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■PRESIDENT ■OVER URGES [party policy Lt Hoover Breaks Local Silence Os ■Last Two Years Lento. Cal.. March 23. Llerbert Hoov-r today d<- ■ tha: the Republican party L greatest irisis since the. L Abraham Lincoln, end Lm the youth of the party Lthenat'O '■ •■"' nn-Anierl-tarnment. Ltrongly »• f> -d •ice to HKornia Repn'dicon assemL former president broke a r political silence to deL rejuvm.ition of the party [unity of purpose in defense Lrican principles "jeoparLj»ily by regimentation and Cratic 'lomination. [L-birth of the Republican ■he said, "transcends any If interest or the selfish I E of any group.” and it is i Ens men and women of the ' ■who must “give attention to I Ip from national moorings.” . ■ eiroriated the Democratic | financial, relief, labor ■parian policies and deelar-1 Epwent administration had ■ the people "pawns of a con- | Li and self perpetuating gorfct.” He <h nianded a return Kuuomic common sense” and . | fundamental spirit of "free . ■ad women.” ■rtr's message follows: | March 22. 19*» ■terrill Halbert. President Lma Republican Assembly ; Lanto, California. Lr Mr Halbert: L glad to comply with your , L tor a message to your Irmins meeting. ■e Republican party today I ■th? greatest responsibility | Mis come to it since the days , ■braham Lincoln. That re■bility is to raise the stand-1 ■ defense of fundamental ■nr. principles, xx x I American people have diI before them the issue of , liiniiig and perfecting our > h of orderly individual lib- • lundtr constitutionally con- j Id government, or of rejectI in favor of the newly creat■MTINrED ON PAGE SIX) BED RATES HE APPROVE!! hs And Communities P This Section Bene|fit By Lower Rates ■anapolis. March 23.— <U.R) — ' pic rate reductions of approxiw 129,000 annually for nearly I Patrons of the Indiana SerCorporation, Foil Wayne, were H last night by the public P commission. f new rates become effective | A Pril i billings and will asI I small towns and communI® 13 central and northeastFmana counties. P'lcs in which the company F'rons include Adams, Allen. r l . Grant, Huntington. Jay, ‘’Wells, Whitley. Carroll, | tifpencanoe. and Wabash. L. ’Woval of the new schedMaies, the entire system of l«"-iand United Utility group L’ e uniform residential, rural c mmercial rates. I 111 r *les previously have La p r °' t ' < l f° r ttle Northern Rubli?« r C °” Norther n Indi L Pnw erVi<e Co ” Northern Lirti " er Co ” and lhp Trac(L' and Power Co., all affilL'h the Midland Vn . ted L y ' & for mer insull organcom 250 ' 000 patrons of k»!)Mn P 1168 have bonofited tsductir aunilall y Ul ‘der the L sil , “ ns ordered by the during the past year. hChi! d Is Born To Indiana Couple d^chiw 1, March 23-(UP)-’ - 1

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Isatin Beauty Queen ,‘ ' n gSlr -r J ir ■ Her typical Irntin beauty won Senorita Rosario Negrete, above, i the honor of reigning as queen >f the Mexican carnival in Durango state in old Mexico. She was the popular choice by more than one million votes. ARTICLES FOR COUNTY MUSEUM Relics From John F. Snow Estate Are Loaned To Historical Society O. L. Vance, administrator of the estate of the bit- John F Snow, ha-t loaned a number of article.s from the estate to the Adams County Hrstwrical Society. Mr. Snow's s llection of old magazltue has been donat d to the Decatur public library. Roth coll ctions ore now being cleaned and classified and will be opened to the public in a few days. Am .ng the mazazine.s in the ollection are 19th century Issues of the “Forum", "Circle” "Youth*’ Companion", “Literary Digest,", "Review of Reviews” and many o fibers. The collection of relics contain, among other things, pictures of all the schools in the county and many of the public buikiinge at that time. Proofs of all the pictures and the original script in "Snow’s History of Adams Oaunty" ar? among the other relics. Some of the papero ure records of the office of superintend. ent of schools whiob he held many yearn ago. The Snow estate is now b ing settled by O. L. Van e, the administrator. The majority of the property has already been » Id. Mrs. John F. Snow is now living in Chicago, i Additional Men Hired For FERA Projects Fifty additional men have been hired this month by the local FERA office through an enlarged budget. Twenty-five of the men are wonking on urban projects. The others are on rural projects. A number of the rural workers are iissisting in rebuilding tiae Monroe town hall. Ralph Braun Will Go To Training Camp Rajp’.i Rmun. son of Mr. and Mos. George Braun of B-rne, widely known portside baseball ipitihler, will leave for the training canup at Charlotte, North Carolina, the latter pjrt of next week, it was learned today. Unless he h ars otherwise he will leave for the camp Friday. The Charlotte club is owned by the Boston Red Sox and is managed by Herb Pennock who made hiu high marks m u pitaher with the New York Yanke s. Braun formerly was with the Springfield club and last year, until illness prevented, he was with the Albany team, which in in the AA elate. —■ — o Damage Suit May Go To Jury’ This Afternoon The attorneys were still arguing the $3,000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Nora Hall against Lewis Sprunger at 11:30 o’clock this morning. The caee will pno-tubly be given to the I jury this afternoon. ‘

