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W.C.T.U.WILL MEET THURSDAY , County Institute Will Be Held At Berne Reformed Church A county institute of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the Reformed church in Berne. Thursday, March ! 7, with an afternoon und evening session. Mrs. Stella Doty of Frankfort, state etungelistic director, will be the speaker. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 o'clock, and the evening meeting at 7:30 o'clock. At six o’clock a supper will be served, and all members of the Union and their husbands are invited to attend. Following is the program for the day: Afternoon Session Piano include— Mrs. E. N. Webb, Berne. Worship In song —Mrs. Eugene Runyon, Decatur. Devotionals — Mrs. 11. B. Franklin, Decatur. Organiitaion of institute. Introduction of speaker — Mrs. Delon Passwater. Decatur, countypresident. Special music—Geneva. Three minute talks —Local presidents and county directors. Vocal duet—Mrs. A. B. Brown. Mrs. C. E. Bell, Decatur. Short talks —Visiting ministers with Rev. C. H. Suckau, pastor of the Berne Mennonite church In charge. Closing prayer—Rev. 11. E. Tropift. Missionary church Berne. Evening Session Piano prelude — Miss Frances Burkholder. Berne. Devotionals. Special music — Girls chorus, Berne high school, director. Miss Elizabeth llabegger. Address —Mrs. Stella Doty. Offering. Special music—Reformed church. [ tCWTIfcIHED ON PAGE THREE) Colder Weather Is Forecast For State Indianapolis. Ind.. March 4—(UP) Ccld?r weather in Jrdiana tomorrow, with a possibility of onow in the northern part of the state, wus forecast by the U. S. weaher bureau here today. The cold wave still is in the far northwest and probably will not reach Indiana for ut least 36 hours, i 'h? fore ast «ald. Moderate temperatures will prevail tonight with the wind changing from the south to northwest as the ' tempcratur sparts to drop. o — District Moose Meeting Mar. 16 — Arrangements for holding the district meeting in thia city. Saturday. March 16. will be advanced at the [ regular meeting of the Loyal Order of Mocae. Tuesday evening. March 5 at the Moose home. I Retpruoentatives from about 12 ryirthern Indiana counties are expect’d ar the m 'eting. The local lodge expects a crowd of 300. There will be an initiation >and the Huntington degree and drill team will be in charge. . [ lA-t the meeting Tuesday, committees will be named and plans completed for the entertaining of the guests. The member.) are urged I to attend. PEARL HIRSCHY BURIED TODAY Berne Woman Died Friday Evening At Newcastle Institution Funeral eervioce were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock nt the Berne Mennonite Ohurch for Mise Pearl Hirschy, 36, who died Friday evening at the epileptic village at Newcastle of pneumonia. Mias Hlrschy had been a patient at the village for the past three years. She was born in Berne, June 17, 1899, a daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. Carnuel B. Hirschy, (Blue Creek township. Surviving are the parents und the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Elmer Winteregg, Berne. Mrs. Alfred Habegg>’r, Busy, Mont., Mrs. Floyd Johnson, D troit. Michigan, I Gilbert Hirschy, went of Decatur, and William Hirschy. Berne. 1 Burial was in the M. R. E- Ceme- ' tery.

