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■g EXPERT TESTIFIES TO | handwriting Hkriell States HauptHann Tried To Dis- | guise Writing FRIENDS Ko GIVE EVIDENCE N. -J- Ja»- 15 - KX-uno Richard Hauptwrote the Lindbeijfn notes, but tried vainhis handwiit- | Ls | t . third haiidwritJohn lyrrell of IL«jold-Loeh lame, declared I ft 'Tel!, who was the state’s Ik-ad’ in handwriting witness famous Chicago murder il conclusions about | (Sjlutbor-hip »f me ULndbergli; t rr Xn notes by an exposition of .11.,cantered by one ; ILaJL ..s to disguise his writing. | to show tho jury that i EK e , can lul penman works. ■•; • \pression, or little of letters, will trip FJ jointed to scores of examples j ransom notes and in the I Hauptmann handIg, inc'. mobile Wapplications and documents n at the request of the police, | ese betrayals. ury which had listened al-1 . expert. EKißt S. Osborn, and to his col&|L Elbridge W. Stein, appear■H. 1 at tunes with the lecture, be more interested in Tyr- - than in the reas- , forming them. HKt-■!! dwelled at length upon j « misspelled both is® ranstcii n.t and in the "reOX PAGE SIXT ■t MEETINGS ■ELD MONDAY I Co- imittees On Sugar Bi-: Limitation Are | I Elected .Monday ■ ft' meet ngs of sugar beet Bgrov rs. qualified to vote for local I ■com i'tees for the AAA sugar pr er m in the Defactory sugar beet district, ! held Mon'!:", night in Adams jeonr. lar now been in every one of the nine dis-1 of ihe Ilecntui- factory area. [ SgBB 1 * members of the committees i been elected. The chairmen HH’ ’lt of the nine committees: form board • f directors of ; . productive asand will name the ofliMi' meeting for E. L. Bartevi'iojry. covering the ■B>ern six townships in Adams was he’d at the Decatur school. The committee is: I’i->< he. cl airman: AdoV’h ' iT"h. vice-chairman,' and KM Johnson, meeting for Harry Essex' representing the six : ■j^T' ern townships in Adams ! ■ am, the four northwestern; of Mercer county. Ohio, in the Jacob school house ; BER’ne Creek townsh’n. The Bgmitbe is : A]bert Cont)paa Kj"""’ Carl Miller, vice-chair- - and Rol’a Raudenbush. Bio -e Momhprs To | I onduct Services ’ brd. dictator of the 'Loyal " Morse. csks members of to meet at the Moose a i clock this even'nc and ■ a hn,lv t” the Loren latke . . Xor ' 1 Thlrd street, to ct ntua|t«ti c servi- w for their brother. Carrol Like. The " . W ‘ U Kemble at the loike HM a * 7:30 o’clock. Children | Escape Injuries BX7 li9n ’ e Bnd 25 school chib EJ h 8 T ” n ßm cqeapc from Ht •La,'’ 1 ’ 10 '' 5 ' ln ’” r >' whpn p HL Ir tj i° ' r °k p on l ' lp school Was drlv!n S- Thp ■2 V fPet but st «'od in gM aa - No one was injured.