PUBLICATION OF ACTS IS RUSHED Acts And Resolutions Os 1935 Assembly Distribution In Five Weeks Indianapolis. March 23 Although a record number of acts and reso- [ lutions were passed by the 1935 General Assembly, such fine progress has been made in preparing and editing the new laws for the I printer that distribution Is expected to be completed within five weeks. Working late into the nights, Secretary of State August C. Mueller: Deputy Joseph O. Hoffman and other attaches of the secretary’s office are further along with the work titan they were at the end of the corresponding period in 1933. The copy will all be turned over to the printer, the W. B. Burford Printing Co., before the end: of the week. There were 292 chapters including resolutions, in the 1933 statute books. The volume now being prepared will have 325 chapters exclusive of resolutions. Some of the acts which had emergency clauses are being Issued in pamphlet form. This is true of the insurance and liquor control acts. There is a heavy demand for copies of the liquor law. Mr. Hoff-! man said that 8,000 copies are being run off and will be turned over to Foe excise department for distribution by the middle of next week. To Mr. Mueller and Mr. Hoffman go credit for the fast time being made on the 1935 acts. They began editing the laws immediately and sending them to the printer. Twenty thousand volumes of the new statutes will be printed. Tim. ftoai aulutucs wjll go to courtsi e’nte and members of the General Assembly, i Mr. Hoffman said, after which they: will be hauled by trucks to clerks ’ lof the 92 counties. After every clerk has acknowledged receipt of the new laws, Gov. McNutt will then issue a proclomation proclaiming the new acts in effect. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular m eting of Adams peat number 43 of the American Legion will b> held at the Legion bill Monday night at 8 o'clock. All memb rs are urged to be i>resent. TAX REFORMS ARE STUDIED State Tax Board Completes Survey of Levies; Hope To Cut Costs Indianapolis. March 25. — (U.R) ' Charging that- township tax rates are unjust in many instances, the I state tax board has completed a survey of levies which it hopes, i will lead to a general readjustment | at the next session of the state ■ ! legislature. I The survey was made at the re-, ! quest of the legislative tax stu dy | I committee, appointed by the 19351 general assembly to study methods of reducing local governmental costs and subsequently result in i lower taxes. The survey shows <hat several i of the poorest counties in the state have the highest tax rates, while other counties, capable of bearing high governmental costs, have the lowest rates. Members of the tax board feel I that the only method by which the I rates may be placed on a more, eqintable basis is through reorganization of township and county, i government. Miami township, Cass county,! with a 52-cent levy on each $100; valuation, has the lowest rate in ithe state. The highest is assessed in Johnson township. Brown county where the annual levy is $4.06. Center township, Marion county, which embraces the downtown business section of Indianapolis, with! a levy of 54 cents, has the second lowest rate in the state. Fourteen townships have rates between 52 cents and 99 cents Among them are Aboite and Jef- ' ferson townships. 1 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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CITY IN MICHIGAN PLANS JAMBOREE Rev. Ross Stoakes, Former Local M. E. Pastor, on Committee At Escanaba, Michigan Rrv. Ross W. Stoakes. tractor of | the First Methodist church in Ea- ’ canabra and former pastor of the I Methodist church here has been ’ named a member of the general committee in charge of arrangements fcr the opening of the northern Michigan smelt run Jamboree, wfilch will be staged in Escanaba, Michigan, March 29 to mark the ! opening of the well known resort 1 r gion’s sport fishing season. Dr. Harry W. Long of Escanaba has been elected Kingfish of the Smeltiana. More than 2.000 fishermen. will march in a parade that night carrying dipnet.s and torch lights to tihe Coliseum where Dr. Iwing will be crowned at a comic c remony. Then, the horde of sportsmen will go to the Escanaba river, where at the signal given by th? Kingfish of Smeltiana they will start dipnetting for the millions of cmelt that run up the stream for the annual spawning. Rev. Stoakes is a director of the Wolverine Conoervati >n association which is sponsoring bbe smelt run jamboree. C. C. BANQUET MONDAY NIGHT R. Earl Peters Will Be Speaker At Annual C. Os C. Meet Over 100 tickets have been sold for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet which will be held at the Masonic hall Monday, March 25. with R Earl Peters, state chairman of the FHA program as the principal speaker. New directors for 1935 will be elected at the meeting. I It is imperative that every business and professional man in DeIcatur attend