold, Frederick Bixler, Donald Bixler. Donald Drake, Jack Eady, Robert Elchorn, Monroe Fuhrman, James Highland. Neil Highland, Billy Hunter. Frederick Kirsch, Doyle Lee, Robert Lord. Edwin May, Arthur Merriman, Kail Miller. Junior Murphy, James Skiles. Bob Stalter. and Lewis Smith. Ed Jaberg is scoutmaster and the members of the troop committee are: Paul Briede. chairman, Hubert (.'ocliran and Tillman Gehrig. Brotherhood To Hear Presbyterian Pastor Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will be the gueet .speaker at th* meetlug of the Baptist, brotherhood to be held in the Baptist church tonlg.it. A dinner will be served at 6 o’clock. TESTIMONY IN TRIAL OPENED Murder Trial of Mrs. Neoma Saunders Opens At Lebanon Lebanon. Ind., Dec. 11 —(UP) — ’ Intimate details in the life of Gaylord V. Saunders, form, r Wabash Methodist minister, were unfolded in circuit court today during the trial of his widow. Neoma, 35, on charges of first degree murder. Saunders was found shot to death in his automobile on a north side street in Indianapolis Inst Febru iry. Prose- utor John J. Kelly described the slain minister as a brilliant and able stu lent. Defense counsel Victor Jose characterized him as a drunkard who once threatened to kill his children. Kelly called the slaying the “most cold blooded and pn meditated murider ever committed in this country’’ ■as he pleaded with the jury in his [opening argument to find the black haired widow guilty of first degree murdi r. “We shall show that Mrs. Sanders plotted the murder because of I her love for Theodore Mathers and a desire to colie-.t $29,000 insurance on 11 r husband's life." Kelly said. [ Mathers, 19, is awaiting trial in b'.iis same court on charges of firing ■ the shot which killed Saunders. Mathers and Sunnders were room mates at an Indianapolis embalming school. “Mrs. Saunders and Mathers plotted the murd.r for three weeks in advance.” tlie prosecutor charged. "She gave her lover $lO to hire 'an assassin but he chang d his mind, purchased a gun with the i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o NOTICE TO PATRONS Customers of the Decatur Democrat in Decatur who have asked the carriers to place their papers in mail boxes are requested to provide a proper receptacle for them. By a federal ruling it is not permissable to put anything in a mail box that has not gone through the mails. Local mail carriers have been ordered to bring all newspapers found in mall boxes to the postoffice where they will! be held for postage.

CHAS.ROBENOLD I 1 NAMED TO HEAD ! FIREFIGHTERS L oca) Contractor Sue- ’ I coeds Jack Friedt As Fire Chief ■ JOSEPH KORTENBER NEW TRUCK DRIVER Charles 'Bob’’ Rob< mold, well known contractor and tradesman of this city will be the new chief of the Decatur tire department. Mayor-elect A. R. Holthouse announced today. He will begin his duties January' 1. 1935, when the city admlnistra : tion changes and succeeds Jack Friedt, who has served as chief for the past nine years. Mr. Friedt will continue as a member of tlie regular force. Mr, Robetiold has been a member of tlie volunteer department tor more than 12 years and recent!ly was selected to his third term as assistant chief by the volunteers. His appointment was made ’following tlie submitting of bis and one other name by the volunteers to the mayor-elt'cl. When notified of his appointment ’today, Mr. Robetiold stated. "1 am happy of the chance to be of setvice to my city. I want the cooperation ot’ the volunteers and members ot' tlie regular department in helping build a better ami more [ efficient tire fighting force. I assure the volunteers and members [of the regular force of my cooper- : ation." Mr. Robenold has few hobbies. . but one of them is attending tires and lending his services in tlie job of tire fighting. "I like the work and the department lias always been one of my interests.” the newly appointed chief declared. Mr. Robenold will not become a member of tlie tegular department. His duties as chief will consist in , supervising and directing the department and cat tying out a pro- [ gram in the science of tire fighting. His services will be largely public spirited in nature, the salary of tlie chief being only $135 a year. Mr. Robenold is a member of the [Decatur Lions club and of the [ Masonic lodge. He lives at 216 South Tenth street and at present ’ is employed as a carpenter at the Homestead division. Mayor-elect Holthouse also aninounced that at least one change’ would be made January 1. in the ■perscnel of the three members of the regular department. Joseph Kortenbe-r, a member of the volunteer department, will be employed as a truck driver, taking tlie place of Ralph Bentz, whose resignation becomes effective tlie first of the year. Every effort will be made to make tlie department as efficient as possible. The other members of tlie department are Jack Friedt and Roy Steele. Mr. Friedt has been a member of tlie force tor a number of years and is an experlenced man. Tlie volunteer departmeat has a membership ot 13 men. o — LEO ULMAN TO HEAD SOCIETY — Named President of Holy Name Society; Memorial Service Held Leo Ulman w:i.s elected president . ’ .of tlie Holy Name .society to succeed Elmo Smith at a meeting held in the K. of C. hall Monday night. John Ge-ls was name 1 vice-presi-dent. Other officers will be appointed <’.t the next meeting which will ( be held on Monday. January 14. . The .annual memorial services j were held Monday night for file ’ I members who have died since the ( j organization of the Society. Fatiher J. J. Seimetz, pastor of the ( Decatur Grthollc church, conducted 1 the prayers and pronounc.d the eulogy. “Rather than build monuments to ; [our dead," Either Seimetz said, “we should help them through our prayers." Approximately 69 members atten 'ed the meeting to elect officers and to honor the dead. The organization has now nearly 500 men of this St. Mary's Catholic 1 church enrolled as members.