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Bruno “Double” V ■ -- J 1 JCx. «1 HHofli Hauptmann defence believe they have ‘ace’ in John F. Scanlon, ex- ( i real estate agent of Menlo Park, ; i N. J., whose likeness to the Lindbergh accused is striking Scanlon was near Hopewell on several occasions at time of kidnaping and Hauptmann's attorneys contend eye witnesses saw hitn instead of Hauptmann. FARM MANAGERS AT CONFERENCE Adams County Men Attend Farm Management Meet At Purdue Jim A. Hendricks of Monroe, local supervisor for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and S. , ¥~.JoUu*4H». field man for the Providence Mutual Insurance companv went to Lafayette today to attend the annual meeting of the Indiana farm manageaient association, an organization designed to help farmers and farm managers make more money. The meeting is a part of the agricultural conference week sponsored now by Purdue University. The meeting today was scheduled Ito begin at Sf3O o'clock with Presijdent Ersel Walle. of Fort Wayne, presiding. Two Indiana farmers. C. B. Meeker of White county and William Higgs of Wayne county, with the assistance of T. G. Hornung and O. G. Johanningsmeier of the Purdue farm management department plant to outline how they are meeting the present situation |on th“ir fare’s by emnhasizing high income yielding enterprises and by reducing costs of production whenever possible. The Outlook for Indiana Agriculture in 1935, which is published (COXTIXUEin ON PAGE FIVE' NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Officers of ITolv Name Society Installed Monday Night Officers of the Holy Name eocI iety of St. Mary's Catholic church were installed laet evening at th? monthly meeting held, at the K. of C. hill. The Rev. Father Jos-’nh Selmetz. pastor, a:ted as instilling ofiefers. The ncyv officers are: Leo Ulman, president; Joseph Geels, vice-president; Father J. J H’nnes, secretary-treasurer; Carl : Kohne. Gerald Gage eacri.stans; Arthur Miller. Lnwrence Beck- ' meyer. marwltalls. The prefects of the society are: Francis Wertifberger. Wm. Shumaker, Elmo Miller, Jo*. Coffee. Lawrence Voglewede, Mark Braden. Fred S’hulte, Leonard Meyer, Ralph Reed. Ed. Keller, Ed. Geimer. Herman Ulsman, Herbert La Fontaine. Peter Loshe, Frank Bniun, II rman Wolpert. An entertainment committee was named to plan prsgr ms for the ' meetings throughout the year. The j members are: C. J- Voglewede. J. J. Reed, James Murphy. Jr. i Clayaon Carroll wan named soag! leader for the society. Father Selmetz g>ive a talk at '. the meeting. Elis subject w s “CharI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

RELIEF ROOMS I WILL BE MOVED Various Organizations Will Be Concentrated In One Building The relief organizations in Ad-j a.r.s county with the public health nurses will move soon into the; building on Madison street formerly occupied by ths Northern Indiana: Service ion.oration. The move is being made to ton-' ceatrate the various federal, county and t wnship organizations. The rent of SSO a menth will be paid by the township trustees of Ad.ms county end will ibe pro-rated according to their relief loads. The pew rooms are the only ones approved by the state inspectoi's and were accepted because of the ba k light and cross ventilation. The organization will m ve into the new headquarters gs soon as FERA workers complete the remodeling. A project for this has been sent to Indianapolis. The plan calls for each office to be separated by partitions. Miss Helen Wilson, c se work supervisor, Mrs. Mabie Hurst, secretary to the case wark supervisee, end Miss Ruth Ballinger, case work investigator, will occupy two rooms. d et aside for the FERA. county department. Another set of FERA rooms will be reserved for Miles Roop, the work supervisor, and Mary Yost, secretary tc the work sui rvLsor. The two county health nurses. Margaret Eiting and Florence Anderson will h.ve a consultation room. The Washington township trustee John Dccn will .have an office at ' the rear of the new quarters. Space also will be be provided for other trustees in the county t: interview - their c nstitueats. SEV SCHURGER IS CHAIRMAN Severin Schurger Heads Ticket Committtee For President’s Ball Severin Schurger today was named chairman of the ticket committee for the birthday ball for the President, which will be held at the Decatur country club on January 30. "The tickets will go on sale Tuesday morning. The price has been reduced from $1.50 last year to SI.OO a couple this year. Carl Young's orchestra of Lima. Ohio, will furnish the music for the affair. This year 70 per cent of the proceeds of the dance will be retained in Adams county to help infantile paralysis sufferers. The other 30 per cent will be used nationally for research work. A partial list of the members of the ticket committee is: Ralph Yager. Nathan Nelson. Clifford Saylors, Florence Holthouse, J. L. Elder, Vincent Bormann, Mrs. Francile Smith. Herman Omlor, Ruth Macklin, Chalmer Deßolt. John DeVoss. I. Bernstein, Edwin Kauffman. David Baker. Harry Staley. Barney Wertzberger. Lucille Miller. Robert Rumschlag. Dorothy Young. Mrs. J. D. Briggs. Mrs. W. W. Widowa, Jake Lons. Francis MacWhinney, Aleta Harlow. Mrs. Ernest Richeldaffer. August Farlow. Fern Bierly. Paul Rahner. Katherine Weidler. Rosamond Gould. Mrs. Richard Arnold. Betty MadkUn, Alice iAJlwisin, Charles Holthouse and Francis Howell. Second Session Os School This Evening The second session ot the leadership training school, under the, joint auspices of the Decatur min Isterial jssociatkn and the Adams county council of religious education, will be held at 7:30 tonight, at the public hi®’ 8 -hool- This will be the last time to enroll for credit in the present semester. Those wishing to take the church school administration course under W. Guy j Brown or child study ccurse under Mrs. H. H. Myers are urged to attend. Approximately 50 persons enrolled In the four classes last Tuesday. Rev. George Walton will h’ve charge of the chapel service tonight during the general assembly.