GREECE FEARS CIVIL WAR AS REVOLT GROWS Rebel And Government Forces Waging Bitter Battle In Greece — LOYAL TROOPS CLAIM VICTORY (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Athens. Mar. 4 —■(U.R>— Rebel and government forces fought today in Macedonia and Crete, on land and sea, and in the air. Government forces claimed a victory at Cavulla and at Drama, on the plain of Philippi where two centuries ago Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Octavius and Antony. Rebel warships maintained a stand at Souda Bay, of the Island of Crete. ! The government prepared to send an expedition a|xlnst the rebels, using five destroyers, two submarines and a torpedo boat, and there was prospect of a pitched naval ! battle. President Alexander Zaimls. Archbishop Chryssostomos of the I Greek orthodox church and John A. Drossopoulos took the initiative . in an effort to terminate a situation which was described as approaching civil war. Rebels, seeking to overthrow the government and put Eleutherios Venizelos. the “lion of Crete”, in power, were reported holding the wireless and telegraph stations in Crete with the aid of civilians. A battered rebel fleet headed by the cruiser Averoff, flagship of the navy, seemed withstanding a rain ■of bombs from government air- j planes which flew between the ; ccoNTi\ri:i■ on p.v; >•: THRER) COUNTY BOARD HOLDS MEETING Adams County Commissioners In Regular Monthly Meeting No action had been taken at noon today on the two appointments which will have to be made during this seealon of the Adams county commieeioners. The board must appoint a successor to the late Dr. J. W. Vizard, who died last week at his heme in Pleasant Mills. Dr. Vizard had served > <s ibealth officer for more than 15 years. C. E. Merryman, today, submitted his resignation a>) Washington township constable. H 1 was appointed in January to succeed William Blythe. The board sipent nil morning and nart of the afternoon allowing bills. Other regular business was trans-1 acted. The board is not expected toj spend much money this year fori roads- One of the members of the J board pointed out that the board ! last year 'concluded a program to I take every family in the county i out of the "mud”. Wito only one or ■ two exceptions every farm home in the county is now located on gravel or paved roads. The beird continued a number of I the bills for this improvement until this year. In 1934 nine miles of county roads were resurfaced. The average for j the last several years has been i about six miles a year. The commissioners believed that ; if the weather does not change there will, be little necessity of a i large amount for repair of the old | i roads. Alternating freezing and 1 thawing weather is what ruins the ’ roads, they stated. o — Regular K. Os C. Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of the Knighs of Columbus will be held at the K. of C. hall at eight o’clock tonight. Mom here are urged to be j present. Conservation League Will Meet Tonight Plans for the 1935 conservation program will be discussed at a mooting of the Adami) county fish and game conservation league tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the Ameriand Legion hall.

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“Kingfish” and New Appointee l ' jU 1 nF \ A / j ' W -W 1 1 ■ I y . 4 --- - ' "■ Senator Huey Long, right, Izniislana “dictator", is shown as he ~ i made a personal appearance before the state ways and means com-1 i inittee at (New Orleans to discuss the 87 new bills introduced at the special session of legislature, where he announced that he might run j , for governor. The latest change in his Ixmisiana political machine , was the appointment of James A. Noe, left, as lieutenant governor, succeeding Thomas C. Wlugate who resigned because of illness.

FILE DEMURRER AGAINST BENTZ City Os Decatur To Fight Reinstatement Os Ralph Bentz Hernan Myers, city attorney, and Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse today fl’ed a demurrer to the complaint filed by Ralph Bentz, former city fireman, against the city of Decatur for back wages and re-instatement on the fire department’s pay roll. The demurrer r lieges, specificially: 1. the court has no jurisdici tion of tlie subject matter of the 1 action; 2, the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant; 3, the complaint docsnot state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; 4, the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute au action for mandate; 5, several causes of action are improperly joined in the complaint. The demurrer also charges the \ plaintiff with not complying with chapter 86, section 160, as ammended in the acts of the 1933 General Assembly of the Slate of Indiana. The act according to the demurrer compels the plaintiff to first seek restithtion from the board of public works and safety ■and show cause why he should not be discharged from the fire department of the city of Deca-1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o BULLETIN l 3:30 P. M. Indianapolis, Mar. 4. — — The house of representatives late this afternoon passed the liquor control bill. 76 to 22. Erank G. Thompson. Bluffton , house floor leader, voted for the measure. Sixteen Republicans opposed ♦he bill, and 19 Republicans favored the measure. In the senate, the amended state police bill was passed under suspension of the rules by a 43 to 2 vote.