the meeting, the officers stale. Definite announcements about new industries wjiich are planning to locate in Decatur will be given at the banquet. James Elbersoh. in charge of the eats committee, announced today that the banquet will be bigger and better than ever this year. Tickets, priced at 50 cents. Muy be obtained at the door Monday evening. The regular business for the year will be transacted following the banquet. This will include the reports of the committees. Plans will also be made for the association’s program for 1935. It is expected that this will be a banner year in the work of the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce this year la sponsoring the 4-H clubs, home economics, and conservation club agricultural show which will be held during the first week in ; August. Crowds totaling 5.000 daily, are expected to attend the fair each day. W. A. Klepper, general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., has promised a throng of 25,000 ; people on "Dairy Day." which will | be revived this year. A number of district and parish I cattle shows will be’ held in con-1 nection with the fair, which will increase the number of persons attending. o Fort Wayne Child Drowns In Creek ■ Fort Wayne, Ind., March 23 — I (UP)— David Perkins, 3-yiear-old son of Mr and Mrs. Roy Perkins,, drowned late yesterday in Spy Run creek, near the Penkins home. Mrs. Perkins said David hid been | playing with otf.ier children on the I porch and that she noticed he was : missing after an interval of five or 10 minutes. She began to look for ’ the boy and found him in the middle of the stream. Efforts at resue- ! citation were futile. o Liquor Law Copies Are Received Here Copies of the new liquor law were received in ti’.ie county clerk’s office today. The books give the new regulations passed by the state legLslature Ibut does not give interpretations of the new etate eommiselon. The closing hours and bans on i liquor sales in Decatur and other cities on Sundays will ibe effective I immediately, officials state.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 23, 1935.

FIVE NEW LAWS MEAN SAVINGS Harry Miesse Os Taxpayers Association Tells Os Savings In State Indianapolis, March 23 — Five new laws enacted by the Democratic controlled state legislature provide a means for saving from $3,500,000 to $5,000,000 for the people of Indiana, according to a bulletin issued by Harry Miesse, secretary of the Indiana Taxpay ers’ association. The association is a non political organization which works for economy In government. Mr. Miesse’s statement is significant be cause it comes from an impartial political observer. "Our organization decided at the beginning of the session.” said Mr. Miesse, "to devote our energies Jo to a few bills that would effect savings for the taxpayers generally. We are glad that Gov. McNutt gave his personal support to our program and favored the passage of the bills. All of them were passed with virtually unanimous support in both houses. Those containing emergency clauses are now in effect, with the result that ,we are beginning to receive reports from various parts of Indiana. showing their practical application. Must Budget Funds “One point to be emphasized, however, is that the new law reI quiring county councils to appropriate such sums as county commissioners plan to spend from gasoline and license receipts, makes’ it necessary for the various expenditures to be budgeted separately. We have heard of one county where the county council plannee to appropriate a lump sum to meet the request of Hie board of conimisi sioners of that county. That is not! I the law The commissioners must specify the manner In which they plan to use these receipts from the state, so that the taxpayers may know exactly where every dollar is going.” End Trustee Terms Dec. 31 Senate bill No. 54 provides that the terms of township trustees! shall expire on Dec. 31 instead of the first Monday in January. The purpose of this act is to prevent! a trustee from spending money appropriated and budgeted for his successor. Senate bill No. 144 prevents the ' transfer of balances from one fund (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) INSURANCE ACT ONE OF DEST Indiana Insurance Law Is Considered One Os Best In Country — Indianapolis. March 23 (U.R) — ; As Hoosier citizens study arte of the 1935 general assembly, most j are agreed that the outstanding legislation was that which re- ; wrote and strengthened the state ; insurance laws. Patterned after the New 1 ork State law. the new Indiana insurance act is considered one of the best in the country. It gives the state insurance commission wide powers to reg'tI late risk 'irms. The depart'nent is authorized to take over bankrupt companies and either rehabilitate or liquidate them, thus eliminating expensive receiverships. All companies organized with.n the state and all Indiana agents emp’oyed by foreign companies are placed under strict control of the department. Any agent may be removed for cause but the department’s decision may be appealed to Marion county superior court. The state insurance commissioner. to be paid $5,200 annually, is given broad powers to enforce the act through supervision and investigation of tjie various companies. The bill set up a new standard for all insurance companies in the state. At present there are 14 life insurance companies. 20 assessment companies, eight miscellaneous -companies. 15 fire companies and 68 farm mutual companies. The new law is designed largely (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