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Announce Schedule For FEE Classes W. O. LHtle today announced the schedule for the opening of the FEE classes in the county. Other ■ classes will begin as soon as they can be organized. Mrs. Chew, music, Tuesday, penmanship and dramatics Wednesday i evening at Geneva. Mr. Teeple, arithmetic and English at Bobo i Tuesday and arithmetic Wednesday at Pleasant Mills. Miss Reynolds. psychology and cooking, Tuesday at Decatur. Cooking and sewling Monday at Geneva. Miss Col Her. chorus and instrumental music. Monday. Decatur; dramatics, Tuesday, Decatur. Commun-; ity singing Bobo and Pleasant Mills Wednesday. BEET GROWERS MEETTONIGHT Central Beet Growers Association To Hold Annual Meeting The Central Beet Growers association will hold the anata.i ■meeting tonight in the Decatur high school at 7 o’clock. The m:st important bMineaa to be conducted will be the election of directors to serve the 1.600 beet growers in the Data- ■ tur territory. E. W Buache, president of the association, will preside and will address these attending. Nine permanent directors will be elected, one from each cf the nine districts in the De atur territory. Three directors will be elected for three years, three for two years and three far one year. The permanent directors will meet to name the permanent officers for the organization. , Temporary directors were mined .at the organization meeting f the • Central Sugar Beet Aasoc.'ition .4 here on Deeewaber 16. C.n addition to Mr. Buse'ra. Clarence R. Oviatt, representing the sugar beet association of the AAA will speak. Dale MeMiller. 'resident of the Cantril Sugar Company, will make a short bilk. Matters pertaining to the new ■ '■onlrJ policy of AAL and the limitation pregram of the government ■ new sugar beet contracts will be discussed. Receives Complaints Os Dangerous Dogs Chief of police Melchi received several complaints t.diy from citizens about large dogs running loose ' in the city. Citizens complained that the dogs were a nuisance and some cases dangerous. They requested the police to kill the dogs ' and the officers stated that the offending canines would be killed J they continued to molest citizens. Owners were asked to keep the ! dogs tied er shut up. LOUIS PKJUETT IS MH|l)l™ Chicago Attorney Free Os Charge Os Aiding John Dillinger Chicago, Jan. 15.—LU.Rl-l’ederal attorneys indicated today they intend to prosecute Louis Piquett, acquitted last night of harboring John Dillinger while serving as the outlaw’s attorney, on charges of aiding Homer Van Meter to evade caipture. Frankly discouraged by the promptitude with which a jury in federal court acquitted the former city prosecutor of charges that he was an ally ot Dillinger, rather than his lawyer, the prosecutors . said they believed the Van Meter charges offered a stronger case. Piquett, admitting he met Dill-; inger often while thousands of midwestern officers searched for him. convinced the jury that he acted only “in the sacred relation of lawver to client.’’ The jury reached its verdit in two and a half hours, reporting to Judge William Holly at 10:12 p.m. Five ballots were taken, the lirst being 8 to 4 for acquittal. Apparently the jurors discredited ' testimony of Arthur O’Leary, clerk l n Plquett's office, and two surgeons who testified that the whitehaired lawyer arranged “face lifting” operations for Dillinger and Van Meter, his first lieutenant, to TcONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

AL MUTSCHLER IS PRESIDENT Heads Decatur Loan Association ; Don Farr Secretary-Treasurer Albert Mutsfhler. president of the Mutschler Pa king company, was elected president of the Decatur Savings and l,oun Association of this city, at tlv annual meeting I of the directors held last evening. Don Farr, inuuran.e reprasenta-1 I tive of this city was elected :ie re-' tary-ti-usurer. Miss Bernie - Nelson was named assistant secretary-, treasurer and will be in clar -of the office, located in the Paul Graham ibuilding. Directors elected yesterday re Mr. Mutechler. Mr. Farr. Edgar Mutschler, Maw Ella Mutschler and Paul Liohtenateiger of Wren. Edga” i Mutschler is vice-president of the ! associationThe niem'bers ,ot the advisory 1 committee are Mathias Kir-ch former president and ('. J- Lutz.; att irney. The associate n will continue to| : lavs its offi' e in the Graham build-1 ing and Miss Nelson will be in, I charge of the business when Mr.; Farr is out cf the city. A two per cent dividend, payable on stock s of December 31. 