Transients Are Interviewed By Reporter For The Daily Democrat

“We are just walking antiques", said a man during the course of a conversation at the transients’ camp maintained by the city in the building foflnerly occupied by the Macy Conveyor company. A reporter for the Decatur Democrat spent an hour and a half at the camp Sunday evening, posing as a part time employe in a local business. When he told tihe men that he was a "down -and outer" (as they described it) looking for a job in some other part of the country, they accepted him in a spirit of camaraderieThe reporter found them neither better nor worse than the average run of men. All ten at the camp were clean and all but one were freshly shaved. He found that they took more interest than the average in events of Congress, spent more time discussing philosophy and seemed resigned to life. They spent their time working at their “profession”, eating, sleeping, playing cards and talking. Most of them Sunday were vet-

Former Berne Youth Dies At Fort Wayne William Schwartz, 17. former; Berne youth, died at th’ Methodist Hospital in Fort Wayne Friday noon of blo-d poisoning. The young man had a boil on his face, which became infected , causing th? blood p.isonlng. Surviving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Sc w>irtz of Union City, Pa., and 11 brothers and sisters. The family lived in Berne until two years ago. wh.-n they moved to Pennsylvania. The deceased had been living with relatives in Allen county. Funenjl services will be held, Tu.sday at Union City. Pa. AOAMS COUNTY NATIVE OIES Henry Scheumann Dies Sunday Morning At Ft. Wayne Residence Henry Scheuman. 73, of 3132 Fairfield avenue. Fort Wayne. I died at the residence Sunday morning at 5 o'clock following au illness of four weeks. Mr. Scheuman was horn March 4. 1862 at St. John's. Adams coun-; ty. where he resided until seven years ago. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Emmaus Lutheran church. ' Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Anna Scheuman. a son. Albert Scheuman of Route 1. Decatur: .three daughters. Miss Mary Scheu-1 ■ man and Miss Clara Scheuman at home, and Mrs. Charles Berning of route 7. Decatur; and four erandchildren. The body was taken to the Wellman funeral home and was removed to the residence today. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence and at 2:36 o'clock at the Emmaus Lutheran church with Rev. Fred Wambsganss officiating. Burial will be in the Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne.

erans and were keenly interested in the possible passage ot the bonus bill which is before congress. One of the men stated that he was a native of this city and that 40 years ago he operated a blacksmith shop here. Eight years ago he said he was again employed here. His name is Jimmy O'Tool. One of the men, an ex-railroader, was surprisingly well read. He quoted from Shakespeare. Burns and Moore. His theory of life was, “We are like Jesus Christ, walking from place to place with no place to lay our heads. The world has moved backward 2,000 years.’’ When asked whether times would ever become better, he said “Young; man. you will never see prosperity. I lived in an era of prosperity which will never be seen again. The government now is for the rich men. The millionaires today won’t help those who produce all the wealth, necessities and luxuries in life." The other men agreed with his (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