STATE LIQUOR LAW AIMED TO STOP SALOONS Control Bill Proposes To Eliminate Hint Os Former Saloons (Editor's note: This is the first: of a series of articles on the pro-1 visions of the 1935 Indiana liquor: law). (Special to the Democrat) Indianapolis. Mar. 23.--The 1935 Indiana liquor control law makes a clear distinction between the socalled saloon and places where sale of liquor will be legal, and under ! its provisions sale of alcoholic beverages by-the-drink. including hard liquor, will in no case be tolerated ' where the sale of alcoholic beverages is the principal business in ( the room where the same is being sold. It Is likely that the alcoholic beverages commission will make this fact clear in the near future, by. rules and regulations controlling the practices which will be permitted upon licensed premises. It is likely that the commission will reach the interpretation that any room where the sale of alcoholic beverages by-the-dring, is the principal business, is a saloon, and clearly forbidden by the new law. This point, rather than the mere presence of a counter or bar, is the principal feature in determining ; whether a place is, or is not, a saloon. A bar, however, devoted exclus ively or principally to the sale and consumption of drinks, is an important element in determining I • 1 whether or not a place is a saloon. The new law strikes at so-called bars, in that it does not permit bars, known as such in the old saloon, and permits drinks to be served only at counters where food is regularly served and in such cases, the customers must be seat-!' ed. It is believed, however, the principal point which the commission likely will consider in establishing ! its rules and regulations to control places of sale, Is that the room where sales by the drink are mad.- ' shall be chiefly devoted to the serving of ordinary meals. This will be true of both the serving of beer and hard liquor. The result of this regulation, it made, will be to abolish place.?!' where the sale of alcoholic beverages by-the-drink is the principal business and also to abolish exclusive “cocktail roibms" or "tap rooms.” A summary of the provisions of the law are as follows: Sale of liquor by the drink is now illegal and will be illegal until permits are issued under the new act. ( Beer permits issued under the ' 1933 act will be good until the natuinl expiration date, unless re-1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Q ■ HEAVY PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENTS Store Owners Delinquent in Obtaining State Licenses Subject to 100 Per Cent Penalty •Indianapolis, March 23 — Store owners who are delinquent in obtaining store licenses will be subject to a penalty of 100 per cent of the license fee under amendments ! made in the stere license law by the 1935 legislature, Clarence A. Jackson, director of the store license division, pointed out today. The new penalty, whici’.i will be effective as soon as the 1935 laws are (promulgated, will be imposed directly by the division. The penalty previously provided, under which courts may Impose fines of $25 to SIOO for each day of operation without a license, also remains in force under the amended law, Mr. Jackson said. Four thousand more store licences have been issued in Indiana this year than were issued during > the same period of 1934, Mr. Jackson revealed. Up to March 21. 1934,; he said, licenses ibad been issued for 44.103 stores, while licensee issued to date for 1935 number 48,307. This figure was not reached in 1934 until May 19. Store license fees range from $3.50 for a single store up to $150.50 for each store over twenty in a chain- License fees for 1935 were delinquent after February 1. 1

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Lifts Ban on Wheat | KK vii J ! i All restrictions on planting of j spring wheat in the northwest , were lifted by Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, to offset ( the threatened shortage anticipated from dust storms and drought. i HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY NIGHT: Decatur Experiences One Os Heaviest Rains in Recent Years 1 Decatur received one of the lheav-; iest rains in years between 7:30:' and 9:30 o'clock Friday night. Walter G'adfelter, in charge of the local weather bureau, announced that the rainfall was 1.27 inches. St. Mary’s river was sw lien to a point near the overflow stage. At certain low points along the stream, i the river was out of its banks. Sewers were overtaxed in Deea- ; lur and basements were flooded in ' some parts of town. Cinder alleys and stone drive-: ways were washed out by the heavy downpour and the flow of dirt and stone clogged many of the manholes and sewers. Ralph Roop, city uigineer and civil