1934 | date was declared. This is the sec-j end dividend declared during the | year, a two per cent payment being made last Juno. TTie association has a running stock account of more Van $50,000. Net profits for the ye r were $2.•722.35. Undivded profits at the end of the year totaled $3,184,41. The local company is one of fewsavings and loan assoc nations in the I state that earned and paid .: dividend during 1934DEATH GLAIMS FRANK HAEW.ER Former Berne School Principal Dies At Home This Morning Frank G. Haecker, SI. promin- ; ent educator and farmer of Adams county, died at his home eigl l miles west of Berne at 7:30: o’clock this morning. Death was due to complications resu'ting from a fractured knee Mr. Haecker received w-hen he fell two years ago. He had been bedfast since : that time. ' Mr. Haecker was a prominent educator, and was the first school principal at Berne, serving from 1888 to 1894. He taught school at Liberty Center, Petroleum, and in the southern part of the state for a number of years. He attended Indiana (State Normal, Indiana University, and Stanford University. At the latter school he was a roommate of former president Herbert Hoover. He retired from teaching about 1 20 years ago. and had engaged in farming since that time. , I The deceased was born in Liverpool. Ohio, October 29. 1853. He I was a son of John and Hanna j Haecker. On November 21. 1910 ;he was united in marriage to ! Margaret Gentis. who survives. Survivors include the widow, two stepdaughters, Mrs. Joe Wheeler and Mrs. Otto Strahm of Weils county, and a brother, John Haecker of Wells county. Sisters and brothers who preceded Mr. Haecker in death are Mrs. Mary Ann Green, Mrs. Susan Blocher. George, Henry, Sam. William. Emanuel and Noah Haecker. The deceased was a member of the old Salem Evangelical church at Linn Grove. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. o Making Excavations At Homestead Site — About 50 FERA laiborers are now making the excavations for the sewers which will dr in the 48 j ■ houses being constructed on the De-ntur subsistence homesteads . site. Part of the FERA men are now at work on the laterals which will I rcnnect the houses to the main 'sewers. Another grtup is digging; the sewer from the site to the Charles Knapp sewer which leads to the St. (Mary’s River. The main sewer in the project, I may be dug anti laid under contract. I

RECOVERY BILL IS INTRODUCED IN LEGISLATURE Measure Introduced Today Would Supplement Federal NRA MORATORIUM BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Indianapolis, Jan. 15 (U.R) —A -tate recovery act. supplementing; the NRA. under which the gover-1 nor is empowered to appoint a commission to approve and cn-1 force codes of fair competition for commerce and industry, today was offered in the house of representatives. The measure was recommended by Gov. Paul V. McNutt to provide j cooperation with the national government and to induce cooperative | action among trade groups. It was introduced by Rep. John N. Dyer, D„ Vincennes. Individuals affected, the attorney general or county prosecutors 1 are empowered to institute euit to restrain violations, under terms of; ( the bill. Conviction carries a maximum fine of ssoo or imprisonment of 10 days. Before the NRA bill was introduced. the house passed an amended delinquent moratorium bill under suspension of the rules The : vote was 96 to 0. The bill provide* for a two-year ' extension of the moratorium on the sale ot tax delinquent property. Before the amendment was added the measure would have extended the moratorium only for one year. , j The NRA measure provides that the commission to be appointed ; fby the governor shall be < mpow- < ered to approve codes, after a sh earing. The codes must conform with the corresponding national codes i of fair competition. An effort to protect the right of labor to organize is made in the i proposed act. Every code of fair competition, the act provide*, ;— ; ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Men’s Brotherhood To Meet Wednesday The men’s brotherhood of the Zion Reformed church will hold it* monthly meeting Wednesday eve- ; ning at 7:30 o’clock at the church. Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will be the guest speaker of the evening. The election of officers for the coming year will be held at this : meeting. All male members of the ehnrch are urged to bo present. This meeting marks the first anniversary of the founding of the i organization. SIX TOWNSHIPS HAVE BALANCES Half Os County Townships Report Balances In Poor Funds Half the townships in Adams ' county are beginning the new year with a balance in tbeir poor funds. The townships will not receive any more funds for poor relief until the June distribution. For this reason some of the other townships may find their money for this fund exhausted in one or two months. The six townships which are out of the red and their balances in the poor hind are: Root, $298.60; Preble. $814.69; Kirkland, $435.22; Washington, $383.18 Blue Creek, $121.36; Hartford. $280.09. The six townships which are overdrawn and the amounts of the overdrafts on the county are: ‘ Union. $223.25; St. Marys, $1,507.93; Monroe, $2,679.14; French. $82.28; Wabash, $1,697.71; Jefferson, $11.48. When a Poor fund becomes exhausted the county must meet th" bills until another distribution is made. Some of the larger deficits in the poor funds may necessitate a larger appropriation and a consequent larger levy for 1935. If employment increases the present levies may be sufficient to meet the current expenses as well as decrease the deficits accumulated in the worst years of the deI press ion. !

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Defense Expert I ■ -i | *-W j ’l & -/■: -V-.> Hauptmann defense counsel engaged .1. M. Trendley, East St. Louis. 111., handwriting expert, to analyze Lindbergh ransom notes and he will testify in Hauptmann’s defense at trial. AVIATOR SETS SPEED RECORD Jimmy Doolittle Sets New Trans-continental Speed Record New York. Jan. 15.—<U.R>— Major Jimmy Doolittle came roaring in from the west this morning, shot his 10-passenger transport plane over lower New York and touched ; its wheels at Floyd Bennett field j for a new trans-continental record j of just one minute under 12 hours. ; The big plane in which Doolittle, I his wife, Josephine and Robert Ad- ; amson flew from Burbank. Calif., i raced the early morning sun across ; New- Jersey to clip approximately four minutes and 50 seconds from the record held by’ Captain Eddie 1 Rickenbacker. It was a thrilling, always uncer- j tain race from the time Doolittle s craft got oft' its course over the | Pennsylvania mountains. He ap peared at one time to be hopelessly out of the running. Flying at altitudes ranging from 1 15,000 to 20,000 feet, the noted speed pilot set a furious pace across the continent, virtually without being sighted and without halt-' ing. At sunrise, however, his radio: messages indicated that he was doubtful of reaching New York by ; 8:30 a. m. EST., which was neces-1 sary to break the record. Then dramatically, at 7:35 a. m., came word that he was flying over | : C pe May N. J-. hurtling in a direct; Hue so rs'nrawling Floyd Bennett field on the south shore of Long ; Island. He roared on in silence until a few minutes alter 8 a. m.. when another radio report placed him in the vicinity of Lakehurst, heading for his goal at a 200-mile an hour .clip. The minutes ticket off rapidly. ; Hopes for a record were dimming, when the plane shot out of the; sky over Floyd Bennett field. Doolittle dived for the field without delay. The plane shot down I with a roar, the tick tires bounced; along the runway and the timer's watch registered 8:25 a. m. Doolittle did not stop, however. He sent the ship up again with her motors throbbing and headed for | Newark airport in New Jersey. ; where he landed at a. m. Rickenbacker’s record was set at Newark —a mark of 12 hours, three minutes and 50 seconds. Doolittle set his mark at Floyd Bennett which is 17 miles further ; east. Governor Orders Department Probe Indianapolis, Jan. 15 —(UP) In-; veetigation of the st te pur.hasing; department, headed by Paul Fry.; linton, has be- nordered by Gov. Paul V. M Nutt the Unit d Press; ' learned today. Tom Hannigan, former secretary , in trie governor's office, has been delegated to conduct the investlgi-. tion and submit a report to the ! ch'ef executive, it was learned. The state purcashing department, has been criticized bitterly in recent moatlis by offhe •supply firms: who have contended that their bids . on state ibusiness have not recelv-| led proper consideration.