ANNIVERSARY OF ROOSEVELY TARING OFFICE President Roosevelt Took Office Two Years Ago Today WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS SQUABBLE i Washington, Mar. 4 — (U.PJ — President Roosevelt's new deal ie I two years old today. The White House and congress are squab- i hling and public business is at a standstill. The persons with the greatest i stake in this Washington non-co- I operative movement are the good folk in town and country w-ho vote ■ statesmen In and out of office. ! pay the bills of government witii tax money and. in general, pay the penalty for any mistakes of their ! leaders. It should be of general interect. j' therefore, that the second anni-1 versary of the new deal finds the ' Democratic party in the gaudiest , political affray since religion and ' prohibition fervor stopped Al , Smith in 1928. > ( The overwhelmingly Democratic ( congress has been in session two ( months and has pasted none ot , Mr. Roosevelt’s recovery, reform or relief legislation. Mr. Roosevr-lt is on the dofen- , give. His nominal congressional majorities are split although new , ] dealers are cheered by indica- , tions Mr. Roosevelt may pull his | $4,880,060,000 recovery appropria- ■ tion out of the discard. 1 1 Some of the 21 Democrats who , bolted on that measure are begin- 1 , ning to have regrets. But Mr. Roosevelt's prestige has been tarnished in the second new deal | year regardless of the recovery bill dispute. So far the opposition and Democratic bolters have been able frequently to jolt the administration | with adverse congressional votes. ■ But no leader yet appears around whom there is any assurance the I diverse anti-new deal forces will i rally. Mr. Roosevelt's troubles began a year ago. On March &, 1934 General Hugh IS. Johnson invited ■ all critics of NRA to a gold fish bowl exominati; n of its delin- i quencies. Mr. Roosevelt sought to , bolster N’RA's weakened fabric l with an appeal to employers to increase wages 10 per cent, re- , duee hours of work by the same , margin. The objective was reemployment of 1.000,060 more per-. sons. The response was not gen- [ eral. |: Within a week the administration was apologizing for one of its most spectacular mistakes — the ; order which sent army fliers into , the air with the mail. All mili-1 tary mail planes were grounded on March 11 to avoid further loss of life. On March 12 the safely Demo- , cratic house passed the Patman bonus bill despite White House; opposition and two days later the : senate rejected the St ( IIX I INI El' ON PAGE THREE) o TO HOLO DOUBLE RITES TUESDAY John Shoemaker A n d Mother Will Both Be Buried Tomorrow Double funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock for John Shoemaker, 59. and his mother. Mrs. Saruh Shoemaker, 76, who died Friday evening and Sunday, respectively. The .services will be held at the Methodist church in Geneva, and burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery. Mr. Shoemaker was a well known coal saleemun of Geneva. Hie death occurred at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago. Friday, and followed an illness of several weeks. Surviving . are the widow, Faye, and one. -daughter, Mrs. Mildred Colemnn cf Portland. On Sunday afternoon his mother. Mrs. Sarah Shoemaker, widow of the late Daniel Shoemaker, died at her home in Geneva of inflrmiti-'s j and complications. Surviving are one daughter. Mis. William Hokinson of Geneva, a son, Edward of Jay county, and a sister, Lydia Uptegraft, Cadillac, Michigan.

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GROWERS WILL HOLD ELECTION Corn - Hog Association Elections Will Be Held Thursday Elections for the 1935 corn-hog association will be held Thursday, March 7 at 7 p. m., at the following points: Preble Twp.- Treble school. Root Twp. Monmouth community building. Union Twp.—lmmanuel Lutheran school. Kirkland Twp. — Kirkland high school. Washington Twp.-Central school building, Decatur. St. Marys Twp.—Pleasant Mills high school. French Twp.—Election school. Monroe Twp. — Monroe high school. Blue Creek Twp.—’acoh school. Hartford Twp. —Hartford high I school. Wabash Twp. — Geneva high school. Jefferson Twp.— Jeflerson high school. | The roll will be called for all ■ signers in each township, and only j those who have signed applications I will be eligible to vote and hold | office, and it is highly important that those interested in the welfare of the corn-hog association should | be present and vote. Fewer Signe r s While the number of signers ot | the 1935 corn hog control contract i is not xpected to bo as large a.s last year, the total acreage taken out of production in Indiana is expected to be approximately the same as it was in 1934. according to County Agent. Archbold, who received word from the state headquarters for the agricultural adjustment administration that the (CON l ixri’.l I I IN PAG® !■'<NUR) TRUSTEES HOLD REGULAR MEET Township Trustees Hold Regular Monthly Meeting Today The township trustees of Adams county hold their regular meeting ; this morning in the county superinI tendent of school's office. The problem of assessing was the most important business discussed. Ernest Worthman, Adams ; county assessor, gave a short talk. Mr. Worthman announced that it will be necessary for the trustees 1 and deputy assessors to file weekly reports with him. beginning Sat- I urday. The law then requires that Ihe mail a report to Indianapolis .each Monday. Mr. Worthman also announced some slight reductions in the ] | schedule of assessing published Saturday. It was found that several items in the local schedule were higher than those in other i near-by counties. The reductions | were made in an effort to keep the i assessing in Adams county uniform with others in the state. The assessor also stated that any rates or valuations set up by himself and the other trustees and deputies are not arbritrary. The person assessing the property will be expected to use his own Judgment in fixing the value on prop<|.'ONTIN't’ED ON PAGE TITttEE) Hurst Funeral Held Saturday Funeral services for Miss Grece Hurst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, wene held Saturday morning at the Hurst home and at the United Brethren church. The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor, assisted by the Rev. C. J. Miner of Athens, former pastor of the loot! church, officiated. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the services were: William Hurst, Petrola; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fisher. Futon; Mr. and Mrs. Fl. yd Grossman, Wabash; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cross. Mr and Mrs. H. Crusier, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mis. A fk-vr Chase, Irvin and Jonas Fisher, South Bend; Mr. und Mrs. Albert Kattenhenrich, Lucile, Margaret. Alice and Lloyd Katterhenrich, Michawaka; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Katterhenrich. Osoia; Mr. Sand Mrs. Ralph Weisman, Van W'rt; William Whitmer, Antwerp; ; Mrs. L. N. Fisher, Paupa, Michigan I Rev. C. J. Miner, Athens.