works commissioner and ibis , force of men were busy this morn-; , ing making repairs and opening sewers. Water stood in the streets for several hours last night and auto- , mobiles were stalled with wet ignition equiipmont. ; Last night's rain was the second , downpour this week It rained in , Decatur Wednesday afternoon and : night. o RECEIVE SEED FOR GARDENS Seeds Will Be Used For Community And Individual Gardens John M. Doan, Washington i township trustee, today received ' 350 packages of garden seeds to be used for the community and individual gardens. Two five acre plots have been ; loaned for the purpose of gardens. One was given by Fred Mills who is handling the Oliver Hanna property in this city. It is located at the corner of Dayton and 10th . streets. The other is on the county property south of the Adams County Memorial hospital. About two-thirds of the gardens will be used for individuals on . relief and the rest will be maintained by FERA workers. The : community gardens' produce will j be distributed among those on relief. One or two packages of the seeds will be given to each family i according to their needs. Each package contains: one pound of string beans, one-half pound of ; Kentucky wonder beans, one ounce : of beet seeds, one ounce of carrot ! seeds, one-third ounce of lettuce | seeds, one-fourth ounce of red | radish seed, one-fourth ounce of Swiss chard, one pound of sweet ! corn, and one-half ounce of purple top turnips. This package of seeds is considered sufficient to plant a plot of ground 50 by 100 feet square. Mr. Doan has also ordered cabbage and tomato plants. These are being railed at the Indiana feeble minded school located in Fort Wayne and will be available 1 (CONTINUED ON FAGB SIX).

MOVE BRINGS 660,000 MEN TO ARMY FORGE Series of Conferences Are Planned In Effort To Insure Peace (By United Press) Today's development in Europe’s arms crisis: Italy mobilizes entire army class of 1911, to have 660,000 under arms. French supreme defense council meets; calls in finance minister. French, British and Italian plenipotentiaries meet in Paris to plan united front for negotiations with Germany. Great Britain plans series of conferences designed to assure peace. Adolf Hitler arrives in Berlin ready for talks with Sir John Simon of Great Britain. Simon flies to Berlin tomorrow. Mobilizes Class Rome, March 23 —(U.R) —Italy today mobilized the entire army class of 1911. The Italian army will approximate 660,000 men in consequence The announcement came immediately after a forceful speech by Premier Benito Mussolini to thousands of his fascist blackshirts massed in the Venice square. “Let it be clear,” he shouted. "Our desire for peace and European collaboration is above all backed up by several millions of steel bayonets." At another point he said: "1 desire to say to the whole Italian people that no event whatsoever will find us unprepared.” Hold Conference Paris, March 23— (U.R) - Frame I at an allied conference today held ' that Germany’s rearmament dej treeß nullified French-British proposals for consolidation of peace, it was said authoritatively. Pierre I-aval. foreign minister, it was said, made the statement at the outset of a conference with Anthony Eden. British privy seal, and Fulvio Suvich, Italian foreign under secretary. Laval, it was asserted told Britain and Italy it would be necessary to seek a new basis of discussion with Germany. The < onference, an Important preliminary to the talks which Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, will have with Adolf Hitller Monday and Tuesday, began at 11:15 a. tn. Sir George Clerk, British ambas(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O EX-PRESIDENT OF NOTRE DAME DEAD Rev. John Cavanaugh, President for 15 years. Dies Late Friday After Long Illness South Bend, Ind . March 23—(U R) —The Rev. John Cavanaugh. 64, former president of the I niversitv of Notre Dame, died late yesterday after a long illness. His body will lie in state at the administration building from 4 p. m. today until funeral services are conducted at 9 a. m. Tuesday. Father Cavanaugh was one of the youngest men ever named to the presidency of a major university. He became professor of English at Notre Dame in 1902 and two years later, at the age of .35, was chosen as tbe school’s eighth president. He served as head of the school for 15 years until a change in Canon law resulted in his retirement. He remained at the university as professor of English and later assumed the added duty of ! teaching history. Father Cavanaugh devoted most [of his life to the education of young men. He was a gifted ora- ! tor and confidant of statesmen, | diplomats and writers. He welcomed the late Knute ; Rockne to the campus as a student, watched his athletic career j and appointed him athletic director and head football coach. Father Cavanaugh was the author of books, brochures and magazine articles. His last important ■work was editing Rockne’s biography. Father Cavanaugh was born in Leetonia, 0., and received the bachelor of literature degree at Notre Dame in 1890. He stayed to study theology and was ordained to the holy cross priesthood in 1893.