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Cloverleaf Plant Resumes Operations Manufacturing operations were [ resumed at the Cloverleaf Cream I cries, Inc., plant this afternoon, following a shut down yesterday because a blow-off valve on the boiler butt. A force of men ! worked during the night and this l morning repairing the boiler. The valve was on boiler number 2. a 150 h.p. unit. W. A. Klepper, genoral manager of the company stated the plant would run tonight to | ■ make up for lost time. AUTO LICENSES ONSALEHERE Rush Reported At Local License Bureau First Day Os Sales J. 1,. Ehler, manager of tlie Adams county auto license bureau, I announced today that his office ex-I perienced the heaviest first day Monday for issuance of license plates for several years. More than lot) passengegr car plates were issued, as well as a number ot’ truck and trailer plates. A number of title transfers were also made. The new 1935 plates have black numerals on a robin’s egg blue background. Under the new system of issuing license plates, in effect this year for the first time, the motor vehicle owners receive their license application forms by mail from the state bureau of motor vehicles, Indianapolis. These forms are complete. ready to be filled in by the car owners. The first set of 1935 plates was issued to Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church. The state department has issued notice that there will he no ex- i tension of time for obtaining plates ’ beyond December 31. -when legal use of the 1934 plates will expire. This ruling also applies to drivers' 1 licenses, which also must be obtained annually. GOLD WEATHER HITS INDIANA First Cold Wave of The Winter Is Felt In State Today Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. II (UP) Tlie first cold wav- of the winter in Indiana sent temperatures below zero todiy. But relief was promised by J. IIArmington, local government metenrol giet, within the next 24 hours. H ■ predicted rising temperatures witli a maximum of 10 above tonight. The lowest official reading in the state was ut Marion where the government thermometer registered one bel w early tedoy. Fort Wayne reported four al>ove, Indianapolis six above and Tern- Haute and Evansville 12 •"hove. Transportation service was slowed up but not enough to create any particular .hardships. The greatest sufferers wen? persons -on poor relief who were unable to get sufficient road because of the unustt.il demand. All state highways are open for traffic, tin? highway commission reported, although many of them have "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Attempted Holdup Foiled By Grocer F it Wayne, Ind . D c. It—(UP) —-Police arrested a man who gave his name as Arthur Gord.on. Springfield. Ohio., hen? last night following his attempt to hold up a grocery store with.i toy pistol. He was captured by the store manager after a chase of several bio- ks. — ‘ Sharp Temperature Drop Is Felt Here The season’s coldest temperature arrived during the night Thermometers went down to five above this morning. Coal dealers were busy delivering coal and many automobiles bad frozen radiators, as a result’ of the cold wave. A flurry of snow started to fall this afternoon, indicating warmer weather.

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FIRE DESTROYS LANSING HOTEL THIS MORNING Estimates of Dead Range From Twenty to Fifty Persons ONLY 8 BODIES ARE RECOVERED Midi., Dee, 11. [ (U.R> Fire destroyed the 21G- | room Hotel Kern hxlay with a heavy loss of lite. Estimates this afternoon rttngeti from 20 to .’>o dead, but only eight bodies had [ been recovered in the confusion and panic which fol- : lowed the disaster. Among the known dead were five members of tlie Michigan i state legislatuio which is in special session here. One slate senator ie missing and believed dead. The fire broke out before dawn in the wood and brick building which is Lansing's third largest hotel. The temperature had dropped to zero during the night, adding to the hazards of the fire. Many residents of the hotel ■ were tt tipped in their rooms. Others leaped from windows into the icy waters of the Grand river behind the hotel or into the street in front. The list of injured, many with broken limbs, exceeded 50. At noon the United Press had tabulated a list of little more than a hundred persons known to have been registered last night. The I remaining hundred were taken into other hotels, cases and private homes and could not be counted. Police issued a city-wide appeal ’ for survivors to report to assist in tabulating the loss of life. The fire was discovered at about 5:15 a m. The structuro i already was flaming out of control. Firemen directed their first efforts toward rescue rather than [ combatting the blaze. Compared with the size of the death list, rescues were pitifully few. Those on Hie streets saw desperate faces appear at windows , and then disappear in the flames ' and smoke. Perhaps a :corc leaped into the . lev waters of the Grand river as I file flames trapped them. Three of these were rescued, according i to police reports, and two bodies were recovered. Others leaped from windows onto the icy pavement to meet injury or death. The disaster cast a pall upon the state legislature, convening in special session. It was the legislative session ’ which restilted in the crowded condition of the hotel which was filled to the capacity of its 219 rooms last night when prospective guests were turned away. Known Dead Lansing, Mich, Dec. 11-(U.R) - List of dead in the fire at Hotel Kerne today: Sta'e Rep John AV. Goodwine cf Marlette, whose body was taken (CONTINUED OX PAGE FI\ r E) REPORT DECATUR WOMAN MISSING Mrs. Vida Hesher Has Been Missing For Nearly A Month Sam Bailer. 790 Schirmeyerstreet stated to ’. iy that his daughter. Mrs. A’lda Bell Railer-Hesher, left her home about «■ .month ago and that ’ fforts to locate her have been futile. Mr. Bailer described his daughter las 26 years of age. about five feet [two inches in height, weight 120 pounds, dark hair and light com- ■ iplexioned. Maritnl difficulties may haw? [ been the cause of the woman leaving her home, Mr. Bailer stated. The fifiher would like to get in touch with her. It was first believed that she had gone to the home of [a sister in Michigan, but investigation proved the<t she had not visited there. Mr. Bailer stated today he would 1 notify authorities In his effort to locate his daughter.