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FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST SELLING RIGHT Rules TVA Can Not Compete With Utilities In Selling Power WILL APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT Birmingham. Ala., Mar. 4 —TUB) —Federal Judge William I. Grubb today observed the half-way mark of President Roosevelt's administration witii a smashing blow at the foundation of the new deal. Sitting in the heart of the Democratic south he filed a formal decree in U. S- district court holding that the Tennessee Valley Authority had no legal right to sell electric power in competition i with private utilities, His decision technically involved only a contract between the Alabama Power company and TVA j under which the authority was to purchase $3,060,666 worth of transmission lines in the Muscle Shoals I area. But the ruling struck at the ' heart of the President's cheap power program. The government could sell none of its surplus power on similar projects and hence could reap no return on $250,000,000 spent constructing Grand Coulee dam, the Bonneville project, and the Casper-Alcova ; Hydro-Electric experiment. By agreement of counsel and a group of power company preferred stockholders who brought suit , against the authority. Judge Grubb's decree is worded to permit practically all of TVA's present power operations to continue pending appeal to the U. S. supreme court. If the high tribunal should rule against TVA. it would be given four additional months after thq final decision to transfer its lines 1 back to private power companies. The decree also permits con- ; tinuance of an inter-change agreement between the power company | and TVA whereby the power company's lines are used to deliver TVA power to Athens, Ala.. Puhiski. Tenn., and ten counties in northeast Mississippi. pending final settlement of the case. TVA may continue to serve rural customers now receiving Muscle Shoals current over an 86mile line in Colbert and Lauderdale counties however, without restriction of the court. o Receive W ord Os Minister’s Death Monroe residents have received word of the deatli February 28 of | the Rev. I-nac Holling-worth. pastor of the Arba Friends church. Rev. Hollingsworth was pastor at the ■ Pleasant Valley Friends church for , 11 yeare, leaving that charge abcut 15 y ars ago. The funeral was held ' Sunday. — -O — —— Change Schedule Os FEE Classes A change of schedule in the FEE . classes has been announced by W. ;O. Little, county chairmNtn. The ■ ladies and men’a choruses have ; been combined and wul meet tol right at 7:30 o'clock- Mrs. Violet I Myers is the teacher. 0 DECATUR MAN'S SISTER IS UEAU Sister Os S. E. Hite Dies Saturday Afternoon At Fort Wayne I Mrs. Harry Grafmiller, 60, sister ‘ of S. E. Hite of this city died at her homo on Woodland avenue, Fort Wayne, Saturday afternoon. I I Mrs. Grafmiller was a niece ot ■ Henry Hite of thio city. The deceased was born at Maples, Indiana, a daughter of I Samuel and Anna Hite, both de- • ceased. She spent the greater I part of her life in Fort Wayne. ‘ Surviving are tw-o sisters. Mrs. • Lilly Carlo, Mrs. Grace Warner, ■ two brothers, Willis D. of Fort • Wayne, and Mr. Hite of this city. Funeral services will be held i Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Evangelical church, De--1 wald street, Fort Wayne. Burial ■will be made at Fort Wayne.