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OVERWHELMING VOTE IS CAST BT RESIDENTS Ninety Per Cent of Voters Favor Rule Under Adolph Hitler WILL RETURN TO GERMANY INTACT by United Press 'I he Sn a r voted overwhelmingly, by !HI i>er cent, for reunion w'.th Germany, easting 177.119 votes for Germany. 46,513 for continuance under league of nations rule, and 2,121 for France. 'Hie special committee on •he Saar at Geneva decided promptly that the Saar should be returned to Germany intact, and will so advise the council. The council is expected to ratify the decision this week and arrange for the transfer within two months. An exodus of refugees started to the Fiench border and Jewish shops in the Saar began to close. Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin appealed to the Saarlanders not to take reprisals on those who voted against Germany. Lut gave assurance that France would grant refuge to those who had to flee. In the midst of the wild rejoicing in the Saar, a socialist plot to start an uprising was discovered and promptly suppressed by international authorities. Nazi Germany celebrated the victory with delirious enthusiasms. Reicbsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, in a broadcast to the nation, hailed ’he result as a great stride toward I European amity and reiterated 1 ’hat there is no longer any terri- ' tory in dispute between Germany ; and France. France. Britain and Italy received the news with undisguised satisfaction, feeling that a danger 1 spot to peace had been removed and Germany now would be willj ing to work with the league again ! and attempt to settle the disturbing armaments question. Celebrate Results i (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Saarbrucken. Jan. 15. — (U.R) — ; Saarlanders rejoiced deliriously today over the prospect of reunion with their fatherland after a vote ; for German rule and German Nazism that represented one of i the most smashing victories ever ; recorded in a plebiscite. The totals in Sunday’s plebisI cite, announced at the Wartburg ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) H. F. FRUECHTE DIES MONDAY Aged Preble Township Resident Dies Late Monday Afternoon — Henry F. Fniechte, 82 year old resident of Adams county, and father of Mrs. M. F. Worthman and Albert H. Fruechte of this city, died at his home at Magley at 3:45 [o'clock M nday afternoon of heart disease. He had been ill for the last [five wsells. Mr. Fruechte was a prominent farmer of Adams County. He apent . his entire life In Preble township, i He was a member of the Salem ReI for red churth. The deceased was born in Magley on January 6. 1853 and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Everhart Fruechte. His marriage to Caroline Worthman took* place on December 30, 1888. Surviving besides the widow, are t.ie f Rowing children; Mrs. Lydia Worthman, Decatur; Amanda S. Fruechte, llagley ; Albert H Fruechte, Decatur; Franklin H. Fruechte, Magley; Arthur C. Fruechte. Fort A’ayne. One daughter, Mrs- Hulde Kolter, is deceased. A brother, John S. ruechte and 13 grandchildren, al- [ so survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternon at 1:15 o’clock at the home at Magley and at 1:30 o'clock at the Salem Reformed [ hur h. Burial will be made In tihe , church cemetery. Rev. David Grether will officiate at the funeral : services. The body was returned to the home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock I from Zwick’s funeral home.